Building a Camp

Yichen bid farewell to Ōnoki and returned to the original Training Ground. He wondered if his three subordinates were still training there.

Back at the Training Ground, sure enough, the three were still practicing. Although they were only Genin, as Yichen's disciples, they could get some information from Yichen and knew that the situation in the Ninja World was not peaceful and that war was about to break out. So, the three of them silently increased their training intensity. Yichen saw this and, to ensure their health, increased their food supplies.

It was getting dark, and the three disciples were still cultivating. Yichen watched from afar, feeling quite moved.

Of the three, Kawakita's current strength is quite good among Genin. Having learned C-rank Sword Technique, he can spar with some experienced close-combat Genin without being at a disadvantage.

As a Tomoko -type ninja, Chiko's Sensory Ninjutsu will be of great use in the upcoming war, and her soon-to-be-learned Wind Release will also play a significant role.

On the contrary, Kajiyamari, who was originally the best, is in a more awkward position. Ninjutsu Ninja have a hard time in the early stages. Like Kajiyamari, without Yichen's abnormal Hand Seals speed, it is difficult to deal with enemies one-on-one. His Water Release Ninjutsu is not yet at the level of practical application. However, if he cooperates well with his teammates, he can still create miracles with the Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu taught to him by Yichen.

After watching for a while with a smile, Yichen quickly stepped forward and said, "Let's stop our cultivation here for today. I've been promoted today, so it's my treat—I'll treat everyone to roast pork."

No~~~

"No, I don't want to eat barbecue."

"I won't go, I won't go, I'd rather die than go."

"Haha, come on, come on, don't spoil the fun."

"Teacher Yichen, let me go! I don't want to eat barbecue!"

"Teacher Yichen got promoted? What promotion?"

Yichen dragged and pulled Kawakita and Kajiyamari away, leaving Tomoko alone. She had no choice but to silently follow.

The next day, Yichen gave the Team One a day off, while he went to report to Ban.

Whether it's the Western Army, Eastern Army, or Southern Army forces, none of them have been formally mobilized yet; they only have a framework. The Eastern Army have one commander, Advisor Saka. There are three Deputy Commander: Yichen's old superior, Xiao; his old captain, Kitsuchi; and Yichen himself. The three are, in order, the first, second, and Third Deputy Commander.

The purpose of establishing the Eastern Army was to defend against the Land of Lightning, which is located to the west of the Land of Earth. In the previous two wars, the Land of Lightning had sent small units to harass the Coastline of the Land of Earth.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Army also serve as a reserve force for attacking the Land of Fire. The possibility of a full-scale war breaking out between the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning is not high, so the Eastern Army can attack the Land of Fire to the south at any time, opening up Second Battlefield with Konoha.

As for the main battlefield against Konoha, it is on the Southern Front.

Because we are still in the war preparation stage and the war has not officially started, the Eastern Army are just an empty shell. Apart from one commander and three deputy commanders, there are theoretically no other members.

However, the squads led by Yichen and Kitsuchi would generally be assigned to this category. In addition, the Border Outpost and the Anbu in the eastern region would also be under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Army.

Besides, there was no one left in the Eastern Army. Iwagakure's greatest enemy was Konoha, so all personnel had to be prioritized for the Southern Army.

The selection of the Southern Army has not yet been completed, and the other two armies have not had the opportunity to make selections. Therefore, Yichen originally had little to do for the time being.

But Kitsuchi gave Yichen something to do.

It turned out that Yichen was appointed as the deputy commander of the Eastern Army because Kitsuchi recommended him. Kitsuchi had been training with Yichen these past few days and naturally noticed Yichen's wavering mind. So he suggested to the village that they give Yichen a drastic measure, directly involving him in the war so that he would no longer be so hesitant.

The higher-ups found this reasonable, so they conducted tests on Ikura and Yichen. However, what was originally intended as a test of character led to Wind Release: Breakthrough for both of them, something the higher-ups hadn't anticipated.

Because Kitsuchi suggested finding something for Yichen to do, Ban assigned Yichen a task yesterday. Although he later heard that Yichen Wind Release: Breakthrough, Ban hesitated but did not cancel the task.

The mission was for Yichen to go to the eastern front first, gather the outposts and Anbu there, and find a suitable location to set up a camp for the Eastern Army.

In peacetime, Border Outpost of various countries are relatively scattered, and the patrol area is relatively large, but the density of ninjas is very small. The purpose is to prevent small groups of enemies from infiltrating silently.

The situation is different during wartime. During wartime, everyone is on high alert, and small groups of enemies can not play a significant role. The main focus is on guarding against large-scale enemy forces.

At this point, the scattered outposts would be brought together to guard against a large-scale enemy invasion.

For this very reason, during wartime, each country's control over its internal affairs weakens, and various wandering ninjas and bandits become more active.

Yichen's task was relatively clear: to choose a camp location and then gather the outpost members.

Therefore, Yichen doesn't need to bring too many people; just his three disciples will suffice. The supplies needed for the front lines will be delivered gradually after Yichen selects a camp.

