▁he ▁may ▁also ▁have ▁encountered ▁N ab û - k ud urr ī - u ṣ ur , ▁who ▁like ▁him ▁claimed ▁vict ories ▁against ▁the ▁Am or ite ▁lands ▁and ▁the ▁L ull ub û . ▁ ▁The ▁S ynchron istic ▁History ▁has ▁a ▁length y ▁passage ▁concerning ▁his ▁conflicts ▁with ▁Neb uch ad ne zz ar ▁I . ▁Initial ly ▁they ▁established ▁an ▁am ic able ▁relationship . ▁However ▁the ▁Bab yl onian ▁king ▁subsequently ▁bes ie ged ▁the ▁Ass y rian ▁for tr ess ▁of ▁Z an qi ▁and ▁when ▁A š š ur - r ē š a - iš i ▁approached ▁with ▁his ▁relief ▁force , ▁Neb uch ad ne zz ar ▁I ▁tor ched ▁his ▁sie ge ▁engines ▁( n ē pe š ū ) ▁to ▁prevent ▁their ▁capture ▁and ▁with d rew . ▁On ▁a ▁second ▁campaign , ▁he ▁laid ▁sie ge ▁to ▁the ▁for tr ess ▁of ▁Id i ▁and ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁Ass y rian ▁army ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁pitch ed ▁battle ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁“ br ought ▁about ▁his ▁total ▁defeat , ▁sla ugh tered ▁his ▁troops ▁and ▁carried ▁off ▁his ▁camp . ▁Fort y ▁of ▁his ▁ch ari ots ▁with ▁har ness ▁were ▁taken ▁away ▁and ▁K ara št u , ▁Neb uch ad ne zz ar ▁I ' s ▁field - mar shal , ▁was ▁captured .” ▁▁ ▁The ▁later ▁king ▁Š ul m ā nu - a š ar ē du ▁III ▁cred ited ▁him ▁with ▁re building ▁the