In fact, in a world like the Shinobi World, this kind of "hot-and-cold combination" combat placed even greater demands on tactics and gave commanders more room to display their talents. In modern wars involving firearms, the role of individuals had been infinitely diminished; what mattered most was equipment and resources. Once intelligent technology became sufficiently advanced in the future, humans might not even need to go to the battlefield—everything could be handed over to intelligent machines.
Yet among all high-powered worlds like the Shinobi World, this "hot-and-cold combination" style of warfare was the most suitable, and it would be difficult to eliminate. Cultivators could rely on their own strength to contend with technology, and combining the two could produce even more marvelous chemical reactions. That way, human power would never be replaced by machines.
Of course, that was getting off topic. Nawaki only needed the senior officials present to understand why Konoha had won; there was no need to explain it in such depth.
"Your meaning is that we were able to wipe out those hundred thousand Cloud Ninja only because of the advantages of terrain and ambush, and that we can't eliminate the remaining Cloud Ninja?" Dan Katō began to understand Nawaki's intentions.
"Correct!" Nawaki nodded approvingly. "Ninja are far too mobile, almost completely unrestricted by geographical conditions, and they are extremely fast. On a plateau with no defensible terrain, our forces cannot possibly seal off sixty thousand Cloud Ninja completely. They only need to find any weak point in the wilderness and attack with all their strength to easily break through our lines! Remember, this is the Land of Lightning. Every town here is part of their rear area, entirely different from invading another country. They aren't constrained by supply lines; the moment they break through our blockade,