There was silence in the tent for a while, and Olivers said, "It's a pity that little Cyrus died in battle! Although he was a prince of Persia, he was very polite to people, liked to help people, and he was very good looking. Handsome is very popular with women, and even the Queen of Silesia has become his mistress. If he doesn't die, he will definitely be a good king!"
Good-looking, can pick up girls, is a good king? What bullshit logic is this! Davers secretly slandered.
"Yeah! Little Cyrus doesn't look down on us like other Persians, he is really good to us Greeks! If he becomes king, the relationship between us Greeks and Persians will definitely improve!" Georgris said .
"And he's a warrior, not weak like other Persians!" Mattonis said in agreement.
"The most important thing is that he is very generous! He gave us a lot of gold coins!" Olivers emphasized again, causing everyone to claim that he was.
Is this a memorial service for Cyrus the Younger? Davos was amused. According to the remaining memory of his body, he couldn't help but say: "Is little Cyrus generous? I don't think so! You see, first of all, he owed us more than three months' salary, and he never paid it until The King of Silesia later reviewed the troops and only paid out four months of money."
"When we suspected that the little Cyrus was preparing to fight the Persian king and refused to go forward, in order to persuade us, he agreed to increase our salary from one Dalic gold coin to one and a half. The money for the next two months was paid by him. Do you? Don't forget, he once ordered us to threaten the king of Silesia, and the timid king gave him a lot of money. When we knew about the plans of little Cyrus, when there was a riot at the meeting, the little boy Cyrus promised to give us five minas each after taking Babylon. But did he give it?"
After a long while, Olivers replied bitterly: "He's dead!"
"You see, little Cyrus, without spending a single penny of his own, brought us here, some three thousand miles from Greece—in a land full of dangers and enemies. If at first he had told us that To go to war with the king of Persia, shall we agree?"
The three shook their heads like puppets.
"He concealed the truth. Giving a little favor at a time is like using grass to lure the sheep forward. In the end, you can't agree to disagree." Davos said with a sigh: "Little Cyrus is a clever liar! What price? Without paying, let us more than 10,000 Greeks fight to the death for his conspiracy, amazing!"
There was silence in the tent again, and soon Olivers was heard scolding: "Damn little Cyrus! Damn Persian! And that idiot Menon! Every time he actively let us be the vanguard, saying it was little Cyrus The Scholar will be grateful to us and give us more in return. Menon, this idiot, not only has a rotten mouth, but also has a rotten head, sooner or later we will be killed by him!… Ouch… my stomach… I’m starving to death!”
Davos was amused when he saw Olivers making a fuss there. Not to mention that I was used to seeing intrigue in the government before, the Kangxi Emperor on TV, the Qianlong Dynasty... There are endless occurrences, even if you have never eaten pork, you have seen pigs running!
Little Cyrus was born in the conspiracy base of human beings - the court, how can it be so simple to be the military commander of western Persia. Just by looking at him turning the Greeks around, you can see that his wrist is powerful. As for Menon, I am afraid he is not stupid. As the leader of the mercenaries, he may have long known about the plan of little Cyrus to push his compatriots into the fire pit.
"Davos, you couldn't say such things before. You are really... Really..." Mattonis asked cautiously.
Davers knew that Matonis had a good relationship with "himself" because they had similar personalities. So he said, "Matonis, no matter what happened. I'm still me, I've always been your good brother! Thank you very much for taking care of me all the time! I hope you can continue to help me!" Davos now also thinks about the vague mention of "God's favor". If he wants to play a 19-year-old simple-minded Greek with more than 30 years of social experience in his previous life, he doesn't want to pretend, and he can't pretend. , might as well let other people think so, which should be… good. Hence the vague answer that he neither denies nor admits.
Unexpectedly, it made Matonis invigorated: "Don't worry! With me, no one dares to bully you!"
"Davers, can we go home?" Giorgris' voice was full of worry.
Obviously, Davos' revelation of little Cyrus made them begin to doubt their own abilities.
Davers smiled wryly. Although he did not understand the development of this historical event, Chinese history told him that the emperor of a feudal dynasty hated nothing more than treason. It should be the same if you come to the West. Also, they were Gentiles, invaders. Unless the king of Persia is mentally ill, he will definitely destroy them completely to deter all those who have dissent!
As for attacking the Persian army, take Babylon. Davos is not optimistic, otherwise the name of this event should be called "Greek March of Ten Thousand People", not "Great Retreat". However, he said, "Don't worry! We can go home smoothly."
He turned his head to the side, looked at the other people's expressions that were obviously much more relaxed, and sighed inwardly: These simple-minded guys are better. It is also a kind of happiness to not think about how dangerous the current situation is, and to entrust my life to my "oracle".
Davos was thinking, and a move in his heart suddenly reminded him of a movie "2012" that he had seen in his previous life: when the disaster comes, those rich and powerful can easily get on the seven Noah's Arks, while ordinary civilians have to Depends on luck... Yes, when you are a chess piece, you can only be at the mercy of others; as a chess player, you can control your destiny in your own hands! But how does one become a chess player
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In the afternoon, the Hiros team was allocated half a bag of wheat flour and a dozen date palms.
Everyone struggled to get up and started making bread. Davers actively helped, asking as he did, because he had time to get theories from memory.
The practice of ancient Greek bread is actually similar to that of Chinese pasta, and the most important thing is the fermentation. Bread was the staple food of the Greeks, marching to war, and sourdough was carried and well preserved.
After kneading the flour, put it on the iron plate and bake it with the collected firewood. In the evening, everyone ate simple bread. I filled my stomach and hurried back to sleep.
In the early morning of the next day, Hiros woke everyone up and told them: "The messenger of Arreus has come, and it is said that 'he is going to bring his troops back to his homeland of Asia'. Arereus was willing to join them in the attack on Babylon. They were willing to make him king of Persia, and they sent Chrysosopus and Menon with messengers to persuade Arianus."
"Why send Menon?" Mattonis asked, puzzled.
"Don't you know that Menon has a good relationship with Arreus?" Olivers smiled ambiguous.
"Can they persuade Arreus?" said Geogris worriedly.
Everyone turned their attention to Davos, and overnight, he had become their spiritual backbone. Davos felt a lot of pressure, but he did not escape, he pondered for a while, and then shook his head: Arreus is a Persian noble, and it can be said that he was the adjutant of Cyrus the younger and was forced to participate in the rebellion. If he messes with the Greeks again now, if he fails, not only will he be ruined, but his family will also be implicated. If he was really ambitious, he should have taken over everything of little Cyrus as soon as he learned of the death of little Cyrus and joined forces with the Greek mercenaries in time. It was only today that he said he wanted to go home. Obviously, he made a decision after repeated consideration.
When the answer was negative, a look of disappointment appeared on everyone's face.
"Brothers, these should be the leaders' worries. Let's do what we need to do." Hiros said hurriedly: "Menon asked us to slaughter all the excess livestock in the baggage team and prepare more food."
Finally got enough to eat! This news temporarily dispelled the haze in everyone's heart.