Chapter 32: Attack

The floodwaters of the Nunn River, mixed with large amounts of mud and dead leaves washed downstream, bring nutrients to the farmland on both sides of the river, and nourish the people on both sides.

This year's flood was more rapid than usual, but the overall flow was not very large, and the temple's flood gauge showed that next year would be a normal year.

The Nunn River floods regularly every year, but the temper is also uncertain, the flood is too fierce to wash away the villages on both banks, causing huge damage, too little flood will not irrigate the land enough, and the harvest will be bad next year.

Therefore, every year during the flood season, the temple holds a grand ceremony to pray for the blessing of the river god Harpy.

Menes' mind is not on this, if the gods can really do what we pray, just send food directly, and man will conquer the heavens, this is the law that Menes firmly believes.

Every year when the flood comes, all agricultural production is stopped, and all kinds of public works of His Majesty Pharaoh are generally carried out at this time, because there is plenty of manpower.

Menes had other plans.

In the dark of night, troops stood on the narrowest stretch of the upper reaches of the Nunn River.

Nine mummies carrying ropes and pulleys, are swimming across the river, the turbulent water hits the mummies, the height of the water level can completely annihilate the mummies, but these guys do not need to breathe and breathe, the army on the river bank pulls the other end of the rope to help the mummies in case they are accidentally swept away by the current.

If it was impossible for ordinary people to cross such a turbulent river, they would have been washed downstream by the river and fell into the waterfall of the abyss, but the mummy was different, with great strength, no need to breathe, directly lying on the bottom of the river, crawling forward on all fours.

Menes' ability to mummies has also been tested several times before, but it has only officially launched, and Menes is still worried about failure.

Finally, after surviving the long crossing period, the mummy climbed smoothly to the other side of the river, inserted the other end of the rope into the cliff of the riverbank, and the nine mummies tightened the rope.

Seeing that the rope had been secured, Menes commanded everyone to start crossing the river, and the previous training was now used, and Menes was the first to cross the river.

Menes wrapped the protective strap of the rope around her body, grasped the rope tightly with both hands, and began to climb across the river.

There was a raging river below, and if he fell, he was basically not saved, and the godhead of Menes gave him a natural advantage, so everything went smoothly and soon came to the other side.

The soldiers behind also began to cross the river quickly, in order to cross the river as soon as possible, every group of ten people crossed the river, and the mummies on this side pulled the ropes hard to pull everyone to the opposite bank.

Anktifi must not have imagined that Menes would choose such a flood season to force his way across the river, and this time he had to hit it with one blow.

After all the river crossings, there is still a long way to go, and the mummy is excellent in all aspects, but the walking speed is too slow.

Fortunately, Menes prepared some stretchers before setting off, and simply carried them away, and the nine mummies were lying on the stretchers, wet and wrapped in corpse cloths, like seriously wounded.

The rapid march finally reached the city wall before the sun came out, and in less than two hours the sun was about to come out.

Menes asked everyone to stop and rest, and he took Nacht close to the city wall to reconnoiter the enemy.

Since the last incident, Ankotifi has increased the number of guards for the defense of the city, and it is currently the flood season, so the manpower is relatively sufficient, and there are obviously more guards on the city walls.

By the occasional sporadic firelight on the city walls, there were still a few guards who were not asleep, but they were just standing there and napping, and they were not very vigilant.

Menes found a breakthrough and reflexively returned to the side of the army, so that everyone could get ready.

Nacht and his squad were the first to climb the wall, trying to open the gates without being detected.

The walls of the Kemert Kingdom are all made of mud bricks*, and the walls are only three or four meters high, and Nacht's team directly stepped on the shoulders of people and flew up the city walls with a jump, and the people behind them went up the walls in turn.

Not far away was Ankotifi's guards, but the guy was obviously dozing off, and he didn't notice anyone climbing the wall.

The team quietly walked behind the guards, covered their mouths and took out the guards with a single sword.

The others jumped directly from the wall and walked along the base of the wall to the city gate, where the guards sat on the ground and slept, and Nacht unceremoniously killed the guards with one man and one sword, opened the gate, and lit torches to signal Menes in the distance.

Menes saw the signal and immediately rushed into the city with his army.

The city was extremely quiet, and Menes led his army straight to Ancotifi's lair, and it was an eternal truth that the thief captured the king first.

Menes' actions did not wake anyone, but they did cause the dogs in the city to bark wildly.

Kemert's city is actually similar to a large rural area, and there are chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep in the city, and of course dogs.

As they approached Ancutifi's lair, the sound of the dog's barking finally woke some of the guards.

As Menes approached the Ancotifi house, the guards noticed the anomaly and shouted, "Who?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a few crossbow arrows pierced his throat, but the shouts still alarmed the guards inside.

The door of the house was thick and plugged back from the inside, but this was not difficult for Menes, who had already practiced it before, and brought a wooden hammer, and several people rushed over with it, and slammed the door open in a few strokes.

Menes' army quickly rushed in, and the guards of the house began to shout "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

In the panic of the night, the guards picked up their weapons in a daze and didn't know where to go, Menes' army according to the plan, three squads went to surround the entire mansion and guard the other gates, and must not let Ankotifi escape, this is not only for revenge, if one of Ankotifi and his son escapes, Menes will not be able to justifi obtain the territory of the Ram State in the future.

Menes' goal was to take the Ram State, not just for revenge.

The remaining squads rushed into the mansion and slashed and slaughtered, and Ankotifi's guards were small in number, but they were relatively brave, and they could resist in the chaos, which Menes did not expect.

Menes originally envisioned rushing in directly, and the guards should be scattered, as long as Ankotifi was taken, everything would be fine.

Menes ran too fast and rushed to the front, and a soldier ran towards him, and stabbed straight at him with a spear, and Menes used his shield to cut off the spear with a swing of his right arm, and the soldier broke the spear and turned and fled, and was shot through by the soldier in Menes' back, and fell to the ground.

After a little resistance in the forecourt, the guards retreated into the hall and blocked the doorway and shot Menes with their bows and arrows, and a round of bows and arrows flew towards Menes.

Menes quickly shielded with his shield and took a few steps back, and the mummy came slowly from behind at this time, blocking Menes, and the archers were still shooting arrows frantically, but they all fell on the mummies, who were full of feathered arrows.

Menes' soldiers also gathered and hid behind the mummy's back, slowly pushing forward.