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Chapter 4684 [Opportunity to Become a God]

Xiang Nan led the army of death to chase them all the way.

Ansuna led a large army to follow behind to receive the troops.

Property, food, livestock, as well as children and young women were the main recipients.

Property, food and livestock were all valuable assets, while children and young women could be used as slaves. As for the elderly, the weak and the disabled, they were basically killed.

After all, transporting them back to Egypt would take time, energy, and resources. The old, weak, and disabled were not worth plundering.

Within a month, the Nubians who had previously wreaked havoc in Egypt's southern border were almost wiped out.

In fact, their population was not large, only about 300,000 people. Even if there were some children and women left, it would not be a big deal.

Because a one-meter-tall child is only seven or eight years old, even if he can remember things, he can be easily brainwashed. Moreover, if they are taken back as slaves, it is also a question whether they can survive and grow up. Even if they survive and grow up, it is difficult for slaves to turn over a new leaf.

The same is true for women. Even if they were originally Nubians, after being taken by Egyptians, the children they gave birth to would also be Egyptians, not Nubians.

In this way, even if there are still some Nubians left, they will not cause much trouble in the next hundred years and will no longer be a problem for Egypt.

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After defeating the Nubians, the army returned victoriously, loaded with slaves, livestock and wealth.

This naturally made the Egyptians very excited. They not only shouted "Long live the Pharaoh", but also praised the protection of the God of Wealth and the God of War.

This gave Xiang Nan a lot of faith.

After returning to Thebes, Xiang Nan began to distribute the spoils of war, rewarding people according to the number of troops sent out and the number of heads killed, and distributed the captured slaves, livestock, and property.

The first credit naturally goes to Xiang Nan, followed by Ansuna, and then the princes who provided soldiers and logistical supplies, as well as the soldiers who charged into battle, etc.

Xiang Nan himself was given 500 slaves, 200 camels, and 100 loads of gold, silver and jewelry.

After everyone shared in the wealth, their interest in war became even stronger, and as a result, the belief in the God of War and the God of Wealth became more and more prosperous.

At this time, Xiang Nan also received the opportunity to become a god as the "God of War".

He had to promote a war involving more than 100,000 people, and defeat the strong with the weak, and the few with the few. Only in this way could he become the God of War.

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After receiving this revelation, Xiang Nan led his army to the Northern Expedition again.

It is actually not easy to defeat the strong with the weak or the majority with the few.

Since ancient times, there have been many examples of the weak defeating the strong and the few defeating the many on the battlefield, such as Xiang Yu's burning of his boats, Han Xin's fight with his back to the river, Cao Cao's Battle of Guandu, Xie An's Battle of Feishui, and so on.

But precisely because it is rare, it has been passed down through the ages. Basically, victory or defeat on the battlefield still depends on strength.

However, Xiang Nan did not give up. He began to plan and choose a suitable venue to wage this war of the weak defeating the strong.

He investigated the thoughts of the king, ministers, and princes of the Hittite Empire, investigated the deployment of the army, investigated the character of the commander-in-chief, and investigated the public opinion...

After considering various factors that might affect the war situation, he finally decided to set the battlefield in the city of Arakh in the south of the Hittite Empire.

This is the fief of Ramu the Younger, son of Ramu II, King of the Hittite Empire. Ramu the Younger is stubborn and unruly, and is very unpopular. The generals under his command and the people under his rule are all dissatisfied with him. Internal discord is also a way to death.

The city of Arach had the Euphrates River lying in front of it, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. Egypt's several attacks on the Hittite Empire were all defeated here.

This also made the people of Arach very confident, believing that Arach was an invincible city. As the saying goes, an arrogant army will be defeated, and this was also one of the reasons for the failure.

Moreover, Xiang Nan has already figured out how to turn the terrain advantage of Arach City into a noose to strangle Arach City.

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The army moved north along the Nile River.

Xiang Nan led the Army of Death as the vanguard and successively captured the cities of Hama, Katna, Arvad, Ugarit and others of the Hittite Empire.

However, he did not kill indiscriminately this time. He just released magic to destroy the walls of these cities and let the army of death enter the city to destroy many buildings.

Even though there were not many casualties, the nobles, merchants, and common people in the city were terrified when they saw the army of death that was like a swarm of locusts and the collapsing city walls. They did not dare to stay in the city and immediately fled, carrying the elderly and children.

Their destination was the city of Arach, which had never been conquered.

This caused the city of Arach to have more than 300,000 more people, doubling its population.

Many refugees don’t even have houses to live in and have to live on the streets, which puts tremendous pressure on the city’s logistics and food supply.

Xiang Nan took the opportunity to send out spies to spread rumors in the city of Arach, saying that Xiang Nan was the incarnation of God, the messenger of God, and had the protection of the god of death, and would kill them all.

They also said that the refugees were carrying the plague and that they could not be taken in, otherwise the plague would spread to the entire city of Arach; they also said that Egyptian soldiers had mixed in with the refugees and that they would open the city gates when the army arrived.

It was also said that the city lord, Little Ram, was unpopular and had already angered the gods. This time the gods would no longer bless him, but would instead make the Euphrates River move away.

In a word, it is to instigate discord between the residents of the city and the refugees, and do everything possible to exaggerate the atmosphere of terror in the city.

As a result, everyone in the city of Arach was terrified and uneasy.

There are cracks between residents and refugees, and between the public and officials.

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At the same time, Xiang Nan assigned 500 people to drive ten large ships, loaded them with stones, and then crossed the Euphrates River together. Then they smashed through the cabins and sank the ships.

Ten large ships loaded with stones immediately stopped the raging water. Xiang Nan then ordered people to build a dam to block the water of the Euphrates River.

"Oh my God, the Euphrates River has really dried up!"

"It's over. We don't have a moat anymore."

"How could the river dry up? Oh my God, we are really cursed by God."

"The gods have really sent down a disaster. We are really going to die this time!"

The people in the city were in a panic for a while.

The Euphrates River is both their mother river and their moat. It is precisely because of the natural barrier of the Euphrates River that they have been safe for so many years.

But now the Euphrates River has dried up, so if a large army attacks, they will lose an effective barrier.

Moreover, the drying up of the Euphrates River seemed to indicate that the ruler Ram was unpopular. Even the gods did not bless them, and it seemed that they were doomed to fail this time.

Therefore, before Xiang Nan's army arrived, the people and defenders in the city had already been frightened.