Medanzo left Amun's territory with the shuttle, which was much faster than a long trek on horseback, and Amon told him to be careful on the road and avoid crowded city-states as much as possible when flying in the sky. After a few more days, the guard sent to the temple of Isis should have returned, but there was no one to be seen, and Amon was a little puzzled.

The supreme authority of the temple of Isis was the Holy Maiden, and the high priest George was in charge of all the paperwork, and only these two could veto his request, could it be that the book was really so important, that Mary or George did not agree to Amun's borrowing?

Amon was about to send someone to the temple of Isis to urge him again, but the messenger of the temple of Isis arrived at this time, and to Amun's surprise, it was the high priest George who personally delivered the scroll to the door. To his surprise, George also brought a message with a person.

The news was about the kingdom of Barron and the kingdom of Hati, which had recently gone to war, but the kingdom of Hatti had suddenly withdrawn its troops because of King Lucier.

At the same time that Gilgamesh was invading the Eju Empire, the elite Marduk Legion of the Kingdom of Barron and another city-state legion, the Kish Legion, had already assembled at the crossing in the middle reaches of the Eudyes. When the Uruk legions advanced into Eju and occupied large swaths of the city-state of the headland, the Marduk and Kish legions also took advantage of the situation to cross the Eudes and approach the Duk Plain.

The army of the Kingdom of Barun was stationed in the northeastern corner of the Syrian Desert and in the southeast corner of the inland lake, and was also waiting for news from the Uruk Legion. If Gilgamesh's strategic intentions are realized, then the Barron army will have no worries, and the entire Syrian desert will be under the control of the Barun Kingdom, and it will be able to occupy the entire Duk Plain by crossing the inland lake north.

Hati had just reached a peace agreement with the Eju Empire, and did not want to fight again, but with a strong enemy eyeing him, he had to regroup his army and advance to the southwest corner of the inland lake.

The Hatian army had not yet been completely withdrawn, and it was convenient to regroup at this time. King Luciel did not return to the front line, but returned straight to the royal capital, and before leaving, he wanted to reappoint Goret as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, and indeed no one was more suitable than him. But Goret refused the appointment and recommended Prince Asher to the king.

Prince Asher was Lucille's favorite youngest son, this time with the king himself, during Lucill's abduction by Amun, Goret was not in the front camp, he once acted as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, which was also decent. This prince experienced the last big battle, followed Ge Lie's side to humbly seek advice, and got along very well with the generals on the front line, and he was the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, whether it was identity, experience, and connections, it was very suitable, and it was a rare opportunity to exercise.

Luciel was already a little jealous of Gore's influence in the country, and this suggestion was in the right place, so he appointed Asher as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield. Prince Asher himself was a little uncertain, and begged Goreh to be the chief priest of the whole army, which was a new position that he had not had before, in fact, he was assisting the prince in commanding the battle on the front line, and Goreh nodded and agreed.

Prince Asher was called the commander-in-chief, but he obeyed Goreh's words, and Goreh advised him to stay still, and Prince Asher kept watching and was not in a hurry to fight, and the two armies faced each other in a strange state of silence.

The alliance between Eju and Hati was one, and Goret sent people to the city-state of the headland every day to get the latest battle reports. The soldiers didn't have to fight, but there were a group of magicians in the army who were tired, and they drove the shuttle alternately back and forth, all day long. And the Barron army over there is also waiting for news from the Uruk Legion, and once the southern front is stabilized, they can take advantage of the situation to march.

Even if he was a great magician, if he maintained enough physical strength to avoid overexertion, it would normally take more than two days to drive the shuttle from the Hatian camp to the city-state of the headland. At the same pace, it took more than three days to cross the desert from the Barron battalion to the rear of the Uruk regiment. That is to say, a shuttle round trip takes seven days for the Barron army and five days for the Hatian army.

In fact, the Barron army did not send messages to such a dense and uninterrupted use of the shuttle like Gore, and the magician who mastered the high-level space magic and the qi element magic could control the shuttle, at least a sixth-level magician with deep mana, and how many magicians had to be sent to be able to come and go every day. No one knows how long the current standoff will last, and this is also a huge human drain.

