Chapter 277 The Land Kingdom's Abacus
At the border between the Land of Earth and the Land of Field is a huge canyon that cuts across the entire border between the Land of Field and the Land of Earth. It is called the Tianqian Canyon, which means that it separates the two countries like a natural moat.

This huge canyon is more than 170 kilometers long, 200 meters wide, and more than 300 meters deep. The depths are filled with miasma, and even elite ninjas find it difficult to pass through safely.

A huge bridge named Friendship Bridge was built on this huge canyon. It was jointly built thirty years ago after the two countries became friends. It is also the only passage at the border between the Country of Field and the Country of Earth. The bridge is two hundred meters long and ten meters wide. It is named Friendship Bridge, which means that the friendship between the two countries will last forever.

Because it is too difficult to build a bridge here, first of all, flying ninjas are needed to assist in the construction. Therefore, even during the Ninja World War, this bridge was not allowed to be destroyed. Not only the two countries' ninja villages did not allow it, but also the two countries' daimyos and the people of the two countries did not allow it.

Even at the invitation of the two Daimyo, the Daimyo of other countries also endorsed the bridge. Any ninja who destroyed the bridge for any reason would be wanted by the Daimyo of all countries in the entire Ninja world.

Therefore, during the Third World War, even though Konoha knew that the bridge was an important logistical channel for the Land of Earth, it did not dare to destroy the bridge at the most difficult time of the war.

At this time, on the Friendship Bridge, under the protection of 500 ninjas from the Hidden Earth Village, the fleeing people of the Land Country lined up obediently to cross the bridge and enter the Land Country. Anyone who dared to disrupt the order would be killed by the ninjas regardless of their identity.

On the Tian Kingdom side, a large number of people who had fled here had already swarmed in, and the number of people staying here had reached over a million. Some had already been staying here for three days.

There were simply too many people fleeing, but because the width and carrying capacity of the bridge were limited, even if the bridge ran day and night, the number of people and supplies that could pass through was still limited. Less than 200,000 people could pass through in a day.

Therefore, people who are stuck here and can cross the bridge have a priority. Ninjas, young and strong people, and children can cross the bridge first, and the elderly are at the end.

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At this time, among the crowd staying on the Tianguo side.

As soon as the Ino, Shika, and Chou families and the Sound Village arrived here, they immediately received an invitation from the ninjas of the Iwagakure Village.

In the Iwagakure Village headquarters in the tent.

The three heads of the Ino, Shika and Chou families, as well as Orochimaru followed the Iwagakure into the tent and saw the Iwagakure's commander, Dodai, who was looking at the map with a frown on his face.

Looking at the four people coming in, Tu Tai didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with them and said directly:
"At present, I believe you have also received the news. Now the enemy's spearhead troops have chased to Miki Village in Tianzhi Country. It is less than 50 kilometers away from here and will arrive in a day at most. I think their purpose is clear to everyone, that is, to destroy the bridge and block the evacuation route for the people of Tianzhi Country!"

Hearing this, Orochimaru and the heads of the three families of Ino, Shika and Chou all nodded. They had already guessed what Dodai was going to say next.

Sure enough, seeing the four people nod, Tu Tai continued: "There are currently more than one million people from the Land of Fields crowded here, and at least two million people from the Land of Fields are evacuating here. I don't need to say more about the importance of these people to the future of this war."

Hearing this, the four of them nodded again.

Tsuchida's meaning was very clear. The importance of these people in the future far exceeded that of their two thousand ninjas, so he wanted them to stay and guard the bridge to buy time for the millions of people to retreat.

Seeing the four people being so forthcoming, Tutai smiled and said, "Of course, since you have taken the initiative to stay and block the enemy, your forces and relatives' property will naturally have the priority to enter the Land of Earth, and will be protected by the Land of Earth - Iwagakure throughout the journey. You can rest assured. In addition, you can also choose your favorite location in the designated area to settle down first."

"Thank you!" Hearing this, Orochimaru and the heads of the three families of Ino, Shika and Chou did not say anything extra, but just thanked them. After knowing the situation here, this kind of thing had been expected, and they had no choice. After all, the Land of Earth is the territory of the Rock Ninja.

Then, Tutai put on a serious face again, pointed at the map on the table in front of him and said to the four people: "Let's take a look at the map. The enemy is currently in this location, Sanmu Village. Thirty miles from Sanmu Village, there is a group of strange rocks. It is called the Stone Forest. The rocks here are hard and are the best cover."

"I have 300 ninjas stationed here in the Iwagakure, and 3,000 soldiers equipped with new weapons. We can have a considerable geographical advantage in blocking the enemy here. Of course, I also know that the enemy is strong, so I only hope that you can hold out here for at least five days. One more day is a day, and I won't force it, but I hope you understand that if you can hold out for one more day, 200,000 more people will pass through the bridge, and we will have a better chance of winning in the future."

"We have passed by here before. It is indeed a terrain that is very favorable for our defense!" Looking at the map, Lu Ming nodded in agreement.

The rocky forest on the map was a major transportation route. They had passed by it when they evacuated and had seen the fortifications built by the defense forces of the Land Kingdom there. He had also carefully observed the terrain there. There were rows of strange rocks like rockeries, and they were very hard, which could effectively block the enemy's long-range weapons.

Moreover, the rocks there are arranged in a disorderly and dense manner, which is indeed very suitable for ninjas to carry out mobile sneak attacks. It can not only make it difficult for the enemy to play to their strengths, but also give full play to the ninja's greatest advantage over the enemy.

Orochimaru pondered for a moment and said, "Although the terrain there is very suitable for blocking the enemies from the other world, it is an indisputable fact that the enemies from the other world are very powerful. We cannot guarantee that we can hold on for five days."

Tutai frowned when he heard this.

Seeing this, Orochimaru changed the subject and said, "However, we can guarantee that we will do our best to stop the enemy. Unless it is impossible, we will never retreat!"

The heads of the three families, Ino, Shika and Cho, all nodded in agreement with Orochimaru. As families that had fought directly against the undead, they had the most profound understanding of the enemy's strength. It was impossible for them to really give their lives there.

Although the strange stone forest is indeed very suitable for blocking the enemies from the other world, that is based on the situation that the enemies from the other world do not use super-powerful long-range weapons. If they encounter the enemy's super heavy artillery, or the kind of weapons that attack the center of Konoha, the terrain of the strange stone forest will be of some use, but it will not be of much use.

Hearing Orochimaru's supplement, Tsuchida's brow relaxed immediately: "Yes, I have also heard about the battle in Konoha's Death Forest, and the orders I gave to the soldiers stationed there were the same."

He did not expect these foreign families to try their best, but he also believed that Orochimaru and the Ino-Shika-Cho families would definitely do their best to stop the enemy while ensuring casualties.

Because if the Ino, Shika and Chou families and Orochimaru were to evacuate to the Land of Earth, it would mean that their lifeline would be held in the hands of the Iwagakure, and now the three families and Orochimaru's Otogakure had no choice but to retreat to the Land of Earth, so we were not afraid that they would not contribute. We could let them block the way, but we couldn't really let Orochimaru and the Ino, Shika and Chou families fill in all the capable people.

If this were to happen, it would cause huge public opinion and dissatisfaction, which would be detrimental to unity in future wars. After all, there were a lot of people flowing into the Land of Earth, including many large and small foreign forces.

"Boom~"

Just as the three were preparing to discuss some defensive matters in more detail, an extremely loud explosion suddenly sounded outside.

(End of this chapter)