The beat of the drums echoed through the small valley, the steps of the soldiers came in unison, creating a huge crash with the drums. They were organized into five rows across and five columns wide, and they were called "Royal Regiments", or RRs. There were ten of these RR"s alone just attack towards the city.
The Dravidians seemed to be able to hold back the old armies, but the new Emperor, Ooala Jamao, knew that they would not be able to hold back the new soldiers equipped with the new metal, gained from trade with the Aryan nation. This material was hard, the hardest thing in the world, concerning Sinhala, and was very easy to weild and produce.
However, the campaign would be useless if it were lost. And it could be loss if the economy weren't fixed. The army needed to be increased, but it would decrease from the upgrading. This was a controversy to the emperor, and so he contacted his friends in Arabia for help.
To Arabia
From Sinhala
Hail, friends. As you know, our armies are stretched then now since the upgrade to iron. We wish to make a deal that will help both our nations. We will give you the technology of iron should you give us two economic levels.