With the main forces of the Divine Eagle Empire annihilated, the armies of the Great Xia Dynasty continued their purge across the grasslands.
Wherever the army passed, it swept through the large and small tribes of the grasslands like an autumn wind scattering fallen leaves.
The main fighting forces of these tribes had mostly joined the Divine Eagle Empire. Most of those left were ordinary people—the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. They were no match for the Great Xia Dynasty's mechanized troops and army of high-level cultivators.
For a time, the entire grassland was plunged into blood and carnage. The wails of countless herdsmen rang out beneath the heavens, and uncountable men became wronged souls beneath the butcher's blade, while the obedient women were gathered under the Great Xia Dynasty's authority.
As for these women, if they were willing to submit to the Great Xia Dynasty, they would be assigned to the dynasty's bachelors.
Whenever natural disasters and man-made calamities struck, able-bodied men were the most likely to survive, while the elderly, women, and children had comparatively lower survival rates.
Because of years of natural disasters and man-made calamities, the Great Xia Dynasty had suffered a severe surplus of able-bodied men.
The Great Xia Dynasty was just beginning to rebuild from ruin and needed these bachelors to settle down as soon as possible. No matter the dynasty or era, the surest way to stabilize a country was to give the people houses, land, and families.
The Great Xia Dynasty did exactly that. It distributed the land confiscated from the great Aristocratic Clans and powerful families for the common people to cultivate, helped them allocate new homes, and now was even giving them wives free of charge. Though they were shepherd girls from the northern grasslands, these bachelors