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Chapter 22 Blocking

The soldiers guarding the camp gate saw that it was Davers and Antonios, and let them go directly. He stopped Hilos and the others behind him. Davers didn't pay attention to their shouts and followed Antonios and ran north. After running for a while, he saw the group in front of him.

Cliercus was now coming to greet his Persian queen's younger brother, Sist, while walking and talking, when he suddenly heard a shout from behind: "Stop! Stop! This is a conspiracy! Persian conspiracy!..."

The five leaders, more than ten squadron leaders, plus two hundred escorts, and soldiers who were preparing to go to the market to buy were shocked and immediately stopped and looked back.

Davers rushed to them, faced with many strange eyes, and said panting loudly: "This is a conspiracy!...Tisaphnis is ready...to capture you all in one go! In this way, if we have no leader, we will fall into chaos and lead to the destruction of the entire army!"

Several leaders subconsciously looked at the Persian messenger Sister.

Sister pointed at Davers very angrily and shouted, "Who is he?! He actually said such words! You are the ones who asked for the meeting. Tissaffenis responded to Clearkus' request and treated him enthusiastically. Now you are the ones who repay the Persian commander Tissaffenis?! This not only insulted him! It also insulted our king!! Go back! I will report this to Tissaffenis, and suggest that he report to His Majesty, and suggest that His Majesty cancel the agreement with you Greeks!"

Several leaders hurriedly stopped his horse and apologized repeatedly.

Davers did not expect that this meeting was the request of Cliercus. He didn't care much and said anxiously: "Even if we were to meet, all the leaders and captains should not go to the Persian barracks! Haven't we always been on guard against the Persians? Who knows that Tisavonis is friendly to us for more than ten days, not to paralyze us?! Have you forgotten his previous treason?!"

As soon as Davers finished speaking, Menon jumped out and scolded, venting his resentment for more than ten days: "Bold madman! Shameless liar! You not only deceive the soldiers in the barracks, but also incite them to oppose me! Now you want to destroy the peace between us and the Persians! Do you want to make everyone unable to return home?! Come on, arrest him for me!!"

However, none of the soldiers listened to his orders. First, he only brought two squadron leaders and did not bring other entourages; second, some soldiers recognized Davers as the "god-favorite" in Menon's military camp and were muttering in a low voice.

First, several leaders were hesitant after hearing what Davers said, but Menon's scolding immediately made them disgusted with Davers. Although Menon's character is not good, after all, after all, several leaders knew that his ability was not weak. An ordinary soldier dared to rebel against the commander, which was undoubtedly a taboo for the leaders.

Clierkus's idea was different. He strangely thought that Menon had found a soldier to act here and wanted to disrupt the talks. Because the talks had another purpose: Tissaffenis promised him that he was willing to point out in public who was acquainted with the Persian army and created rumors among the mercenaries.

Cliercus always speculated that it was Menon. Since the beginning of entering Persia, Menon had publicly competed with him for command of the Greek mercenaries, and now he has been with Aliros, who is already close to Tissavones. He has had many contacts with Socrates and Achilles in private, which must be to oppose him. This time, he must expose his villain's face in public to consolidate his command. Because he firmly believed that only he had the ability to bring the army back to Greece intact. This was also the same as although he hated the Persians, he endured humiliation and peace talks with Persia. He hated any villain who undermined the unity of the team.

So he immediately followed the flow and said, "Since Menon has said that, then take down this clown-like man and send him back to the camp to be detained, and then interrogate him when we come back!"

He looked around and said firmly: "Now I'm going to negotiate with Tissaffonyis! Those who believe in me will go with me, and those who don't believe in it can go back!" After that, a few soldiers went over and pressed Davers down. Antonios stepped forward to stop him and was also taken down.

Clearcus strides northward, Proxinus and the others hesitated for a moment and followed closely. Menon spitted thick phlegm on Davers' face and cursed proudly: "When I come back, you're dead!!" After that, he walked forward with a laugh. Most of the soldiers followed their leaders, and only a few soldiers who had heard of Davers' "miracle" stayed in place.

Davers was not interested in taking care of Menon at this moment. He was pressed to the ground and ate a mouthful of dirt. He struggled and cursed in the direction of the leaders' departure: "Clilcus, you idiot! Your stubbornness will not only harm you, but also harm the entire army! You will regret it! By the way, you will definitely not have time to regret it at that time!..."

However, his scolding did not bring back Cliercus, and the figures of the leaders became more and more blurred. Finally, Davers calmed down and sat down dejectedly on the ground. Before, he thought Cliercus was a "famous general" and should have a clear mind. He did not expect that he was so stubborn and did not listen to any opinions. In fact, Davers did not know that most Spartan men were conservative and stubborn, and they often did not hit the wall and did not look back. The most famous one was before the Battle of Pilates in the Hippolar War, the commander of the Greek coalition ordered the troops to retreat, but a general of Spartan believed that retreating in front of the enemy was contrary to Spartan tradition. After repeated persuasion, he refused to retreat, which led to the Spartan army being dragged behind the team, almost resulting in the defeat of the battle.

The forward team continued to move forward, and the soldiers who escorted Davers pushed him back. Instead, the soldiers who left behind came forward to introduce themselves and comforted Davers.

At this time, Antonios had free time and asked, "Davers, are there really dangers in the leader?"

"What good results will be if the sheep go to negotiate with the wolf!" Davers sighed. There are countless scams in history, both ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. The reason why Tissaffony's plan was successful was that Clearcus and others had fantasies about peace talks, while others trusted Clearcus more than worried about his own safety. It was because his influence was not enough!

"What should we do?" Antonios was a little panicked.

What to do? Of course it is to save yourself!! Davers suddenly remembered Xenophon. Why did he boast about leading this retreat in his book? It turned out that it was because of this - more than 20 mercenary leaders and captains were massacred, and the entire Greek mercenary leadership was facing a reshuffle!!

Thinking of this, he threw away his depression and regained his spirits: "Hurry! Let's go back!"

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Along the way, Menon added fuel to the fire to Proxinus and the others about Davers' "bad deeds", which successfully aroused their anger, and he secretly felt happy: This time, he could completely clear up this big trouble!

Before arriving at the Persian military camp, most of the soldiers who had to go to the market to buy and sell said goodbye to the leaders.

After entering the Persian military camp, the scene that Clirkus saw was no different from what he saw when he left here yesterday. Some casual Persian soldiers even looked at them curiously and talked to each other about "Why are so many Greek barbarians coming to our military camp" which made Clirkus and the others feel relieved.

When he arrived at the big tent of Tissofnis, Sister went in and reported it and said, "Five leaders are invited to come in, and the others are waiting outside the tent for the time being!"

Clearcus was the first to enter, and the light in the tent was dim. He narrowed his eyes slightly and found that there were many people in the tent. He was shocked. Before he could react, he heard a shout: "Take it down!"
Chapter completed!
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