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Chapter 427 I knew why King Baifan didn't ask for help! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)
As King Tasha was dreaming of a glorious future, the Tasha general, clad in white armor, rushed into the palace and loudly reported:
"Your Majesty, our spies at Hangma Pass have reported that the Uloya Empire and the Baifan Kingdom have gone to war."

This statement startled King Tasha. Among the thirty-odd countries in the south, the Uloya Empire was one of the most powerful. It not only had a land area that was more than fifty times larger than that of the Van Gogh Empire, but also had a population of more than 90 million!

Most importantly, the Uloia Empire has recently received assistance from the Eternal Day Empire, a superpower, and has imported a large amount of weapons and equipment.

In contrast, the Kingdom of Baifan has always been one of the weaker countries among the southern kingdoms, with a population of only a few million.

In the past, they frequently paid tribute to the Tian Ce Dynasty and received its protection, which is how their country survived.

The disparity in strength between these two countries is too great. It feels like the Uloya Empire would have destroyed the Baifan Kingdom long ago if it weren't for the Tian Ce Dynasty's influence. This is practically a battle with no suspense whatsoever.

The reason why the Grand General of Tasha Kingdom came to report was that Baifan Kingdom was also a vassal state of Tiance Dynasty, and everything it did was to learn from Tiance Dynasty. It could be said that it was a loyal presence in the Tiance Dynasty camp.

Now that the conflict between the Tian Ce Empire and the Yong Zhou Empire has just begun to emerge, the Uloya Empire may have received some kind of hint, and has chosen to become the Yong Zhou Empire's lackey without hesitation, starting to attack the countries that are dependent on the Tian Ce Dynasty.

The neighboring Kingdom of Baifan became the first choice.

But if the two of them fight, it will put King Tasha in a difficult position, because King Tasha has just become Li Chen's ally.

These past few days, he has been telling Li Chen that he is a loyal supporter of the Tian Ce Dynasty.

If the smaller countries in the Tian Ce Dynasty's camp are about to be attacked, then we should send troops to help them.

The civil and military officials of the Tasha Kingdom understood this point.

However, the right to send troops rests with King Tasha, and everyone is watching how he chooses and how he weighs the pros and cons.

After all, they are just a small country. If they make the wrong choice, they could very well be wiped out in this power struggle between the two superpowers.

In the court of Tasha Kingdom, the military generals all advocated for war. They argued that since they were so close to the Tian Ce Dynasty, they should definitely stand on the Tian Ce Dynasty's side, and it would be unreasonable for them not to send troops.

The civil officials didn't say they wouldn't fight, but rather suggested they observe first. After all, there were dozens of southern kingdoms, and it wasn't just their country that stood with the Tian Ce Dynasty. They would see if other countries would send troops.

Besides, the Tian Ce Dynasty's army has already crossed the border; let's see what they do next.

The generals quickly retorted that if they wanted to make a name for themselves in the southern kingdoms, they would certainly have to demonstrate their loyalty.

To put it bluntly, even being a lackey of the Tiance Dynasty is an honor! Other countries wouldn't even have the opportunity to do it!

If a lackey doesn't take the initiative, he won't even have the chance to lick his master's boots.

Perhaps the other lackeys have already sent troops.

King Tasha must have taken the conversation to heart.

He was willing to send troops to help, but there was one thing he didn't understand.

That means, following the normal procedure, why didn't the King of Baifan ask for help when he knew there were people of the same camp around him?

If you ask for help, I can send troops to assist you.

If you don't ask for help, what reason do I have to send troops?

Just as King Tasha was considering whether to forcefully send troops to help.

One battle report after another arrived at the royal palace of the Tasha Kingdom.

The battle between the relatively large Uloia Empire and the small Baifan Kingdom had just begun, causing a sensation throughout the southern kingdoms. A messenger from the vanguard reported: "Your Majesty, the Baifan army has breached the border of the Uloia Empire!"

King Tasha was preparing to send troops to help when he heard the news and froze on the spot.

"Wait, are you sure it's the army of the Baifan Kingdom that has breached the border of the Uloya Empire?"

He thought he had misheard. Baifan Kingdom was a small country, with an army that was less than half the size of Tasha Kingdom. How could it possibly fight the Uloya Empire, especially since it had invaded Uloya's territory?

King Tasha was initially caught off guard.

The vanguard reported: "Your Majesty, that's right. The army of the Baifan Kingdom has breached the border of the Uloya Empire and is attacking its main cities. Along the way, the Uloya Empire has been completely unable to stop them."

This statement caused an uproar among the officials of the entire Tasha Kingdom, as if they were listening to a fairy tale.

The Uloya Empire's national strength is dozens of times that of the Baifan Kingdom, its army is also dozens of times larger, and it even imports weapons and equipment from the Yongzhou Empire. How could they not win?
King Tasha kept sending his servants to investigate, and it wasn't until that night that he understood what had happened.

It turns out that the entire Baifan Kingdom is equipped with Tian Ce's military equipment, especially warhorses.

It's important to know that the warhorses of the Tian Ce Dynasty are among the best on the continent.

The Northern Royal Court was powerful enough, yet it was defeated by the warhorses of the Tian Ce Dynasty.

Moreover, the training methods of the Baifan Kingdom's army and the cultivation methods of the pulse array are exactly the same as those of the Tian Ce Dynasty.

It could be said that it was a miniature version of the Tian Ce Dynasty among the southern kingdoms.

In contrast, the Uloia Empire claims to import equipment from the Eternal Day Empire, but in reality, it's just stockpiled stock from the Eternal Day Empire's regular army that they no longer want.

To put it bluntly, the Eternal Day Empire sold its unwanted junk to the Uloya Empire at a high price.

How could they possibly defeat the Baifan Kingdom, which possessed the military equipment of the Tian Ce Dynasty? The gap was extremely obvious.

Another point is that the king of Baifan was quite a figure. Before the war, he stated that this battle was not fought for them, but for their descendants, so that their descendants would be spared the suffering of war.

The soldiers of the Hundred Kingdoms were as if they had been injected with chicken blood; the power of their faith was so strong that their fighting power was extremely terrifying.

A cavalry unit of 10,000 men from the Baifan Kingdom could easily scatter a cavalry unit of 100,000 men from the Uloya Empire without any difficulty.

On the second night, they captured eight cities of Uloya and breached one of the two largest cities in the Uloya Empire, shocking dozens of countries in the south.

The generals of Baifan Kingdom led their troops into the city without committing any offenses. They also helped with urban construction and distributed grain to the common people, earning the deep respect and love of the local populace.

It should be noted that when Li Chen traveled through the southern countries, he could see that the gap between the rich and the poor was enormous.

In some small towns, starvation was rampant, while in large cities, peace and prosperity reigned.

The actions of the Kingdom of Baifan were indeed a way to win people's hearts, but people's hearts had to be won over in this way.

When ordinary people are starving, they will support whoever gives them food.

Early on the third day, the army of the Kingdom of Baifan arrived at the capital of the Uloya Empire.

This left King Tasha dumbfounded. He thought to himself, "I knew King Baifan didn't ask for help. This guy doesn't need to at all."

(End of this chapter)