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“…… Back to Greece...... What do you want to do? Christoya asked softly.

"Oh...... I haven't thought about it yet......" Davers said, in fact, he had been thinking about it but he hadn't thought about it, "but one thing is for sure, wherever I go, I'll take you with me!" ”

Christoya pressed her face against Davers's broad shoulders, rubbed against his rough skin, and said in a firm tone, "I will follow you wherever you go!" After speaking, she remembered something again, and emphasized: "It's just that you'd better not go back to Asia Minor!" ”

"Why?" Davers was a little surprised.

"Because it could be a battlefield." Christoia's words startled Davers: "I heard little Cyrus say—"

Christoya subconsciously glanced at Davos again, and seeing that his expression was not abnormal, she said again: "The contradiction between the Spartans and Tisaphonis is very deep, and the Spartans are involved in this Persian rebellion. Now that Tisaphonis has returned to Asia Minor, he will not miss this opportunity to clean up Sparta. Since Sparta was now the leader of the Greek city-states, he was bound to replace Athens as the protector of the Greek city-states in Asia Minor. However, in order to gain the support of the Persians, Sparta reached an agreement, which included the Spartan agreement to give the Greek city-states of Asia Minor to Persian rule. The war with Athens ended, and Sparta has been dragging its feet not fulfilling this agreement, while ...... For some reason Cyrus the Younger did not rush the Spartans. So ......"

"Therefore, now that the new king is on the throne and Tisaphonis is back in Asia Minor, he will definitely urge Sparta to fulfill the original agreement on behalf of the king of Persia!" Davers did not expect that there would be such a secret between Sparta and Persia, although Sparta's scoundrel surprised him, but it was also understandable: if Sparta agreed, the dignified Greek overlord actually surrendered the land of his compatriots to the enemies of the Greeks, which was simply a betrayal and "traitor"! It will undoubtedly greatly damage the prestige it has built up after the victory in the Peloponnesian War, and there will even be discontent with the city-states that will rise up against its hegemony. If you don't agree, it's a violation of the agreement, and I'm afraid war will break out.

Davers clutched his chin and pondered: Could it be that Chrythopus took the initiative to speak to me in order to entrap me? He thought about it, and suddenly remembered something: "Christia, I won't go to Asia Minor, will you return to Miletus?" ”

"Didn't I say I would always follow you!" Christoya said, her expression slightly gloomy: "Besides, if I go back now, I will bring disaster to the family." ”

Davers immediately understood what she meant: as a concubine of Cyrus the Younger, she was an important family member of the rebels, and her return would undoubtedly draw the attention of the Persian authorities to her family in Miletus.

Thinking of this, Davers comforted her and said, "Don't worry, one day, I will let you go home beautifully!" ”

Christoya looked at Davers, who looked extremely serious, and the gloom on her face gradually faded: "I believe in you!" ”

She put Hima Chun on her head and said, "Since you have asked me to run the medical camp, then I will begin to exercise my rights. I'm going to give the girls freedom so that they will work harder to take care of the wounded. ”

"It's your right. But I have to say a word to Mersis first. ”

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Three days later, the camp marched.

In the afternoon, Tisafnis arrived with his army.

After receiving the news from the scouts, the leaders quickly led their troops to the nearest village and began to set up camp. Because there were many soldiers in the mercenary army at this time who could not fight: first, the wounded, second, the soldiers who carried the wounded, and third, the soldiers who helped the wounded and carried the weapons of the wounded soldiers. The massive reduction in combat soldiers has made it impossible for mercenaries to march and fight as before.

When Tisafnes' army arrived at the village, the mercenaries found that there was no flag representing Ojuntas and Sikosti, and the generals speculated that the previous Tisafnis did not show up and that they had gone to see off the two royal nobles. At the same time, they began to worry about the future journey, and the brother of the king of Persia did not need to worry, but Ojuntas, the governor of Armenia, was likely to intercept the mercenaries on the way to Amalia.

The Persian army withstood the attack of the mercenary slingers, and felt that in front of the mercenary camp, they also began to fire arrows, and the two sides began to stage a drama of long-range attacks on each other every day. It's just that in this mode of attack, the Persian army has already suffered, and now that the mercenaries have the protection of the camp, the advantage is even more obvious, and the leaders do not understand why the shrewd Tisaponis is so reckless.

The battle lasted only ten minutes, and Tisafnis retreated with his army. Because the Persian army had a large number of cavalry, and fearing that it would be attacked at night and cause chaos, the Polish army camped ten miles away from the mercenary camp.

The chiefs consulted and decided that the soldiers should rest at dusk, march before dawn, and camp if the Persian army caught up. This not only ensured the safety of the troops, but also did not delay the march.

In fact, the arrangement of the chiefs seemed to be somewhat redundant, and for three days the Persian army did not appear, until the morning of the fourth day, when the cavalry probing in front reported that the road ahead was narrow, and that there were several peaks on the side of the road, and that traces of the Persians had been found on the lower ones. The previous lesson had made the leaders extremely cautious about this.

"Again, as before, I led a force around the right side of the mountain peak and drove them away." Xenophon said his face was full of confidence because of his previous success.

At this moment, the reconnaissance cavalry in the rear arrived to report: the large force of Tisafnis was found!

The news immediately made the chiefs nervous. Because the combat effectiveness of the mercenaries is not as good as before, there are too many wounded, so that the mercenaries do not dare to fight with all their strength, and at this time the whole army is located in a hilly area, the terrain is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of troops, and the personnel are too dense, and the casualties under long-range attacks will increase greatly. Obviously, Tisafnis was carefully planned this time and was ready to deal a big blow to the mercenaries.

The situation is urgent! Having no time to consult with the other chiefs, Chrysopus said to Xenophon with a serious expression: "You must drive away the Persians occupying the mountain as quickly as possible to ensure our smooth passage." As long as you take the mountain, you can hold the mountain road, and Tisa Finnis will not dare to pursue us anymore. ”

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

"Archers and slingers can't be given to you, only they can fight against Tisa Fonis." Chrysops stated in advance.

"I have five hundred light shields to send to you." Davers first said that at this time, you can't save your strength, and you have to work together to get through it.

Xenophon was very grateful to Davers, who supported him in public on many occasions.

"I'll give you eight hundred Thracian light shields!" Timasong glanced loudly and said loudly. Because Clercus, the former leader of Timasong, had used the money given to him by Cyrus the Younger to recruit mercenaries in Kersonis and attack the Thracian forces near Hellespont for more than a year, he recruited many Thracians, and his battalion had the largest number of light shield soldiers among the Greek mercenaries.

After expressing his gratitude again, Xenophon took two hundred heavy infantry, a total of 1,500 men, and set out quickly.

The leaders also ordered the whole army to increase their vigilance and speed up the march and move closer to the mountain road.

When Xenophon led his army to the foot of the mountain, and sure enough, he found that the Persians occupied a ridge, and he was about to give the order to attack, when Epitenis, the leader of the first light shield squadron under Davers, gave his opinion, he pointed to the ridge, and said: "Xenophon, look, the mountain next to the Persians. If we attack the Persians directly, they may retreat to that higher mountain again...... This would not only delay time, but also make our attack more difficult, so it would be better to take the higher hill first, and then condescendingly throw javelins and stones at the Persians, and we would easily repel them. ”

The captains of the light shields all said that Epitenis's method was good, and Xenophon was as good as a stream, so they ordered: let the troops quickly take the top of the mountain!