The first samurai on the mainland, Enqidu, fell, and Gilgamesh retreated, and Goreh got the news at the first time, four days ahead of the Barron's army. When he received the news, Goret advised Prince Asher to march immediately and launch a surprise attack before the Barron army could react.

The battle plan was also drawn up by Goret, and Prince Asher commanded the three legions of Enril, Anu, and Nannar, but Goret's march route was not to go straight to Barun's camp, but to directly penetrate from the Syrian desert in the south, and the Nannar army launched an attack to the north.

Of course, this one legion could not defeat the Barron army, and during the march, the Enriel army turned back and outflanked it, and the retreating Nannar army blocked the counterattack of the Barron army. As for the most elite Anu corps formed by Goret himself, he ignored the disadvantageous situation of the encounter in the rear, and broke through the defense line all the way into the territory of Barun, occupying the ferry on the west bank of the Eudy.

This tactic of dividing troops to block the enemy and interspersing raids behind enemy lines caused chaos among the two legions of the Kingdom of Baron, and once the crossing of the Youngdi River was lost, their rear route was cut off. The Barron's army had begun with a few victories and was about to push the Nannar and Enril armies back into the desert, when the Anu army took the crossing and captured the enemy's logistical baggage that had been hoarded on the banks of the Euderm.

At the suggestion of Goreh, Prince Asher divided the Anu army into two divisions, one small part held the west bank of the Eudi, preventing reinforcements from the direction of Barun from crossing the river, and the other part returned to the division to outflank the Barun army, which had been cut off from the back. The Barron's army was immediately defeated, and was almost not pushed into the inland lake, and after many hard battles, they could barely gain a foothold on the lake, and they had no way to retreat from the battle on their backs.

The sudden change in the situation on the front line also shook the Kingdom of Baron, and urgently mobilized the Ea Legion to rush to reinforcements. In terms of national strength, the Barun is stronger than the Harti, its territory is wider, its population is larger, the land is fertile, the products are abundant, and the life is also very rich, but the national strength is not completely equal to the military combat effectiveness. Under the command of Prince Asher and Goreh, Hati had an absolute advantage in the battle around the inland lake.

Barron wanted to reinforce the front line with two biggest problems, the Ea army was afraid that it would not be able to reach the front line in time, and even if it could, it would have to cross the river and storm the position on the west bank of the Eude. The ferry on the other side has been lost, the cost of crossing the river is huge, the time it takes is also long, and the army trapped and waiting for reinforcements will not be able to hold on.

In this case, the Kingdom of Barron ordered reinforcements to speed up the march, and at the same time sent envoys to the Hati camp in a shuttle to negotiate peace. The so-called peace is to admit defeat, they are willing to pay a ransom, ask the Hatian army to relieve the siege, and then return the two legions to the east bank of the Eude, the two countries will rest their troops, so that the losses of both sides can be minimized.

This is an errand that humiliates the country, but the envoy must have a sufficiently important status that ordinary ministers are not qualified to talk about. The princes and nobles pushed back and forth, and finally the errand fell to Prince Vonniu, who had always been idle and low-key. On the surface, Prince Vonniu was not interested in the struggle for the throne, but fortunately traveled among the people and made friends with various talents, which made the other nephews of King Hammuraby II jealous. This time, they were collectively recommended, so that Feng Nux could carry the black cauldron.

Originally, the king wanted to send Princess Xiaoqian as an envoy, but the princess played a trick, claiming that she was unwell and pretending to be sick and did not show up, and several of the king's nephews jointly recommended Feng New. State affairs are important, although he knows that it is not a good thing, Prince Feng New still takes the order and leaves.

Feng Nu took only two retinues with him, and came to the Hatti camp to negotiate in the shuttle controlled by the great magician Jaykai. Prince Asher asked Gereth what to do? Goret suggested: The trick to deal with Prince Fengniu is to "delay" and neither rush to negotiate a result nor refuse to negotiate; to deal with the Barron's army is to be "trapped" and not to launch a siege and annihilate it, nor to give the other side the slightest respite; and at the same time to mobilize heavy troops to strengthen the defense on the west bank of the Eudee River.

