The smoke of the battlefield finally cleared.
This fierce battle ended in victory for Holy Egypt at great cost.
The bodies of the Hebrews were piled up into small sand dunes.
Tens of thousands of bodies.
Many corpses were left with only their black eyes staring at the sky, and some had even had their blood dried up by the sun, leaving only slightly dried skin and flesh.
There were also many broken limbs and arms, so many of them that it was impossible to tell who their owners were.
Perhaps the death toll was even higher than Lin Ke expected.
Of course, Holy Egypt also paid the price of the lives of nearly ten thousand soldiers.
We won, but the price of this victory was too heavy.
Only one third of the Holy Egyptian army remained.
Many innocent people in the city were also killed or injured.
Lin Ke was at the gate of Sun City, walking forward on the black sand.
The soles of his boots were soon covered with minced meat and clotted blood.
Lin Ke gave the order, which was to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible.
Although the soldiers were very tired, Lin Ke could only order them to continue to persevere.
Firstly, the scorching sun in the desert would accelerate the decomposition of the corpses. If not dealt with in time, a plague would break out within three days.
By then, the stench will pollute the water sources within a hundred miles, and even soldiers and civilians in the city may become sick and fall down.
Secondly, this desert is the only way for caravans to transport supplies.
If the corpses were allowed to pile up, it would not only block the eastern trade route, but also defile the holy place where the sun god Ra resided.
Today, the sun god Ra has reappeared, and thousands of devout believers will pass by here to worship in the City of the Sun.
Letting holy believers march forward on rotten corpses is a blasphemy against God.
This must never happen.
Thirdly, it is the most important.
Now is the season when sandstorms are most frequent.
If tens of thousands of corpses were left exposed, strong winds would blow broken bones and rotten flesh into the oasis, and might even pollute the arable land of the entire Nile Delta.
Therefore, it was after considering these issues that Lin Ke asked the soldiers to persevere and clean up the battlefield as soon as possible.
However, no Holy Egyptian warrior complained. They just followed the orders of the Holy Pharaoh and quickened their movements.
It took several days just to clean up the battlefield.
At first, the soldiers of Holy Egypt were still able to hold up their bodies and carry the corpses, but by the third day, many of them were so exhausted that they vomited and could not even straighten their backs.
The foul smell seeped into their armor and clothes, and could not be washed away no matter how hard they tried.
There was even someone who found a severed finger had fallen into his water bag at some point, and he was so scared that he threw the water bag out on the spot.
Even some carnivorous birds flew over from the distant cliffs and circled at low altitude.
Those carnivorous monsters squatted on the sand dunes, tilted their heads and stared at the busy soldiers with cold eyes, as if waiting for them to give up.
Occasionally, a bold vulture would swoop down and snatch a piece of rotten meat from the pile of corpses, causing the soldiers to curse.
"Get away, you stinking birds!"
The most troublesome thing are the wild dogs.
They roamed in groups around the edge of the battlefield, rushing in and tearing into corpses when no one was paying attention.
A young soldier tried to drive them away, but was surrounded by a dozen wild dogs with red eyes. If his companions had not arrived in time, he might have been bitten to death.
At night, the situation is even worse.
The howling of jackals rose and fell, and their green eyes flickered in the darkness.
The soldiers had to light more torches, but the flames only attracted more bloodthirsty beasts.
Some soldiers even swore they had seen hyenas bigger than camels, but no one dared to confirm it.
It was not until Lin Ke learned the news and personally took Nan Tong out of the city to investigate that the soldiers dared to go up and check before continuing their work.
There is no way, there are simply too many corpses.
On the other side outside the City of the Sun, the soldiers of Holy Egypt were throwing corpses into the fire.
The fire has been burning for three days, and the black smoke is even blocking the sun.
The burnt smell and the ashes produced by the burning drifted to the oasis ten miles away.
Even the camels in the city felt a little uneasy.
It took the Holy Egyptian soldiers seven full days and seven nights to clear the blood-stained desert.
They searched the desert for every body with spears and wrapped every stump in sackcloth.
Even the corpses that were occasionally found could be piled up into a small hill.
In the end, they could only burn the corpses on the spot in the wilderness.
Until the dawn of the seventh day, the last spark finally went out.
The grayish-white ashes mixed with sand were blown up by the hot wind, like a strange snow, falling all over the battlefield.
The soldiers stood in silence in the ashes, their armor covered in black ash.
They just celebrated with each other. After all, the difficulty of this job was really too great.
But the reason is that there are fewer people.
Finally, when the first ray of pure sunlight pierced through the clouds and illuminated the City of the Sun again, the army of Holy Egypt finally set out on its return journey.
The Sun City wakes up in the morning light, and the golden city walls reflect the dazzling light.
This ancient city known as the City of the Sun finally lives up to its reputation at this moment.
The streets were crowded with people waving palm branches and throwing dried flower petals into the air.
"Our great Holy Pharaoh!"
"Your Majesty, the Merciful Holy Pharaoh!"
"The people of Sun City will always be grateful for everything you have done!"
The women wore their brightest linen dresses, the children stood on tiptoe and screamed, and the old men knelt by the roadside and touched their foreheads to the ground where the soldiers passed.
Lin Ke walked at the front of the team.
"Long live His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh!"
"Long live His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh!"
Cheers came like a tide, and people stood on tiptoe to get a clear view of the Holy Pharaoh who had liberated the City of the Sun and led Holy Egypt to victory.
"Your Majesty, Holy Pharaoh, did you see it?"
Nan Tong leaned forward slightly and whispered softly beside Lin Ke.
"How much the people of Sun City love you."
Lin Ke just raised the corner of his mouth slightly, then raised his hand and waved gently towards the crowd.
This simple action instantly ignited a greater frenzy, and the cheers almost overturned the sky.
The old people, with tears in their eyes, shouted "Living God Ra", and the young people excitedly waved the flags of the desert and the Nile. At this moment, the glory of victory belonged to everyone here.
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh! Will you come back here again?"
At this time, a little child trotted after Lin Ke and asked.
Lin Ke nodded, then took off the "Ankh" from the necklace and shook it.
When he put away the "Ankh" and looked at the statue of the sun god on the other side, he saw his figure reflected in the statue's pupils.
A figure gilded by the sun, surrounded by flowers, and admired by all the people.
"Let's go!"
"Return to the capital city of Cairo!"
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