He aims to maintain the cities the Lamanites had already conquered and sustains attacks on Nephite borders.
He later writes Moroni to exchange prisoners, who asks for a Nephite man, wife, and their children in return for every Lamanite.
Ammoron agrees to the exchange, but promises eternal war against the Nephites for all they have done, which leads Moroni to break the agreement.
[4] Grant Hardy, professor of history and religious studies, suggests that Ammoron could no longer defend the city of Antiparah and offered it up strategically, but Helaman recognized this and rejected the offer.
[5] As described by Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming, Ammoron shows uncertainty of his identity between Nephite and Lamanite in his letter to Moroni, as he claims Zoram as an ancestor but calls himself a "bold Lamanite.