Desert Kingdom

Although Sirius is still a few months away from the rise of the annual flood, the clear and rippling river water has inexplicably become turbid and flows slowly in the ancient river channel, making it impossible for fishermen who live on the boat to find large fish in groups all year round.

The source of the ancient river traces back to the ridge of the distant world, and the endless snow melting on the permanently frozen glacier. This blue river brings fertile mud to the downstream human kingdom settlement area, and is not stingy with the best gift from the vast nature of nature to mankind.

Unlike before, today the gate of the temple was opened, and all the noble sacrificial priests hurriedly walked into the hall, and carried out the great ceremony of protruding to the ground in front of the golden statue burned by the fire, listening to the supreme decree from the gods.

The oracle is very short, with only one short word, that is: war!

Thanks to the establishment and maintenance of the medical and health system of the priesthood class in the Desert Kingdom for many years, not only did the death rate of infants and young children in the Kingdom have been greatly reduced, but even mothers who are pregnant and have sex like they are taking chances are properly cared for and have a rest period of up to half a year. Some women even entered the delivery room at the same time as their eldest daughter of their first child. It can be seen that this regulation controlled by the priest group has reached its peak.

As a result, the population of the desert kingdom has accumulated at an astonishing rate, especially in the past twenty years, the population has almost doubled. Some remote areas far away from the capital have begun to show signs of famine that there is not enough food to eat.

Even if the ancient river is renewed once a year, no matter how abundant the soil that hits the fertile land and oil on the plains is, it is still a bit overwhelmed. After all, the number of people carried by the land is quite limited.

The original intention of the priest group is naturally good. After all, the more people believe in God, the more spells God gives, the more powerful spells he gives. Under the promotion of those who are interested, spells and magical techniques were written by the priests on bronze plates and bound into a thick collection of spells.

There are as many as twelve collections of such magic books, including the family of gods composed of nine pillars of gods. They are all ancient gods from Atum, the divine nest, and three external gods, namely the desert god Seit, the sun god Amon, and the death god Nubis, especially the two new gods behind them. The most and richest divine magic is passed down.

The "Sun Sutra" that symbolizes the young sun, Amon, who is at noon, is blessed by himself. The whole body is made of bronze, but due to the magical reason, it always remains fresh, that is, the golden color flowing with fire, which is also called the "Golden Sun".

The deceased, the dead, the burial god Nubis, the god of death, the highest achievement of the divine arts given by the resurrection of the dead, those who died shortly after death, those who died of murder, accidents, deviated from the established trajectory of fate, and were deeply favored by the gods, or favored by the gods, especially the royal and noble members with divine blood.

In addition, priests who master all the spells and secrets of "Death Nervous" can also summon the undead who serves the god of death, the roarer of the underworld, and soldiers who have a look similar to the god of death Nubis, who are good at various desert weapons and superb fighting skills.

Having said that, this oracle did not come from all the desert gods, but only Amon, the god of the sun. It was limited to the emerging city in the lower reaches of the river where this new god rose, the pearl of the desert kingdom, Thebes.

In fact, I don’t know how many demons outside the sky occupy the bodies of the people of the desert kingdom, especially the priests who open their bodies and minds to bathe in the glory of the gods. Except for a few master-level high priests, everyone else is just a demon who has changed skins.

That is, these people worked tirelessly to take care of the mother, and women with low guidance were able to engage in collection and farming, and were competent for a series of surgical operations such as inducing labor, natural childbirth, and even caesarean section under the ribs. Thebes, which was originally sparsely populated, became one of the top major population gathering centers in the lower reaches of the Qinghe River, and vigorously promoted this technology to the entire kingdom through exchanges between cities.

When the cause that the gods personally paid attention to, after decades of savings, achieved fruitful results, an oracle of war completely activated the war machine that Thebes had prepared long ago.

The idle people who wandered day and night on the city streets were immediately summoned by the temple and drank the holy water blessed by the gods. They were pushed away from the sacred palace in a daze.

They first went to the fur shops on both sides of the main road of the city, dressed in simple leather armor made of crocodile leather, carried a bundle of long spears, and a short archer pot cross-body. They hurried out and saw a light two-wheeled chariot with free space. They quickly jumped up and followed the veterans' qualified chariot soldiers, picked up a shield hanging outside the carriage, protecting the safety of the veteran's flanks.

In this way, light carriages completed their combat preparations, and took initial mobilized auxiliary soldiers and some war equipment to leave Thebes along the main road of the city and gathered at the patrol site outside the city.

The commercial spies hidden in the new god Amon in the residential area of ​​Thebes, the holy city of the human world, were confused by what happened before them, and thought that this new god had quickly accumulated wealth with a more advanced irrigation and agricultural system, and was ready to start a bloody civil war in the kingdom.

But what happened next overturned the unreasonable speculation of all the people. The total number was as high as 5,000 chariots, plus the logistics and logistics convoy, and a huge army with more than 20,000 combat personnel was not the target of any adjacent city-state, nor was it a civil war for it.

The chariot army rushed directly out of the border and rushed to the slaves of the former desert kingdom. Now they have restored the tradition of nomadic peoples and have initially established lines of defense based on the terrain.

This is the springboard for the desert kingdom to advance eastward to conquer the world. Many prosperous dynasties in history sent troops to occupy the peninsula, then swept across the sacred continent, and established immortal merits.

