It is no exaggeration to say that under the governance of Nitocris, although Memphis has been in chaos for many years, it now ranks first in Egypt in terms of strength.

In terms of the combat effectiveness of the army alone, the combined strength of all the other Nomes in Egypt is no match for this army.

Historically, the death of Nitocris announced the end of the Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, and also announced the temporary end of the centralized rule of ancient Egypt. At that time, more than 70 pharaohs appeared in Egypt overnight, each A man claimed to have the right to inherit this country. The Seventh Dynasty of ancient Egypt lasted for seventy days before it fell. After that, there was eight years of chaos. During this period, although the pharaoh existed, his decrees were only Can travel in Memphis, the Pharaoh's rule exists in name only.

What followed was the Heracliopolis dynasty, with Heracliopolis as its capital, the ninth dynasty of Egypt.

The first king of the Ninth Dynasty was Meilibula Akhito I. He was originally the governor of Heracleiopolis. He used brutal means to seize the throne and take the name Meilibula and rule. imposed on his colleagues and other governors. In addition to the Delta region, which was penetrated by the Assians, his royal status was recognized in the vast areas of Central Egypt and as far south as Aswan.

Heracleiopolis is the capital of the 20th state of Upper Egypt. It stands at the junction of Upper and Lower Egypt and has a very important strategic position.

At this time, its governor was Melibula Akhito. Among the many rulers who split Egypt, most of them were short-sighted. The only purpose of splitting was to establish their own local rule and become a local emperor. Wealth to support oneself.

Only Melibula Akheito is different. He is located in a strategic location and has always been the bridge between the rulers of Upper and Lower Egypt. The implementation of many policies regarding Upper and Lower Egypt has to go through him. Hands, subject to his cooperation.

Due to the innate geographical isolation, Upper and Lower Egypt have always had different customs and customs, which has also caused a certain tendency of division. Therefore, for the pharaohs, maintaining the unity of Upper and Lower Egypt has always been their important responsibility.

Melibula Akheito, who is located in a strategic location, has also shouldered this important responsibility. He has been working conscientiously and is committed to maintaining the unity of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Being at the junction of the two places, he saw the differences between Upper and Lower Egypt, and the various conflicts between the Upper and Lower Egyptians. All of this made the rule of Heracliopolis extremely complicated. Any policy issues would continue in this complicated situation. enlarge. Such difficult governance also allowed him to gradually develop extraordinary foresight and overall perspective.

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

In the later period of Pharaoh Pepi's reign, the old and feeble Pharaoh caused chaos in Egypt, which also made him dissatisfied. In his opinion, such a Pharaoh was simply incompetent, and the division of Egypt would inevitably occur at his hands.

Melibula's judgment was very accurate, and the successive deaths of Pepi and Melaran II accelerated the division of Egypt. After Nitocris, the female pharaoh, succeeded to the throne, Melibula's dissatisfaction with the pharaoh reached At its culmination, he saw the division of Egypt as their sin.

But such dissatisfaction also made him raise his own ambitions.

If the pharaohs were incompetent, why replace them?

The chaos in Egypt seemed to other governors to be a temporary division and an opportunity to rule one side, but in the eyes of Melibula Aheito, this was an opportunity to realize his own ambitions, so warlords in other places withheld taxes and drank wine and meat. At that time, he was working hard to develop his own strength.

At the same time, he was waiting for the chaos in Egypt to escalate further.

That was the time for him to officially send out troops to seize the title of Pharaoh.

In the original history, he succeeded, and Nitocris's successors fought on their own, and the war for the position of Pharaoh exhausted Egypt's last vestige of power.

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

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

This time, he did not wait for the chaos to come closer, but instead waited for the army from Memphis.

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

However, after setting off from Memphis, Nitocris did not lead the army north to reunify the most important region of Egypt, but instead went south along the Nile River.

Along the way, the army attacked cities and territories everywhere. Itawui, Meidum, Crocodile City, and one after another originally independent Nome and cities surrendered to the Pharaoh's army and returned to the glory of the sun.

And Nitocris also dismissed the local dignitaries and officials who caused division and chaos, ransacked their homes, exiled them, and executed them. She also moved the families of those"meritorious officials" who were loyal to the Pharaoh and did not split the country to Meng. Fes, giving central official positions as a reward.

In these cities, she left troops and officials to govern the place together with locally promoted officials.

Using officials sent from the center to control local areas instead of ruling in a similar way to governors and lords greatly strengthened Memphis' control over local areas.

The plan to move the original nobles imitated Liu Bang's methods in the Han Dynasty, concentrating influential and powerful people in the capital for direct control, reducing local power, thus deepening the kingdom's dominance. For a time, Egypt's rule Started to develop into a 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 realized that in terms of political wisdom, she was inferior to the man who had been teaching her. Not even close.

In short, with the overwhelming offensive, the army finally arrived near Heracleiopolis.

If Nitocris had not risen, her mediocre successors would naturally not be aware of the governor's ambition. But Nitocris was different. Before the war began, she sent many caravans to various parts of Egypt through 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 all parts of Egypt has dropped sharply, even the Nile Delta is no exception, so grain merchants are welcome everywhere.

As for this kind of intelligence collection method, no one in this era can see the clues.

Therefore, relying on this advanced method, Nitocris successfully obtained intelligence from various places. Among them, Mailibra's unusual behavior naturally attracted her attention.

Heroes like Mailibula must be nipped in the bud. _Feilu reminds you: three things about reading - collection, recommendation,

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