Pivot of the Sky

Chapter 267: Rise of the Kingdom of Potts

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Gabriel passed the "examination of fate, the judgment of the doomsday", disappeared in the gray vortex, and reached the eternal eternity. Pain doesn't matter, even she doesn't exist.

I don't know how long time has passed, because there is no concept of time. In the human world, it may be just a moment, or it may be a long time. Gabriel finally came to his senses. At this moment, she is an idealistic existence. When the soul regains clarity, the god finally wakes up, and feels a kind of guidance inexplicably, as if she can step into another world one step at a time. She has seen a little light in a place that is very far away but seems very near.

She was about to fly towards this point of light, or this point of light approached her actively, as if to lead her into another world, but then this point of light disappeared. While Gabriel was in astonishment, Amon's figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and he waved his hand to open up a lonely time and space. A complex and profound message was imprinted into Gabriel's soul. pain.

Amon gave up the world he created, temporarily opened up a piece of time and space for Gabriel to heal his wounds, and immediately told her many mysteries after transcending immortality. Gabriel saluted Amon, and when she stood up again, she had returned to normal, holding a shining golden sacred stone and handing it to Amon, saying—

"My God, relying on the protection of this sacred stone, I finally passed the test and came before you. This sacred stone is not damaged, but there is a tear stain."

Amon took the tear of the gods left by Maria, and saw the trace of tears in the faint golden light. These tears are neither cracks nor the lines of the sacred stone itself. All ordinary sacred stones and various special sacred stones do not contain any impurities. No matter what color they are, their texture is pure and transparent without any blemishes. The damage turns to powder.

This tear stain appears in the light, no matter what angle you turn the sacred stone to look at, the tear stain will appear at the place where your eyes are staring.

There is no need for the gods to communicate more, the information printed in the soul can clearly explain everything. Amon nodded and held up the tears of the gods, and the golden light shone on Gabriel's body. It guarded this transcendent immortal god to heal his wounds, and I don't know how long time has passed.

Gabriel's injuries are gradually recovering, and there is no need to stay in this lonely time and space all the time. She can return to the human world and recuperate in the Garden of Eden. However, Amon planned to wait for her to fully recover before imparting some mysteries of the cultivation of the gods, so he has been quietly standing in the lonely time and space holding the tears of the gods.

But Amon didn't wait until Gabriel fully recovered. At some point or for some reason, the golden light from the tears of the gods suddenly trembled. Gabriel in front of him also sensed it, raised his head from a state of meditation and asked, "My god, what happened to shock you so much?"

God Amon, who can even give up the world of the kingdom of God he created with his own hands, is there any unexpected thing that can disturb his soul? Two things happened at the same time. One is that in the human world, Ge Lie, the great magician of Master Amon Jingruo, died in battle; the other is that Amon heard a distant call from the distant kingdom of Anuna. .

Ge Lie's prestige in Hatti Kingdom even surpassed the gods, and his status and glory were incomparable. What kind of war requires him to rush to the front line? How could this almost the most outstanding military commander on the mainland die in battle? Things have to start from the beginning, and it has been twelve years since Amon passed away.

It took Amon three years to refine and fuse the lotus flower and the Tablet of Destiny in his soul, and it took three years to create a kingdom of God until it was destroyed. It took seven and a half years to protect Gabriel and heal his wounds. year and a half. Before the arrival of Gabriel, Amon had been focused on everything, ignoring everything that happened in the world.

In the past twelve years, earth-shaking changes have taken place on the Tianshu Continent. Almost all the people Amon met during his travels in various countries have changed their fates. All of this happened, in a sense, because of the appearance of a god, and he was Marduk who broke away from the Anunnaki god system. In the world, there is also the rise of a kingdom, that is, the Kingdom of Potts.

The Kingdom of Botts is far to the east of the Tianshu Continent. Historically, it was an unattractive, desolate and remote place. There are many primitive tribes and weak countries, and Botts is just one of them. The process of Pozzi's rise is the process of these tribes and countries being annexed and integrated, but Pozzi has very little dealings with countries in the Tianshu Continent, and people don't know much about it.

