"Grand Speaker, the position of the Hidden Cloud Village is in front of us. According to your order, we stopped the contact war three days ago and retreated to defend the Frost and Snow Fortress." Honglian reported the situation of the Frost and Snow Fortress to Guan Liyuan, who had just arrived at the front line.

The Frost and Snow Fortress was originally the eastern fortress of the Frost Country. The Frost Country was once the neighbor of the Thunder Country on the west. When it was incorporated into the Northern Alliance, the eastern fortress has been renovated and formed the Frost and Snow Fortress that is now facing the border between the Renewal Federation and the Thunder Country!

Honglian, who was originally a crystal escape bloodline under Orochimaru, was previously responsible for commanding the eastern front...

Honglian not only reached the level of an elite jonin in terms of strength, but also other comprehensive qualities. Such talents are very rare even in the five hidden villages.

"Are you a little dissatisfied with us giving up the contact war?" Guan Liyuan said helplessly.

Guan Liyuan had cooperated with Honglian before going to the Snow Country, so he could naturally hear her complaints.

"It's not 'we', it's you who gave up the contact battle." Honglian lowered her head and half-knelt in front of Guan Liyuan. She looked very respectful, but her words were not polite at all.

Although the Update Federation had long stopped half-kneeling to receive orders, as a confidant trained by Orochimaru, this habit could not be changed.

"The difference in strength between us and the Hidden Cloud Village is too great. A contact battle will only waste manpower. It is better to prepare for the final battle directly." Guan Liyuan said.

"The difference in strength is too great, so can we win the battle?" Honglian obviously did not agree with Guan Liyuan's words.

The ninja war in the Naruto world had already taken shape during the First World War and was fully formed during the Second World War. That is, small groups of three to six people fought each other in the battle areas, and the maximum number of participants was only 20 to 30.

After one side completely fails in the contact war, it will hold on to the fortress and fight the other side in the final decisive battle...

Whether it is the Third World War or the local wars that appeared in various places after the Second World War, they all follow this form. The weaker the side, the more desperate it is to gain the advantage in the contact war, and then obtain the right to set traps and information advantages.

"Don't worry, I have brought the 'secret weapon'..."

Honglian thought of the more than one hundred mysterious cloaked men who came with Guan Liyuan, and she still had some doubts in her heart.

But at this time Guan Liyuan added: "These are the Federation Guardians designed by Orochimaru and I! The ones who have been transformed are the best new fighters in the Federation!"

When Orochimaru was mentioned, Honglian stopped talking immediately... Although Guan Liyuan wanted to achieve this effect, he was still a little hurt when he saw it - the old snake looks more reliable than me? The body he is using now was split from me!

"Because we gave up the contact war, our intelligence is almost paralyzed, and we haven't set too many traps." Honglian added.

Just like when ordinary armies fight, they will send out scouts to each other, and scouts will meet and fight in the wild from time to time. The squad contact battles in the early stage of the Ninja Village War were actually exaggerated scout battles. Giving up contact battles is naturally equivalent to giving up intelligence.

"I know, I will find a way to get intelligence myself. Later, the original ninjas of the Frost and Snow Fortress will be handed over to you. When the battle comes, I and the "Federation Guardians" will take action." Guan Liyuan said.

After receiving the order, Honglian turned and left, without seeing the bottom of Guan Liyuan's eyes, which were always "floating" with a picture that should not appear here...

Guan Liyuan actually summoned many flying Pokémon before entering the Frost and Snow Fortress, and used visual sharing to scout the enemy.

Although he was discovered and "killed" a lot, Guan Liyuan was still able to grasp the general situation of the opponent.

Judging from the strength of the Hidden Cloud Village, the Renewal Federation is indeed finished. It seems that although the Raikage has no intention of triggering the Fourth Ninja World War this time, he really wants to break up the Renewal Federation in one wave - in the Raikage's mind, he is confident that he can defeat the Renewal Federation before the war spreads!

There is indeed a gap in strength between the two sides. If we don't count the hidden power that Guan Liyuan had "troubled" to get, the entire Renewal Federation may not be much different in area and population than the Land of Lightning, but the number and quality of ninjas are completely different.

