Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 47: The Capture of Leyte Island
In the eyes of the Filipinos, the fire-breathing sticks of Lin Fei's subordinates were scary enough, and now they threw explosive stones. They were so scared that they threw away their knives and sticks and fled into the woods. The chief was also frightened and behaved himself, and dared not resist anymore.
Seeing that the Filipinos had fled far away, Lin Fei took the chief back to Xistal Town. When they arrived at the town, Lin Fei brought the newly captured chief to the home of the Xistal chief, asked his men to make him kneel in front of him, and then asked loudly: "Which tribe are you from?"
The chief was frightened by Lin Fei's weapon and said tremblingly: "I am the chief of the Isco tribe."
Lin Fei sneered: "I am recruiting Chinese people in Xistal Town, why do you want to lead your troops to fight me?"
The chief said , "I came to rescue Chief Xistar because I heard from Chief Xistar's subordinates that a large number of Chinese had risen up in rebellion and that Chief Xistar had been captured and was about to be killed. Chief Xistar and I are relatives, and his son married my daughter, so I had to come to rescue him."
Lin Fei nodded and said, "Very good, I understand. Now I want to take all the Chinese in your town away. Do you agree?"
Chief Isco didn't dare to say "no" and nodded repeatedly. Lin Fei then said, "Then you lead the way. I will go to your town and take all the Chinese away."
Li Mingbai came to Lin Fei and whispered, "City Lord, I think these Filipinos are very afraid of our automatic rifles and grenades. Why don't we use this as a threat to make them pay tribute to us?"
Lin Fei's eyes lit up and he said, "That's a good idea!" Then Lin Fei asked the two clan leaders to kneel in front of him, holding an automatic rifle and said, "Do you know what this is?"
Chief Isco said in a trembling voice: "A stick that can spit fire."
Lin Fei sneered and said proudly: "Yes! This is the stick that can spit fire. Are you afraid?"
The two clan leaders nodded repeatedly. Lin Fei smiled and said, "Since you are afraid, then remember that from now on you are all subordinates of Yanhuang City. You have to give us money and property every year, and we will protect you. Do you understand?"
The two tribe leaders nodded in agreement. Lin Fei smiled and said, "Lead the way for me. I want to go to the next tribe. Do you understand?"
Chief Isco nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand. Go a little further south from here, there is a tribe called the Valdenas. I will take you there now."
Lin Fei smiled with satisfaction, then called Li Mingbai over and said, "Old Li, you stay here and take care of the affairs of the Xistar tribe. I will lead a battalion of brothers to go to the Vardenas tribe and conquer them."
After Lin Fei arranged the affairs of the Sistar tribe, he led Niu Dalong's first battalion southward. After walking for two hours, they saw a big town in front of them. Chief Isco said flatteringly, "City Lord, the big town ahead is the Vardenas tribe."
Lin Fei said "hmm", pointed his finger towards the town and said, "Ask your people to call the clan leader out to me."
Chief Isco hurriedly sent out his men, who ran into the town and brought out a large group of Filipinos holding knives and sticks. Leading the group was a sturdy man. The biggest feature of this sturdy man was that he was tall, two heads taller than the Filipinos behind him.
The sturdy man came up to Lin Fei and saw Lin Fei's men holding Chief Isco. He couldn't help but frown and said with his eyes wide open: "Chief Isco, how dare these Chinese pigs be so rude?"
Chief Isco said with a look of panic: "Chief Valdenas, don't call me 'Chinese Pig'. The Chinese are very powerful now! This is the Lord of Yanhuang City. He will be the protector of all the tribes on our island in the future. You must not neglect him."
Chief Vardenas snorted and said disdainfully : "What ability do they have to dare to be our protector?" Then he stretched out his arm, pointed directly at Lin Fei's nose, and said arrogantly: "Hey, Lord of Yanhuang City, what are you capable of? Do you dare to compete with me?"
Without waiting for Lin Fei to speak, Chief Isco raised his hand and pressed Chief Valdenas' arm, and said in a trembling voice: "You dare to point your hand at the Lord of Yanhuang City, do you want to die? They have sticks that can spit fire and stones that can explode. Thousands of people in our tribe cannot beat them, and many of them were killed. They are very powerful. If you want to compete with them, you are courting death!"
Chief Vardenas looked at Lin Fei for a while and asked, "What is the stick that can spit fire? What is the stone that can explode? Take it out and let us see it."
Lin Fei thought to himself that he had to show the Valdenas tribe leader his real weapon. He stretched out his hand to his subordinates. Zhang Chuang took off his automatic rifle from his back and handed it to Lin Fei. Lin Fei pulled the bolt and pushed the bullet into the chamber. Then he looked at the Valdenas tribe leader and sneered, "What do you want to see?"
Chief Valdenas said, "Of course it's a duel! On this island, only those who defeat others can become protectors."
