Pharaoh

The sun was setting, and the setting sun dyed the horizon a blood red color.

It seemed to indicate the tragic and deadly battle outside Memphis a few days ago.

The city of Memphis, with only a few thousand old, weak and remnant soldiers, is like a lone boat floating on the sea hit by heavy rain and wind, and its destruction is only a matter of time.

For the general left behind by the Thieves King, this city is already in his pocket and within reach.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to attack the city of Memphis.

Because at this moment, somewhere on the battlefield, that precious prey that was much more important than Memphis City attracted all his attention.

The brother of the king of Egypt who fled in defeat.

In an unobtrusive place near the Nile River, which is quite far away from Memphis, there are traces of ruins of tiny towns on the Gobi land, and the strange rocks are craggy, stained by this blood-red light, which looks even more hideous.

Going deep into the Gobi, you will enter a sunken valley. The surrounding sandy cliffs and Gobi will cover the sunken valley, plus a few twists and turns. If you don't go in and check carefully, This hidden valley is extremely difficult to spot.

At this time, the neighing of horses and the trampling of horseshoes could be heard faintly from the depths of the valley, echoed by the winding Gobi.

In the depths of the valley, hundreds of people scattered or sat against the cliff, or stood beside their mounts to appease the horses.

It was so dry that it was hard to tell whether it was their own blood or the enemy's blood mixed with dust, soaking through their clothing and leather armor, dyeing them a weird and ugly caramel color.

Most of them looked very tired, their eyes were full of ferocious red bloodshot eyes, and their bodies were also covered with scars. Obviously, if it wasn't for a wave of belief that was still supporting them, they would have fallen to the ground.

Some people leaned on the cliff with their eyes squinted, wearing half-torn leather armor, and seemed to be taking a nap, but their arms were tightly clutched to their chests, and even their shoulders were tense. The slightest movement was enough to wake him up abruptly.

Some people took hard dry food in their mouths and swallowed it with saliva mixed with a little blood. While tearing off their rotten jackets, they wiped the hideous wound on their shoulders with torn clothes. Bound up hard.

Even though their bodies were exhausted to the extreme, the soldiers' eyes were still tenacious, showing no sign of decadence.

They are the elite of the powerful Egyptian army, and all of them are tough and indomitable people who have worked hard from the mountains of corpses and blood.

What's more, they still have a very important mission now——

The task that must be done even if they all risked their lives——

If it wasn't for the king's brother being too self-willed, how could the Egyptian army have fallen into such a situation?

The old Egyptian general who sat straddling a protruding huge wall stone with his sword in hand thought so, a trace of a sigh flashed in his eyes.

The expression of sighing was so fast that people couldn't see clearly. When the old general blinked, it flashed by, and in the next second, only the old general's piercing eyes and knife-like resoluteness were still visible. face.

It was not when he fell down, even if it was really the end of the road, he would risk his life to protect——

He turned his head and looked to his left.

That's why he would rather give up gathering the scattered soldiers and flee back to Memphis.

Like the frantically chasing enemy army, even the city of Memphis can have a reason to leave it alone.

Even if it was because of Wang Di that he was brought into such an unbearable situation, but if Wang Di died in front of his eyes, how would he have the face to meet the pharaoh who trusted him so much?

Not just the old general, but all the Egyptian soldiers, no matter what they were doing at this moment, every once in a while, their eyes would look at the direction with a slightly higher slope on the left from time to time.

Even the soldiers who are taking a nap will open their eyes from time to time in their light sleep, and they usually look over there if they want to confirm something, so that they can sleep lightly again.

After just one glance, I can feel at ease.

The Egyptian soldiers who only knew how to faithfully carry out the orders of their superiors did not understand that the person in front of them was the chief culprit of their defeat. They only knew that that person was their only belief in sticking to this place at the moment.

Even in the darkness of sunset, the pure golden hair hanging down the white cheeks is still such a bright hue.

