Konoha: Uchiha's Magnificent Rebellion

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There were more than 300 commandos on this raid, and they lost almost one-third of their forces in an ambush by the Cloud Ninja.

Yamanaka Kino said, "Captain, I have already reported the situation to Captain Sarutobi. I must ask the First Battalion to give us an explanation."

"Confess? What do you want us to confess?!"

At this time, a voice came.

Uchiha Yuan and Yamanaka Kino looked in the direction of the sound and saw Shimura Ichizo walking towards them surrounded by a group of Konoha ninjas.

Shimura Ichizo came in front of Uchiha Yuan, looked down at him with sinister eyes, and said viciously: "It is because of your desertion that our plan to annihilate the Qingtangshan Cloud Ninja failed."

Yamanaka Kino hurriedly said, "Captain Shimura, it's clear that we were ambushed by the Kumo Ninja, how could we have fled in the face of danger?

Furthermore, the Kumo Ninja were able to set up an ambush in advance, so the raid plan may have been leaked."

Uchiha Yuan held his head high, his sharp gaze meeting Shimura Ichizo's, and demanded, "According to headquarters' plan, your First Battalion should launch a frontal assault to attract the Cloud Ninja's attention, while we launch a surprise attack from behind. Where are the members of your First Battalion?"

Shimura Ichizo snorted coldly, "You should be cooperating with us. We didn't show up because we were acting according to the plan. If you hadn't escaped, we would have surrounded the Kumo Ninja."

Uchiha Yuan smiled coldly, "What's your plan?"

"Haha, they're not using us as bait to attract the Cloud Ninjas, are they?"

Shimura Ichizo's expression changed slightly, and he shouted, "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the battle plan must adapt to the battlefield situation. You will bear the main responsibility for the failure of this raid."

Uchiha Yuan smiled coldly and said, "It is not up to you to decide who will bear the responsibility for the failure of the mission."

After parting ways with Shimura Ichizo on bad terms, Uchiha Yuan led the remaining commando ninjas back to the joint defense line of the 3rd and 4th Battalions.

Konoha Headquarters.

Jiraiya looked at the two reports in front of him with a headache. They were the reports from Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Shimura Ichizo, and both of them accused each other in the reports.

Jiraiya immediately saw the trick in Shimura Ichizo's report on the failure of the Qingtangshan raid plan.

He obviously wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Uchiha Yuan, so he arbitrarily changed the battle plan and used the commandos as bait.

His explanation in the report was that the situation on the battlefield had changed suddenly and he had to temporarily change the battle plan.

Although Jiraiya could see that Shimura Ichizo's report was just a perfunctory statement, Shimura Ichizo's status and position forced Jiraiya to treat the failure of this combat mission coldly and not to delve into it further.

In a front-line outpost camp confronting the Cloud Ninja, Uchiha Yuan received a message from Sarutobi Shinnosuke and learned the headquarters' opinions on how to deal with the failure of the raid mission.

They did not receive any punishment, but similarly, Shimura Ichizo's First Battalion did not receive any punishment either.

Seeing this result, Uchiha Yuan was not surprised at all. The staff officer Yamanaka Kino standing next to him just sighed softly with a complicated expression, and at the same time a hint of relaxation appeared on his face.

Yamanaka Kino said: "It's a pity for those members who died. We will definitely avenge them."

After a pause, Yamanaka Kino continued, "Captain, if we have another mission to cooperate with the First Battalion in the future, we must be careful.

Captain Shimura plotted against you once, and there's a good chance he'll do it again."

Uchiha Yuan looked forward, then nodded slightly, "I know."

Uchiha Yuan did not reveal that he had single-handedly annihilated all the Cloud Ninjas of Qingtang Mountain. He did not want to reveal that he was able to perform powerful ninjutsu.

The Cloud Ninja would not reveal the fact that one of their troops was completely wiped out, so the Konoha side was not aware of the situation of the battle in which Uchiha Yuan blocked the Cloud Ninja that day. They only thought that he escaped from the Cloud Ninja's pursuit by relying on powerful physical skills.

Noticing the murderous intent in Uchiha Yuan's eyes, Yamanaka Kino was worried that he might do something drastic, so he quickly advised, "Captain, the First Battalion commands the largest number of troops. Captain Shimura's status as Captain is something that even Commander-in-Chief Jiraiya must respect. You must not do anything foolish."

Uchiha Yuan glanced at Yamanaka Kino, smiled and said, "Are you afraid that I will assassinate Shimura Ichizo?"

Seeing Yamanaka Kino was stunned, Uchiha Yuan continued: "Don't worry, I won't do such a stupid thing."

