At this moment, thunderous cheers sounded: "Davos! Davos!! Davos!!!..." The shouts were so neat and loud that they overwhelmed all the noise, making several leaders also Can not help but change color.
"That's Menon's mercenaries!" Timasong tiptoed to look in the direction of the voice.
"It should be called Davos' mercenary now!" Hieronymus said enviously.
Davos on the stage smiled, and he said, "Greek warriors, I am Davos of Thessaly, to replace Menon and become the new leader!"
When the soldiers on the stage finished speaking, the soldiers of Davos Barracks immediately stood up, applauded and cheered for him, causing the other soldiers to look at each other: Are these guys crazy? !
Some people who knew the inside story began to show off the news in front of their companions: "I heard that this young man is the favored person of Hades, and every time he gets the 'oracle', it is very effective!"
"I heard that he miraculously resurrected the dying soldier. Yes! It's the one standing behind him!"
"He's also invented something that's useful to us! Like this one on my leg... umm leggings..."
Soldiers pass it on by word of mouth. In a blink of an eye, everyone looked at him with less contempt and more curiosity.
Davos's words reached their ears again: "Just now, Kerethorpes' words were very exciting, but they were too short! Just like when a man and a woman do that, the woman just gets excited and the man ends. Now, how uncomfortable must that woman be!"
The soldiers in the audience did not expect such vulgar words to spit out from the mouth of this childish young man.
Many people also took the opportunity to make obscene boos...
"This young man is very interesting!" Many soldiers smiled and nodded.
"Nonsense! It's too messy!" Tima Song looked at Thorpes, the spectator, and scolded.
Xenophon was also surprised. The Davos he knew was a young man with unique knowledge and polite speech, so he shouldn't be so rude.
Kerethorpes did not speak, although Davers was making fun of him, he was not angry. Kerethorpes, who had been living in the barracks until the age of 30, knew very well what the soldiers thought, but he did not know that Davos was wrong. It was intentional, but this nasty joke had already made the soldiers feel a sense of intimacy with the too young leader. It also made Kerry Thorpes look forward to the next speech.
"When I came up just now, I saw you all downcast, and some even had tears in their eyes. You are afraid! You are afraid that you will not be able to go back to Greece! Think about it, when we were in the heart of Persia and our employer, Cyrus the Younger, was killed, and we didn't know what to do, the Persians, who had many times more soldiers than us, didn't immediately attack us and destroy us! They were How did you do it?" Davos slowly aroused the interest of the soldiers with questions.
"Everyone here knows very well. The Persians spend their energy to negotiate with us, provide us with abundant food, and accompany us so far... They spend so much time, money and energy to deceive us. The leader of the army was fooled and killed by them!" Davos said slowly, then he paused and asked loudly: "Soldiers, tell me! Who the hell is afraid?! Afraid?! - It's the Persians! They are more afraid than we are! They are afraid of our bravery! They dare not fight us head-on! Their cowardice only dares to use these schemes quietly! They are afraid of us more than their gods, so much so that they disobey what they have done before the gods. oath!
Now they have killed our leader. When we were in chaos, they didn't dare to attack us immediately, and they wanted to make us surrender! In the face of such timid Persians, what do you have to fear! You must know that we Greeks are a race that is not afraid of any threat! - Decades ago, King Darius of Persia led an army and conquered all the races in this land. When he pointed the target of his next conquest to the weak Greek city-states on the other side of the strait, soldiers, please tell me, has Greece surrendered? ! "Davers leaned forward, straightened his right hand, and asked the soldiers under the stage in a loud voice.
"No." Someone answered one after another.
"Too low, I can't hear! Please tell me Greece surrendered?!!" Davos asked loudly.
"No!" The answer was neat this time.
Davos was still dissatisfied: "The voice is as small as a timid Persian! Again, has Greece surrendered?!!"
"No-no!!!" the soldiers shouted, their emotions were beginning to be aroused.
"Yes! We Greeks didn't give in! At Marathon, the Athenians beat the Persian army to the brim with less, and Darius went back to his lair, and died of illness within a few years. His son Xerxes for Take revenge, assemble an army of unprecedented size and invade Greece again. But we Greeks will never yield to power!
Soldiers, tell me, where did we beat the Persians? ! "
This time there is no need for Davos to guide, and the soldiers spoke enthusiastically: "Salamis!"
"Platia!"
"And hot springs!"
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Davos took over the conversation: "Yes, the Greek people united and defeated the Persians again, which made Greece a fertile land of freedom, with peace and prosperity in the following decades. Soldiers, can you tell me something? The names of the generals and soldiers who participated in the battle against Persia back then?!"
"Mitiard!"
"Aeschylus!"
"Philippods!"
"Leonidas!"
"Themis Stockley!"
"Aristides!"
"Paulsonian!"
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The names were called out by the soldiers one by one. At first it was the name of the general officer, and then the name of the soldiers who participated in the war... The Hippo War has only passed for about 80 years, and it has spread to almost the entire Greek world, and the mercenaries remember it. It is still new, and even many of the soldiers present are descendants of those who participated in the war. They can't wait to proudly reveal the names of their ancestors to the public. Even the leaders of Zantiparis, Crianno, and Hieronymus couldn't help but participate in it. . The atmosphere of the whole venue began to boil…
Tima Song couldn't help but widen his eyes, realizing that he underestimated this young man.
After a long time, the shouts from all directions weakened...
Davos continued to say passionately: "These names in your mouth, they were written into history and into your memory by Herodotus! They became heroes of Greece! Their spirits are as immortal as the gods! We grew up listening to their stories, and when we grew up we followed their example, eager to accomplish the same earth-shattering feats as them! Now - soldiers, you have an opportunity to be like them The same opportunity to become a Greek hero and write history!" Having said this, Davos paused again.
The eager soldiers stood up and asked impatiently: "Tell us! What is the opportunity?!"
"Didn't you find it!" Davos exclaimed: "Although our forefathers defeated the Persians, either in Greece or at sea, no Greek army has ever been able to invade the Persian Empire. And we have Deep into the hinterland of Persia, as long as we work together to defeat the Persians, overcome many difficulties, and finally return to Greece in victory, then we will create history! Our deeds will be written into books, compiled into songs, and sung all over Greece, beautiful Girls and lovely children will haunt us and let us tell the story of our adventures! Our children and grandchildren will be as proud of us as we are today! And more importantly—"
Davos took a deep breath and said excitedly: "Our deeds will inspire future Greeks! Let them know that the Persians look strong but are actually weak inside. They are just giants made of clay. A country is like a human being. In the same way, there is a time of strength and a time of old age. When the day comes when Persia and Greece go to war again, the Greeks will follow our example and attack Persia along the lines we have traveled. When they have won, they will come to What would they say when we sacrificed and praised us on the battlefield where we once shed our blood?!"
The soldiers listened in fascination.