Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Everyone couldn't help shouting: "This is really amazing! Xenophon came to Persia under the direction of Hades! And you have never seen Xenophon in Daphes, but you know him through the Oracle! This is Hadi Sri Lanka is blessing us!!!" The people began to recite silently the Psalm's carols.

Daveus was surprised, but thought it was just a coincidence.He pretended to follow everyone to read the carols, and then said: "Even with the protection of Pluto, but we need our own efforts to pass the test and return to Greece safely."

"Daveus is not very confident about whether he can go home smoothly?" Xenophon stared at Daveus.Xenophon believed in Divine Prophecy, Dream Signs, and Prophecy. It was precisely because he heard that Daphes was Hades’s vassal, he would come to find out, because Hades, he believed that he and Daves There must be some mysterious connection.

"I'm just an ordinary infantry, like a frog in a well, I don't understand the top situation. So I will inevitably be confused." Daveus said calmly: "You are a close friend of Proccinus and Su. The most outstanding student of Grady. Hope to tell us what kind of situation we are facing now in order to relieve our confusion."

Olivers wanted to say something, but Davers stopped him with his eyes.

Xenophon reluctantly said: "I think it should be easier for us to return to Greece this time! Why?" Xenophon has a sense of responsibility because he was guided to Persia under the guidance of the "god".Faced with this possible disaster, when everyone was panicking, he thought that this was the reason why the gods let him come.So he ran back and forth in the barracks these past few days to help Proccinus stabilize his army.

At this time he looked at the crowd and said patiently: "First, our Greek heavy infantry is strong and the Persian army is weak. From the decades after the battle at Onsen Pass, the battle between our Greeks and the Persians has always prevailed. The previous battle with the Persian king was more illustrative, and our brave impact directly caused them to collapse. It can be seen that the Persians’ fear of the Greek heavy infantry has penetrated into the blood. Although their cavalry is stronger than us, what is the use of cavalry? Being able to detect and harass, but not daring to fight head-on, does not help their combat effectiveness."

"Yes, cavalry are cowards!" Matonis shouted in great favor, and Xenophon's face was a little embarrassed.

"However, the Persian cavalry's javelins and bows and arrows caused us a lot of trouble," Hilos reminded.

"But the cavalry, like their infantry, lacks the skills and guts to confront us head-on. It is impossible to rely on the bow and arrow to shake our courage. As long as we decide to retreat, they cannot stop us from leaving." Based on the understanding of cavalry, Nofin said with confidence.

"Secondly, I heard the Persians say that their new king Artaxerxes was a gentle and timid person since childhood, which is why the little Cyrus dared to rise up to resist. I heard that in Sussa and Persepolis, there are The friend of Cyrus responded to the soldiers' response. Although Artaxerxes luckily killed the Cyrus, he never dared to fight the powerful us desperately without risking his peace.

Third, our commander Clearkus is a very capable person.Although I am an Athenian and he is a Spartan, I cannot but admit that during the battle between Athens and Sparta, he caused a lot of trouble for Athens, after which he defeated Thrace many times in Kelsonis people.And several chiefs such as Proccinus and Menon are commanders with rich combat experience. They have been familiar with the Persians all year round.But the Persian commander was the Persian king Artaxerxes who had just become a king and had never commanded the army. The general Tisavonis he relied on was even easily defeated by us. They are not opponents of several leaders!..."

Daveus listened carefully to the story of Coloring Loven.Through Xenophon, he learned a lot about things he didn't know before.This time he wholeheartedly applauded: "A very wonderful speech! Worthy of being an outstanding disciple of Socrates!"

"Yes! It's the person Hades instructed! Your words gave us confidence!" Silos said sincerely.

In the face of the praise of everyone, Xenophon looked calm, and it was common for him to persuade ordinary soldiers. His eyes fell on Daveus, and he seemed to want to see the rumor of Hades in the rumors. What is the difference.

