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Given the current situation, where things can get messy at any time and he is worried about the Leaf Ninjas, who are on a mission, they cannot retreat with the wounded either.
Even if they retreat, the Suna camp might attack those who went on the mission and finish them off, or they might attack on our back. To make strategic maneuvers, he needs more manpower, and that's where they fall short.
It was understandable that Hyuga Ryuichi would question his decision. Out of the 350 ninjas in this camp and those who were on a mission, only about 200 were fit for combat.
He ordered around one-third of them to stay in the camp and protect the wounded and the medic ninjas.
Ryuichi thought it was an illogical decision. Did he intend to use his clan to confront the enemy alone? There were barely a hundred Uchiha clan members present.
Why did they not understand that they were being treated as disposable pawns? A hundred against a thousand was a hopeless situation in war.
But since the clan head was so adamant and his clan members did not object, he had no choice but to remain silent.
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"Okay, leaders of the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans, please stand by. The rest of the members should start setting traps around the camp."
As soon as he gave the order, they sprang into action. They knew that war was imminent, and even though some had doubts about his decision, they obeyed him as the commander appointed by the Third Hokage.
Fugaku continued giving orders, noticing that no one objected. He wanted to place traps with explosive tags and pits around the camp.
These traps would be effective in reducing the enemy's number and would also alert the camp to an enemy attack.
Besides, the Uchiha clan would bear the brunt of the enemy's attack, so they didn't dare to voice their dissatisfaction.
Only three ninja remained on the ground, apart from the members of his clan. They were from renowned clans in Konoha. Fugaku took a deep breath and spoke to the three representatives from the Ino-Shika-Cho clan.
"I'll make it short. I will divide our camp force into two teams: one for defense and another for offense.
You three clan leaders decided among yourselves who would command the rest of them.
It doesn't matter who it is, including the ninjas who come back later from missions; no matter which clan they belong to, you will manage them."
"Okay," they replied.
Fugaku knew that each clan had a person in charge in this camp, and he hoped that whoever the Nara clan picked would have decent command skills, even if they were not as good as Shikaku.
He knew that it was always someone from the Nara clan who led the rest of the members from the other three clans. After the three members of Ino-Shika-cho left,
Fugaku gave an order to his clansmen: "Uchiha members, listen up."
"Yes."
"Divide the clansmen who have opened their eyes and those who haven't into two teams, now."
They were puzzled, but they followed the order quickly. There were only 100 Uchiha clansmen left, except for those who went out on missions, and only ten of them had opened their eyes.
"Kaito, do you have a map?"
"Yes, clan leader."
Kaito handed over a map. The map was very detailed, and there were many annotations on it. Fugaku couldn't understand them well, but he only needed to know which direction the enemy was coming from.
And he formed a seal with one hand.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu."
With Two puffs of white smoke flashed, and two clones appeared beside him.
This ninjutsu, he knew this justu, but he never used it because the earlier combat didn't need it. Now he was using everything he could for the upcoming war.
They had a spar in Konoha ground some months ago with Clan Head, and they had witnessed his abilities. So, when he used jutsu and displayed exceptional skill, they were impressed but not surprised.
Although Fugaku can make a thousand clones like Naruto, he does not have the multi-shadow clone technique. Besides, he thought that more clones were not necessarily helpful either.
"Those who did not have Sharingan will further divide into two teams, led by my clones.
Each team will have one sensory-type ninja from the Hyuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans.
These teams will attack the Sand Ninjas from the side with medium- and long-range jutsu.
Try to kill if you can, and retreat if you can't.
Don't engage them in combat. If you really can't handle it, retreat into the camp and cooperate with the rest of the ninjas, led by Ino-Shik-Cho. Now, off you go."
"Yes."
His clones led the ninja force to the battleground in two teams. The ninjas were running around to complete their mission, but they were all heading northwest.
In the end, only he and his ten clansmen were left.
