Sunset Mountain

A clan leader-level battle ended soon after.

Shimura Nesuke was no fool, although after learning that his clan was attacked by the Hagoromo clan, he became angry and attacked them.

But he could still tell the difference between clan safety and temporary anger.

Therefore, under the intervention of Sarutobi Kaoto, Shimura Nesuke said a few harsh words and left.

By nightfall, the camps of the Sarutobi clan and the Shimura clan were heavily guarded, with no intention of retreating. However, the two clan leaders, Sarutobi Kaoto and Shimura Nesuke, had already met.

"I already told Senju Bōra that we will evacuate directly tonight without further delay."

Sarutobi Kaoto smoked his pipe and frowned.

"Damn it! Where did the Hagoromo clan get the power to attack our clan?" Nesuke Shimura smashed the table with an angry palm.

It's not as if they haven't been on guard against the other machinations of the Hagoromo clan.

But from what the Sensor Ninjas said and their daily observations, the Hagoromo Clan had no shortage of elite jounin on the battlefield, and the number of jounin, except for those who died, basically hadn't changed much.

Logically speaking, in terms of clan defense, if you want to break through, you must mobilize at least two elite jounin, four jounin, and a group of chunin.

Now they can't understand it, where did the Hagoromo clan get so much strength to sneak attack their clan? Could it be that there are other ninja clans involved here?

"Didn't you notice that Hagoromo Ryokawa's son didn't go to the battlefield today? Although that brat is only at the level of a jounin in terms of chakra, if you add his strange ninjutsu, he can deal with elite jounin.. "I guess there must be this brat among the people sneak attacking the clan, so we have to quickly return to the territory tonight to support, if it's too late, something unexpected might happen." Sarutobi Kaoto smoked his pipe and soon the entire store was filled with smoke.

In fact, there is one thing he hasn't said yet, that is, the reason why the Hagoromo clan did this is to force them to withdraw their troops.

If they retreat now, there should be no more losses in the clan.

But if they don't retreat now, there is no guarantee that the Hagoromo clan's side will not be cruel again and slaughter the common people of the clan.

Therefore, for the future of the Sarutobi clan, he must withdraw now.

At that very moment, in the Senju camp, Senju Bōra looked at the map in front of him worriedly.

According to their plan, in about a month, they can attack the Hagoromo clan and completely wipe out this first-class ninja clan in the northwest of the Fire Country.

But who would have thought that the Hagoromo clan would suddenly do something like this?

He secretly attacked the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, he did not know where the Hagoromo clan got the strength to do so.

"Forget it, let's first tell the clan leader about the situation here, and then arrange a retreat."

Senju Bōra shook his head helplessly and began to take out the paper and write a letter.

Not only did they fail to destroy the Hagoromo clan, but they also failed to obtain the Iron Mine that they were determined to win at the beginning, it was a real loss for the Senju clan.

...

In the Hagoromo clan.

Three powerful ninjas, Ryokawa, Kazuo and Zenitsu, gathered together.

Seated to the left and right below were Hagoromo Ishihara, Hagoromo Tohō, and six other top-tier elite jounin.

In fact, there were originally ten elite jonin in the Hagoromo clan with this kind of combat power.

It's a pity that after a long war, the Hagoromo clan lost almost half of these elite jounin, which can be said to have suffered direct damage.

However, the war is not over yet, so now is not the time to consider these questions.

"Everyone, the camps of the two clans, Sarutobi and Shimura are now heavily guarded. What do you think?" Ryokawa looked around and then asked.

The second elder, Kazuo, was the first to speak "Boss, in my opinion, they are just bluffing. The clan is facing a crisis and any ninja clan would rush to support their base as soon as possible. Now these two clans are heavily guarded." "If I guess correctly, they will withdraw their troops soon."

The other ninjas around nodded. "What the second elder said is absolutely true!"

"Yes, these two hyenas should retire with their tails between their legs soon."

Seeing everyone saying this, Hagoromo Ryokawa nodded. "Yes, I think so too, so in the face of his withdrawal, what should we do?"

"Of course ambush them!" The second elder shook his fist without hesitation.

This temperament is quite in line with his Kekkei Genkai, Bakuton.

After hearing the second elder's suggestion, the others unanimously agreed with the second elder's idea.

The patriarch, Hagoromo Ryokawa, also had this idea in mind, so he looked at the crowd and said "Since everyone agrees, let's do it."

"Second Elder and Third Elder, bring three senior elites, take another ten ordinary elite jounin and twenty jonin to Sunset Mountain for an ambush, I will stay in the camp to avoid accidents." When it comes to an ambush, more people will make it easier to be exposed, so sending such an elite force is enough.

Hearing the clan leader's arrangement, the other ninjas in the tent became serious and nodded to obey the arrangement.

Afterwards, everyone left the store one by one and began to carry out their tasks.

The Sunset Mountains are two mountains to the west of the land of the Hagoromo Clan.

The shape of the mountain is relatively regular, like a horizontal Japanese character. There is a straight official road between the two mountains, which simply forms the horizontal line in the middle of the Japanese character.

And since when the sun sets, it simply disappears from the official path between the two mountains, people customarily call the two mountains next to each other collectively the Sunset Mountains.

At this time, the second elder had already returned to the clan with his people.

After all, the camps on both sides are being closely watched. It would definitely be unrealistic to come out from the east to ambush.

And the Hagoromo clan did not want to give up this opportunity to take revenge on the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, so the second elder, took everyone back to the clan directly, planning to go to Sunset Mountain through the secret passage in the hall. ancestral.

Anyway, when Shigeru led the people to sneak attack the two clans' lands, this secret passage was already known to more than just the clan leaders and elders, so what does it matter if they use it more now?

After crossing the stone bridge under the abyss and passing through the long secret passage again, the second elder and thirty-five other people walked out of the secret passage.

This was Sunset Mountain.