Chiyo keeps talking about "defeating Konoha" and giving "sanctions" to Lei Luo, Aburame Shiguro and others. It seems that he is very sure that Sunagakure Village will become one of the winners of this ninja war.
Spider may have believed it, or it may have been for other reasons, such as thinking of her young son Xie. In short, she did not speak anymore, seemingly acquiescing to the rhetoric given by Chiyo.
And whether Konoha will be defeated, whether Aburame Shiguro will be killed by Spider and Chiyo, and whether Lei Luo will be punished...
This point seems very difficult to say at present.
At least, for Sunagakure 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, all the wealth is spent, like the decision made by the Third Kazekage, all the older masters of Sunagakure are transferred to the battlefield to make up for the lack of high-end combat power...
Only by doing this, Sunagakure seems to have regained the capital to compete with the Konoha ninja army led by Lei Luo. Before that, they could only avoid the edge for the time being.
In the next week, the Sunagakure army began to regroup. Under the orders of the Third Kazekage, the camp retreated fifty kilometers, or one hundred miles, directly into the territory of Kawa no Kuni.
Groups of Sunagakure ninjas packed up their tents, moved basic materials, dismantled the large ninja tools used to defend the city, and followed the leader's footsteps on the way back.
The reason why he had to retreat so far was that the Third Kazekage needed time to recuperate from his injuries, and it also took time to wait for the strong men from the older generation of Sunagakure to arrive, and the Third Kazekage couldn't tell whether Lei Luo would give them time.
In order to prevent the Konoha ninja army from taking advantage of the great victory to attack, it is beneficial to be more cowardly at this time and try to leave a strategic buffer zone, trading space for time.
The second reason is that the Sunagakure troops have lost so many troops after all, so they need to replenish not only their troops, but also a large amount of combat supplies, such as equipment, food, medicine, etc.
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 various supplies, but also to effectively ensure the safety of the supply line.
The movements of Sand Hidden Village are very big and very fast.
When Konoha's spies buried inside Sunagakure sent back information and the Hyuga clan ninjas went over to verify it, the Sunagakure had long since disappeared, and only a piece of yellow sand remained at the location of the original Sunagakure camp.
Lei Luo was slightly surprised to receive this news, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed reasonable:
If the Third Kazekage's mind wasn't screwed up, it would be strange not to retreat after suffering such serious losses.
He just didn't expect that the Third Kazekage would be so decisive.
At the same time, Lei Luo is also very clear:
Retreating does not mean admitting defeat, nor does it mean surrender. After all, Sunagakure's high-end combat power has not been greatly damaged. After supplementing the low-level combat power, it is still capable of fighting several tough battles with the Konoha ninja army led by Lei Luo.
Considering that most of the Suna ninjas ran into the Kingdom of Sichuan, Lei Luo also ordered the relocation of the camp and led more than 4,000 Konoha ninjas into the Kingdom of Sichuan.
In this scene, at first glance, it seems that Lei Luo is chasing after the Sand Ninjas and wishes to wipe out all the Sand Ninjas, but...
If you calculate carefully, it took more than a month to move the camp...
You will find that Lei Luo is obviously delaying intentionally.
Nara Shikaji could see this, but the de facto second-in-command of the Konoha Ninja Army obviously had no intention of going against Lei Luo, and he still carried out Lei Luo's orders without any discount.
As for the reason why Nara Shikaji is so cooperative, Lei Luo's guess is:
Nara Shikaku was probably on the line with Nara Shikaku, and he knew the alliance between the two parties, and he also knew what position he should take when facing Lei Luo.
Although this guess seems to be very close to the truth, Lei Luo is still not completely reassured by Nara Shikaji, and some steps must be taken.
In this month, Lei Luo made frequent moves, vigorously promoted several of his confidants, and placed them in certain key positions.
For example, Lei Luo organized six divisions of ninjas into two brigades, with a total of 216 people, with Orochimaru and Aburame Shiguro as captains.
In Lei Luo's opinion, with the level of Orochimaru and the two of them, if one person can command more than a hundred ninjas in combat, there should be no problems.
For another example, Lei Luo selected some ninjas who were good at taijutsu or were fast from the ninja army, a total of 72 people, that is, two teams, with Namikaze Minato and Matt Dai as team captains.
The reason why Minato Namikaze and Minato were not promoted to captains at once was because Minato Namikaze was too young, and Matthias had been a genin for so many years, so his reputation and qualifications were not enough.
The most important thing is that compared to Orochimaru and Aburame Shiguro, Namikaze Minato and Matt Dai are currently unable to command too many ninjas, regardless of age, experience or knowledge.
Although Lei Luo wants to employ people and promote 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 reputation gained from the pursuit battle, Orochimaru and others have established prestige within 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 close subordinates, there would still be no objections.
What can happen later?
Lei Luo knew in his heart that people who have no long-term worries must have short-term worries. Namikaze Minato and Matt Dai still need to grow and experience, and it is not a good thing to raise them too high all at once.
Therefore, the squad leader should sit back for now. After he has achieved military exploits and formed "bonds" with certain subordinates, Lei Luo thinks it is equivalent to cultivating cronies. When the time comes...
He then arranged Minato Namikaze and Minato to take the position of captain, so that no one would gossip, and these two people must have accumulated enough command experience and confidants, so naturally there would be no problems.
As for a group of jounin or special jounin such as Shiranui Kusama, Gekko Kando, Morino Iken, etc., Lei Luo arranged for them to be team leaders, each leading 3 squads and 12 ninjas.
The original team captains were placed under the command of Orochimaru and Aburame Shiguro under the name of "gathering the elite ninjas in the ninja army to form a sharp knife force" by Lei Luo.
Because it was the early stages of the war, Lei Luo's actions were not too big. This personnel change involved only a few hundred people.
Therefore, there was no big backlash from all the ordinary ninjas or the few ANBU members who monitored the movements of the ninja army.
After all, there is nothing wrong with a commander who is new to the Ninja Army and promotes some trustworthy subordinates within the Ninja Army who are actually capable and have made great achievements.
At present, it seems that Konoha ninjas are very obedient, which saves Lei Luo a lot of time and effort.