Chapter 870: , Suna-nin defeated

Hatake Sakumo's tactics were also very simple; his ninja blade would only swing at Suna-nin ninjas who were famous.

The so-called "there are no incompetent people under a great reputation"—fame and strength status were always matched to a certain extent.

Ninjas with strength generally appeared on the battlefield as commanders.

And as mentioned earlier, the high-level ninjas under Chiyo and Ebizo were mostly ninjas good at puppet arts and Wind Release, with seriously insufficient defensive capabilities.

This led to the fact that often when the battle began, as soon as the Suna-nin troops' commanders appeared, they were directly beheaded by Hatake Sakumo.

Earth Release to approach, sudden blade, death, and then Earth Release to retreat.

This set of smooth operations was performed vividly by Hatake Sakumo, leaving the Suna-nin side with no way to crack it.

It was impossible for the Suna-nin side not to have a single high-level ninja show up throughout a battle.

Beheading the general in the middle of a battle naturally had an immensely huge impact on morale; not to mention that once the commander died, the Suna-nin's battle formation would naturally collapse directly, and then they would become a pile of loose sand.

Over time, such a sentence circulated on the battlefield: Hatake Sakumo never kills nobodies under his blade.

This also led to the Suna-nin Jonin almost all feeling insecure, and their fighting spirit was severely frustrated.

Under Hatake Sakumo's assassinations, the Suna-nin side always occupied a passive position in the war, constantly retreating step by step.

Up to this moment, the Suna-nin were already suspicious of every tree and shrub, unable to attack, and could only huddle in their camp, passively retreating and defending.

This also led to the Suna-nin side being completely surrounded by Konoha in this desert, falling into an awkward situation of being unable to advance or retreat.

Even so, the Suna-nin side did not escape Hatake Sakumo's shadow.

There had been more than one case of Hatake Sakumo infiltrating the Suna-nin camp and succeeding in assassinations; if this continued, the entire Suna-nin would be in panic, and sooner or later they would collapse without being attacked.

Therefore, the Suna-nin's defeat was already doomed.

Chiyo scanned the Suna-nin Jonin present with exhausted eyes, and upon seeing Chiyo's gaze, everyone subconsciously moved their eyes away unnaturally, their faces carrying a look of fear.

Seeing this, a sense of powerlessness arose in Chiyo's heart.

Because she knew that this was because everyone was afraid that she would send them to their deaths.

It had been three days, and Chiyo's last hope had also been shattered.

Three days ago, forced into a corner, Chiyo decided to use the final method—sending someone back to the village to ask for reinforcements.

Chiyo also realized that to resolve the disadvantage on the battlefield, it was necessary for the Third Kazekage to take action personally.

As long as the Third Kazekage, who was good at sand-manipulation ninjutsu, took action personally, Hatake Sakumo's threat would be self-defeating.

With the Third Kazekage, a Kage-level powerhouse who was good at sand-manipulation ninjutsu, and a large number of sand-manipulation ninjas under his command who were good at defense joining the battle, Hatake Sakumo's threat would immediately be self-defeating.

Chiyo naturally also knew that she had been headstrong in launching the war, and for this, she did not hesitate to challenge the Kazekage's prestige and reject the Kazekage's face.

And now she was licking her face to ask the Third Kazekage for reinforcements.

Such an act would undoubtedly cause her prestige to plummet, but she had no other choice now and could only pray that the Third Kazekage would look at the village's face and agree to take action, letting bygones be bygones.

Otherwise, she was bound to lose this battle.

Having lost her son and daughter-in-law, and her own prestige plummeting, no matter the result of this battle, the siblings Chiyo and Ebizo had already been completely defeated.

So three days ago, Chiyo selected the fastest ninjas under her command and ordered them to return to the village for reinforcements.

Asking for reinforcements was the final gamble.

Due to being surrounded, the Suna-nin led by Chiyo had long since lost contact with the village.

And in fact, even if the Third Kazekage really considered the big picture and agreed to send troops to rescue, the news had to be able to reach Sunagakure first.

Under Konoha's heavy encirclement, whether the ninjas Chiyo sent to deliver the message could succeed was a completely different matter.

But three days had passed, and there was still no news.

Chiyo knew that there was absolutely no hope left.

Regardless of whether the ninjas delivering the message were intercepted or the news reached the village and the Third Kazekage refused to provide assistance.

The process was actually no longer important, because the result was ultimately the same.

Chiyo's failure had become a foregone conclusion.

Continuing to drag it out was nothing more than filling it with more lives.

"Everyone, sitting like this is not a solution; come up with a plan."

Chiyo said gloomily, her face looking as if she had aged ten years in an instant.

"This..."

The Suna-nin Jonin looked at each other, thinking that Chiyo was urging people to go to battle again, and one by one they shrank back.

They were not afraid of the battlefield; what they feared was meaningless death, and what they feared was dying without value.

The more than thirty Suna-nin Jonin who died under Hatake Sakumo's blade were enough to explain a bloody fact: going out to fight was no different from sending their heads.

"Since that is the case, I propose peace talks with Konoha."

"Who agrees, who opposes?"

Regarding everyone's reaction, Chiyo had long expected it, so she spoke again, her tone full of powerlessness.

Hearing this, the Suna-nin Jonin all showed expressions of surprise; they knew very well that Chiyo's hatred for Konoha at this moment could be said to be higher than the sky and deeper than the sea.

They did not expect Chiyo to take the initiative to propose peace talks; this was naturally a great thing for other Suna-nin, as anyone with eyes could see that victory was already impossible.

Even Ebizo, who was sitting beside Chiyo, showed a trace of surprise in his eyes when he heard Chiyo say this.

"Peace talks" was probably just a nice way of putting it; in reality, Chiyo's statement was no different from actively "surrendering" to Konoha.

"I agree."

A moment later, a Suna-nin Jonin at the table spoke first. ===== CHAPTER 872 =====