The most experienced mortal Amon has ever seen is Aesop, the slave city owner who has been to many places and recorded countless legends. On the way back to their hometown, Moses and others were tempted by a strange god who called himself Buckley. Amon had heard the name in the stories told by Aesop, and he was a god worshiped by the kingdom of Bozi. Amon also suspected that this Buckley might be another identity of Marduk.

Amon's guess is right, Buckley is another name of Marduk, just like Amon also has another name called Arhat or Satan. The names of the gods are not the titles of praise presented by the temples on earth. Each name corresponds to a unique identity and a unique guidance. The believers in the world do not even know its true meaning.

Before Amon left the world, the Kingdom of Potts ushered in the fastest era of prosperity and expansion in history, which was actually directly related to the battle of Emperor Sinach. When the Assyrian Empire rose, Emperor Sinach not only attacked the Baron and Duk Plains, but also launched a campaign to the east of the empire, slaughtering many weak tribes and countries.

Many loose tribes and countries were unable to protect themselves and were afraid of the brutal slaughter of the Assyrian Empire. In order to survive and protect themselves, they turned to the increasingly powerful Kingdom of Pots in the east. As a result, the borders of Bozi and Assyria extended from east to west, and finally evolved into a state of bordering, and the situation temporarily stabilized.

After Sinach was assassinated, a talented and bold monarch appeared in the Kingdom of Bozi, named Cyrus. Queen Semir made the decision to recall Faust and the Giant Legion and abandon the Duc Plain, on the one hand, she also felt the pressure of the rise of the Potts Kingdom in the east. After Faust returned home, he stayed in the imperial capital Niveh, while the Giant Legion was sent to the eastern border to prevent the attack of the Kingdom of Potts.

Semir believed that if the Kingdom of Bozi continued to expand westward, it would be the Assyrian Empire that would bear the brunt of the war with it. But Semir's guess was wrong, and the Bozi Kingdom avoided the facts and first launched an attack on the Elam Kingdom north of Assyria, not long after Amon left the world.

In the north of the Assyrian Empire, it was a barren land in ancient times. Some nomadic tribes lived there. These tribes were influenced by the civilization of Tianshu Continent. They learned to build city-states, gradually settled and merged during migration, and established a land called Elam. nation.

Cyrus' army first conquered Elam, established a province after destroying the kingdom, appointed the governor to be in charge of litigation, taxation and internal security, transformed this primitive and backward kingdom into a modern city-state, and established a whole set of administrative and administrative functions. military system.

Shortly after the annexation of Elam, Poz's army continued to advance westward, bypassing the Assyrian Empire from the north and directly reaching the northeast border of the Kingdom of Hatti, and captured the city-state of Rudi in Hatti.

Lu Di is located on the edge of wildness in the northeast corner of Hatti, and has only ever been harassed by scattered nomadic tribes. The city-state guards are lax, and they will collapse at the touch of the Poz army. The army sent by King Asher rushed to the border to fight, but was also defeated by Cyrus. The king, who had been very self-confident since he ascended the throne, finally realized that the situation was not good, so he personally went to the door and asked Ge Lie to come forward to command the army.

In recent years, Ge Lie has no longer paid attention to the common affairs of the Hatti Kingdom. He knows that his prestige in the kingdom is too high, which has affected King Asher's authority, so he simply hides away to avoid suspicion, and King Asher is also happy to see it in this way. But this time the situation was different. King Asher could have sent an envoy to summon Gelie, but he went to the city-state of Syria to visit him.

When Ge Lie came back, he did two things. One was to recruit troops from the cities of Meso and Budamia and drive them to the northeast border. These two city-states were established during the war. For those who are good at fighting, their generals are also direct descendants trained by Ge Lie himself. The second thing is to send envoys to negotiate an alliance with the Assyrian Empire, and the two countries will jointly fight against the Pozi army.