Just considering the ninjas from the various ninja villages in the northern countries, there are dozens of large and small... no, to be precise, dozens of small and even smaller ninja villages added together, only 9,000 ninjas.

Among the five major ninja villages, the number of ninjas in the Hidden Cloud Village is second only to Konoha, with 25,000 ninjas, and the number of special jonin and jonin is comparable to that of Konoha, with more than 300 ninjas.

A special jonin is a ninja who has reached the level of a jonin in some aspects, but has not yet reached the standard in some aspects. In team operations, there will be flaws because of their "shortcomings", but in this kind of war, a special jonin only needs to do what he is good at, so he can be regarded as a formal jonin... The

ratio of Konoha's jonin, including special jonin, to the total number of ninjas is 100:1, which is relatively normal among the five hidden villages, while the Land of Lightning has 80:1. The Raikage does have the capital for "warmongering" to a certain extent. No wonder Konoha directly admitted defeat and handed over the body of Hyuga Hizashi back then...

As for the ratio of jonin in those small villages in the northern countries, it is actually also 100:1, but most of them are self-exaggerated. After the establishment of the Federation, the qualifications were reassessed in accordance with the standards of the five hidden villages. In the end, only more than 60 people met the standards, 150:1, and most of them were special jonin!

This is still the snow ninjas stationed in the northernmost part of the continent, the star ninjas who have improved after receiving the treatment plan, and the Taketori clan, three relatively excellent ninja groups, which have raised the "average score". Otherwise, the proportion would be even worse based on other miscellaneous ninja villages...

However, this is only the power on the surface. For example, the Yinyin Village only counted the part that was abandoned by Orochimaru at the beginning, and most of Orochimaru's subordinates in various secret research institutes were not exposed. The air ninjas who came directly from the south on the "Castle in the Sky" and Tsunade were not exposed.

The most important thing is that after the implementation of the National Chakra Plan, the ninjas who passed the CET-4 and CET-6 exams - some of them were just ordinary people before, and some were Genin and Chunin, who were not very noticeable in the war, especially ordinary people... In the eyes of other countries, those who don't even know ninjutsu and only rely on basic physical training methods and meditation to have some chakra are no different from ordinary people!

Only a few people in the Federation know that these neglected forces will become the key to breaking the deadlock...

In the Frost and Snow Fortress, the pressure of the Renewal Federation is not small. Before Guan Liyuan arrived with one of the confidential troops, the "Federation Guardians", there were already 4,000 Federation ninjas, led by Honglian, stationed here. However,

the result of Guan Liyuan's reconnaissance just now... Although there was no time to see who the Jonin and Elite Jonin had come, a rough estimate showed that at least 8,000 Cloud Ninjas came from the Land of Lightning.

Considering the advantage of ninja quality, this is enough to defeat all the forces of the Renewal Federation! The purpose of the Raikage is very clear...

"Matabi, Shigeaki...if a battle breaks out later, you go first, Rhino and Isobushi stand by. If the other side doesn't send out the Ushi-ki, Sadaharu should try not to show up first." Guan Liyuan notified the tailed beasts in advance.

Although there are many hidden powers in the updated Federation, most of them are with Orochimaru and Tsunade, who are sharpening their swords against the Land of Grass. Guan Liyuan is just trying to delay them, so the only ones he can use are the tailed beasts and 100 "Federation Guardians" and 18 "Mass-produced Jinchūriki 1.6 Debug Version". However,

some of these hidden powers will have a counter-effect outside the battlefield...

For example, once the "Federation Guardians" are used, it is equivalent to exposing Orochimaru, and there are many people who have grudges against him; as long as the tailed beasts show up, the Akatsuki organization of the Land of Rain will become a potential enemy; once Kurama takes action, Konoha will also explode.

Not to mention the "mass-produced Jinchūriki", a weapon of mass destruction that would arouse the covetousness and fear of all countries... If the technology is mature now, Guan Liyuan can certainly use it boldly and directly sweep the opposite side. However, in fact, this "1.6 debugging version" not only has defects and its strength cannot be compared with that of a real Jinchūriki, but also there are not many of them!