Just as the Third Raikage knew very well, before the Nine-Tails was defeated, the Hidden Cloud Village would never be able to completely destroy Konoha.
He has missed the best period when the three ninjas have not yet grown up.
There is no point in fighting a total war.
The Third Hokage also knew that although the Third Raikage looked like a rough man, he was actually a tiger with a keen nose for a rose. He was a cautious person and would not take the initiative to attack. The Third Raikage's choice was most likely to use the Frost Country as a strategic barrier and fight a positional defensive battle with Konoha.
Konoha's wealth, which had been wasted in the Rain Country for four years, could not afford to fight such a difficult battle.
Unless a miracle happens, this is a war destined to produce no strategic results.
The only benefit is that it can show Konoha's muscles to the surrounding countries that are eyeing it covetously, and let the Land of Earth and the Land of Water, which are sitting on the sidelines watching the fight, see clearly that Konoha still has the foundation and can still fight!
So even though there had never been any discussion, the top leaders of the two countries' military institutions tacitly chose to limit the war to a small scope.
There are two small countries between the Land of Fire located in the center of the Ninja World and the Land of Lightning in the northeast, namely the Land of Hot Spring and the Land of Frost. Although these two countries are called countries, with the speed of a ninja, it only takes one or two days to travel through them.
For the ninjas of the two countries, this distance is not much different from being face to face.
Nowadays, the Konoha Ninja of the Land of Fire is stationed on the border of the Land of Hot Spring.
The Kumogakure ninja from the Land of Lightning was looking over here from the border of the Land of Frost.
In a war between major powers, it is the small countries that suffer the most in the end.
Immortals fight, mortals suffer.
But they dare not speak out and all they can do is endure it silently.
Because whether from the perspective of military force or economy, if the five major powers want to kill them, it would be like killing a chick.
Even their existence is due to the fact that the five major countries did not want to border each other directly, so they deliberately left a strategic buffer zone, which led to the establishment of their country!
In the ninja world, the reason for the existence of small countries is to become the battlefield of big countries!
Prevent war from happening directly on the home soil of a major country.
The immortal power of natural energy gave Luo Cheng a powerful perception. He could sense the disgust that flashed across the hearts of the people of Tang Country when they saw the ninja team passing by from afar.
That was not disgust towards Konoha, or rather, it was more than disgust towards Konoha, but disgust towards ninja itself, the existence that would bring disaster!
When ninjas from big countries appear in large numbers in small countries, it means that their days will be difficult in the future.
All of this was not only sensed by Luo Cheng, but also by Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze, who also practiced the power of immortals, and could vaguely sense it.
Orochimaru said nothing. He had seen enough things in the Land of Rain.
I have long been used to it.
There were even citizens of the Rain Country who poisoned their food when they saw the Konoha ninjas.
But Minato Namikaze, who had just graduated from the Ninja School and was not only involved in a war but was also participating in a mission as a ninja for the first time, was greatly shocked.
This……
It was very different from what he learned and the information he was exposed to in the ninja school.
In Konoha, those who fight for the Fire Nation will be regarded as heroes, but here, they are like rats crossing the street.
Just as Minato Namikaze was thinking about this, Luo Cheng saw what Minato Namikaze was thinking.
"Do you know why this happened?"
After thinking for a moment, Namikaze Minato replied: "Because in the eyes of the people of Hot Spring Country, it is clearly a conflict between the Fire Country and the Lightning Country, but they have suffered an unprovoked disaster?"
Luo Cheng shook his head: "Yes, but not entirely. Essentially, there are two reasons."
"First, they are very weak. All their property is here. They don't even have the choice to escape. If they move to a strange place, they will most likely die."
The ninja world is not peaceful. It is not like in the previous life, where as long as you have hands and feet you will basically not starve to death. It is just a question of whether you are willing to do low-end jobs and whether you are willing to sell your labor at a low price.
Here, society has not yet entered full industrialization, agriculture is still the economic pillar industry of each country, and the labor force is relatively surplus. Even if you want to sell it at a low price, there may not be anyone willing to buy it.
And if you sell too low, someone might think you are "destroying the market" and you might be ostracized.
This group of people had no choice, so they could only vent their resentment in their hearts and had no way to take action.
