The Cangu commander's Main Tribe would not be easy to defeat.
Though they had suffered one defeat at the hands of the Wujiu Tribe, their remaining strength was still formidable.
They had sixty thousand Barbarian Cultivators and thirty thousand barbarian soldiers. In addition, there were more than two hundred and fifty Yuangu Heavy Armored Soldiers left behind by Shugu Ancestor—more even than the heavy armored soldiers in the Main Tribe led by Lugu.
This showed that Cangu, as a general, must have held no low position within the Shugu Tribe.
Beyond that, the greatest problem was the Barbarian Slaves.
Because of the Famine Disaster, Lugu had lost his own territory, and most of his Barbarian Slaves had fled and scattered. Thus, he could only lead the barbarian soldiers under his command in wandering from place to place. But Cangu was different. His tribe's structure was relatively complete, and he possessed the great number of Barbarian Slaves ordinarily found in a Main Tribe.
More than two hundred thousand Barbarian Slaves in all.
These Barbarian Slaves might not have been strong fighters, but there were many of them. In war, they generally served as "cannon fodder," sent to die at the front, used to some extent as "human shields" to blunt the enemy's attacks.
While alive, they were labor for the tribe.
In war, they were cannon fodder.
If they died in war, they could still save food.
In a sense, they were being used to the utmost, like objects squeezed dry of every last use.
Thus, the vast numbers of Barbarian Slaves whom no one cared about were actually the foundation stones of the entire Great Wilderness.
This battle was not impossible to fight, nor impossible to win. But once war began, it would mean a large-scale "slaughter" of Barbarian Slaves.