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Chapter 4683 [War Mobilization]

In the next two years, Xiang Nan steadily promoted his beliefs and accumulated his own divine power and strength.

To this end, he also gradually took back the sacrificial power of other gods, such as Amon the sun god, Horus the sky god, Anubis the god of death, and so on.

Originally, all Egyptians, whether pharaohs, nobles, commoners, or slaves, could worship these gods and offer tributes to them.

Temples to these gods are also found all over the place.

But Xiang Nan issued an edict that civilians, slaves, and nobles were no longer allowed to worship these gods, but only the pharaoh could do so.

Just like in ancient China, only the emperor was allowed to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, while other princes and ministers were not allowed to do so.

As a result, the number of temples of these gods decreased sharply, from being all over Egypt to being only in Thebes. In this case, believers could not worship the gods, and the number of believers would naturally continue to decrease.

On the contrary, more and more temples to the God of Wealth were built. In just two years, the number expanded from just over 20 at the beginning to more than 300, an increase of more than ten times.

The priests of other gods all became priests of the God of Wealth, which is a kind of job hopping.

With the increase in temples and believers, Xiang Nan's divine power also increased significantly. Even his kingdom of God expanded from its original size to the size of a football field.

In fact, Xiang Nan could have expanded the Kingdom of God, but expanding the Kingdom of God would require a lot of divine power. In his opinion at this moment, it was a sheer waste.

In the past two years, some believers' souls have also come to Xiang Nan's kingdom of God.

They were all loyal believers of the God of Wealth, and after their death they came to Xiang Nan's kingdom of God.

As believers of the God of Wealth, they are basically money-grubbers who are obsessed with money. After entering the kingdom of God, they just hold on to the gold, silver and jewelry and won't let go.

They don't need to eat or drink, they don't need to have fun, they just want to hold the pile of gold, silver and jewelry in their hands all the time.

Such believers are easy to fool.

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During these two years, Egypt's national strength has also grown significantly.

On the one hand, the promotion of a large number of high-yield crops has greatly increased food production. The increased food production is also enough to feed more people, so the population has greatly increased.

The number of newly born people in these two years has reached 400,000, which is quite good.

On the one hand, the progress of science and technology has also significantly improved the national strength. For example, the application of curved plows, hoe carts, stone mills, etc. has improved production efficiency.

The promotion of iron tools further enhanced the overall combat effectiveness of the Egyptian army.

Therefore, Xiang Nan decided to officially start the war.

"First wipe out the Nubians in the south, and then march north to attack the Hittite Empire~" he said to Ansuna.

The Nubians were a nomadic people south of Egypt who lived in what is now Sudan.

Although there are many deserts there, there are still some oases along the upper reaches of the Nile River, and the Nubians live in the oases.

They domesticated camels, were brave and good at fighting, and often went north to harass the Egyptian border, causing considerable pressure on the border.

Therefore, Xiang Nan decided to wipe out the Nubians first and eliminate the hidden dangers in the south before he could march north with confidence. Otherwise, if the Nubians took advantage of his northern expedition to invade, it would be troublesome.

When Ansuna heard this, she was naturally very supportive and she was eager to do a big job.

"Okay, then I'll be your vanguard general!" she said with a smile.

In ancient Egypt, women had a very high status. Not only could they go out to work, but they also had property rights and inheritance rights. Women could even serve as generals.

Especially during the Ptolemaic Dynasty, there were even female pharaohs, such as the famous Cleopatra.

Xiang Nan knew that Ansuna was good at fighting, and in the past two years, she had learned martial arts from him, and her strength had improved to a higher level. Even if she was surrounded by dozens of elite soldiers in armor, she was not at all inferior. With such strength, she would have no problem leading the troops.

What's more, Xiang Nan also has the army of death charging into battle.

Even though Ansuna was a general, he was mostly responsible for receiving refugees after the defeat.

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The war then began.

Xiang Nan issued a war mobilization order, and for a moment, the whole of Egypt was mobilized.

After three years of centralization, the power of the various princes is no longer able to compete with Xiang Nan, and they can only obey him in everything.

Therefore, as soon as the mobilization order was issued, troops and food supplies were immediately provided.

Xiang Nan also held a sacrifice and prayed for victory in the war.

The place where he worshipped was not the temple of the sun god, not the temple of Horus, nor the temple of Anubis, but his own temple.

"I received an oracle. The God of Wealth is not only the God of Wealth, He is also the God of War. Let us pray to Him to bless us to be invincible and defeat powerful enemies!" Xiang Nan announced loudly.

He wanted to use this war to rally people's hearts and help him to build a second godhood.

The Egyptian god of war is Set, who is also the god of death, desert, and storms. However, because he killed Osiris, the god of agriculture and fertility, almost no one in Egypt believes in him.

Therefore, Xiang Nan wanted to take advantage of this loophole.

Everyone echoed, "Yes, the God of Wealth and the God of War will definitely help us win!"

"The King of Kings of Egypt, the generous god of wealth, the heroic god of war..." Xiang Nan prayed, "We didn't deliberately stir up disputes, but the Nubians and Hittites have been harassing us over the years.

They have occupied our territory, massacred our compatriots, enslaved our people, plundered our wealth, and humiliated us. Now we can no longer tolerate it and want to wage war against them. I hope you can bless us! "

Everyone followed suit and prayed.

In this way, Xiang Nan's new title became known.

After the sacrifice was completed, Xiang Nan led his army, with Ansuna as the general, and they sailed up the river on a large ship.

These large ships, controlled by the Sword of Kotels and the Sword of Triton, can go upstream without paddling, and at an extremely fast speed.

Ten days later, they arrived at the upper reaches of the Nile from Thebes.

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The Nubians had also received the news and knew that it would be difficult to resist the invasion of the army, so they fled far away to an oasis deep in the desert.

Xiang Nan knew it, but he didn't let them go, but continued to pursue them.

He had a flying sword, and the vast desert was no big deal to him, so he quickly found the Nubian oasis.

Then he released the army of death sealed in the bracelet of death.

A large black shadow landed on the sand, and then began to wriggle and gradually condense into shape. Soon, a large group of monsters with wolf heads and human bodies emerged.

Xiang Nan knew that these were the armies under the command of Anubis, the god of death.

Now they are all under Xiang Nan's control and execute his every order.

"Kill all men taller than one meter~" Xiang Nan immediately gave the order.

Then the group of wolf-headed men roared and rushed into the oasis together, followed by tragic howls.