"Yes, let's discuss it again when Kelithops comes!" When Kelithops mentioned, everyone's expressions were obviously relaxed, which made Davers curious and asked Xenophon in a low voice: "Who is Kelithops?"

Xenophon said with a complicated expression: "I heard that Cyrus of Little had an agreement with Sparta, and he fully funded Sparta's naval construction. When Cyrus of Little was fighting, Sparta also needed to provide military assistance."

Davers immediately reacted and said in surprise: "You mean, Kerithops was sent by Sparta?!"

"He was the inspector of Sparta. I heard that he brought seven hundred heavily armored infantry to join the Little Cyrus's team... He didn't know at that time that Little Cyrus was going to rebel. It was too late when he knew about it, so he and his troops had been very low-key in the mercenaries, but many senior officers knew his identity..." Xenophon said with some gloating.

Davers knew why Xenophon had such an expression, because he was an Athenian. He had heard Xenophon introduce the Spartan ombudsman. Unlike other Greek city-states where there were also ombudsmen, the Spartan ombudsman system was unique because it had great power: downwards can supervise citizens, judge Piliasi people, punish Black Rox, enjoy the highest civil and part of the criminal ombuds; upwards can always supervise the king's every move with a vigilant eye, have the right to

When prosecuting the king, he can be summoned for interrogation at any time. Moreover, Spartan's ombuds can only be civilians. Every autumn, citizens over thirty years old will draw lots to elect five ombuds. When they join the office, they will issue orders requiring each citizen to shave off their upper lip and beard and abide by national laws. This shows how much Sparta attaches importance to the ombuds. According to Xenophon, it is precisely because of Sparta's ombuds system that civilians hold power that they are not regarded as tyrants by other city-states.

There was such an important figure hidden in the Greek mercenary team. He was probably the only general with an official identity among the mercenaries, and he was also a Spartan. After defeating Athens, Sparta was already the overlord of all Greek city-states. The Greeks did not say that they would follow their leader, at least in awe. The previous Spartan Cliercus was a deserter and was sentenced to death by the Spartan government. The upcoming Spartan was a real Spartan warrior, and he also brought the same real Spartan warrior 700.

As he was about to see the ancient Spartan warriors who were popular all over the world in his previous life, Davers thought with fervent hope and malicious thought: Will they wear red shorts?

While waiting for Kelithops, the temporary leaders of these military camps were not idle either. They invited all the officers of each military camp to the squadron leader level to participate in the discussion. There were nearly 200 people in total, and there were no such many people in the tent. So they surrounded a large circle in the open space of the Camp Cliercus. After everyone arrived, Kelithops also arrived.

Early in the morning, Kerithops went to a nearby village to prepare supplies for his soldiers. This village was located south of the Greek mercenary camp, so it was not intercepted by Persian cavalry. When the messenger found him, he was rushing back in a hurry, and had already understood what happened along the way. When he arrived at the venue, everyone consciously gave him a spacious space. He sat directly on the mud and began to look around him: he did not see those masters.

The mercenary leader who wanted... He felt a little sad when he thought that Cliercus's life and death were uncertain. Cliercus and he made many military achievements in the war with Athens. He was a brave general of Sparta, but because he could not adapt to peace, he refused to obey Sparta's orders and was sentenced to death and fled. Kerithops ignored him when he saw him in the army of Cyrus and did not send his subordinates to arrest him. One was that he did not want to destroy his cooperation with Cyrus; the other was that he was in love with this friendship with Cyrus...

His eyes slowly swept across the faces and stopped when they fell onto a person: this was a very young face. Among the many team officers with an average age of over thirty, this young man should not be over twenty years old, and he sat in the forefront of the team, so he was extremely conspicuous. What's even more strange is that the people around him were quite respectful to the young man. He stared at him with bright eyes and smiled and nodded to him... Kelitops was a little confused and hurriedly asked his adjutant in a low voice. The adjutant asked the others before coming to tell him.

The "godly favored" of Menon's military camp? The repeated issuance of "oracles" and all of them have been fulfilled. Kelithops frowned: The management of the mercenary was indeed chaotic, which allowed a young man with a childish look to occupy a high position!

Although the Spartans claimed to be descendants of Hercules, they actually did not respect the gods very much, and they believed in their own strength more. Conservatives did not believe in the saying that young and promising were not young, otherwise there would be no rule that "the Spartans could only live collectively, be independent, get married and hold important positions after the age of thirty...". Therefore, Kerithops had a bad first impression of Davers.

In Davers' eyes, there was a big gap between Kerithops and the imagined Spartan warrior: he was not tall and had an ordinary appearance. If he did not have a few scars on his face and sharp eyes to remind others of his warrior identity, Davers might think he was just an ordinary Greek old farmer.

After a little quieter around, Kerithops began to speak: "I already know what happened, what suggestions do you have?"

For a time, there were many people whispering in the venue, but no one stood up to speak. After all, it took not only courage to express their opinions in the face of more than 200 generals with rich combat experience, but also certain speaking skills and insights. This was not easy for poor Greek mercenaries.

Davers did not speak out, not because he was afraid, but because he was in contact with the officers in charge of various military camps. He found that among this group of people he was both young and just an ordinary soldier, and his behavior was too ostentatious and provocative, so he decided to wait and see.

Finally, Xenophon stood up: "My team officials, the Persians broke their promises and killed or imprisoned our leaders and soldiers, and wanted us to surrender with weapons. Now, our war with the Persians is inevitable! You all saw that after the soldiers in the camp learned this news, most of them were confused, afraid, and even crying! If this situation cannot be changed rapidly, once the Persians attack and need to fight, they cannot show their courage and wave guns at the enemy, and we will be in danger of being wiped out!

You are the officers of various military camps. Your salary and status are superior to ordinary soldiers, and your abilities are stronger than those of them. Now when you are in danger, the soldiers are all placing their hopes on you. You must show great courage and determination to fight the Persians to stabilize the soldiers' emotions and inspire their confidence!

At the same time, we must immediately select people with excellent abilities to serve as new generals in each barracks, replace Cliercus and others, manage and restrain the soldiers of each barracks, formulate plans, command the entire army to defeat the Persians, and lead us to return to Greece smoothly! With Zeus's protection, we will definitely be able to leave Persia!!..."

Xenophon's words aroused a great response in the crowd, and some even applauded. Xenophon looked slightly complacent and turned his eyes to Timasong, who had a cold expression, and then moved away.

In fact, the Greek mercenaries in trouble at this moment had only this option. Kerithops immediately stood up and said in a decisive and firm tone: "Everyone, we have no time to delay. Just follow what Xenophon said, please go back to their respective military camps immediately, select your new leaders, and then let them come here to hold a military meeting together and discuss and make a plan."

He looked around everyone and continued to shout, "In the afternoon, we will hold another general meeting for the entire army!" After that, he turned around and left before the team officials could react.

As expected! Davers clenched his fists and stood up with Antonios and the others.

Team officials rushed to their military camps one after another.
Chapter completed!