Chapter 724: Mist Ninja reinforcements are joining the battlefield!

The main tent of the central coalition camp!

The atmosphere was extremely solemn at this time.

After all, this attack failed.

At this time, there were not only a few people from Konoha sitting here, but also representatives from the Land of Fire and other ninja villages, totaling nearly a hundred people, which were all the high-level officials of the central army.

"Now, let's discuss the next strategy, shall we?"

Jiraiya sat at the top and spoke.

On his left was Tsunade, and on his right was Nara Shikaku who had just lost his hand. At this moment, he looked pale and his left hand was wrapped in thick bandages, but he still attended the meeting.

"I think we must increase our offensive power, otherwise we won't be able to quickly destroy the opponent's defense!"

Chikimaru spoke.

Naturally, the representative of the Fire Country Daimyo could not be absent.

It's just that he was very smart and stayed in the back to "supervise the battle". Anyway, everyone knew how weak this quasi-shadow warrior was, so no one blamed him.

In other words, a noble like him who doesn't cause trouble is already the representative of the 'best' in the eyes of ninjas.

Quick victory!

This is the consensus among the nobles and daimyo.

Every day that time is delayed is equivalent to slapping them in the face one more day, not to mention other losses.

The amount of supplies consumed in a war of this magnitude is a terrifying number. It has only been fought for over a month, and many nobles have already been unable to hold on.

The war consumption alone is actually not that exaggerated.

After all, with the airship, transporting supplies no longer requires consuming 10 supplies to transport one supply to the front line as before.

Not to mention, there was no harassment from the castle tower's logistics.

The real problem is that for every hundred supplies, only a few can be delivered to the front line.

Yes, the material loss rate is even more exaggerated than before when there were no airships and the transport troops were attacked.

Why?.

Of course it’s because of the nobles and bureaucrats.

This is a rare opportunity.

There have never been wars of such a large scale before, so not much can be gained.

This is a rare opportunity. If we don’t make some money out of it, we will be letting them down.

And there are many reasons for loss.

Fire, loss, theft, price changes...etc.

Although the amount fished by one person is not much, if the whole group is fishing... it would be a disaster.

With tens of thousands of ninja soldiers and hundreds of thousands of troops, and the scale of the war logistics, plus this loss rate, it's no wonder that the daimyo and nobles couldn't hold on.

"No, you have seen the casualties today. We can't attack again. It's best to just kill them!"

Nara Shikaku did not agree with Chikimaru's suggestion.

So it wasn't you who died.

Even he, the military strategist of Konoha, was afraid of the casualties that would result from a forced attack.

In the past, after fighting for more than a month, the casualties of Konoha Ninja were only a few hundred, but today in just one day the losses were equivalent to more than a month's worth of losses.

If other ninja troops are included.

Nearly two thousand casualties!

That's about one-tenth of the ninja army.

It's just one day!

If this level of losses continues for a few days, all the ninja villages will be seriously damaged. Dohei doesn't blame Nara Shikaku for standing up to refute.

Even Jiraiya's expression looked extremely ugly, and he almost directly rejected the proposal.

"I know that slowly destroying the castle tower is the best way, but logistics..."

Chihimaru reluctantly stated the truth.

Yes, even though he is a noble, he must be responsible for this fire-fighting plan. If it fails, he will be held responsible, so he has to act like a human being.

If he is not the person in charge of the plan, do you think he will be a human being?

Everyone in the tent was silent.

Because everyone understands how huge the logistical pressure is for such a large force.

Even they were shocked at the sacrifices made by the nobles and daimyo.

The Ninja Army’s battle is not free!
In addition to the other party being responsible for logistics, you also have to pay employment fees.

for example.

A jonin costs one million ryo per week, which is equivalent to a minimum-priced S-rank mission.

Ordinary missions are not as dangerous as battlefields, so the prices are high.

The total number of ninja troops is about 60,000, of which there are more than 500 jonin. The employment fee for the jonin alone has reached several billion taels in the past month, not to mention the even greater number of chunins and genins. Adding it all up, the employment fee from the beginning of the war to now has exceeded more than 20 billion taels.

