Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 468
Chiyo kept saying that she wanted to "defeat Konoha" and "sanctioned" Lei Luo, Yume Shiguro and others. It seemed that she was very sure that Sand Hidden Village would become one of the victors in this ninja war.

The spider may have believed it, or it may be because of other reasons, such as thinking of her young son, Xie. In short, she did not speak again, as if she acquiesced to the words given by Chiyo.

And whether Konoha will be defeated, whether Yume Shiguro will be killed by Spider and Chiyo, and whether Lei Luo will be subject to the so-called sanctions...

At this point, it seems difficult to say at present.

At least, for Sand Hidden Village, which was defeated in the first battle and even lost nearly half of its troops, the hope of defeating Konoha seems to have become very slim.

Unless, with all the family resources, like the decision made by the three generations of Kazekage, all the old masters of Sand Hidden are transferred to the battlefield to make up for the lack of high-end combat power...

Only by doing so, Sha Yin seemed to regain the capital to compete with the Konoha Ninja Army led by Lei Luo. Before that, they could only avoid the edge temporarily.

In the next week, the Sagakure army began to regroup. Under the order of Sandai Kazekage, the camp retreated [-] kilometers, or [-] miles, and directly retreated into the territory of the Kawano Kingdom.

Groups of sand hermit ninjas packed up their tents, moved basic materials, and dismantled the large ninjas that defended the city, and followed the leader's footsteps on the way back.

The reason for retreating so far is that the third Kazekage needs time to heal his wounds, and it also takes time to wait for the arrival of the strong men of the older generation of Sagakure, and the third Kazekage cannot judge whether Lei Luo will give them time.

In order to prevent the Konoha Ninja Army from taking advantage of the big victory to attack, so be a little bit more timid at this time, try to leave a strategic buffer zone, and it is beneficial to exchange space for time.

Second, it is because the Sand Hidden Army has lost so many troops after all. Therefore, they have to replenish not only the source of troops, but also a large amount of combat materials, such as equipment, food, medicine and so on.

Pulling the battle line back can bring the ninja army closer to the village. This is not only to shorten the time required to replenish manpower and supplies, but also to effectively ensure the safety of the supply line.

Sand Hidden Village's actions were big and quick.

When Konoha's spies buried inside the sand hidden in the interior sent back information, and when the ninjas of the Hyuga clan went to check, the sand ninjas had long since disappeared, and only a piece of yellow sand remained at the original sand hidden camp.

Lei Luo was slightly surprised when he received this news, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems reasonable:

If Sandai Kazekage's brain is not well-understood, it would be strange not to retreat after suffering such a serious loss.

He just didn't expect that Sandai Kazekage would be so decisive.

At the same time, Lei Luo is also very clear:
Retreating does not mean admitting defeat, let alone surrendering. After all, Sand Yin's high-end combat power is not damaged much. After replenishing the bottom-level combat power, he is still capable of fighting several tough battles with the Konoha Ninja Army led by Lei Luo.

Considering that most of the sand ninjas ran into the country of Sichuan, Lei Luo also ordered to relocate the camp, and led more than 4000 Konoha ninjas into the country of Sichuan.

In this scene, at first glance, Lei Luo seems to be chasing after the sand ninjas, wishing to wipe out all the sand ninjas, but...

If you calculate it carefully, the time it took to relocate the camp - more than a month...

It will be found that Lei Luo is obviously procrastinating on purpose.

Nara Kaji noticed this, but the de facto second-in-command of the Konoha Ninja Army obviously had no intention of opposing Lei Luo, and he still carried out Lei Luo's orders without any compromise.

As for the reason why Kaji Nara cooperates so well, Lei Luo's guess is:
Nara Shikaji probably got on the line with Nara Shikahisa, and knew the covenant formed by the two parties, and also knew what position he should take to face Lei Luo.

Although this guess seems to be very close to the truth, Lei Luo is still not completely relieved of Nara Shikaji, some steps should be taken or have to be taken.

In the past month, Lei Luo has been making frequent moves, vigorously promoting several of his confidantes, and placing them in some key positions.

For example, Lei Luo formed six teams of ninjas into two brigades, with a total of 216 people, led by Orochimaru and Yume Shiguro.

In Lei Luo's view, with Orochimaru and the others' level, there shouldn't be any problems if one person commands more than 100 ninjas to fight.

For another example, Lei Luo picked out some ninjas who are good at physical arts or faster from the ninja army, a total of 72 people, that is, two teams, led by Namikaze Minato and Matt Dai.

The reason why Minato and Namikaze were not promoted to captain at once was because Minato Namikaze was too young, and Matt Dai had been a ninja for so many years, and his reputation and qualifications were not enough.

Most importantly, compared to Orochimaru and Yume Shiguro, Namikaze Minato and Matt Dai are currently unable to command too many ninjas, regardless of their age or experience.

Although Lei Luo wants to employ people and promote his subordinates, he must also consider the abilities of his subordinates. Otherwise, if something goes wrong with the person he promotes, what will others think of him?

Now, due to the prestige of the pursuit battle, Orochimaru and others have established prestige in the ninja army, and initially gained the respect of most ninjas.

In addition, Lei Luo, as the leader of the ninja army, led everyone to win the battle, and arranged a few confidantes, there would still be no voices of opposition.

What about later?

Lei Luo knew that without long-term considerations, there must be short-term worries. Namikaze Minato and Mai Tedai still need to grow and experience, and it is not a good thing to raise them too high all of a sudden.

So, the sub-team leader should sit down first, wait until he has achieved military exploits, and then form a "bond" with some subordinates - in Lei Luo's view, it is equivalent to cultivating cronies, when the time comes...

He then assigned Namikaze Minato and the two to the position of captain, so that no one would gossip, and the two probably had accumulated enough command experience and confidantes, so naturally there would be no problems.

As for a group of Jnin or special Jnin such as Shiranui Kusama, Moonlight Shindao, and Morino Iken, Lei Luo arranged for them to sit as team leaders, each leading 3 squads and 12 ninjas.

The original small captains were assigned by Lei Luo under the command of Orochimaru and Yume Shiguro in the name of "the elite ninjas in the Jinin Army form a sharp knife unit".

Because it was the early stage of the war, Lei Luo's actions were not considered major, and the number of personnel involved in this personnel change was only a few hundred people.

Therefore, whether it is all ordinary ninjas or the members of Anbu who monitor the movements of the ninja army, there is not much rebound.

After all, there is nothing wrong with the commander who is new to the Ninja Army and promotes some trustworthy subordinates within the Ninja Army.

At present, Konoha Ninja's obedience is very good, which saves Lei Luo a lot of time and effort.

(End of this chapter)