The early battle of Luzon was very smooth, Zhou Long designed to lead the two hostile alliances to the plains for a decisive battle, although facing several times the enemy, but it was almost a one-sided massacre, not only the 200,000 natives on the battlefield were killed, but Zhou Long also sent 50,000 Linyi and 15,000 dwarf black troops, followed behind these defeated soldiers and killed, as a result, even if these defeated soldiers fled to the tropical jungle, they could not escape the pursuit of the enemy behind them.

After this battle, more than half of the 300,000 troops of the Taga Alliance and the Ilu Alliance were killed and wounded, and the rest fled back to their tribes with the leaders, and no matter how the patriarchs of the two alliances summoned, they were unwilling to send any more troops.

However, this gave Zhou Long a chance to break through, and after he rested his troops, he immediately divided his troops again and began to sweep the tribes in the two alliances from west to east, but most of these tribes were blocked by jungles, so the troops participating in the sweep this time were mainly Lin Yi troops and dwarf blacks.

Originally, the main forces of the two alliances had been destroyed, and the rest were some remnants of the defeated army, and it should be very simple to sweep them up, but soon Zhou Long and the others found out that the war had just begun, and when they sent troops to the tribes in the jungle, the enemy they faced was no longer the natives, but the harsh environment in the tropical jungle.

Speaking of which, Zhou Long had already made a lot of preparations for the harsh environment in Luzon, and even had 120,000 troops train in Manila for four or five months, but when he actually entered the jungle to fight, he found that his previous preparations were far from enough.

For example, on the sixth day of the decisive battle on the plains, a combined army composed of dwarf blacks and Japanese states was ordered to hunt down and kill a tribal alliance of 5,000 men, and Zhou Long sent out 2,000 men at that time. Among them, there are 1,000 dwarf blacks and 1,000 Japanese people. Originally, the other side was just a rout, and there was no combat effectiveness at all. As long as they catch up with each other, they can do it, but when this chasing army comes out of the jungle half a month later. The dwarf blacks of 1,000 people only lost about 100 people, but the same 1,000 Japanese people were just the opposite, only more than 100 people were able to get out of the jungle, and all of them were injured and sick, even if they were cured, they could not stay in the army.

Zhou Long was also very shocked by this result, and at the same time, he was a little glad that he could subdue the local dwarf blacks in Luzon, otherwise he would only rely on the Japanese and steppe people, which were armies from the north. I'm afraid I won't be able to beat Luzon at all. It is also worth mentioning that the Linyi people are also very accustomed to jungle warfare, and in the pursuit of the enemy, their casualty rate is only slightly higher than that of the dwarf blacks. As for the Japanese and Samhans, their adaptability is also good, at least in the jungle they still have a certain combat effectiveness. However, the steppe cavalry that had previously broken down the tribal coalition was not good, they were very unaccustomed to the climate on the Luzon side, and the non-combat attrition was very serious.

It was also the harsh natural conditions in Luzon that caused the army under Zhou Long's hands to suffer heavy casualties. And most of them were non-combat attrition, which made Zhou Long have to transfer another batch of troops from Lin Yi, and also increase the number of some dwarf black armies, and then organize them into a jungle army. Tribes that specialize in cleaning up the jungle.

Despite the heavy casualties, Luzon still fell into the hands of Zhou Long's army step by step, and the Taga Alliance and the Ilu Alliance tried several times to reorganize the forces of resistance. But it's a pity that they have been killed by Zhou Long before, and even some tribes within this alliance no longer listen to their orders. In addition, their feud dwarf blacks also continued to attack them from both light and dark, so the territory of the two alliances was quickly cleared.

And in the process. The happiest is the slave catchers from all over the country, the collapse of the two major tribal alliances, so that the source of slaves has greatly increased, so the slave traders during this period of time are like fighting chicken blood, as long as there is a place to fight, there are their figures, these people wave the silver coins in their hands, from the hands of the army in exchange for the slaves they need, and the army is also very willing to increase an income point, so these slave traders are also as convenient as possible.

When Li Su, who was far away in Taiwan, received this news, he was also very happy about this, and not only sent people to reward the three armies, but also wrote a letter to Yanbei, asking him to put aside the matter of the slave hunting association as much as possible, to study the topography of Luzon as much as possible, to list some places suitable for development, and at the same time to make preparations to lay a foundation for future immigration.

"Cousin, I'm leaving, you must remember to go to Chang'an to see me!" On the huge King of Qi, Cai'er, who was wearing a green dress, was full of tears, holding Nanyang, who was less than a year old in one hand, and Australia who was almost three years old in the other, and the ugly ugly, who was already five years old, was holding Cai'er's legs, and her little face was also crying.