The original strategy of the Assyrian Empire was to sit on the sidelines and watch the tigers fight. They believed that the Hatti Kingdom was not as weak as Elam, and the Bozi army would pay a heavy price regardless of victory or defeat. If the Pozzi army is defeated, the Assyrian Empire can take the opportunity to attack; if the Pozzi army wins, the Assyrian Empire can also attack from the side and rear while it is exhausted.

But Ge Lie told Queen Semir of Assyria that the strength of the Bozi Kingdom exceeded the original estimate, and the Hatti army was no match. If Hatti is really defeated, according to Cyrus' strategy of gradually encroaching and supporting war with war, it will be difficult for the Assyrian Empire to take advantage of the situation, and it will become the next target to be encroached on. It is the best strategic choice. It's a team attack.

After deliberation by the Assyrian officials, they finally believed that Ge Lie's judgment was correct. The Kingdom of Bozi annexed Elam, and it did not lose anything but increased its strength. If it waited until it defeated Hatti, the Assyrian Empire would be surrounded on three sides, so it sent a large army to attack the enemy's flank.

The main battlefield took place in the city-state of Rudi in the Kingdom of Hatti and the Elam province of the Kingdom of Bozi. The Kingdom of Hatti and the Assyrian Empire joined forces to repel the attack of the Kingdom of Bozi, but the Kingdom of Bozi still defended Elam. province.

The Kingdom of Potts withdrew its troops for the time being, the northern front failed, and Hatti and Assyria suffered heavy losses. They were unable to launch expeditions in a short period of time, and the confrontation continued for several years. Afterwards, Ge Lie suggested that King Asher send envoys to negotiate with the Assyrian Empire, and try to join forces again to take the initiative.

King Asher did not adopt this suggestion. It was reasonable for him not to launch an expedition. The Kingdom of Hatti repelled the attack of the Kingdom of Bozi only after concentrating its forces and uniting with the Assyrian Empire after a major defeat. The homeland of the Bozi Kingdom is far east of Assyria. Even if the Hatti Kingdom launched an expedition to win, it would be for the Assyrian Empire to pick and choose.

At this time, King Cyrus sent another large army to launch another campaign under the leadership of the commander-in-chief of the battlefield and the general of the kingdom, Darius, this time targeting the Assyrian Empire.

The Assyrian Empire once occupied the six city-states of the original Baron Kingdom, and Bozi joined forces with the Baron Kingdom to send troops to fight at the same time, and the attack target was these six city-states. The Kingdom of Baron and Assyria are mortal enemies, and Marduk also issued an oracle, ordering the Kingdom of Baron to take this opportunity to launch a counterattack against Assyria. King Feng Niu of Baron gathered his army to attack from north to south, while Darius led the army from east to west.

The Assyrian Empire was hard to resist, and this battle line was too far away from the Kingdom of Hatti, even if it wanted to join forces with Hatti again, it would be impossible. The army of Bozi was in full swing, and Darius captured five of the six city-states, and Baron also took the opportunity to recover the city-state of Reese.

From the results of this war, it can be seen that the combat effectiveness of the various legions of the Assyrian Empire is far inferior to that of Sinach. When they expanded their borders, they slaughtered too much, and the occupied areas suffered serious losses. The people were forced to migrate to become slaves, and the soldiers became new nobles.

Theoretically speaking, those six city-states had already been formally ceded to the Assyrian Empire, and they were no longer the territory of Baron. Whoever captured them would own them. King Feng Niu sent troops just to get back as much as he could. However, Barron's army only captured one city-state, while Potts' army occupied all the other five city-states. The difference in combat effectiveness between the two countries can also be seen.

After the Kingdom of Bozi captured five city-states from the Assyrian Empire, it established a new province. Cyrus also pursued a military policy similar to Sinach's. He maintained the privileged status of all Potse people and made all Potts adult men become soldiers who obeyed the king and were good at fighting.

