When the soldiers guarding the camp gate saw that it was Davos and Antonios, they let them go. Stop the following Shiros. Davos didn't have time to pay attention to their shouting, and followed Antonios to run north. After running for a while, I saw a group of people in front of me.
Clearkus was walking and talking with Siste, the younger brother of the Queen of Persia, who had come to greet him, when he suddenly heard a shout from behind: "Stop! Stop! This is a conspiracy! A conspiracy of the Persians!! … "
The five leaders, more than ten squadron leaders, and the two hundred soldiers who escorted them and prepared to go to the market to buy things were all startled, and immediately stopped to look back.
Davos rushed in front of them, facing many strange eyes, panting and shouting: "This is a conspiracy!... Tisafonis is ready... ready to catch you all! If we don't have a leader, we will fall into chaos and lead to the annihilation of the entire army!"
Several leaders subconsciously looked at the Persian messenger Sist.
Cister pointed at Davos angrily and roared: "Who is he?! He actually said such a thing! It was you who asked for a meeting. Tisafonis responded to Clearkus' request and warmly welcomed him. He, this is how you repay the Persian commander Thesafonis?! This is not only an insult to him! It also insults our king!! Go back! I will report this to Thesafonis and advise He reported to His Majesty, suggesting that His Majesty cancel the agreement with you Greeks!"
Several leaders hurriedly stopped his horse and apologized repeatedly.
Davos didn't think that this meeting was a request from Clearkus, and he couldn't care less, and said eagerly: "Even if we want to meet, all the leaders and captains should not go to the Persian military camp! We are not always Are they all on alert to the Persians! Who knew that Tisafonis has been friendly to us for more than ten days, not to paralyze us?! Have you forgotten his treachery before?!"
As soon as Davos finished speaking, Menon jumped out and scolded him, venting his anger over the past ten days: "Bold madman! Shameless liar! You not only deceived soldiers in the barracks, inciting them to oppose me! Now! Want to destroy the peace between us and the Persians again! Do you want to make everyone unable to go home!! Come on, arrest him for me!!”
However, none of the soldiers obeyed his orders. First, he only brought two squadron leaders and no other entourage; second, some soldiers recognized Davos as the "God's Blessed One" who had been rumored for a long time in Menon's barracks, and was whispering.
At first, several leaders listened to Davos' words and hesitated in their hearts, but Menon's scolding immediately made them disgusted with Davos. Although Menon has a bad character, after all, he has been with him for a long time, and several leaders also know that he is not weak. An ordinary soldier dares to rebel against the commander, which is undoubtedly a taboo for the leaders.
Clearkus thought differently. He strangely thought that Menon had hired a soldier to act here and wanted to sabotage the meeting. Because this meeting has another purpose: Tisafonis promised him that he was willing to publicly point out who was fornicating with the Persian army and creating rumors among the mercenaries.
Clearkus kept guessing that it was Menon. Because from the very beginning of his march into Persia, Menon had openly contested with him for command of the Greek mercenaries, and now he has been staying with Arereus, who was already close to Thesavnes, and privately with Socrates many times. , Achilles contacted the secret talks, definitely to oppose him. This time, he must expose his villain face in public so as to consolidate his command. Because he firmly believes that only he has the ability to bring the army back to Greece intact. This is also because he hated the Persians, but he endured the humiliation to negotiate with Persia, and he hated any villain who destroyed the unity of the team.
So, he immediately followed the boat and said, "Since Menon has said so, then take this clown-like person down and send him back to the camp to be held for interrogation after we come back!"
He looked around and said decisively: "Now I'm going to negotiate with Tisafonis! Those who believe in me go with me, and those who don't can go back!" After that, a few soldiers went over to press Davos Down, Antonios stepped forward to block, and was also won.
Clearkus strode northward, and Proxinus and the others hesitated a bit, and followed closely. Menon spat a mouthful of phlegm on Davos' face, and scolded proudly, "When I come back, you're dead!!" After speaking, he walked forward with a big smile. Most of the soldiers followed their leader, and only a few who had heard of Davos' "miracle" stayed where they were.
Davos didn't care about Menon at the moment, he was pinned to the ground and ate a mouthful of dirt. He struggled and yelled in the direction the leaders were leaving: "Clearcus, you idiot! Your stubbornness will not only harm yourself, but also the entire army! You will regret it! By the way, when the time comes You must have no time to regret it!…”
However, his scolding failed to call back Clearkus, and the figures of the leaders were getting farther and farther and more and more blurred. In the end, Davos was quiet and sat down on the ground. Before, he thought that Clearkus was a "famous general" and should be very clear-headed, but he didn't expect to be so stubborn and couldn't listen to any opinions. In fact, Davos didn't know that most of the Spartan men were conservative and stubborn, and they made up their minds. The most famous one is that before the Battle of Plataea in the Hippo War, the commander-in-chief of the Greek coalition ordered the troops to retreat, but a Spartan general believed that retreating in front of the enemy was a violation of Spartan tradition, and he continued to persuade them to retreat. The refusal to retreat left the Spartan army behind and nearly lost the battle.
The advancing team continued to move forward, and the soldiers who escorted Davos pushed him back. Instead, the remaining soldiers stepped forward to introduce themselves and comfort Davos.
At this time, Antonios had some free time and asked, "Davos, are the leaders really in danger?"
"The sheep go to negotiate with the wolf, what will happen!" Davos sighed. There are countless such scams in the history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries. The main reason why Tisafonis's strategy was successful was that Clearkus and the others had illusions about the peace talks, and other people's trust in Clearkus outweighed their concerns for their own safety. Still not enough influence!
"What should we do?" Antonios panicked.
How to do? Of course self-help! ! Davos suddenly remembered Xenophon. Why boast in his book that he led the retreat? It turned out to be because of this - more than 20 mercenary leaders and captains were slaughtered, and the entire Greek mercenary leadership was facing a reshuffle! !
Thinking of this, he cast aside his depression and regained his spirits: "Quick! Let's go back!"
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Along the way, Menon told Proxinus and the others about the "bad deeds" of Davos, successfully arousing their anger, secretly delighted in their hearts: This time, this big trouble may be completely cleared up!
Before reaching the Persian barracks, most of the soldiers who were going to the market said goodbye to the chiefs.
Entering the Persian military camp, the scene that Clearchus saw was the same as what he saw when he left here yesterday, and even some casual Persian soldiers looked at them curiously and talked to each other "Why so many Greek barbarians came to our camp. "Come here" and so on, but let Clearkus and the others feel relieved.
Arriving at the tent of Tisafonis, Cister went in to report, and then came out and said, "Five leaders please come in, and the others are waiting outside the tent for the time being!"
Clearkus was the first to go in. The light inside the tent was dim. He narrowed his eyes and found that there were many people in the tent. He was shocked, and before he had time to react, he heard a shout: "Take it!!"