Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"The whole army lined up!" the team officers shouted.

The soldiers in the river hurriedly retreated and were almost swept away by the current.

"There are many big round stones at the bottom of the river, which is very slippery and difficult to walk!" The soldier reported to the leaders after landing.

"It seems that it is difficult for us to cross the river from here with the Persians on the opposite side!" Tima Song said helplessly, and other leaders also agreed.They looked closely at the opposite bank: the Persians had stopped advancing and were close to the river bank. Their queue was about one mile long, and it looked like no less than 20,000 people.

"It's Orjontas' troops!" Kriano said with some surprise.

Xenophon said with regret: "It seems that he grabbed us in front."

Zantiparis pointed at the opposite bank in surprise, shouting: "Look, he also recruited a lot of Kaldan!"

Cardin?Daphes didn't know about it, and turned his head to look at Felixius doubtfully.

"The Kardans are tribes living in Armenia. I heard that they are brave and combative. The Persians like to recruit them as heavy infantry." Felixius explained while pointing his finger across the bank: "Look, that is!"

In the direction of his finger, Daphes saw some Kaldans wearing leather helmets, leather robes, a long shield and a spear in the center of the Persian army.

"Orjontas seems to be trying his best to stop us, but the Kardan people are not our opponents!" Tima Song said unwillingly.

"But with this river, everything is hard to say." Zantiparis said slightly pessimistically.

"Let the soldiers first camp and rest, and send someone to investigate if there is a better place to cross the river on foot." Kerry Thorps said calmly.

The order was conveyed, and the troops withdrew to a location less than one mile from the Kentrit River and began camping.

Not long after, Ledes brought back a message: The Persians were not found on the bank of the river, but some Duques were spied on them in the mountain forest not far away.This made the leaders frown.

"Go and call Izam." Kirithops said.

Izam was the son of the Comoros tribe chief, Comoros, who was sent as a guide.As a result, in the twenty days with the Greeks, this energetic young man had a strong curiosity about distant Greece. He didn’t want to go back to the enclosed cottage, wanted to go out and wander around, after obtaining the consent of Comoros. Later, the mercenaries accepted him.

After Izam got the news, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately swore that the Duques could never have been sent by the Xorkant tribe.And volunteered to explore.

After getting the consent of the leaders, Lades took him.Half an hour later, he came back and reported that the people were those of the tribes who united in the mountains and actively attacked the Greek mercenaries. Several of them had also been seen.

After Izam went out, Xenophon breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I said, Comoros worked very well with us before. How could it be possible that we just broke up and started fighting our ideas."

Kriano snorted: "Don't be too credulous about the Duques. How do you know that this Comoros son did not tell lies?! Who is Comoros, we have all seen, every After this battle, we have to argue with us for a long time about the attribution of the spoils, not even letting off a crock. Such a greedy person now sees that we are going to fight the Persians again. good chance!"

"What's more, the covenant has now expired and there is no restriction on him!" Tima Song interjected.

"His son is in our hands!" Xenophon reminded.

"I heard that he has more than a dozen sons, and it's no big deal to die. And who knows if Comoros made a good idea early and let him do the internal response?!" Kriano retorted.

Davers, sitting in the corner, looked at the atmosphere in the tent a little wrong.Xenophon was originally an active and energetic person. Recently, with his familiarity with mercenary affairs, his performance has become more active.In the eyes of some leaders, he feels that he is too public, and from time to time he will find opportunities to beat him.Daveus once persuaded him to calm down, and his answer was: "I did nothing wrong. Hades let me come here, not to please me, but to save this tens of thousands of Greek brothers. Contribute your own strength!"

In comparison, the younger Daveus is much more stable. When he became the leader, he tried hard to show his performance and earned himself respect and prestige. He was usually very restrained and listened when discussing matters. Because he knows that these leaders are on the battlefield for many years and has rich experience, it is worth learning and thinking.

"We all know that Comoros is a smart man with ambitions, and smart people know when to do what. Now the most important thing the Xorkant tribe should do is to quickly annex and digest the four tribes so that they can integrate into In his tribe, the talent can become his strength. So as soon as he walked out of the mountain, he broke up with us hurriedly. I don’t think he will provoke us when the internal situation is still unstable. He knows How powerful our force is, especially there are many enemies around him." Dave Sven said softly. Xenophon had a good relationship with him, so he had to help him out.

"So, Duke Yashan, who came to spy on us, as the kid said, was from the tribes that we defeated. They did not attack the Khorkant tribe, but dared to provoke the powerful We." Kriano mocked.

"As you said before, they are looking to see if it is cheap to pick it up." Daveus replied wisely.

Kirithops said: "Whether they are from the Xorkant tribe, on the plains, as long as we have guards, we are not afraid of anyone. The important thing now is to find a way to cross the river, Break through the block of Oljontas and enter Armenia. Otherwise, the longer the delay, the greater the difficulty."

The leaders are silent.

One day passed and nothing was found.

The next day, there was still no good news, but there was a lot of bad news: there were more and more Duke Yashan people in the nearby mountains, and Ledes roughly estimated that there were more than 1,000 people.The Persian soldiers on the opposite side also seem to be increasing, and the sense of support is rapidly decreasing. The soldiers who went out to collect firewood have been attacked by the Duquesians from time to time...

The grim situation not only made the soldiers feel anxious, but even the chiefs began to be restless.When the leaders discussed, Serovine suggested that Ezham return to the tribe and find his father, Comoros, to see if he could help the mercenaries drive out these Dukes.

After being smirked by Timmasong, the two sides even quarreled.

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In the early morning of the third day, Xenophon led two young soldiers into the tent with pride.It turned out that the two soldiers found a place where they could easily walk across the river.

Hearing this news, the conflicts and conflicts of the leaders disappeared, and they were all excited.

Just so as not to attract the attention of the Persians on the other side, Krithorpes changed the appearance of an ordinary soldier and walked with the soldier to the place where he could cross the river...

Finally, when he came back, seeing Kerry Thorps' relaxed expression, everyone knew that crossing the river was done.