The longer it drags on, the worse it becomes, and the more solid the defense of the Youngbottom River, the more favorable it will be for the Hati situation, and the higher the price that can be demanded in the negotiations.

That's what Prince Asher did, unhurried negotiations, the asking price was getting higher and higher, and Prince Vonniu endured the humiliation and agreed to it. The young prince Asher had achieved such a brilliant victory in his first formal command of the army, and his mentality could not help but swell a little, and finally he made a request.

He demanded that the kingdom of Barron recognize that a large area of land on the west bank of the Eudyes that had been conquered by the Harti army had been formally ceded to the Hati, in the same way that Gilgamesh had made to the Eju Empire. How dare Prince Feng Nu agree, even if the Hatti Kingdom asks for more money and materials, he can endure it, but such a request goes beyond the bottom line. Even if the Kingdom of Barron could agree, he would be the prince of Vonniu himself, and he would be infamous by history.

Prince Vonniu, who had always been modest, finally became angry and decided not to talk about it, and said to Prince Asher: "If Your Highness is stubborn, then start a decisive battle, even if you can completely annihilate Baron's two legions and occupy the land on the west bank of the Eudy, your own losses will not be small." And the Kingdom of Baron will launch a counterattack with the strength of the whole country, and no one will gain more than they lose!"

After saying this, Prince Feng Nu was ready to leave immediately, and even the various conditions promised before were nullified, and the negotiations officially broke down. Goreh commanded the army at the front, and Prince Asher was negotiating in the camp, and when he heard the news, he immediately rushed back to remind His Highness that his request was indeed excessive, and that if he did not want to completely turn his face, he could not talk about it, and he could not turn a victory into a long-term hostile war of attrition.

Prince Asher also regretted it at this time, and hurriedly retained Prince Vonniu, retracting his previous excessive demands and renegotiating. At this time, the Ea legion, which had arrived in the territory of Barun to reinforce it, had reached the east bank of the Eudi, and had not forcibly crossed the river, and was waiting for the results of the prince's negotiations. At this moment, King Hatie came with a shocking news, forcing Prince Asher to quickly end the negotiations and withdraw from the army!

King Lucille died, a violent illness. According to the official account, Lucier was frightened when he was kidnapped by Amon, and his mental state has not been very good, and he contracted a cold on the way back to the royal capital.

After returning to the royal capital, the king's mood was a little relieved, and he feasted his ministers in the palace, but he drank too much and caused a sudden illness, and died in the middle of the night. The cause of the king's death is suspicious, but all the court records are flawless, and no one dares to say anything. The kingdom cannot be left without a king, and the king's deathbed is located in the eldest son, Enis. At the same time that Prince Asher was leading a large army to fight, his eldest brother had succeeded to the throne with the support of the princes.

After King Ennis succeeded to the throne, he sent a funeral to his father, and sent an urgent report to the front, on the one hand, informing the king of the death and the news of the new king's succession, and at the same time urgently recruiting Prince Asher to return to the king's capital to attend Lucille's funeral, and ordered Goret to succeed him as commander-in-chief of the battlefield.

Asher and Enis were already contenders for the throne, each with their own power in the kingdom, and it was understood that the new king after Lucille would have to be one of the two. This time, let Asher lead the army, and with the assistance of Ge Lie, Lucille's meaning is already obvious that he wants to be located in Asher, and his achievements are just a foreshadowing, and at the same time, he can also establish Kiasher's prestige in the army.

But no one expected that Lucille would die so suddenly, and the eldest son, Enis, took advantage of the situation to ascend the throne, and on the surface, the new monarch succeeded to the throne is a fait accompli. In his capacity as king, he ordered Prince Asher to step down from his post as commander-in-chief of the battlefield and immediately return to the royal capital to attend Lucill's funeral. If Asher really surrendered his military power and went back like this, wouldn't it be like sending him to death?