"The second reason is that we are not strong enough. If we can become strong enough to integrate the entire ninja world, we can avoid this problem to a large extent."
Just like in Terra, although the countries are still in a state of division, in fact the top level of the world has long united together and started to develop other worlds.
When the top levels began to unite and had common goals and enemies, Terra's ongoing civil unrest finally began to subside.
"Integrate the entire ninja world into one..." Namikaze Minato frowned as he looked at the little boy of the same age beside him.
"Do you think it's impossible? Think about the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and the legendary Six Paths Sage... If a strong person of that level appeared in this world, then nothing would be impossible." Luo Cheng said.
"But...it took such a long time for one Hashirama Senju to appear in the Warring States Period, and there has only been one Six Paths Sage in the thousand years of history of the ninja world." Namikaze Minato felt that what Luo Cheng said was a bit too far-fetched.
“People today are not necessarily inferior to those in ancient times. If after thousands of years of development and countless people’s efforts, we cannot even surpass the ancients, then we might as well find a noodle and hang ourselves.” Luo Cheng said with a smile.
"Practice the Sage Mode I taught you well. I think you will become a more powerful ninja than the first generation." After saying that, Luo Cheng walked away.
Chatting with Minato Namikaze was just to plant a seed of thought in him, that was enough, too much is as bad as too little.
After parting with Minato Namikaze, Luo Cheng started to get busy with his business.
In the past few months, Konoha has just settled the war and has entered a state of war again, and the internal situation has been extremely chaotic.
Luo Cheng's promotion has not been arranged yet. According to Konoha, they want to count and calculate a group of ninjas who need to be promoted, and promote them uniformly to avoid omissions, miscalculations and other "accidents".
Although Luo Cheng could have used his connections to open a back door, he didn't do so.
So he is still a Genin now. Although his position is low, Luo Cheng has considerable power. After taking over the command of the battlefield from Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru appointed Luo Cheng as his adjutant.
Let Luo Cheng help him deal with various related matters.
Luo Cheng, whose thinking is connected to the root and whose computing power is amazing, can handle all kinds of trivial matters with ease.
When Luo Cheng first arrived at the battlefield, the Konoha ninjas who were a little worried about him because of his age shut up after seeing that Luo Cheng handled everything in an orderly manner, much better than the original person in charge of the matter.
...Of course, this also has a lot to do with Luo Cheng's display of force and Orochimaru's political stance as the biggest candidate for Hokage.
Hatake Sakumo's adjutant is not necessarily incompetent, but sometimes, his status and power are not in place, so even if the order is issued, there may not be someone who will carry it out wholeheartedly.
Just like who has more influence between the mayor and the secretary, it depends on where a key figure sits. Which one has more influence wherever he sits.
If the government's orders are not communicated, there will naturally be some confusion.
It is normal to pretend to obey and to deliberately put on an insult.
But for Luo Cheng, this method doesn't work. He reads his mind and understands it.
background?
What is your background? Is it greater than the next Hokage?
I can chat and laugh with the granddaughter of the First Hokage and discuss with the disciple of the Third Hokage. What level are you?
The art of management does not lie in building a structure, but in making everyone obey.
And Luo Cheng is very good at this.
After sorting out all the major and minor matters on the front line, Luo Cheng compiled all the information and submitted it to Orochimaru.
After arriving at the front line, Orochimaru did not take action immediately.
Anxious to fight with the Hidden Cloud Village.
Whether from the perspective of the Third Hokage's strategic deployment or Orochimaru and Luo Cheng's personal plans, this battle cannot be rushed.
If the soldiers don’t know their generals, and the generals don’t know their soldiers, how can they still hope to fight a good war?
I'm afraid it would be difficult to exert 50% of your strength out of 100%.
Therefore, after Orochimaru arrived at the front line and gained command of the battlefield, the first thing he instructed was to let Luo Cheng and other confidants work together to summarize the personnel composition here and the intelligence previously obtained, so that he could have a basic understanding of all the situations here.
"These troops..." After understanding the situation on the entire front line, Orochimaru frowned slightly.
Although when he was in Konoha, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen had already discussed with Orochimaru and explained his strategic approach when he was appointed commander, Orochimaru knew that he would not have a lot of manpower this time.
But I didn’t expect it to be this small.
