Avengers of the Whirlpool Family

After making up his mind, Maki immediately passed down his orders. The Sand Ninjas were too scattered and too dispersed, so this was also to better avoid the threats from Suigetsu, Yugao and others, and to further threaten and harass the heartland of the Grass Country.

Originally, Maki planned to use one or two months to slowly shrink the space for action of the Light Ninjas.

As long as the number of casualties among the Light Ninjas increases.

The threats from Shuiyue, Wuwei and Yugao will also decrease.

Later, going deep into the heart of the Grass Country and threatening the western jurisdiction of the Hikari Village might require three to four thousand or even more casualties, but as long as this goal is achieved, everything will be worth it.

Unfortunately, the plan was forced to be terminated after only two or three days.

It is also because of this arrangement.

Let tens of thousands of Sand Ninjas be distributed throughout the Grass Kingdom.

The size of the largest action force would not exceed three or four hundred people, and most of them would only have dozens or nearly a hundred people. At this moment, the Sand Ninjas stationed in this large camp with Maki are already the largest in number.

There are only about a thousand of them.

It would take half a day to fully convey Machi's order.

"Lord Kazekage, why are we retreating? Our tactics should have worked. The Light Ninjas on the other side were completely led by us. If we retreat now, wouldn't all our efforts be wasted?"

Machi's order had just been issued.

On top of the camp.

Yura, who was also one of the senior officials of the Sand Village and the senior ninja in charge of defending the village, was the first to come to the tent where Maki was and asked with a puzzled look.

"Hey, just look for yourself, Yura."

As someone who is of the same generation as me.

Now he is his right-hand man and a very powerful jonin of the Sand Village. Maki is quite polite and respectful towards Yura.

"Ok?"

Looking at the scroll handed over by Maki, Yura was slightly stunned, and took it subconsciously. After spreading it out, when he saw the first line of content, Yura's eyes fixed, and then he quickly browsed through it.

Yura's expression became more and more solemn and shocked.

to the end.

Yura was simply silenced.

The winner was decided in one day!? And the Hikari Village won by a landslide. Are you sure this is not a joke!?

"Lord Fengying, this? Me? Could it be?"

In a moment.

Yura didn't know what to say.

There are more than 30,000 ninja troops.

More than ten years ago, the Third Raikage died under the siege of ten thousand Iwagakure ninjas. Even if Uzumaki Menma was stronger than the Third Raikage, there were indeed so many tailed beasts there, but the number was more than thirty thousand, not three thousand, let alone three hundred!

Yura's mood at this moment cannot be described in ordinary words.

How could such a terrible thing happen!?

"So, do you understand? Yura, we must retreat, otherwise, what awaits us in the Sand Village will be an extremely terrifying purgatory."

Maki said with a soft sigh.

Regardless of whether Uzumaki Menma has really reached the level of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha in the past, since he can forcibly defeat the main forces of the three major ninja villages, he can also easily deal with the Sand Village. There will be no difference here.

They are all beings that I cannot defeat.

Why bother about how strong others are?

It was at this moment that Yura truly felt Maki's helplessness.

Originally, this war was forced to start. The public pressure in the village was very great from the beginning. Ordinary Sand Ninjas could not see the so-called prospects or future risks. They only saw the threats and benefits in front of them.

From beginning to end, Menma and his subordinates from the Hikari Village never actively invaded the Sand Village and did not harm the interests of the Sand Village.

But this is the second time that the Sand Village has launched an attack on the Light Village.

This time they came out in full force, it would be impossible for ordinary Sand Ninjas to understand it.

In other words, Maki still has a certain prestige in the village, and with the endorsement of Chiyo and Ebizo, he can barely integrate a large force to attack.

If everything goes smoothly, that would be fine.

But now?

It was simply a case of starting off strong but ending up weak, and there was also the risk of the Hidden Light Village's wrath. It was really a case of losing the rice while trying to gain nothing.

Even worse is to get yourself involved completely.

"Yes, I understand, Lord Fengying. I will immediately notify all troops to withdraw to the country immediately."

Yura nodded heavily and said.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Yura. Also, remember to contact Konoha as soon as possible. What happens next will depend on the situation on Konoha's side."

Maki nodded and said with a serious expression.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it right away."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 495: The Difficult Retreat of the Sand Ninja

An order given in haste.

The Sand Ninjas gathered at a very fast speed.

Almost before Wuwei, Suigetsu, Yudaka and others at the fortress led the Light Ninjas to fight, the Sand Ninjas retreated westwards to the Kingdom of Wind according to their respective routes. Maki, as the Fifth Kazekage, personally led a force of elite ninjas such as Gaara and Yura to cover their retreat. Since the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, this has become the 'political correctness' recognized by all major countries that the Kage should abide by.

