In this battle, the greatest credit is naturally Wu Jie, who took precautions and worked tirelessly to bring a few cannons to the jungle. As Wu Jie gradually adapts to the position of the commander, he can get rid of his bad habit of not liking to use his brain, and he can often find things that ordinary people can't find through his keen combat intuition.

Just like this attack on the indigenous cottage, under normal circumstances, with the fighting power of the indigenous warriors who have always been fierce and brave, coupled with the terrain of their cottage that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Wu Jie and his three battalions will have to consume at least half of their strength to succeed. And it was precisely because Wu Jie found out that they were ignorant and afraid of the shortcomings of invisible attacks with firearms in his usual battles with the natives, but this battle went unexpectedly smooth, and the three battalions only lost more than 100 people in the entire battle.

After the end of the battle, burdened by these more than 800 indigenous captives, Wu Jie and his team had to temporarily stop the continued advance, while reporting to Li Tianyang and preparing to escort the captives back, Wu Jie and the others also interrogated the surrounding terrain from the captives, the location of neighboring tribes, and so on.

The eastern part of Dayuan Island is surrounded by mountains, and the struggle is even more intense, so extermination and annexation are very common here.

The diehards of this tribe, including the patriarch's family, had almost died in the battle, and were captured alive by Wu Jie and them, and many of them were actually foreign warriors who had been annexed by this tribe. Now that they have experienced the extermination of the clan again, with the unique customs and background of this foothill, they can calmly wait for the new leader to absorb them into the new tribe.

The only thing that worries and scares them is naturally the difference between the completely different cultures of the Ming Dynasty and the indigenous people, this group is obviously the existence of an alien race, and there is a mysterious artifact that the indigenous people can hardly imagine, and people may not look down on their group of indigenous warriors.

However, when Wu Jie and the others interrogated these captives in the native language of the western natives, who were quite fluent, but there were some more western natives who changed their voices, these natives secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they naturally knew everything about Wu Jie's inquiries and said everything.

Soon, the team members sent back to report the battle to Li Tianyang brought back Li Tianyang's instructions, and at the same time, there was a team of more than 20 people who came back with him.

The team that came with it was a detection team carefully prepared by Li Tianyang after learning the shocking news given by Wu Jie. Among them, there are five craftsmen with actual survey experience, and the rest are guards who guard these five craftsmen.

Li Tianyang really couldn't wait for Wu Jie's actions, and when he knew that Wu Jie and they had cleared the biggest hidden dangers in the surrounding area, Li Tianyang hurriedly sent this exploration team out.

Confirm the news in Wu Jie's mouth one day earlier, Li Tianyang will be at ease one day earlier, otherwise, no matter what Li Tianyang does, when he thinks that there is a huge treasure around him, but he doesn't know where it is, he will inevitably be distracted in his heart, and he will always be distracted and unable to concentrate.

is still too young, although he has experienced many things, but in the face of such an unexpected happy event, Li Tianyang's little city is still completely destroyed.

After receiving the order, Wu Jie escorted the hundreds of captives in his hands back, and on the other hand, sent several reconnaissance teams to search the neighbors in the mouths of the indigenous captives to clarify the existence of the target.

As for the exploration team that came with them, because of this matter, Li Tianyang gave a gag order, although many people in Wu Jie's special combat battalion participated in and saw this dog's head gold with their own eyes, but even Li Tianyang didn't know the charm of this dog's head gold, let alone these ordinary soldiers, so it was still an extremely secret thing. Wu Jie also sent his henchmen to lead the team as a guide, leading the exploration team back to find out where the tribe of the dog head gold was, and did not stay in Wu Jie and their sweeping team.

Soon, Jilong Harbor ushered in a large number of soldiers captured by Wu Jie and them, and the prisoner camp that had just been built in a hurry was a little simpler, and in the drizzling Spring Festival, there were always some rooms with water leaks and other problems. But for the indigenous captives who are used to the hardships and the weather around the chicken coop, it is not a very difficult thing to accept, not to mention that they can eat half full at every meal here, which is a good treatment!

Originally, according to Li Tianyang's plan, when the territory of Jilong Harbor was laid down for at least a hundred miles, the natives would not show favor to the natives like Bengang, or accept the natives and other things.

First, it is natural that Hongtang is now greatly strengthened, and there is no need to integrate into the local environment and make friends with the indigenous people to gain a foothold. Although Bengang has gained a lot of convenience in the early stage, with the development and expansion of Bengang, it has been subject to a lot of constraints, not to mention the critical moment when Dahai and these people suddenly attacked.

Second, Jilong Harbor is more oriented to the outside world, intending to create a neutral market where pirates and maritime teams can trade freely, so stability and standardization are its focus, and Li Tianyang does not allow anyone or any force to provoke the rules formulated by their team. Therefore, for any potential threat, Li Tianyang and them must take precautions to strangle it in the cradle.

This is also an important reason why Li Tianyang insisted on driving away and sweeping away the surrounding tribes. The natives in the east of Dayuan are more aggressive and tough than the natives in Bengang in the west, and Li Tianyang has no entry point for a short time and can't establish contact with the other party, so he simply rudely swept them away.

But now that this dog-headed gold incident appeared, Li Tianyang had to prepare for the golden veins that might appear in the future.

You must know that excavating mineral veins is always a dangerous and arduous matter, and as the leader, Li Tianyang is naturally reluctant to put the displaced people and villagers who have been recruited from the other side of the ocean into this bottomless pit.

Moreover, the excavation of gold veins definitely requires stricter, even cruel precautions, to avoid the occurrence of things such as stealing gold and leaking news.

Therefore, the indigenous captives have become Li Tianyang's preferred laborers, compared with the much more civilized Ming people, the cruel and murderous, ignorant natives will always make people feel disgusted. Especially after the attack and defense of Bengang, after losing nearly 2,000 Hongtang soldiers due to the betrayal of the natives, Li Tianyang will inevitably have hostility towards the natives in his heart, so it is only right that he will no longer be as friendly to the natives as before.

At the same time, because of their ignorance, these natives have become the best laborers, because they have no concept of money at all, and they do not understand the great power of gold in the civilized world. Therefore, Li Tianyang and they don't have to worry, there is such a thing as natives hiding gold privately, and there is a lot less trouble in management.

(End of chapter)