After landing on Luzon Island, Li Ke and Li Su arranged the affairs of the army, and immediately called Yafeng Ha of the Inurong tribe to the camp.

Because Li Su and they need detailed information about the tribes on Luzon Island, especially the six major tribes on the island now, they are the focus of their attention.

It's just that when they asked Yafengha, they found something that surprised them extremely much.

In the whole of Luzon Island, excluding those small tribes, the six big tribes on Luzon Island: the Ilu tribe, the Hohe tribe, the Shamuntu tribe, the Tumu tribe, the Donghao tribe and the Batur tribe, in addition to the most powerful Donghao tribe and the Batur tribe, there is only the Hohe tribe left.

The tribe of Nayilu, Shamontu, and Tum have all been wiped out by the three remaining tribes.

Of course, since there is a fight, it is not only the losing side that suffers, but also the victorious side who is definitely uncomfortable.

Therefore, at present, the strength of these three tribes is also greatly damaged, and the three tribes are now wary of each other, for fear that the other two tribes will unite to destroy themselves, so they are all recuperating, and no one dares to have the slightest abnormal behavior.

In this way, there is a very strange balance between the three tribes.

However, the leaders of these three tribes are not fools, and while they are actively recuperating, they are secretly exchanging prisoners of war from several exterminated tribes for weapons and important materials necessary for war.

As a result, iron tools became a sought-after item, but the surrounding small island countries made enough slaves because of this, and then sold to the Tang Dynasty, at least double the money.

In this way, the slave trade fattened the small island nations around Luzon, which was bitterly mired in war.

Li Yuanba and others, who learned the news, were immediately overjoyed.

Originally, it was just a small tribe. Moreover, the tribes are far away from each other, if Li Yuanba and them fight one by one, from one tribe to another, the time will be wasted on the road, so what these three tribes do will save Li Yuanba and them.

……

Above the steamer, in the lowest compartment of the ship's cabin.

"That's exactly what happened!"

After telling everyone present about the battles of several major tribes in the past month and a half, Yafengha also felt a little dry.

"What do you mean, the situation is clearly in our favor this time?" Li Su looked at the Luzon sand table in front of him and said thoughtfully.

"Theoretically, yes!" Yafengha nodded and said, "But." There is another situation, the small one needs to explain it to a few highnesses! ”

"Huh? What else is going on? Li Su's brows suddenly furrowed.

"Yes, that is the current treatment of prisoners of war, these three tribes have begun a conservative strategy!"

Yafeng Ha paused and continued: "Because when several major tribes fought some time ago, in their respective tribes, there were a large number of young and middle-aged men who were either killed or captured, which made the population within their tribe unconsciously much smaller, and a lot ......"

"Isn't it a great joy for us that their population is decreasing?" Li Su was a little puzzled. Wouldn't it be better to fight down if there are fewer people?

"Here's the problem." Yafengha shook his head and continued: "Because of this situation, the three major tribes began to gradually stop exchanging prisoners of war for supplies, and instead turned these prisoners of war into the labor of the tribe. It is used to compensate for the lack of labor in the tribe. ”

"Who do you mean that even if there is a big contradiction between these three tribes, it is impossible for them to start a war in a short period of time?"

Li Yuanba can be seen hearing it, this is telling himself that these three tribes have become difficult bones to gnaw.

"The soldiers of your tribe. How many soldiers are available? Li Ke pondered a little and asked.

Yafengha didn't know why Li Ke asked this question, so he said honestly:

"Back to the words of the prince. Our tribe has annexed two more tribes in the space of more than a month, and there are now 3,400 soldiers available in the tribe! ”

Li Yuanba looked at Yafengha with a smile and said, "It's just that after swallowing two tribes, it has expanded to three thousand four hundred people, it seems that you dog Rong should be capable!" ”

"Your Highness is laughing!" Yafengha showed a wry smile on his face, but he felt aggrieved in his heart, if he didn't think of some way by himself, he was afraid that before the army of the Tang Dynasty attacked, they would have been wiped out by other tribes.

Li Yuanba clapped his hands and said, "So it's easy to say, you hand over more than 3,000 people from your tribe to us, and my Tang army needs these 3,000 soldiers!" ”

Li Yuanba had a good calculation, don't look at the fact that there are very few native troops of more than 3,000 people, but they are natural warriors in the jungle.

If Li Yuanba personally conducted a three-day special forces training for these natives, coupled with delicate horizontal knives and other iron weapons, I am afraid that they would be able to send out a strength that exceeded the original combat power by several times.

Of course, there is a more important point, that is, with this group of natives who are familiar with the local jungle, Li Yuanba can also lead these soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to get familiar with this tropical jungle.

Hearing Li Yuanba's words, Yafengha's face suddenly changed slightly, and he said, "Your Highness, is Your Highness joking with me?" ”

Li Yuanba's face turned cold, and he said: "This king never jokes with outsiders!" ”

Yafengha said with some embarrassment: "However, those soldiers have only been received by us in the tribe for more than a month, and they don't serve us dogs, if His Highness wants to take them under his command, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult!" ”

"Humph!" Li Yuanba snorted coldly and said, "As long as anyone comes to my Tang Army, if it is a dragon, it has to be coiled, and if it is a tiger, it has to lie down!" If you don't obey the command, our Tang Dynasty is very short of slaves! ”

"What my Fourth Emperor Uncle said to you, just listen to it!" Li Su glared at Ya Fengha angrily and said, "What's the matter?" You don't want them to come? ”

Seeing Li Yuanba's murderous face, Yafengha had no choice but to endure the insult and agree.

……

With the addition of these dogs and natives, the 10,000 troops brought by Li Yuanba were all scattered into the jungle to start a three-day intensive training.

And what about the native soldiers? Naturally, Li Yuanba also began to train himself, and he also specially arranged for them to be led by three hundred cavalry captains of the Shenwu Guard, responsible for confrontation training.

In this way, Li Yuanba, who had always threatened not to participate in this campaign against Luzon, did not escape the responsibility of training the troops after all. (To be continued.) )