Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"What's wrong?" Daveus felt her expression look strange.

"...Back to Greece...what do you want to do?" Kristoa asked softly.

"Oh... I haven't thought about this question..." Daveus said. In fact, he had been thinking about it but he didn't think about it well: "But there is one thing to confirm, no matter where I go, I will take you!"

Christoia put her face on Davis's generous shoulders, rubbing his rough skin, and said firmly: "I will follow you wherever you go!" After she finished, she remembered something again and emphasized. : "It's just that you better not return to Asia Minor!"

"Why?" Daveus was surprised.

"Because there may be a battlefield." Christopher's words startled Daveus: "I heard Little Cyrus say-"

Kristoa glanced subconsciously at Davos again, and saw that his expression was not abnormal, so he said again: "The Spartans and Tisavonis have a deep conflict, and the Spartans Was involved in this Persian rebellion. Now, Tisavonis is back in Asia Minor, and will certainly not miss this opportunity to renovate Sparta. Because Sparta is now the lord of all Greek city-states, he must Instead of Athens, he became the protector of the Greek city-state of Asia Minor. But at the beginning, Sparta reached an agreement in order to gain the support of the Persians. Among them, Sparta agreed to the terms of giving the Greek city-state of Asia Minor to the jurisdiction of Persia. The war with Athens ended , Sparta has been dragging out of this agreement, and... Little Cyrus did not urge the Spartans for some reason. So..."

"So, now that the new king takes the throne, Tisavonis will return to Asia Minor, and will certainly urge Sparta to fulfill the original agreement on behalf of the Persian king!" Daveus did not expect that there will be such a Missing between Sparta and Persia. Although the Spartan rogue surprised him, he can understand that if Sparta agrees, the overwhelming Greek hegemon actually handed over the land of his compatriots to the enemies of the Greeks. This is simply betrayal and "selling the country"!Undoubtedly, it will greatly damage the prestige it established after the victory of the Peloponnesian War, and even a city-state will rise up against its hegemony because of dissatisfaction.If you do not agree, it is a violation of the agreement, and war may erupt.

Daphus clutched his chin and fell into a deep thought: Did the guest Risops take the initiative to talk to me, to envelop me?He thought about it, and suddenly remembered something: "Christoya, I am not going to Asia Minor, will you return to Miletus?"

"Did I not say that I will follow you all the time!" Christoya said, his expression slightly dim: "If I go back now, it will also bring trouble to the family."

Daphes immediately understood what she said: As a concubine of the little Cyrus, she was regarded as an important family member of the rebels. Her return will undoubtedly attract the eyes of the Persian authorities to her family in Miletus.

Thinking of this, Daphes comforted her and said, "You can rest assured that one day, I will let you go home in a beautiful scenery!"

Kristoa stared at Davos, who looked very serious, and the haze on her face gradually disappeared: "I believe in you!"

She put Xima Chun on her head and said, "Since you let me manage the health care camp, then I will start exercising my rights. I will give those female slaves freedom so that they will work harder to take care of the wounded."

"This is your right. But I have to speak to Mercis first."

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Three days later, the camp was drawn.

In the afternoon, Tisafnis led the army.

After the leaders got the news from the scout office, they quickly led the team to the nearest village and started camping.Because there are many soldiers in the mercenary who cannot fight at this time: one is the wounded, the other is the soldier carrying the wounded, and the third is to help the soldiers carrying the wounded and carrying the wounded soldier's weapon.The substantial reduction in combat soldiers prevented mercenaries from marching and fighting as before.

When Tisavnice’s army rushed to the village, the mercenaries found that there were no flags representing Orjontas and Sikorsti. The generals speculated that the previous Tisavnice did not appear. Was it to give these two royal nobles? See you off.At the same time, they also began to worry about the future journey. The brothers of the Persian king did not have to worry, but Ojontas was the governor of Armenia. He was likely to intercept mercenaries on the way to Armenia.

The Persian army was under the attack of mercenary slingers. It felt that before the mercenary camp, they also started shooting arrows, and the two sides began to play each other's long-range attacks.It was only in this attack mode that the Persian army suffered a loss, and now the mercenaries have the protection of the camp, the advantage is more obvious, and the leaders do not understand why shrewdness such as Tisavonis is so rash.

The battle lasted only a dozen minutes, and Tisavonis led the army to retreat.Because there are many cavalry in the Persian army, fear of being attacked at night and causing chaos, the camp of the Polish army is ten miles away from the mercenary camp.

After deliberation, the leaders decided to let the soldiers rest at dusk, march before dawn, and camp if the Persian army catches up.This not only ensures the safety of the troops, but also does not delay marching.

In fact, the arrangement of the chiefs seems to be superfluous. The Persian army did not appear for three consecutive days. Until the morning of the fourth day, the cavalry surveyed in front reported that the road ahead was narrow, and there were several peaks on the side of the road, including the shorter ones. Found traces of Persians.The previous lesson made the leaders extremely cautious.

"It's still like before, I led a force from the right side of the mountain and drove them away." Xenophon said, because of his previous success, his face was full of confidence.

At this moment, the reconnaissance cavalry in the rear came to return: Discover the great troops of Tisavonis!

The news immediately made the leaders nervous.Because the mercenary’s combat power is not as good as before, there are too many wounded people, so the mercenary is afraid to fight at full strength, and at this time the whole army is located in the hilly area, the terrain is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of the troops, and the personnel are too dense, and the casualties under long-range attacks Will increase greatly.Obviously, this time, Tisavonis was carefully planned to prepare a big blow to the mercenaries.

Urgent situation!Kirithorpes had no time to discuss with other leaders, and he said seriously to Xenophon: "You must expel the Persians who occupy the mountain at the fastest speed to ensure our smooth passage. As long as you take the mountain, You will be able to guard the mountain road, and Tisafnis will not dare to chase us down again."

"I need some light infantry!" Xenophon immediately asked himself.

"The archers and slingers can't give you, only they can fight against Tisavonis." Kirithops declared in advance.

"I have five hundred light shield soldiers who can be dispatched to you." Daveus said first, he can't save his strength at this time, he must work together to get through the difficulties.

Xenophon was very grateful to Davos, because Daphos repeatedly supported him in public.

"I will give you Baise Reis Light Shield Soldiers!" Tima Song looked at him loudly and said aloud.Because the former leader of Tima Song, Clearkus, used the money given to him by Cyrus to recruit mercenaries in Kersons, and attacked the Thracian forces near the Hellesian pond for more than a year, so he collected a lot. The Thracians, among the Greek mercenaries, have the largest number of light shield soldiers.

Xenophon once again expressed his gratitude and brought two hundred heavy infantry, a total of 1,500 people, and set off quickly.

The leaders also ordered the whole army to speed up the march while raising the alert, and move closer to the mountain road.

When Xenophon led his army to the foot of the mountain and found out that the Persians had occupied a mountain, he was about to order an attack. At this time, Epithenis, the first light shield squadron leader of Davis, offered his opinion. He pointed his finger to the mountain and said, "Look, Xenophon, the mountain next to the Persians. If we attack the Persians directly, they may retreat to the higher mountain again... This will not only delay time, but also To make our offense more difficult, we might as well go directly to occupy the higher mountain top, and then throw the javelin and stones at the Persian high to easily repel them."

The light shield captains all said that Epidnis's method was good, and Xenophon followed suit, so he ordered: let the troops quickly occupy the mountain top!