If I were the leader of a nation that faced an invasion, I would instruct that the corpses of key leaders/generals/politicians be mutilated and displayed scalped, tortured, and hung at the border.
They only fight wars to control the goyim; their own goyim might get uppity at the sight- aristocratic class solidarity supercedes national interest even in the bronze age
So basically you'd be Vlad the Impaler.
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