"Don't worry, my cousin will definitely go back to see you when he is free, in addition, my grandmother's health is not very good, so I will have to worry about you in the future!" Li Su was also a little reluctant, and by his side, Wen Xin and Xijun and other girls all came to see off Cai'er.

It is now March of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, and Nanyang, who was born last year, has been ten months, which is the most lovely time, but at this time, Queen Xiao proposed to take Cai'er back to Chang'an.

When Li Su first met Cai'er, it was only the twelfth year of Zhenguan, and now it has been seventeen years of Zhenguan, and Cai'er has grown from a ten-year-old girl to a fifteen-year-old flower girl. Moreover, Cai'er inherited the beauty genes of their Yang family women, and she was already captivating at the age of fifteen, even if she was compared with Wenxin, she would not be much inferior.

Watching her granddaughter grow up day by day, but Queen Xiao's body is aging day by day, and she even had a serious illness last year, if it weren't for Meng Xue's timely diagnosis and treatment, the situation would probably become extremely bad. Originally, Queen Xiao had a rough life, and she had already seen through life and death, but she still had one wish unfulfilled, that is, to order a family affair for Cai'er.

Although the Great Sui has perished, Cai'er's identity is still extremely noble, not to mention anything else, just Concubine Yang's aunt can make Cai'er a first-class wealthy woman in the Tang Dynasty, not to mention Li Ke and Li Su, two cousins with outstanding abilities, so Cai'er's marriage is absolutely careless, and the man who can match Cai'er can naturally only be found in Chang'an.

Hearing this reason from Queen Xiao, Li Su naturally couldn't stop it, and even if he didn't have too many things now, I am afraid that he would go back to Chang'an again, and then settle Cai'er's marriage, after all, Cai'er is also his cousin, and his uncle Yang Jian also provided a lot of help for himself, so he naturally wants to worry more about Cai'er's marriage.

It's just a pity that Li Su has too many facts in his hands now, immigration will last for several years, Linyi is still unstable, and Taiwan's development is inseparable from him, plus he has newly conquered Luzon.

It is precisely because of this that this time Queen Xiao and Cai'er can only leave alone. As for Princess Nanyang, who was with Queen Xiao, she was not in Taiwan, Princess Nanyang lived in Si Yu with her mother Queen Xiao for a period of time, and she liked the religious atmosphere there, so she decided to live there for a long time, and finally Li Su simply built a Taoist temple in Si Yu for Princess Nanyang to practice.

Cai'er has been well-behaved and smart since she was a child, and she has a good relationship with Wenxin, Xijun and other sisters-in-law, and the two little guys of Chouchou and Australia also like this cousin very much, it can be said that Cai'er has always been Cai'er's follower, this time knowing that her aunt is leaving, she is naturally very reluctant, and Chouchou is holding Cai'er's legs, crying and not letting her leave.

But no matter how reluctant they were, Queen Xiao and Cai'er still had to leave, and in the end, Li Su hugged the ugly, Wen Xin and Mei Niang also hugged their son, and then stood on the dock in Keelung to see Cai'er off, but the sad atmosphere when parting, even Li Su couldn't help but sigh a few times, and at the same time, his eyes were a little red.

Although Li Su said just now that he would go to Chang'an to see Cai'er, he knew that he could now say that he had established an independent kingdom, although because of his father-son relationship with Li Shimin, his kingdom and the Tang Dynasty were closely connected, but he could no longer enter and exit the Tang Dynasty at will, which he had already figured out when he moved his family out of Dengzhou.

In addition, Empress Xiao is over eighty years old, although she has been staying with him for the past few years and has been taken care of very carefully, but Empress Xiao is indeed too old, and her body is not as good as day by day, after this separation, I am afraid that their ancestors and grandchildren will never see each other again.

Thinking of the days spent with Empress Xiao over the years, and remembering the love and care of Empress Xiao when he first met the other party, this made Li Su feel a little gloomy, but he also made up his mind that if Empress Xiao really came to that day in the future, his grandson would have to go back to Chang'an to attend her funeral no matter what.

Just when Li Su sent Empress Xiao and Cai'er onto the ship, his actions in Luzon were finally transmitted back to the Tang Dynasty. At first, the news was only spread among the powerful, but slowly through newspaper reports, more and more people learned about it. However, for this news, it has not attracted too many people's attention. First, Luzon is too far away, and secondly, they have heard too much about Li Su's expansion in the past few years, so everyone is a little numb.

However, when a long-quartered young man in the western suburbs of Chang'an heard the news, he punched the table excitedly, then stood up and walked around the room a few times, and finally said hatefully: "The eldest husband was born in the world, and since he should carry a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements, how can he be trapped in Chang'an?" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )