Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Kleethorpes’s good mood continued until Tiburon’s aide came to him.

"What did you say?! The soldiers ran away?!!!" Kerry Thorps was taken aback, and his first reaction was to see if Tiburon was fooling.

"No one ran, only those soldiers who had participated in the Expedition of Little Cyrus! After returning to Ephesus, the troops were stationed outside the city, and Tiburon did not go to inspect the barracks these days because of the investigation. …” The adjutant said cautiously: “Until you let me take the position of Tiburon temporarily, I decided to gather the whole army for training to prevent the soldiers from being uneasy about Tiburon being transferred away. Only to find that there are more than three thousand soldiers missing..."

More than three thousand soldiers!Kleethorpes breathed a sigh of relief: This is not a small number!If DeKiridas arrives at Ephesus and finds that the number of troops he wants to lead has shrunk greatly, I am afraid he will blame him for not handling the issue of Tiburon, causing the army to float.

"Is it because Tiburon indulged them to loot and feared punishment before he ran?" Kelithorpes wondered why he knew the mercenaries who participated in the small Cyrus expedition.

"No." The lieutenant's answer made him slightly relieved, and made him curious again.

"I discovered the situation and immediately blocked the barracks and launched an investigation. I quickly learned the truth from the mercenaries who participated in the Cyrus expedition." The adjutant's expression was strange: "The reason they run away is Because of a rumor!"

"rumor?"

"Yes. Recently, there was a rumor spreading outside the city,'It is said that another group of mercenaries who participated in the Persian expedition with these mercenaries under the leadership of a leader named Davers went to Great Greece and defeated After the barbarians there, a coalition called Tua was established, and he became the ruling officer of the coalition, and the mercenaries who followed him became city-state citizens and shared the land, and the team officers became...um... …The nobles, who have taken up senior public office in the city-state...” These simple-minded mercenaries actually thought it was true. Many people wanted to go to Greater Greece and share the benefits of their former teammates...” But I heard them say this It’s been more than half a year since the person named Davers left them. How could it be possible to do so many things? Obviously, it’s a lie!” The adjutant said, but after seeing Klee Thorps frowning, he was in deep contemplation.

"Where did these rumors come from?" he asked solemnly.

"It seems that they heard from the port market of Ephesus when they went to buy goods."

"Is the mercenary leader who is on the expedition to Persia still there?" Kriethops asked again.

"In addition to Xenophon, others like Timmasong, Zantiparis, Kriano... they all ran away. Some soldiers could stay, and Xenophon convinced..."

"You quickly send someone to notify the Ephesus Council and ask them to immediately send a patrol to block the port. You also send troops to assist. If you find an army deserter, please immediately arrest and escort back to the barracks! Let them take the same measures!" Kirithops made a quick decision.

"How to deal with the captured mercenaries?"

"In front of the whole army, take the lead team officer and generals-" Crisopus made a beheaded gesture with a cold expression.

Sending off the adjutant, Kirithorpes’s heart was ups and downs, and he could not be calm for a long time: the mercenary escape has been started a few days ago, and now the measures are taken, it is definitely a bit late, it seems that Tiburon is sent At the same time, Bada needs to write a letter to the Elder Council to take the initiative to explain the situation here, otherwise Dejiridas will find out and question this matter, and he will be passive!Hey... Xenophon should have known about it early in the morning, why didn't he inform himself!

Kleethorpes turned to think: Xenophon had a good relationship with many generals during his expedition to Persia, especially Daveus, who could actively persuade the soldiers to stay, already thinking about Sparta.

Daveus!...After half an year later, I heard this familiar and somewhat unfamiliar name again, and a clear image of the extremely young mercenary leader emerged from Kerry Thorps's mind.For Davos, he has always regretted that he failed to stay in Sparta.

He still remembers: When he returned to Sparta to report his previous experience, when he met the outgoing former Navy Admiral Anaxsis and asked him about Daves, Annaxis asked blankly. Who is Firth?'He wished he could slap him on the spot, actually forgetting what he repeatedly told, letting Sparta pass by the Greek military genius he thought.Later, because he assisted Tiburon to settle in Asia Minor, he was busy and temporarily forgotten the matter. I never expected to hear the name again. This young man who made him memorable has already created a career in Greater Greece?!If things are true, it is really amazing!However, it also shows that his customer Thorps did not read the wrong person!I just don’t know if he has anything to do with this deserting incident. I hope it’s not his incitement, because the Spartan Council of Elders will definitely send someone to investigate clearly!