Fortunately, the foot soldiers, logistics... troops and the like do not require any salary, otherwise the cost would be even higher.

No matter how rich the daimyo and nobles were, they could not afford such consumption.

Not to mention that not many of these things were actually used in the war.

"Can we let the adults supervise..."

An elite jonin from a small ninja village was about to suggest that the daimyo and nobles send people to supervise, but he suddenly shut up halfway through.

Because the people involved in this link are the ones making the money, if anyone dares to send someone to supervise, they will definitely end up committing suicide by getting 17 kunai stuck in their backs.

The bureaucrats and nobles in the ninja world are much bolder and more ruthless than the Japanese military before Dohei traveled through time.

That's why this elite jonin from the small ninja village shut up.

If he had finished speaking, do you believe he would have committed suicide tomorrow morning?

Not to mention him, even Jiraiya, the fifth Hokage, didn't dare to say a word about this.

The water is too deep!

"Since we can't drag it out for long, we can only look for reinforcements!"

Jiraiya took a deep breath.

He also understood that the best tactic was a war of attrition.

With the support of three major ninja villages, dozens of small ninja villages and the forces behind them, they are enough to destroy the castle tower.

But the logistics are hard to describe... I can only ask for help.

"As for reinforcements, as long as we agree to the conditions of the Mist Ninja, they will blockade the castle tower from the sea!"

Chihimaru gave good news.

Mist ninja!

The other party has publicly announced to all the major forces in the ninja world that they will take over the management of the Water Country because the Daimyo and nobles of the Water Country encountered an "accident".

If the countries admit this, they will take action against the castle tower.

If this news had been heard before the war began, the daimyos of various countries would definitely have joined forces to tear down the Hidden Mist Village.

But now due to the war situation, they can only block the news, and prepare to take down the castle tower, and then take down the Mist Shadow Village with the victory.

However, the situation is so unfavorable now that we have to consider the Mist Ninja's proposal.

Now the castle tower is surrounded on three sides, with only the south sea direction left. Once it is completely blocked, it can definitely be taken down quickly.

By then, it won’t be too late to deal with the Mist Ninja slowly.

Well, the daimyo had a very good plan.

The prerequisite is to take down the castle tower.

If there is no way to defeat them, not only should you not attack the Mist Ninja, but you should also appease and accept them.

It can only be said that the daimyo and nobles were forced into a corner and chose the lesser of two evils.

Otherwise, it would be a complete dream to expect them to agree to the Mist Ninja's conditions.

As for the consequences of rejection, everyone knows it.

It must be that the other party "joined" the castle tower and became their enemy.

It was already difficult enough to deal with the castle tower, and if the Mist Ninja joined the opposing camp, the coalition forces would just have to forget about it.

Therefore, when the coalition forces failed to quickly resolve the situation of the castle tower, they were destined to agree to the Kirigakure's demands.

Although this does not affect their hostility towards the Water Kingdom controlled by the Mist Ninja, they must show their attitude openly.

At least it should be like this before falling out!

In this way, the Water Country will be able to trade with the Ninja World, obtain various resources, talents, etc., and develop by leaps and bounds.

As for sealing off the castle tower?

Of course I will!

The Mist Ninjas would really "strictly blockade" the castle tower, blocking this last gap from the sea, and not allowing any ships or troops to enter or exit from the sea.

But this is all they can do, the rest has nothing to do with the Mist Ninja.

As for the castle tower, the price it had to pay was that maritime trade was 'openly' cut off, but what happened in secret was another matter.

In exchange for this small price, the Land of Water will continue to suck blood from the Ninja World for them.

For example, some materials, resources, etc. can be obtained from the Water Kingdom, and the same applies to the materials for sale.

In other words.

The castle tower could completely fight a bloody battle with the allied ninja forces while trading with them and sucking their blood.

After knowing that the Mist Ninja reinforcements would be joining soon, the originally low morale of everyone present was boosted again and they put forward suggestions one after another.

In general, it means maintaining a certain intensity of attack, and then attacking with all your strength again after resting.

Jiraiya will seize the moment and convince another powerful reinforcement to come directly into the battle.

(End of this chapter)