"All the troops are in formation!" The officers shouted. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The soldiers in the river hurriedly retreated, and were almost swept away by the current.

"There are a lot of big, round rocks at the bottom of the river, which are very slippery and difficult to walk!" When the soldiers came ashore, they reported to the chiefs.

"It seems that with the Persians on the other side, it will be difficult for us to cross the river from here!" Timasong said helplessly, and the other leaders also agreed. They kept their eyes on the other side: the Persians had halted their advance and were clinging to the bank of the river, their line about a mile long, and it looked like no less than twenty thousand men.

"It's Olontas's troops!" Cleano said with some surprise.

Xenophon said with some regret: "It seems that he grabbed ahead of us." ”

Zantiparis pointed to the other side in amazement and exclaimed, "Look, he has recruited quite a few Caldans!" ”

Caldan people? Davers didn't understand this, and turned his head to look at Philicius in confusion.

"The Kaldans were a tribe living in Armenia, and they were said to be fierce and aggressive, and the Persians liked to recruit them as heavy infantry." Phellisius explained, pointing to the shore: "Look, that's it! ”

Following the direction of his finger, Davos saw that in the middle of the Persian army, some Caldan men wearing leather helmets and leather robes, holding a long shield in one hand and a spear in the other, were at the forefront.

"Ojuntas seems to be trying their best to stop us, but unfortunately the Kaldan are not our opponents!" Timasong said unwillingly.

"But with this river, it's hard to say." Zantiparis said slightly pessimistic.

"Let the soldiers camp and rest first, and send people to find out if there is a better place to cross the river on foot." Chrysops said with a calm expression.

The order was conveyed, and the troops withdrew to a distance less than a mile from the Kentrite River and began to camp in the trees.

Not long after, Ryders brought back the news that no Persians had been found on the banks of the river, but some Ducoyans had been spotted in the nearby woods and spied on them. This made the leaders frown.

"Go and call Izzam." Chrysops said.

Izzam was the son sent by the Grand Leader of the Ksokant tribe, Commolro, to serve as a guide. As a result, during the twenty days he spent with the Greeks, the energetic young man became so curious about distant Greece that he did not want to return to the closed cottage and wanted to go out and explore, and with Comero's consent, the mercenaries took him in.

When Izzam got the news, he was stunned for a moment, and then swore that those Dukias could never be sent by the Ksokant tribe. And volunteered to investigate.

With the approval of the chiefs, Ryders took him with him. Half an hour later, he came back and reported that they were the tribes of the mountains that had united to attack the Greek mercenaries, several of whom he had seen.

After Izzam went out, Xenophon breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll just say, Comoro worked well with us before, how could it be that he just broke up and started beating our ideas." ”

Cleano snorted, "Don't be too gullible about this Dukeya's words. How do you know that this son of Comoro is not lying?! We have all seen who Commorro was, and every time he finished a battle, he would argue with us for a long time about the ownership of the spoils, not even a crockpot. Such a greedy person, now seeing that we are going to war with the Persians again, how can he let go of the good opportunity to pick up the bargain! ”

"What's more, now that the covenant has expired, there is no binding on him!" Timasong chimed in.

"His son is in our hands!" Xenophon reminded.

"I heard that he had more than a dozen sons, and it was not a big deal to die one. And who knows if Commorro had already made up his mind and let him do the internal response?! Criano retorted.

Davers, who was sitting in the corner, looked at the atmosphere in the tent and there was something wrong. Xenophon was originally a man of active mind and energy, but he has recently become more active as he has become familiar with mercenary affairs. In the eyes of some leaders, they felt that he was too flamboyant, and would find opportunities to beat him from time to time. Davers once advised him to be more restrained, and his reply was: "I have done nothing wrong, Hades asked me to come here, not to please someone, but to contribute his own strength to save the lives of more than 10,000 Greek brothers!" ”

In contrast, the younger Davers is much more steady, after becoming the leader, in addition to performing hard when he should be, he has won respect and prestige for himself, he is usually very introverted, and he listens more when discussing things, because he knows that these leaders have been on the battlefield for many years and have rich experience, which is worth learning and thinking about.

"We all know that Commollo is an ambitious and intelligent man, and a smart person knows what to do and when. The most important thing the Ksocont tribe should do now is to quickly annex and digest those four tribes, so that they can integrate into his tribe, so that they can truly become his power. So as soon as he got out of the mountains, he broke up with us in a hurry. I don't think he's going to provoke us when we're not internally stable, because he knows how strong our forces are, especially when he has a lot of enemies around him. Davers said softly that Xenophon had a good relationship with him, and that he would help him out of the siege both in public and private.

"So, the Dukia hill people who have come to spy on us are, as the kid said, the people of the tribes we have defeated. They did not attack the Ksocont tribe, but they dared to provoke the powerful us. Criano scoffed.

"Like you said before, they're here to see if there's anything cheap to pick up." Davers replied shrewdly.

"Whether they are from the Ksocont tribe or not, on the plains, as long as we are on guard, we are not afraid of anyone. The important thing now is to find a way to cross the river, break through the obstruction of Ojuntas, and enter Armenia. Otherwise, the longer it drags on, the greater the difficulties. ”

The chiefs were silent.

A day passed without any findings.

The next day, there was still no good news, but there was a lot of bad news: there were more and more Dukoya mountain people in the nearby mountains, and Ryders roughly estimated that there were more than a thousand people. The number of Persian soldiers on the opposite side also seemed to be increasing, while the perceived provisions were rapidly decreasing, and the soldiers who went out to collect firewood were also attacked by the Dukyans from time to time......

The grim situation not only made the soldiers feel anxious, but even the leaders began to be impetuous. While the chiefs were deliberating, Serophon proposed that Izzam be sent back to the tribe and his father, Commorro, to see if he could help the mercenaries drive out the Dukias.

He was laughed at by Timasson, and the two sides even quarreled.

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Early in the morning of the third day, Xenophon entered the tent with two young warriors on his toes. It turned out that the two fighters had found a place where they could easily cross the river on foot.

Hearing this news, the previous conflicts of the leaders disappeared, and they all became excited.

Just in order not to attract the attention of the Persians on the other side, Chrysopus changed into the costume of an ordinary soldier and followed the soldiers on foot to the crossable river......

Finally, when he returned, and seeing the relaxed expression of Christopus, everyone knew that the crossing of the river was done.