At this moment, a Konoha ninja flew in front of the two men and said urgently, "Captain, there is an urgent order. The defense line of the Third Battalion, the Third Squadron, has been attacked by the Cloud Ninja. Captain Sarutobi orders the First Squadron of the Fourth Battalion to go to support them immediately."

Hearing this, Uchiha Yuan immediately said solemnly: "I understand."

Then Yamanaka Kino, who was standing next to him, blew a sharp, quick whistle, which was a signal for an emergency assembly.

Chapter 79 The battle is fierce

A figure rushed into the Cloud Ninja as fast as lightning, attacking fiercely and fiercely, like a ferocious beast pouncing on a flock of sheep.

Blood spurted out like arrows, and the Cloud Ninjas fell down one after another.

In an instant, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Seeing this, a Cloud Ninja shouted loudly: "Retreat! Retreat quickly."

"The Uchiha's Zetsuho Tiger is too strong!"

Suddenly, the Cloud Ninjas who were fighting with the Konoha Ninjas withdrew from the battle and retreated quickly.

"Captain Yuan, thank goodness you arrived in time, otherwise we would have been surrounded and annihilated by the Cloud Ninjas."

A Konoha ninja from the Inuzuka clan said this with gratitude; there were several shocking wounds on his body, and even after a simple bandage, the blood quickly dyed the bandage red.

Uchiha Yuan was wiping a kunai, and several cracks visible to the naked eye appeared on the surface of the kunai.

This kunai has been in Uchiha Yuan's hands for countless times in fierce collision with the swords of the Cloud Ninja. It has become fragile and is about to be scrapped.

At this moment, countless Cloud Ninja corpses were scattered around him.

I saw that the wounds on each body were almost identical, all of which were tiny wounds like blood lines.

It can be seen how fast the kunai was when it passed by, and how decisive and sharp it was.

After putting away his kunai, Uchiha Yuan immediately jumped away; his Konoha ninjas followed him in a flash.

They have to rush to the next battlefield.

Now the war between the Cloud Shinobi and Konoha has abandoned the initial stage of testing and entered an all-out war.

A few days ago, the 3rd Battalion's defense line was attacked by a large force of Cloud Ninjas; the entire defense line was breached after only half a day.

In this battle, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki transformed into a tailed beast appeared. The powerful attack of the tailed beast was simply not something the Konoha ninja could withstand.

In the end, the third battalion was defeated and retreated dozens of miles.

If Jiraiya had not appeared in time to stop the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki from transforming into a tailed beast, Konoha's entire western defense line would have been completely destroyed.

This battle also directly crippled the Third Battalion, with nearly half of its troops killed or wounded.

Looking at Uchiha Yuan and the others leaving, a middle-aged ninja with a broken arm said, "Captain Yuan now has a huge deterrent effect on the Cloud Ninja. As soon as he appeared, the Cloud Ninja attacked him like crazy."

"Yes, Captain Yuan is too strong. Those Cloud Ninjas can't even block a single blow from him."

"It is said that the Fourth Raikage issued a kill order against Captain Yuan, which is why those Cloud Ninjas were so crazy and besieged Captain Yuan."

"I heard that our defense line was nearly breached by the Cloud Ninja several times, but Captain Yuan led us to repel their attacks. Preliminary estimates suggest that over three hundred Cloud Ninja have died at the hands of Captain Yuan."

"Captain Fuuchi today reminds me of Captain Sakumo back in the day, practically dominating the battlefield. Although the White Fang of Konoha is gone, we have the Jue Xionghu of Konoha again."

The war continued to intensify, and with the continuous deployment of troops, the defense lines of both sides were gradually shrinking.

Finally, an area about ten kilometers long became the main battlefield for the fighting between the two sides.

On this battlefield, Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village had a small battle every three days and a large battle every five days; conflicts involving hundreds of people broke out every day.

Both Konoha and Kumogakure were well aware that at this point neither side could retreat and the outcome had to be decided.

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In a forest, Uchiha Yuan stood on the top of a big tree and looked around with sharp eyes.

Today he is responsible for patrolling the area within a few miles.

In the past two days, the Cloud Ninja's offensive has been very fierce; just yesterday, a terrifying beam of light appeared in the distance, followed by a violent gust of wind.

Uchiha Yuan recognized at a glance that the beam of light was the exploding Tailed Beast Ball.

Then, Uchiha Yuan learned the situation from the captain's meeting that night. Jiraiya had fought a battle with the Cloud Ninja led by Killer Bee involving thousands of people.

In this battle, nearly a hundred senior ninjas from Konoha were killed in order to stop Killer Bee from transforming into a tailed beast.

The number of ordinary ninjas killed or seriously injured also exceeded a thousand; the only good news was that Jiraiya finally forced Killer Bee to retreat, forcing the Cloud Ninjas to retreat.

