154, a bloody river

General Amon originally had five titles, but now one was cut off and turned into four. The first title, "The Great God Horus," disappeared, while the other title, "Inheriting the Glory of An-La" was mentioned first and changed to "Huiying An-La's Glory".

This change is of course, because Horus not only lost the status of the King of Eju, but no longer possessed the title of god, and Allah became the only legal supreme god. Elacht's monotheistic reform first took the title of the famous imperial general Amon, which was a temptation and a declaration.

Amon couldn't say anything except Xie Sheng, and the ministers of Aju also knew the current trend of the empire. Although it was just a change of title for the general, its actual role was very important.

Amon's merits and glory was obtained on the battlefield and enjoyed a high reputation among the people. There was no need to know when or where a rumor was spread. It was precisely because of the protection of the god An-La that the An-La Legion won a miraculous victory on the battlefield. The failure of the Horus, the most elite main force in the kingdom, naturally also symbolized the injury and retreat of Horus.

The Emperor's Regiment was named after the gods, and naturally had another meaning. The soldiers believed that the name of the legion was the guardian god on the battlefield. However, the Horus Legion lost its first battle and almost wiped out the entire army. An-La Legion, which had just been formed by a miscellaneous army, made many extraordinary achievements and saved the fate of the failure of the Eju Empire. Once this rumors spread, they had a great influence among the people, and they also fueled the reform of Pharaoh Elakht.

Even if the gods have a divine realm, if they want to turn it into a real "divine source of divine power", they still need true belief and contribution. The establishment of the single god system must have a corresponding social foundation, so that Seth can enjoy the real status of the main god with the help of An-La.

After Amon replied to the letter to thank the Pharaoh for his reward, Elacht issued a series of new decrees, requiring the city-states to replace all the main gods worshipped in the temple with Anlah and Horus, the other gods, including Anlah and Horus, did not cancel their sacrifices, but they must be ranked behind Seth. At the same time, he built a magnificent main temple in Hilmore and designated Hilmore as the new capital of the empire.

Elacht's monotheistic reform also had a very realistic significance in the secular world of the Eju Empire, and it was concentrated and strengthened the rule of royal power. After a war of national mobilization, the conflicts between various factions within the empire became increasingly obvious, especially the contradiction between the emerging aristocratic class and the gentry aristocrats for thousands of years became increasingly acute.

Lasis II died too suddenly, and Elakht's status was not stable after he ascended the throne. He was not the eldest son of Lasis II, but the luckiest among the princes. He ascended the throne with the support of powerful ministers. Many powers in the Eju Empire were controlled by traditional aristocrats represented by the priest group. Elakht's reform was equivalent to centralization of power to remove the fire from the bottom of the pot.

There is still a certain difference between the concept of the gentry priest group and the magician. Great magicians like Maria and George do not belong to this force, but are nobles that have emerged in recent years. People like Rhode Dick, although they are not magicians, are still the main priests of the cape city-state, and have controlled local military and political power for generations, which is a typical representative of them.

For example, the Lington family, which Nero came from, was also a member of the priesthood group. Amon had a strong conflict with this family. If you put aside personal factors, this is also one of the inevitable contradictions caused by the rise of new forces represented by Amon.

The rule that combines divine power and royal power, when the status of the royal power is unstable, power is easily controlled by local gentry groups. The changes in the Nine-Linked Gods are an opportunity. Elacht took the opportunity to promote the Uni-Divine Reform, which is also an important symbol of weakening various conflicting forces in the country, strengthening centralization, changing his name to himself, and building a new king.

Elacht has not yet dreamed of the Temple of Isis, but according to the oracles and decrees, Goddess Isis also became an angel. Pharaoh gave the angel a special title "Holy Mary Angel" and also gave the original Goddess Isis the latest title of the guardian of Saint Mary - the Guardian of the Virgin Angel.

The temple of Isis is still worshipped as "The Mary of Isis". The most important east-west side hall on both sides of the main temple is rebuilt. The place where the sun rises on the east is worshipped by An-La, and the angels led by Seth are worshipped on the west. In fact, this is the temple of Seth, and the angels behind are just foils surrounding him.

