Seeing the Sunagakure Ninja Forces' recent movements, Kagami Uchiha and the others immediately knew that they had taken the bait. There was no way the enemy could resist the temptation. Their next step was to deepen the Sunagakure Ninja Forces' hopes, little by little, until they acted on impulse.
The tactics devised by the Uchiha and the others put psychological warfare first. The key was to lure the enemy into their trap, and they had taken several measures to accomplish this:
For example, they secretly leaked information about the severity of the internal purge. Aside from those who had actually been dealt with, many of the supposed victims had not been purged at all. Of course, to keep the Sunagakure Ninja Forces' spies from noticing, these people really had been transferred out of their posts. They were not left idle, however, but concealed as a surprise force. They were all elite personnel with considerable fighting strength, and their removal would further convince the enemy of the purge's severity.
Internally, the true battle plan was disclosed only to ninja ranked squad commander or above. They would direct the ninja beneath them and deceive the Sunagakure Ninja Forces, preventing them from grasping the Konoha Ninja Forces' real intentions. This would put them under some pressure, since they had to feign the breakdown in coordination caused by an internal purge, but Kagami Uchiha believed Konoha Ninja Village's squad commanders were capable of handling it.
Hatake Sakumo was one of those squad commanders, and he, too, received orders from above. Because he had captured Chiyo's daughter-in-law, Chizuru—though the Sunagakure Ninja believed he had killed her—Kagami Uchiha transferred him from the Land of Rain to the Land of Rivers to further entice the enemy.
Hatake Sakumo knew he would undoubtedly become their target. Chiyo was