I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 264 Finally Overestimated the Enemy
Before going to war with the army in Buto City, Roy had already underestimated the strength of the enemy army.

That's why Roy led [-] Athenian soldiers to attack the [-] army in Butuo City—an enemy twelve times the number of his own.

But 10 minutes later, Roy found that he still overestimated the enemy's strength.

The war started less than 10 minutes ago. As the commanders, nobles and their private soldiers who led the army in Butuo City were all killed, the remaining ordinary soldiers all chose to surrender.

The number of prisoners Roy got exceeded 5000.

In order to manage the too large number of captives, Roy asked his [-] Egyptian soldiers to mix with the captives, and then said to all the soldiers.

"Soldiers! We won a big battle just now. Now let me talk about the post-war issues. All the Athenian soldiers fought with me, and every Athenian soldier was rewarded with a hundred catties of grain. The Egyptian soldiers were only responsible for shouting slogans. , so every Egyptian soldier will be rewarded with twenty catties of food. I know that the captives are forced civilians, so I will not degrade you into slaves, nor let you use ransom to buy freedom. Wait for me Take Buto City and let you go home. Now we continue to go to Buto City and strive to spend the night in Buto City tonight."

After speaking, Roy led an army of 6000 people to Buto City.

One hundred Egyptian soldiers were left by Roy to clean up the battlefield and burn the corpses to prevent the corpses from being eaten by wild animals or rotting and breeding plague.

On the way to Buto with [-] troops, Roy's [-] Egyptian soldiers told the captives that the King of Athens was a better foreign ruler than the Hyksos.

The Hyksos dominated Egypt, just to prevent the Egyptians from being forced to build pyramids by the Pharaoh.

Under Roy's rule, not only did commoners enjoy a policy that was almost equivalent to tax exemption, but each family was allocated [-] acres of land.

Becoming a soldier of the Kingdom of Athens allows all members of the family to enjoy the treatment of a citizen family.

The first benefit for citizen families is that each family is allocated [-] mu of land.

Although foreign rulers are better than native rulers, it has always been the tradition of this land of Egypt.

But the treatment given by Roy was so good that the captives couldn't believe it.

Even if all the Egyptian soldiers in Loy swore to make a promise, the captives were still dubious.

after an hour.

Luo Yi brought [-] troops to the outside of Butuo City, directly frightening the governor and priests and nobles in Butuo City.

They didn't know that Luo Yi had only [-] Athenian soldiers to attack the city of Buto.

Seeing the [-] captives following Roy's army, the governor and priests and nobles of Butuo City thought that the [-] captives had already been taken in by Roy.

So in their eyes, Roy was going to attack Butuo City with an army of [-].

Before Luo Yi attacked Butuo City, a priest and nobleman came outside the city and proposed to negotiate with Luo Yi.

After Roy asked the priests and nobles who were envoys to come before him, the messenger bowed very respectfully, and then said to Roy.

"Honorable foreigner! As long as you guarantee that you will not shake the status of Goddess Wajit as the patron saint of Butuo City, and promise not to harm the interests of our priests and nobles, we are willing to dedicate Butuo City to you."

Hearing the envoy's request, Roy rolled his eyes directly.

As the ruling class, priests and nobles hold a large amount of land and food. If these priests and nobles are not eradicated, their land and food are all confiscated. How does Roy allocate [-] acres of land to each family in Butuo City? How to transport the surplus food to the city of Athens?
"Your Excellency! I can guarantee the status of Goddess Wajit as the patron saint of Bhutto City, but I cannot guarantee the interests of the priests and nobles. If you are sincerely willing to surrender, I can allow you to keep all property except land and food, You will also be allowed to leave the city of Buto. If you do not want to hand over your land and food, then you are the enemy that I will definitely destroy."

In this era, land and food are undoubtedly the greatest wealth of priests and nobles.

Hearing that Luo Yi said that he wanted to take away the land and food, the emissary said with a pale face and trembling voice.

"Land and food belong to us. How can you take away our property like a robber! If you are willing to keep our land, we can donate half of the food to you. The food we harvest in the future will also be One third is dedicated to you. We can also enshrine you as the pharaoh of Butuo City, support you in fighting for the hegemony of Egypt, and become the king of pharaohs ruling the entire Egypt."

After listening to the messenger's words, Roy shook his head with a smile.

If Roy only wants to rule Egypt in name, perhaps Roy can make the whole country as long as he conquers the city of Thebes of the southern Egyptians and the city of Avaris of the Hyksos, and then promises to guarantee the power and interests of the priests and nobles. All the city-states of Egypt surrendered and became the pharaoh king of Egypt - Pharaoh.

But what Roy wants is not to rule in name, but to let his rule extend to every village like a spider web.

To achieve Roy's goal, whether it is the priests and nobles in the city or the low-level priests in the village, they are the targets that Roy wants to eradicate.

"Your Excellency! My mind will not change, so you can go back now."

The messenger returned to Butuo City with Luo Yi's reply, and Butuo City immediately fell into chaos.

Because the priests and nobles knew very well that they could not defeat Roy.

Because of the firm belief that the [-]-strong army could destroy the enemy, Butuo City was not prepared for the battle at all.

So the priests and nobles were divided into two groups, one group was preparing to leave Buto City with their families and property, and the other group was preparing to call private soldiers and civilian soldiers to stick to Buto City.

Roy is not a wooden man, so of course he won't give the priests and nobles time to deal with it.

As soon as the envoy returned to Buto City, Roy led [-] Athenian soldiers to attack Buto City.

The [-] Egyptian soldiers of Roy led [-] captives and charged behind. The attacking formation of the [-] army directly defeated the psychological defense of hundreds of soldiers defending the city.

The patron saint of Bhutto City, the goddess of the sun snake Wajit, looked down at the scene where Roy easily broke through Bhutto City from a high altitude, and sighed helplessly.

As the patron saint who cannot directly interfere in human wars, Goddess Vajit can only wait for the judgment of fate at this time.

Inside the city of Bhutto.

After handing over the surrendered defenders to the Egyptian soldiers, Roy divided the [-] Athenian soldiers into five teams and asked them to occupy the main granary in Bhutto. Roy went to the Temple of Vajit by himself.

Wajit Shrine in the center of Bhutto.

When Roy came here, he saw that as expected, the priests and nobles of Butuo City had taken their families to hide in the temple.

Even in a world where gods do not exist, humans in this era still believe that temples are the domain of gods, and they can gain the protection of gods by hiding in temples.

And in this world where the gods really exist, the gods will really protect the people who hide in the temple.

When Roy was about to enter the Vajit Temple, a majestic warning sound immediately said.

"Stop your steps!"

(End of this chapter)