Asher, who received the news, was shocked and found Goret to talk all night, the content of the meeting between the two was unknown to outsiders, but Prince Asher came out of Goreh's tent and immediately ordered the messenger from the royal capital to be detained and placed under house arrest, and strictly ordered that the news should not be leaked, so as not to shake the morale of the army in the war.

Prince Asher claimed that he could not believe that his father was dead, and sent an envoy back to the royal capital to "verify", he suspected that the messenger was a soldier of the Kingdom of Baron, and deliberately pretended to be an envoy of the royal capital to disturb the hearts of the Hatian army.

This excuse was very reluctant, Lucill's death was true, Asher was only stalling for time, he wanted to end the war with the kingdom of Baron before the envoys he sent returned from the royal capital, and he was desperate to complete the negotiations. Prince Vonniu seemed to have heard something, and the situation at the negotiating table was reversed, but Prince Asher was very anxious, eager to give Baron a sum of money, and quickly sent Baron's army away.

Prince Feng New originally came to take on this drudgery with the infamy of losing power and humiliating the country, but he didn't expect to pick a big bargain. He also knew that he would accept it when he saw it, and without any excessive conditions, he still paid a ransom symbolizing his surname, and reached an agreement between the two countries to withdraw their troops from each other.

Prince Asher, of course, wanted to do it as soon as possible, so Prince Vonniu did something very beautiful. He led only two of his retinue through the encirclement of the Hatian army into the camp of the Barron's army, and brought out the two legions, which had suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted, all the way back to safety on the east bank of the Eudean River. Then the Hattian army retreated, and Prince Vonniu led the reinforced Aet-A army to recross the Eudea River and regain the lost territory on the west bank that had been conquered by the war, and the army was bloodless from beginning to end.

This caused a great sensation in the Kingdom of Baron, and in the word of mouth of the people, Prince Vonniu also became a hero in the legend, he entered the enemy camp alone to fulfill his mission, and one person could be a million-strong army! After the fall of Enqidu and the retreat of Gilgamesh, in the minds of the people of the Kingdom of Baron, a new hero was needed to redeem the deep sense of loss.

His status as a prince, one of the rightful heirs to the throne, is incomparable to that of Goret of Hatti or Amon of Eju.

Not to mention how Prince Vonniu became a hero of the entire Barron kingdom, Prince Asher of Hatti did not hand over his military power, but returned to the royal capital to attend the funeral according to the orders of the new king, but did not go back himself, but led the elite chariots of the Hatian army. Enril's legion was originally stationed in the royal capital, and it was justified that the prince returned to the garrison, and the generals under the command of Prince Asher also brought the elite with them in the name of attending the king's funeral, and galloped all the way to the royal capital of Hatusha.

When George got the news from Monfilth, Prince Asher had just set out, and it seemed that civil strife in the Kingdom of Hatti was inevitable, and he heard that Goret had also returned to the royal capital with the prince, and he didn't know what effect it would have.

When Amon heard the news, he was filled with emotion. He once captured Lucille, the former king of Hatties, alive and held him by his side for more than half a month. Although this king is not strong, his body and bones are not so weak, and he has the accompanying great magician to adjust and treat him at any time, so he should not die so quickly, it seems that there is probably something else.

He was also feeling sorry for Gore, who led the main force of the Hatti army, and the two national battles he commanded were extremely good, and they should have won big victories, but both times they ended up being undefeated and undefeated, and it was King Luciel who dragged him back. The king is dead, and his death is the last and most serious calamity to the country, and it is not a good thing from life to death.

Feeling emotional, he smiled bitterly and asked the man beside George: "General John, since your injuries have healed, why don't you go to the An-La Legion to take up your post, but instead follow the high priest to me?"

The "guest" brought by George was John, the commander of the An-La Army. Not long ago, Amon had recommended him to succeed him as the commander of the legion, but Pharaoh did not veto, saying that he would appoint John only after he had recovered from his injuries. It was time for John to take office, so how could he have the leisure to come to Amun's territory as a guest?

