Konoha's deployment is as follows.
In the direction of the Village Hidden in the Rain, because they had to bear the pressure from the two major ninja villages of Stone and Sand at the same time, Danzo naturally became the commander of the southwest camp and was assisted by Orochimaru, one of the three Sannin.
In the direction of the Land of Lightning in the northeast, Hiruzen was appointed as the commander, and together with his disciple Minato Namikaze, who had already arrived at the border, he would fight against the attack of Hidden Cloud Village.
However, considering that although the individual strength of this master and disciple pair is beyond doubt, their ability to deploy troops is basically on par with that of the old man selling popsicles at the door, Shikaku Nara will also accompany them as a military advisor.
To the southeast, it was still Torifu Akimichi... If the southeast camp still existed.
The last time the southeast camp sent news was three days ago, before the war broke out when Torifu Akimichi reported a large-scale ninja mobilization in the Village Hidden in the Mist.
According to Konoha's plan, if the southeast camp was not defeated, Torifu Akimichi would be under greater pressure than now. This pressure was so great that even Hiruzen Sarutobi was deeply worried about his old friend.
Konoha is not planning to provide a large amount of reinforcements to the southeast direction, and can basically only rely on the strength of the southeast camp itself to resist the invasion of Village Hidden in the Mist at an absolute disadvantage.
Not only Torifu Akimichi, Konoha is not even going to invest too much strength in the Village Hidden in the Rain.
Danzo's most important task at the moment is not to defeat the Sand and the Stone's ninja but how to muddy the waters of the Village Hidden in the Rain and prevent the enemy from discovering that the Konoha army is strong on the outside but weak on the inside…
Having given up the two battlefields in the southwest and southeast, Konoha, with its hands freed up, prepared to send all its forces to the battlefields in the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Frost to confront the Hidden Cloud Village.
Because Konoha's current strategic focus is in the northeast, if the Tsuchikage's ambush can severely damage or even kill the third Raikage, then there will surely be chaos within Hidden Cloud Village. As long as they can withstand the first few waves of the Hidden Cloud Village's attack and then concentrate their forces to counterattack the Land of Lightning in one fell swoop, maybe…
They can make Hidden Cloud Village, Konoha's biggest enemy, withdraw from the Shinobi World War directly!
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's decision-makers are betting that Konoha can eliminate Hidden Cloud Village before the battlefields in the Village Hidden in the Rain and southeastern battlefields collapse!
This is a risky move, very risky, especially facing the southeast direction of Village Hidden in the Mist.
Don't forget the battlefield between Konoha and Village Hidden in the Mist… It is on the home ground, the Land of Fire!
The meeting ended, and the Hidden Leaf Village, the most powerful war machine in the world, started to operate in full swing.
Just as everyone was doing their job and preparing to lead their troops to the battlefields, an urgent intelligence message from the Land of Wind was rushed to the Hokage's office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi opened it and took a look, almost thinking he was presbyopic.
"The Village Hidden in the Sand army retreats back to the Land of Wind?!"
"The third Kazekage is suspected to be missing?!"
Damn, this isn't an intelligence scam… Is it?
...…
The Land of Wind, the Village Hidden in the Sand.
Compared to the orderly meeting in Konoha, the meeting room of Village Hidden in the Sand was a mess.
The originally good internal meeting turned into a debate. The participants were sarcastic, mocking, and arguing with each other.
Well, physical swordplay.
This is what the counselor Chiyo saw when she walked into the meeting room.
"Stop!"
Hearing Chiyo's angry rebuke, the two Jonin ninjas who had already drawn their swords and were about to enter the decisive battle froze and quickly dropped their weapons.
"Bunch of cowards! If you have this energy, you should go to the battlefield to kill the enemy instead of drawing swords against your companions!"
Chiyo walked to the Kazekage's seat and sat down before looking around the conference room sternly. She looked at the panicked expressions of these elite members of the Village, and the anger in her heart could hardly be suppressed.
The war is about to begin, and these bastards are still fighting among themselves!
"Chiyo-sama…"
Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look into Chiyo's eyes.
"Tell me about the situation."
"Yes."
The head of the intelligence department repeated the known information to Chiyo.
The third Kazekage lost contact on his way to the front line in the Village Hidden in the Rain, somewhere near the sand castle. Also missing were several of his accompanying Jōnin, including Chiyo's grandson, the strongest puppeteer of Village Hidden in the Sand, Sasori of the Red Sand.
"Sasori…"
Chiyo clenched her fists tightly, then raised her head suddenly: "Can the third Kazekage's life or death be confirmed?"
"… "
"Say it!"
"Yes, yes!"
The chief officer of the intelligence department shuddered and reported truthfully: "We look for the third Kazekage's summoned beast, but the summoned beast has disappeared…"
She hadn't finished speaking, but Chiyo already knew the result.
The third Kazekage, the strongest ninja of the Village Hidden in the Sand, was confirmed dead before the start of the third Shinobi World War.
"Who is the commander of the frontline troops?"
Chiyo is basically in a semi-retired state and does not interfere in any decision-making within the village. If the Kazekage had not disappeared, she would not have come out again to take charge of the situation.
"It's Rasa, a Jōnin."
"Did he make any moves?"
"Rosa has already led his army back from the Village Hidden in the Rain, saying that he wants to help find the Kazekage…"
"Heh."
Chiyo sneered in an ambiguous tone and then fell silent.
The conference room fell into an eerie silence, with uneasiness and restlessness filling everyone's heart.
After a long time.
"Now, I will take over the duties of the Kazekage! Tell Rasa to return to the front line immediately. The battle plan remains unchanged. He is still the supreme commander of the battlefield in the Village Hidden in the Rain."
Chiyo stood up. Her not-so-tall body exuded an amazing aura as if she had turned back into the Chiyo who roamed the battlefield back then!
There must be no chaos within the Village Hidden in the Sand. The best solution now is to suppress the turmoil and chaos caused by the disappearance of the Kazekage through external war!
"Also, tell Rasa that if he makes achievements on the battlefield, I, Chiyo, will nominate him to become the next Kazekage."
"Yes!"
It seemed as if they had found their backbone, and the atmosphere of despair no longer filled the conference room.
A Jōnin in charge of communications quickly stood up and prepared to pass the message to Rasa.
"Wait."
Chiyo suddenly called him.
"Chiyo-sama, do you have any other instructions?"
"Rasa… Does he have any relatives in the village?"
"A wife and a daughter… Oh, and his wife is pregnant now."
"Tell Rasa while he's commanding the battle at the front line. His family is safe. I will protect them. Please… Don't worry."
The Jōnin was startled and subconsciously raised his head, only to meet Chiyo's deep eyes.
He felt a chill rising from his feet and instantly spreading to every part of his body.
"Yes, yes! I understand!"
The Jōnin quickly walked out of the meeting room as if he was escaping.
Don't worry…
To be exact, it's a warning to Rasa not to have any bad thoughts!
As expected, Chiyo-sama is still the same Chiyo-sama back then, the killing god who poisoned and killed thousands of enemy ninjas on the battlefield!
"You too, from now on, only Jōnin with families will be allowed to serve as commanders until the war is over… This is an extraordinary period for the village; I hope you can understand."
"...Yes."