Chapter 8 Expedition

On the eve of departure, I said goodbye to the lions, and I was a little reluctant to be separated, although I knew that Ramses would be fine, but these lions, maybe not all of them will come back.

So tonight, the guard who had been feeding the lions,, was ordered to prepare their most sumptuous meal, perhaps their last meal in Egypt.

The killer was the smartest of them all, and it kept rubbing against me as if it knew it was going to leave. It made me feel very sad.

I gently hugged it and stroked its back, thinking a lot.

After a long time, the killer suddenly swallowed in the direction behind me, and I turned my head to see a tall figure standing behind the avocado tree.

He slowly walked out from behind the tree, and it was—Ramses. His long black hair fluttered in the wind, and the moonlight sprinkled lightly on his handsome face, adding a bit of softness to his usual rarely seen.

He just stood there, staring at me silently.

His eyes were as dark as the night, and I couldn't make out the emotion in his eyes.

"Ramses, you're leaving tomorrow, aren't you going to rest?" Or did I break the silence first?

He still didn't speak, but walked over and stretched out his hand to touch the killer, and the killer also rubbed it at him affectionately.

"Ramses, if, in case the lion guards are used, if you can, please keep them alive as much as possible, even if there is only one left, at least, at least not all of them ......" My heart soured, and I couldn't say any more.

He stared at me, "Hide, do you care more about these lions than I do?" ”

"That's not what I meant." I'm a little helpless, because I know you'll be fine, so of course I won't worry.

"Don't you worry about me a little?" He continued to be aggressive.

"You'll be fine, Ramses, and you'll come back safely, definitely." I looked up into his eyes.

As I spoke, I drove the killer and the other lions into the cage.

"Okay, it's not early, you can go back and rest quickly." I locked the last cage and stood up.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and grabbed my shoulders, pushed me to the avocado tree beside me, pressed me tightly against the thick trunk of the avocado tree, and without saying a word, lowered his head and quickly swallowed my lips.

His body was close to mine, through the thin fabric I could feel his hot body temperature, rapid heartbeat, his tongue between my lips and teeth, like a fire burning this field that did not belong to him, I was firmly imprisoned by him between his body and the trunk, unable to move at all, the burning feeling swept through my whole body again, this man in front of me, is it really the son of the sun? So, he will have the heat that only the sun has......

I should have resisted, but at this moment—I was bewitched by this burning sensation again......

"Wait for me, hide, wait for me to come back!" He spoke clearly in my ear......

My mind was in turmoil, and the moment he let go of his hand, I pushed him away, and without saying anything, hurried back to my room.

Don't...... In the depths of my heart...... That's right...... Eager to burn......

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The next day, Ramses set out with four legions of 20,000 soldiers, Amun, Rampant, Ra, and Seth, as well as 200 chariots and lion guards.

Looking at the dust raised, my mind was reminded of the entire history of the Battle of Kadesh.

At Kadesh Castle, Ramses will be greeted by an ambush circle of more than 20,000 men, including the Hittites' 3,500 two-horse chariots.

After staying overnight on the heights near Kadesh, Ramses commanded the main force to attack Kadesh early the next morning, intending to capture the fort before dusk. Ramses led the Amun legion to the front, while the other three legions were still stranded in the Amuru area due to their slow movements, and it was difficult to reach the battlefield for a while.

When the Amun army reached the crossing of Sabtuna, eight miles south of Kadesh, they intercepted two "fugitives" from the Hittite army, who were actually Hittite spies, and the two Bedouin nomads, who were actually Hittite spies, falsely reported that the main force of the Hittite army was still far away in Harpa, a hundred miles north of Kadesh, and pretended that the Kadeshi defenders were demoralized and weak, and feared that the Egyptian army, especially the Syrian princes, had long wanted to submit to Egypt.

Ramses believed it and immediately commanded Amun's legion to cross the Oronte River from the Sabtuna ferry, and the lone army went deep until it reached the city of Kadeshi, where it was ambushed, and the Hittite army launched a fierce attack on the Egyptian army Amun's legion, and the Egyptian soldiers were crushed at the touch of a button, scattered and fled for their lives, and Ramses, who was in a heavy siege, was under the cover of the guards; Left and right, struggling to resist, had to release the protective war lion to "protect". The ferocious lion terrified the Hittites, delaying the Hittites' attack and buying Ramses valuable time until reinforcements arrived.

