Chapter 263: The War to Conquer Bhutto City
Compared with Andromeda's suitors, Roy, the king of Athens and the overlord of the Aegean Sea, is indeed the best husband.
Normally, Andromeda would choose the best husband, not the worse suitor.
And anyone with a discerning eye could see that the trend of the South Egyptians defeating the Hyksos was becoming more and more obvious. Andromeda's marriage to Roy was considered to be a step above her status.
So Ramses II was not surprised at all that Andromeda was willing to marry Roy.
"Princess Andromeda! Since you choose to stay with the King of Athens, I will go back and tell His Majesty Cepheus that you have decided to marry the King of Athens."
Andromeda nodded and said.
"When I convince Roy to propose to his father, I will return to Avaris with Roy."
After watching Ramses II leave, Andromeda returned to the Governor's Mansion and came to the room where Roy was.
At this time, Roy was writing a letter, and Andromeda asked while looking at the Chinese characters on the white paper.
"Roy, what is this language that is more advanced than hieroglyphics?"
"This is Chinese characters, the language I spread in this world."
Roy stopped writing and said.
"If you like Chinese characters, I can teach you."
"This is the language you invented-"
Andromeda said in shock.
"The longer I know you, the more times I am shocked by your wisdom. Are you really a human? Even if you say you are a god of wisdom disguised as a human, I will believe it without doubt."
Roy said with a smile.
"If these things I made are the crystallization of my own wisdom, even I will believe that I am a god of wisdom. But I know that this wisdom does not belong to me, I am just spreading the crystallization of other people's wisdom."
"Then what is the content of this letter you wrote?"
"This is-important secrets!"
Roy said with an embarrassed expression.
"Andromeda, I don't doubt you, but you are not a member of the Kingdom of Athens yet, so I can't reveal important secrets to you."
Andromeda pretended to be dissatisfied and puffed her cheeks to change the subject.
"I am an unmarried princess who is following you like this. When are you going to take responsibility and ask my father for my hand in marriage?"
Roy was not foolish enough to think that Andromeda was so active because she wanted to be one of his fiancées.
Because the Kingdom of Athens was too far away from Egypt, Andromeda did not really know Roy.
So she was so proactive now in order to become Roy's legal wife - the Queen of the Kingdom of Athens.
If Roy said that he already had many fiancées, Andromeda would definitely change her face.
In order to use Andromeda to realize his plan, Roy comforted her.
"Andromeda, I will start a war against Buto and Sais soon. I will take you back to Avaris after I stabilize the situation in Buto and Sais."
"The soldiers in Buto and Sais add up to at least tens of thousands, and you only have 1,500 Athenian soldiers and 600 newly recruited Egyptian soldiers. Can you really defeat Buto and Sais?"
"The Egyptians are not good at fighting at all. You Hyksos know this better than me! If you can win the war with more people, your ancestors of the Hyksos would not have conquered millions of northern Egyptians with tens of thousands of people."
Andromeda had no way to refute Roy's words.
Because it is a fact that the Egyptians can't fight.
Even if the southern Egyptians learned the military technology and combat methods of the Hyksos, they would lose to the Hyksos with the same number of soldiers, and could only use the huge number of soldiers to consume the Hyksos soldiers.
If the number of Hyksos soldiers was the same as that of Southern Egyptian soldiers, Southern Egyptians would have knelt at the feet of the Hyksos to express their submission.
Two days passed in a flash.
On the day when Roy set out, he took 1,000 Athenian soldiers and 600 Egyptian soldiers, and left the port of Pharos on 50 warships.
Accompanying Roy were Andromeda and her three maids.
Roy's fleet sailed for a day and a night, sailing from the Mediterranean Sea into the Nile tributary west of Buto and Sais.
The next morning.
Roy's fleet docked at the river bay near Buto, and then Roy landed with 500 Athenian soldiers and 600 Egyptian soldiers, leaving 500 Athenian soldiers to protect the warships and Andromeda.
While Roy was heading to Buto with 500 Athenian soldiers and 600 Egyptian soldiers, the governor and priests and nobles of Buto also received news of the enemy's appearance.
Because the enemy had only 1,100 soldiers, the governor and priests of Buto did not choose to defend the city, but sent out 6,000 troops to actively eliminate Roy.
On a plain about ten miles away from Buto, Roy's army encountered Buto's army.
Seeing that the number of the enemy was more than five times that of his own side, Roy's Egyptian soldiers all showed fearful expressions, while Roy's Athenian soldiers were all in high spirits and full of confidence in defeating the enemy in front.
Roy was not surprised by the reaction of the Egyptian soldiers.
From the beginning, Roy did not expect Egyptian soldiers to play a role in the war to conquer Buto and Sais.
Roy brought these Egyptian soldiers just to use them to manage the city.
Before attacking the enemy, Roy ordered the soldiers.
"My soldiers! After the war begins, the Athenian soldiers will be responsible for killing the enemy with me, and the Egyptian soldiers will be responsible for shouting slogans behind. You must keep shouting - surrender and no one will be killed, and those who do not surrender will die! Don't die in vain for the priests and nobles. If a foreigner conquers Butuo City, each Egyptian family will be given 20 acres of land. If someone does not participate in this war with all his heart and soul, he will not only be severely punished, but he and all his family members will be deprived of citizenship."
After finishing his order, Roy took the lead and rushed towards the Butuo City army.
The army of the Kingdom of Athens and the army of Butuo City collided with each other, and the situation on the battlefield immediately became one-sided.
Roy and the Athenian soldiers were like tigers pouncing on sheep, and the Butuo City soldiers in front of them fell one by one.
Because most of the soldiers in Butuo City were temporarily conscripted farmers, only the private soldiers raised by the priests and nobles had a certain combat power.
It's a pity that the number of private soldiers was too small, and it had no impact on the situation of this war.
When Roy's 600 Egyptian soldiers saw Roy and 500 Athenian soldiers crushing the 6,000 troops of Buto City, they all widened their eyes in shock, unable to believe that victory came so easily.
As they followed the Athenian soldiers to charge, they shouted the slogans Roy taught them.
"Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who do not surrender will die! Don't die in vain for the priests and nobles. Foreigners will conquer Buto City, and every Egyptian family will be given 20 acres of land."
Those farmers who were temporarily conscripted as soldiers did not want to die in vain.
Hearing this slogan, they became more determined not to die.
Because in this era -
Not to mention in this era, even in the Roman era a thousand years later, the conscripted soldiers were not paid, and there was no pension after death in battle. If they died, it would really be a waste of death.
Only when they won the battle could the soldiers get spoils or rewards.