Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 18: The Eastern Kingdom in your dream?

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

"Oh! The Wall of Medea!! No matter how many times I have seen it, I still feel shocked!!" Xenophon exclaimed loudly. When marching these days, he would run into the queue of Menon mercenaries and walk with Daves. In his words, ‘talking to Daves will help stimulate his thinking about knowledge. Daves thought he was boring in the line of Proxinus, because he had no common language with other people except Proxinus, so he ran to show off his knowledge to Daves.

"It is said that this Medo wall is more than a hundred miles long and was built by the former Kingdom of Babylon to defend against the Medes in the north. However, the Kingdom of Babylon was wiped out by the Medes..." Xenophon looked up Looking at the tall city wall, he said with emotion: "The Medes were later destroyed by the Persians, and Herodotus has a wonderful description in his "History" book. Just like people have birth, old age, sickness and death, no matter how powerful the kingdom is, there is also destruction. Time. So don’t look at the vast territory of Persia 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, Daves remembers that Persia was wiped out by King Alexander of Macedon, who has been admired by Westerners for more than two thousand years. He can’t remember the exact time, probably in dozens of years. Years later. In his memory, Macedonia is not yet a unified kingdom, and it is still his own "enemy."

Looking at the huge wall made of burnt bricks and asphalt, Dafus was also full of emotion: It seems that repairing the Great Wall to defend against the barbarians is not the patent of the Chinese nation. China should be in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period...

He turned his head and looked at the east, standing there for a long time, with inexplicable nostalgia and regret in his eyes: as a Greek in this life, he is thousands of miles away from his homeland, and it is impossible to return...

"Daves! Daves!..." Hearing Hiros's shout, Daves came back to his senses and found that his stay had affected the progress of the column. He quickened his pace, but he couldn't help but said: "Do you know? Maybe there is a country in the far east. Its jurisdiction is larger than Persia, and it rules more people than Persia. Its customs Habits are completely different from Greece and Persia, and its political system is completely different from Greece and Persia, but it is strict and efficient! It has gorgeous costumes, elegant etiquette, magnificent mountains and rivers, and delicious and rich food! Its army is strong, it People are rich..."

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

"Then what is going east beyond these races you are talking about?" Davers asked.

"It should be Dayang." Xenophon said uncertainly.

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

"He...should listen to other people's narration...record it." Xenophon began to stammer.

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

Xenophon was speechless for a while, and looked at Daves strangely: "Look at how serious you are, as if there really is such a country."

Davos chuckled and said nothing.

"It would be great if I could go to the far east one day to take a look!" Olivers on the side was attracted by the scene described by Davers, and suddenly exclaimed.

"Then, you have to go through the Persian kingdom first, and then there are the Magsatai, a horse-riding race that comes and goes like wind. It is said that they have cut off the head of Cyrus, the great king of Persia...well, There are also the terrible one-eyed man, and the mysterious India... If you are lucky not to be killed or captured as a slave, you can see that the far east is an ocean, and there is still a powerful country..." Xenophon Said jokingly half-seriously.

Olivers shrank his neck and said nothing.

Martonis was a bit annoyed. Although he didn’t like Olivers, he hated this pedantic Athenian: "What are you afraid of! If I had a strong army, not to mention going to the far east, any I dare to go anywhere!"

"A powerful army?" Xenophon pointed to the loose marching line ahead with a slight contempt: "Like this one?"

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

Daves listened to their bickering and narrowed his eyes: Is it a stronger army?

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Passing through the Media Wall means that the Greek army has left the Babylonian region. In the next few days, what has always appeared in Davers's vision is: the plains crisscrossing the paddock, the endless golden wheat fields, and the artificially dug rivers... These artificial rivers will lead the water of the big river to more small ones. In the canals and ditches, it finally flows into the farmland...

Seeing this, Daves couldn't help but sigh: This should be the oldest irrigation project in the Middle East! The fertile land and abundant water source gave birth to a large number of people, creating one after another splendid Lianghe ancient civilization! ...

Further forward, you will reach the source of the artificial river: the Tigris River. As another mother river in the Mesopotamia Plain, the Tigris River is equally wide. At first glance, it is difficult to reach the opposite bank. Numerous sails on the river are swaying. The oars on the river are likely to be the merchant ships, and the sails are falling slowly. Fishing boats flowed slowly, and the singing of fishermen on the boats and the shouts of sailors resounded across the banks of the river. Over the river, countless water birds sing and soar, and big fish prance in the water from time to time, creating a beautiful and peaceful river scenery.

There is a densely populated city near the river bank—Sitas. Greek mercenaries approached this city and set up camp. The Persian army and Alireus's army crossed the bridge and set up camp on the other side of the river. This night, because the Persian army was on the other side, the psychological pressure on the Greek soldiers was much less, and Daves and the others rarely had a good night's sleep.

The next day, the atmosphere suddenly became a little different. When Davers and the others crossed the river, they saw heavily armed soldiers guarding on both sides of the bridge. After crossing the pontoon bridge, they were also guarded soldiers on the other side.

What happened?

When Xenophon came over, Daves understood the reason.

"Last night, someone from the other side came and said he was a close friend of Alireus. He had a message to bring to Klarkus and Proxinus. So several leaders met him, and I followed Prok Sinus was in the military tent. Hearing the man said, "Arireus reminded Klarkus to be vigilant, because the Persian army might attack Greek mercenaries at night and plan to destroy the pontoon and trap you in the Tigris River. And the artificial waterway.'The leaders were a little nervous after hearing this, and I—"

Xenophon said with a slight emphasis on the tone: "After thinking, I think this news is unreliable!"

"Oh, what do you think?" Daves asked pretendingly curiously.

"Because the Persians come to attack us, either victory or defeat. If they are defeated and destroyed, isn’t there nowhere to escape; if they win, we are already on the land of the Persians. There is nowhere to escape, so why bother to ruin a bridge that was not easy to build. Klarkus and the others followed my advice!" Xenophon said with some complacency.

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

"Even you can think that Tisafonis is not a fool, so why make up such a lie?" Olivers said sarcastically.

"That's because he is really afraid of us destroying the bridge!" Xenophon glanced at him, not wanting to care about this uncultivated guy: "You have seen these days, there are many villages in this area, and The land is fertile and produces a lot of food, enough to feed our mercenaries for half a year. If we destroy the bridge and do not leave, the Tissafunis army is on the other side and cannot make it through for a while, then--"