With the combined strength of these three, as long as they don't get careless, although the average Iwa ninja clearing genin won't be cutting up melons and vegetables, there's no danger.
Under the leadership of Namikaze Minato, the senior Konoha ninja and the Konoha ninja from the northwest blocked the Iwa ninja's attack.
When the Konoha ninja arrive from other directions, the Iwa ninja will be gone, and total defeat will be a matter of time.
However, Iwa ninja are very persistent. Even when faced with the threat of death, few Iwa ninja give up.
Loyalty to Iwagakure is one thing. Surrendering and receiving limited treatment is another. By surrendering, the family members of the village will be humiliated and will not be able to hold their heads up high.
After a two-hour battle, at five o'clock in the afternoon, the Iwa ninja was finally strangled by Konoha.
With the exception of a few who surrendered and were captured alive, the entire battlefield was littered with corpses from both sides, numbering more than 1,300. The battlefield was devastated, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, birds of prey soared above the forest, and the atmosphere was filled with sadness and despair...
The stubborn resistance and fearless death of the Iwa ninja brought Konoha many losses. The genin lost more than 500 people.
The quality of Iwan-nin is low, and the quality of Konoha genin is not much better. They are all simplified versions of ninja school training, and their quality does not compare to the quality of genin carefully trained in peacetime.
Konoha lost very few truly elite genin during the war.
At the start of the Third Ninja War, most of Konoha's surviving genin were already chuunin, and there were even special jounin among them.
These talents are the elite that emerged from the great wave, but unfortunately there are very few of them.
The battle was won, but the Konoha ninja were not too pleased, silently disposing of the corpses and cleaning up the battlefield.
The death of comrades is certainly one aspect, but what is more important is that years of war have left many ninjas numb, and even the joy of victory is not strong enough.
Perhaps only when the war is over will the Konoha ninja be able to be happy...
While there is still danger when performing missions in peacetime, it is much more serious than on the battlefield.
After clearing the battlefield, everyone dragged their tired bodies back to camp. Those who were supposed to be busy, continued to work, and those who were supposed to rest, rested.
Unfortunately, Uchiha Hakari was the group that had to continue doing business. As the team 7 directly under Minato, Minato is not the type to seek power for personal gain, so he inevitably has to do more.
Two days later, Minato received orders from the Third Hokage and went with the remaining troops to the Land of Grass, where the battle between Konoha and Iwagakure was taking place.
At the same time, Ōnoki, who was far away in the Tsuchikage building in Iwagakure village, received news that the Iwagakure forces that had infiltrated the heart of the Land of Fire had been completely destroyed.
Although Onoki had already expected this when he received the news of the bombing of the Kannabi Bridge, but after receiving this news, Onoki still helplessly sank into a chair.
Onoki couldn't understand why Konoha was producing so many talented people generation after generation, and every time a crisis came, someone would rise to the occasion to turn the tide...
During the Warring States Period, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara dominated the world.
During the first great ninja war, the second generation Hokage was involved in various conflicts. Although he was eventually killed, Sarutobi Hiruzen and others led all major layers of Konoha to stabilize the situation.
During the Second Ninja War, the White Fang and the Konoha Sannin reappeared in Konoha. Overall, Konoha did not suffer much.
In the Third Ninja War, another Namikaze Minato appeared, which can't help but be annoying!
This was the creation of the major ninja villages. For the first time, the four major ninja villages invaded the interior of the Land of Fire. They had already pushed Konoha to the edge of the cliff, but... they still failed.
If you miss this opportunity, it is difficult to say whether another one will present itself in the future.
Could it be that Konoha really is destiny?
No, no, absolutely not!
Onoki shook the scary thoughts out of his head. If he lost confidence in himself, wouldn't Iwagakure Village always defeat Konoha?
I don't think Konoha has always been so lucky, let's wait and see!
"Go and tell the elders about the meeting."
"Yes, Lord Tsuchikage."
Fifteen minutes later, he was still in the large conference room. Onoki and the elders were gathered together, their faces were solemn, and the atmosphere was very somber.
"First of all, I want to make a review. Iwagakure Village lost the bet. This is mainly my responsibility."