The blond boy sat quietly on the protruding cliff, the pure gold armband on his arm reflected the afterglow of the setting sun.

His sitting posture is so calm and comfortable. Although he is sitting on a jagged rock, it gives people a condescending posture as if he is on the throne of a resplendent and magnificent palace.

He was holding the rough and hard-to-eat dry biscuit like all the soldiers in his hand, but he chewed it slowly, forcibly eating the hard dry food with a noble posture like a delicacy.

Occasionally, the pure white horse beside him neighed lowly and came over, and he patted his mount's head lightly.

He never said a word.

However, as long as he is still sitting there, it is enough to calm down the mood of everyone here, even the old general who has a lot of slander against him.

In such a situation, being able to remain so calm is not a disgrace to the status of the Egyptian royal family.

The old general couldn't help but glanced at Wang Di again, his evaluation, which had been slightly improved because of Wang Di's calm demeanor at the moment, suddenly became angry when he saw Wang Di's pure gold ornaments.

Although the gold headdress on the forehead, the gorgeous gold pectoral and the anklet and armband were stained with bright red blood, they were set off even more gorgeously and gorgeously, which was extremely eye-catching.

Among this group of defeated defeated troops, the clothes were unusually conspicuous.

On the way to escape, the old general asked the younger brother to take off this conspicuous ornament time and time again, but was refused on the grounds of royal dignity.

dignity?

Life is nothing if you lose your dignity!

The old general who was choked back couldn't help but swear in the bottom of his heart, but he couldn't.

He didn't dare to commit the crime and forcibly strip Wang Di's clothes.

In fact, the old general had also thought about it, if Wang Di was so calm and composed, it was not because he arranged for backup, such as reinforcements from other places to meet them.

So when he was chased and fled by the enemy at the beginning, he went to ask Brother Wang.

"Reinforcements? I said earlier that there is no such thing."

Brother Wang's understatement but obviously serious words broke the old general's thoughts.

Although he doesn't like this self-willed brother Wang, but he just inexplicably thinks that brother Wang doesn't bother to tell lies.

And Wang Di's next sentence made him give up his hope for this Wang Di.

"Then the command of the army will be handed over to you. I'm not good at escaping."

In the end, all his words could only be spit out in one long sigh.

"I see... Please rest assured, I will protect you."

"Those guys are targeting me."

At that time, the young brother said to him, "So as long as you separate from me and let those guys come after me, you can go back to Memphis. There are not enough troops in the city now, you'd better take those guys The scattered soldiers regrouped and went back to defend the city."

The moment he heard Brother Wang's words, even the old general who had escaped from the hands of Anubis, the god of death countless times in his life without fear of death, suddenly changed color.

Even the fact that the king's younger brother forcibly asked to go out of the city to face the battle, which led to the disastrous defeat of the Egyptian army, never made his face so ugly and furious.

"You think I'm the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?!"

He widened his eyes and yelled at Brother Wang, "Are you insulting me, Brother Wang!"

The implication in Wang Di's words that made him leave Wang Di and flee by himself made him feel that he had suffered the greatest humiliation.

Yes, he doesn't like this younger brother.

But if anyone dares to hurt Wang Di's finger, he must crawl over his corpse!

At that time, facing the old general's fury, the young brother riding on the tall white horse just turned his head and glanced at him slightly.

The dark purple pupils protruded from the gaps in the pure golden hair, so deep that it was hard to see clearly.

"what ever."

Brother Wang dropped those few words, pulled the reins and turned to leave, but he never interfered with the old general's actions again.

And he still sticks to his duty, desperately protecting the safety of Wangdi among the enemy troops that are chasing him.

The ensuing pursuit and the small number of hundreds of troops on his side forced him to retreat repeatedly for several days. The road back to Memphis was blocked by the enemy. In desperation, he had no choice but to Can be forced to gradually stay away from the city of Memphis, and finally even completely cut off contact with the city.

