I was a priest in the city-state era

In the core area of ​​the Hittite Kingdom, there were more than 1.2 million Hattians and more than 300,000 Hittites.

Even if a Hittite did no work, there would be four Hittites supporting him.

For there were four times as many Hittites as there were Hittites.

If a city-state in the Hittite Kingdom had a population of 50,000, usually 10,000 Hittites ruled over 40,000 Hattians.

If there were five thousand soldiers in the city-state, one thousand Hittite soldiers would usually manage four thousand Hattian soldiers.

When Hantili killed the Hittite king Mursili and usurped the throne, even the city-state princes and nobles among the Hittites were unwilling to desperately oust Hantili from the throne.

Now that Roy and Hatepuna conquered the Hittite Kingdom as the heirs to the throne of Mursili, the Hittite soldiers who were enslaved and oppressed would certainly not fight tooth and nail to defend the throne of Hantili.

Only the Hittite soldiers were willing to fight tooth and nail to retain their power and wealth.

It's a pity that there are so few of them.

Roy and Hatepuna came with ten times more troops. Even if the Hittite soldiers were unwilling to give up their special power to enslave the Hattian people, they would choose to surrender in order to survive.

After all, the strength gap between the two sides is too great, and resistance is destined to be a meaningless sacrifice.

Tuvanua City, Tahuntasa City, Landa City, Rushna City——

These Hittite city-states were conquered by Roy with little resistance.

After conquering these city-states, Roy's military strength not only did not decrease, but became more and more numerous.

Because Roy's policy was strongly supported by the Hattian people.

In order to prevent themselves and their families from being oppressed and enslaved by the Hittites as slaves, all Hittite men have the will to become Roy's soldiers and fight to the death.

After Roy and Hatpurna conquered the city of Purushhanda with an army of 20,000 people, the most powerful city-state prince in the Hittite Kingdom, the governor of Kushala City, came to negotiate with Roy and Hatpurna.

The city of Kushala was the first city-state of the Hittites and one of the two capitals of the Hittite Kingdom.

The governor who ruled the city of Kusala was also a distant cousin of Hattite royal family, Hatepuna.

The Governor's Palace of Purushhanda City.

Roy and Hatepuna met the governor of Kusala City in the hall. The forty-year-old governor walked into the hall and directly reprimanded Hatepuna.

"Princess Hatepuna, do you want to destroy our Hittite kingdom? You actually liberated the Hattian people from slavery, made the Hattians and Hittites equal in status, and distributed the fields to the Hattians. All this They are all the wealth obtained by our Hittite ancestors by conquering the Hattian people. You have no right to hand over the entire Hittite wealth to the Hattian people.”

Faced with a series of accusations from Governor Kusala, Hatepuna said expressionlessly.

"Dear cousin! When Hantili and his son-in-law Zidanta killed my father and usurped the throne, did you accuse him like this?"

"Why should I blame Hantili?"

Governor Kusala asked rhetorically.

"Hantili's wife is your aunt, and Hantili's son is your cousin. Although Hantili should not usurp the throne, his son is also a descendant of the Hittite royal family, and the Hittite throne has not been taken by anyone else. Let’s go. If the Hittite throne is taken away by someone without royal blood, we will definitely stand up to bring order to the chaos.”

In the history of another world, Hantili's son-in-law Zidanta usurped the throne, and Hantili's grandson indeed regained his own throne with the support of the city-state princes and nobles.

And if Hatepuna denies Hantili's right to inherit the throne, then Roy and Hatepuna also have no right to compete for the throne.

Seeing that Hatepuna was speechless, Roy immediately said.

"Governor Kusala, tell me directly why you are here! If you want to surrender to us, I can temporarily retain your status as governor."

"I'm here to help you find your way back."

Governor Kusala glared at Roy angrily and said.

"If you are willing to correct your mistakes and reduce the Hattian people to slaves again, we, the city-state princes, are willing to join forces to help you regain the throne."

"Returning the Hattians to slavery—"

Roy said with a joking smile.

"What if I say no?"

"Then we, the city-state princes, will join forces to deal with you and drive you out of the Hittite Kingdom."

Governor Kusala said coldly.

"The Hittite Kingdom belongs to all Hittites, not just to the Hittite royal family. If Hatepuna wants to betray all Hittites, then you will be the enemy of all Hittites."

Then, Governor Kusala spoke to Hatepuna.

"Princess Hatepuna! Have you forgotten your identity? You are the princess of our Hittites, not the princess of the Hattian people. If we Hittites were defeated or even enslaved by the Hattian people, you would still have what you have now Is it possible for you to betray all the Hittites in order to avenge your father Mursili?”

Hatpurna's face showed a strongly shaken expression, and it was obvious that she had been convinced by Governor Kusala in her heart.

What is more important than revenge for my father——

Or is it more important to ensure the interests of all Hittites?

"My dear, at first I was carried away by the idea of ​​revenge."

Hatepuna said to Roy with a regretful expression.

"Now I calm down... I don't think we can harm the interests of all Hittites because of revenge. Since the princes of the city-state are willing to join forces to help us revenge, then we might as well..."

Roy shook his head without hesitation and said.

"Hatpurna, I once told you - if the Hittite Kingdom is a country where the Hittites enslave the Hattians, then the Hittite Kingdom is destined to perish. Even if the princes of the city-state are now willing to join forces to help you regain the throne, I He will not give up the idea of ​​​​rescuing the Hattian people."

Hatepuna said with an unhappy expression.

"The Hittites are not your kin, so why can't you prefer the Hittites for my sake?"

"cannot!"

"Then I have no choice but to part ways with you."

Hatepuna left Roy and walked to Governor Kusala and said.

"I am a Hittite princess, and the Hittites are more important to me than the Hattians."

Roy did not retain Hartepuna.

Because Roy could not give up managing the Hittite Kingdom with the policies of the Athenian Empire for Hatepuna.

Only by managing the Hittite Kingdom with the policies of the Athenian Empire could Roy make full use of the Hittite Kingdom's manpower and material resources.

If the Hittite Kingdom remained as it was—

The Hittite Kingdom's manpower and material resources will fall into internal strife.

Outside the city of Purushhanda.

Hatepuna and Governor Kusala rode two horses to the outside of the city, and hundreds of Hittite knights immediately came to greet them.

The man who led the Hittite knights was Tie Liepin.

Seeing that Governor Kusala successfully persuaded Hatepuna, Tieliepin said with an excited smile.

"Princess Hatepuna, with you leading us city-state princes, we will definitely defeat Hantili and make you the Hittite Queen."

Hatepuna said calmly.

"Do you really want to help me regain the throne?"

"of course it's true!"

Tie Lieping nodded and said.

"After Hantili usurped the throne, he actually lost the war between the Hittite Kingdom and the Athens Empire. Now the princes and nobles of the city-state are very dissatisfied with Hantili."

"In other words, if Hantili wins the war, you will support him to become the Hittite king?"

Hatepuna said with a sneer.

"Now you are opposing Han Tili not to avenge my father, but because Han Tili lost the war."