Chapter 439: Sun City of the Sun God Utu

In the history of another world, the Hittite Kingdom occupied three city-states of the Kingdom of Hana and three city-states of the Kingdom of Babylon for five years.

The reason why the Hittite Kingdom advances so slowly is because every time the Hittite Kingdom captures a city-state, it must allocate part of its troops to maintain its rule and ensure that its logistical supplies are not cut off.

Because of the continuous division of troops, the Hittite Kingdom's offensive became weaker and weaker.

In the end, he withdrew from the Kingdom of Babylon and did not occupy the cities of Telga, Haradum, Hit, Lapicum, Sippar, and Babylon for a long time.

Now the Hittite Kingdom gave the city of Telga to the Athenian Empire, which allowed them to avoid a large-scale division of troops.

The third day of capturing Telga City.

After leaving a thousand soldiers to protect the supply line, Selene led Hantili, Tielieping and an army of 19,000 people and set off towards the city of Haradum.

Roy stayed in Telga City and continued to transform Telga City.

When Roy completed the land-dividing policy in Telga City and recruited five thousand local soldiers here, Selene's envoy brought news that the Hittite Kingdom had successfully captured the cities of Haradum and Hit.

After mixing his own 10,000 soldiers with 5,000 local soldiers, Roy left 5,000 soldiers in Telga City, and then took 10,000 soldiers to take over Haradum City and Hit City.

After handing over the cities of Haradum and Hit to Loy, Selene left a thousand soldiers to protect the supply lines, and then led the Hittite army towards the city of Lapicum.

Mid-November.

Although the season has entered winter, the plains of Mesopotamia are still as warm as spring.

When the news came that Selene led the Hittite army to capture the city of Lapicum, Aries finally entered the Mesopotamia with an army of 10,000.

Roy quickly completed the handover with Aries, and after handing over the task of taking over the city to Aries, Roy led an army of five thousand to chase the Hittite army.

Sipar City.

When Selene led the Hittite army to the outside of Sippar, Roy finally caught up with the Hittite army with five thousand cavalry.

After the two armies merged, Selene, Hantili and Tieliepin were all very surprised by Roy's arrival.

"We just handed over Lapicum City to you. If you don't take charge personally, aren't you worried about chaos in the city?"

Faced with Selene's question, Roy explained with a smile.

"I have handed over the task of taking over the city to a capable and loyal man. Then I can join you in attacking the cities of the Kingdom of Babylon."

Selene said with a frown.

"If the person you are talking about lives up to your expectations, I will be very disappointed with you, and the marriage between the Hittite Kingdom and the Athenian Empire will also be cancelled."

If chaos breaks out in the cities behind, cutting off logistical supply lines, the Hittite Kingdom's war to destroy the Babylonian Kingdom will be aborted.

If such serious consequences occur, Selene will definitely be very angry with Roy.

Roy said with a smile.

"Princess Hatepuna! I have long said that even if your Hittite Kingdom has no plan to destroy the Kingdom of Babylon, our Athenian Empire will conquer the Kingdom of Babylon. I manage every city we occupy very seriously, so you are worried will never happen."

After speaking, Roy looked at the wall of Sipar City.

"How do you plan to attack the City of the Sun?"

Sippar is a city guarded by the sun god Utu.

In Sumerian history, Sippar was the fourth city-state to establish hegemony.

Among the triad of stars, Inanna, the goddess of Venus, serves as the patron saint of Uruk. When Uruk dominated the Mesopotamia, Inanna also became the queen of the gods above the gods.

The reason why Utu, the sun god, could become the brother of Inanna, the goddess of Venus, is because the city of Sippar, guarded by Utu, the sun god, established hegemony earlier than the city of Uruk, and Utu, the sun god, became a god earlier than Inanna, the goddess of Venus. King of.

The moon god Nanna became the father of the sun god Utu and the Venus goddess Inanna. It was also because the city-state Ur protected by the moon god Nanna established a more powerful hegemony than the cities of Sippar and Uruk. The moon god Nanna became more powerful than the sun god. Utu and the Venus goddess Inanna were the more powerful kings of the gods.

It was already fifteen hundred years ago that Sipar City dominated the Mesopotamia.

Now the city of Sippar was reduced to a city-state ruled by the Amorites. Not only was Utu, the sun god who protected the city of Sippar, suppressed by Marduk [Zeus], ​​but even the city of Sippar was weakened by the city of Babylon.

Looking at the relatively tall walls of Sipar City, Selene said with a solemn expression.

"The city of Sippar is the last gateway to protect the city of Babylon. The Kingdom of Babylon has gathered 20,000 troops here. It will not be easy for us to capture the city of Sippar."

The Athenian army and the Hittite army combined only had 23,000 men.

There are 20,000 defenders in Sipar City. Even if Roy and Selene are willing to pay heavy casualties, they may not be able to capture Sipar City.

"There are 20,000 defenders, and the siege is very detrimental to us."

Roy observed the defenders of Sipar City and said.

"But Sipar City is just a small city. The food here cannot support an army of 20,000 people. I can take my cavalry to cut off Sipar City's supplies and let the garrison of Sipar City go out to fight."

Hantili's eyes immediately lit up and he couldn't help but praise.

"This is a really good idea, then we will leave this important task to you."

Tie Lieping said with some worry.

"The Amorites can not only use the land, but also the Euphrates River to deliver food and supplies to Sippar. Can your Athenian cavalry cut off their supplies on land, as well as on the water?"

Most of the city-states in the Mesopotamian Basin were built near the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.

So if you want to cut off the supply lines of these city-states, you must not only cut off their supply lines from land, but also from the water.

Roy said confidently.

"Some of my soldiers are from Athens, and they are all the best sailors. If we collect some ships from the cities we occupy, my soldiers can cut off the supply of Sippar on the water."

Ten days later.

Roy used his actual actions to prove that he was not bragging.

Roy's soldiers not only cut off the supply of Sippar on land, but also intercepted the ships of the Kingdom of Babylon in the Euphrates River.

During these ten days, not a single grain of food entered Sippar from outside.

The food in Sippar was also consumed.

If the defenders of Sippar chose to continue defending the city, the hungry soldiers would soon lose their fighting power.

So the only correct choice for the defenders was to go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with the Hittite army.

The last day of November.

Sippar suddenly opened the gates, and the 20,000 soldiers defending the city rushed out like a tide, rushing towards the Hittite army that surrounded Sippar.

As agreed with Sippar, the 10,000 troops of the Kingdom of Babylon came from Kuta, obviously wanting to use superior forces to completely defeat the Hittite army.

After losing Lapicum, the Kingdom of Babylon actually controlled only eight cities, with a population of only about 300,000.

These 30,000 troops were undoubtedly the main force of the Kingdom of Babylon.

As long as these 30,000 troops were defeated, the Kingdom of Babylon would become a lamb to be slaughtered.