Just as Davers was preparing his battlefield hospital in full swing, the Persian envoy came to the Greek military camp. The envoy who came this time was nothing but the Persian general that the leaders were most familiar with, Tissaffenis, the governor of Asia Minor. He brought the hope that the Greeks could return home safely: he was willing to convey to the Persian king that the leaders did not want to fight and only wanted to go home.

The leaders welcomed him happily.

After Tisavonis left, the mercenary leaders were eagerly looking forward to his arrival again when they saw hope for a peaceful settlement.

After waiting anxiously for two days, Tissaffenis came to the Greek military camp again and read out the latest decree of the Persian king to the leaders: the king had accepted the apology from the mercenaries. Although many ministers opposed it, he decided that Tissaffenis would lead the Greek mercenaries back to Greece and agreed to provide a market for the Greeks on the way to solve their supplies. At the same time, the Greeks must also abide by local order along the way and not destroy or rob.

Of course, the leaders were reluctant to ask for it. They quickly reached an agreement with Tissaffonyis, and both sides made oaths in the name of God. Then Tissaffonyis warned the leaders to wait patiently, and he wanted to go back to report to the king and make arrangements for the return of the army.

Shortly after Tisavones left, the news spread throughout the barracks and the soldiers cheered.

Davers still did not relax his vigilance. Although he heard Serephin's words last time, he realized that the actual situation in Persia was different from his guesses based on Chinese history.

Just yesterday, Serephin visited again. After a few days of buffering, he finally adjusted his mood and wanted to talk to Davers about the democratic system of the city-state. However, Davers was unwilling to continue to get entangled on this issue, but cleverly led the topic to the customs and customs of the Greek city-states.

Most of the time, Seprofen was talking endlessly, and Davers listened carefully. During this time, Davers asked about Tissofnis, so Seprofen said something about Tissofnis that he heard from Proxinus, which made Davers remember.

When Tissaffenis served as the governor of Asia Minor, it was when the Peloponnese War was going on that Tissaffenis chose to form an alliance with Sparta. He hoped to use Sparta's power to attack Athens and restore Persia's rule over the Greek city-state on the coast of Ionia. The reward for Sparta was that he wanted to fund Sparta to build a huge fleet that could fight against Athens. Not long after, he stopped his promised financial support to Sparta, which led the Spartans to protest against the then Persian king Darius II. Darius appointed his second son Cyrus as the military commander of the entire western Persia to fully support Sparta against Athens.

Tissaffenis was removed from military power, but he seemed to be careless and got along well with Cyrus Little and soon became a friend of Cyrus. When the new king Artaxerxes ascended the throne and Cyrus went to the capital to attend the throne ceremony of his elder brother, Tissaffenis reported to the new king that Cyrus Little wanted to rebel, which led to Cyrus Little being arrested. The queen mother repeatedly pleaded for mercy and was able to be released.

After returning to Asia Minor, Tissaffony began to fight against Cyrus everywhere. Therefore, when Cyrus launched a rebellion, the first person he wanted to catch was him, but he had already escaped and appeared in the king's siege. When the left wing of the king's army was about to collapse by the Greek heavy infantry, Tissaffony dared to lead the cavalry around the heavy infantry formation and attack the Greek army's rear team. Although it failed, among a group of defeated soldiers, his courage and determination naturally seemed to be outstanding, so he could represent the king and negotiate with the Greek army as a Persian envoy. This was obviously the king's praise for him.

The things that Davers heard about Tissofnis were heard by Xenophon from Proxinus, and most of the news that Proxinus got from Cyrus. Regardless of his likes and dislikes to Tissofnis, the facts were facts. Therefore, after analysis, Davers believed that Tissofnis was a typical politician, accustomed to two-faced, good at judging the situation, and dared to seize opportunities. It would be difficult for such a person to expect him to keep his promise!

When Davers told Xenophon about this concern, Xenophon sighed, saying, "Proxinus and they all knew very well that they would not relax their guard against Tisavones, but we might not be able to go home if we did not give up fighting with the Persian king. Just the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers can cause us great trouble, and we cannot cross such a wide river surface smoothly in front of the enemy. Another big difficulty is that there is not enough food. Once we go to "collect" food, the scattered soldiers are easily attacked by the enemy...

Look, the Persian king has such a great advantage. If he really wants to destroy us, there is no need to give us supplies and let Tisavonis swear on his behalf in the name of God. Because once he breaks the contract in the future, he will not only be ridiculed by the Persians and Greeks, but also be abandoned by the Persian gods. Does he really want to become a king without faith as soon as he ascended the throne? Therefore, we can only believe in them, and only by cooperating with them can we ensure that we return home safely!"

Seeing that Senofin said this, it seemed more like convincing him, and sighed secretly: Greek mercenaries were in a weak position, so even if the other party gave him "poison", they had to swallow it.

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As the days passed, Davers' battlefield hospital had begun to take shape. After careful care and treatment of the twelve wounded, seven of them had improved significantly.

In the rest of the time, Davers learned Greek words from Xenophon, and entrusted Melsish, whom he bought, to bring back a few pieces of linen, cut them into slender strips, and began to experiment with how to gait leggings. At the same time, he pulled his teammates to practice with him and learned fighting skills so that consciousness and physical memory could be unified.

Due to the recovery of Ascestes and the incident of Menon's military rebellion, his relationship with Antonios became close. He visited Antonios many times and asked him about the formation and command experience of heavy infantry... In order to understand the skills of using the long-handled reverse blade, he also learned from the light shield soldiers and understood the characteristics of this army in depth.

The success of the battlefield hospital made Davers’s reputation as the “god-favorite” deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and his modesty and studious interest also won everyone’s favor. As he traveled through the entire Menon military camp, almost no one didn’t know him.

As time passed day by day, the Persians did not appear, and anxiety and suspicion gradually enveloped the entire Greek military camp. Davers used his busy days to dilute the worries in his heart, and was unable to change the dilemma of the Greek mercenaries, prompting him to change himself as much as possible and enrich himself.

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After more than twenty days of long wait, Tisavonis led his army finally arrived, and along with him were the governor of Armenia, Aojontas and his army.

The Greek mercenary leaders who had been anxiously waiting for a long time led their troops to return home without any doubt.

But as soon as the march began, the situation changed. The intimate Arius' army began to walk with the Persian army, not only marched together, but also camped together. In the past twenty days, the Persians were not idle. They kept sending Arius and other generals to enter and exit the Arius's military camp, making a promise not to pursue their crimes, and finally convinced the generals of Cyrus.

This undoubtedly increased the suspicion of the Greek mercenaries, who followed the Persians far away, acted alone, and led their own guides. When they camped at dusk, the Greek army and the Persians were ten miles away, setting guards for each other, as if they were treating the enemy.

Tissaffenis did fulfill his promise and provided a market for the Greeks every day. Of course, mercenaries had to pay for their own money.

Menon also wanted to give Hilos's team less food to retaliate against Davers, but he was opposed by Melsis. Before, Melsis was asked to leave two Egyptian female slaves by Davers, but he was very reluctant.

Unexpectedly, Davers gave him a Chinese massage with a trained Egyptian female slave. As a result, he became addicted. He went to the field hospital every day to ask for massage, and said in vain that this was to pay off the debt for the slaves he owed. He was still looking forward to that after returning to Greece, he asked Davers to teach this unique method to the *** he bought, and his brothel would definitely be overcrowded. Therefore, he not only would not offend Davers, but also tried to satisfy most of his requirements for Davers.
Chapter completed!