Chapter 264: Ultimately Overestimating the Enemy

Before the battle with the army in Butuo City, Roy had already underestimated the enemy's strength.

That's why Roy led 500 Athenian soldiers to attack the 6,000 troops in Buto City - an enemy that was twelve times the number of his own side.

But ten minutes later, Roy found that he still overestimated the enemy's strength.

Less than ten minutes after the war began, as the commanders, nobles and private soldiers who led the army in Butuo City were all killed, all the remaining ordinary soldiers chose to surrender.

Loy obtained more than 5,000 prisoners.

In order to manage the excessive number of prisoners, Roy let his six hundred Egyptian soldiers mingle with the prisoners, and then said to all the soldiers.

"Fellow soldiers! We just won a big victory. Now let me talk about the post-war issues. All the Athenian soldiers fought with me, and each Athenian soldier was rewarded with a hundred kilograms of grain. The Egyptian soldiers were only responsible for shouting slogans. , so each Egyptian soldier can be rewarded with twenty pounds of grain. I know that the captives are forced civilians, so I will not degrade you into slaves, nor will I let you buy your freedom with ransom. After capturing Butuo City, we will let you go home. Now we continue to Butuo City and try to spend the night in Butuo City.”

After saying that, Roy led an army of six thousand people to Buto City.

One hundred Egyptian soldiers were left behind by Roy to clean up the battlefield and burn corpses to prevent them from being eaten by wild beasts or rotting and causing plague.

On the way to the city of Buto with an army of six thousand, Roy's five hundred Egyptian soldiers showed off and told the prisoners that the King of Athens was a better foreign ruler than the Hyksos.

The Hyksos dominated Egypt only so that the Egyptians would no longer be forced to build pyramids by the pharaohs.

Under Roy's rule, common people not only enjoyed a policy that was almost tax-free, but each family was also allocated twenty acres of land.

Becoming a soldier of the Kingdom of Athens allows all family members to enjoy the treatment of a citizen family.

The first benefit for citizen families is that each family is allocated fifty acres of land.

Although foreign rulers are better than native rulers, it has always been the tradition of this land of Egypt.

But the treatment given by Roy was so good that the prisoners couldn't believe it.

Even if all of Roy's Egyptian soldiers gave their assurances, the prisoners were still hesitant.

after an hour.

Roy led an army of 6,000 to the outside of Buto City, directly frightening the governor, priests and nobles of Buto City.

They did not know that Loy had only five hundred Athenian soldiers to attack the city of Buto.

Seeing five thousand prisoners following Roy's army, the governor and priests and nobles of Butuo City thought that all five thousand prisoners had been captured by Roy.

So in their eyes, Roy was going to lead an army of 6,000 to attack Butto City.

Before Roy attacked Buto City, a priest and nobleman came outside the city and proposed to negotiate with Roy.

After Roy asked the priest and nobleman who served as the envoy to come to him, the envoy bowed very respectfully and then said to Roy.

"Distinguished foreigner! As long as you promise not to shake the status of Goddess Wajit as the patron saint of Buto City, and promise not to harm the interests of our priests and nobles, we are willing to take the initiative to dedicate Buto City to you."

Hearing the request made by the messenger, Roy rolled his eyes.

As the ruling class, the priests and nobles control a large amount of land and food. If they do not eradicate all these priests and nobles and confiscate all their land and food, how can Roy allocate twenty acres of land to each family in Butuo City? If you use food to recruit soldiers, how can you transport the excess food to the city of Athens?

"Your Majesty the Messenger! I can guarantee the status of Goddess Wajit as the patron saint of Buto City, but I cannot guarantee the interests of the priests and nobles. If you are really willing to surrender, I can allow you to retain all property except land and food. You will also be allowed to leave Buto City. If you don’t want to hand over your land and food, then you are the enemy that I will destroy.”

In this era, land and food were undoubtedly the greatest wealth of the priests and nobles.

After hearing Roy's words about taking away land and food, the messenger said with a pale face and a trembling voice.

"Land and food are our property, how can you take away our property like a robber! If you are willing to keep our land, we can dedicate half of the food to you. The food we harvest in the future will also One third is dedicated to you. We can also consecrate you as the pharaoh of Buto City and support you in your struggle to dominate Egypt and become the pharaoh king who rules the entire Egypt."

After listening to the messenger's words, Roy shook his head with a smile.

If Roy only wanted to rule Egypt in name only, perhaps Roy could conquer the entire city as long as he conquered the southern Egyptian city of Thebes and the Hyksos city of Avaris, and then promised to guarantee the power and interests of the priests and nobles. All the city-states in Egypt surrendered and became Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

But what Roy wanted was not to rule in name only, but to have his rule extend to every village like a spider web.

In order to achieve this goal of Roy, both the priests and nobles in the city and the low-level priests in the village are the targets that Roy wants to eradicate.

"Your Majesty the Messenger! My mind will not change, so you can go back now."

The messenger returned to Bhutto City with Roy's answer, and the city immediately fell into chaos.

Because the priests and nobles knew very well that they could not defeat Roy.

Because of the firm belief that the 6,000-strong army could destroy the enemy, Butuo City was not prepared for the battle to defend the city.

So the priests and nobles were divided into two factions, one ready to leave Butuo City with their families and property, and the other ready to recruit private soldiers and civilian soldiers to defend Butuo City.

Roy was not a wooden man, and of course he would not give the priests and nobles time to respond.

As soon as the messenger returned to Butuo City, Roy led 500 Athenian soldiers to attack Butuo City.

Roy's 500 Egyptian soldiers followed with 5,000 captives and charged behind. The 6,000-strong army attacked the city, directly breaking the psychological defense line of hundreds of soldiers defending the city.

Butuo City's patron saint, the sun snake goddess Wadjet, looked down from high in the sky at the scene of Roy easily breaking through Butuo City, and sighed helplessly.

As a patron saint who could not directly interfere in human wars, the goddess Wadjet could only wait for the judgment of fate at this time.

In Butuo City.

After handing over the surrendered soldiers to the Egyptian soldiers, Roy divided the 500 Athenian soldiers into five teams and asked them to occupy the main granary in Buto City. Roy went to the Temple of Wadjet alone.

The Temple of Wadjet in the center of Buto City.

When Roy came here, he saw that as expected, the priests and nobles of Buto City had taken their families to hide in the temple.

Even in a world where gods do not exist, humans of this era believe that the temple is the domain of gods, and hiding in the temple can get the protection of gods.

And in this world where gods really exist, gods will really protect those who hide in the temple.

When Roy was about to enter the Temple of Wadjet, a majestic warning voice immediately said.

"Stop your steps!"