Queen Consort [Third Update]

Facts proved that Ye Ting had been right.

Even if those routed soldiers had been allowed to return to Herakleopolis, the city, having lost so many troops and lords, had no ability whatsoever to resist Nitocris's army.

With the army at their gates, Herakleopolis's defenders had no will to fight at all. After the catapults launched a round of explosive stone shells, every defender on the walls broke and fled for their lives, while the remaining commanders could not organize any effective defense.

The walls fell after a single charge.

Before the day was over, Herakleopolis had returned to the Pharaoh's rule.

Moreover, this battle against Meribre would have a far-reaching impact on Nitocris's campaign to reclaim all of Egypt.

The reason was, naturally, that Meribre had been defeated far too quickly, while Nitocris's means of victory had been far too unbelievable.

The three attacks that decided the battle had all involved magic.

First came the magically enchanted explosive stone shells, then the rain of arrows after summoning a favorable wind, and finally the terrifying army-destroying spell, Sunburst.

After three rounds of attacks like that, let alone Meribre's army, even the finest armies of antiquity—such as the Qin army, Ancient Rome's legionary formations, or Mongolian cavalry—would not have had the slightest chance of winning against them.

In the Age of Gods, Egypt's priests did indeed wield the power of divine arts, but most of that power could not be applied to warfare. Thus, the Egyptians were utterly baffled by the effects of magic on the battlefield.

As Meribre's routed soldiers and merchants from Herakleopolis spread to other parts of Egypt, rumors about Nitocris, the female Pharaoh, gradually spread as well. And because of superstition, those rumors steadily became more exaggerated.

This was the version of the battle ordinary people heard.