I Was a Priest in the City-State Era

Chapter 477 The Traitorous Princess Who Betrayed Her Entire Clan

After Hantili loses to Loy, the Kizuvatna region will be separated from the Hittite Kingdom——

This is what Roy expected.

Not only the Kizuvatna region, but also the city-state princes of the Hittite Kingdom will no longer regard Hantili who usurped the throne as the king.

Roy's next step was to choose between conquering the Kizuvatna region and conquering the Hittite kingdom.

The population of the Kizuvatna region is approximately 400,000.

The population of the Hittite Kingdom was about 1.6 million people.

Judging from the superficial numbers, it would have been easier to conquer the Cilicians in the Kizuvatna region.

But in fact, it was easier to conquer the 1.6 million people of the Hittite Kingdom.

Because there are no other groups oppressing the Cilicians in the Kizuvatna region, and there are no cases of Cilicians oppressing other groups.

But in the core area of ​​the Hittite Kingdom, there were more than 1.2 million Hittites who were enslaved and exploited by more than 300,000 Hittites.

Roy targeted the Kizuvatna region, and 400,000 Cilicians would unite to fight against the foreign invaders.

Roy targeted the Hittite kingdom, which could save the Hittites and use more than 1.2 million Hittites to conquer the Hittites who only had more than 300,000 people.

By controlling the population of 1.6 million Hattites and Hittites, Roy could bring the entire Asia Minor peninsula into the territory of the Athenian Empire.

The governor's palace in the city of Samar.

After the envoy from Adana City explained his purpose, Roy pretended to be unhappy and said.

"When my father-in-law Mursili was alive, the Kizuvatna area was also part of the Hittite Kingdom. As Hatepuna's husband, I inherit the Hittite throne, and I also want to inherit all the territory of the Hittite Kingdom, so I You Cilicians are not allowed to break away from the Hittite kingdom.”

Seeing the Adana messenger frowning, Roy continued.

"I will not punish you for the expulsion of the Hittites from Cilicia, because I also feel that it is unreasonable for the Hittites to rule over the Cilicia."

"Then are you willing to allow us to govern ourselves?"

The Adana messenger said tentatively.

"If you will respect us Cilicians and allow us to govern ourselves in the region of Kizuvatna - we can remain in the Hittite kingdom and support your succession to the Hittite throne."

"Can!"

Roy nodded and said.

"I agree to let you Cilicians govern themselves."

After the Adana messenger left with satisfaction, Hatepuna immediately said to Roy.

"Do you really want the Cilicia to submit to the Hittite Kingdom in name but remain independent in practice?"

Roy explained with a smile.

"I agreed to allow the Cilicias to be autonomous in exchange for their nominal surrender, because we do not have enough power to conquer the Kizuvatna area for the time being. When we conquer the core area of ​​the Hittite Kingdom, we can conquer the Kizuvatna region. Promote the policies of the Athenian Empire.”

1599 BC.

Mid-January.

A batch of weapons and armor transferred from Egypt came to Samar City.

After Roy used this batch of weapons and armor to arm 5,000 iron spear cavalry and 5,000 iron lancer infantry, he and Hatepuna immediately entered the Kizuvatna area from the Oman Pass with an army of 10,000 troops.

Roy's goal was of course not to conquer the Kizuvatna region, but to pass through the Kizuvatna region and head to the core area of ​​the Hittite Kingdom.

As Roy's army entered the plains of Cilicia, the city of Adana immediately sent a messenger to inquire about Roy's purpose.

After Roy explained to the envoy, the two major Cilicia city-states, Adana and Tulsa, remained on guard and obviously did not believe Roy.

They did not take the initiative to attack Roy.

Because the policies implemented by Roy in Phoenicia and Syria proved that Roy was more trustworthy than the Hittites.

Even if the Kizuvatna area is really controlled by Roy, only the interests of the nobles will be harmed.

Early February.

The army led by Roy and Hatpurna came to the city of Hupishna in the wind and snow.

Governor Hupishina did not choose to fight desperately for Hantili.

Because even if Governor Hupishna was stupid enough to fight against Roy for the throne of Hantili, the local Hattian soldiers were not willing to die in the internal fighting of the Hittites.

For the Hattian people who were enslaved by the Hittites, they did not care who the Hittite king was.

Could it be that changing a Hittite king would prevent the Hittites from being enslaved and oppressed?

Then Roy used facts to prove to them that changing to a Hittite king would really allow the Hittites to live a better life.

After taking over the city of Hupishna, Loy directly implemented the policies of the Athenian Empire, abolished the privileges enjoyed by the Hittites, and made the Hittites and Hittites equal in status.

When Roy redistributed the fields, the Hattian people cheered and became enthusiastic supporters of Roy and Hatepuna's struggle for the throne.

The Hittites, as if mourning their heirs, ran outside the governor's palace crying and angrily denounced Hatepuna as a traitorous princess.

After the Hittites conquered the Hattians, they took the Hattian fields as their own.

Even if the Hittites did nothing, they could still enjoy the life of large landowners with no worries about food and clothing. The Hittites could only support the Hittites as tenant farmers.

Now Roy returns the land of the Hattian people to the Hattian people. The Hittites cannot parasitize the Hattian people like blood-sucking insects. It would not be surprising even if they want to kill Roy and Hatepuna.

Inside the Governor's Palace.

Listening to the abuse coming from outside, Hatepuna showed a sad expression on her face.

After all, the Hittites who called her a traitor and a traitorous princess were all her people.

Roy held Hatepuna in his arms and comforted her.

"Hatepuna, we did nothing wrong. The Hittites enslaved the Hattites, and this kind of thing was wrong. We are not only the king and queen of the Hittites, but also the king and queen of the Hattites. The Hittite Kingdom belongs to the Hittites and the Hattites together. The Hittites and the Hattites are both our people, and we must treat them equally. If the Hittite Kingdom only belongs to the Hittites, we are just the king and queen of the Hittites, and the Hittite Kingdom is a sinful country doomed to perish."

Hatepuna said in tears while lying in Roy's arms.

"In order to avenge my father and family, I have betrayed all my people. You must not let me down."

"With the support of the Hattites, we can't lose at all."

After distributing land in Hupishina City, Roy began to recruit soldiers, and all the Hattite men came to sign up enthusiastically.

After all, the Hattians were not stupid. They knew that only by letting Roy conquer the entire Hittite Kingdom would they not lose the land allocated to them by Roy.

If Roy was driven away by the Hittites, the Hattians would not only lose the land allocated to them by Roy, but would also become slaves again and be exploited by the Hittites.

The Hattians enthusiastically signed up to become Roy's soldiers, not to help Roy fight for the throne, but to keep their own land and to prevent themselves and their families from being slaves of the Hittites.

In just one day, Roy recruited 5,000 Hattian soldiers.

These Hattians were not only in high spirits, but also had almost no possibility of betrayal.

After reorganizing the Hattian soldiers with his own 10,000 troops, Roy left 3,000 soldiers to guard the city of Hupisna, and then went to the city of Tuvanuwa with Hatepuna and 12,000 troops.

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