Chapter 397 Conquering the Etruscans

Puff——

As Roy's iron spear pierced the heart of the Etruscan King Amulius, Amulius' eyes widened instantly, looking at Roy in disbelief and questioning.

"Why——you are so much stronger than me?"

Both are young kings, and both are the favorites of the gods.

Amulius couldn't understand why his soldiers were more than three times as many as Roy's, but Roy killed him without any injury.

In order to let Amulius rest in peace, Roy smiled faintly and said.

"If the only difference between your soldiers and mine is in equipment, you can still make up the difference with the number of soldiers. But my soldiers have the tenacious will to defend their country and die. Your soldiers were just forcibly summoned by you, and they have no will to fight to the death at all - this is the biggest reason why you will lose to me."

"You Athenians are foreign invaders from the Apennine Peninsula. I brought the Etruscans to save the Latins here, but became the enemy they defended their country..."

Amulius smiled bitterly and closed his eyes, and his body fell backwards to the ground and turned into a corpse.

After killing Amulius, Roy observed the battlefield and saw that the Athenian soldiers using sharp iron spears as the vanguard killed the Etruscans step by step.

These Etruscans fought for Amulius, not only did they not have any property as food and wages, but they also had to bring their own weapons and food.

The reward Amulius gave them was to allow them to plunder the spoils after winning.

Such an army is okay to fight a favorable battle.

Once the situation on the battlefield is unfavorable, there will be a rout.

On the other hand, Roy's soldiers not only have the advantage of weapons and equipment, the will to fight to defend their country, but also have food and wages and death pensions so that the soldiers have no worries.

Even if Amulius's soldiers have a three-fold advantage in numbers, it is impossible to make up for the huge gap in strength.

"Amulius is dead--"

When Roy shouted this sentence at the loudest voice, the Etruscan soldiers who were already suppressed by the Athenian soldiers immediately began to flee.

After all, this failed war will not bring them any benefits, and they will only sacrifice in vain if they fight to the death.

The Etruscans fell into chaos and fled, and Roy did not let the Athenian soldiers chase them.

Because after Roy conquered the Apennine Peninsula, these Etruscans would also become Roy's people.

While the war between humans was decided, the war between gods was also decided.

The sun god Jupiter raised the sun's fire to its maximum power, but he still failed to defeat the goddess Persephone.

The moon goddess Minerva and the god of war Quirinus joined forces, but were suppressed by the goddess Hera alone.

The three male gods Janus, Neptune, and Mars were also defeated by the four goddesses Luna, Vesta, Diana, and Venus with their numerical advantage.

Seeing that the war between humans was over, the sun god Jupiter could only flee from the battlefield with the gods in his camp.

After the Etruscans fled, Roy led the Athenian soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

Collecting the war horses of the Etruscan cavalry allowed Roy to get 4,000 war horses.

Counting the bodies on the battlefield, Roy found that more than 200 Athenian soldiers were killed, more than 5,000 Etruscans were killed, and more than 4,000 were captured.

There is no doubt that this was an amazing victory.

So that night, Roy held a victory celebration with all the soldiers.

The next day.

Roy ordered the soldiers to build a podium and then summoned all the soldiers.

Standing on the wooden podium, Roy glanced at the Athenian soldiers and Etruscan captives, and then shouted in a voice that they could all hear.

"Warriors who defend our country, yesterday we successfully defeated the invaders and drove the Etruscans out of the Lazio region. But I think this war is not over yet. In order to prevent the Etruscans from invading again in the future, I want to lead you to conquer the Etruscans. If you win the self-defense war yesterday, I will give each of you 20 kilograms of salt as a reward. Next, when we conquer the Etruscans, I will not only give you another 20 kilograms of salt, but also arrange an unmarried Etruscan girl to be your wife. Even if you die in battle, I will let your brothers replace you and arrange an unmarried Etruscan girl to be your brother's wife."

20 kilograms of salt!

Etruscan unmarried girl!

Hearing the rewards promised by Roy, not only were all the Athenian soldiers excited, but even the Etruscan captives wanted to participate in this war.

Because all the Etruscan captives knew that the main force led by Amulius was defeated, and the Etruscans were no longer able to resist the conquest of the Athenians.

In other words, this was a war that was bound to be won.

Seeing the reactions of the Athenian soldiers and the Etruscan captives, Roy continued.

"I will not force you to participate in the war to conquer the Etruscans. If the captives are interested, they can also join this war. I will let you enjoy the same treatment as the Athenian soldiers. After the war, I will give you 20 kilograms of salt and arrange for unmarried Etruscan girls to be your wives."

The so-called Etruscans are a general term for the local ethnic groups in the Apennine Peninsula conquered by the Caucasian nomads.

So there are hundreds of different ethnic groups, large and small, within the Etruscans.

These Etruscan captives did not resist attacking other ethnic groups. When they heard Roy's invitation, they shouted.

"I am willing to join you."

"I know the roads in Tuscany and I can lead you."

"Even if you don't give me 20 kilograms of salt, I just want an unmarried girl to be my wife."

Because of the enthusiastic registration of the Etruscan captives, the number of troops that Roy could use not only did not decrease, but increased.

In the end, Roy left more than a thousand soldiers to guard more than 2,000 captives, and Roy himself led 16,000 soldiers into the Etruscan territory.

The Etruscan territory includes Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia, Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, and Trentino, with a total area of ​​about 160,000 square kilometers and a total population of more than 500,000.

It is obviously unrealistic for Roy to control a population of 500,000 with 16,000 soldiers.

Because even if Roy used a ratio of fifty soldiers to control one thousand people, he would need at least twenty-five thousand soldiers to effectively rule the five hundred thousand Etruscans.

So while entering Tuscany with sixteen thousand soldiers, Roy sent a messenger to Caesar, asking Caesar to bring ten thousand Sabine soldiers from Puglia into the Marche region.

Now that the main force of the Etruscans was defeated, the Sabine soldiers could get twenty kilograms of salt and an unmarried Etruscan girl without having to go through a major battle.

Roy knew without thinking that the Sabine soldiers would definitely not refuse to participate in this war to conquer the Etruscans.

And because of the hundreds of years of fighting for territory, the Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans also had a blood feud with each other.