Pharaoh

The newborn sun jumped up from the distant horizon, and the golden light covered the land of Egypt.

The sharp light made the old general subconsciously raise his hand to cover his eyes, his gray eyes narrowed slightly, and he opened them again until he got used to the dazzling sunlight.

The deep crow's feet at the corners of the eyes deepened with the old general's movements. Under the bright sunlight, the dense red bloodshot eyes of the old Egyptian general could be clearly seen.

He rubbed his eyes to relieve the sore eyes.

Then, he straightened his back again, allowing the heavy armor on his body to collide with each other and make a low sound of golden swords.

The old Egyptian general strode forward again. Even though he had been sleepless for several days, his brows and eyes full of wrinkles and vicissitudes of life still maintained vigorous energy all the time.

The weather-beaten face seemed to have been carved by the blade of a long-standing war, and the shadow cast by his tall body stretched long on the city wall.

The old man walked forward step by step, with steady but extremely heavy steps, and the sound of low footsteps echoed rhythmically on the steps of the city wall.

During the war, the expression on his face is always calm and calm, making it impossible to see any emotion.

Standing there, he is like a banner that will never fall down that everyone looks up to and relies on.

The young general following behind the old general looked at the tall figure who seemed to protect them forever, and the corners of his eyes were slightly sore.

Such a majestic and calm old man, no one can see from him what happened three days ago...

Back then, the old general followed the late emperor to fight north and south all his life.

When the former king passed away, the old general resolutely handed over the troops to the pharaoh who had just ascended the throne, and asked his son to swear loyalty to the young pharaoh, while he retired to the city as an ordinary old man to support his life.

As a result, his son gained the trust of the Pharaoh and was appointed as the general stationed in Memphis, an important city with the main temple of Osiris.

But just three days ago, the old general's son stayed forever on the blood-soaked land under the city wall and went to God Osiris.

Thinking of the war three days ago, the pupils of the young general couldn't help trembling slightly.

He has never encountered such a strange but tragic war.

Under the leadership of the general, they went out of the city to meet the rebels confidently. Until the war began, all of them believed that the powerful Egyptian army would be able to defeat them, and dedicated the heads of the rebels to the Pharaoh in the capital in front of you.

……

He couldn't describe the weird feeling in that battle that he couldn't describe...

The Egyptian army, which was full of morale, seemed to be oppressed by some kind of invisible behemoth. Their hands and feet were bound, and their hands and feet became so heavy that they could hardly lift their weapons in the distraction.

However, the war horse that was supposed to charge the enemy neighed frantically for some reason, frantically scurrying around and throwing off its master, and even trampled his master to death.

On the other hand, the morale of the enemy's army is high.

Those people rushed forward with reddened eyes, as if they were crazy regardless of their lives.

No matter how many wounds you have suffered, even if it is fatal, as long as you are still alive, you will wield your sword desperately, and you are even willing to die together.

And the archers behind the group of rebels were even more lunatics, they didn't care about their colleagues and mixed with them, opened their bows and just shot at them crazily——

He saw with his own eyes those archers shoot and kill countless of their own companions.

The endless madness suppressed the Egyptian army, and finally, when their commander was shot to death by the rebel who claimed to be the king of thieves, the Egyptian army that lost its leader was finally completely defeated at this moment.

They were defeated and fled into the tall city walls of Memphis under the pursuit of the Thief King...

Just when the dragons were in chaos without a leader, the old general who lost his beloved son stood up.

He once again assembled the disbanded Egyptian army, and after several days of sleepless nights, he firmly resisted the fierce attack of the Thieves King.

It is because of his existence that this ancient and prosperous city was preserved.

……

The old Egyptian general walked up to the tall city tower of Memphis, and someone stood there, looking down at the desert land outside the city.

He saw the 'young younger brother' standing sideways by the city wall. From his angle, he could only see a small half of his white cheeks but couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

The young man leaned on the city wall with one hand, and the morning breeze brushed the pure golden hair on his cheeks. The purest light reflected in the rising sun made it impossible not to focus on the young man.

The dark purple cloak flew up high, revealing the vigorous figure of the young man.

The boy standing there seemed to be enough to make the surrounding air solemn and heavy.

That is the profound majesty and courage that truly belonged to the Egyptian royal family.

Perhaps hearing the footsteps behind him, the boy turned around.

The old general paused.

Even the well-informed, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment by the similarity between the legendary 'brother king' and the pharaoh in front of him.

... If it wasn't for his obvious white complexion, he would definitely regard the 'brother king' in front of him as the real pharaoh.

At the beginning, he was still hesitant about whether the young general who reported to him would make a mistake, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he understood why the others firmly believed in the fact that Brother Wang came to the rescue in person.

The old man glanced at the priest beside him, who shook his head at him, indicating that he did not sense any trace of magic.

The appearance of the younger brother in front of him should not be disguised by magic.

The old general's eyes full of crow's feet moved, and he looked at Wang Di carefully.

The pupils under the blond hair are a different shade of deep purple from the current pharaoh's. It lacks a bit of the heat of the flames, but it has a bit more of the peace and depth settled in the depths of the sky.

Brother Wang stared at him who was walking towards him, his gaze was not as sharp as that of the young pharaoh, but for some reason it still gave people a kind of heavy courage.

Really worthy of the blood of the Egyptian royal family...

Thinking of this, the old general suddenly wondered where those messages about Brother Wang's gentleness and amiability and immature appearance that seemed a bit weak came from.

Although the younger brother in front of him is indeed not as cold and tough as the Pharaoh, it is impossible to describe him as amiable or immature.

If he really wanted to say it, he felt that Wang Di was a bit more mature than the young Pharaoh.

only--

"His Royal Highness."

