In the same way that the Qin Empire exists in this world, with its human geography and other aspects being extremely similar to those of the ancient Xia Dynasty on Earth, the latest arrivals to this land, who have merged into this piece of land, are mainly civilizations that are very similar to Ancient Egypt. Similarly, the Pharaohs, who were said to be divine rulers of this land, have become a part of history at some point in time. Now, only the magnificent golden pyramids they built remain in the world, and this land has also entered a post-mythological era.

  Today, the master ruling this desert oasis kingdom nourished by the great river is the Mamluk dynasty, which is in its heyday and full of vigorous vitality.

  These, who were originally slave-soldiers of humble origin but of great military prowess, rose to become the ruling class of the whole nation as a military aristocracy, possessing years of training and strict discipline. If one disregards their ambition for power, purely as soldiers, the Mamluks were excellent commanders and fearless warriors.

  Change often comes faster than planning. Before Lin Xu could think clearly about the ins and outs of this matter, as well as how to deal with this new change, things had already changed.

  When a patrol of the Mamluk Sultanate encountered Crusaders in a border region, their initial contact resulted in an intense and bloody armed conflict due to factors such as the inability to communicate with each other's languages.

  The Mamluk cavalry, with their superior individual martial prowess, cut down the Crusaders who were roughly equal in number to them, winning a crushing victory. However, this clash was only the beginning, and subsequent border clashes escalated until they developed into military operations involving tens of thousands of men, at which point it could no longer be called an armed conflict - it had become a full-scale war.

  The people of Tenjiku, who have been devastated by the Crusaders for some time now, seem to have received a blessing from Brahma in a different form.

  On the land of India, the Crusaders were unstoppable, continuously defeating many Indian armies. At this point, they couldn't care less about conquering India anymore. Due to continuous defeats in armed conflicts, they almost had their rear and supply lines cut off by the Mamluks, and their mental state was similar to that of a gambler who had lost all his bets. The blood-red eyes of the Crusaders could no longer hold anything else, only seeing the brave and stubborn Mamluks.

  The military situation is as urgent as a prairie fire, and not a moment can be delayed. In view of this, the high-ranking officials of the Crusader army immediately convened an emergency meeting to decide on withdrawing troops from the eastern front to reinforce.

  On the occupied land of Tianzhu, except for a small number of strategic strongholds that were left behind, all other occupied territories were abandoned.

  The Crusaders, like a broken bamboo, were forced to withdraw from Tianzhu and return to reinforce the Mamluk cavalry, who were fighting bloody battles on the newly formed desert peninsula. It goes without saying that if they had acted even a little slower, they would have been cut off by the Mamluks and suffered a disastrous defeat. Not only would the follow-up reinforcements have been lost, but all logistical supplies would also have been lost. Even if food and horses could be forcibly requisitioned in occupied areas, it was impossible to obtain materials such as weapons and equipment. Would they really let those knights who were used to long swords switch to curved knives?

  Religious beliefs are one of the important factors that trigger wars, and the belief in the sun god "Ra" is a deeply rooted tradition in the lower reaches of the Nile River, with a solid foundation that is difficult to shake.

  For example, another sun god Amun in the Nile River basin once instigated a rebellion, trying to replace "Ra" as the only sun god and ascend to the throne of the divine king, but he was eliminated by the "Ra" god who took the initiative to challenge him. This tradition is an incredibly powerful inertial force, even those Mamluks who replaced the old ruler Pharaoh, most of whom came from foreign lands, also devoutly believed in this sun god "Ra" just like the locals.

  With the conviction of waging a holy war, Crusader soldiers and knights clashed with Mamluks who believed in alien gods, both sides shuttling back and forth between the vast desert and various oases, killing people's heads rolling and corpses all over the ground.

  At the beginning, both sides of the ruling class thought that this war was inexplicable, but the messages from the priests and pastors quickly dispelled the doubts of ordinary people.

  The "God of Pull" and the Crossian "Lord" were both pleased with the bravery shown by their respective followers, and they instructed their earthly clergy to offer encouragement and rewards. Thus, after receiving the approval of their gods, the followers on both sides began to redouble their efforts in killing each other, seeking to please their deities. As a result, across the vast territories of the old Persian Empire and the Desert Peninsula, two armies clashed in a frenzy of bloodlust, oblivious to the fact that the ground beneath their feet was soaked with the blood they had shed.

  The Persian mage, Gomoda, after experiencing the great pain of losing loved ones and facing death, felt curiosity and doubt towards the foreign deity who gave him a second life.

  He declared his conversion under Lin Xuemen, and the sorcerer Gao Moda quickly adapted to this new identity, but he still couldn't fathom Lin Xuemen's thoughts.

  Taking advantage of another opportunity to follow Lin Xu to the battlefield where the Crusaders and Mamluks were fighting, Gao Mo Da tentatively said:

  "Great lord, since you're not doing anything, why don't you leave this place? I can feel a sense of oppression, it's as if some deity is surveying the battlefield!"

