To Four Thousand Years Later

"Just send it here, Nathan."

Solomon is riding on a horse, wearing a neat brown short robe, with a sword at his waist and a bow at his back. He is tall and straight with shining eyes.

Traveling with him were his adopted son Gaza and his beloved queen Yastalu—King Solomon married the queen in the second year after he became the throne, and he did not marry too many wives in accordance with the will of the Lord.

This trip to Tire is full of sincerity.

Except Gaza, the eldest son of the king of Tire, all the kings and queens of Israel were dispatched. This undoubtedly shows Solomon's friendship and trust in the king of Tire.

He didn't even bring an army! King Solomon didn't even have a single bodyguard

So candid, so measured, convincing.

Hearing the news, the king of Tire immediately wrote back to King Solomon with extremely warm and humble words. Prepare to meet Solomon in the royal city of Tyre with the highest standards.

…So far, nothing has gone beyond Solomon's expectations.

"Also, Nathan..."

Solomon beckoned to Nathan right away. Nathan immediately listened humbly and respectfully listened to Solomon's words.

"I called you the golden calf...ready?"

He said softly: "The remaining members of the Firstborn Legion."

Nathan nodded: "Everything has been prepared according to the specifications and arrangements you mentioned, and it has been delivered to the location you ordered. The people from the two legions are also in place now."

"That's fine."

The corner of Solomon's mouth raised, and he patted Nathan's shoulder: "Then just watch me operate."

—Everything has been arranged.

He waved his hand without looking back, and left towards the north amidst the farewell sounds of the people.

They left at sunrise, walked and stopped slowly, and stopped completely after night.

"Let's camp, Gaza."

Solomon smiled kindly: "There is no need to move forward."

"—If you continue to move forward, you will fall into the encirclement of the Edomites."

Looking at Gaza's blank gaze, Solomon said surprisingly calmly.

Just as Solomon expected.

Just over twenty miles ahead of them, scouts from the Hada faction were already scattered around.

That was the distance set aside for the pursuit to "prevent Solomon from fleeing back to Jerusalem".

Because it was not known which way Solomon would go—or rather, because there were simply too many trade routes from Israel to Tire. After all, all the four cities on the outskirts of Tire were given to them after Israel paved the trade roads.

The army led by Hadad could only be stationed in the territory of Tire, and sent many spies to various places in Tire and Israel to investigate.

After all, their legion is really too large. It's okay if it's in the desert, but it's really hard to hide on the plain. And there are businessmen in Israel flowing every day. Once they appear in Israel, the news will spread all over the country immediately.

Israel and Tire only trade once a week, and except for the four outermost cities, Israeli merchants only go to the capital of the king, and do not pay attention to the surrounding towns. Therefore, although the army led by Hadad was basically going to attack Israel, it could only hide in a town slightly inside the country of Tire.

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In order not to reveal the news, all the people in this town were killed by Hada.

"Father, father!"

In the center of the town, Hada's son yelled at him: "Are we still waiting? Are we still waiting?"

His name was Kinubal-Hada's son. He was dressed as if he were the son of Pharaoh. The guards who had been silent all the time and had tattoos on their faces also bowed their heads to the seven or eight-year-old boy.

Unlike his father. Kinubal has noble blood on his body.

The thin and stern Hada watched his son staggering towards him, and he also smiled at him: "Ah, yes, Kinubal."

"Don't worry, kill Solomon...everything will be fine."

He whispered, with hatred in his eyes.

But the surrounding guards just said to him unceremoniously: "Hada, if you want to do something dangerous, don't blame us for taking Keanuba away."

"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong."

Hada chuckled: "Think about it, Solomon is only under 20 years old. He is not David... He has never been on a battlefield. He doesn't know the weight of a sword at all."

He said, looking at the guards with strange totem tattoos on their faces, and looked straight into his eyes without fear: "What's more, Pharaoh told me the news that Solomon disbanded the old army. Are you questioning Pharaoh's words?"

"Pharaoh is always right, of course—but you are not, Hadad."