It was only after the reinforcements arrived that Ramses was rescued from the predicament, and finally by the end of the battle, the two sides were evenly matched, and the victory was not scored, in fact, it was Ramses who escaped a crushing defeat and almost lost his life in Kadesh.

Although he is a little faceless, Ramses will still come back safely, otherwise how can he live to the rare advanced age of ancient Egypt in his nineties. Failure is always inevitable, and it would be good for such an arrogant person to let him learn some lessons. I want to laugh just as I imagine his frustrated expression.

Without the task of training lions, I usually stayed in the temple, and before I knew it, more than ten days had passed, and according to the time at that time, it was probably about ten days before Ramses should have arrived at Kadesh.

Priest Feck's attitude towards me seemed to be a little better than before, and he would occasionally say a few words.

On the way back to the palace from the temple that day, it was getting late, and I suddenly saw a familiar figure, and when I looked closely, it was, the guard officer who was in charge of feeding the lion, and I was about to stop him, but I saw him look around, and quickly went into an alley.

Immediately curious, I followed him to the alley.

I hid behind a pile of discarded wood and saw him talking to a man in black who didn't look like an Egyptian.

"I said, when will the money be given to me?" 's voice was a little hurried.

"Is it all done?" The man's voice rang low.

"Rest assured, those lions have already taken their medicine,"

"That's good, but I'll give you these first, and I'll give you the rest as soon as the war is over."

"So ......"

I didn't hear what they said next, I just felt my brain buzzing, and I drugged the lions? Drugged? The lion of Ramses?

I tried to calm myself down, and as soon as the man was gone, I stepped out from behind the log and stopped in front of.

"Hidden, Miss Hidden?" When saw that it was me, his face changed drastically and he stammered.

I glared at him angrily, raised my hand and gave him a mouthful, "Say, tell everything about it, or I will give you the greatest punishment on behalf of the cat god Best!" So that you will not have eternal life! ”

Such a statement was very valid for the Egyptian, and he was completely convinced of my identity, so he had to tremble and open his mouth.

"It was the Hittites who told me to do this, saying that I should put some medicine in the diet of the lions, which would not be life-threatening, but would make them lose their strength and lose their combat effectiveness...... I, I'm confused for a moment, please forgive me, please forgive me. ”

"You are an Egyptian, and you actually sold your country for money, and you don't deserve eternal life at all! You know how dangerous you are to the king by doing so! I said angrily.

"But the king may not lose......" he said in a low voice.

What do you know? The Hittites had already laid a trap and waited for Ramses to jump in, but they didn't expect them to be so thoughtful that they wouldn't even let go of the lion guard, it seemed that they were determined to kill Ramses.

"You follow me to the Prime Minister's Mansion and receive the judgment you deserve." I stared at him.

There was a panicked expression on his face, and he was about to say something, when suddenly his face turned blue, and he clutched his throat tightly, as if he couldn't breathe, and fell down in extreme pain. I was also confused by this sudden accident, and quickly squatted to probe his breathing, and he was already dead! I was also shocked for a while, looking like he was poisoned, when was he poisoned?

His gaze swept to his hand, and several cyan spots appeared on the back of his hand, it seems that the poison quickly spread from his hand to his whole body, hand? I glanced at the money bag that fell to the ground, this money bag must have been given to him by the Hittites just now, if I guessed correctly, the money bag was coated with extremely powerful poison, the Hittites wanted to kill people. I pulled out the charm and threw it on the purse, which burst into a deep purple flame and was instantly incinerated to the ground. Sure enough, it's highly poisonous......

What to do? What should I do now? Is history wrong?

If the lion guard doesn't work, then time can't be delayed, then Ramses is possible - to die. Die? Thinking of this word, my heart throbbed, no, no, Ramses can't die, the greatest pharaoh in Egyptian history, absolutely can't die!

He will live to be in his nineties, he will have more than a hundred children, he will build countless great buildings for posterity, he will create an era of great glory, he will become the greatest king of Upper and Lower Egypt.

I can't let him die!

Never!