Chapter 15
Authors note: sorry guys but I just want to say thank you for the reviews and to answer some questions: lesibur: yes, once this period is completed with the end of the conquests, I will most likely skip a few centuries to avoid unneeded filler content.
Carlthomson: the Spartan empire will encompass a rather large territory mostly following alexanders empire but it will also be expanded father into Europe before the end of the conquests.
Now on to the story:
The Battle of Memphis
After 3 weeks of traveling fighting the occasional Persian patrol or random bandit outpost Kassandra made it to the city of Memphis now under siege by her armies the city was completely surrounded by her forces consisting of 20 thousand spartans 21 thousand Egyptian rebels and 252 Medjay.
In the city itself however the Persians had gathered its strength from all over Egypt but with the constant rebel attacks desertions and those who fled to Persia he had just over 18 thousand solders just enough to hold the city from a foreign attack.
The city itself was built on many different islands with the waters of the Nile flowing through it also had 5 main roads connected to the city which were now blockaded with military camps and to prevent supply's or reinforcements from the river 6 spartan Triremes were sent down the Nile to block the city's ports.
At Kasandra's main camp she and her Generals had gathered discussing plans on how to retake the city most of there plans consisted of starving out the enemy but that also meant the people which she refused to do.
Walking to the edge of her camp she watched as the Persians scurried thought out the city for an hour she stood overlooking the city when a scream turned her attention towards a part of the city a little girl was hiding behind an old man a priest by the looks of him as the Persian tried to grab the poor child the priest pushed him away only to be cut down.
The screams of the little girl set Kassandra's blood on fire hotter than Hades itself her full strength was shown for all to see she would not see unarmed priests and children harmed not in her Kingdom.
Turing to a now awed horsemen she gave her Orders to kill any Persian that tried to flee the city to be taken to all the checkpoints.
She made her way from the camp towards the main road to the city on this day she would earn her name the Immortal Queen. The skies above the city began to cloud over and darken thunder sounded and lighting struck as the city was hit by rain unlike, they had never seen it was if the gods themselves were crying.
As Kassandra entered the city itself she was set upon by Persians only for them to be killed instantly by lightning from the sky the solders that had followed her kept their distance out of pure Fear of there Queens anger sure many of them had seen the Queens powers but with this much hatred the last time this happened was at Thermopylae.
The Satrap could not believe his eyes the legends were real this this was not possible it couldn't be but here it was clear as day the gods had granted this Spartan there powers many of his men fled south only to be killed by the advancing spartan forces as they received word of the queen storming the city with very few men to back her up.
As Kassandra made her way across the first river crossing a Persian spearman came right at her aiming for her head spinning out of the way at the last moment, she grabbed the spear snapping of the tip before throwing it at its owner striking him dead in the face.
Slowly but surely, she made her way through the city until she made it to the royal palace all that stood in her way was the remaining Persian troops pointing at them, she gave them one last chance.
"Move or die Persian dogs" none of them moved weather out of loyalty to their commander or they were frozen in fear it did not matter to Kassandra she yelled with pure anger in her voice. "Fires of hades". The Persians were reduced to ash in seconds leaving the pathway to the palace open.
No one truly knows what happened inside the palace that day the screams were enough for the imagination but the satrap was nowhere to be seen when asked about it Kassandra merely said in Hades where scum like him belong.
1 month later
The people of Egypt had gathered from all over to the city of Memphis to watch the coronation cheering as Spartan an Egyptian troops marched towards the palace the Medjay as was custom took up the honour of guarding the soon to be Queen of Egypt.
Palace throne room
The High priest of Amun-Ra stood before the gathered guest nobles solders Priests even civilians had been allowed inside the palace for this glorious event.
"Kassandra of the royal House of Agiad I in the names of the gods declare you Isis reborn ruler of the two lands and of Upper and Lower Egypt Pharaoh"
Kassandra adorned in the garbs of a Queen of Egypt sat on the throne of the two Lands as the High Priest turned to the crowed all hail her Majesty Queen Kassandra Agiad by the grace of the gods Queen of the Spartan Empire and Pharaoh of Egypt long may she reign.
Her spartans chanted while thumping their spears into the ground.
"Long live the Pharaoh!" Thump "Long live the Pharaoh!" Thump "Long live the Pharaoh!"
For the next few weeks Kassandra governed her new kingdom she named the high priest of Amun-Ra as Grand vizier of all Egypt and General Hotep as commander of the Royal Egyptian Army she made her way back to the old rebel camp her Royal engineers from both Egypt and Greece has set out boundary markers for her new city that when completed would serve as the official capital of Egypt the city of Kassandria.
But unknown to her at the time Egypt would prosper under her rule as many of the Pharaohs before her were also gifted with magic there magic kept there lands safe from natural disasters and with Kassandra on the throne the new city like its counterpart in another timeline that would sink into the sea, the pyramid's would also not be damaged by Earthquakes.
Authors notes: well Kassandra is now Queen of Egypt and is building her city of Kassandria and with her armies ready she will march on Persia.
Revan Shan 2077