"You all have Sharingan. Go to the medic camp and get some antidotes and poison masks. Follow me."
He had noticed earlier that there were poison masks in the camp. After all, Konoha ninjas had been fighting with Sand ninjas for a long time, and they knew that the Suna camp was good at using poison.
How could they not prepare some countermeasures? Although there were not many, were there enough for them?
"Clan.....clan leader, what about me?" Choshin Akimichi rubbed his head with a sheepish smile as he asked.
"Huh?"
Fugaku turned his head when he heard someone asking, but he stared at him dumbly, wondering why he was here. Did he not hear my arrangement, or did he not understand at all?
"Come with me."
Although it was different from those games, there were still many similarities.
They had the Akimichi clan's meat shield on the frontline, the Nara clan's Shadow Possession Jutsu, the Yamanaka clan's Mind Transmission Jutsu, medic ninjas on the rear, and the Uchiha clan's firepower.
Except for the disadvantage in numbers, he thought about the defensive battle, and the camp was like a steel fortress.
Plus, he and his team would hold the troublesome enemy until reinforcements arrived or they successfully defended the camp.
He wasn't sure if this was enough to hold the Sand Ninjas, but at least he had to deal some hard blows to them.
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In the forest of the Land of Rivers, a group of ninjas wearing yellow vests and sand forehead protectors leaped through the trees as they rushed forward.
This ninja force consists of nearly a thousand ninjas stretched into a horizontal formation, trying to surround the leaf camp.
"According to the information, their reinforcement troops will arrive soon. We must finish them off within two hours," a middle-aged man wearing a Sand forehead protector and vest ran while informing his subordinates.
After hearing the captain's words, a young ninja by his side nodded in agreement.
Despite his youth, he already knew the harsh realities of the ninja world.
In this world, a 12-year-old is considered an adult, regardless of society's understanding.
However, the young ninja understood that he had chosen this path and was determined to do whatever it took to protect his village and allies.
They had made many diversions to distract the Leaf camp while they infiltrated a lot of ninjas. Now they had learned that the leaf camp currently has three hundred ninjas.
In order to finish off leaf camp, they used a lot of resources to gather intel on the enemy camp while diverting their attention to the South Wind Country border.
Then they will trespass the northwest border with a thousand ninjas and enter the Land of Rivers to initiate a surprise attack.
Why not attack from the south? Because they would be exposed before they could attack from the south border, and they would know they couldn't defend it, the Leaf camp would retreat further into the Land of Rivers.
"Captain Kazuki, we need to send a squad to specifically target the Uchiha clan leader," a Sand Ninja said to the captain. He was the same one who had led the Sand Ninjas on the southern border to ambush the Itsuki squad and later regrouped with the main force.
"The Uchiha clan leader?" Kazuki asked.
"Yes, he is very strong!" The Sand Ninja, who had fought with Fugaku a few hours ago, gave him a brief.
"What? Kagawa, are you serious? The Uchiha clan leader is that strong?" Kazuki continued. "Why has no one heard of him until now?"
He knocked them out, along with the puppets, with one punch. The sand puppet master did not care about puppets because puppeteers could make them themselves, but he punched the puppet into a wreck, just like Tsunade.
"That guy is not only strong but also very fast. Plus, he has Uchiha's Sharingan and is good at fire release.
He is a very tricky opponent to deal with. Oh, by the way, he might also have wood release kekkai gekkai ."
"What? He can use wood release? Are you sure?"
Kazuki can't believe it. An Uchiha who can use wood release? Konoha's First Hokage: Kekkai gekkai? How is that possible?
"I'm not sure if that was a wood release or not. Vines grew out of the sand. I've never seen it before." Kagawa.
Kazuki hesitated for a moment, then ignored it. "Hmph, I don't believe he is as strong as Konoha's First Hokage. Even if he is strong, he is only one person. Just let send more ninjas hold him back."
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Today Power Ranking (bi-annual) =48