Hokage's Office. Summit 23S.

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The Third Hokage coughed a few times. His face clearly looked haggard, but he still sat upright on the chair and looked at the scroll in his hand.

Opposite him, three ANBU ninjas were still half-kneeling.

In the scroll, Konoha's battle report on Mount Kikyo was written.

Half a month ago, on the day Chiba was discharged from the hospital, the Battle of Mount Kikyo broke out. According to the inferences of Chiba and Nara Shikaku, it was true that the elite troops of Sunagakure carried the poison to surprise Kikyo Castle.

However, according to Chiba's arrangement, an ambush had already been ambushed in Platycodon Castle. When Sunagakure's elite troops rushed into the city, the ambush troops gave them a head-on attack and were caught off guard.

However, Sunagakure's elite troops also caused huge losses to the ambush troops by relying on the poison in their hands, and the battle situation turned out to be a stalemate.

Just when the battle was at its fiercest, Konoha's frontline troops came to the rescue on time and attacked the Sunagakure elite troops from both sides of Platycodon Castle. They successfully caught the Sunagakure elite troops off guard. The Sunagakure troops who attacked Platycodon Castle were defeated and almost the entire army was wiped out.

Our side also captured a large number of young ninjas from Sunagakure Village.

And that night, news came out in Platycodon Castle that the elite troops of Sunagakure Village launched a desperate counterattack, which almost paralyzed the ambush troops and Konoha's frontline troops. Half of the people were poisoned, and the city was in chaos.

Also that night, Sunagakure Village's troops who had gathered at the border after getting the news also divided their wings to bypass the tens of kilometers where Konoha's frontline troops had retreated, marched towards Kikyo Castle, and successfully attacked Kikyo Castle again that day.

However, what greeted them was 80% of the strength of the Kikyo City Konoha frontline troops and ambush troops.

It was another bloody battle, which lasted from the middle of the night to noon of the next day. The Sunagakure border troops were defeated and scattered, and they escaped in all directions.

Some people hid, and some people panicked and ran into the trap set up according to Chiba's arrangement between the original Konoha frontline troops and Platycodon Castle. No one survived.

The Battle of Platycodon Mountain only lasted for two days and one night, and Sunagakure Village was severely defeated. The elite troops who unexpectedly attacked Platycodon Mountain were completely wiped out, and 90% of the border troops were also annihilated. In this battle, Sunagakure Village was directly defeated.

The vitality is severely damaged.

In fact, many young ninjas who were regarded as seeds were captured, which was a heavy blow.

Now, in less than half a month, the escaping Sunagakure troops were all captured under Konoha's rigorous search. A dozen chuunin and jounin committed suicide on the spot, while several jonin found opportunities to commit suicide after being captured.

Except for those young ninjas, there are no adult prisoners in Konoha.

In this battle, Konoha also suffered heavy losses. Although precautions were taken, the number of temporary antidotes was too small. About thirty chunin and eight jounin were killed.

Ninjas who have lost their combat effectiveness account for 30% of the total ambush troops and frontline troops.

When Sunagakure Village lost its combat effectiveness, Konoha also suffered a great loss. Konoha's original energy had not fully recovered. As a result, Konoha's usable combat effectiveness was lost by almost ten percent.

"Mizatori, take good care of those young ninjas. They must not lack food or clothing. No matter whether they are enemies or not, they are still children. Ensure their safety while ensuring that they are not a threat." The Third Hokage put down the scroll and said.

"Yes!" One of the three ANBU ninjas nodded in agreement, then disappeared in a flash.

After giving the instructions, the Third Hokage unconsciously picked up the scroll again, and in his mind was the image of Nara Shikaku explaining the tactics on this map to him.

First of all, the defense of Konoha Village was fully deployed, replacing the transferred Platycodon Castle troops, and conducting ambushes, and dispatching less than ten excellent medical ninjas to move with the army with antidotes. There was no logistics station. And the frontline troops were allowed to move with them.

A trap laid between the military camp and Platycodon Castle.

At that time, the Sunagakure surprise attack force will attack head-on. At that time, the Sunagakure surprise attack force was ambushed, and knowing that the plan was exposed and exploited, the morale of the army will inevitably be chaotic, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. The frontline troops will be flanked from both sides to ensure that everyone is killed.

Sunagakure's surprise attack force must not let any information leak out.

After the victory, they spread the news that the last-minute counterattack of the Sunagakure surprise attack force paralyzed the defenders in the city. At the same time, secret sentries were added outside the city, and the city maintained a normal guard appearance.

Leave a small amount of space in non-critical places.

At that time, the Sunagakure border troops were unwilling to suffer such losses. Seeing this opportunity, they would definitely unite their troops and rush forward. The march route would either be to attack from both wings, or to advance directly from the center of the palace.

Generally, the probability of attacking from both wings is higher. If the central palace advances directly, then after they rush into the trap zone, the entire army will be sent out to encircle and annihilate them.

If it is two wings, then three ambushes are secretly ambushed outside the city. The number does not need to be too large. In addition to the trap belt, one ambushed in each of the three directions of Platycodon Castle. After the Sunagakure border troops rush into the city, they can be used to attack from the rear.

Disrupt the enemy's position and demoralize their troops.

You can also wait for them to break up, then rise up to drive them away and drive them into the trap zone.

At that time, the Third Hokage was very surprised. According to Shikaku, this was entirely Chiba's idea, and this kind of strategy was unprecedented. He had never known that a war could be fought like this.

Chiba's move eclipsed the various ninja tactics perfected during World War I and World War II.

What's even more frightening is that Sunagakure's actions completely fell into Chiba's trap.

Unexpectedly... at such a small price, 70% of the living force in Sand Hidden Village was wiped out...

The Third Hokage looked at the map with black and red arrows.

This child Chiba...could it be...

The Third Hokage took a deep breath, but after this breath, he coughed violently. He looked at the two ANBU ninjas and said: "Munemasa, go find Chiba."

"Yes!" One of the ANBU ninjas took the order and disappeared in a flash.

"Kenichi, this matter and this battle plan must not be known to anyone that Chiba is also involved. All of this is Nara Shikaku's plan, do you understand?" the Third Hokage said again.

"Yes! I will inform everyone who knows about it, as well as Mr. Shikaku." said the remaining ANBU ninja.

"Approximately how many people know about this?" the Third Hokage asked again.

"There are five of them, except you and me." The ANBU named Kenichi said.

"Well, one more thing, this is my secret order, please keep it. If anything happens to me, you must give this secret order to the Sannin and the ANBU commander at that time."

With that said, the Third Hokage handed a scroll to Kenichi.

Xianyi stood up, took the scroll, and put it away close to his body.

"From now on, you have only one mission, to protect this secret order. No one can read this secret order until I die. Do you understand?" the Third Hokage ordered.

"Yes!" Xian Yi nodded solemnly.

"Well, step back, you know what to do." The Third Hokage said.

"Know."

With that said, Kenichi dodged and disappeared in place. At this moment, in a sense, Konoha Village no longer had Kenichi.

After the instructions were completed, the Third Hokage raised his hand, and the eagle behind him fluttered, flew up and landed on his arm.

The Third Hokage took off the letter from its leg, shook it slightly, and the eagle flew out and wandered in the blue sky.

But when the Third Hokage opened the letter and took a look, his expression changed, and he immediately started coughing excitedly.
Chapter completed!