Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 21: Marigi

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"There is one more question." Daves retracted his gaze and asked sternly: "On this journey, where can I get out of the jurisdiction of the Persian royal family?"

Maliji was eager to please Daves, thought about it seriously, and then drew a circle on the sketch: "Here! Past Mespila!"

"Mespila?" Daves carefully looked at the pattern on the ground.

"Mespila was formerly the capital of Assyria, Nineveh! After passing it, Dukeya is on." Mariji emphasized.

Davers nodded: "Are you familiar with Dukeya?"

"I’m not very familiar, but I’ve done business with them and exchanged food for their mountain products!" Mariji said, with an angry expression on his face: "But they are unfaithful barbarians, and they often don’t pay. Money, hurt others, grab things!"

Davers listened carefully, turned his head and said to Matonis: "Take his family to the barracks and let Melses take care of them, but you have to tell Melses not to abuse him and his Wife and daughter, don’t use them as slaves!"

As soon as the voice fell, Mariji knelt down with a "flutter": "Please! Please! Let me go! And my wife and daughter! I said everything! Please let us go... "

"It seems that you can understand Greek, but you pretended not to understand it before," Davers said.

Marigi did not excuse at this time, just kept crying.

"In fact, I did not let you and your family go for your own good. Did you know that your lord, the king’s brother Cyrus, has died in battle!"

Marigi suddenly stopped crying, and the hands holding Davos's legs also lost strength, and asked weakly, "His Royal Highness Cyrus is really dead?"

"Actually, you just guessed it, didn't you? Otherwise, how could Tisafonis bring us here, and he allowed us to looting your village, because this is the punishment for the rebellion against Cyrus! This kind of punishment, I believe, will never be the only one! All the people who have a close relationship with him will probably not escape, are you right?"

Marigi was already slumped on the ground, in a daze.

Martonis pulled him up and dragged him out.

"This man doesn't look like an ordinary businessman." Silos said to Daves as he watched Mariji being dragged out of the tent.

"You're right!" Daves nodded. The family lives in a dilapidated house, but hides a lot of gold and silver and gorgeous clothes. Just look at the temperament of him and his wife, how are they like ordinary Persian merchants, and they are also proficient in Greek and know so many things. . Perhaps he was a relative or his supervisor of the little Cyrus, or his queen merchant. After knowing that little Cyrus was treason, he hid in a remote village in his territory to avoid disaster. Had it not been for the village chief’s informant, I would have almost missed a big fish

Daves thought fortunately that he had selectively forgotten how he tortured the village chief and his family. He said to Hiros: "Captain, I have to trouble you to emphasize again with Melses. No one is allowed to harass his family. He is very useful to us! Since Cyrus is dead, I want to let He sincerely takes refuge in us!"

A soldier gave an order to his captain, and everyone present didn't feel surprised that Daves' leadership in the squad had already been established.

"Okay." Silos walked out of the tent without hesitation.

"Pichols, thank you very much! You helped me a lot today!" Davers turned to a soldier and said.

"It is my honor to be able to help you!" Pickles said respectfully.

Davos took out two drachmas and stuffed them into his hands.

"This...this..." Pickles falsely declined.

Davers said: "Please accept it! I really want to thank you for this today, and I hope you can keep it secret, don't let Menon know!"

Pichols heard this and stopped rejecting. He put the silver coin in his arms and said: "Don't worry, I don't like that guy either! Assure Hades, I won't leak a word! "Pichols made a gesture to shut his mouth, and then said excitedly: "There is still this kind of work next time, just call me!"

"You must be indispensable!" Davers laughed.

Pichols got out of the tent, Gilgris immediately asked with concern: "Pichols is Menon's Persian translation, is he reliable?"

"I heard that Menon speaks Persian, and Picors has nothing to do. Instead, Menon is often called as a coolie. He will be so stupid to offend us, not to mention that he can make money." Olivers Chipped in. After he was sober, knowing that he almost went to hell, he immediately thanked Daves, who knows that Daves reacted coldly to him, he realized something, so he has been quieter until now.

But as soon as he spoke, there was a brief silence in the tent.

"Daves, how did you know that Persian businessman buried the money in the yard?" Georgris asked suddenly.

Davos understood that Geogris wanted to have a lively atmosphere, and said, "It's very simple. When we captured Mariji, I found that he was worried that his wife and daughter were being bullied by us--" When Davers said this, he glanced at Olivers: "I still quietly took a look at the old tree in the yard from time to time. I walked over and took a closer look. There was a place under the tree with a different color, which was new soil. Of course I was suspicious, but I didn't scare him much in the end. This guy was timid and took the initiative to confess."

Several people praised Daves for his carefulness, especially Oliver who spoke loudest.

Daves said to Geogris: "The money is of great use to us. You should check it out every day at the bargaining camp. Don't let that fat man take advantage of it."

"Okay."

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After many plunders by the Greek mercenaries, the marching column of the team became larger and bloated.

In the next few days, as Mariji said, the army kept marching along the right bank of the Tigris River, and then crossed the river to reach the city—Caene. Here, they get another adequate supply. However, the suspicion of the Greek mercenary soldiers towards the Persians became more serious, and new rumors continued to spread in the army, resulting in more conflicts between the soldiers of the two armies after the camp.

Finally when they reached the Zapatas River, the soldiers of the two armies had a large-scale battle. More than a hundred people from both sides carried out weapons and killed more than ten people. If the leaders of both sides arrived in time and sent troops to separate the two sides in time, the result would be disastrous.

This caused the next day’s march to be cancelled, and soldiers from each battalion were restricted from leaving the camp. Marching every day, Daves and them were exhausted physically and mentally. It was rare to have a day of free time, and everyone slept in.

Meersis in the heavy camp seized the time to slaughter part of the looted livestock to make sausages.

Just when Daves woke up, Antonios got into the tent with an anxious look: "Daves, Menon, Clearcus, Proxinus and other leaders are going to Persia. People’s barracks go to negotiate!"

"What!!!" Daves turned over and sat up in shock.

"I heard that after what happened last night, Klarkus immediately went to Tissafunis to negotiate, hoping to eliminate the suspicion of mutual mistrust between the two parties and avoid such hostile behavior from happening again. Maybe the two parties have talks. It was very good. Clearkus spent the night directly in the Persian military camp. He returned safely this morning, and then sent people to inform the leaders of the various military camps to go with him to the Persian military camp and have further talks with Tisafonis. It is said that many soldiers and team officers in other military camps objected to their past, but in the end the leaders reached an agreement and they were about to set off." Antonios quickly finished the matter.

"Why did no one in our camp notify this?" Silos asked in surprise.

"Mennon didn't discuss with the others, he only quietly brought two squadron captains, Kapez and Millstic." Antonios said with an awkward expression. He knew in his heart that because of the last collective "forcing the palace" incident,

Most of the squadron officers and soldiers were no longer willing to obey Menon's orders, and after Menon's prestige was lost, he did not want to discuss with them anymore, and directly found two squadron leaders who were willing to listen to him.

Antonius did not explain in detail, but said: "I also heard the soldiers in the nearby Socrates barracks clamoring, and I found out after asking."

"Who are the people going there?" Davers stood up and asked seriously while getting dressed quickly.

Antonius "cocked" in his heart, Daves’ expression confirmed the uneasy feeling in his heart: "Clearkus, Proxinus, Menon, Socrates, and Akias are the five chiefs. , There are more than a dozen squadron captains."

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Take me to find them, and it will be over again later!!!" Daves put on the linen lining, and ran Antonios out anxiously, Hilos and the others followed.