"But you have forgotten to say one thing." Of course, Davies can't let the opponent underestimate himself, especially in front of his teammates: "Although the territory of Persia is large and the population is large, it can't be effectively governed. Most areas Or self-government, they have their own culture and religion, and obeying Persian rule requires only two things-paying taxes and performing military service. The Persians only believe in themselves, so there are few foreign officials in their army and courts. Foreigners Failure to integrate into Persia will naturally not kill him. I think this is one of the reasons why the Persian army collapsed when we met us."

Xenophon tasted what Daphs said, and recalled what he saw along the way, which was very consistent.He was stunned: a rigorously educated man is not as good at knowing Persia as a 19-year-old young man who knows nothing about words.Xenophon can only comfort himself like this: "You are right! This is the evil of the king's dictatorship! On the contrary, it is the advantage of the Greek democratic system. We are fighting for ourselves!"

The advantages of a democratic system?Davers seemed to see the face of the country that pretended to be the "world police" in the previous life.He pouted his mouth in disdain, but was noticed by the careful Xenophon: "Daveus thinks I am wrong?"

"Xenophon, when do you think Athens is the most stable and prosperous in a century?" Daveus decided to use the knowledge of his previous life to deter the historical celebrity in front of him and impress him so that he could let himself 'S name can be passed to the top of the mercenary.

"The time when Pericles was in power." Xenophon replied without hesitation.

"You forgot to mention the period of Pisistratus." Daveus reminded: "It was under his rule that Athens fully owned the Attica region and prospered the port of Piraeus. Athens has become another powerful city-state besides Sparta in Greece!"

"But..." Xenophon didn't expect Daveus to mention Pisistratus. The Athenians were proud of living in the most democratic Greek city-state, and almost no one wanted to talk about the dictator.He wanted to refute, but for a moment he didn't know how to talk about it.After all, Xenophon, who is highly educated and has a wealth of knowledge, knows that Daveus is telling the truth.

Daveus seized the opportunity and went on to say, "You want to say,'But Athens is stronger during the Pericles' rule', right? But there are problems in Periclery's rule. Pericles served as a general How many years? Thirty years! In thirty years, he has never been defeated, and he has been elected as the chief general many times! All the laws and decisions of Athens, both internal and external, were proposed and formulated by him, which created the gold of Athens. Times! Isn’t it ironic for the one-year election, the invention of the pottery banishment law, and the prevention of dictatorship in Athenian democracy? Isn’t Pisistratus a dictatorship? Pericles is democracy?! Pericles is just Pipisett Latu's political means are more concealed and more moderate.

And what do you think of a superior democratic system without Pericles?Athens, which has more financial resources than Sparta, a more powerful navy, and more allies, is internally infighting and fighting with each other. The people of Athens often cannot distinguish the true and false of things and are easily incited by politicians.Therefore, at the most critical time of the expedition to Sicily, you forced the most talented general of Athens, Asibid; just won a key battle of Agnosse, but failed to rescue the fallen soldiers in time because of the strong wind The generals are easily judged by the people and even executed... These stupid actions of Athens are not uncommon in this long war with Sparta!Is this what the Athenians think is the perfect democratic system?!It consumes the power accumulated over the past 100 years in constant internal friction!"

The democratic system of ancient Athens was a key point for Davos to study in the party school in the past. Because it is the origin of the modern Western political system, Davis still has a fresh memory.

Note 1: Western historiography does not highly evaluate Xenophon, thinking that he is just a taste of history and philosophy. His research and understanding of history are not as deep as Thucydides and Herodotus, and he has the philosophy to accomplish. It is even harder to catch up with his classmate Plato.Moreover, in his writings, he believed that the Divine Prophecy, Dream Sign, and Prophecy often used personal political likes and dislikes to choose historical materials and judge historical facts.When reading his works, I also have some experience.However, in any case, he left a lot of precious first-hand information, so that we modern people can understand the era more clearly, otherwise there will be no novel I wrote today.

Note 2: This is interesting: after the Battle of Agnosse, among the generals judged by the Athenian people were the characters I wrote in the last novel-Berkeley Little, the only son of Berkeley, and finally he Was also executed.