The guard snorted coldly: "Attacking Tire is not in our plan. Amon's warriors will not die for the blood left by the Edomites."

Hearing this, Hada's eyes sharpened slightly.

"Renebo, I warn you not to make trouble for me."

Hada said calmly: "I led the troops to assassinate Solomon. This is the order of the Pharaoh! As long as I don't act stupidly or riskily, you can't lead the troops back even if the blood from my killing is like a river. And I avoid It is the safest strategy not to attack Jerusalem, but to intercept and kill him when he leaves the city alone."

"Amon, isn't it dangerous for you to attack Tire? Isn't it stupid for you to slaughter the townspeople?"

The Amon guard named Rui Neibo also sharpened his eyes immediately, and his voice also became louder: "I know what you want to do! But don't even think about it, Tire is an important place—even if you beat it down, you can't even think about occupying it. , must be handed over to Pharaoh!"

"Of course I know—"

When they were arguing, Kinubal next to him was so frightened that he burst into tears.

So the quarrel between Hada and Renebo stopped immediately.

It is different from Hada, which is just a tool. Kinuba's mother is the sister of Pharaoh's queen, and he also has noble blood flowing through his body-he is also a descendant of Amon.

Hada could die, and so could the infantry—they were just random recruits anyway. But the lives of those cavalrymen, including Kinubal, must not be lost.

Hadad swore an oath to Pharaoh. His line, with 40,000 cavalry and 800 chariots, is almost the entire force of Egypt. He must protect the surveyors with him, and at the same time, if he loses more than 300 cavalry, he will not be allowed to return to the border of Egypt in this life; if he loses 500, his head will not be needed. In case of danger, Renebo had the right to return directly to Egypt with cavalry and chariots.

Originally, he was also thinking about how to capture Jerusalem and kill Solomon with the shortest route and the fastest speed...

But hearing that Solomon left the city and went to Tire on his own initiative, Hadad was overjoyed.

This is simply an opportunity bestowed by God Amon himself!

He rushed to Tire without hesitation, found a remote town and killed it. As long as Solomon was close enough to the border of Tire, 60,000 of them violently killed him and fled directly, and there would be no problem. The king of Tire could not send troops into the border of Israel at will, and there were no troops stationed on the border of Israel. In the end, I am afraid that even the infantry will not die.

Even if the opportunity is lost, Solomon can be killed in the territory of Tire. When the time comes, leave the infantry behind, and you can retreat completely.

In any case, there is nothing wrong with this plan. no chance of failure

But unbeknownst to Hada, Bozi and more than 300 elite soldiers had quietly approached the border of Tire, killing all the scouts near Tire.

They wear clothes similar in color to the cavalry led by Hada, with patterns painted on their faces, and hold iron shields and swords in their hands.

Then, outside the four frontier cities of Tire, the four cities that Solomon gave to the king of Tire, and the news circulated especially, they beat with swords and shields, made a loud noise to wake up the people, and rushed into the city. He smashed and set fire to it, kicked open the door, and cut off the tendons of all the horses.

The people of Tire were terrified.

They also knew that the Edomites roamed the borders of Israel and Tire. But I didn't know that they were crazy enough to attack Tire directly!

In this way, Birds and others went back to the four cities overnight, and left before dawn.

People were shocked to find that these robbers didn't steal any money, didn't kill anyone, and even burned a few houses in total, and the fire didn't spread...

However, it was too late.

When they had just rushed into the city and caused chaos in the city, the messenger who asked for help had already rushed out of the city and ran to report to the king's city.

After the messenger who asked for help left, they vaguely realized that something was wrong, but they didn't have time to correct the wrong information.

Because the horse's tendons have been severed. Without a horse that can run, naturally it is impossible to send the second letter. The news didn't even get out of town.

According to the time, the king of Tire could receive the news that the Edomite cavalry was attacking Tire by the afternoon of the next day at the latest.

And the king of Tire had no choice.

The four rich cities were hard-won, so he could only send troops to save them