I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 479 You can create an honorary Hittite

Hattusha City.

This city, about two kilometers long and wide, is located in the middle of the Asia Minor peninsula.

There is a large amount of farmland around the city, which provides food such as wheat, barley, and beans for the city. The large area of ​​hillside grassland and forests can not only graze cattle and sheep, but also a place for entertainment for the royal family and nobles of the Hittites to hunt wild animals.

There are rivers that provide fresh water outside the city, but the flow of the river is too small to be navigable and transport goods.

When Hatpurna came to Hattusha City under the escort of Governor Kushala and Tilepin, the coalition forces organized by the city-state princes and nobles of the Hittite Kingdom had already surrounded Hattusha City.

Han Tili, who lost the support of the city-state princes and nobles, directly chose to surrender.

The royal palace of Hattusha.

Hatpurna, surrounded by the princes and nobles of the city-state, entered Hattusa City and came to the palace hall, and saw Han Tiri sitting on the throne, with his wife and son standing beside him.

Seeing Han Tiri sitting on her father's throne, Hartpurna said angrily.

"Hantili, haven't you accepted the reality yet?"

"My dear niece Hatpurna."

Han Tiri said with a playful smile.

"I didn't lose to you! I was betrayed by the city-state princes around you because I lost to the Athenian emperor Roy. Before I lost the war, none of them stood up against me becoming king."

What Hantili said is indeed true.

The city-state princes and nobles united to support Hattpurna, not because Hantili usurped the throne, but because Hantili lost the war and could not protect the interests of the Hittites.

Hanthyri's wife, Hartpurna's aunt, said at this time.

"My child! Now we return the throne to you, and can fully support you. In exchange, Auntie hopes that you will not kill Han Tiri. Han Tiri will give all his powers to your cousin, as our duty to him punishment."

"Did my father die in vain?"

Hartpurna complained angrily.

"Although Han Tili is your husband, my father is also your elder brother. Are you partial to your husband like this?"

"If you kill Han Tiri, can Mursiri be resurrected?"

Hantili's wife cried.

"I have already lost my brother, do you still want me to lose my husband and your cousin to lose his father? Although Han Tiri killed your father, your husband - the Athenian Emperor named Roy also killed your cousin Zidanta, the husband of our family, has lost an important member of our family."

Governor Kushala also persuaded Hartpurna.

"Now is the time for the life and death of our Hittite kingdom. Let Han Tiri survive and atone for his sins on the battlefield! If Han Tiri dies on the battlefield, then he deserves what he deserved. If Han Tiri can win the war, then he deserve to survive.”

Other city-state princes also agreed.

Seeing this scene, Han Tiri sneered complacently.

The city-state princes and nobles will support Hartpurna, just because they need an orthodox heir to the throne to call on all Hittites to unite.

When this war is over, Hartpurna will be reduced to a puppet.

Under the persuasion of everyone, Hartpurna gritted her teeth unwillingly and said.

"Then I will give Han Tiri a chance to atone for himself on the battlefield."

Hearing Hartpurna's words, Han Tiri immediately stood up from the throne and said.

"Dear niece, the throne is yours now. If you can't secure the throne, you can consider marrying your cousin. Your cousin can demote his current wife to a concubine and marry you as his new wife."

"You are dreaming!"

After glaring at Han Tiri angrily, Hartpurna ascended the throne under the eyes of everyone.

The orthodox heir to the throne became the queen, and the city-state princes and nobles had a reason to unite.

If Han Tiri, who usurped the throne, is sitting on the throne, and everyone is fighting desperately to defend Han Tiri's throne-it must be uncomfortable.

After all, these city-state princes are either descendants of the royal family, or have a marriage relationship with the royal family.

Han Tiri has the right to inherit the throne, so don't they have the right to inherit the throne?

Governor Kushala is a descendant of the royal family, and his succession to the throne is no less than that of Han Tiri.

Only by letting Mursiri's children inherit the throne can the city-state princes and nobles unite without complaint.

Hartpurna sat on the throne and looked down at the crowd, and said in a serious tone.

"My compatriots! I know that you support me on the throne in order to defeat the Athenian Empire and protect the interests of all our Hittites. Now the Athenian Empire is rescuing the Hittites in the cities they captured, and they have received strong support from the Hittites. Athens The number of soldiers in the empire is increasing, how do you think we can defeat the Athenian Empire?"

Tielepin stood up first and said.

"Our Hittite soldiers must be scattered in various city-states to suppress the Hittites and prevent the Hittites from rebelling against us. Therefore, the Hittites can only gather 2 soldiers at most. In order to defeat the Athenian Empire, we must Recruit more soldiers from among the Hattites."

"But the Hattites are not fools."

Hartpurna frowned.

"We Hittites treat the Hittites as slaves, and the Athenian Empire rescues the Hittites. We recruit Hittite soldiers. Maybe the Hittite soldiers will turn their guns on the battlefield and help the Athenian Empire deal with our Hittites." .”

He who thinks others are fools is afraid that he is the fool of arrogance.

The city-state princes and nobles of the Hittites, of course, would not be stupid to think that the Hittites, as slaves enslaved and oppressed by the Hittites, would still be willing to work hard for the Hittites.

Han Tiri said suddenly.

"Maybe we can elevate the status of some Hittites, let these Hittites become honorary Hittites, and let them enjoy the same status as the Hittites. The only condition for a Hittite to become an honorary Hittite is to be on the battlefield." Fight hard for us."

"Let the Hittites be honored Hittites—"

Hearing this proposal, Governor Kushala couldn't help shaking his head and said.

"Now that four Hittites support one Hittite, it is already unbearable for the Hittites. If we let some Hittites become honorary Hittites, there will be two Hittites supporting one Hittite In this situation, the Hatti people will definitely revolt again."

"We can't keep our promise!"

Han Tiri said with a sneer.

"We can first use the honorary Hittites to trick the Hattites into fighting for us, and when we win the war, we can kill these honorary Hittites and say that they all died on the battlefield."

In the history of another world, the Spartans [Dorians] also used similar methods to coax the local Spartans [Helaus] who were enslaved and oppressed by them to fight for them.

As a result, the local Spartans [Heilos] won the war for the Spartans [Dorians]. Not only did the Spartans [Dorians] not fulfill their promise to liberate them, but they sent [-] locals who had experienced the baptism of war The Spartans [Helotes] were all killed.

Hartpurna said with some embarrassment.

"We Hittites not only have to coax the Hittites to fight for us, but also kill the honorable Hittites-is this too much?"

"Princess Hartpurna, the Hattians are slaves!"

Governor Kushala explained.

"Slaves are not human beings. Slaves are domestic animals. We don't have to pity them like human beings."

(End of this chapter)