Under the big tree, a team of about fifty Konoha ninjas were resting.

They are Uchiha Yuan's direct guards and are now eating military ration pills to replenish their strength.

Not long ago, they had just engaged in a battle with a team of Cloud Ninjas that had infiltrated for reconnaissance.

call out!

A sharp whistle suddenly appeared, and the Konoha ninjas immediately stood up and looked in the direction of the whistle with vigilance.

About a mile to the northeast, I saw a red-flashing arrow flying high into the sky.

On the top of the tree, Uchiha Yuan was also looking at the location of the flare.

"That's where Teams 7 and 8 are patrolling. This signal means they've been attacked by Kumo Ninja."

At this moment, several more flares flew up from several directions in the north.

Uchiha Yuan observed and found that the distance between the several signal arrows was about one mile; in other words, the Konoha ninjas in those directions were attacked by the Cloud ninjas almost at the same time.

"Oh no! Cloud Ninjas have appeared in several directions. They are likely to launch a large-scale attack in our direction today."

Uchiha Yuan shouted to the Konoha ninjas under the tree: "Launch the highest level of warning fireworks immediately."

Following a long, sharp whistle, a huge red firework exploded in the air.

Uchiha Yuan said to the people in his direct guard: "The situation is urgent. We are the first line of defense to stop the Cloud Ninja. Follow me!"

shhhhhh...

As Uchiha Yuan finished speaking, he suddenly flashed and disappeared using the instant body technique.

Almost at the same time, gusts of wind were heard, and all the guards used the technique of instant body movement to disappear.

At this time, in a valley northeast of the woods, shouts of killing were deafening. A team of Konoha ninjas were fighting and retreating with a group of Cloud ninjas.

However, the number of Cloud Ninjas far exceeded that of Konoha Ninjas, and in a blink of an eye, the Cloud Ninjas surrounded the Konoha Ninjas.

Under the slashing of swords, Konoha ninjas kept falling down; several Konoha ninjas were attacked from the front and back by the Cloud ninjas almost at the same time, and their bodies were pierced by several swords.

"Hurry up and eliminate these Konoha ninjas. They have already sounded the alarm." Arikumo ninja shouted.

This group of Konoha ninjas consisted of only dozens of people, and facing the Cloud Ninja Army of hundreds of people, they were divided into several groups in the blink of an eye.

During the fierce battle, a Konoha ninja was blown away by a strong wind blast from a Cloud ninja, and then another Cloud ninja smiled strangely and swung his two swords at him.

At this moment, two kunai suddenly appeared and hit his two swords.

Suddenly, the Cloud Ninja felt a huge impact from the kunai, which made him almost unable to hold the two swords in his hands.

Soon after, several more kunai flew over, and the Cloud Ninja swung his swords repeatedly to knock the kunai away; but three kunai still flew through the space between the swords at extremely tricky angles and pierced the Cloud Ninja's eyebrows, throat, and heart.

The sudden attack made the Cloud Ninjas immediately on high alert; then they saw a group of Konoha Ninjas appear in a flash and rush towards them.

The Konoha ninja that appeared was Uchiha Yuan and his group. At this moment, he was charging at the front and attacking the Cloud Ninjas.

Seeing Uchiha Yuan in the lead, the Cloud Ninjas excitedly shouted, "It's Konoha's fierce tiger. Everyone, come together and kill him!"

Immediately, several Cloud Ninjas shouted and rushed towards Uchiha Yuan with swords in hand. The Cloud Ninjas had long wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Chapter 80 The Fourth Raikage Appears

There were nine Cloud Ninjas rushing towards Uchiha Yuan. They drew their swords and released a dazzling cold light to attack Uchiha Yuan all over his body.

Uchiha Yuan accelerated his pace, and his figure instantly left a trail of afterimage as he passed through the Cloud Ninjas.

The next moment, the nine Cloud Ninjas froze in an instant.

Their eyes moved slightly, and there was horror and confusion in their eyes when they looked at Uchiha Yuan.

"What a fast attack! Even faster than the rumors say!"

This was the only thought that emerged in the minds of the nine Cloud Ninjas at this moment.

Then, as a line of bright red blood appeared on their necks, the bright red blood spurted out like an arrow, and the nine Cloud Ninjas' eyes quickly lost their luster and fell to the ground together.

This scene immediately boosted the morale of the Konoha side.

The Cloud Ninjas were shocked at first. They didn't expect that Uchiha Yuan would kill nine of his companions with just one move.

Then huge anger surged in their hearts, and they roared and attacked Uchiha Yuan.

boom!

Uchiha Yuan held the kunai in his right hand and raised his hand to sweep across, destroying the incoming lightning ninjutsu.