I felt it implied his army was included. Aside from the rules of the Junkyard (taking over a territory = destroying a leader = assimilating their army into your own), you need to consider Harley's mental state: his emotions had just awoken. He was being faced with feelings of fear and panic, which is what caused him to attempt to bargain with the invading Tribe (the Embryon). He felt the need for survival and was willing to do absolutely anything to save his own skin, which included ditching is own forces.
It's hard to say how Tribes and Leaders worked in the Junkyard though. There is the possibility that even if he did sacrifice his army to save his own skin, he could just amass a new one. After you defeat Leaders in the game, there's always another boss to fight later on in that same base. According to NPCs, it's a demon that's become strong enough to gain influence over tribeless demons (even after you kill an army/random enemies, new demons are always being born through the Sea of Milk to allow an endless cycle of warfare. You know, so you can endlessly grindfor Noises like I did!) and secure territories.
tl;dr, while the idea of sacrificing his army to save his own skin seems heartless, he may not have recognized it as such that early on so he'd be willing to do whatever he could to assuage the Embryon.
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Date: 2010-05-08 11:35 pm (UTC)It's hard to say how Tribes and Leaders worked in the Junkyard though. There is the possibility that even if he did sacrifice his army to save his own skin, he could just amass a new one. After you defeat Leaders in the game, there's always another boss to fight later on in that same base. According to NPCs, it's a demon that's become strong enough to gain influence over tribeless demons (even after you kill an army/random enemies, new demons are always being born through the Sea of Milk to allow an endless cycle of warfare. You know, so you can endlessly grind
for Noises like I did!) and secure territories.tl;dr, while the idea of sacrificing his army to save his own skin seems heartless, he may not have recognized it as such that early on so he'd be willing to do whatever he could to assuage the Embryon.