As expected by Amon, he soon received a pharaoh's order from the Herac city-state to summon craftsmen from Duke Town to Hilmore to build the main temple for the gods of An-La. General Amon's first title was "Huiying An-La Glory". He had no reason to refuse this mere trivial matter, otherwise he would be disrespectful to the gods. Pharaoh ordered the recruitment of craftsmen to the city-states, and specifically mentioned the miners' clan in Duke Town.

If Rassis II did not die, there would be no change in the Nine-Linked Gods. After Amon made a big fuss in Meng Feisi, ordinary people would no longer deliberately seek him fault unless there was conclusive evidence that the general had committed serious crimes. But now everything has changed, the empire's power structure is being reorganized, and Prime Minister Joseph is the most staunch supporter of the New Pharaoh's Reformation, perhaps he told him where the best craftsmen on the Pharaoh continent were.

Even if the prime minister did not say it, Pharaoh himself would make Amon express his opinion, which was both the will of the gods and the national policy of the empire. Amon said apologetically to the messenger of the Herac city-state: "I cannot predict what happened today. Those craftsmen have been sent to the territory of the Duke Plain."

The messenger said, "This is the order of the Pharaoh, and it must be carried out. Your Majesty just rewarded you with a large area of ​​territory, but only a few dozen slaves. This is the most important thing in the empire at present. The general should immediately recall the slaves."

Amon nodded and said, "I will send my personal guards to recall them immediately."

The messenger said, "Thank you, General, I will wait for news in your territory."

John took a team of personal guards across the Ronnie God River, "recovered" Moses and others who had set out along the official road. He came back two days later and reported to Amon with panic: "General, it's not good, your slave has abandoned his carriage and escaped! We found their abandoned carriages on the official road by the river, and also the footprints entering the deep mountains and dense forests. The mountains and fields are too desolate, and we searched for them all day but couldn't find them."

Amon slapped the table and said, "What, they dare to escape? Continue to search, and then take it directly to Herac City State!" Then he said to the envoy: "I'm so sorry, those slaves have fled. Please report to the Pharaoh truthfully. I am willing to donate a large sum of money to contribute to the empire to build the Temple of An-La."

Slaves fleeing happens frequently. The facts are clear. General Amon did not lie. He is also a victim. Moreover, Amon donated a lot of money and was not empty talk. He gave out a contribution equivalent to a thousand divine stones, which was far beyond the value of dozens of ordinary slaves.

The envoy was not sure about the inside story and thought that his mission had been completed very well. Although the general's slave ran away, he sacrificed a thousand divine stones, so he comforted Amon and returned to the city-state of Herac and reported the situation to the king capital.

Unexpectedly, after seeing the report, Pharaoh attached great importance to it and immediately sent someone to issue an order to reward the General Amon's slaves, commending him for his actions of offering the Temple of An-La, and at the same time compensated for his slaves' losses from the escape. Pharaoh ordered the city-states across the country to assist the general in recovering the fugitive slaves, and specifically emphasized that these craftsmen were very important in the metaphor of the gods.

After receiving the order, Amon frowned. Elaht's move was extraordinary. He did not simply summon craftsmen. He wanted this group of people to order the whole country to the city-state for dozens of fleeing slaves. But the Pharaoh was unable to punish the general himself on the surface. Amon's slaves also suffered losses even after they ran away, not to mention that he also donated a lot of money.

Faced with the "love" of the Empire's Pharaoh, General Amon was also very "gratitude" and denounced John's "incompetent" guards in his territory. In anger, he removed John's position as captain of the guard and wanted to drive him back to Mengfeisi. John begged: "General, please give me a chance to make meritorious service. Although you removed my guard's position as captain of the guard, I still need to make up for my fault."

Amon nodded and said, "John, you have nothing to do with me. Since you have the desire to help this general, for the sake of the Pharaoh, I will give you a warrant. You will lead all my personal guards to search along the official road, and even if you chase them out of the border of Eju, you will find them!"

