ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 52

"The whole army forms an array!" the team officers shouted.

The soldiers in the river hurriedly retreated and were almost washed away by the current.

"There are many large, round stones at the bottom of the river, which are very slippery and difficult to walk on!" After the soldier came ashore, he reported to the leaders.

"It seems that with the Persians on the other side, it will be difficult for us to cross the river from here!" Timasong said helplessly, and other leaders also agreed.They stared closely at the other side: the Persians had stopped advancing and were clinging to the river bank. Their queue was about a mile long and looked to be no less than 2 people.

"It's the troops of Orontas!" Crisano said with some surprise.

Xenophon said with some regret: "It seems that he got ahead of us."

Zantiparis pointed to the other side in surprise and shouted: "Look, he has also recruited many Cardans!"

Cardans?Davos didn't understand this and turned to look at Felicius in confusion.

"The Cardans are a tribe living in Armenia. I heard that they are brave and aggressive, and the Persians like to recruit them as heavy infantry." Felicius explained while pointing to the other side: "Look, that's it!"

Following the direction of his fingers, Davos saw some Cardanians wearing leather helmets, leather robes, a long shield in one hand, and a spear in the other standing in the forefront of the Persian army.

"Orontas seems to be trying every possible means to stop us, but it's a pity that the Kaldans are no match for us!" Timasong said unwillingly.

"But with this river, everything is hard to say." Zantiparis said slightly pessimistically.

"Let the soldiers camp and rest first, and send people to explore the river to see if there is a better place to cross the river on foot." Cleithops said calmly.

The order was passed, and the troops retreated less than a mile from the Kentritt River to start tree camp.

Not long after, Ledes brought back news: No trace of the Persians was found on the river bank, but some Dukiyas were found spying on them in the forest not far away.This made the leaders frown.

"Go and fetch Izam," said Chrysops.

Yizam was the son sent by Comoro, the leader of the Kesokante tribe, as a guide.As a result, during the 20 days of spending time with the Greeks, this energetic young man developed a strong curiosity about distant Greece. He did not want to return to the closed village and wanted to go out for a while. After getting Comoros's consent, , the mercenaries accepted him.

After Yizam got the news, he was taken aback for a moment, and then swore that those Dukeya people could never be sent by the Kesokant tribe.And volunteered to investigate.

After getting the consent of the leaders, Ryders took him there.Half an hour later, he came back and reported that those people were from the tribes that had united to attack the Greek mercenaries in the mountains, and he had seen several of them.

After Izam went out, Xenophon breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let me just say, Comoro worked very well with us before. How could he start to take advantage of us just after they broke up?"

Crisiano snorted: "Don't be too gullible about what this Dukiya man says. How do you know that this son of Comoro is not telling lies?! We have all seen who Comoro is. Every After every battle, he would argue with us for a long time about the ownership of the spoils, not even letting go of a clay pot. How could such a greedy person let go of the freeloaders now that we are going to fight the Persians again? good chance!"

"What's more, now that the covenant has expired, there is no restraint on him!" Timasong interjected.

"His son is in our hands!" Xenophon reminded.

"I heard that he has more than a dozen sons, and it's not a big deal if one of them dies. And who knows if Comoro had already made up his mind to let him be the internal response?!" Crisiano retorted.

Davos, who was sitting in the corner, saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the tent.Xenophon was originally a man with active thinking and high energy. Recently, as he became familiar with mercenary affairs, he became even more active.In the eyes of some leaders, they felt that he was too flamboyant and would look for opportunities to beat him from time to time.Davos once advised him to restrain himself, and his answer was: "I didn't do anything wrong. Hades asked me to come here not to please someone, but to save more than 1 Greek brothers." Contribute your own strength to your life!”

In comparison, the younger Davos is much more stable. After becoming the leader, in addition to working hard when he should perform, he won respect and prestige for himself. He is usually very reserved and mostly listens when discussing things. , because he knew that these leaders had been on the battlefield for many years and had rich experience, which was worth learning and thinking about.

"We all know that Comoro is an ambitious and smart man. Smart people know when to do what. The most important thing the Xokant tribe should do now is to quickly annex and digest the four tribes and let them integrate into Only in his tribe can he really become his strength. So as soon as he walked out of the mountainous area, he hurriedly broke up with us. I don’t think he would provoke us when the internal situation was still unstable. He knew How powerful our force is, especially when there are many enemies around him." Davos said softly, Xenophon had a good relationship with him, and he would help him in both public and private matters.

"So, the Dukeya mountain people who came to spy on us are, as the boy said, people from the tribes we defeated. They did not attack the Kesuokant tribe, but they dared to provoke the powerful Us," Creano taunted.

"As you said before, they are here to see if there are any bargains to be found." Davos replied intelligently.

Chrysopus spoke: "Whether they are from the Xokant tribe or not, as long as we are alert, we are not afraid of anyone on the plains. The important thing now is to find a way to cross the river. Break through the Orontas blockage and enter Armenia. Otherwise, the longer the delay, the greater the difficulty will be."

The leaders were silent.

A day passed and nothing was found.

The next day, there was still no good news, but there was a lot of bad news: there were more and more Dukiya mountain residents in the nearby mountains. Leders roughly estimated that there were about 1000 people.The number of Persian soldiers on the opposite side seemed to be increasing, while the supplies felt were rapidly decreasing. The soldiers who went out to collect firewood were attacked by the Dukyans from time to time...

The grim situation not only made the soldiers anxious, but even the leaders became impatient.When the leaders were discussing, Serofen proposed: Let Izam go back to the tribe and find his father, Kang Moluo, to see if he can help the mercenaries drive away these Dukeya people.

He was ridiculed by Timasong, and the two sides even had a quarrel.

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On the morning of the third day, Xenophon led two young warriors into the tent proudly.It turned out that the two fighters had found a place where they could easily ford across the river.

Upon hearing the news, the previous conflicts among the leaders disappeared and they all became excited.

Just in order not to attract the attention of the Persians on the other side, Chrysops changed into the appearance of an ordinary soldier and followed the soldiers on foot to the point where they could cross the river...

After finally waiting for him to come back and seeing the relaxed expression of Cleethorpes, everyone knew that the crossing of the river was done.

(End of this chapter)