Cat of Bubastes 2

It was 30 years after Amuba, Chebron, Mysa, Ruth, and Jethro had escaped to Rebu. Amense, Chebron and Mysa’s mother, had re-married and had one boy, Chefu after Chebron (ironically). He grew up and was 25 years old when he became the Egyptian ambassador to foreign countries. He would collect the tribute each year, going personally to each country and meeting with the king. Amenhotep didn’t really care about tribute and would not have waged war for it, but as long as it was easy to get, he would have someone else do it. One day, Chefu went to the court of Rebu for the first time to collect the tribute. There, he went before King Amuba and his royal adviser Chebron. There, when he told he was the son of Amense, the wife to the late High Priest, Chebron and Amuba told the whole story to Chefu. Chefu then agreed to call every time he came, and to bring tidings of Egypt. About two years after, it was 30 years since they had come to Rebu, and they were having the party they did every 10 years. A few days later, Chefu came. He would have been at the party, but there had been slight delays and he was a few days behind. He brought tidings that Amenhotep was trying to come get revenge upon the “slayer of the cat” and the “murderers of the high priest”. He also said that Amenhotep had been provoked by Ptylus’ grandson, now the high priest. Amuba invited Chefu to stay and live with them, but Chefu convinced Amuba to let him go back to Egypt and be a spy and set out a few days early, pretending to collect tribute from a different nation, but going to give warning to Amuba. So it was so. Now Jethro was too old to fight, be he had married and had a son, named Anitis, who became Amuba’s new general. In time, Chefu arrived, saying to rally the forces. This was done, and all waited for the time to strike. Amuba knew the tactics of the soldiers, and how they had done it before. He re-designed the walls in such a way that one could look over the edge and see the ground right up against the wall, and the soldiers could not burrow through without being detected. Long before, Amuba had dug a large ditch and filled it with water from the Caspian sea. Any vessel built could easily be disarmed by the spears of the Rebu, especially with a torch on the rear to light the boat on fire. After Thutmose had died, Egyptian soldiers had become much less well trained, and so, in open warfare, the stronger Rebu could have won. The drawbridge was lowered, and with one body of the army headed by Anitis in the woods, one by Chebron in the marsh, and one by Amuba in front of the city, Amenhotep arrived. While Amuba fought and killed Amenhotep in the thick of the battle, the two other forces closed in, and all the Egyptians were slew or else taken prisoner. The new king of Egypt, Amenhotep’s son, Thutmose IV did not care to meet the Rebu in battle, and Chefu lived with Amuba, and when Amuba and Chebron died without children, Chefu became king according to the will of Amuba. Chefu was a wise ruler and with Anitis as his general, peace and happiness were restored to the people of Rebu.

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