I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 446 How to Attack Babylon City
While the war between gods was won and lost, the war between humans was also won and lost.

Roy led 1000 cavalry to launch a charge against Phineus' [-] army, and more than [-] people were killed in Phineus' army.

Before Roy could launch a second charge, Phineus fled with his army.

Phineus's army of ten thousand was mainly composed of the Hyksos who followed him.

Although the Hyksos can be said to be a branch of the Amorites, Phineus did not want to sacrifice his followers for the Babylonian kingdom established by the Amorites of the same family.

Roy followed with five thousand cavalry, but did not directly wipe out Phineus' army.

Because in Roy's view, Phineus and his followers first fled from Egypt to the Kingdom of Babylon, and now they fled from the city of Sipar back to the city of Kuta, and they have become an army that can only flee.

Letting this army that has no will to resist flee back can make other armies in the Kingdom of Babylon lose the will to resist.

Kuta city.

This is the city guarded by Nergal, the king of the underworld.

Phineus fled to Kuta with his army, and immediately ordered the defenders of Kuta to open the gates.

Just when Phineus was about to enter the city of Kuta with the army, Roy rushed into the city of Kuta with hundreds of cavalry, guarding the city gate and said to Phineus.

"Dear Phineus, thank you for helping me open the gate of Kuta City. Now Kuta City belongs to me, and you can leave with your soldiers."

"Loy—"

Phineus glared at Roy angrily, but he didn't order the attack.

Because of the previous battles, Phineus has already understood that although his army has a numerical advantage, it is vulnerable to Roy's cavalry.

Seeing that Roy's cavalry force had rushed over, Phineus could only leave with his own army and give the city of Kuta to Roy.

In order to rescue Sipar City, Phineus took almost all the soldiers from Kuta City away.

Now there are only [-] defenders left in Kuta City.

Seeing that the gate of Kuta City was captured by Roy, and Phineus left with the army, the guards simply chose to surrender.

When Roy captured the city of Kuta without bloodshed——

Outside Sipar.

Han Tiri and Tielepin also led [-] Hittite soldiers to defeat the [-] defenders of Sipar City.

After destroying the Temple of Hades in Kuta City and knocking down the statue of Hades Nergal, Roy left [-] soldiers to capture the nobles in Kuta City, and then returned to Sipar with [-] cavalry city.

Sipar City.

When Roy returned here with a thousand cavalry, he saw that the war was over. Two thousand of the [-] defenders in Sipar City were killed, and the rest became prisoners.

After reuniting with Selene who had transformed back into [Hatpurna], Roy entered Sipar City together with Selene, Hantili, and Tiepin, and asked his soldiers to capture the nobles of Sipar City.

The City Lord's Mansion of Sipar City.

When Sipar City was an independent city-state, it was once the palace of King Sipar.

After Roy entered the palace hall with Selene, Hantili, and Tielepin, Selene sat on the throne that belonged to King Sipar in the past and now belonged to the city lord and said.

"In today's war, we captured too many prisoners. Should we temporarily stop the offensive and send these prisoners back to the Hittite Kingdom as slaves?"

Han Tiri said immediately.

"These [-] captives are too many. We don't have any extra food to feed them, and we don't need so many slaves. We just kill half of them."

In ancient wars, large-scale massacres of captives often occurred.

The most famous deed of Bai Qi, the God of Killing, was to win the Battle of Changping and slaughter 40 prisoners of the Zhao army.

The fundamental reason for Bai Qi's massacre of Zhao Jun's captives was that Qin Jun's logistics were already stretched, and there was no surplus food to support 40 captives.

If Zhao Jun's prisoners can't get food, there will definitely be riots.

So the best option is to kill all the captives.

After the overlord Xiang Yu won the Battle of Julu, he chose to kill 20 captives, also because he could not afford to support these captives.

Hearing Han Tiri's suggestion to kill the captive, Roy immediately said to Selene.

"Princess Hartpurna! If the Hittite Kingdom doesn't want so many captives, I am willing to buy them. My soldiers and I have captured Kuta City. I am willing to exchange these captives with the families and wealth of all the nobles in Kuta City." .”

"Can you afford to keep these captives?"

Selene said suspiciously.

"As far as I know, you don't have much food."

"I am transporting food from the Phoenician area and the Egyptian area."

Roy explained with a smile.

"Although it is indeed stressful to feed these captives, I don't want to waste these precious manpower. And if I buy these captives and set them free, at least [-] soldiers can be recruited from them."

"Since you are willing to pay the price, I will sell all these captives to you."

After deciding on the ownership of the captives, Selene continued.

"In today's war, although our Hittite army killed more than 1000 people, and more than 1000 people were injured and lost their combat power, the Kingdom of Babylon was also severely damaged. Next, I plan to attack Babylon, the capital of the Kingdom of Babylon, directly. how do you feel?"

"I agree with the princess' idea."

Tielepin said immediately.

"We are attacking Babylon now, and the defenders of Babylon are only 2 at most. But our Hittite kingdom has only 5000 soldiers left who can fight, and the defenders of Babylon have the advantage of defending the city. The soldiers of Athens followed us Only by attacking the city together can we break through the city of Babylon with the least cost."

As the capital of the Kingdom of Babylon, the city of Babylon is of course a city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In the history of another world, not only the Kingdom of Babylon, but also the Kingdom of Kasit, the Kingdom of Neo-Babylon, and the Persian Empire once used the city of Babylon as their capital.

Hearing what Tilipin said, Roy said with a smile.

"My Athenian soldiers can participate in the attack on Babylon, but I want to separate from you. If you attack the west gate of Babylon, I will attack the north gate of Babylon."

"can!"

After accepting Roy's request, Selene continued.

"Princess Semiramis, the daughter of the King of Babylon, is said to be a peerless beauty who is as beautiful as a goddess. It can be said that she is the most valuable trophy in the city of Babylon. Whoever can enter the palace first will get Semiramis." Princess Si as a spoil of war. If you don’t want to lose such a beauty, you must do your best to attack the city of Babylon.”

After finishing speaking, Selene looked at Loy, Hantili and Tielepin with a half-smile.

Roy stared at Selene's perfect figure with a slender waist and said.

"I have no interest in the Babylonian princess Semiramis."

"It seems that you can't wait to get Hartpurna."

Selene teased in a playful tone.

"I promise you won't regret exchanging Hartpurna with the advanced technology of the Athens Empire, because Hartpurna's beauty will not be lost to any girl in the world."

"Do not--"

Roy couldn't help but said silently in his heart.

Actually, I'm not interested in the Hittite princess Hartpurna either—

What really interests me is you, the mighty goddess who defeated Marduk, king of the Babylonian gods.

(End of this chapter)