Transformed into Uchiha, I am a bad woman

This army is indeed a motley crowd. Now they know that they can join forces. Even if the other side intends to use them as cannon fodder after they join forces, it is still much better than facing the Konoha ninja hiding in the dark alone.

On the opposite side of this secondary line of defense, the one who was asked to respond to the Kirigakure ninjas led by Mei was the patriarch of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Hiashi.

In addition to his own clansmen, he had only about two thousand ninjas drawn from various places under his command.

Although their basic qualities are stronger than those of ordinary ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village, they still have a headache facing the elusive assassination techniques, and they also suffered a great loss in high-end strength a few days ago.

Many Hyuga clan members who originally had strength close to that of a jonin were turned into pools of liquid by the Kistun: Dissolution Bloodline of the woman from the Hidden Mist Village. Their hard-trained Bagua Palm skills were no longer able to exert their power.

And whenever they wanted to lure the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village into the trap set in the rear, the enemy would always retreat after one strike and would not pursue them at all.

This made the Konoha ninjas at the front very uncomfortable, so the news that the armies of the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village were about to merge was discovered.

It could be that the communications between the two parties were intercepted, or that the escaped rebel ninja leaked the news, or that the Konoha high-ranking officials in charge saw through the plan.

In short, Konoha's advisers then came up with a new plan, which was to make certain modifications to the original plan of the decisive battle outside Konoha Village. While the front line was still resisting the attack from the Hidden Cloud Village, a detachment was launched to defeat the ninja army of the Hidden Mist Village in front of them.

This would weaken the enemy's strength before the two sides joined forces, a plan that had been somewhat questioned due to the unsuccessful raid on the Iwagakure front.

Many people think that this is not feasible, and the reason is very simple. If the attacking troops cannot defeat the enemy as soon as possible, then this elite force will fall into the pincer attack from both the Cloud Village and the Mist Village ninjas.

This is as easy to see as the news that the two sides are going to merge.

Therefore, there is considerable controversy within the top leadership.

However, Tsunade, as the Hokage, still announced against all odds that she had approved the resolution to carry out this operation, and stated that she would personally lead the army to launch the raid.

Considering that if the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village were really attacked from both inside and outside, some ninjas who were not very strong would not be able to escape and would suffer heavy losses, Tsunade only brought her own direct Anbu and Konoha's high-end forces.

The core Chunins remained at the front line to defend. She planned to use the high-end forces to cooperate with the more than 2,000 troops under Hyuga Hiashi to launch a surprise attack with a smaller number of people.

Although their numbers may not be as large as the Mist Shadow Army on the opposite side, they have crushed their opponents in terms of high-end combat power, and they can retreat calmly if something goes wrong or the situation becomes bad.

After making the decision, Tsunade immediately led her ninjas to the front line.

During this period of time, the border outposts of the Fire Country have been ravaged by the Mist Shadow Ninjas under the command of Mei Terumi.

A large number of outposts were destroyed and patrolling ninjas were attacked one after another.

Although the ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village were in turmoil due to loyalty issues, no one took the Konoha ninjas in front of them seriously.

Although their own assassination techniques in the fog could not have the effect of a surprise attack against the Byakugan, which had a 360-degree field of vision and penetrating power, the opponent's soft fist also lacked the ability to kill with one strike.

Therefore, as time went on, and coupled with the news that the army of the Hidden Cloud Village would actively move closer to them, many of the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village lost their vigilance.

One day, when the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village plundered in the Land of Fire and returned to the base for rest, they suddenly saw flames rising into the sky behind them.

Then there was a lot of noise.

Mei Terumi, who was in charge of the command, immediately asked the reason and found out that the ship behind was burned by a small group of infiltrating ninjas that suddenly appeared.

This means that our retreat route has been cut off to a certain extent. Some people do not take it seriously, thinking that it is just harassment by a small group of troops and that they can just requisition ships when the time comes.

But Mei Terumi sensed something was wrong, and she immediately asked the Kirigakure ninjas to release a thick fog to ensure their own concealment first.

They were at the border of the Land of Hot Springs which had become a battlefield. Although this small country had a decent amount of land, it lacked powerful ninjas and thus inevitably became a battlefield.

They usually operate within the territory of the Land of Hot Springs. As long as Konoha regroups its forces on the border, they will launch targeted raids on those strongholds. After they succeed, they will withdraw to the Land of Hot Springs, divide up the looted spoils, and sell them to the local tyrants in the Land of Hot Springs.

But it seems that the good days are over now.

Suddenly, a wind-style ninjutsu came from afar, blowing away all the thick fog.

Immediately afterwards, the elite forces of Konoha appeared in front of everyone in the Hidden Mist Village, even including the Fifth Hokage Tsunade herself, who had activated the blood-free mode through Uchiha Itachi's illusion.

When Mei Terumi saw Tsunade, she knew that something bad was going to happen. The worst situation she had imagined had come true.

This time, however, she had fully learned the lesson from the attack on the Iwagakure Village and set up warnings and traps around the base.

Although Mei Terumi lacks prestige and cannot get her subordinates to obey her orders no matter how many times she tells them to do so, they always remain vigilant.

But the preparation of supplies and traps was indeed done to the extreme.

Boom boom boom.

A large number of traps were suddenly triggered under the feet of the Konoha ninjas who were trying to approach this side quickly, and rows of detonating tags exploded.

The flames and thick smoke from the explosion instantly engulfed their green figures.

Damn it! The other party actually made so many arrangements!

Some detonating tags are even connected together by silk threads, so if one place explodes, many other places will also be affected.

However, most of the figures that were engulfed by flames in the explosion turned into white smoke. They were actually just shadow clones.

Although time was very tight, after the surprise attack plan was chosen, some Konoha ninjas still used their Byakugan to confirm the large number of detonating tags and other defensive measures placed under the enemy base.

He also opened up a safe passage in advance through earth escape. Due to time constraints, most of the remaining detonating talismans could not be removed without being noticed by the other party, so he could only use shadow clones to lay mines.

At the same time, using the flames to attract attention, the real elite troops quickly advanced along the cleared path.