Uchiha's road to the top started from Konoha

Chapter 141 Forced
The smoke of war is about to break out.

The Hidden Rain Village was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers and saw that they were unable to attack and kill the Imperial Emperor Gilkenifer.

Immediately under the instructions of Hanzo of the Salamander, he went back to his old business, continuously using teams led by Jonin and Special Jonin to assassinate high-ranking officials of the Imperial Army, intending to crush the morale of the Imperial Army.

A series of precise assassinations in the Hidden Rain Village left the guardian god Furuda alone, and a large number of middle and high-level military officials were killed one after another.

Three of the knights' leaders were killed in the battle, and one of the four knights, Nimble, was also killed. The last knight, Renas, chose to defect when faced with a life-and-death situation.

A series of losses in battle made Gilkenifer decide to fight the Hidden Rain Village on the wilderness plains to decide the outcome.

But having tasted the sweetness, Hanzo of the Salamander did not want to throw his precious combat ninja into the meat grinder of the battlefield. He gave up on the frontal battlefield, broke up into small pieces, and adopted tactics of assassination and poisoning, torturing Gilkniver to the point of extreme ecstasy.

The wise and capable [Blood Emperor] was not a clay idol, and with the help of Fluder's [Third-Level Magic: Astrology: Intelligence Magic], he quickly figured out the configuration of the Hidden Rain Village ninja team.

While Gilkenifer ordered the Imperial Knights to directly pursue the Hidden Rain Village to attract the attention of Hanzo of the Salamander, he secretly ordered the Imperial Knights to launch a counterattack against the assassination team of the Hidden Rain Village.

The Hidden Rain Village, which had been going smoothly since the beginning of the battle, also tasted the bitter fruit of failure at this time. Due to carelessness, more than 30 teams of jonin were ambushed, and as many as thirteen jonin were killed in the battle.

In order to expand the results of the battle, a number of Chunin teams were formed, including many combat ninjas from other villages. Nearly eighty teams were wiped out.

This sudden wake-up call made the weak-kneed Salamander Hanzo's head dizzy, as if a mouthful of blood was stuck in his throat, making his face look extremely ugly.

"Damn natives!"

In just one day, one third of the jonin were lost, one ninth of the chuunin were lost, and the three thousand combat ninjas of the Hidden Rain Village went from being aggressive at the beginning to feeling worried in the blink of an eye.

"Staff team! Staff team!"

Salamander Hanzo took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Even with the poison mask on his mouth filtering, the air was filled with light purple poisonous gas, making the ninjas beside him feel a little numb.

If a senior ninja smelled this poisonous gas, he would lose half his skin if he didn't die.

"Lord Yuying, the most urgent task now is to regroup. The imperial army only caught us off guard. In terms of real strength, we still have the upper hand."

Inside the tent, the staff officer who was hired from Konoha at a large sum of money and belonged to the Nara clan, met the gaze of Salamander Hanzo and immediately spoke.

Salamander Hanzo calmed down his restless heart, stared at the Nara staff officer, and asked softly, "Tell me, how should we regroup?"

Staff Officer Nara felt strong pressure under his gaze and knew in his heart that this was a test from Yuying.

If you can get through it, everything will be fine. If you can't, you will most likely be marginalized and return to Konoha in disgrace.

The Nara staff officer, who didn't want to embarrass himself and bring discredit to his family and Konoha, exerted his utmost energy and said after sorting out his words in his mind.

"Lord Yuying, the Head of State once spoke of the four levels of military strategy in the Military Affairs Council."

When Staff Officer Nara said this, everyone in the tent, including Hanzo, sat up straight, showing that they were all ears. This made Staff Officer Nara look proud, and his voice became more soothing.

"The first is to attack the enemy, then the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the third is to attack the city."

These sixteen words have become a motto that all ninja village leaders must recite in the ninja world. Hanzo of the Salamander pondered over it and compared it with the current situation of the Hidden Rain Village, and he already had an idea in his mind.

At this time, the Nara staff officer continued, "Lord Yuying avoided the two mediocre strategies of attacking the city and destroying the troops, and disrupted the enemy's morale through assassination. He is worthy of the name of Yuying, and his battle strategies are all top-notch choices."

"You are too kind. Compared with the leader, I am far inferior."

Staff Officer Nara first complimented Hanzo of the Salamander, noticing the complacency in the other's eyes, and then proposed his own plan.

"Lord Rain Shadow, the great wizard of the indigenous empire, Furuda, has reached the level of a Kage in the Ninja World. The only one among us who can confront him and quickly take him down or kill him is Lord Rain Shadow."

Staff Officer Nara said in a deep voice, "At this point, the best way to break the deadlock is to take the grand path. With our absolute strength, we will summon all the jonin, make a decisive move, raid the Imperial Emperor's location, and completely destroy him!"

"What Staff Officer Nara said is correct, but it is difficult to do."

Another staff officer from the Hidden Rain Village spoke up, "First, the Empire's great wizard Furuda can use teleportation magic. If we are not careful, the Emperor will escape. Second, after the previous assassination, the Emperor has been surrounded by increased guards, and his whereabouts are also uncertain. We can't even find his location."

"It is extremely difficult to kill the emperor directly!"

The words of the Rain Village staff officer were also what the ninja captains present thought of.

Only Salamander Hanzo remained calm, waiting for Chief of Staff Nara's explanation.

"There are ways to break the space teleportation spell. It doesn't matter where the emperor is. We just need to find the key point of the empire, and then the emperor and the great wizard will appear."

Staff Officer Nara said slowly, "We should attack where the enemy is least likely to attack and where they must defend. Rather than letting the enemy lead us by the nose, we should seize the enemy's weakness, use the majority to defeat the minority, use the strong to intimidate the weak, and force the enemy to sign a surrender agreement. We should use the best strategy to defeat the enemy with the best tactics and completely destroy the empire's ability to resist!"

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. Then Staff Officer Nara stood up and pointed at the map placed in the center of the tent and spoke.

"Please see, everyone. The Empire has 70,000 soldiers stationed here. Together with the other auxiliary troops, the total number of people who are not engaged in production is about 100,000. The daily food for people and horses cannot be supported by a large city for several days. The nearby granary must be the key point of the Empire's army."

"As long as we control the food, the imperial army will either collapse on its own and beg for mercy from us, or a civil war will break out and the people will be eaten by beasts!"

"No matter what the situation is, the emperor of the empire will definitely show up. By then, we will have the upper hand. The empire will be the kingdom of tomorrow!"

"Then follow what the Nara staff officer said."

Salamander Hanzo clapped his hands and said in a tone of praise, "We cannot control the position of the emperor of the empire, but the emperor of the empire can control our position."

"The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, so we should act uprightly. Either force the empire to divide its forces, or sit back and watch and bring about our own destruction!"

(End of this chapter)