As for the troops on the front line, they can only operate in small teams and carry out harassment operations against the Hidden Cloud Ninja.
Forget about the idea of a group army combat like the one between the Rain Country and the Sand Village.
From the perspective of the Third Hokage, there is nothing wrong with this deployment.
What he originally wanted to fight was a local war.
But from the perspective of Orochimaru and Luo Cheng, this created a rather unfavorable problem.
That is, Luo Cheng’s strategy this time is to completely cut off the land connection between the Kingdom of Thunder and the outside world from a geographical level, making it an isolated island country like the Kingdom of Water.
Such a huge project would not be completed in a short time even if Luo Cheng, Orochimaru, and Namikaze Minato worked together to use their immortal powers.
Now the Hidden Cloud Ninjas are stationed in the Frost Country. From a geographical point of view, Luo Cheng has to go behind the enemy lines. This means they will be attacked from both sides by the enemy, which is extremely dangerous!
Luo Cheng and Orochimaru's original plan was to push the Hidden Cloud Village ninjas back from the Frost Country all the way to the border of the Lightning Country, and then Konoha would station troops on the border between the Frost Country and the Lightning Country, and then start engineering, changing from offense to defense, and Konoha would begin to take a defensive stance.
But now, in the fight, Luo Cheng and Orochimaru are confident that they can win with their personal strength.
However, these Konoha ninjas brought here may not be able to hold their positions when Luo Cheng and Orochimaru go to work on the project!
"What should we do?" Orochimaru asked Luo Cheng.
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Chapter 22: Terra Technology, Shocking
Faced with this situation, Luo Cheng had already started to consider it when he was collecting information.
So in response to Orochimaru's question, Luo Cheng quickly gave an answer.
"Both directions."
"One is to expand the intensity of the war, so that Konoha in the rear will have to draw more ninjas to meet our strategic needs."
"But I don't like this direction very much." Luo Cheng looked into the distance, at the border between the Frost Country and the Hot Spring Country, and the center line of the battlefield between Konoha and Kumogakure.
"My plan is designed to allow fewer people to sacrifice and for everyone to live a good life. If it requires the sacrifice of so many people to achieve it, then it would be putting the cart before the horse."
"So what's your plan?"
Luo Cheng retracted his gaze and looked at Orochimaru: "Believe in the power of science."
It sounds very vague, but what Luo Cheng actually meant is that he is going to cheat!
In the past, Luo Cheng was limited by his own physical condition and external resource constraints. Even though he had many ideas, he had no way to realize them.
But things are different now. Luo Cheng now possesses the actual combat power of an elite jonin, and in terms of pure destructive power he has even reached or partially surpassed the level of a 'shadow'.
His body has been surgically modified, he possesses the power of fairy arts, and he also holds the position of confidant of the next Hokage.
Various resources can be mobilized.
Some technological products from the Terra world can be replicated in the Ninja World!
Terra is already an interstellar civilization capable of space travel. Just moving a few things over here would be a dimensionality reduction blow to the ninja world!
Of course, this is not an easy thing to do.
Terra and the Ninja World are two completely different universes. There are many differences in the cosmological constants and other basic physics on both sides.
Some things can at most be used as reference for ideas. If they are really built completely according to Terra's drawings, the most they can get is just some scrap metal.
It cannot be applied at all.
If Luo Cheng wants to take this path, he can only debug it slowly and find the most suitable things.
Among Terra's many technologies, what Luo Cheng wants to get the most now is actually the Radiant Spark Tower developed by Margaret Linguang!
This is a kind of blood-related technology. Margaret Lingguang developed it in order to make Casimir embark on the path of the main civilization. Its function is to spread the Pegasus bloodline she possesses. All those who are illuminated by the light of the Yaoguang Spark Tower will slowly be converted into Pegasus bloodline, so as to achieve the goal of making everyone have a high affinity for light-attribute Originium skills.
If Luo Cheng changed it and made everyone in the ninja world become Kaguya Otsutsuki's bloodline network...
It’s quite interesting when you think about it.
Of course, this idea is still just an idea. If we want to realize it, there is still a long way to go.
Eat one meal at a time, walk one step at a time. If you take too big a step, you may easily pull your balls.
Luo Cheng now plans to start with simpler energy weapons.
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