Since the war hasn't started yet and the eastern front isn't the main battlefield, Sakazō Yichen only needs to set off within three days. He can use these two days to purchase some supplies.

However, Yichen had already completed his war preparations and was ready to depart at any time. Although he was currently the deputy commander at the front, ranking fourth in order, he was still a commander. Therefore, Yichen decided to bring all his Ninjutsu Scroll and Ninjutsu experience with him.

Some of the scrolls were captured, some were exchanged from villages, and some were developed by ourselves.

However, the village has a rule that B-rank and Jonin obtained from the village cannot be traded privately (except for master-disciple inheritance). Therefore, Yichen doesn't have many scrolls of B-rank or above; besides the three Ninjutsu he developed himself, he only has two other Ninjutsu.

These two B-rank Ninjutsu: one is the Phoenix Flower B-rank Fire Style Jutsu Phoenix Fire Technique obtained from Sunagakure who infiltrated from the border; the other is the Wind Release technique, B-rank Wind Release obtained from Root ninjas in the Land of Rain.

However, the village tacitly allows C-rank Ninjutsu to circulate appropriately among the village's ninjas, so Yichen has quite a few C-rank Ninjutsu; originally, Yichen had nearly thirty.

Since most of the thirty Ninjutsu Earth Release and Water Release, Yichen went to the Contribution Office to exchange for more than a dozen other C-rank Ninjutsu of different attributes. In this way, Yichen spent all the Contribution Points he had accumulated.

With these items and his three disciples, Yichen officially stepped onto the battlefield.

The Land of Fire is located in the southeast of the Land of Earth. The two countries are not directly adjacent; they are separated by three smaller countries, from east to west: the Land of Iron, the Land of the Falls, and the Land of Rain. The Land of Rain is somewhat special, as it is the border area between the three countries of Fire, Wind, and Earth.

The Southern Army's defensive perimeter covers the areas of Tetsu, Taki, and Amane. There are actually some smaller countries between these three that aren't even marked on the map. However, some of these smaller countries don't even have ninja villages, so no ninjas pay them any attention.

The Western Army were defending against the Sunagakure, and their defensive direction was towards the Land of Birds and the Land of Bears.

The Eastern and Western armies were targeting the Land of Lightning. Fortunately, the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning are separated by sea and do not share a land border.

Therefore, the defensive position that Yichen chose is not important, because any position along the long Coastline could be a landing site for Cloud ninja.

The ninjas' extraordinary abilities meant they didn't need ports to land.

Therefore, Saka's requirement for Yichen's chosen camp was not to be able to defend against the Cloud ninja's landing, but rather to be slightly away from the Coastline to prevent a surprise attack by the Cloud ninja.

During the two previous wars, the two nations of Thunder and Earth also fought a war of moderate scale. Strangely enough, the war did not take place within the territory of either of the two nations, but rather within the territory of some smaller countries between the three great nations of Fire, Thunder, and Earth.

Yichen really didn't understand why they would harm each other with potential allies. Wouldn't it be better to work together against Konoha?

Even if we defeat the Cloud ninja, do we really think we can conquer the Land of Land of Lightning?

However, Yichen is currently unable to influence the village's major policies, so he can only grumble about it in his heart.

Arriving at the coast with his three disciples, Yichen first experienced the scenery of the Ninja World's version of a beach before starting to look for a suitable campsite.

Yichen's criteria for choosing a camp were simple: it should not provoke the Cloud ninja and should be able to quickly support the Southern Front battlefield.

Therefore, Yichen chose a location in the southeast.

Choosing the right terrain was relatively easy. Since the Iwa ninja were most skilled in Earth Release, Yichen chose a Kajiyamari as the location for the camp. The hillside wasn't too high, but it still offered some terrain advantages. At the same time, it wouldn't cause any trouble for his own ninjas moving up and down the hill.

After selecting the location, they made contact with nearby Anbu Squad and then, through them, issued assembly orders to all outposts and patrolling Anbu along the eastern front.

Over the next few days, all the outpost ninjas and patrolling Anbu from the eastern front of the Land of Earth will gradually gather here.

Yichen's first task is to arrange the construction of a camp. For now, he can only build a rudimentary camp, since supplies haven't arrived yet. Secondly, he needs to coordinate patrols along the Coastline.

With extra time, Yichen also had to train these ninjas.

The last Second Shinobi War also caused heavy losses to Iwagakure, with a large number of ninjas dying in battle. Among the Genin and lower currently active in the village, there are quite a few young ninjas who did not participate in Second Shinobi War. The list I got from Saka earlier showed that there are many ninjas of similar age to Yichen, and even younger Yichen, at the eastern outposts.

Like Yichen, they had never experienced war, Yichen needed to find a way to eliminate their fear of war. And the best way to eliminate their fear was to increase their strength.

Three days later, at the temporary camp, all the outpost ninjas and patrolling Anbu had arrived. Yichen gathered everyone to begin assigning tasks.

"Hello everyone, my name is Yichen, and I am the Third Deputy Commander of the Eastern Army. I am currently in charge of the camp."

