Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After walking for a few days, Daphes saw a huge wall of more than 20 meters high in front, extending infinitely to the southeast...

"Oh! The Wall of Medea!!! No matter how many times I have seen it, I still feel shocked!" Xenophon sighed loudly.During these few days of marching, he would run into the queue of Mennon’s mercenaries and walk with Davers.In his words,'Talking to Davers will help stimulate his thinking about knowledge.'Daveus thought he was bored in Proxinus' queue, because apart from Proxinus, he had no common language with other people, so he ran to show off his knowledge to Daveus.

"It is said that this wall of Midea was more than 100 miles long. It was built by the former Babylonian kingdom to defend the northern Midi people. However, the Babylonian kingdom was still destroyed by the Midi..." Xenophon looked up at the tall The city wall said with emotion: "The Midi were later destroyed by the Persians. Herodotus has a wonderful description in his "History" book. Just like people have old, sick, and dead, no matter how powerful the kingdom is, there are times when it will die. So don’t look at Persia’s vast territory now, and I don’t know who will be destroyed in the future! I hope I can see that day in my lifetime!”

Of course, Davis remembered that Persia was wiped out by the great king of Macedonia, the great king of Macedonia, which has been admired by Westerners for more than two thousand years in the past history. He can't remember the specific time, probably decades later.In his memory, Macedonia is not yet a unified kingdom, and it is still its own "enemy".

Looking at the huge wall made of burnt bricks and asphalt, Davers also expressed a lot of emotion: It seems that repairing the Great Wall to defend the barbarians is not a patent of the Huaxia people.China should be in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States era...

He turned his head to look at the East, standing for a long time, with unclear love and regret in his eyes: as a Greek, he is far away from his homeland in this world, and it is impossible to return...

"Daveus! Daveus!..." Hearing Hilos's cry, Daveus recovered and found that his stay affected the progress of the column.He speeded up his steps, but he couldn't help saying, "Do you know? Maybe there is a country in the far east, it has a territory larger than Persia, and it rules more people than Persia, its customs. The habit is completely different from Greek Persia, and its political system is completely different from Greek Persia, but it is rigorous and efficient! It has gorgeous costumes, elegant etiquette, magnificent mountains and rivers, and delicious and rich food! Its army is strong, it Of the people are rich..."

"Daveus, are you dreaming. How can there be such a powerful kingdom in the East?" Xenophon interrupted Davos's endless narration and said seriously: "According to Herodotus, the East of Persia There is India, Arabia to the southeast, Scythians and one-eyed people to the northeast...There should be no kingdom you said! Is this the inspiration that Hades gave you?"

"So what is going east beyond these races you said?" Daves asked.

"It should be the ocean." Xenophon said uncertainly.

"This is what Herodotus said again. Has he personally confirmed it?" Daveus asked again.

"He...should listen to what others have said...record it." Xenophon's words began to stutter.

"Since I heard it, I can't be sure it's true, and I can't deny that there is no such country in the far east!" Daveus retorted.

Xenophon was at a loss for a moment, and looked at Daveus strangely: "Look at you seriously, it seems that there is such a country."

Daphes chuckled and said nothing.

"If one day, I can go to the far east to see how good it is!" Oliver was attracted by the scene described by Davers and said with a sigh.

"Then you have to go through the Persian kingdom first, and then there are the horse-riding races of the Magsatai, who are said to have cut off the head of the great Persian king Cyrus... well, there are terrible The one-eyed man, and the mysterious India... If you are fortunate not to be killed or captured as a slave, you can see whether the far east is an ocean, or a powerful country..." Xenophon is half joking and half serious Said.

Oliver narrowed his neck and said nothing more.

Matonis was a little annoyed. Although he didn’t like Olivers, he hated this learned Athenian: "I’m afraid of anything! If I had a strong army, I wouldn’t say that I would go to the far east. I’m everywhere. Dare to go!"

"Powerful army?" Xenophon pointed slightly disdainfully at the line of marches ahead: "Like this?"

"Of course it is stronger than this!" Matonis said loudly.

Daveus listened to their mouths and squinted: Is a stronger army?

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Crossing the Midea Wall meant that the Greek army had left Babylon.In the next few days, what has always appeared in the field of vision of Dafus are: the plains of the mountainous fields, the endless golden wheat fields, and the artificially excavated rivers...These artificial rivers lead the water of the big river to more small In the ditch, the ditch finally flows into the farmland...

Seeing this, Daphes couldn't help but sigh with emotion: this should be the oldest irrigation project in the Middle East!The fertile land and abundant water resources have nurtured a large population and created brilliant ancient civilizations of the two rivers!...

Further on, we reached the source of the artificial river: the Tigris River.As another mother river in the Mesopotamian plains, the Tigris river is also wide, and at a glance, it is difficult to reach the opposite bank at a glance. There are countless sails swaying on the river, and the merchants with slow paddles and fast sailing It is the fishing boat that flows slowly along the water, and the singing of the fishermen and the cry of the sailors resound on both sides of the river.Countless waterbirds soaring above the river, large fish leaping from time to time in the water, a beautiful and tranquil river scenery.

There is a densely populated city-Sitas near the river bank, and Greek mercenaries are close to the city and set up camps.The Persian army and Arious's troops crossed the bridge and camped across the river.This night, because the Persian army was on the other side, the psychological pressure on the Greek soldiers was much lower, and Davies had a good night's sleep.

On the second day, the atmosphere suddenly changed a little.When they crossed the river, Daphes saw armed soldiers on both sides of the bridge head on guard, crossing the pontoon, and on the other side also guarded soldiers.

What happened?

After Xenophon came over, Daphes didn't understand the reason.

"Last night, someone came from across the bank, saying that he was a close friend of Ariros, and there was a message to be brought to Clearkus and Proccinus. So several leaders received him, and I followed Proccinus. In the military account, listen to the man saying,'Arius reminded Cyrkus to be vigilant, because the Persian army may attack Greek mercenaries at night, and also intends to destroy the pontoon and trap you in the Tigris River and artificial waterways. Between.'Several leaders were a little nervous to hear, and I—"

Xenophon said with a more exaggerated tone: "After thinking, I think the news is unreliable!"

"Oh, what do you think?" Daveus asked curiously.

"Because the Persians came to attack us, either victory or defeat. If they lost and ruined, wouldn't there be nowhere to escape; if they won, we would have been on the Persian land, and there was nowhere else to go. Escape, why destroy another bridge that was not easy to build. Clearkus followed my advice!" Xenophon said slightly complacently.

"Well, it makes sense!" Daveus thought for a while and praised.

"Even if you can think of it, Tisavonis is not a fool, why did he make such a lie when he heard it?" Oliver said sarcastically.

"That's because he was really afraid of us destroying the bridge!" Xenophon glanced at him, not wanting to worry about this uncultivated guy: "You have seen these days, there are many villages in this area, and the land is fertile, A large amount of food is produced, enough to support our mercenaries for more than half a year. If we destroy the bridge and do not leave, the Tisavonis’s army is on the other side and will not be able to pass for a while, then—"