Another factor was that his management was better.
The citizens were more devout.
Before dying, they had entered the city, been taken in, and received a bowl of food.
Most were still grateful.
They still held simple, honest thoughts.
Of course, he could not expect them to be all that sincere.
But compared to the citizens of those major cities, they were relatively more devout, and thus provided more divine power.
It was only because too little time had passed. Though Mi Heng was highly efficient, he did not have much divine power.
Just five city states.
He sneered.
He simply numbered them: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
This attack might appear to pit the few against the many, but it was not as though he had no chance of winning.
Alliance and Vertical.
That was the strategy that had come to his mind first.
He immediately sent people to investigate recent information on the five city states.
In truth, he had always been gathering intelligence on the surrounding powers.
He understood that once he launched an attack on one city state, the other four might take the initiative to form a coalition.
But such a coalition would certainly be unstable.
He had many options to choose from.
For example, Alliance and Vertical, Befriend the Distant and Attack the Near.
In the Confidential Room of the City Lord's Mansion, he studied a crude map.
There was also a large sand table.
He could now see that No. 1 and No. 2 City States were closest to him.
The two city states were both very near his own.
Meanwhile, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 City States were all far away.
When distances were great, they could maintain relations with each other.
After all, their conflicts with him were weaker