Chapter 398 The Last Battle of the Apennine Peninsula

The rule of the Caucasian nomads led by Amulius over the Etruscans was certainly not as effective as the rule of Roy over the Athenian Empire, which could rule over 500,000 Etruscans.

After the Caucasian nomads conquered the Etruscans by force, they exercised indirect rule over hundreds of large and small ethnic groups of the Etruscans. As long as the leaders of these ethnic groups surrendered and paid tribute to Amulius, Amulius would not interfere with the rule of these leaders over their respective ethnic groups.

It is precisely because the Etruscan king exercised indirect rule that in the history of another world, the Latins conquered by the Etruscans were able to establish the city of Rome and the Roman Empire.

If the Etruscan king ruled the Latins directly, the Latin ethnic group would be assimilated and disappeared by the Etruscans.

If the Latins were assimilated and disappeared by the Etruscans, there would naturally be no city of Rome and the Roman Empire.

Since the Latins who were conquered by the Etruscans in history were able to establish Rome and the Roman Empire, it proves that the Etruscan kings only exercised nominal rule over the ethnic groups they conquered.

Hundreds of Etruscan ethnic groups could accept the rule of the Caucasian nomads, and of course they could also submit to the Athenian Empire.

After Roy led the Athenian army into the Etruscan territory, the leaders of various Etruscan ethnic groups took the initiative to send envoys to Roy to submit to him.

As long as Roy did not deprive the identities and powers of these ethnic leaders, it was entirely possible for Roy to become the new ruler of Tuscany without a single soldier.

Unfortunately, what Roy wanted was not to indirectly rule the Etruscans through the leaders of various ethnic groups, but to rule all Etruscans with the laws and policies of the Athenian Empire.

Therefore, the envoys sent by the leaders of various ethnic groups did not change Roy's decision to send soldiers to take over these ethnic groups.

If these ethnic leaders did not resist, they could also take their families and some property to Athens to become rich.

If these tribe leaders resisted with force, the Athenian soldiers would kill the men of the leader's family, confiscate all the property of the leader's family, and reduce the women of the leader's family to slaves.

Five days later.

All the resistance in Tuscany was suppressed, and Roy controlled an area of ​​23,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 200,000 in Tuscany with 12,000 soldiers.

Caesar took 10,000 Sabine soldiers and controlled the Marche area of ​​10,000 square kilometers.

Although the Etruscan king Amulius was killed by Roy, he was not the only royal family.

While the Athenian army controlled the Tuscany and Marche regions, Amulius' sister Aurora, the Etruscan princess, reassembled an army of 20,000 people.

Roy, who learned of the news, took 4,000 Athenian soldiers and rode 4,000 horses from Tuscany into the Po River Plain.

Milan.

This is the royal court established by the Caucasian nomads.

After Roy arrived at the outskirts of Milan with 4,000 troops, he was surrounded from four directions by 20,000 troops commanded by the Etruscan Princess Aurora.

Although there was a five-fold difference in the number of soldiers, and Aurora's soldiers had the will to defend their country, Roy was not worried that he would lose the war.

Because the death of Amulius had already dealt a huge blow to the Caucasian nomads in the Po Plain.

As long as Roy could capture or kill their princess Aurora, they would completely lose the courage to resist.

Before the two armies fought, Aurora, wearing leather armor and holding a bronze spear, rode a warhorse alone to Roy and said.

"Are you the leader of the Athenians? You have already taken the territory in the southern part of the Po Plain, why do you want to invade our Po Plain? As long as you withdraw from the Po Plain, I am willing to end this war and maintain peace with you Athenians."

Roy looked at this beautiful girl who had the same name as the goddess of dawn Aurora in Roman mythology, and couldn't help but think of Harmonia and Hippolyta.

As a Caucasian, Aurora should be a beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.

But Aurora seems to be a mixed-race girl like Amulius, so she not only does not have blonde hair and blue eyes, but has black hair and black eyes like white people in southern Europe.

But compared with local girls, Aurora's skin is whiter and more beautiful.

Although the name Aurora belongs to the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology, the ancient Romans did not believe in and worship the goddess of dawn.

In other words, Aurora is not a local Roman god confused with Eos, but the ancient Romans changed the name of Eos to Aurora, and then regarded the goddess of dawn Eos in Greek mythology as the goddess of dawn Aurora in Roman mythology.

In order to facilitate fighting, this fully armed female knight put her beautiful long black hair behind her head.

The close-fitting leather armor highlights her graceful figure, and the belt tied around her waist makes her slender waist particularly attractive.

Roy looked at Aurora carefully, then returned his eyes to her delicate and beautiful little face, showing a playful smile and teasing.

"Princess Aurora! If you really want to end the war, you should lead all the Etruscans to surrender to me. As long as all ethnic groups in the Apennine Peninsula become subjects of the Athenian Empire, the ethnic wars in the Apennine Peninsula that have lasted for thousands of years can be ended."

"You killed my brother Amulius, and you still want me to surrender to your Athenian Empire--"

Aurora said, staring at Roy with wide eyes in anger.

"I want to avoid war, but that doesn't mean I'm afraid of it. I have five times as many soldiers as you do now, and you will definitely lose this war."

"Your brother Amulius has more than three times as many soldiers as me, and I don't need to tell you his fate!"

Roy's words completely angered Aurora.

Aurora rode back to her personal soldiers and immediately ordered her 20,000 troops to attack Roy's 4,000 troops from four directions at the same time.

If Roy's 4,000 troops fought head-on with Aurora's 20,000 troops, even if Roy could win, he would eventually pay an astonishing sacrifice.

In order to win this war with the least sacrifice, Aurora ordered her soldiers to attack while Roy rode alone towards Aurora, who was protected by thousands of personal soldiers, ready to win this war by capturing the king first.

Seeing that Roy regarded herself as a target, Aurora asked her personal soldiers to protect herself while praying to Jupiter and Minerva.

"Great Sun God Jupiter! Great Moon Goddess Minerva! Please help me win this war. If we Etruscans are conquered by the Athenians, you will also lose your status as patron saints."

Accompanied by Aurora's prayer, Jupiter and Minerva descended on the battlefield with a huge figure of a thousand meters tall.

Seeing that Roy was approaching Aurora quickly, Aurora's guards could not stop Roy's advance at all, and Jupiter stretched out his left hand and released a divine power.

After Aurora's guards were enveloped by Jupiter's divine power, all of them were strengthened and had the power and speed of a hero-level [100 Enemies].

After Roy was enveloped by Jupiter's divine power, the divine power in his body was completely suppressed by Jupiter's divine power, causing Roy's power and speed to decline from the demigod hero level to the great hero level.