As for the conquered areas, the Kingdom of Potts established provinces and dispatched governors to manage them, retaining the status of the original local aristocratic groups, allowing them to continue to be managers and rulers representing the Kingdom of Potts. The Kingdom of Potts digested the occupied areas very quickly. If the residents of the new provinces joined the army to fight abroad, they could also receive rewards for their military exploits and become new nobles in the occupied areas. The Kingdom of Potts could continuously replenish its military resources.

After the Kingdom of Potts established a new province, it made a request to the Kingdom of Baron to march across the Eudi River and attack the Kingdom of Hatti from the south. Its marching route would pass through the city-state of Kish in the Kingdom of Baron.

King Feng Niu of Baron knew in his heart that if Potts' army crossed the Youdi River and defeated Hatti, the Baron Kingdom would also face a desperate situation, so he rejected Potts' request for an excuse. Cyrus sent envoys to reprimand the Kingdom of Baron—under the guidance of the oracle and the help of Pozzi's army, they defeated the sworn enemy Assyria and recovered the city-state of Lys, even without a single road!

The Kingdom of Bozi sent troops to capture the city-state of Kish under this pretext, and Cyrus ordered Darius to lead the army to attack Hatti again. The heavy troops of the Kingdom of Hatti were still in the city-state of Ludi in the north, but the army of the Kingdom of Bozi launched a surprise attack from the south.

King Asher thought that Darius would march from the south bank of the inland lake, break through the city-states of Syria and enter the mainland of Hatti, so he transferred the garrisons of the city-states of Meso and Budemia to the south of the inland lake. Unexpectedly, Darius marched his army into the plain of Duk, and captured the city-state of Budamia in the first battle.

King Asher urgently ordered to transfer the main force of the defenders back to the north shore of the inland lake, but Darius suddenly turned back his carbine, detoured to the south bank of the inland lake to block the ferry, defeated the defenders, and took advantage of the situation to attack the city-state of Syria.

King Asher's judgment on the main attack direction of the Potts army was correct, but he made a mistake in the details of the tactical command. By the time Gelie led the main force of the kingdom back to help, the defeat was already irreparable. The Bozi army broke through the city-state of Syria, and entered the hinterland of the Kingdom of Hatti all the way, approaching the capital of the king. Hatti's main force was defeated and most of the territory was occupied.

Darius, the commander-in-chief of the Pots army, sent envoys to King Asher and the generals of the remaining city-states to send a letter, announcing Cyrus' national policy: as long as they surrender, the Pots Kingdom will still retain their power. Property and nobility divided the Kingdom of Hatti into the provinces of Poze.

Several city-states surrendered, and King Asher was about to surrender. If he didn't surrender, he would die as a king after being defeated in battle; if he surrendered, even though he lost his throne, he would still be the largest nobleman in Hatti, enjoying a large area of land and slaves, and one of the rulers representing the Kingdom of Potts.

At this time, Ge Lie found King Asher, and the two had a long talk. Ge Lie told Asher that if he surrendered, the Kingdom of Hatti would cease to exist. This is not the same as defeat or surrender, but was completely annexed and disappeared.

If Ge Lie didn't surrender, he asked King Asher to give him full authority to call and lead all those who were unwilling to surrender in Hatti to make a final resistance and gather strength for a decisive battle. He said to King Asher: "If I win, Hatti will survive; if I lose, you can surrender if you want to."

The war launched by the Kingdom of Pots also meant Marduk's attack on the Anunnaki gods, and this god wanted to annex the entire Anunnaki gods. The Poz army captured the city-state of Kish in the Kingdom of Baron, but did not destroy the Marduk Temple, but instead allowed the local soldiers, nobles, and priests to retain their original beliefs.

Ordinary people don't know what happened among the gods, let alone that Enlil has fallen and Marduk has broken away from the Anunnaki pantheon. In their view, only one main god replaced another main god, so the resistance of the aristocratic forces and the group of priests was not strong.

But Ge Lie should know the inside story, the faith of this great magician has long since turned his back on Enlil, so why should he make such a life-and-death choice? And even if the Kingdom of Hatti surrendered, Gelie himself would not be greatly affected by his achievements and status. King Asher also asked Gelie a similar question.