Chapter 455: Beginning to Conquer the Sumerian Region

The Kingdom of Hana and the Kingdom of Babylon together have a total of twelve city-states.

Roy and Aries brought only 20,000 soldiers.

If Roy wants to control twelve city-states with 20,000 soldiers, his military strength will definitely be stretched.

Even if he can barely control twelve city-states with 20,000 soldiers, Roy will stop his offensive in a short time and will not be able to conquer the Kingdom of Haiti, the Kingdom of Kassite, the Kingdom of Elam, the Kingdom of Assyria and other forces in the Mesopotamian Basin.

Now the Amorites of the Kingdom of Babylon have surrendered voluntarily under the threat of the Sumerians and the Kassites, which immediately makes Roy's originally stretched military strength sufficient to continue to wage war.

At the end of November.

Aries came to Babylon with a reorganized army of 20,000.

Roy came to the city with 3,000 cavalrymen to hand over to Aries outside the city and take over the 12,000 troops brought by Aries.

"Aries! I have implemented the policies of the Athenian Empire in Babylon. You will be responsible for implementing the policies of the Athenian Empire in Kish, Persippa, Dilbat, Marad, Nippur, and Tutubo. If there are unwilling nobles who want to resist, no matter who they are, you can kill all of his family or demote them to slavery as punishment."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will not let you down."

After the two completed the handover, Roy led 3,000 cavalry and 12,000 infantry to Isin in the Sumerian region, and Aries led 8,000 troops to the nearest Kish, preparing to implement the policies of the Athenian Empire in Kish.

Isin.

This is a city-state guarded by the healing goddess Gura.

Four hundred years ago, the rulers of Isin briefly dominated the Sumerian region, but were later deprived of the hegemony of the Sumerian region by Larsa, which was guarded by the sun god Utu.

Roy came to the outside of Isin with 15,000 troops, and the governor of Isin directly sent an envoy to surrender.

Among the many city-states in the Sumerian region, Isin was only a large city-state with a population of 30,000, and Isin had only 3,000 soldiers capable of fighting.

Facing Roy's 15,000 troops, Isin certainly had no chance of winning.

After Roy negotiated with the governor of Isin through an envoy, the governor of Isin did not change his mind of surrender even though he knew that he would lose his noble status and privileges, so Roy took Isin without a single blow.

In order to reward the governor of Isin, Roy retained his position as governor.

After reorganizing the 3,000 soldiers of Isin, Roy left 3,000 soldiers in Isin and led 15,000 troops to Adab.

Adab was a city-state guarded by Ninhursag, the goddess of the earth and the sea.

In Sumerian mythology, the goddess Ninhursag was worshipped as the wife of Enki, the first king of the gods, and the mother of the gods. From this, it can be seen that Adab was a powerful city-state.

About eight hundred years ago, the city of Adab briefly dominated the Sumerian region.

Roy came to Adab with an army of 15,000, and the governor of Adab also chose to surrender.

After all, the city of Adab dominated the Sumerian region eight hundred years ago.

Now the city of Adab has a population of more than 30,000, and there are only 3,500 soldiers.

The number of Roy's soldiers is close to half of the population of Adab, which is obviously a war that is bound to lose.

The rulers of Isin and Adab were willing to surrender to Roy because they already knew that the policies of the Athenian Empire were very good for civilians.

Although the nobles would lose their status and power, they could retain their property other than the fields if they surrendered voluntarily.

After taking Adab without bloodshed, Roy reorganized the soldiers of Adab.

After the reorganization, Roy left 4,000 soldiers in Adab to guard the city, and then took 14,000 soldiers to Wenma.

Umma is a city-state guarded by the god of war Shera.

Although Umma did not establish hegemony in the history of the Sumerians, and Shera, the god of war who guarded Umma, did not become the king of the gods in the Sumerian region, more than 700 years ago, after the King of Umma, Lugalzagsi, annexed the city of Uruk, he established the Third Dynasty of Uruk with Uruk as its capital, and briefly dominated the Sumerian region.

It is worth mentioning that Umma, guarded by the god of war Shera, and Lagash, guarded by the god of agriculture and war Ninurta, have been in constant dispute for a long time, and the god of war Shera and Ninurta are also enemies.

Roy came to Umma with 15,000 troops, and originally thought that Umma would also surrender voluntarily.

Because Umma was not strong, and no other city-states helped Umma.

Unexpectedly, Umma chose to resist.

Looking at the fully armed soldiers guarding the city wall of Umma, Roy couldn't help but sigh.

"Wenma City is indeed a city that worships the God of War Shera. Perhaps this is a manifestation of their abundant martial virtues!"

After sighing, Roy personally led the soldiers to attack the city.

With a loud bang!

While the God of War Shera appeared above Wenma City with a height of one kilometer, Roy directly broke the gate of Wenma City with the power of a demigod hero and rushed into Wenma City with the Athenian soldiers.

Seeing this scene, the God of War Shera wanted to release his divine power to suppress Roy. The healing goddess Gula and the goddess of the earth and the sea Ninhursag took the initiative to descend to Wenma City and use their divine power to stop Shera.

"Goddess Gula! Goddess Ninhursag!"

Looking at the two goddesses who came to stop her, Shera complained dissatisfiedly.

"After your city surrendered, you actually became accomplices of the invaders. Don't you have the dignity of a god?"

Goddess Gula said expressionlessly.

"Since the Athenian Empire has not driven us off the throne, we will be the gods of the Athenian Empire in the future. As the gods of the Athenian Empire, what's wrong with us being enemies with you?"

Goddess Ninhursag said with some shame.

"Shera! According to the rules of the gods, as the patron gods of the Athenian Empire, we have the responsibility and obligation to fight the hostile gods of the Athenian Empire."

Shera also knew that complaining about the two goddesses would be useless.

Under the obstruction of Goddesses Gula and Ninhursag, Shera could only watch Roy's soldiers occupy Wenma City, then break into his Shera Temple and overthrow Shera's statue.

Roy did not overthrow the statues of Gula and Ninhursag in Isin City and Adab City because they were both goddesses.

All male gods, including Shera, would be driven off the throne by Roy without exception.

After completing the occupation of Umma, Roy demoted all the nobles, including the governor of Umma, to slaves, and reorganized the two thousand surrendered soldiers of Umma.

Because he was worried about the rebellion in Umma, Roy left four thousand soldiers in Umma to manage the two thousand surrendered soldiers, and then led an army of ten thousand to Uruk.

Uruk-this is the city-state guarded by the Venus goddess Inanna.

In the history of the Sumerians, Uruk, Ur, and Kish were all city-states that established hegemony many times.

It is precisely because Uruk had dominated many times that the Venus goddess Inanna who guarded Uruk became the queen of gods with great authority in Sumerian mythology.

In Sumerian mythology, the Venus goddess Inanna, the moon god Nanna, and the sun god Utu became a closely related star triad god, also because the city of Uruk guarded by Inanna, the city of Ur guarded by Nanna, and the city of Larsa guarded by Utu had an alliance relationship.