  The Persians who originally belonged to this piece of land were not like those outsiders who were ignorant, they were not unfamiliar with the great Qin Empire in the East that made people look up.

  Skilled Persian merchants imported large quantities of silk, medicine, spices, and ceramics from the Daqin Empire every year. They then resold these goods to island kingdoms in the Western Sea, and in return, they obtained rhino horn, fur, carpets, and incense, which were considered valuable and essential in the Central Plains region. These goods were transported overland through the Western Regions Military Command to the Daqin Empire. During this period of flourishing re-export trade, the business income earned by the Persians as middlemen accounted for nearly one-third of their national treasury's total revenue.

  The gods' actions only need to be accountable to the heavens, no explanations are needed. Lin Xu heard his first foreign believer and divine staff member, Gao Mo Da, ask a question, considering the other's importance, he still reluctantly opened his mouth and said:

  "Kao Mokta, I'm observing... Also, don't worry, It won't discover us."

  In essence, transcending the mortal realm, gods indeed do not die, but they can also fall and slumber. Whether it's exhausting their divine power in a fierce battle and falling into an almost eternal sleep, or being dragged into the endless void by the desperate wishes of their followers and turning into cold rocks, these situations are not much different from what mortals understand as death. The only difference is that even if gods enter slumber or fall, as long as future circumstances converge, they can still stage a comeback like a fish jumping out of water.

  The powerful Cross God system descended upon this realm, instantly crushing the Fire Worship God system. One of the two main gods, the Dark God, fell into a deep slumber, while the Light God chose to flee.

  At present, the only major enemy of the Cross Theology is the Huaxia Theology in the far east. The two foreign theologies located in the south and north can only be considered as appetizers. Although the strength of these two neighboring theologies is far inferior to that of the Cross Theology, they will not give up easily. At the same time, waging wars in both the cold northern peninsula and the scorching southern desert, even if the Crusaders are strong, they cannot break this stalemate for a while.

  What is called the Way of Humanity has its own destiny, and does not allow others to interfere. Gods can demand their followers to kill people, but gods themselves cannot arbitrarily slaughter lives, this is a serious mistake that will be punished by Heaven's Way.

  The newly arrived Crusaders easily defeated the Persian Empire, which had been established for thousands of years. The reason lies in the fact that the two main gods of Zoroastrianism were not up to par. Their two avatars left in this world lost one and fled when fighting against the gods of Christianity. Without the support of their gods, the Zoroastrian priests immediately turned from top-level strongmen who could turn over their hands to make clouds and rain into a group of weaklings. When the Persian army lost the divine support of the Zoroastrian priests, the Crusaders had the blessing of the pastors' divine magic, which made the morale of the troops unstable. In this situation, the defeat of the Persians was not unjustified.

  This is the most common standard pattern of God War, from top to bottom beheading mode, starting with a violent bombardment between the two gods, and the losing side will also collapse quickly on the ground.

  In contrast, another situation is that the gods of both sides are equally matched, and it is expected that they will not be able to distinguish between victory and defeat in the short term. However, in human warfare, one side's believers killed most of the other side's believers, destroyed temples and sacrificial sites, causing the defeated god to lose its source of power replenishment, and had no choice but to abandon resistance and retreat. This is a revolutionary approach from below. In essence, these two methods are not superior or inferior, but rather need to be flexibly applied according to actual circumstances.

  In the previous session, the Persian lost too cleanly and neatly, so that Lin Xu didn't even have time to gain any experience.

  It's rare to see these Mamluks so energetic, fighting the Crusaders on equal terms. Lin Xu naturally had to play the role of a spectator and analyze all the relevant domains that might be involved in the divine battle, lest he be caught off guard when facing an alien god in the future.

  Although, having truly seen the Crusaders and Mamluks clashing in the western desert region of the film world, Lin Xu really had a sense of time-space reversal. Ah! When was it that on this earth there also appeared such a scene: wielding sharp curved blades, riding Arabian horses, the Mamluk cavalry, and with cross emblems draped over their armor, the Crusaders, fighting desperately on the vast yellow sandy lands of West Asia.

  Before him, the magnificent and majestic war scene like an epic film, and the dry and tasteless textual history in Lin Xu's memory, were they just a coincidence or a destined result? Even as a god, Lin Xu couldn't answer this question that could be called a puzzle for the ages.

  Perhaps knowledge is like a child drawing circles, the total area of a circle represents known things, and the circumference represents unknown things. The more known conditions there are, the more unknown conditions will grow accordingly, and the day when everything is known and all-powerful will never come. Let's use an ancient Chinese mathematical problem to illustrate this principle: "Cutting wood, taking half every day, will not exhaust it for ten thousand years." Perhaps for humanity, all known things and all unknown things are also similar in this way!