Chapter 458 We are fighting a tough battle, we don't need cannon fodder

"After watching for a long time, what do you think?"

After Orochimaru left, Yan leaned back in his chair and stretched.

After returning from the Sarutobi tribe's territory and hearing a lot of things, Shikaku looked conflicted.

Although he didn't like Orochimaru very much, he had to admit that Orochimaru's abilities were obvious to all.

Moreover, this guy has a black heart and is definitely more suitable for the task of snatching resources than the Third Hokage.

Shikaku never expected that he would move out of the elders' group and force Yan to stay.

As a result, Yan didn't even think about the Third Hokage and directly pulled Orochimaru out.

He would rather use a terrifying existence like Orochimaru than have the Third Hokage come out.

"Orochimaru is a very dark person, but if he can be controlled, he is indeed very suitable to lead the army to complete this task."

Shikaku sighed and spoke his mind:

"The premise is to be able to stabilize him."

Yan smiled confidently:

“I won’t calm him down, I will just hold him, unless Orochimaru wants to die, he will obey.

Besides, I am not stingy and can give him enough support and rewards.

Besides, with Itachi following us, nothing serious will happen.

Jiraiya's personality means he is not suitable for such a role, otherwise he could be transferred over."

"By the way, where did you go just now?"

"......"

"Sarutobi clan land."

After a moment of silence, Shikaku finally chose to confess.

Looking for the third generation?

Yan was stunned for a moment, then he burst into laughter, pointed at Lu Jiu and cursed:

"How dare you, but it doesn't matter. I won't choose him anyway, so let him continue to live in retirement."

opportunity?

No chance at all!

I'd rather use Orochimaru.

Unless you want to cheat someone, you can let this old guy take action.

Otherwise, no way!

Don't even think about it.

Then wouldn't I be wasting my expression?

Lu Jiu was confused. I was saying all kinds of nice things and bowing to him.

Now you tell me that you won't activate the Sandaime...

Shikaku was almost stunned.

Yan gave Shikaku a look that said, "You didn't ask me either."

You went to find the Sandaime on your own, I didn't ask you to go.

“I really am….”

Shikaku didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment, and felt like he was crying because of his own stupidity.

Without understanding anything, I ran over in a hurry.

What a shame! All my efforts were in vain and I ended up being embarrassed.

After the Third Hokage made the decision, he came to the Hokage's office building, but Hikotori ignored him. It was a very uncomfortable scene.

Should I go over and explain?

Or, just pretend to be dead. At worst, you can just hide for a few days and don't hang around the Hokage office building.

If there was a chance to regret, Shikaku would never go to the Sarutobi clan's territory to meet the Third Hokage.

Now, I've embarrassed myself.

"Go explain it, tell the Sandaime."

Yan chuckled and said:

“Let’s just say that the reason the village started the war was not only for revenge, but also to plunder resources.

To plunder resources requires a ruthless person, so I chose Orochimaru."

This won't embarrass you, right?

Shikaku went to find the Third Hokage for the sake of the village, and his purpose in finding the Third Hokage was to get him out of Konoha.

Yan also had no intention of making things difficult for Shikaku.

It would be enough to just go and explain, so that the Third Hokage wouldn't really make up his mind to run to the Hokage office building, and then Shikaku would be really embarrassed.

"........"

Shame on you.

Lu Jiu looked up at the sky in silence.

Yan couldn't help but burst into laughter:

"Okay, seeing that you are like this, I will send someone to help you tell him, and the Sandaime will understand what I mean."

Lu Jiu was too embarrassed to do it, but Yan didn't care. Besides, there was no need for him to do it himself.

Yan directly let the Anbu people in.

"Go find the Sandaime-sama and tell him to stay in the village and retire. I have already decided on the person to lead the war, and it will be Orochimaru.

Also, the village started the war for a purpose other than revenge, but also for resources."

"Assistant Sir, should I convey your original words?"

In a word, it is important to convey the original words.

Some words will change if you add a little bit of something, or even if you add or subtract one or two words.

So many times, the message must be conveyed in its original form, otherwise problems may arise.

"Yes."

After receiving the standard answer, the Anbu people left.

Lu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. It would be nice to have someone to help him. It would be really embarrassing to go alone.

"Then, Master Assistant, should we start preparing?"

Fighting a war requires a lot of preparation; you can't just fight whenever you want.

The same goes for the Ninja War. The mobilization of personnel and the preparation of materials are all huge projects.

"Well, go and prepare. For civilian ninjas, just pick the elite Chunins and Jonins, or special Jonins.

We are fighting a tough battle and do not need cannon fodder.

The rest will be selected from each family to make up 3,000 people, and another 2,000 ordinary ninjas will be sent to the border camp."

The three thousand elite troops were going to Ganyan Village and plunder resources, while the two thousand extra ordinary ninjas and the people in the camp were the ones who had to guard against the enemy.

The quantity is not particularly large, but it is enough.

Don't look at Fugaku and Hiashi, they are usually more indifferent and more gloomy than the other.

But these two people's command ability and ability to do things are still good.

With the two of them in charge, nothing will go wrong in the camp.

As for Orochimaru, he just needs to go to the Land of Earth to steal things.

Lu Jiu quickly wrote down everything that needed to be recorded.

Yan continued:

“We don’t need to prepare so much supplies. The three thousand elite soldiers will be deployed for no more than a month, and then they will retreat back to the Fire Nation.

Only a small number of people were left in the camp to guard against the counterattack from the Iwagakure.

The village only needs to keep enough supplies for about 4,000 people. "

Four thousand people are enough to defend the Iwagakure.

Unless the Iwagakure and Konoha fight to the death.

From what Yi Yan knows about Ohnoki, as long as Konoha shoots and runs away, even if a lot of resources are taken away, Ohnoki's main target will still be the Kumogakure.

Before the Cloud Village was defeated, Ohnoki could not have organized too many people to attack the Land of Fire.

The possibility of a counterattack is low, and even if a war breaks out, the war situation can be controlled.

Compared to Konoha, the hatred between Kumogakure and Iwagakure is even deeper!!!

"I will prepare enough as soon as possible. In addition, the ninjas from each family still need to be screened by the adults themselves."

Shikaku could do the job, but he thought it would be better for him to come forward.

This way everyone gives face, and whoever Yan chooses gets it.

This avoids a situation where one family is dissatisfied and the other is unhappy.

Yan knew Shikaku's concerns, so he nodded:

"Okay, you are in charge of the civilian ninjas. I will ask them to send me the information about the family ninjas, and I will select them myself."