Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression then darkened.
The Land of Earth and the Land of Wind are taking action against Konoha, which can be said to be extremely bad news.
In this case, if they want to continue to make profits in the Rain Country, they will have to invest more military forces.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sent someone to call Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to his office.
I told both of them about this.
They are both advisors to the Hokage, and now that something like this has happened, Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally has to ask for their opinions on how Konoha should respond.
"The ninjas from the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind launched an attack without asking us for anything?"
After hearing the whole story, Utatane Koharu frowned and asked Jiraiya.
"After we attacked the Iron Mine City, we found that the ninjas from the Wind Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom were approaching us quickly. I talked to them, but they completely ignored me. They rushed to the city wall and directly attacked us." Jiraiya replied.
"The two countries are really bold.
I had long anticipated that after we captured Iron Ore City, they would be unwilling and would try to find a way to get a piece of the pie.
I never thought that they would actually want to divide Iron Ore City equally and kick us out of Konoha."
Mitokado Homura said angrily.
"It seems that after the alliance between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth, their confidence has become too inflated. They really think they can compete with our Konoha."
Utatane Koharu also said with a gloomy expression.
"Teacher, we cannot cancel our battle plan in the Rain Country. Now the Earth Country and the Wind Country also want to compete with us. If they want to fight, I think we have to fight to the end."
"It is impossible for the Wind Country and the Earth Country to send too many troops into the Rain Country.
They also have to defend their own territory.
We only need to increase our forces.
We can severely punish the Wind Country and the Earth Country in the Rain Country and let them know how powerful our Konoha is."
Jiraiya took the opportunity to say.
"If we go to war with the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind as well, the pressure we face will increase dramatically."
"I think we should resolve the dispute between us and the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind through negotiation. We don't have any direct conflicts with the other two countries right now. The conflict is only caused by some resources of the Land of Rain."
"As long as we give up a little bit of our interests, it will be enough to resolve this contradiction."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said after thinking for a while.
Jiraiya's expression turned slightly grim, but he immediately returned to normal.
Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to resolve the dispute through negotiation, and Jiraiya had already expected this.
As long as Konoha is not in danger of destruction, Sarutobi Hiruzen will retreat if he can and endure if he can. He is too soft-hearted.
There are many things like this in the original book.
In the original work, during the Third World War, Konoha was also the victorious country, but it also gave up most of its interests to the defeated country.
This led to many people being dissatisfied with him, so he had no choice but to abdicate the position of Hokage and pass it on to Namikaze Minato.
Moreover, when Orochimaru defected, Sarutobi Hiruzen could have killed him, but he gave up, bringing disaster to Konoha.
"Teacher, the Land Kingdom and the Wind Kingdom are directly attacking us. If we want to negotiate, how much benefit do we have to give up in order to satisfy them?"
"If we give up a piece of land today, we will have to give up a city tomorrow.
As long as we compromise, the two countries will think that we, Konoha, are afraid of them, and their appetite will only grow.
Do we have to give up the territory we have conquered in the Rain Country even if we risk our lives?"
Jiraiya was somewhat angry now.
To use an old saying, Sarutobi Hiruzen can only be a king who maintains the status quo, but not a king who creates new things.
Konoha is so powerful now, yet it is tolerant everywhere.
"Hokage, what Jiraiya said makes sense.
Once we make a concession, the appetite of the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind will grow bigger and bigger.
Even if we want to negotiate, we absolutely cannot negotiate now.
If we negotiate directly, the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind will definitely think that we are afraid and will definitely ask for an exorbitant price."
"Even if we want to negotiate, we have to fight them first."
"We need to hurt them first before we talk."
Utatane Koharu's theory.
Jiraiya was a little surprised and looked at Utatane Koharu, then immediately said, "Teacher, even if we want to talk, the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind may not be willing to talk to us. Whether we talk or not, we have to continue to send troops."
"Jiraiya is right. Whether we talk or not, we will continue to send troops."
Mitokado Homura also nodded in agreement.
"Then continue to recruit ninjas from the major ninja clans, at least 2,000 of them, and then select 1,000 civilian ninjas to form a team, and Jiraiya will lead them to the front line."
Sarutobi Hiruzen listened to the opinion and gave the order with a sigh.
"Teacher, the pressure on the front line is very high now. I want to lead the ninjas who can follow me away immediately. As for the remaining Genin, after they are transferred, I will let them go to the Iron Mine City to escort a group of civilians to mine ore." Jiraiya said.
Even though Konoha is the largest ninja nation, it would be impossible to gather three thousand ninjas in a short period of time.
The main thing is that it will take at least a week for them to gather together, so Jiraiya doesn't want to waste time here.
"You have been returning for days and fighting for many days. You can take this opportunity to rest for a few days. There is no need to go back in such a hurry." Sarutobi Hiruzen said.
"Teacher, the war is important, and the interests of the village are more important. I will not rest."
Jiraiya spoke up.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't insist any further and just nodded. He was very happy that Jiraiya had such awareness.
"Jiraiya, when you return to the front, be sure to find out more about Elder Danzo. If you find any clues, be sure to report back quickly."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said solemnly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen will never be able to sleep or eat unless he finds out Danzo's whereabouts.
The same goes for all the high-level officials in Konoha.
Soon Jiraiya led more than 500 ninjas, left Konoha, and headed towards the Iron Mine City at full speed.
All the way to the Iron Ore City, there were no setbacks on the road.
After arriving at the Iron Mine City, Uchiha Yan and others quickly came out to greet them.
"During the time I was away, did anyone come to attack Iron Ore City?"
After leading the ninja into the city, Jiraiya asked Uchiha Yan.
"No one is attacking. It's just that the ninjas from the Wind Country and the Earth Country are gathering like crazy to attack us. There is no movement from the Rain Country."
"Maybe he wants to watch the fire from the other side of the river." Uchiha Yan replied.
"During the time I was away, didn't the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth send ninjas to question where those two groups of people had gone?" Jiraiya asked.
"Of course there were ninjas coming, but I ordered them to be killed before they got close to the iron ore city. I'm not in the mood to listen to their nonsense." Uchiha Yan replied calmly.
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