There are pursuers behind, but no reinforcements ahead.

The number of personnel decreased in successive pursuits.

And the fresh water and dry food carried by the remaining soldiers have been exhausted in the past few days.

This kind of hopeless escape... If it weren't for the soldiers who are following him now are elite veterans who have followed him for a long time, and the existence of the king brother who is the belief of Egyptian soldiers, I am afraid that the Egyptian army itself will collapse from within .

"Father!"

A young general rode his horse into the valley along the winding road and galloped towards them.

He shouted loudly to wake up the old general who was frowning and thinking about his next move.

The young general jumped off his horse and ran to the old general.

"Father! The enemy army has already chased us!"

The young man let out an urgent cry.

He was the only child left by the old general who had lost his eldest son, but even so, the old general still did not leave him in the relatively safe city of Memphis, but insisted on bringing him to the battlefield.

And just now when they fled here to rest for a while, the young general took a few scouts to check for traces of the pursuers who had been chasing after them for the past few days.

As soon as he found out that the enemy army had caught up, he immediately came back to report the military situation.

The old general licked his chapped lips due to lack of water. He stood up, and the armor on his body made a heavy impact sound. The sound made all the Egyptian soldiers in the valley turn their attention to this side, even the soldiers who were taking a nap. At that moment, he opened his eyes suddenly.

When they found that the old general stood up and stepped on the steed beside him, they all stopped eating, drinking or resting, tidied up their equipment neatly and quickly rode on the horse beside them.

Obviously, the action of the old general means that the enemy has already caught up, and another chase is about to start.

Almost everyone's eyes couldn't help looking at the Egyptian prince who was still sitting there quietly and chewing the last bit of dry food.

Everyone understood that that was the reason why the enemy army pursued them endlessly, and it was also the reason why they, as elite Egyptian soldiers, let go of the arrogance of fighting to the death and preferred to flee.

However, under the attention of everyone, the younger brother talked to the entourage named Raz next to him like no one else.

He said, "Raz, you should have seen that there was a city on this valley many years ago."

Even though it was such an urgent moment, he didn't know why he talked about things that were completely irrelevant to the current situation.

That breezy posture seemed to be chatting with someone after dinner.

"It's a pity that such a good place has been abandoned."

The pure white horse approached, and the young 'Wang Di' patted its head, and fed the last bite of food into its mouth.

Then, he bent down and grabbed a handful of soil on the ground, and suddenly smiled and said something that made everyone feel inexplicable.

"If such fertile land can be planted, the harvest must be good."

After he finished speaking, he jumped up in a vigorous posture and pulled the reins.

In the days of running around, the horse, which was covered in dust but still very handsome, let out a long neigh, raised its hooves and rushed forward first.

Behind it, everyone followed.

In this long valley, there is only one road.

Now that the pursuers were coming from behind, they could only move forward.

Although the old general did not approve of entering this hidden valley, but considering that there is no concealment everywhere, it is easy to be surrounded by the enemy. In addition, Wang's followers had inquired before and said that there is a place in the deep valley. There was another way out of the twists and turns, and he finally chose to lead the Egyptian army into the valley.

At this moment, he can only continue to move forward, hoping to reach the so-called other way out as soon as possible.

A group of people galloped on horses for a long time, and could vaguely hear the chaotic hooves of the pursuers getting closer.

Just when everyone was getting more and more anxious, there was a sudden sharp turn ahead.

At this moment, the line of sight suddenly opened up, and at a glance, you can only see the place where the sky and the earth meet.

In front is the endless plain of Yimapingchuan, but at the end of the line of sight, you can vaguely see densely erected steep mountains surrounding this place that is more like a basin than a plain.

Only in the center is almost a line of sky and a peak suddenly rises.

Although the steeply rising road was steeper and steeper, it was still barely climbable.

The crow's feet at the corners of the old general's eyes were deeply entangled, and the faint sound of water waves slapping from the far side made him feel more and more uneasy.