Onoki's body floated, he bent down and bowed.
"No, no, no, this is the result of our unanimous agreement. It's not you, Tsuchikage-sama, you have your own path. We must share the responsibility."
The elder, Onoki's confidant, quickly spoke.
Hearing this, the rest of Onoki's confidants also quickly came forward to support him. They sang a lot and quickly revealed their responsibilities.
In the end, collective responsibility means that no one is responsible.
The other elders didn't object either. Firstly, they all agreed, and secondly, they couldn't shake Onoki's position.
In this case, there is no point in talking.
"The battle was a failure, and the military situation in the Grass Kingdom is alarming. Although I don't want to admit it, Iwagakure has actually lost its chance to defeat Konoha."
"So, I plan to send an envoy to negotiate peace with Konoha and temporarily end the war."
"Lord Tsuchikage, would you like to wait a little longer in case Konoha encounters problems on other battlefields?"
Onoki looked at the elder who was speaking strangely and said, " Don't delay matters, make decisions right away ."
"Fighting is not serious, and peace is not serious. What good is delay except the loss of fighting power?"
"Besides, isn't it good to maintain strength through peace negotiations?"
"Oh....."
The elder suddenly realized that Master Tsuchikage was ready to break the contract if he had the opportunity.
You are worthy of being Tsuchikage-sama, you are so good... No wonder I am an elder and he is Tsuchikage.
"But my situation is too small. Lord Tsuchikage is right."
"Lord Tsuchikage, where does the village of Sunagakure stand?"
"When the war began, we and the Sunagakure village agreed to advance and retreat together."
Onoki was speechless and said, " It's just a verbal agreement, how can it count? "
"If that counts, then do we still need to guard the border with Sunagakure?"
"We are close to Sunagakure. And a weak Sunagakure is a good Sunagakure."
"This means that peace negotiations should not take place with great pomp and should be conducted in secret."
"As long as you don't suffer any losses, you will agree to Konoha's request. Konoha is under great pressure and should not make excessive demands."
"We want the peace talks to end as soon as possible, and have the Konoha ninja from the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain work together to weaken Sunagakure for us."
"That way, even if Konoha reveals no flaws and the Third Shinobi War does end, we'll still have something to gain, and we'll gain nothing."
Alas, these elders are not very smart. They insist that I speak so clearly...
Sunagakure is weakened, which is good for Iwagakure and Konoha. There are many tasks in the ninja world.
Whether they truly didn't expect it, or whether they had already thought about it, the elders of Iwagakure suddenly seemed to brighten up, giving the leaders a complete sense of accomplishment.
Therefore, before Namikaze Minato brought reinforcements to the Land of Grass battlefield, before he could take action, an Iwagakure envoy secretly infiltrated Konoha's military camp.
The message about Iwagakure's request for peace talks was sent to Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk as quickly as possible.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was very reluctant to continue the war with Iwagakure and understood perfectly well that peace talks with Iwagakure would be a turning point in the ninja war of the entire world.
Iwagakure retreated. Even if it wanted to sit back and watch the battle until Konoha won a clean victory over Sunagakure, Iwagakure would not dare to act rashly.
Iwagakure and Sunagakure have retreated one after another, and the only enemies Konoha has to deal with are Kumogakure and Kirigakure.
Focus your efforts on dealing with Kumogakure first, force Kumogakure to negotiate, and the last family of Kirigakure will be resolved.
This way, the world ninja war will end and Konoha will be able to recover and take a breather.
Therefore, the conditions for peace negotiations put forward by Sarutobi Hiruzen were very soft, the main thing was that no one would be hurt.
Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato were in charge of the negotiations at the front lines.
The Iwagakure envoy also received instructions from his superiors. The two sides looked at each other, and the peace talks proceeded very quickly.
After peace talks were reached so that Konoha could deal with Sunagakure without problems, Iwagakure kept its promise and withdrew most of its army from the Land of Grass, leaving only a small number of necessary ninja.
Seeing that Iwagakure had kept its promise, Konoha, without waiting for Sunagakure's reaction, left the necessary ninja and mobilized an army to destroy Sunagakure's base camp on the border of the Land of Rain and the Land of River...