John bowed and said, "Thank you, General. If I can't find them, I will never come to see you!"

John was removed from his post by Amon. In order to save his mistakes, he asked the general to continue to take his personal guards to find the fugitive slave. All this was voluntary and seemed to be executing the orders of Pharaoh. In fact, before that, Amon asked John privately: "Pharaoh issued orders to the city-states of the country for dozens of fugitive slaves. This move is extraordinary. It seems that I will leave Eju sooner or later. What will you do after I leave?"

John replied without thinking: "Of course I will continue to follow the god Amon and take Themisfire with you."

Amon smiled: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave by then. I will give you two choices now. One is to remove your position as captain of the guard, which has nothing to do with me. Hui Meng Feisi continues to be an unemployed general. The second choice is to remove your position, but to give you a chance to go to where I am going."

John: "Of course it is the second choice. To be honest, all your personal guards will follow you to the death. If you leave Eju, their fate will be miserable. Please consider it."

Amon nodded: "You think very thoughtful, then I will let you take them all away."

Amon asked John to lead all his personal guards to pursue the fugitive slaves along the official road, but he simply gave them a chance to leave the Eju border and go to the Duke Plain. General Amon dismissed the people around him so cleanly. All the tribesmen fled, Medanzo and Link also left, and now even John has left, not even a personal guard has been left!

He only had slaves on the territory, which was like living alone in a large and unfamiliar territory, but seemed very calm. Amon thought very clearly that if the Pharaoh really wanted to do something bad for him, he could leave at any time, but the people around him would inevitably be implicated, so it would be better to prepare early. He is now a bare general, with a cat around him.

Amon did not want to take the initiative to "treason". If this crime was convicted, it would implicate too many people. The subordinates and all the adults who recommended him at the time could not escape. What's more, after John left, Amon had already begun to untie the seal of Schrödinger's imprisonment, and he had no time and energy to deal with other things.

However, Pharaoh Eju attached much importance to recovering the people of Duke Town, far exceeding the expectations of ordinary people. Behind the Pharaoh's orders, there was even the shadow of the gods.

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Moses led his tribe along the deserted mountains on the east bank of the Ronnie River, through the rarely visited dense forests, and went north from Helio to the Bubbas city-state. Here the official road turned east, and they had to cross the official road and walked into another mountain to avoid tracking. Moses led his tribe to hide in the mountains, hoping to wait until there was no one on the official road late at night before passing.

However, at night he heard the voice of the messenger again. Medanzo told him that he could not set out at night and that he had to wait until dawn. Sure enough, on that night, the city-state garrison holding torches passed by the official road, and there were several groups in a row. If he saw Moses and others, he would not be able to escape.

When it was almost dawn, Moses heard Medanzo's voice again: "You can leave."

Moses woke up the sleeping tribe members and quietly came to the official road and walked a distance along the avenue. It was far from the town, and the people who were rushing to the road had not passed by. The nearby farm was still sleeping, and there was a cloud in the sky that always covered them. They ventured through this densely populated open area and entered another desolate mountainous area, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After trekking through the shrub-covered hills for several days, many places had to cut through the thorns and cut through the thorn bushes to open the road. Everyone carried heavy things on their backs, and even the strong miners were tired. That afternoon, we came to a river, a tributary of the lower reaches of the Ronnie River and an important source of water to irrigate the land near the Bubbas City State. Moses ordered everyone to stop and rest, take out the vessel to make a fire and cook.

Everyone built earth stoves and picked up firewood. Moses ordered six of the twelve judges to be on duty, and used the magic technique to not let the thick smoke ignited from the fire rise, so as not to be discovered. The fire had just ignited, and the tribesmen who were sent to the river to fetch water stumbled back and reported: "No, a terrifying miracle appeared, and the river water turned into blood!"

Moses hurriedly led people to the riverside. The flowing river water was shining with a dark red light and a faint smell of blood. Someone shouted in horror: "Didn't the gods protect us? But miracles are blocking our way."

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Chapter completed!