However, compared to the obviously rugged and steep peaks in the distance of the plain, he could only choose the only way up the mountain in front of him.

The anxiety in his heart made him gallop his horse to the front of everyone. The extremely sloping road made him unable to see the road on the high mountain clearly, so he just kept urging the horse to run fast.

Finally, he took the lead and rushed to the highest peak——

He took a breath of cold air.

The old general froze on the spot.

The summit of the mountain was not the escape route to the other side that he had imagined.

He stood dumbly on top.

In front of his eyes was a wide and vertical cliff with no end in sight.

A deep crack opened a long distance between here and the cliff on the other side.

Obviously, those subordinates of Brother Wang didn't climb to the top of the mountain last night, but just relying on their judgment from the bottom, they presumptuously reported him the wrong news that there is a way out here.

At this moment, the old general wished he could draw his sword and kill those trash who misreported the military situation!

He pulled the reins, turned his head and glared at the trash behind Wang Di, with a clear murderous look in his eyes.

He gritted his teeth, made a rattling sound, and pulled out the sword that had followed him for decades from his waist.

However, at the moment when the old general turned his head, from his condescending position on the top of the mountain——

Even in the middle of the dark night, the clear brilliance of the stars in the sky still made the vague shadows of countless pursuers visible from a distance.

He could almost hear the vibrating sound of countless horseshoes trampling on the ground.

The long sword raised high in his hand fell down.

So what if we killed those trash?Everything has been to no avail.

The old general looked at the subordinates who gathered silently around him, sighed, and closed his eyes.

……

In the dark night, there is silence.

The Egyptian soldiers gathered at the peak of the mountain quietly, holding their weapons and sitting on the ground to recover their strength.

This place where hundreds of people gathered was dead silent at the moment, only the sound of breathing one after another, and the rustling of horses chewing grass roots could be heard.

Everyone understands that when the sun rises, they will die here.

The old general stands tall and straight on the top of the cliff overlooking the endless plain land.

Under the steep peak, the way down the mountain is completely surrounded by enemy troops, and they will swarm up at dawn.

Apparently, the enemy army has taken their hundreds of defeated troops who are about to run out of arrows and food on the besieged mountaintop as their pockets.

His brows were tightly frowned, and his weather-beaten cheeks could hardly hide the traces of his fatigue at this moment.

He has stood in this darkness for a whole night, and the night wind has blown his whole body to the point of being icy cold.

The end of a hero is nothing more than this.

The old general turned around, and the armor that had been blown cold to the bone by the night wind made a heavy crash.

He waved his hand and summoned his youngest son who had been silently following behind him.

He ruthlessly grabbed his young son's wrist, the veins on the back of his hand were already bulging when he clenched to the limit, the wrist bones of the young general were overwhelmed and rattled, but he still resisted not saying a word Silently followed by the old father's side.

The old general took his son to Wang Di's side.

The young 'Wangdi' was leaning against a big tree and seemed to be taking a nap with his eyes closed.

Perhaps sensing their approach, the eyes under the still bright pure golden hair in the darkness opened to reveal a deep purple hue.

"Your Highness, please change your clothes..."

The old general said, slamming every word, but he let go of his son's hand and pushed his son in the direction of Wang Di.

Obviously, he wanted his son, who was about the same age as 'Wang Di', to change into 'Wang Di' clothes, instead of being a target for the enemy's pursuit.

"Before dawn, I rushed down with people to open a gap."

The old general said it lightly, but that lightness obviously contained his determination to die.

"It's wrong for you to change into a soldier's clothes, and my guards will protect you and escape."

The dark purple pupils flicked past the young general who was kneeling in front of him, waiting to change into the conspicuous gold costume he was wearing, and once again landed on the face of the old general who was still calm and composed. superior.

The corners of the lips of the 'King of Egypt' raised slightly without any trace.

He deliberately wore this gorgeous and conspicuous gold jewelry, not for looking good, so he couldn't just exchange it for others.

