"There is one more question." Davos retracted his gaze and asked sternly: "On this journey, where do you go to be considered outside the jurisdiction of the Persian royal family?"
Eager to please Davos, Marigi thought about it seriously, and then drew a circle on the sketch: "Here! Past Mespira!"
"Mespira?" Davos looked carefully at the pattern on the ground.
"Mespira is Nineveh, the former capital of Assyria! After it, it's Duqya." Mariji emphasized.
Davos nodded: "Are you familiar with Dukeya?"
"I don't know them very well, I just did business with them and exchanged grain for their mountain goods!" Mariji said, with an angry look on his face: "But they are unfaithful savages, often not paying and paying Injuring people, robbing things!"
Davos listened carefully, turned his head and said to Matonis: "Take his family to the baggage camp and let Mersis take good care of them, but you have to tell Mersis not to abuse him and his wife and daughter, Don't use them as slaves!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mariji knelt down with a "thump": "Please! Please! Let me go! And my wife and daughter! I said everything! Please let us go... "
"It seems that you understand Greek, and you pretended not to understand before," Davos said.
Marigi didn't make any excuses at this time, just kept crying.
"In fact, I didn't let you and your family go for your own good. Did you know that your lord, the king's brother, Cyrus the Younger, was killed in battle!"
Marigi suddenly stopped crying, and the hand holding Davos's legs also lost strength, and asked weakly: "His Royal Highness Cyrus is really dead?"
"Actually you guessed it just now, didn't you? Otherwise, how could Thesafonis bring us here, and he allowed us to loot your village, because it was the punishment for little Cyrus for treason! Such punishment! , I believe, it will never be only this time! I am afraid that all those who have a close relationship with him will not be able to escape, are you right?"
Marigi was already slumped on the ground, in a trance.
Matonis pulled him up and dragged him out.
"This person doesn't look like an ordinary businessman," Hiros said to Davos as he watched Marigi being dragged out of the tent.
"You're right!" Davers nodded. The family lives in a dilapidated house, but hides a lot of gold, silver and gorgeous clothes. Just look at the temperament of him and his wife, which is like an ordinary Persian businessman, and he is proficient in Greek and knows so many things. . Perhaps he was a relative of the little Cyrus, his supervisor, or his royal businessman. After knowing that the little Cyrus was a rebel, he hid in a small remote village in his territory to avoid disaster. If it wasn't for the village chief's whistleblower, I would have almost missed a big fish
Davers thought happily, and had selectively forgotten how he tortured the village chief and his family. He said to Hiros: "Captain, I have to trouble you to emphasize to Mersis that no one is allowed to harass his family, he is very useful to us! Since little Cyrus is dead, I will let him He truly trusts us!"
A soldier gave an order to his captain, and everyone present was not surprised that Davos' leadership in the squad had been established.
"Okay." Hiros walked out of the tent without hesitation.
"Pickles, thank you very much! Today, you helped me a lot!" Davos turned to a soldier and said.
"It's my honor to be able to help you!" Pickles said slightly deferentially.
Davos took out two drachmas and stuffed them into his hands.
"This... this..." Pickles pretended to decline.
Davos said: "Please accept it! I really thank you for this today, and I hope you can keep it a secret and don't let Menon know!"
After hearing this, Picoles stopped rejecting it, stuffed the silver coin in his arms, and said in his mouth, "Don't worry, I don't like that guy either! Promise Hades that I won't leak a word!" Pico Les made a gesturing gesture to keep his mouth shut, and then said excitedly, "Just call me next time you have this kind of work!"
"You must be indispensable!" Davos laughed.
Picoles came out of the tent, and Gilgris immediately asked with concern: "Pickles is Menon's Persian interpreter, is he reliable?"
"I heard that Menon speaks Persian, and Picoles has nothing to do at all. Instead, he is often used as a coolie by Menon. He will be stupid enough to offend us, not to mention that he can make money," Olivers interjected. After he woke up, he knew that he almost went to hell, and immediately thanked Davos, who knew that Davos responded coldly to him, and he realized something, so he has been relatively quiet until now.
But as soon as he spoke, there was a brief silence in the tent.
"Davos, how did you know that the Persian merchant buried the money in the yard?" Georgris asked suddenly.
Davers understood that Georgris was trying to liven up the atmosphere, and said: "It's very simple. When we captured Marigi, I found that he was only worried about his wife and daughter being bullied by us-" Davers said When I got here, I glanced at Olivers: "I also quietly glanced at the old tree in the yard from time to time. I walked over and took a closer look. There is a place under the tree that is a little different in color, which is new soil. He was suspicious, but he didn't scare him much in the end, this guy was timid and took the initiative to confess."
Several people loudly praised Davos' attentiveness, especially Olivers' loudest speaking.
Davos said to Georgris: "This money is of great use to us. You can go to the baggage camp every day to check, don't let that fat man take advantage."
"OK."
… … … … …
After many raids by the Greek mercenaries, the marching columns of the troops grew larger and bloated.
For the next few days, as Marigi said, the army marched along the right bank of the Tigris, and then crossed the river to the city of Caine. Here, they get another ample supply. However, the suspicions of the Greek mercenary soldiers towards the Persians became more and more serious, and new rumors continued to spread in the army, which led to an increase in the conflicts between the soldiers of the two armies after camping.
Finally, when they reached the Zapatas River, the soldiers of the two armies had a large-scale fight. More than 100 people on both sides armed with weapons fought and killed more than 10 people. If the leaders of both sides arrived in time and sent troops to separate the two sides in time, the result would be unimaginable.
This resulted in the cancellation of the next day's march, and the battalion's soldiers were restricted from leaving the battalion. They were marching every day, and Davos and the others were exhausted physically and mentally. It was rare to have a day of free time, and everyone slept in.
Mersis of the baggage camp took the time to slaughter part of the plundered livestock and make sausages.
Just when Davos just woke up, Antonios got into the tent with an anxious look on his face: "Davos, Menon, Clearcus, Proxinus and several other leaders are going to the Persian army camp. Go negotiate!"
"What!!!" Davers rolled over and sat up in shock.
"I heard that after what happened last night, Clearkus immediately went to Tisafonis to negotiate, hoping to eliminate the suspicion of mutual distrust between the two sides and avoid such hostile acts from happening again. Maybe the two sides had a good negotiation. , Clearchus spent the night directly in the Persian military camp. He returned safely this morning, and then sent someone to inform the leaders of the military camps to go with him to the Persian military camp to have further talks with Tisafonis. It is said that other military camps There were many soldiers and team officers who objected to their passing, but in the end the leaders reached an agreement and they were about to leave." Antonios quickly finished the story.
"Why is no one in our camp notified about this?" Hiros asked in surprise.
"Menon didn't discuss it with the others, he only quietly brought the two squadron captains, Capes and Milstick." Antonios said embarrassedly. He knew in his heart that after the last collective "forced palace" incident,
Most of the officers and soldiers were no longer willing to obey Menon's orders, and after Menon lost his prestige, he didn't want to consult with them any more, so he directly found two squadron leaders who were willing to listen to him.
Antonios didn't explain in detail, but said: "I also heard the noise of the soldiers in the neighboring Socrates camp, and I only found out about it after asking."
"Who were they going?" Davos stood up and asked with a serious look while quickly dressing.
Antonios's heart "squeaked", and Davos' expression confirmed the unease he felt in his heart: "Clearcus, Proxinus, Menon, Socrates, Achias, the five chiefs, and A dozen squadron leaders."
"Hurry up! Hurry up! Take me to find them, it will be over!!!" Davos put on a linen lining and pulled Antonios out anxiously, followed by Hiros.