Since Kumogakure was the first to declare war, and it was also them who sent out Shinobi first, so Kumogakure took the lead in building the camp at Yugakure's border.
This time, Kumogakure randomly chose a place instead of choosing a particularly hidden place. It was not particularly conspicuous, but also not hidden.
The camp looked very big, and there were many tents. However, if one looked closely, they would find that these tents were empty.
This was something that Kumogakure had planned for a long time. In fact, there were only a few Kumogakure Shinobi in Yugakure, and the rest were all clones.
Kumogakure's main force had already entered Tsukigakure, ready for a blitzkrieg.
However, Kumogakure was not in a hurry to attack. After all, even if there weren't a lot of guards stationed at Tsukigakure's border, there would at least be a few.
Shinobi's mobility was not to be underestimated. If they attacked too quickly, and Konoha's Shinobi asked for reinforcements, everything they did would be in vain.
Konoha was only two villages away from Tsukigakure, and if their Shinobi rushed at full speed, they might be able to arrive in half a day.
At that time, Kumogakure Shinobi might be surrounded by Konoha Shinobi.
Therefore, Kumogakure Shinobi was waiting for an opportunity. When most of Konoha's forces were lured by their bait at Yugakure, it would be the time for Kumogakure's main force to attack.
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Although Minato said that he wanted to fight in the front line, he couldn't be the first one to arrive as he was a Hokage.
After Kumogakure and Konoha's forces had fought for a bit, Minato finally arrived at Yugakure's border with some of his men.
"Fourth-sama!"
"Fourth-sama!"
When Minato brought his troops to Konoha's camp, the entire camp was shocked.
As the Hokage, coming to the battlefield was the same as personally leading the army. With the commander standing at the frontmost, his men's morale would be boosted.
Minato showed a gentle smile in response and then said, "Good work, everyone."
Soon, Minato was welcomed into the largest tent in the camp.
There was the captain of the leading force in the tent, along with several Jonin.
The captain of the leading force was the current head of Nara Clan, Shikaku Nara, and the Vice-Captain was the other two from Ino-Shika-Cho trio, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka.
"Shikaku, what is the current situation of the battlefield?" Minato asked Shikaku Nara as he stood in front of the map with all kinds of markings.
During the Third Shinobi World War, Minato had fought many times alongside the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. They were close with each other, so he addressed them with their first name.
"The war has only just begun, and we can't see much. At present, everyone is attacking small groups and gauging each other," Shikaku Nara said.
Because of Shinobi's nature, there were very few fights that involved a lot of Shinobi. Generally, this would only happen during the final battle.
Usually, the two sides would send out small teams to gauge each other.
Only after gathering enough information and making sufficient preparations and planning would they assemble to launch an all-out attack.
"Have you located the enemy camp?" Minato asked again.
"We haven't found the exact location yet, but according to the fight in the past half month, we can roughly determine where it is," Shikaku quickly replied.
"Let's send a squad to attack and figure out the location of the enemy camp," Minato said.
Shikaku nodded. "Yes."
"By the way, is there any skilled Shinobi on Kumogakure's side? Has Raikage and their Jinchuriki made their appearance?" Minato asked again.
Shikaku shook his head and said, "I will give you the information about Kumogakure Jonin who fought during the war. However, I have not seen Raikage, Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki, or the Two-Tails Jinchuriki for the time being. They are either waiting for an opportunity or simply not here yet.
"The Fourth Raikage hasn't shown up yet? That doesn't seem seem like him." Minato frowned slightly.
He and the Fourth Raikage were rivals. They had fought several times in the Third Shinobi World War.
The first fight between them was when he led Konoha's reinforcements to fight Kumogakure Shinobi.
On his way, the bold Fourth Raikage Ay actually brought some of his men to intercept this reinforcement.
That time, Minato was also a little shocked as the Fourth Raikage was so fast that he nearly caught up with his Flying Thunder God Technique within a short distance.
The Flying Thunder God was a Space-Time Ninjutsu, yet the Fourth Raikage could catch up with him with his raw speed alone.
Minato exchanged blows with Fourth Raikage and Killer B. Both realized that they could not take down each other, so they both retreated.
Ay took a detour. If they could not end the battle quickly, there would be the risk of being surrounded.
Minato thought that Ay would immediately make a move given his personality. Could it be that Ay's personality had changed a little bit in the past few years because he had become a Raikage?
"Warn the defense forces in Tsukigakure! Tell them to be careful of Kumogakure's surprise attack. Their main force may not be here." Minato said.
"I will. Actually, I had the feeling that's the case these past two days, so I have been looking for the location of Kumogakure's camp." Shikaku Nara nodded and said.
Shikaku wasn't new in this stuff. He had already encountered so many things during the Third Shinobi World War.
If they were up against Iwagakure, Shikaku wouldn't think there was anything wrong here.
But since the opponent was Kumogakure, Shikaku felt as if the opponent was avoiding the battle.
Kumogakure was full of hot-blooded people, and patience certainly wasn't their forte, and unlike Kirigakure that specialized in assassination, Kumogakure was all about exchanging blows.
In short, this situation certainly didn't seem like Kumogakure's style.
Shikaku felt that Kumogakure was launching the attack from somewhere else, and it was highly like to be from Tsukigakure.
However, something surprising happened!
The next day, just when they notified their force on Tsukigakure to be careful of Kumogakure's surprise attack, Kumogakure's Jinchuriki appeared, although it was their Two-Tails Jinchuriki instead of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki led a squad of Kumogakure Shinobi to raid a makeshift sentry set up by Konoha.