Zhao Fu had no interest in their wealth. What he wanted was their population and cities, so he told them to abandon everything and flee to the continent controlled by Great Qin. Otherwise, the people of both kingdoms would likely die beneath the slaughtering blades of all sides.
All sides quickly learned that the two kingdoms were evacuating. At first, they had concealed themselves, intending to launch a surprise attack and wipe out the two kingdoms' people in one stroke.
But now that the plan had been exposed, they no longer held back. They charged fiercely at the two kingdoms and spread word that the two kingdoms were traitors and infiltrators, leaving them in a position where everyone cried out for their punishment.
Several neighboring kingdoms seized this opportunity. On one hand, they swiftly occupied the two kingdoms' territories and gained tremendous benefits; on the other, they delayed their evacuation, intending to use the armies of all sides to destroy the two kingdoms.
The two kingdoms had already become marquis kingdoms, each with over a thousand regions. Once they were destroyed, those territories could be divided among them.
The sudden attacks from the surrounding kingdoms forced the two kingdoms, in the midst of their emergency evacuation, to stop. With those attacks barring their way, they simply could not withdraw.
In the end, they could only order all soldiers to stay behind and resist the invading kingdoms while the countless civilians continued evacuating.
Time was pressing. The several kingdoms hurried to attack the two kingdoms, while the two kingdoms desperately dispatched troops to resist. The civilians fled in haste, armies from all other sides rapidly bore down upon the two kingdoms, and Great Qin was also frantically assembling its forces.
**"Kill! Those two kingdoms are traitors to our world—do not let