Chapter 684

He himself gradually regarded maintaining the unity of Egypt as his goal during his years of rule.

In the later period of Pharaoh Pepi's rule, the old and fatuous pharaoh caused chaos in Egypt and made him feel dissatisfied. In his opinion, such a pharaoh was not competent at all, and the division of Egypt would inevitably happen in his hands.

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

But such dissatisfaction also fueled his own ambitions.

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

In the eyes of other governors, the chaos in Egypt is a temporary split and an opportunity to lead one side, but in the view of Melibra Aheyto, this is an opportunity to realize his ambitions, so warlords in other places withhold tax revenues, wine pools and meat forests At that time, he spared no effort to develop his strength.

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

At that time, it was the time for him to officially send troops to seize the title of Pharaoh.

In the original history, he succeeded, and the successors of Nitocris fought on their own, and the war on the pharaoh's position exhausted the last sliver of Egypt's strength.

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

However, because of Ye Ting, his ambition is doomed to fail now.

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

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

But after setting off from Memphis, Nitocris did not lead the army north to reunify the most important area of ​​Egypt, but went all the way down the Nile River.

Along the way, the army attacked cities everywhere. Itawe, Medum, Crocodile City, one after another independent Nome and cities surrendered to the pharaoh's soldiers and returned to the glory of the sun.

And Nitocris also dismissed the local dignitaries and officials who caused division and chaos, searched their homes, exiled those who were exiled, and executed those who were executed, and moved those "heroes" who were loyal to Pharaoh and did not split the country. Fez, reward the central officials.

In these cities, she left the army, and officials, and let them govern the place together with locally promoted officials.

Using officials sent from the center to control the place, rather than ruling in a way similar to the governor and lord, greatly strengthened Memphis' control over the place.

The plan to remove the original nobles imitated Liu Bang's method in the Han Dynasty, concentrating influential and powerful guys in the capital for direct control, reducing local power, thereby deepening the kingdom's dominance. For a time, Egypt's rule It began to develop into the county system.

During this process, Nitocris naturally admired Ye Ting more and more. A few days ago, she was complacent about her achievements, but now she realizes that, in terms of political wisdom, she is far superior to the man who has been teaching her. It's not even close.

In short, with the overwhelming offensive, the army finally came to the vicinity of Heracleopolis.

If Nitocris hadn't risen, her mediocre heirs would naturally not be able to detect the governor's ambitions. Nitocris, however, was different. Before the war, she sent many caravans to various parts of Egypt in the form of food trade, taking the opportunity to collect intelligence from various places in preparation for the war.

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

As for such intelligence gathering methods, no one in this era can see the clues.

Therefore, relying on this advanced means, Nitocris successfully obtained information from all over the world, and Melibra's unusual behavior naturally caught her attention.

A hero like Mai Libula must be killed in the bud.

Chapter 0846 Myribull doubts

In the city of Heracliopolis, in the palace of the lord of the city, Melibra Ahuito is enjoying the dance of the female slaves.

Although compared to other warlords in Jiuchiroulin, Mai Libula is more far-sighted and ambitious, but this does not mean that he will save money and spend all his accumulated wealth on the construction of the army.

Chaos and division still make his life better.

In front of Melibula, the dancers in cool clothes danced hard. Although in Egypt, the status of concubines and slaves is quite low, every slave knows that as long as they are favored by their masters, at least their living conditions will be better. Go up a floor.

Facing the charming dance in front of him, Melibra felt a little ready to move. Just when he was a little impulsive and wanted to get started, suddenly there was a burst of fierce footsteps outside the door.

"unlucky!"

His interest was disturbed, and Meribula angrily pushed the dancer away. 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 about this time, what's the rush?"

Thinking of this, he pretended to be sitting upright, waiting for someone to come.

Soon, a soldier in only leather shorts barged in.

"No

Well, my lord Governor! The soldier shouted out of breath, "Governor, urgent report from the top of the city, there are... enemies are 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 the nearby Nome? Or a bandit? Or a rebellion?"

In fact, Mai Libula does not believe that there will be enemies now.

If there really are enemies, the above three are the most likely enemies to appear in Melibura. Today, Egypt is divided and each country is independent. The warlords in various places are like vassal states. In this case, some Warlords do attack neighboring warlords, either for money, personal enmity, or territory.

The possibility of robbers is not small. Without the restraint and protection of the central government, some cities that are not well-defended will indeed be blatantly attacked by sand bandits. The power of many sand bandits has expanded rapidly, and even some arrogant ones are not satisfied with robbing the road, and simply start to attack the city and become the lord of one side.

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

After all, the independent warlords in various places are no better than the Pharaoh. They do not have the orthodox name of the Pharaoh. Many people are not convinced by the side they rule. The local wealthy families who are warlords, etc., and the rebels who revolted because of the tyranny of the warlords do not know how many there are.

However, in Malibula, it is basically impossible to meet the above three.

He didn't believe that the nearby warlords would launch an offensive against his power. You must know that his power was the strongest among the nearby Nomes, and even the entire Egyptian warlords. Although the nearby warlords didn't know this, But everyone knows how powerful he is, and with him vaguely as the leader, how could they dare to attack him?

Robbers are also impossible. After establishing himself as a warlord, in order to ensure the stability of the territory, Mai Libula has carried out several sweeps around Heracleopolis and wiped out several sand bandits, large and small. Now his His prestige has already spread among Sand Pirates, those guys dare not even harass the villages in his territory, so why attack him?

And the rebellion... In the land of Heracleopolis, he killed all the pharaoh's loyalists, and all the great families obeyed him. As for the common people, he was no better than those short-sighted guys, With the pharaoh's ambition, he naturally would not treat the people harshly, so why would someone revolt?

And the soldier's answer confirmed his thoughts.

"Not the other Nome's army, nor the bandits, nor the rebels, my lord," said the soldier, trembling with fear, "they are...they are...they belong to the Pharaoh from Memphis army!"

"How can it be?!"

This answer made the originally calm Mai Libula stand up, completely disregarding the city and image.

He stepped forward and grabbed the soldier's shoulders tightly.

"You're not mistaken, are you really Pharaoh's army?"

"That's right, I recognize the banner, the symbols of 'red and white crown', 'Horus' and 'Ra', that's the pharaoh's army, that's right!"

The soldier confirmed this fact with horror on his face.

"How could this be?" The news that the pharaoh came to attack him made Melibra look disappointed, "No...it shouldn't be, Memphis should still be in chaos now, those corrupt guys put this With the country in this state, how can Memphis organize an army? Could it be that the rumor is true? But... is this impossible?"

The chaotic situation in Egypt has made news from all over the place extremely blocked. Except for Nitocris who can rely on caravans to collect intelligence, the rest of the warlords mostly rely on certain rumors to know other places. Of course, in the case of Memphis, there are also contacts between local officials and officials in Memphis.

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

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