At the same time, the peninsula is also the yoke of various countries in the sacred continent to block the desert kingdom and trap the desert nations in the endless yellow sand world, especially to save the slaves of the desert kingdom and arrange them on this peninsula to act as a guard of alert and play the horn of war. This is the challenge that the so-called desert kingdom must face when advancing eastward to conquer the world.

The city-state of Thebes had not only completed the war mobilization in the kingdom, but even after a long and rapid march, they successfully set foot on the land of the Sain Peninsula, several nomadic tribes that had been bought with great money respectfully presented their prepared horses and took on the logistics tasks of caring for the exhausted and numerous war horses and camels.

The commander of the legion was quite satisfied with this. He replaced the local horse with strong strength to attack the nomadic peoples and former kingdom slaves who were wandering within sight. He could not wait.

However, today's battle was delayed for a while by the priests of the army. The Supreme Commander thought it was worth it. After all, the priest of the God of Picking Sun prayed at noon, not only could he restore all the magical techniques, but he could also use the sun to brush away all the soldiers' fatigue of running side by side with the wind on the sand sea day and night, running wildly along the way, and entering the battle in a grand manner.

As expected, the light golden magic brilliance swept past like a tide, forming huge ripples. Even some of the nomadic peoples who were closest to enjoy the grace of the God of the Scalping Sun.

The commander of the Legion recalled a rumor that had been circulating in a secret channel for a long time and thought to himself: "Some people say that the sun god Amon is an alien god! The implication is that this mother country where I protect the city of Thebes, the mother country where I was born and raised, is a demon who hides evil faces. But the power of the gods will not be faked. I do feel the beauty, generous, and blessing breath, full of body, mind, and hands, feet and limbs."

So the supreme commander reached out to attract several nomadic chiefs who had bought a lot of money, and in the name of the witness of the gods, they formally promised that as long as they were willing to lead the way, other tribes, women, gold and silver jewelry, and slaves could be given to them, and the legion would be as long as they could horses and weapons, as well as food and grass for people to eat horses.

Such a trade that was best at trading and betraying compatriots, nodded and agreed quickly. They soon entered the role of war brokers, slave traders, and weapons merchants, and clearly divided the work and the interests that did not belong to them.

The merchants of the city-state of Thebes also presented the topographic map of the Sain Peninsula, but how could they keep up with what they saw and heard by them? They have lived here for decades and know every tree and every nomadic people.

Furthermore, after the two sides merged, the huge mixed legion of more than two 10,000 people and nearly 30,000 people had to start dividing troops and attacking the nearest tribe.

Some people betrayed compatriots who had no national feelings for the sake of their interests and were responsible for guiding and leading the way in front of the diversion small legion. Almost all of them rushed to the hundreds of chariots and some cavalrymen who had lost their carriages at supper, and launched lightning-like raids on the nomadic tribes they faced.

The horse, wearing a blindfold, had a simple felt cloth slam under its neck, and it became difficult to hurt after being soaked in water, like a double-layer leather armor. The chariots charged forward fearlessly, bringing bloodthirsty enemies to their compatriots who raised their masters.

The chariots are full of veterans who are good at short bows and speed shooting. Targets at long distances join forces to kill. Enemies at close distances raise their spears and use the speed of galloping horses to sprint. They can often penetrate multiple enemies in one breath and insert them into a string.

These nomadic tribes probably enjoyed peace for too long and had long forgotten the warnings of the elders who were old and worked as labor slaves in the desert kingdom when they were young, and were slaughtered like chopping vegetables and melons under the raid of the chariot corps.

The victory report was like the fallen leaves swept under the autumn wind, and was frequently sent to the legion commander by messengers riding on fast horses. For this series of victory, his face was calm like an ancient well, and the little tension in his heart had long disappeared.

After all, all this is not a blessing from the sky. It is the result of the continuous cooperation of all classes in the city-state of Thebes over the decades. There are not only the contributions of merchants who go out to do business to collect information silently, but also the selfless dedication of the royal family and nobles saving daily expenses and transferring wealth to combat-ready ordnances. The centrally reconciled priest class has made great contributions. Even the bribery of nomadic peoples dared to raise the issue of bribery, and more than ten years ago, they found suitable candidates to support them to become leaders of the tribe.

Otherwise, the long-distance legion would have to rest on the Sain Peninsula for a few days before it could recover its combat effectiveness by 70% or 80% of its combat effectiveness. After initially alarming the nomadic people, it would be impossible to achieve a series of victories so easily.

The chariot army in the desert is like a giant beast with a bottomless appetite. It constantly extends its tentacles to test and grab all the prey around it. After it is fat, it feeds the wolf dogs that have been brought under its command with cold soup. It is wary of their betrayal at any time, and uses amazing interests to drive these people to provide various logistical support services.

The descendants of the Islir people who once came from the same source as the Ghibsi people have long forgotten the ancient wisdom and traditions that have been inherited from generation to generation. Married women from a few tribes live alone in tents with red cloth. They do not care about their husbands' faces, and receive one desert legion soldiers after another, and enjoy it.

Of course, these people are just the lower class of the tribe. The leader who thinks he is noble in blood and the girl in the warrior's family will only think about marriage and marry into the military noble family of the desert kingdom.

Their move followed the example of their beautiful appearance as a god, marrying King Cerus II of the desert kingdom, thus promoting the pardon of slaves of their clan and becoming a great woman who became a free people.
Chapter completed!