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After the successful assault of Artauzus, he returned to the barracks and triumphantly showed Arilius his exploits, offering that he would put all the archers and archers under his command, and that he would crush the Greeks in one fell swoop.

Arirous congratulated him first, and then began to find a reason to perfunctory Artauzus. After all, Cyrus the Younger's army had been defeated in a battle with the king of Persia this time, and after he had gathered it, there were only more than 7,000 men left, and if Artauzus had done as he had said, there would have been only 3,000 men left under Arisius. As the nominal commander of this army, the number of troops under his jurisdiction is not as large as that of his subordinates, which makes him command the whole army. Moreover, a Persian army would not be a Persian army without archers. As a result, the cautious and stingy Arijus did not approve of this gambling method of warfare.

Artauzus was furious when he saw that Arilius disagreed. He thinks: This is because Arilius is jealous of him and does not want to see him succeed.

So, in a fit of rage, he ran straight to Tisa Finnis's camp.

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"If you are given enough archers and archers, you will be able to crush the Greeks?!" Tisa Finnis asked with some suspicion.

"Your Excellency, I have had many contacts with Greek mercenaries because of Cyrus the Younger, and I know about their army. Most of their soldiers are heavy infantry, clumsy, and they will not be able to exert any strength unless they are fought at close range, and their archers are few and far from our opponents. Therefore, I took only four hundred cavalry and archers to attack them, and without losing a single soldier, I inflicted about five hundred casualties among the Greeks (which is obviously an exaggerated result), and if the bows and arrows were not exhausted, the casualties of the Greeks would have been even greater! Artauzus said respectfully: "Therefore, I want to increase the number of archers and archers, increase the long-range strikes against the Greeks, increase their casualties, and hope to defeat them as soon as possible, and deal with these Greek barbarians as soon as possible for the Lord and the King!" ”

Then he changed his words: "But Arilius rejected my offer, and I can only come to the Governor!" ”

Tisa Finnis did not answer directly, but said with a sad expression: "I am very sad and surprised by the death of Mithradat in battle! ”

"At the same time, his death may have given confidence to the Greeks who had lost their leader!" Tisafnis's expression turned solemn: "I heard that the Spartan procurator Chrysopus has become the new leader of this army, haven't I?" ”

"Yes, Lord Governor. This is what the fleeing Greek soldiers said. Artauzus said.

"He must not be allowed to take over this Greek army smoothly and gain prestige!" Tisafnis said in a cold but firm tone: "We must keep striking them, so that they will keep fleeing, crying for death and wailing for hunger!" Artauzus, since your method works, let me continue to use this method of warfare against the Greeks! I'll give you two thousand archers and five hundred cavalry archers, and Arijus—"

Tisaponis turned to Sist, who was standing aside, and said, "I have to trouble you to go first, since Arilius does not dare to fight against the Greeks, then leave the soldiers to someone who can command them!" Otherwise, I wouldn't mind discussing with him what he had done during the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger! ”

Sistt smiled disapprenousively, "Lord Governor, don't be so angry. I believe Arirous is a man who understands. ”

"He'd better be like this!" A cold glint flashed in Tisafnis's eyes.

"Thank you, Lord Governor, for your trust, I will bring you news of victory!" Artauzus thanked excitedly.

"When you win, you'll be my lieutenant." Tisa Finnis made a promise.

Seeing Artauzus happily follow Sishit out of the tabernacle, Olon Tas said with some concern: "Can this Artauzus really succeed?" ”

"If he's already had a perfect win, why can't he have a second one? If I can get rid of the Greeks in one go, I'm willing to gamble! Tisa Finnis said firmly.

"I didn't expect the Spartan procurator to be in this mercenary army! It seems that the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger must have also been supported by the Spartans! Olon Tas said hatefully, as the son-in-law of King Artaxerxes, he was certainly wary of any of Cyrus' fellow contenders the younger.

"The Greeks hate us, and they have been for decades. Back then, I opposed the funding of Sparta against Athens, but unfortunately His Majesty Darius was deceived by Cyrus the Younger, removed me from my position, and reused Cyrus the Younger to support Sparta! Tisa Furnis said with a sigh of relief: "What a result! Sparta supported the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger in order to profit from it! It is in the interests of our Persians that Sparta and Athens should continue to be at war, and not help Sparta to win! ”

"You're right, Tisa Fonis! When this is over, I will definitely suggest to the king that I reconsider my relationship with Sparta. ”

"Yes, that's why I'm going to deal with these Greeks quickly. Artauzus will bring us good news, he will! ”

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In the evening of this day, the leaders gathered again in the military tent.

"The slinger company has a sling, and after a day of intensive training, it is skillful in use, and it can already go into battle to kill the enemy!" Criano reported that his troops had suffered the most losses in yesterday's battle, thanks to the fact that his troops were acting as rearguards. Therefore, at his strong request, this newly created company was temporarily placed under his command.

Then, Davers also made a report: "There is no problem for the cavalry to go into battle to kill the enemy. "Because most of the cavalry came from his barracks, and he was on the flanks, the cavalry was temporarily under his control.

Davers was brief. After watching a day's cavalry training, he also had a general understanding of the cavalry attack methods of this era: horse ramming, spear poke, bidding spear, bow and arrow shooting. Since there are no stirrups, I don't dare to run with all my strength, and I don't dare to fight with all my strength, otherwise it is easy to fall off the horse.

The newly built cavalry was armed with only one weapon, the bayonet, so their best way to attack was to pursue the fleeing enemy.

Then Chrysops said, "Ladies and gentlemen, today I have taken my guide out of the camp to reinvent the road of tomorrow's march and the surrounding terrain—"

"It's so dangerous! Now the Persian scouts are roaming around our camp, and if you run into them, you'll be in trouble! Timasong shouted.

"I was on guard against this, and with the blessing of Zeus, I did not run into the Persians." Chrysopes nodded to Timason, thanking him for his concern: "Instead, an important discovery has been made. ”

"What's the important discovery?!" Criano asked urgently.

"I found that there were several high mountains about four miles ahead, and only one canyon could be passed, otherwise I would have had to take a long detour." "This canyon can be passed by about twenty people side by side," said Chrysops as he gestured on the grass with a stick: "This canyon can be passed by about twenty people side by side. ”

"What do you mean...... Afraid that the Persians will attack us as we pass through the gorge! Zantiparis asked worriedly.

"It's really a problem. However, it can be solved completely. We set out to cross the mountain gorge before dawn, and the Persians would not have imagined it. Xenophon said with an idea.

"It's a good idea! The Persians were afraid of the night, especially their cavalry, who could not see the road under their feet in the dark, and it was easy to fall off their horses. So when Cyrus the Younger was there, he marched with the Persians, and they always waited until it was full dawn before they left the camp, and the day before yesterday Mithradat had caught up with us for a long time before dawn, and if it had been the case tomorrow, we would have passed through the canyon long ago. Crianno agreed, followed by the others, and then turned to Chrysops, who had the final say.

Christopus glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Guys, I have a plan. Since the Persians are in hot pursuit of us, we can use this canyon to strike them hard! ”