And on this day, the Persians were not idle either.

After Artauzus successfully attacked, he returned to the barracks and showed Aliros his record proudly, and proposed: let Aliros hand over all the archers and archers to him, and he would defeat the Greeks in one fell swoop.

Aliros first congratulated him, and then began to find reasons to perfunctory Artauzus. After all, the army of Little Cyrus was defeated in the battle with the Persian king this time. After he gathered it, there were only more than 7,000 people left. If it were done according to what Artauzus said, Aliros would have only more than 3,000 men left. As the nominal commander of this army, the troops under his jurisdiction were not as powerful as those of his subordinates, so how could he order the entire army? Moreover, a Persian army would not be a Persian army without archers. Therefore, the cautious and stingy Artauz did not agree with this gambling-style tactic.

Artauzus was furious when he saw that Aliruz disagreed. He thought: "Aliruz was jealous of him and did not want to see him succeed."

So, in a fit of anger, he ran directly to the camp of Tissaffonys.

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"Just give you enough archers and archers, you can defeat the Greeks?" Tissaffony asked with some doubt.

"Governor, because of Little Cyrus, I have had many contacts with the Greek mercenaries to understand the situation of their army. Most of their soldiers are heavy infantry and clumsy. As long as they do not fight with them at close range, they will not be able to exert any strength. They have few archers and are not our opponents at all. Therefore, I only brought four hundred cavalry and archers to attack them, without losing one soldier, which caused about 500 casualties of the Greeks (this is obviously an exaggerated result). If the archers were not exhausted, the Greeks would have suffered greater casualties!" Altauzus said respectfully: "So, I want to increase the number of archers and archers, increase the long-range strikes on the Greeks, increase their casualties, and hope to defeat them as soon as possible and solve these Greek barbarians as soon as possible for the lord and king!"

Then he changed his subject: "But Aliros rejected my proposal, I can only come to see the Governor!"

Tissaffenis did not answer directly, but said with a sad expression: "I am sad and surprised when Mitradat's death in battle!"

"At the same time, his death may also give the Greeks who lost their chief confidence!" Tissaffonyis's expression turned solemn: "I heard that Spartan's october Kerithops became the new leader of the army this time, right?"

"Yes, Lord Governor. That's what the escaped Greek soldiers said," said Altauzus.

"We must never let him take over this Greek army smoothly and gain prestige!" Tisavonis said in a cold and firm tone: "We must constantly attack them, let them escape constantly, cry for death, and wail for hunger! Altaozus, since your method works very well, then continue to use this tactic to attack the Greeks! I will give you two thousand archers and five hundred archers, and there is also Aliros--"

Tissaffenis turned his head and said to Sister standing aside, "You have to go there first. Since Aliros dare not fight against the Greeks, then hand over the soldiers to those who are capable to command! Otherwise, I would not mind discussing with him what he did during the rebellion of Cyrus!"

Sister smiled dismissively: "Governor, don't be so angry. I believe Aliros is a sensible person."

"He's better!" A cold light flashed in Tissofnis's eyes.

"Thank you for your trust, Lord Governor, I will bring you news of victory!" Altaozus thanked him excitedly.

"When you win, you will be my adjutant." Tissaffonyis made a promise.

Seeing Artaozus happily following Sister out of the tent, Ojontas said with some concern: "Can this Artaozus really succeed?"

"Since he has won a perfect victory, why can't he have a second time? If the Greeks can be defeated at one time, I am willing to take a gamble!" Tissaffenis said firmly.

"I didn't expect that the Spartan inspector was actually in this mercenary! It seems that the rebellion of Cyrus must have also received the support of the Spartans!" Ojontas said in a hatred. As the son-in-law of King Artaxerxes, he was of course wary of any accomplices who might be Cyrus.

"The Greeks hated us, and they have always been like this for decades. I opposed funding Sparta and fighting Athens. Unfortunately, His Majesty Darius was deceived by Cyrus, removed my post, reused Cyrus, and supported Sparta!" Tissaffony said with grudges: "What's the result! Sparta supports Cyrus' rebellion in the Little Cyrus so that he can make a profit from it! It should be allowed to continue the war between Sparta and Athens, and not help Sparta win, which is in the interests of our Persians!"

"You are right, Tissaffonyis! When the matter here is over, I will definitely advise the king to reconsider its relationship with Sparta."

"Yes, that's why I'm going to solve these Greeks quickly. Artauzus will bring us good news, he will!"

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At dusk of this day, the leaders gathered in the military tent again.

"The stone-tree troop company has already owned a stone-tree troop. After a day of training and skillful use, it can already go on the battlefield to kill the enemy!" Kriano reported to everyone that as a defender, his troops lost the most in yesterday's battle. Therefore, at his strong request, the newly built company was temporarily under his command.

Then, Davers also reported: "It's okay for the cavalry to go on the battlefield to kill the enemy." Because most of the cavalry came from his barracks and he was on the flanks, the cavalry was temporarily under his control.

Davers made a brief speech. After reading the cavalry training for a day, he also roughly understood the attack methods of cavalry in this era: horses hit, gun pokes, javelins, bows and arrows. Since there were no stirrups, he did not dare to run with all his might or did not dare to fight with all his strength, otherwise it would be easy to fall off the horse.

The newly built cavalry only has one weapon - a stabbing gun, so their best way to attack is to pursue the fleeing enemy.

At this time, Kelithops said: "Everyone, today I took my guide and went out to camp to explore the journey to march tomorrow and the surrounding terrain-"

"This is really dangerous! The Persian scouts are wandering around our camp now. If they encounter them, it will be troublesome!" Timasong shouted.

"I am guarded against this, and with Zeus's blessing, I did not meet the Persians." Kerithops nodded to Timasong and expressed his gratitude for his concern: "On the contrary, an important discovery was made."

"What important discovery?!" Kriano asked anxiously.

"I found that there were several mountains about four miles ahead, and only one canyon can pass through, otherwise I could only go a long way." Kerithops said, while using wooden sticks to gesture on the grass: "This canyon can accommodate about twenty people passing side by side."

"You mean...afraid that the Persians attack us as we pass the canyon!" Zantiparis asked worriedly.

"This is indeed a problem. However, it can be completely solved. We set out through the mountain gorge before dawn, and the Persians would never have imagined it." Xenophon said with a clue of inspiration.

"This is a good idea! The Persians are afraid of the night, especially their cavalry cannot see the road under their feet in the dark, and it is easy to fall. So when Little Cyrus was there, they marched with the Persians. They always had to wait until it was dawn before leaving the camp. The day before yesterday, Mitradat caught up with us for a long time. If it were the same tomorrow, we would have passed the canyon long ago." Crienor agreed, and the others agreed, and then turned their attention to Kerithops, who had the final decision.
Chapter completed!