Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As he approached the Persian cavalry, Philius told Daphes: The Persians headed in front were Aliros, Altauzus, and Mitradat. The three of them were the most trusted subordinates of the little Cyrus during his lifetime. .Another centered Persian, Daphes knew, was the former Persian messenger Sister.

The team officers stopped about 20 meters away from the Persian cavalry.

"Please come near!" Arius pointed to his horse.

The team officers did not move.

Sister could not help but sarcastically: "Are Greeks so timid?"

"Because the Persians have violated their promises again and again, so that we no longer dare to believe the Persians!" Xenophon sneered.

"Yes, the Persians are shameless villains, and even God can cheat!" Kriano scolded angrily. His words resonated with the other team officers, so he scolded.

"Please keep quiet! Listen carefully to the orders of the king!!" Arius shouted loudly.

"That's your king, not ours. If you want to say it, let's go back without saying it!" Daveus also shouted.

"We Greeks are free, unlike the Persians who are slaves to your king!" Tima Song roared half proudly and tauntingly.

Alirous was so angry that his nose was crooked. He turned his head to look at Sister, and Sister nodded at him, and he reluctantly spread the papyrus in his hand, and read aloud: "Greeks, I, Artaxerxes Sri Lanka, Lord of the Persians, King of all races, announced that Clearkus violated the oath and destroyed the truce, and the gods had already punished him. Proccinus, Menon, Achilles, Socrates, four The chief was being honoured by my Governor Tisavonis for reporting his conspiracy! To prevent such terrible betrayal from happening on the way, and for safety—"Arrios increased his voice and solemnly said:" All Greek soldiers are required to surrender your weapons, because the money to buy these weapons comes from the rebellious little Cyrus, and his money comes from the Persian treasury, which should belong to me! Hand over the weapons, and I surrender to the Supreme God Mazda I swear to ensure that you arrive in Ionia smoothly!"

"Hahaha!!..." Daveus laughed loudly: "The wolf cheated the deer as friends, and then ate them. The wolf who tasted the benefits also wanted to deceive all the deer to break their horns, so that the wolf can rest assured. Enjoy their flesh! Hahaha... How stupid people would be treated like this again, or is your king's head broken?!!!"

"Bold!!" Arius pointed at Davos angrily: "Abusing the king, be punished by fire!"

"Enough, Arius, you shameless villain! And you few of Cyrus's closest comrades, don't you feel ashamed in front of the gods!" Kriano pointed to Arious, Altauzus and Mitradat screamed: "You and we have vowed to the gods to be allies against the King of Persia, but now we have betrayed us and cooperated with the unhuman villain of Tisavonis, Not only did they deceive Clearkus, but they also tried to betray us the rest of us! Even if he was in hell and knew what you were doing, he would certainly curse you!"

Ali Ruos narrowed his neck unnaturally, glanced at Sister next to him, and Sister had nothing to do with me, so he had to say again: "The king really wants to send you back safely Home, because the traitor, Cyrus the Little has already received the fairest punishment, you have only been deceived by him! The King is kind, and does not want to let the Persian land suffer unnecessary wars again! However, after Proccinus In their report, Clearkus began conspiracy against Lord Tisafnis and the Persian army more than ten days ago, and spread rumors everywhere in an attempt to alienate the relationship between the Greeks and the Persians, we have to take action against him!"

"Since you said that Proccinus had exposed Clearkus and got your reward, then please let them come here, which naturally resolves the suspicions between us, and as leaders they can also serve both of us The reconciliation offers better suggestions!" Xenophon is still making efforts to rescue Proccinus.

"That's right, let our leader come here, and we will believe you!!!" The team officers clamored loudly.

"Uh... Proccinus, they accepted the banquet of Lord Tisavoni...already drunk...so..." said Ai Ai during the period of Alirous. Sister was already impatient, he said loudly : "The king has an order, and immediately hand over your weapons to ensure that you go home safely, otherwise we will no longer provide you any help!"

"Aris is on, the Greek warriors will never discard their weapons and let them be slaughtered!" Timathon shouted at the copper shield with a bayonet.

"Whoever wants to take our weapons, we will desperately fight with him!" Kriano shouted angrily.

"Proccinus, they can't come, they're not drunk, but they have been killed by you, right?" Xenophon also said grievedly, he said the result so seriously, he wanted to persecute Alirus They told the truth, but unexpectedly aroused the anger of the team officers.

"The Persians want to kill us!"

"Revenge for the leaders!"

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The irritated team officials surrounded them with Arius, and Sister saw that the situation was not good, turned his horse and ran, and then Arius also ran back.After running for a while, Sister looked back, saw that he had distanced himself from the Greeks, and remembered that he was frightened away by a group of Greek barbarians, and was shy and angry, so he shouted: " Greeks, you missed the best opportunity, and soon you will regret it!!"

"I don't know who will regret it!" Xenophon replied toughly.

Watching the Persian cavalry leave, everyone is worried. It is certain that the mercenary leaders will not end well, and the Persians have torn their faces. What should they do now?

Surrender to the Persians?Even Cyrus, the brother of King Persia, was brutally cut off his head and cut off his hands. Most of the team officials did not think they would be better off after surrendering!Either you are killed or you may become a slave.For this choice, the team officers are unacceptable and impossible to accept.

In addition, they can only choose to fight the Persians again in this strange land!Now they are led by the Persians on a marching route that they have never traveled before, thousands of miles away from their hometown, without the help of the Persians, they can only fumble forward and do not know how much to face them. Ethnic groups and villages and towns, but also to guard against attacks by the Persian army.The most distressing thing is that the Persians can't fight against them directly, but they can't catch up with the Persians, and if they fail, they may be destroyed.Because of these difficulties, everyone is frustrated, and I don’t know what to do.When leaving the camp, the soldiers still had some energy. When they returned to the camp, they all sighed and showed sadness.

Back at the barracks, when the team officers responsible for each battalion reunited, Daphes naturally followed Felixius and took part in the discussion.Of course, as a newcomer, he seldom speaks. It is more about observing these team officers. In the fierce debate, they are more likely to expose their personalities: the grumpy Timmasong, the shrewd Kriano, speaking carefully Zantiparis, Agacia, who has a good relationship with other team officials...

Xenophon was much more active. He not only argued fiercely with others many times, but also shouted with excitement: "Everyone, Clearkus, they have been captured by the Persians. We must immediately elect new leaders of the battalions to replace them. They then convened a general meeting of the whole army to rebuild the determination of the soldiers to fight the Persians and the confidence that we must rely on ourselves to go home, otherwise we will let this chaos continue and wait for the Persians to attack, we will be all over !"

Daphes thinks that Xenophon is right. Although he has just gotten started in military affairs, he used to be a village officer and a leader of a high-tech development zone in his previous life. The number of people he manages is far more than 10,000 soldiers. Therefore, he knew the importance of unifying thoughts and inspiring confidence to a group.

Tima Song seemed a little disgusted with Xenophon and didn't look at Xenophon at all. He turned and said to others: "Don't worry, Krithorps will be back soon!"