It's just that under the shadow of night, no one saw the flickering marks on the corner of his lips.

He propped himself up and stood up, taking a step forward.

With this movement, the eyes of all the Egyptian soldiers who hadn't slept all night focused on him without blinking.

Under the golden headdress, the handsome white cheeks are extremely conspicuous in the dark night.

He took a few steps forward, and under his feet was a steep and bottomless cliff.

There was a faint and indistinct light on the distant horizon, which indicated that the night was about to pass, and the glory of Ra was about to illuminate the land of Egypt again.

Egypt's 'King Brother' stood in the darkness that had not receded, and the slight night wind brushed his pure golden hair.

He stood there with his arms crossed, his head up looking at the endless night sky.

He stood there, all eyes on him.

He stood there, obviously at the end of the road at this moment, but somehow he looked more like a king standing on the land of Egypt.

"Brother Wang..."

No time to continue arguing with Brother Wang, the old general took a step forward anxiously.

Time is running out and the sun is about to rise.

The moment of dawn is the moment when the enemy troops swarm up.

He had to immediately persuade Wang Di to change into the clothes of ordinary soldiers, so that Wang Di would have a chance to escape from the encirclement.

But just as the old general opened his mouth, the young prince who was looking up at the night sky suddenly turned his head to look at him.

A strange and sharp look in his eyes made the old general swallow the next words back into his throat for some reason.

"It's been a long time."

Brother Wang said so to him and smiled at him.

He opened his eyes and looked at Brother Wang, but didn't speak.

Although Wang Di was smiling at him, the suffocating and inexplicable oppressive aura coming from Wang Di's body made him hold his breath.

He opened his eyes wide, not daring to blink, and stared at Brother Wang's every move.

But Wang Di didn't look at him any more, just turned his head sideways.

"Well... it's almost time to lift the cards..."

He could vaguely hear a very low voice talking to himself coming from Brother Wang.

The old general watched as Egypt's 'brother' raised his hand.

He watched the white finger stretch out, pointing in the direction of the sky.

Everyone, including the old general, couldn't help looking up in the direction of that finger——

When the sun has not yet risen, a bright star hangs high at the end of the already faintly bright sky.

That shallow brilliance fell in the depths of everyone's hearts in an instant.

Everyone looked at it without blinking, as if afraid that the star would disappear into the sky in the blink of an eye.

【My Egyptian great water star 'Sob Ud'——】

Far away... no, maybe not far away.

From the other end of the mountain came the roaring and boiling sound of thousands of troops and horses galloping.

the moment the sun is about to rise

The moment 'Sob Ud' hangs high in the sky

The Nile River, which is always flowing quietly on weekdays, let out a roar that shook the entire land of Egypt, and the huge waves swept across the sky like a thousand troops and horses——

I, the great Nile God of Egypt!

When 'Sob Ud' rises, it is also the moment when you will conceive my Egypt.

You have fed me the land of Egypt with your body and given me the fertile land of Egypt.

We will forever praise your love and gifts to your people.

The author has something to say: Note: Sobu Ud, the name of the Egyptian water star, is also the so-called Sirius.

The Nile River in Egypt floods once a year. After the flood, the soil of the river water remains in the place where it flooded, forming fertile land for the Egyptians to grow crops.

When Sob Ud rises before the sun, the Nile immediately rises and floods wildly.

PS a digression

Nima, I finally understand that the so-called cheats really exist!

A few days ago I had nothing to do to fight a card duel in an online battle. The opponent’s blood was reduced to [-] by me. In the end, I actually launched a hacker Jedi counterattack and killed me who was full of blood. X ah ah ah ah ah ah ah up! ! ! !

I was wrong, I shouldn't just look at Wang Yang and play handsome!

Only now can I understand the hard feelings of those cannon fodder who beat Wang Yang to 1 point and were knocked out by KO!

Rolling all over the floor——