Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 437 Leaving Canaan and Returning to Egypt

The Nile Delta is not large in area; it is approximately an equilateral triangle with sides of 200 kilometers.

People with good legs and feet can basically cross this area in just one week.

Because of the shape of this region, as long as three places are heavily guarded, the entire delta can be controlled.

With three legions, the cavalry could break through the defense zone in half a day, and the infantry could suppress the local riots in at most three days.

If we also consider the more dispersed garrisons, then as long as the three regiments remain firmly in place, there will be no chance of a rebellion in the Egyptian interior.

There is no room for guerrilla warfare here, and there is no way to survive.

……

On an April night, the sea breeze gently blows from the Mediterranean, carrying a slightly salty dampness and the scent of rising spring waters.

The low houses on both sides of the river mouth were shrouded in night, with only the lights and starlight creating dappled reflections on the water.

In this day and age, the starry sky has not yet been hidden by light pollution; it feels as if you could reach out and touch the starry sky, and pluck the stars from the sky.

Everything is beautiful, but the people here are not.

Those in positions of power are obsequious, while those on the ground grovel and barely survive.

Those with knowledge and power know no shame, while the ignorant and fearless are oblivious to the future.

To change this place, a flood is necessary to wash away everything from the past.

But before that, Nasser took a few deep breaths and decided to save as many as he could.

Under the cover of night, he went to the stable where the prisoners were being held.

Many people here had already fallen into a deep sleep, and even the locals guarding the prisoners did not know where they had deserted, leaving the prisoners tied to the pillars with ropes.

The prisoners didn't make a fuss; aside from appearing annoyed, they seemed completely oblivious to how things were unfolding.

They sat by the stable, chatting idly about all sorts of gossip from around the village.

In their minds, they had already been beaten and tied up here all night, so what could possibly happen to them?
At worst, I can just turn back and serve the rich man as his slave for a few more days.

As people who have nothing left, they have nothing left to lose.

Things are already this bad, how much worse can they get?
Of course, some people have also mentioned that the landlord could sell these people who were captured into slavery.

This caused panic among some people, but then others said: What's there to be afraid of when you're a slave? Life goes on just the same, doesn't it? Slave owners were not happy to see their slaves starve to death.

And so, these docile people accepted their fate with equanimity.

They had been like this until Nasser arrived with his sword.

Nasser was masked, and it was quite dark, so the farmers didn't recognize him.

Then, Nasser said in a gruff voice, "The Bai have already made arrangements with others to hand you over to that centurion to have your heads cut off as military merit!"

Hearing such a threat from a stranger, the farmers didn't react much. For a moment, they didn't quite understand what it meant to cut off heads as military merit.

After all, Egypt doesn't have this kind of martial culture.

This left Nasser somewhat bewildered.

When he cut the rope with his sword and rescued a farmer, who was even more bewildered after receiving a dagger that Nasser had thrown at him, he was completely at a loss.

Because this farmer neither ran away nor shouted, he just stood there blankly, looking at Nasser, the masked man, and then at the dagger in his hand, pondering for a long time without taking any action.

"Damn it! If you don't run now, you'll all be beheaded tomorrow!" Such threats are meaningless.

After hesitating for a moment, Nasser drew his sword and held it to the other man's neck.

"If you don't run now, I'll chop your head off right now!"

This time, the other party understood and quickly grabbed the dagger and fled, ignoring the other people who were tied up.

Nasser was dumbfounded; he began to doubt whether the other party was even human.

He meant that he wanted the other party to help him cut the grass rope so that he could escape with the others!
What's this all about? Finding a valuable dagger and then running away?
But if the other party isn't human, then what could it be?

Nasser, who was driven to the brink of collapse by the ordeal, had no choice but to handle everything by himself.

Only by threatening them with knives could they be driven away.

……

The five books of Moses are very important scriptures for both Judaism and Christianity.

The Book of Exodus records how God saved the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and made a covenant with them on Mount Sinai, establishing a covenant relationship between God and His chosen people.

For later Israelis, this became their shared national memory, while for non-Israeli Christians, it also carries different theological significance.

As a believer who had received education through the "church" system, Nasser was naturally able to learn about some of the new interpretations of the Jerusalem Canon.

In the interpretation of the Jerusalem sect.

God said: “I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt, I have heard their cries for help under the control of their overseers, and I know their suffering. Therefore I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to lead them out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey…”

This passage reveals a key characteristic: the Heavenly Father is not a transcendent, distant God, but a God who stands with the suffering, hears their cries, and takes proactive action.

This reveals a God who "intervenes in history," embodying the action and morality of faith.

Even Moses was portrayed as a prophetic revolutionary leader. This has nothing to do with historical truth, but rather it is a political ideology that must be promoted and packaged in this way.

Moses questioned injustice, promoted change, and stood on the side of the poor and the oppressed.

In this narrative, Egypt becomes a symbol of an oppressive system, a systemic evil and injustice that turns people into tools.

Therefore, the "Exodus" was not simply about escaping a country, but rather an indictment of injustice.

As for why they didn't protest in Egypt, the church actually had an explanation.

In the confined environment of the Nile Delta, those who remained were alienated by the overall bureaucratic power and became subservient subjects of the system.

There is no longer a shared sense of destiny, nor is there courage and trust.

Therefore, if you want to change, you can't stay here.

Of course, the Exodus was for the purpose of returning to Egypt, and the escape from injustice was to accumulate strength to fight against injustice.

Now the time is ripe, and it is time to "leave Canaan and return to Egypt".

This propaganda undoubtedly lends a theological legitimacy to the military operations in Jerusalem.

Nasser didn't really agree, but after experiencing all this, he found himself unable to deny the "church" theory.

Especially when the next day arrived.

(End of this chapter)