Chapter 684：

In the course of his many years of rule, he gradually regarded maintaining the unity of Egypt as his goal.

In the later period of Pharaoh Pepi’s rule, the old and faintness of the Pharaoh caused the chaos in Egypt and made him feel dissatisfied. In his opinion, such a pharaoh was incompetent at all, and the division of Egypt would inevitably be produced in his hands.

Melibra’s judgment was very accurate, and the successive deaths of Pepi and Melaran II accelerated the division of Egypt. After the female pharaoh Nitocris succeeded to the throne, Melibra’s dissatisfaction with the pharaoh reached At the culmination, he regarded the division of Egypt as their sin.

But such dissatisfaction also made him arouse his ambitions.

Since the pharaohs are incompetent, why can't I replace them?

In the eyes of other governors, the chaos in Egypt is an opportunity to temporarily divide and lead one side, but to Melibra Akhito, this is an opportunity to realize his ambitions, so the warlords in other places withhold taxes. At that time, he worked hard to develop his own strength.

At the same time, he is also waiting for the chaos in Egypt to go further.

That was the time for him to formally send troops to seize the name of Pharaoh.

In the original history, he succeeded. The successors of Nitocris fought independently. The war on the position of the Pharaoh exhausted the last trace of Egypt's strength.

And he took the opportunity to replace him and became the new pharaoh of Egypt-even though his rule was not recognized by the whole of Egypt.

However, because of Ye Ting's sake, his ambitions are now doomed to fail.

This time, instead of waiting for the chaos to get closer, he waited for the army from Memphis.

Although the most prosperous place in Egypt is the Nile Delta near the Mediterranean Sea, the delta's net-like waterways have given birth to a large number of oases, making it the best habitat for the Egyptians and the most important part of the Egyptian economy.

However, after starting from Memphis, Nitocris did not lead an army northward to re-unify the most important area of ​​Egypt, but went all the way down the Nile.

On the way, the army was attacking the city everywhere, Itawi, Medum, Crocodile City, one after another, the originally independent Nome and the city surrendered under the Pharaoh's soldiers, and returned to the glory of the sun.

And Nitocris also dismissed the local dignitaries and officials who caused the division and chaos, and ransacked their homes, exiled them, put them to death, and moved the "heritors" who were loyal to the Pharaoh and did not split the country with their families to Bangladesh. Feith, to reward the official position of the central government.

In these cities, she left the army, and officials, and asked them to manage the localities with the local officials.

The use of officials sent from the central government to control localities, rather than governing in a manner similar to governors and lords, greatly strengthened Memphis's control of localities.

The plan to relocate the original aristocracy is to emulate the method of Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty. Influential and powerful guys are concentrated in the capital to directly control, reducing local power, thereby deepening the rule of the kingdom. For a time, the rule of Egypt Begin to develop towards the system of prefectures and counties.

In the process, Nitocris naturally admired Ye Ting more and more. A few days ago, she was still complacent about her achievements, but now she discovered that she is better than the man who has been teaching her when it comes to political wisdom. It's still a long way off.

In short, with the violent offensive, the army finally came to the vicinity of Heracles Oplis.

If Nitocris did not rise, her mediocre successors would naturally not be aware of the governor's ambitions. But Nitocris is different. Before the war, she sent many caravans to various places in Egypt in the form of grain trade, and took the opportunity to gather intelligence from various places to prepare for the war.

Due to the chaos in Egypt, except for Memphis, the grain production in Egypt has fallen sharply a long time ago, even in the Nile Delta, so grain merchants are welcome everywhere.

No one in this era can tell the clues of this kind of intelligence collection method.

Therefore, relying on this advanced method, Nitocris successfully obtained information from all over the world, and Mailibula's unique behavior naturally attracted her attention.

A hero like Melibula must be killed in the bud.

0846-Sword

In the city of Heraclioporis, in the city lord's mansion, Melibra Aguito is enjoying the dance of the slave girl.

Although compared to the other warlords of Jiuchi Roulin, Mailibula is a far-sighted and ambitious hero, but this does not mean that he will save money and put all his accumulated wealth into army building.

The chaos and division made his life better.

In front of Melibula, the dancers in cool clothes danced and scored their efforts. Although in Egypt, the status of slaves like concubines was quite low, but every slave knew that as long as they were favored by their masters, at least their living conditions would be better. Go up one floor.

