Chapter 390 Give Caesar a Chance to Make a Contribution

Recruiting 10,000 soldiers from the 100,000 Latins in the Lazio region brought the number of Roy's soldiers in the Lazio region to 15,000.

But Roy did not use this huge force to launch a war against the Etruscans in the north.

Because Roy knew very well that the Latins in Lazio did not resist the rule of the Athenian Empire because the rule of the Athenian Empire did not harm their interests, and the rule of the Athenians was better than that of the Latin leaders.

Latin soldiers would enthusiastically join the Athenian Empire, not that they really supported the Athenian Empire.

It was only their desire to avoid reprisals from the Sicurs that led them to assume the status of soldiers of the Athenian Empire as a talisman to protect themselves and their families.

If the Etruscans invaded south, Roy could lead Latin soldiers against the Etruscans and protect their families.

Roy wanted to lead the Latin soldiers to attack the Etruscans and let the Latin soldiers fight with their lives against the Etruscans. The Latin soldiers would definitely not obey Roy's orders.

Since he cannot lead the Latin soldiers to start a war, Roy's continued stay in the Lazio area is obviously a waste of precious time.

After handing over the city of Rome and the Lazio region to the joint management of fifteen thousand captains, Roy left the Lazio region alone and came to the Basilicata region.

The Basilicata region covers an area of ​​10,000 square kilometers, of which 47% is mountainous, 45% hilly, and only 8% plain.

Due to its small area and too many mountains, the Basilicata region has long been economically backward and is considered the least developed region on the Apennine Peninsula with the slowest economic development.

After Caesar led the Athenian soldiers to conquer the Basilicata area, the main reason why the Sabine leader Metius was willing to give up taking back the Basilicata area was that the Basilicata area was too barren and not worth following the Sabine people. War broke out in the mighty Athenian Empire.

If the Basilicata region was a fertile plain, Metius would never give up taking back the Basilicata region.

Sirius.

In the history of another world, when the Greeks colonized the Apennine Peninsula, they established a city-state in Siris in the Basilicata region.

After Caesar led the Athenian soldiers to conquer the Basilicata region, he also garrisoned in Siris.

When Roy came to Siris, Caesar not only completed the distribution of fields in the Basilicata area, but also recruited two thousand soldiers from the local area, bringing the number of soldiers under his command to five thousand.

Athenian soldiers' barracks.

Roy enters the military camp and sees Caesar training newly recruited soldiers.

Seeing Roy suddenly appearing in the military camp, Caesar hurriedly came to Roy and asked.

"Your Majesty, why did you come here suddenly? If you want to give me any tasks, you can ask the messenger to tell me."

"I'm here to fight."

Roy explained with a smile.

"Although the Sabines do not want to break out of war with our Athenian Empire over the barren Basilicata region, I want to regain the fertile Puglia and Abruzzo regions for the Sicurs."

After listening to Roy's words, Caesar said with a complicated expression.

"Although the Sabines in Puglia and Abruzzo have a population of 200,000 and can muster at least 20,000 troops, they are not prepared for us now. If you conquer Puglia and Abruzzo Entrust me with the task, and I am confident that I will conquer Puglia and Abruzzo with the five thousand soldiers in my hands. Now that you come to fight this battle in person, I will lose one opportunity to make a contribution."

"I just want to prevent you from having a chance to make meritorious deeds, so I have to fight this battle myself!"

Until Roy established the Kingdom of Athens, no Athenian soldiers have become military nobles by accumulating military merit.

It is not that Athenian soldiers do not want to be promoted, but because all Athenian soldiers do not have enough merit to be promoted to military nobility.

Every city-state in the Athenian Empire was defeated by Roy himself, and every war in the Athenian Empire was won by Roy himself.

Even Aries and others who were the first to follow Roy had no chance to become military nobles through meritorious service.

Roy did not give his generals and soldiers the opportunity to make meritorious deeds because he did not want the Athenian Empire to produce military aristocrats.

Now Roy's thoughts have changed somewhat.

As long as Roy entrusts the military nobles to overseas areas far away from the Athenian Empire, he can also achieve the effect that the Athenian Empire only has royal families and civilians.

Seeing the hesitant expression on Caesar's face, Roy teased jokingly.

"Caesar, I was joking just now. If you are really eager to establish merit on the battlefield, I can give you command of the war to conquer Puglia and Abruzzo. You win this war and contribute to the Athenian Empire. Conquer 30,000 square kilometers of territory and I will make you Governor-General of South Africa.”

Although Caesar did not know where South Africa was, he had ambitions consistent with the name Caesar and was eager to prove his ability in the war and gain a higher status and greater power at the same time.

After hearing that Roy agreed to let him lead the Athenian soldiers to conquer Puglia and Abruzzo, Caesar immediately said excitedly.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely dedicate victory to Your Majesty. If I lose the war, Your Majesty can chop off my head as punishment."

Looking at Caesar's confident look, Roy said with a smile.

"Then let me see your performance!"

Now the sons or nephews of the Sicurean elders have taken over all the Sabine villages in Basilicata as village chiefs.

Even if Caesar takes all the 5,000 soldiers in Basilicata away, there will be no problems here in a short time.

So under Roy's observation, Caesar gathered 5,000 soldiers together in two days, and then launched a war in Puglia without hesitation.

After entering Puglia from Basilicata, Caesar did not divide his troops to occupy the Sabine tribal village, but led 5,000 troops to rush to Bari, where Metius's tribe was located.

On the way to Bari, Roy couldn't help asking Caesar.

"Caesar, do you want to defeat Metius's tribe first, and then conquer other Sabine tribes?"

"That's right!"

Caesar said excitedly.

"Metius's tribe is the most powerful Sabine tribe. As long as I defeat Metius's tribe, other Sabine tribes will lose confidence in resisting us."

"But if you lose to Metius, you and your 5,000 soldiers will be surrounded by the Sabines."

"I won't lose."

Caesar said confidently.

"Now we are marching to Bari. Metius can only muster 6,000 soldiers at most in a hurry. Although my soldiers have no advantage in numbers and will be exhausted due to the march, my soldiers have the advantage of weapons. I am leading a group of soldiers using black iron spears. There is no reason to lose to soldiers using wooden spears and stone spears. Your Majesty! I will defeat the enemy as easily as you, and then present Metius's wife and daughter as trophies to you."