Chapter XXXIV

"Chief, Tolmide has come on the orders of Christopus to confirm whether the situation is true. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Asistes made a report.

Tolmid also stepped forward to salute.

"Okay." Davers nodded in agreement, understanding that this was the normal procedure. With the caution of Christopus, he must confirm that Christoya had voluntarily requested to come to the Davers barracks, and not to be coerced.

Tolmide, who was known as the first herald of the whole army, was obviously much better than Asistes, and he looked at the beautiful and charming Christoya with a calm expression, asked the situation in detail, and after receiving her affirmative answer, he turned to Davers and said: "Since Christoya has volunteered to come to you, Christopus and several other chieftains said before I came, 'Although Cyrus the Younger is dead, he has always been a good friend of the Greeks!'" We must not forget his help to Greece! We must take good care of his concubine, Christoia, who is also our Greek, and this is our Greek hospitality! 'May the Davers leader take care of Christoya and don't let her be bullied!' ”

I am afraid that we must not forget the help of Cyrus the Younger, to Sparta! Davers sneered in his heart, and then asked, "What is Timason's attitude towards this matter?" ”

Tormid understood what Davers was worried about, and replied without hesitation: "Chief Timason has no objection to this!" ”

"That's good!" Davos nodded: "Asistes, you bring Christoya to Mersis and let him take care of settling it down!" ”

"Yes!" Assistes replied excitedly.

"Thank you, Chief Davos." Christoya walked out with a calm face.

"Christoya! If you have any difficulties, you can just tell me! Davers couldn't help but shout again.

"I will." A smile flashed across Christoya's face.

After the two of them went out, Tolmid smiled at him and said, "Chief Davos, you are worthy of being the 'Divine Favorite', not only did you speak well, but even the most beautiful woman in the mercenary camp took the initiative to post it!" ”

"The first herald of the whole army not only gave accurate orders, but even said flattery so well!"

The two laughed.

Tolmide looked at the young but well-behaved leader and asked earnestly, "When I came in, I noticed that there were no guards outside your tent door. ”

Davos did not directly say that it was because of the rush of time and the fact that he had not had time to arrange, but humbly asked: "Before today, I was still an ordinary soldier, and the brothers of the whole battalion trusted me, so they unanimously elected me to be the new leader. I immediately arranged for guards to isolate myself from my brothers, will they think that I have changed? ”

Tolmid said solemnly: "Military regulations are military regulations, and they are formulated to ensure victory in battle!" Look at Clearcus they were killed and how much confusion they caused to the whole army. You should know that the safety of your life is very important to your barracks! It's also important to have guards to prevent people from coming and going in the tent and distracting you from thinking and resting! ”

Davers nodded and said, "Thank you for your teachings, I see!" ”

Tolmid looked at Davers's modest appearance, and there was no trace of contempt in his heart, and he said with certainty: "It's not easy to be a good leader, but I believe you can do it well!" ”

"Thank you for your encouragement!" Tolmid's words dispelled Davers's last concern.

Sending Tolmide away, and when Assistes returned, he immediately said to him, "Go to Antonios and ask him to send the Shiros squad as my escort." ”

"Understood!" Yasistes turned around and went out, but was stopped by Davers again: "Yasi, I have just become the leader, and I am not very familiar with military affairs, so you have to point out to me directly if there is any omission." ”

Assistes blinked, and said unceremoniously, "Then I'll talk about one first." You should add two more heralds to me, otherwise when it comes time to fight, it will be a delay in delivering orders. "Indeed, it takes a lot of time for the fourteen squadron commanders, plus the baggage battalion and the wartime hospital to be delivered by only one person, and in battle, time is of the essence.

I was negligent! Davers hurriedly said: "Yes, you can go to the whole camp to select the personnel." ”

"And horses."

"Find Mersis."

Arsistes went out in a hurry.

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"Shiros, you're finally here, come in!" Davers stepped forward happily.

"Chief!" Shilos immediately gave a military salute.

"They're all good brothers, just call me by my name in private." Davers gave him a warm hug.

"I said a long time ago that Davers will not forget us when he becomes the leader! He's not Menon, he's Davers! Martonis punched Davers in the chest.

Davers smiled: "I have added a task to you, so I won't blame me." ”

"The guards are treated better than ordinary soldiers, and you're taking care of us. Rest assured, with us, absolutely no one can hurt you! Mattonis patted his chest and assured.

"It's your duty to protect me, Mattonis, and if I'm hurt, you'll be punished! When the time comes, I'll only give you half of the food! In front of his former teammates, Davers deliberately created a relaxed atmosphere.

"Damn, you're even scarier than Menon!" Martonis scratched his head and complained.

The crowd laughed.

"Davers, don't worry, I'll take care of the guards!" Shilos said solemnly.

Davers nodded.

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Next, Davers called Marigi and asked him to be his guide.

Because Marigi's heart was reunited by Clearcus' death, and the Greek mercenaries were at war with the Persians, he no longer had to worry about being discovered, and he readily agreed to Davers's request.

Davers asked him in detail about the terrain of the road ahead and the surrounding barbarians, especially the Ducoyans......

As soon as Marigi was sent away, he found Matonis standing at the tent door in full armor. Seeing Martonis staring intently ahead, Davers did not disturb him, and as he turned around, he suddenly saw two short javelins crossed in Mattonis' back and stopped.

Equipping the Greek heavy infantry with Javelins was arguably a failed proposal by Davers. At that time, he remembered the historical Roman heavy infantry, and wanted to make the Greek heavy infantry, which could only fight in close combat, have short- to medium-range projectile firepower, and be able to attack the fast-moving Persian cavalry, so he had this proposal. Who knew that for a long time in the next period, the two armies of Grecopol and Persia were safe and sound, and the two javelins they carried became a burden, which was not conducive to the march, and most of the soldiers threw the javelins, only the Hilos team firmly believed in Davers and still carried the javelins, but they cut the javelins into a meter long, inserted them in the back, and made a strap to fix them, so that it was easy to insert and take out, and it was also conducive to carrying.

The battle might be useful one day, Davers thought to himself.

This night, Davers did not sleep peacefully, after all, the next day was the first time he led his troops on a march, and it may also be the first time he led an army to fight, and it was impossible not to be nervous, tossing and turning until late at night before falling asleep.

The next day, he was woken up by Athistes.

"What time is it?" Davers asked a little weakly.

"The soldiers are eating, and it's still early to go." Arcistes said and brought him breakfast: two loaves of bread, a slice of cheese, a sausage, and a glass of water.

"It's very hearty, and the soldiers eat this too?" Davers asked, pointing to breakfast.

"Almost. Because there may be a battle today, you have to eat more to have strength. Assistes replied.

Only then did Davers relent.

After eating, after a while, a long brass trumpet sounded in the camp. Davers began to wear armor, and all other equipment remained the same, except for a red helmet with feathers at the top.

The soldiers, who were also fully dressed, came out one after another, began to dismantle the tents, and sent them to the baggage camp.

Then, they began to line up.

"First squadron! First Squadron! ……”

"Second squadron! The second squadron is here! ……”

"Brothers of the fourth squad of the fifth squadron, come here! ……”

The shouts came and went, and the horses neighed from time to time, and it was the baggage battalion that loaded the pack beasts with their carts, and the whole camp was like a noisy market......