Unless you are not on the front line, or it is a normal retreat.

if not.

Once the situation is disadvantageous or even a major defeat, in order to ensure that more companions can return to the village, the shadow must lead by example, personally cover the rear and buy time for his companions. If any shadow dares to retreat first, his prestige will be greatly affected.

To put it bluntly, people can return safely, but it is almost impossible to keep Ying's position.

The ninja village doesn't need a shadow who can't even protect his companions and runs away first.

Maki is also very clear about this.

Gaara is the only Kage-level fighter in the Sand Village and is also a Jinchūriki who possesses the ability to cause large-scale destruction.

It is even more necessary to stay and cover the retreat together.

Otherwise, it would not be blocking the opponent, but directly delivering food to the opponent. Maki has a good understanding of his own strength, and any of the Jinchūriki on the opposite side is not something he can deal with.

"Report to Lord Fengying, the troops on the west side have retreated."

"Lord Kazekage, the troops on the southern side are retreating alternately."

"Lord Kazekage, we have discovered the movements of the Light Ninjas."

"Kazekage-sama..."

After all, the Sand Ninjas are too scattered. Even if the order is passed down, it is really difficult for all the ninjas to retreat in unison at once. Therefore, Maki must always grasp the actions of these Sand Ninjas, and at least retreat at the same pace. If any part is missed, they will most likely be pursued and surrounded by the Light Ninjas.

It is almost impossible to retreat without any losses.

But as the Kazekage, Maki must keep the losses to a minimum. His position as the Kazekage is the most unstable among all the previous Kazekage, whether in terms of strength, prestige, or other aspects.

Based on this.

Maki needs to be more thoughtful about all aspects.

"Yeah, I see. Everything is going according to plan, Yura."

Maki nodded, and after continuing to convey some orders, he turned his head and looked at Yura on the side with a questioning look on his face.

"The traps and interception forces have already been arranged. There will be no problem in at least delaying them for a while."

Yu Liangxin understood and nodded.

"The supporting troops must also act according to the plan and alternately cover the retreat of the companions on both wings."

Maki said solemnly.

"Yes, Lord Fengying, don't worry, I will personally organize the support troops."

"Well, that's good. I'll trust you to do the job!"

If they were all elite troops, there would be no need to worry about the efficiency and discipline of the retreat. However, most of the more than 10,000 Sand Ninjas were only weak Genin. This meant that it would take a lot of time for these ninjas to retreat completely.

It is obviously impossible for the Light Ninja Army led by Wuwei, Yugao, and Shuiyue to give such extra time.

"Boom!"

"Peng!"

It can be said that it was the moment when the retreat trajectory of the Sand Ninjas was discovered.

Wuwei and others accelerated their pursuit.

There were only less than two thousand Light Ninja troops, under the command of three people, going to pursue the Sand Ninja Army of more than ten thousand.

But at this moment, the number is no longer the point.

The Sand Ninjas also had no intention of continuing the fight.

All interception actions are for a better retreat.

"Ding ding ding ding ding!"

"Peng!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"Fire escape!"

"Wind escape!"

A series of traps made up of detonating tags, kunai, shurikens and other ninja tools were set up in advance, and their goals were very clear, which was to delay the pursuit of the light ninjas.

For a while.

Countless battles broke out in the southwest of the entire Grass Kingdom.

"Boom!"

"Peng!"

The Light Ninja in pursuit.

They took turns to cover and intercept the retreating Sand Ninjas.

"Pfft!"

"what!?"

Although Maki has made sufficient arrangements.

"Peng!"

"Stab!"

"Pfft!"

The marching and retreating of troops is very reasonable, but when it comes to specific route planning, it is not so easy to implement thoroughly. As the saying goes, plans are plans, but when it comes to implementing them perfectly, few people can do it, and the more people there are, the more likely it is that accidents will occur in the plan.

Especially for such a large-scale legion march.

It was difficult for the Genin to retreat according to the established plan.

Although Maki has tried his best to recruit experienced Sand Ninjas to participate in this war.

But there are still some relatively inexperienced ninjas out there.

What's more, the Third Ninja World War happened more than ten years ago, and the current young generation has never truly experienced the trials of blood and fire.

Of course, the existing light ninjas are at a similar level in this regard, but they cannot withstand the high morale of the other side. They cannot withstand the fact that the other side has three Kage-level Jinchuriki leading the team, and they are constantly covering their territory.

Every step the Sand Ninjas took back came at an extremely heavy price.