Li Tianyang went back this time, and there was one of the most important tasks, which was to deal with the problem of casualties, the team members on this side of the camp were fine, but for the indigenous warriors recruited by the camp from the natives, every time they sacrificed one, it was a big weakening for the strength of the tribe where they were located.

Especially those small tribes that are relatively weak and have a population of only a few dozen or hundreds themselves, a strong warrior is a valuable resource in their tribe.

In this battle, among the more than 900 casualties, about 400 people belonged to the warriors recruited by Bengang from various tribes, if Li Tianyang did not handle it properly, it was likely to be a major blow to this Bengang Alliance, which had only been established for a year and the trust between the tribe members was not stable.

On the Shark, in addition to Li Tianyang and his team members, there are also nearly 200 ashes of soldiers whose names have been recognized these days and then cremated into urns.

Back in Bengang, it is not surprising that the atmosphere in the whole camp is a little abnormal, in addition to the lack of the usual hustle and bustle, there are many fewer natives walking in the residential area.

Not only Yumo and Zhang Yuyan received the news of Li Tianyang's return, but even the representatives of the Bengang Alliance also heard the rumors, and everyone coincidentally waited for Li Tianyang's return outside the Bengang wharf.

"Patriarch Li, no matter what you do this time, you have to give an explanation to our clansmen, why did the warriors of our clan go to sea with you, and lose seven or eight warriors at once??" As soon as he came up, without waiting for Li Tianyang to speak, there were representatives of the tribe who aggressively opened their mouths to question Li Tianyang.

Li Tianyang looked at the angry tribal representative, and expressed his understanding for his rudeness and anger. He had some impressions of the representative of this tribe, their tribe itself was not a big tribe, and it was only a little more than 200 people, and the loss of eight or nine warriors in the prime of life at once was not a big blow to their tribe, and he couldn't complain that they were so angry.

It's just that Li Tianyang is also helpless, the indigenous warriors are good at bows and crossbows, so Li Tianyang arranged most of the indigenous warriors to shoot arrows in the rear, but Yuan Laoba and his gang of pirates were really brave, and in the end they lost nearly 400 indigenous warriors, which Li Tianyang did not expect.

"Delegates don't be impatient, and listen to me!!" Li Tianyang waved his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet: "When we recruited the fighters, we had already made it clear to the soldiers who joined the family about the situation that the soldiers were about to face and the various consequences they would incur. Now our team has suffered such a big loss, in fact, it is not our original intention, you know, not only your tribes have lost more than three or four hundred soldiers, but the members of our camp alone have sacrificed more than five hundred people, in terms of number, there are more than 100 more than you! ”

"The war is so cruel, it is not a diversion of our will, I am here to apologize for the sacrifices of the warriors of the various tribes, and at the same time I am deeply grateful, if it were not for their heroic battle, there would be no peace in my Bengang today."

"However, I, Li Tianyang, can guarantee here that I will never treat the indigenous compatriots as cannon fodder, nor will I let them die."

"But after all, our warriors died because of the war in your stupid port, once they die, how will their families live, and how will we, the tribes, deal with foreign enemies?" Although Li Tianyang's words were sincere, they were of little use to these indigenous representatives.

"May I ask this representative, what is the original intention of the establishment of our Bengang Alliance?" Li Tianyang did not answer the rhetorical question.

"This ......" stands for dumb mouth.

"You may have forgotten, then I will answer on your behalf, when our Bengang Alliance was established, it was to maintain peace among the members of the tribes around my Bengang, protect the safety of the member tribes, and the safety of their territory from being violated."

"In more than a year, how much has our coalition army sacrificed? There are no less than five or six hundred people, and whether there are any of our stupid Hong Kong team members among them, you know very well in your hearts. So when our tribe is invaded by the enemy, why do you all want to come to us and wait for trouble, aren't we stupid harbors a member of the alliance? Li Tianyang solemnly asked the deputies in front of many natives.

The alliance has been established for more than a year, and it is not peaceful itself, and the soldiers of the coalition army, under the leadership of Ma Yao, the commander, shuttled through the primeval forest day and night in the cries for help from various tribes, and the number of soldiers lost during the period was nearly twice the number of active soldiers of the coalition army.

No, the natives on Dayuan Island are divided into two categories, one is the tribe that can communicate with each other like the natives here, and the other is the natives who never communicate with foreigners, are aggressive, and barbaric.

It is precisely with the existence of such tribes that these small tribes around them will pop up and seek the protection of those large tribes, which is for later scholars to understand the difference between ripe and raw Tibetan among the indigenous people of the Great Yuan.

Many tribes were speechless and did not know how to refute.

In fact, the reason why these natives came to Li Tianyang to make a noise, in addition to the soldiers who died in their respective tribes because of heartache, more of them still hoped to seek some benefits for their tribes through this matter.

As they lived in Bengang for a long time, the representatives of these tribes became more and more envious of the richness of Bengang. Especially in the harvest season this year, Bengang ushered in a bumper harvest, three or four thousand poured fertile fields, all kinds of grain harvested, which was piled up in hundreds of granaries that had been prepared.

However, so much food is not owned by these natives who work for Bengang all year round, which makes the natives who have not seen much and have lived a hard life can't help but feel a little resentful.

Selfishness is the nature of human beings, and the ancients once said: There is a truth in not suffering from widowhood but suffering from inequality.

Although Li Tianyang himself did not let these natives contribute for free, but gave them something in return, and also taught them how to cultivate fertile land. However, after all, the natives are barbaric people, and deep in their hearts, there are still indispensable ideas such as robbery and plunder, but they are afraid of the current strength of Bengang, and other tribes are mixed in, and the idea of unclear meaning, so they dare not take action.

It's just that once such an idea is born, it can't be extinguished, and it has become a heart disease for many representatives present and the tribe behind them. Therefore, for a period of time, although Bengang is peaceful on the surface, in fact, in private, there is an undercurrent surging, and I don't know when it surfaced.

And Li Tianyang's battle with them was actually just a battle of many tribal representatives taking advantage of this opportunity to test Li Tianyang's actions.

(End of chapter)