Chapter 12

Memphis Egypt

1 year after the Peloponnesian War

Satraps Ahmad was having a very difficult time with this posting with the death of the God-king 6 years ago and the unification of Greece under the spartans things had not being going well for Persia the former Greek colonies in Ionia were in open revolt with official support from Sparta.

But Persia had other problems an uprising in Persia proper had scared the king enough to withdraw his veteran forces back to the homeland leaving the provinces to fight for themselves like himself in Egypt.

He still had some Immortals and other veterans to keep his hold on Memphis and Thebes secure but other than that Egypt was in trouble the local natives led by some of the priests were in open revolt and had secured the Nile delta from Persian control.

He looked back down to his papyrus it was a request for reinforcements to be sent to the king this land was the breadbasket of the world and thus should be worthy of a few thousand more men surely.

How wrong he was right now the Persian army was indeed gathering its strength but not to secure Egypt but to push back the spartan invasion as an army of 100 thousand Greek solders led by the Queen herself had sailed across the Aegean to Ionia tacking half of her entire army leaving the others under the control of her mother Gorgo.

The Lioness of Thermopylae had moved to the next stage of her grand plan the Conquest of Persia in Ionia she meet no resistance to her occupation from Greek or Persian which was a good sign if she was to rule theses lands it would be simpler for her people and the natives to get along rather then kill tens of thousands to make them pliable.

"your majesty we have secured the region and general Brasidas is securing the lands near the straights to secure a supply line to Byzantium". General Nikolaos informed his queen as they looked at the map of the region with Brasidas taking 20 thousand men to secure a supply line she had 80 thousand men to hold off the Persian army that Artaxerxes was gathering to push her back.

(camp of Egyptian rebels Nile delta)

General Aniu-hotep leader of the Rebels looked at the new report he had just received the warrior nation known as Sparta had invaded the Persian Empire this was welcome news for centuries his family served the Pharaohs of Egypt but now his people were nothing but dirt in the eyes of their Persian occupiers.

But the stories of this Champion of the gods who struck down the God-King Xerxes and unified the lands of Greece were very promising he looked up at his solders and priests that supported his campaign.

"tell me priest what do you think of this Spartan Queen?"

The ageing man was well respected as the high priest of Amun-Ra nodded his head slowly "this Queen has been blessed by her gods and is possibly a goddess herself Lord Amun has not seen fit to show me. However, I have seen a vison of this queen sitting on the throne of Egypt our lands restored under her guiding hand and protected by her spear I say we support her".

It was decided they would seek the help of the Spartan Queen they would send two of their Medjay to her camp in Ionia to serve as her guards until she made her way to Egypt. They would be pleased to know that Egypt was her goal once the Persian attack was beaten.

Kassandra was currently readying her armies her scouts reported in about a massive Persian force being lead by the Satrap General Artaphernes under his kings orders the other Satraps unified under his banner his 110 thousand men against her 80 thousand however she had a new toy for her army originating from Northern Greece the spartan Phalanx now used the Sarissa for open combat .

As well as archers and cavalry the Spartan war machine had changed dramatically from the spartan army of King Leonidas time however the sheer discipline and loyalty to the queen was as strong as ever when the two armies would meet on the battle field the Persians would meet a wall of spears before they reached the wall of shields.

Meanwhile the two Medjay had taken ship from there camp and set sail towards Anatolia there ship was loaded not just with gifts from the rebels but elite Egyptian solders who would serve the Queen these men wanted to be Medjay but only a Pharaoh or the commander of the Medjay could appoint them but the last commander had been killed by the Persians when they occupied the Oasis of Siwa.

They would soon be with a new queen and Egypt will be secured that is if they could avoid Persian ships that had been sent by the Satrap of Egypt to prevent a Spartan invasion from landing in Egypt and opening a second front for the Persian army.

(4 days later at the river of Lycus 2 miles from the city of Tripolis)

The two superpowers of the known world met for the first time in 8 Years since the battle of Thermopylae from her vantage point, she saw the force that had been marshalled to stop her advancement with one last look she rode down to her troops to give them their speech.

"sons of Greece at long last the Persian dogs have mobilised their armies against us but is it led by their King? no it is led by the Satraps the God-King does not have the Balls to meet us on open Battle he would rather hind behind the walls of his palace back in Persia."

The laughs of the spartan army echoed across the battlefield as did the Queens voice so the Persians could hear everything clearly while the Generals refused to listen there were some in the ranks who started to think this was not going to end well.

"well boys let us show them that not only can they not push us back but that we will not stop until we are at the gates of their Capital for Sparta!"

"AHOOO AHOOO AHOOO!"

With that the queen dismounted her horse pointing her fingers to each side of her ranks she yelled "walls of flames!" on the flanks of her army large 30-meter-high walls of flames appeared preventing the Persians from flanking them.

Satrap General Artaphernes watched this work with pure shock and horror the legends of the Queen were true however he had his orders he gave the order to charge much to the shock of his commanders.

"sir our troops will never be able to break the spartan formation" on commander pleaded only to be beheaded by an Immortal who had been sent to oversea the battle. The Persian army charged down towards the spartan lines, this first battle of what would be known to history as the Persian campaign period of the Conquests of the immortal queen would consider this one of the bloodiest battles during the campaign there were many rumours' about this battle but what is fact is that the Persian army that was sent was entirely destroyed by the Spartans only 4 survived the battle and were sent back east by the Queen to warn the people of Persia that until there king came to fight her like a true warrior she would destroy every army he sent against her.

Authors note: hey guys decided to write this one quickly I hope you like it until next time.

Revan Shan 2077