Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 48: A race against time (Part 1)

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"What's the matter?" Daves sensed her strange expression.

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

"Oh...I haven't thought about this problem..." Davers said, in fact, he has been thinking about it but he didn't think about it: "But one thing can be confirmed, no matter where I go, I will take you with you!"

Christonia put her face on Daves’ broad shoulders, rubbed his rough skin, and said firmly, “I’ll follow you wherever you go!” After that, she remembered something. Emphasized: "It's just that you better not go back to Asia Minor!"

"Why?" Daves was a little surprised.

"Because there may be a battlefield there." Cristoya's words surprised Daves: "I heard Cyrus say--"

Christoya glanced at Daves subconsciously, and saw that his expression was not unusual, so she said: "The contradiction between the Spartans and Tisafonis is very deep, and Spartan The Daren was involved in this Persian rebellion again. Now that Tisafonis is back in Asia Minor, he will certainly not miss this opportunity to rectify Sparta. Because Sparta is now the leader of the Greek city-states. He was bound to replace Athens as the protector of the Greek city-state of Asia Minor. However, in order to gain the support of the Persians, Sparta reached an agreement, including the clause that Sparta agreed to hand the Greek city-state of Asia Minor to Persia. At the end of the war, Spartans have been dragging their feet on not fulfilling this agreement, and...little Cyrus did not urge the Spartans for some reason. So..."

"So, now that the new king comes to the throne and Tisafonis returns to Asia Minor, he will definitely urge Sparta to fulfill the original agreement on behalf of the Persian king!" Daves did not expect that there would be such a relationship between Sparta and Persia. Although Missing and Sparta's rogue play surprised him, it is understandable: If Sparta agrees, the dignified Greek hegemon will hand over the land of his compatriots to the enemies of the Greeks. This is nothing short of betrayal and "traitor"! It will undoubtedly greatly damage its prestige established after the victory of the Peloponnesian War, and even some city-states will rise up against its hegemony because of their dissatisfaction. If you do not agree, it is a violation of the agreement, and war may break out.

Davers clutched his chin, lost in thought: Did guest Rethorpes take the initiative to speak to me in order to win over me? He thought about it, and suddenly remembered something: "Kristia, if I don't go to Asia Minor, will you go back to Miletus?"

"Didn't I say that I will always follow you!" Kristia said, her expression dimmed: "Besides, I will bring trouble to the family if I go back now."

Davos immediately understood what she meant: As a servant of Cyrus, she is an important family member of the rebels. Her return will undoubtedly attract the attention of the Persian authorities to her family in Miletus. Body.

Thinking of this, Dafus comforted her and said: "Don't worry, one day, I will let you go home gracefully!"

Christoia stared at Daves, who was extremely serious, and the haze on her face gradually faded: "I believe you!"

She criticized Simma purely on her head and said: "Since you let me manage the medical camp, then I will begin to exercise my rights. I want to give the female slaves freedom so that they will work harder to take care of the wounded. ."

"This is your right. But I have to tell Merses first."

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Three days later, he pulled out the camp and marched.

In the afternoon, Tisafonis came with his army.

After receiving the news from the scout, the leaders quickly led the team to the nearby village and started camping. Because there are many soldiers in the mercenaries who cannot fight at this time: one is the wounded, the other is the soldier who carries the wounded, and the third is the soldier who helps the wounded and the soldiers who carry the wounded soldiers' weapons. The massive reduction in combat soldiers prevented mercenaries from marching and fighting as before.

When Tissafunis’ army rushed to the village, the mercenaries found that there were no flags representing Orontas and Sicosti. The generals guessed: The previous Tisafunis did not show up. Did they go to give these two banners? A royal aristocrat is seen off. At the same time, they also began to worry about their future journey. The brother of the Persian king didn't need to worry, but Aujuntas was the governor of Armenia. He was likely to block the mercenaries on the way to Armenia.

The Persian army faced the attack of the mercenary slingers and felt that in front of the mercenary camp, they also began to shoot arrows, and the two sides began the scene of mutual long-range attacks that were staged every day. It was just in this attack mode that the Persian army had suffered. Now the mercenaries have the protection of the camp, and their advantages are even more obvious. The leaders do not understand why the shrewd such as Tisafonis should be so reckless.

The battle lasted only ten minutes, and Tisafonis led his army to retreat. Because there are many cavalry in the Persian army, they are afraid that they will be attacked at night and cause great chaos. The camp of the Polish army is ten miles away from the mercenary camp.

After discussion, the leaders decided: Let the soldiers rest at dusk, march before dawn, and if the Persian army catches up, they will camp. This not only ensures the safety of the troops, but also does not delay the march.

In fact, the leader’s arrangement seemed a bit redundant. The Persian army did not appear for three consecutive days. Until the morning of the fourth day, the cavalry who was investigating ahead reported that the road ahead was narrow and there were several peaks on the side of the road. Traces of the Persians were found on the low mountain. The previous lessons made the leaders extremely cautious about this.

"As before, I led a troop around the right side of the mountain and drove them away." Xenophon said, his face was full of confidence due to his previous success.

At this moment, the scout cavalry in the rear rushed to report back: They found Tisafonis' large army!

The news immediately made the leaders nervous. Because the combat effectiveness of the mercenaries now is not as good as before, there are too many wounded, so that the mercenaries dare not fight at all. Moreover, the whole army is located in a 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 will be caused by long-range attacks. Will greatly increase. Obviously, this time Tisafonis was carefully planning to give the mercenaries a big blow.

The situation is urgent! Kelithorpes had no time to discuss with the other leaders, and said to Xenophon with a serious look: "You must drive away the Persians who occupy the mountains as quickly as possible to ensure that we pass smoothly. As long as you win the mountains, If he can guard the mountain road, Tissafunis will not dare to chase us anymore."

"I need some light infantry!" Xenophon immediately made his request.

"Archers and slingers can't be given to you, only they can fight Tisafunis." Kerry Thorpes declared in advance.

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

Xenophon is very grateful to Daves, because Daves has repeatedly expressed his support for him in public.

"I'll give you eight hundred Thracian shield soldiers!" Timathon gave a loud look and said loudly. Because the former leader of Timathon, Clearkus, used the money given to him by Cyrus to recruit mercenaries in Certhons and attacked the Thracian forces near Hellespong for more than a year, so he collected a lot of money. Thracian, his barracks light shields are the most among the Greek mercenaries.

After Xenophon once again expressed his gratitude, he took another two hundred heavy infantry, a total of 1,500 men, and set off quickly.

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

When Xenophon led his army to the foot of the mountain, he found out that the Persians were occupying a mountain. He was about to order an attack. At this time, the commander of the First Light Shield Squadron under Daves, Epithenis proposed In his own opinion, he pointed to the mountain and said: "Xenophon, look at the mountain next to the Persians. If we attack the Persians directly, they may retreat to that higher mountain again... This will not only delay Time also makes our offensive more difficult. It is better to directly occupy the top of the higher mountain, and then throw javelins and stones at the Persians from high ground, and you can easily repel them."

The captains of the light shield all said that Epithenis’s method was good, and Xenophon was good at it, so they ordered: Let the troops quickly occupy the top of the mountain!