Lin Fei laughed and said, "Well, let's have a duel. How do you want to compete?"
Chief Valdenas waved his hand and called over a man. The man was short and strong, like a stone pillar. Chief Valdenas patted the man on the shoulder and said loudly: "He is the Hercules warrior in our tribe. You can compete with him."
Chief Vardenas turned around and said to his men, "Go get the weapons of the Hercules warriors." Not long after, two strong men came over carrying an iron rod as thick as their forearms. Lin Fei looked at the iron rod and laughed, saying, "Another iron rod! I've seen a lot of iron rods!"
When the Hercules warrior saw that Lin Fei laughed out loud at the sight of the iron rod, he thought that Lin Fei was intentionally despising him. He yelled in anger, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the iron rod with a "bang". The warrior's hand was very large, and he could grab the iron rod as thick as his forearm. The Hercules warrior horned, lifted up the iron rod that the two strong men were carrying, and swung it at Lin Fei.
Lin Fei leaped a long way away, grinned, and said, "Chief Valdenas, are you sure you want him to join the battle? My flamethrower can kill people. This guy is very strong, it would be a pity if he died."
The Hercules warrior didn't listen to Lin Fei and rushed towards him with a strange roar. The iron rod that two strong men had difficulty lifting was like a candy bar in a child's hand in the hands of the Hercules warrior!
Lin Fei calmly raised his gun, aimed at the leg of the Hercules warrior, clicked his fingers, and with a "pop", the bullet flew out of the gun barrel and hit the Hercules warrior directly in the thigh. Everyone only heard the Hercules warrior scream, and the iron rod in his hand "whoosh" flew far away, and with a "bang" it hit a small tree not far away, and with a "click", the small tree was broken in half!
Looking at the Hercules warrior again, he was already lying on the ground, covering his thighs with his hands, screaming heart-wrenchingly and rolling on the ground.
Chief Valdenas and the Filipinos were stunned. This Hercules warrior was a well-known strongman in the tribe and had few rivals. However, when he came before the Lord of Yanhuang City, Lin Fei, he was knocked to the ground and screamed in an instant. How terrifying was this Lord of Yanhuang City?
Chief Isco looked very proud, and his expression clearly said, I told you not to provoke the Lord of Yanhuang City, what about now? You are at a big disadvantage.
Lin Fei's subordinates were not moved at all, because they all knew the power of guns. These Filipinos actually wanted to defeat guns with things like knives and iron bars. Being knocked to the ground was really their own fault.
Lin Fei rushed to the Hercules Warrior and held his waist, wanting to see his wound, but the Hercules Warrior actually reached out to push Lin Fei. He was in great pain and could not exert even one tenth of his usual strength. Lin Fei easily pushed his hand away, then grabbed his thigh and cursed, "I'm showing you my wound, why are you hitting me, you idiot?"
Lin Fei looked at the wound on the Hercules warrior's thigh and found a hole in the front and a hole in the back, but no heavy bleeding. He thought to himself that the bullet had penetrated the thigh, but was not stuck in the bone, nor did it injure the aorta, so the person would not die.
Lin Fei stood up and said with a smile: "Carry this guy away. He will be fine after resting for a while. Chief Valdenas, are you convinced now?"
Chief Valdenas showed a look of fear on his face, nodded and said, "I accept. Our Valdenas tribe is willing to accept the protection of Yanhuang City and obey all orders from Yanhuang City!"
Chief Isco thought to himself, "I knelt on my knees when I surrendered to Yanhuang City, but the Valdenas tribe did not kneel down. This is really unfair!" So Chief Isco said, "Chief Valdenas, you must kneel down and kowtow to the Lord of Yanhuang City to show your submission."
Chief Valdenas and his people did not dare to disobey. They all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lin Fei. Lin Fei laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay! From today on, you are the subordinates of my Yanhuang City!"
When Lin Fei said this, his face suddenly turned serious, and he said sternly: "Whoever dares to betray our Yanhuang City will never be spared by the flamethrower in my hand!"
After Lin Fei finished speaking, he raised the automatic rifle in his hand and fired three shots into the sky, scaring Chief Valdenas and all the tribesmen so much that they trembled all over, and two of them even wet their pants.
In the next few days, under the leadership of Chief Isco, Chief Sistar, and Chief Valdenas, Lin Fei conquered all ten tribes on the island, moved all the Chinese craftsmen to Yanhuang City and Chiyou City, left some Chinese to serve as rulers of these tribes, and asked each tribe to select strong Filipinos to serve as laborers in Yanhuang City and Chiyou City.
Since then, Lin Fei officially occupied Leyte and owned two islands, Leyte and Samar, with nearly 30,000 Chinese craftsmen and nearly 100,000 Filipinos. The two islands have fertile land and a pleasant climate. Lin Fei also asked the Chinese to guide the locals to improve agricultural technology to ensure sufficient food supply.