It's just a pity that Daphes has taken root in Great Greece and obviously will no longer consider joining Sparta...

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Xenophon actually knew more than Gurythrops had guessed. He even knew that Timmasong went to the Temple of Arthenius in Ephesus to meet Agathia, and he only got his promise before he could Will return to the barracks and encourage the soldiers to go to the Tua Alliance.

Xenophon also received an invitation from Agassia. It really surprised him that Daveus became the lifelong governor of two cities in Greater Greece. He was also curious how Daveus was in the past six months. Such dazzling achievements have been achieved within a time!They are also young people, one is a countryman from the edge of Greek civilization, and one is an elite cultivated by the Greek cultural center-Athens. Nowadays, "countrymen" already have the highest power in two cities, but the elite is still in a foreign country. Desperate to survive, to say envy and jealousy, Xenophon must be in his mind, but let him leave here and start a new career in a strange big Greece, he did not hesitate to refuse.

Not because of self-esteem, but as an Athenian, Xenophon had always believed that Athens was the center of the world.After experiencing the defeat of the Peloponnesian War, the Expedition of Cyrus, and the Spartan campaign in Asia, I saw the corruption of the vast land and politics of Persia, the weakness of the Greek city-state in Asia Minor, and Sparta. He has a vague idea of ​​the military tyranny: why the economically prosperous Athens and the military powerful Sparta can no longer join forces to lead the fragmented and conflicting Greek city-states, defeating the hostility that has always been hostile to Greece , Persia, which looks strong but is weak, opens up a new era for the Greeks?!

For this ideal, he is willing to continue to fight in this strange land, and cooperate closely with the Spartans he has long been interested in.Therefore, although he did not report to Timmasong for more than two years, he also prevented more soldiers from leaving in time.He was relieved to receive the news that the Spartan commander was about to change. He also did not think Tiburon was a qualified Governor of Asia Minor, even though he had been winning the battle.

He recorded the incidents that occurred over the past few days, involving Tima Song and others leaving the military camp and heading for the Tua Alliance. He hesitated for a while, but still determined not to write it down, not because of confidentiality, but because he kept Adhering to a principle: the Eastern Mediterranean is the focus of his future history. The Western Mediterranean is far from the center of civilization and does not deserve too much attention.

Then, he packed up the manuscript and decided to go to Kleethorpes to talk about it. He had some ideas and suggestions on how to manage these mercenaries and prevent the military from floating.

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After constructing the Lahe Fortress (a fortress, a reinforced version of the camp), Philius left a company guard to lead the rest of the third and seventh brigades back to Turui.

Daveus greeted them outside the city and gave a warm speech to the soldiers.After that, the troops were disbanded and the soldiers went home.Philius came to Dave's mansion and told him in detail the process of capturing Nyutum and Laos, and the general situation of Nyatum now.

Daveus listened carefully and asked, "Are there any dissatisfaction with the soldiers of the second company and the first company of the third company in staying at Nyutum for ten days?"

"No for now." Felix replied: "Since you have issued a new loot distribution plan, the soldiers left behind will get more points, I think they are very happy."

Daveus nodded and sighed: "We are not like Persia. We have soldiers dedicated to warfare provided by the state and can carry out combat missions for many years. Five days is the limit for the Union soldiers to volunteer to fight. This time is exceeded. We have to prepare food for the soldiers, and it will delay them to farm and earn money for a long time. We can’t let the citizens who fight for the Alliance bloody fight the poorer, so this time the distribution of loot is not only for this time! I hope that after you go back, you will consult with Melses to work out a long-term loot distribution plan. Priority should be given to three points.

First, family members of soldiers who died in war must be given preferential treatment; second, teams and soldiers with outstanding performance and merits must be given preferential treatment; and third, teams and soldiers that undertake the most difficult combat tasks must be given preferential treatment... It may also involve fighting with the Allied forces. Therefore, when formulating a strategic product distribution plan, this must also be considered, and a fair and equitable distribution must be achieved!"