The old Egyptian general stepped forward and knelt down at the feet of the young 'brother'.

He bowed his head deeply, so he didn't notice that the expression in the eyes of "Wangdi" froze instantly under his respectful address.

This is really... very uncomfortable.

A certain 'brother Wang' thought so and couldn't help pressing his head.

Things like being treated as my younger brother...

Forget it, if the situation is special, just bear with it.

This side couldn't tell whether it was a fake "brother Wang" still enlightened himself, and the old general was still kneeling deeply on the ground.

He knelt down because of the dignity of the Egyptian royal family and because of his loyalty to the Pharaoh.

But he also knew that what he was going to say next would definitely make Wang Di unhappy.

However, in order to protect Memphis, he would never agree with the opinions put forward by the younger brother, even before being accused by the younger brother of the younger brother to the king's throne in the future.

"Your Highness, I cannot agree with you."

Even if he does have the bearing of a royal family, but after all, the younger brother still grew up among the people.

[The whole army goes out of the city to fight. 】

As soon as Brother Wang entered the city yesterday, he issued the above order that made him laugh and cry.

Is it child's play for this prince to fight a war?

If Brother Wang came to help with an army, then he might have obeyed Brother Wang's order.

There were only dozens of people who came to the rescue. It was obvious that the king only sent the younger brother to boost the morale of Memphis. Gained military power, and gave the order to go out of the city to meet——

If they could defeat the enemy so easily, how could they stay in the city and refuse to fight?

'Wang Di''s deep purple eyes fell on him, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised, with a hint of a smile that was not a smile.

"I will never agree."

The old general once again reiterated his position.

"His Royal Highness, we cannot go out of the city to fight!"

At the beginning, nearly twice as many troops as the rebels were defeated because of the suppression of that strange evil force, but now the number of soldiers stationed in the city is less than half of the enemy's.

Once you go out, you will die and surrender the city of Memphis.

"We should stand for help, not go out to die. The high priest of Osiris said that only the power of the pharaoh and the high priests can break the evil force that suppressed my Egyptian army."

"...you are still the same."

"Hey?"

The old general squinted his eyes, he didn't hear Wang Di's extremely low words that seemed to be talking to himself.

"No reinforcements."

"what--"

"There are no reinforcements."

The young brother repeated again.

He stood on a high city wall, his handsome eyebrows and eyes were slightly blurred under the bright sunlight, making it hard for people to see the expression on him clearly.

"Blindly defending will never win."

The cards he plays are always the most powerful attacks.

"His Royal Highness! Acting rashly when the situation is unclear will only lead to failure!"

The old general looked at this young and self-righteous brother and shook his head, with a bit of helplessness and sigh in his sharp eyes.

"Wars are no joke!"

He said in such a cryptic manner that he wished he could directly point out the words 'You don't understand anything, brother Wang, don't give orders indiscriminately, it will kill us'.

'Brother Wang' glanced at him again, and a smile suddenly appeared on that fair and handsome face that became more and more dazzling in the sun.

That smile made the old general who felt oppressed couldn't help frowning.

"It seems that you still don't understand..."

'Brother Wang' turned around, and the dark purple cloak fluttered past the old general's eyes.

"I'm not giving you an opinion."

The young Wangdi said that under the golden hair, the golden headdress shone with golden light.

He stood in front of the old general with a condescending attitude.

He looked down at the old general, and his tough words could not be questioned in the slightest.

"It's giving you an order!"

An understatement of a sentence, a sentence that cannot be violated.

At this moment, the old general saw the young pharaoh standing far away on the golden throne through the figure of the young man in front of him.

Shaking his head vigorously, the old general woke himself up from his fantasy.

Looking at the back of the young brother Wang who had strode away, he still couldn't help making a final struggle.

"You'll send Memphis to a dead end!"

"Until then you'd better worry about getting yourself killed."

The younger brother, who had his back turned to him, waved his hands casually, and the flying cloak covered most of his back.

The old general frowned and stared at Wang Di's leaving back. The sunlight came through the gaps in the pure golden hair, hurting the old man's eyes.

After a while, the old man finally let out a heavy breath and let out a long sigh, with a look of exhaustion on his face.

King wants minister to die——

He could not disobey the order of his brother who held the Pharaoh's secret order, even if he knew that the order would bring the city of Memphis to a dead end.

He really is still old...

Otherwise, how could he have regarded this ignorant and conceited younger brother as that great young king at that moment.

……

On the third day after the king of Egypt arrived in Memphis, the Egyptian army went out of the city to meet the enemy under his orders.

Only thousands of old, weak and disabled soldiers remained in the city.

On the fourth day, the Egyptian army and the enemy fought a decisive battle on the plain [-] kilometers away from the city of Memphis.

On that day, the Egyptian army was defeated again.

Because the enemy blocked the way to Memphis, the Egyptian soldiers had to flee along the Nile.

The leader of the rebel army who wanted to go back and take down the city of Memphis decisively chose to pursue the remnants of Egypt after receiving the news that the Egyptian prince was in the disbanded army.

On that day, the brother of the king of Egypt disappeared under the pursuit of the enemy.

Life and death unknown.

The author has something to say: Note 1: Memphis is located in Lower Egypt and was the oldest capital during the Old Dynasty of ancient Egypt. It was later moved to Thebes in Upper Egypt, so Memphis can be said to be the oldest capital of ancient Egypt except the capital of Thebes. An important city, so I set the main temple of Osiris in Memphis.

Note 2: The soldiers in the old dynasty of ancient Egypt did not wear armor, but in the new dynasty, with the change from bronze to iron, and the introduction of weapons and armor from Asia, the generals who led the troops also began to use iron and Wearing armor to protect the body, but it is still not popular among soldiers.

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