Chapter 1,271 Everyone spirals down to the ground together
The monarch of Uruk invited other city-state monarchs to go to the city of Uruk to discuss an alliance.
But it is different from the past. Most of the city-states paid tribute to Lagash and believed that Uruk was not strong enough to become the new alliance leader. At this time, if you go to Uruk for an alliance, it would be tantamount to betraying Lagash.
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No matter which camp you choose, duplicitous people will have the most miserable consequences.
But Uruk sincerely invited and said that although the Kuti people were destroyed, they still needed to form an alliance in order to fight against the Akkadians in the north. Uruk even said that it could transfer its dominance. Since
Lagash has become the number one city-state in the world, so the leader of the city-state alliance this time can be Lagash.
Uruk only provides a venue. After all, the oldest king Gilgamesh is the king of Uruk. Now that Sumer has revived, Uruk is the most suitable venue for a gathering of city-state monarchs.
King Gudea felt something was wrong, but he was very confident in his own strength, so he agreed to the invitation.
"Even if thousands of armies surround me, I can still break out."
But just in case, he still brought a secret weapon.
"We have no contact with each other and are not very familiar with each other. If something suddenly happens and I invite someone to dinner, I will either ask for someone's help or endanger their life."
The monarchs of more than a dozen small city-states ruled by King Gudea also followed him to Uruk. Together with many servants, there were thousands of soldiers in total.
Even Tianfang City was invited.
"Why do I feel like Hongmen Banquet?"
Wen Ming looked at the clay tablet. Although his tone was very sincere, Tianfang and Lagash were wearing the same pair of pants. Uruk was Lagash's biggest competitor. This time, Lagash snatched two heads in a row. He must have
ruined their plans.
Yu Zai: "I heard that Uruk did not pay tribute or show favor to Lagash. On the contrary, they remained silent for a long time, and suddenly called people over to eat. I am afraid that they were halfway through the meal, and they just threw the cup.
No., there will be five hundred swordsmen and axemen in the house behind."
Wen Ming: "That makes sense. I'd better ask Dayi to come with me. He has experience in dealing with this kind of Hongmen Banquet."
Dayi was invited by the Hufang Kingdom to attend the "Completion Ceremony of the Tongbai Mountain and Water Monkey Scenic Area". At the banquet, the Hufang Kingdom wanted to bring the Tongbai area into its sphere of influence, but Dayi strongly opposed it.
When the negotiations between the two parties were fruitless, Dayi asked them to sacrifice themselves for righteousness.
So Yi followed Wen Ming and set out.
After several days of running around, we arrived at the city of Uruk, which is worthy of being a big city as famous as Lagash. The ancient temple leads to the sky and rises from the vast desert and plains, like a man-made
In the mountains, the mud brick city wall is more majestic than Lagash, like a crouching dragon.
Because the city of Uruk was not severely damaged like Lagash, there was no need to rebuild the city-state on the ruins.
"The ancestral city walls are still standing after hundreds of years of wind and frost. It is said that the entire civilized history of Mesopotamia began with this city. There is no doubt that this is an ancient heroic city. Its existence
It is the monument of Sumer."
Yi was not stingy in his praise for this, and monarchs from other city-states gradually arrived. King Uruk set up a sumptuous banquet in the palace for everyone to enjoy.
"It's just that the ancient city of heroes is filled with a faint smell of blood."
As soon as Dayi entered the city, he could smell the bloody smell. Even after many days, it was still lingering in the city like a resentful spirit and there was something unusual here.
Gudiya found Wen Ming and Dayi, and after greeting them, he told them about the strange situation he had seen.
"The main deity of Uruk is Inanna, the goddess of Venus. I have been here in the past and when I helped them build the temple, there were sculptures of the goddess everywhere, but now, these sculptures are gone."
"There are no statues of Inanna, nor her clay dolls. Even the statues of the two sages Gilgamesh and Enkidu have disappeared. The statues that have not disappeared have also had their faces erased. This is a kind of
Shame! Even the horns of the Bull of Heaven were broken, something different happened to the city, and their faith changed."
Although the people of Uruk still seem to be living a normal life, they seem to have lost some vitality. They can feel some tension between them, and there is Uruk not far away on the street.
Soldiers appeared, and when the foreign monarchs wanted to inquire about something, these soldiers would come up to stop them, and they would tell a lot of truths, indicating that the noble king should not have contact with the untouchables.
Many kings entered the palace with their guards. The food at the banquet was rich, and many beautiful flowers were planted in earthen pots, exuding fragrant fragrance.
The king of Uruk, Pusurili, appeared to welcome the arrival of the kings of the city-states.
"Every king of the city-state, as well as the governor of Tianfang, as the king of Uruk, I am honored to invite you to participate in this alliance discussion."
"As I said before, if the alliance is established, Lagash will be the core city-state that dominates the entire alliance, and I, Uruk, will not compete for it."
"In order to prevent the Akkadians from the north from coming back, let us learn from the lessons learned a hundred years ago and never give up our homeland to foreigners again."
"So, we must unite and unite our faith. Only a unified faith can unite all nations closely."
The King of Uruk talked a lot about unity, and the three sentences were inseparable from faith. At this time, the monarchs had noticed that something was wrong, and the King of Uruk said with a smile, I hope you will not be ignorant of the praise, and suggested that your own clay sculptures and
Statues of gods, all contributed.
The palace door was closed, and several demigods walked out from the dark corner.
"The moon god gave us power and gave birth to many demigods in Uruk. As long as you believe in the moon god together, this sumptuous table of dishes will be a testimony that we have become a nation of brothers."
"Lagesh can still be the leader. I believe that under the leadership of the great one and under the light of the moon, Mesopotamia will be able to turn into a powerful slave empire."
The surrounding monarchs suddenly felt a little powerless!
"The Underworld Flower of Nergal!"
The King of Kish discovered the problem and was shocked. The source of the fragrance was the flowers planted in the palace. This weakness and dizziness were signs of poisoning, and in myths and legends, a flower bloomed only in winter.
Flowers are things created by the god of the underworld who usurped the authority of the god of plants.
"It's spring now. Even if there is such a legendary flower, it should wither. How could it bloom in the palace?"
The King of Kish was so weak that he couldn't see clearly in front of his eyes. He could only see an arrogant blurry figure. He felt bad because his seat was too close to the flowers.
"This is the power of the Moon God, which makes winter and spring exchange with each other, and life and death are reversed. And I am protected by the Moon God, so I don't have to stay away from the fragrance of the underworld flower."
The King of Uruk, Pusurili, sighed: "I will not kill you, but I just want you to consider changing your faith. Before that, you will spend a long time in the temple of Uruk."
Before he finished speaking, Gudea stood up.
"Great one, are you not affected? But this is also expected. Damn, wait, what are you going to do!"