Facing the enchanting dance in front of him, Melibula felt a little eager to move. Just when he was a little impulsive to get started, there was a sudden violent footsteps outside the door.

"unlucky!"

When his interest was disturbed, Melibra pushed away the dancer angrily. He didn't want to put on a lustful image in front of his subordinates.

But the guy who disturbed his interest was also hated by him.

"It's this time, what can I do in a hurry?"

Thinking about this, he assumed a pose as he was sitting downright, waiting for someone to come.

Soon, a soldier wearing only leather shorts broke in.

"It's not good, Lord Governor!" The soldier shouted out of breath, "My Lord Governor, Chengtou Jibao, there is... an enemy is coming towards our city!"

"What enemy?" Melibra didn't panic when he heard the news, and still looked calm, "Where did the enemy come from? From nearby Nome? Or a robber? Or a rebellion?"

In fact, Mailibura doesn't believe that there will be enemies now.

If there are any enemies, the above three are the most likely enemies to appear in Melibula. Nowadays, all parts of Egypt are divided, and the warlords in each place are like vassals. In this case, some Warlords will indeed attack nearby warlords, either for wealth, personal vengeance, or territory.

The possibility of robbers is not small. Without the restraint and protection of the central government, some cities with weakly guarded cities will indeed be blatantly attacked by sand thieves. Today, the scale of sand thieves is no more than in the past. As the chaos continues, Many sand pirates' forces are rapidly expanding, and even a few arrogant ones are no longer satisfied with the robbery, and simply begin to attack the city and become the lord of one party.

As for rebellion, it is even more commonplace for independent warlords everywhere.

After all, the self-reliant warlords everywhere are no better than the Pharaoh. They do not have the orthodox name of the Pharaoh. Many people are not convinced that they are leading the party. These people are either die-hard loyal ministers loyal to the Pharaoh, or the local power is equally powerful, and they want to stand on their own. For the local tycoons of the warlords, etc., the rebels who revolted because of the tyranny of the warlords do not know how many.

However, in Mailibura, the above three are basically impossible to encounter by themselves.

He did not believe that the nearby warlords would launch an offensive against his forces. You must know that his power is considered to be the strongest among the nearby noms, or even the strongest warlords in Egypt. Although the nearby warlords don’t know this, But everyone knows how powerful he is, with him vaguely headed, how could he dare to attack him?

Robbers are also impossible. After establishing himself as a warlord, in order to ensure the stability of the territory, Mailibura has carried out several raids on the vicinity of Heracles Opolis and wiped out several sand robbers, large and small. Now his The prestige has been spread in Sand Pirates. Those guys dare not even harass the villages in his territory. How can they attack him?

And the rebellion...In the land of Heracles Oplis, all the pharaoh’s loyalties were killed by him, and all the family members were obedient to him. As for the people, he was no better than the short-sighted guys. With Pharaoh's ambitions, he would naturally not treat the people harshly. How could anyone revolt?

The soldier's answer also confirmed his thoughts.

"It's not another Noam's army, it's not a robber, it's not a rebel army, my lord," the soldier said, trembling with fear, "They are...they are...they are from the pharaohs of Memphis. army!"

"How can it be?!"

This answer caused the originally calm Mailibula to shoot the case, and the city and the image were completely ignored.

He stepped forward and held the soldier's shoulder tightly.

"You are not mistaken, is it really Pharaoh's army?"

"Yes, I recognize the banner, the signs of'Red and White Crown','Horus' and'Ra', that is the army of Pharaoh, that's right!"

The soldiers confirmed this fact with horror.

"How could this be?" The news that the Pharaoh came to attack him made Melibula look stunned, "No...no, Memphis should be in chaos right now, those corrupt guys have treated this With the country like this, how can Memphis organize an army? Is that rumor true? But... it's impossible?"

The chaotic situation in Egypt has made news from various places extremely blocked. Except for Nitocris who can rely on caravans to collect intelligence, the rest of the warlords know that most of the other places rely on some rumors. Of course, if it's Memphis, there are also liaisons between local officials and officials in Memphis.

However, with Nitocris regaining power, most of the officials were disposed of, and the means of obtaining Memphis intelligence through this method did not work, so most of these officials' understanding of Memphis came from rumors.