Chapter 501

Heaven is vast, earth is vast, but food and shelter are the greatest.

If a person has nothing to eat, what do you think he will do?

The most critical point is, the nobles have grain but won't sell it!

Under these circumstances, on the third day after the Kingdom of Xiling's army reached the border, the Hunhe Principality saw several civilian uprisings.

Thousands of civilians banded together and looted one noble's estate; his granaries were completely emptied.

On the fourth day, the scale of the uprisings grew larger; nobles were being looted everywhere.

Even the Church's granaries were looted!

On the fifth day, one noble quietly recalled his own army to protect his granaries.

On the sixth day, more and more nobles recalled their armies; unable to stand by, they refused to become the next victims of looting.

In this situation, the Church could not stop it—even the Church itself was being looted one after another.

Even bolder civilians formed groups of hundreds of thousands to raid the Royal Family's granaries.

Though the Royal Family still had many guards, could those guards possibly kill hundreds of thousands?

So several of the Royal Family's granaries were looted!

The Royal Family had no choice but to recall some troops to guard the remaining granaries, or their own army would starve!

This was the greatest power of Meng Ying's plan!

The entire Hunhe Principality had plunged into total internal chaos.

Yet the Church had no choice but to face the Kingdom of Xiling.

But more and more noble armies had withdrawn, even the Temple Knights could no longer hold their positions.

Because every time the Temple Knights prepared to intercept, the Kingdom of Xiling's army would move, forcing them to return; every time they prepared again, the Kingdom of Xiling's army moved once more, and the Temple Knights had to return again.

On the eighth day, Meng Ying waved her hand, and the Kingdom of Xiling's army officially advanced.

"I wonder how many they still have left."

These days, Meng Ying had watched the situation on the other side closely.

Though with the power of two Legendary beings, she could have crushed them outright, but since it wouldn't waste much time, and this plan was entirely her own creation, Meng Ying naturally wanted to see its ultimate power unfold.

"I estimate they still have three hundred thousand."

Beside her, Princess Luo Ying said casually.

"I guess they still have two hundred thousand."

This was the fox girl, Sister Qing Ling.

"No matter what, they must still have several hundred thousand."

This was the Crown Princess.

This battle was probably their easiest one yet.

Everyone was relaxed, simply here to witness the full power of Meng Ying's plan.

Five hundred thousand troops marched forward in grand formation, while the Hunhe Principality had long since sent countless spies to report back.

Finally, when the Kingdom of Xiling's army reached the battlefield, they saw exactly how many remained of the Hunhe Principality.

That was…

No more than one hundred thousand!

Among them, roughly forty thousand were Church troops, forty thousand were Royal troops, and ten thousand were noble troops.

In other words, this army of over eight hundred thousand had lost the other seven hundred thousand entirely.

Even the Royal troops, for reasons unknown, had withdrawn most of their forces.

Of these no-more-than-one-hundred-thousand troops, there were only four Seventh Rank mage masters and about a dozen Sixth Rank beings.

Their gods had not sent down Holy Spirits.

First-tier gods were much weaker than second-tier ones; their gods likely knew the consequences of the Kingdom of Xiling and the Houton Kingdom summoning Holy Spirits—how could they dare send them down?

They dared not even send down divine incarnations.

The divine incarnation of the Houton Kingdom was the best example of what happened.

Originally, they had counted on their conscripted armies for final resistance.

But when the enemy arrived on the battlefield, their army had shrunk to less than one hundred thousand!

I bet the five gods in Heaven were desperate to cry!

Even more desperate to cry were the five high archbishops.

The five high archbishops exchanged glances without speaking.

"We surrender!"

The five high archbishops said, on the verge of tears.

Their strength was already inferior; with so few troops now, how could they fight?

"We can lead all Church members away from the Hunhe Principality forever, to some barbaric lands south of the Eternal Night Empire, to spread the glory of our god, never to return, never to cause trouble again—please spare us!"

The five high archbishops said.

This was likely a compromise they had agreed upon after consulting with their five gods.

It was also the only option they had to choose.

Better than nothing at all!

After praying, Sister Qing Ling nodded to Meng Ying.

Meng Ying agreed.

Thus, the entire Hunhe Principality was incorporated into the realm of the Lord of Flame—with the easiest means possible, without losing a single soldier.