Yichen glanced at everyone and, seeing that no one objected, nodded in satisfaction. He had originally planned to show off his Hand Seals speed in front of everyone if anyone challenged him. In fact, Yichen was overthinking it. He was quite famous in the village now. Even if no one knew that he Wind Release: Breakthrough through the Jonin and Elite Jonin, no one would treat him as an ordinary Jonin.

"Next, I'll assign the tasks. The tasks include two aspects. The first is patrolling, which will initially be carried out by the Anbu Guard in rotation. Each team leader will come to me shortly to collect the patrol schedule."

"The second is the construction of the camp, which will be handled by the former outpost ninja. I've already drawn up the blueprints. The village's supplies haven't arrived yet, so let's get the basics done first."

"In addition, I need to form Administrative Affairs Squad, a Medical Squad, an Intelligence Squad, a Logistics Squad, a Reconnaissance Squad, and a Sealing Squad. Any ninjas interested in joining, please register at Command Center."

"Furthermore, to prepare for war, we need to practice Combination Ninjutsu. Therefore, for the next few missions, everyone can choose to exchange their rewards for C-rank Ninjutsu at a low price."

Then Yichen looked at the Anbu members and continued, "If you want to exchange for B-rank Ninjutsu, you can register with me. I will regularly send people to contact the village to exchange for the B-rank Ninjutsu that everyone needs."

The elite members of the Anbu naturally wouldn't worry about C-rank Ninjutsu; their aspirations were higher, which Yichen couldn't fulfill.

"Apart from the teams on missions, all other Ninjutsu- type ninjas must learn a specific Ninjutsu for coordinated teamwork. I will provide this Ninjutsu for free, but it is mandatory for all Ninjutsu- type ninjas to learn it."

This was Yichen's own idea. The Allied Shinobi Forces Technique during the Fourth Shinobi War, although ultimately unsuccessful, demonstrated that teamwork could indeed lead to victory against overwhelming odds. Therefore, Yichen planned to have everyone systematically learn Combination Ninjutsu.

"Any further questions?"

After waiting for a while and seeing that no one had any questions, Yichen announced that the meeting was dismissed.

Then the squad leaders came looking for Yichen. Yichen's approach to the Anbu was simple; the Anbu was highly mobile, and Yichen had few restrictions.

After arranging the patrol schedule, a special access route for the Anbu was designated in one direction of the camp. The Anbu was also allowed to move freely within a certain area around the camp. After that, Yichen no longer interfered with the affairs of the Anbu.

Yichen's main responsibility was managing the ordinary ninjas from the outposts. There were a large number of these ordinary ninjas; Yichen counted them and there were a total of thirteen outposts, each with 10 to 20 squads. Therefore, Yichen was in charge of nearly a thousand ordinary ninjas.

First, Yichen did not disrupt the original organization of the outposts. He still entrusted these ninjas to the management of the Jonin or Special Jonin charge of the outposts. When carrying out missions, Yichen could simply give instructions to the outpost leaders.

For example, on the first day, Yichen assigned patrol and guard duties to two outposts respectively, and assigned the task of building the camp to a third outpost. As for how they made their internal arrangements, Yichen didn't care; their leaders were more adept at that than Yichen.

The remaining outpost members were all reorganized and divided according to Chakra nature, and trained uniformly in the Ninjutsu required by Yichen.

Yichen stipulated that ninjas of each element must put aside other training and uniformly practice Water Style: Water Wave, Fire Release: Great Fireball, Lightning Release: Guiding Lightning, Earth Style - Earth Flow Wall, and Wind Release: Breakthrough. Then, every day, Yichen would select five Jonin or Special Jonin who were proficient in these five Ninjutsu from the available outpost commanders to instruct these ninjas.

Of course, these outpost commanders were recording the tasks. This was also Yichen's right; from his first day on the eastern front, he had a certain daily quota of tasks to distribute. Otherwise, who would listen to him?

Apart from the outpost leader, the other squad members were all Chunin leading two or three Genin. So C-rank Ninjutsu was more than enough for them. If Yichen had more B-rank Ninjutsu on hand, Yichen would have liked to bring the Anbu along for training as well.

However, although Yichen did not arrange for everyone to train together, members of the Anbu took the initiative to come to him. It turned out that some of the ninjas among them did not know the five Ninjutsu that Yichen taught and wanted to learn them as well.

Yichen naturally wouldn't refuse this offer; they had learned Ninjutsu, which would be a great help to Yichen.

Because Yichen's requirement is that all ninjas must learn C-rank Ninjutsu, but some ninjas have average Ninjutsu talent or insufficient Chakra, so they are not suitable for learning Ninjutsu.

So the next day, Yichen added unified Taijutsu training, swordsmanship training, Genjutsu training, physical fitness training, medical training, sealing training, Trap Setting Training, and even battlefield cleanup training, etc., to the existing training. Yi Yichen would set up a subject for everything he could think of.

However, Yichen had a limited number of Jonin and Special Jonin under his command, so most of the ninjas who taught these subjects were Chunin.