"We had a huge advantage in today's battle. The Land of the Moon Camp now has plenty of powerful shinobi.
"Hiruzen, you can keep the Third Raikage occupied. Everyone else can focus on the ordinary Cloud shinobi.
"If we keep fighting as we did today, victory will only be a matter of time."
Koharu had seen the situation clearly from today's battle. Before, Konoha had been vastly outnumbered by the Cloud shinobi.
Since the Third Hokage and Fugaku had arrived with reinforcements, the gap in numbers remained, but Konoha now had many more powerful fighters.
They even included Dan Katō, Yūhi Shenhong, and Uchiha Saki—shinobi who could have held senior positions in a village outside Konoha.
That gave Konoha a considerable advantage against the Cloud shinobi.
"Exactly. Konoha has no shortage of powerful shinobi. The fighting in the Land of Rain used to divide our attention.
"Now that Sunagakure has been dealt with, we can focus entirely on the Cloud shinobi. This time, they'll learn what defeat feels like," Jiraiya said.
"Sunagakure barely made its presence felt today. They showed up but didn't put in any effort, especially Chiyo. I hardly saw her throughout the battle. She's still holding a grudge.
"We've been too lenient with the defeated. Starting tonight, halve their food rations for three days.
"If they fight like that again, cut off their food entirely. Let them reflect on it with empty stomachs," Koharu said.
The Hokage considered this. "That's too extreme. The tension between us is already high, and it would be easy to make it worse. If someone stirs things up, fighting could break out right here in the camp.
"That would only hand Kumogakure an opportunity. Speak with Chiyo and Sunagakure's Jonin squad leaders first.
"If talks fail, then we can reduce their rations.