When John heard the question, he slapped the table and said, "Don't mention it, General! I was dismissed as soon as I took office, and I was demoted to one rank!"

Amon was surprised: "What's the matter? Could it be that your temper has flare up again, what trouble has happened this time?"

George shook his head on the side and said, "The cause and effect of this matter are very complicated, and General John can't be blamed for his temper, let me explain slowly." ”

Pharaoh did not dismiss Amon and the military, and when John recovered from his injuries and returned to the Monfils Military Affairs Department to report, Pharaoh ordered him to be appointed commander of the An-La Legion, and rushed to the city-state of the Cape to take up his post. John, a man with a straight surname, went right away.

Just as John was on his way to the city-state of the headland, Pharaoh and the Eju military headquarters in the capital received several reports of impeachment against John one after another. It's a long story, as early as when Amon was training on the march, he had cleaned up a few priests who couldn't do their work, and it was John who dragged them out of the army and beat them half to death with his own hands.

One of the officers was seriously wounded, and I don't know if he pretended to be himself or if John was too serious in his rage, but this man took the opportunity to transfer out of the army and returned to the rear to recuperate before he could go into battle. At that time, Amun did not have absolute authority, and the priests were all under the authority of George, who had to nod his head, because this priest was a distant nephew of Joseph, the prime minister of Eju.

This priest may be greedy for life and afraid of death and does not want to go to the front, or he may not be willing to be so humiliated. But then Amun performed many miraculous feats on the battlefield, and the accompanying priests of the An-La Legion were rewarded and had high honors. Of course, all this credit was not shared by the priest, who was always ridiculed and ridiculed, and therefore especially hated Amon and John.

Amon had done a great job, and it was not wise to look for him now, so he set his sights on John. There are really a lot of tricks to catch John, and some small things can't move him, but there is one accusation that is very serious, John once publicly rebuked Pharaoh's order as a fart.

It was after the battle with the Hattian army and just after returning to Eju, before news of the Uruk raid had arrived, and Pharaoh had ordered Amun to be relieved of his position as commander. John happened to meet the messenger of the herald halfway through, and when he heard the news, he was very angry and shouted angrily: "Fart! Amon is a warrior, is there a more suitable position than the commander of the Emperor [***]? Even if he is to be appointed to another position, he can also be the commander of the legion!"

At that time, John pressed the hilt of his sword with his hand, surrounded by soldiers, and his face turned white with fright. At this time, the great magician Julian arrived with the second order of the pharaoh and appointed Amon as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, so John did not continue to lose his temper.

This matter can be big or small, if no one investigates it, it will pass, and a general is just rude. However, if it is really necessary to collect evidence and investigate, get conclusive evidence and make a big fuss, and send a written impeachment report written in the divine language to the Eju military headquarters and Pharaoh, the problem will be serious.

Pharaoh claimed to be the human spokesman of Horus, symbolizing the will of the gods, protecting and ruling over Eju, and his official orders were equivalent to the effectiveness of oracles. Who dares to say that the oracle is a fart? This is a great disrespect, a blasphemy, an insult to the dignity of the empire, and must be severely punished!

A priest was afraid that he would not be able to stir up such a storm, but he went to Joseph, the chancellor, to cry, and the prime minister secretly intervened, so he obtained the signed testimony of the messenger at that time, as well as the testimony of others present, and then wrote a letter of impeachment.

The Imperial Prime Minister had other considerations for intervening in this matter, and he also wanted to use it to combat the military power that had risen after the war, especially to weaken the influence of the newly rising Amon. Although Amon surrendered his military power, he still had the power of the military, and John was his most important descendant, which was more or less in accordance with Pharaoh's hints.

Although there is such an impeachment and the evidence is conclusive, it is not easy for meritorious people to deal with it casually. The army was about to send someone to the city-state of Cape to confront John, asking him if there was such a thing, and if so, why, which would give John a chance to explain. But just then, another incident occurred, and the priest who had written the impeachment of John was killed, but the murderer was not caught.

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(To be continued)