"What's wrong?" Davers felt her expression strange.

"…Back to Greece…What do you want to do?” Cristoya asked softly.

"Oh...I haven't thought about this question yet..." Davers said. In fact, he had been thinking about it but hadn't thought about it: "But one thing can be confirmed that I will take you wherever I go!"

Cristoya pressed her face against Davers's broad shoulders, rubbed his rough skin, and said firmly, "I will follow you wherever you go!" After that, she remembered something again and emphasized: "It's just that you'd better not go back to Asia Minor!"

"Why?" Davers was a little surprised.

"Because there might be a battlefield." Cristoya's words surprised Davers: "I heard Cyrus say--"

Cristoya subconsciously glanced at Daphs again, and saw that his expression was not abnormal, so she said: "The conflict between the Spartans and Tissaffenis is very deep, and the Spartans are involved in this Persian rebellion. Now, Tissaffenis returns to Asia Minor and will not miss this opportunity to rectify Sparta. Because Sparta is now the leader of the Greek city-states, he will inevitably replace Athens to become the protector of the Greek city-states in Asia Minor. But in the beginning, Sparta reached an agreement in order to get the support of the Persians, including Sparta agreeing to hand over the Greek city-states in Asia Minor to Persia's jurisdiction. The war with Athens ended, Sparta dragged on not to fulfill this agreement, and... Little Cyrus did not urge the Spartans for some reason. So..."

"So, now that the new king ascended the throne, Tissaffonyis returned to Asia Minor, he would definitely urge Sparta to fulfill the original agreement on behalf of the King of Persia!" Davers did not expect that there was such a Misin between Sparta and Persia. Although Sparta was a rogue, it was understandable that if Sparta agreed, the dignified Greek overlord actually handed over the land of his compatriots to the Greeks' enemies. This would be a betrayal and "traitor"! It would undoubtedly greatly damage its prestige established after the victory of the Peloponnese War, and even city-states would rise up to resist its hegemony because of dissatisfaction. If they did not agree, it would be a violation of the agreement and the war would probably break out.

Davers covered her chin and fell into deep thought: Did Kerithops take the initiative to talk to me to win over me? As he thought about it, he suddenly remembered something: "Christoya, if I don't go to Asia Minor, will you go back to Milidu?"

"Didn't I say I'll follow you all the time?" Cristoya said, with a slightly dismal expression: "Besides, I will bring disaster to the family when I go back now."

Davers immediately understood what she meant: as a concubine of Cyrus, she was an important family member of the rebels, and her return would undoubtedly attract the eyes of Persian power to her family in Miles.

Thinking of this, Davers comforted her and said, "Don't worry, one day, I will let you go home with a glorious atmosphere!"

Cristoya stared at Davers with serious expression, and the haze on her face gradually faded: "I believe in you!"

She criticized Shima Chun and said, "Since you asked me to manage the medical camp, I will start exercising my rights. I will give those female slaves freedom so that they will work harder to take good care of the wounded."

"This is your right. But I have to say it to Melsis first."

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Three days later, the camp was launched and marched.

In the afternoon, Tissaffony led his army to come.

After receiving the news from the reconnaissance department, the leaders quickly led the team to the nearby village and began to camp. Because there were many soldiers in the mercenaries at this time that could not fight: one was the wounded, the second was the soldiers carrying the wounded, and the third was to help the soldiers carrying the wounded and the soldiers carrying the weapons of the wounded. The huge reduction in combat soldiers made the mercenaries no longer march while fighting like before.

When Tisavonis's army arrived at the village, the mercenaries found that there was no military flag representing Ojontas and Sikosti. The generals speculated that Tisavonis did not appear before, and whether they had gone to see the two royal nobles off. At the same time, they also began to worry about their future trips. The brothers of the Persian king did not have to worry about, but Ojontas was the governor of Armenia, and he was likely to intercept the mercenaries on the way to Armenia.

The Persian army, facing the attack of mercenaries' stone throwers, felt that they also started firing arrows in front of the mercenary camp, and the two sides began a scene of mutual ranged attacks that had to be staged every day. However, in this attack mode, the Persian army was at a disadvantage. Now the mercenaries have the protection of the camp, and their advantages are even more obvious. The leaders did not understand why the smartest ones were so rash.

The battle lasted only for more than ten minutes, and Tissaffony led his army to retreat. Because there were many cavalry in the Persian army and they were afraid of being attacked at night and causing chaos, the Polish army's camp was ten miles away from the mercenary camp.

After discussion, the leaders decided to let the soldiers rest at dusk and march before dawn. If the Persian army catches up, they will camp. This will not only ensure the safety of the troops, but also do not delay the march.

In fact, the leaders' arrangements seemed a bit redundant. The Persian army did not appear for three consecutive days. Until the morning of the fourth day, the cavalry who explored the front reported that the road ahead was narrow, with several peaks on the side of the road, and traces of Persians were found on the shorter mountains. The previous lessons made the leaders extremely cautious about this.

"As before, I led a force around the right side of the mountain and drove them away." Xenophon said, with confidence on his face due to his previous success.

At this moment, the reconnaissance cavalry in the rear rushed to reward: they discovered the large army of Tissaffonys!

This news immediately made the leaders nervous. Because the combat effectiveness of the mercenaries is not as good as before, and there are too many wounded people, the mercenaries dare not fight with all their might. Moreover, the entire army is located in a hilly area with a narrow terrain, which is not conducive to the deployment of the troops. In addition, the personnel are too dense, casualties will increase greatly under long-range attacks. Obviously, Tissaffenis has made careful plans this time and is preparing to give the mercenaries a major blow.

The situation is urgent! Kerithops didn't care about discussing with other leaders and said to Xenophon with a serious expression: "You must drive away the Persians who occupied the mountains as quickly as possible to ensure that we pass smoothly. As long as you take the mountains, you can guard the mountain road, and Tissaffonys will not dare to pursue us anymore."

"I need some light infantry!" Xenophon immediately made his request.

"Arrowers and thieves cannot be given to you, only they can fight against Tissaffonyis." Kerithops declared in advance.

"I have five hundred light shield soldiers under my command to send you." Davers said first. He cannot preserve his strength at this time, and he must work together to overcome the difficulties.

Xenophon was very grateful to Davers because Davers expressed his support in public many times.

"I'll give you eight hundred Thracian light shield soldiers!" Timasong looked loudly and said loudly. Because Timasong's former leader Clierkus once used the money given to him by Cyrus to recruit mercenaries in Kersonis and attacked the Thracian forces near the Hellespont for more than a year, he collected many Thracians, and among the Greek mercenaries, his military camp had the largest number of light shield soldiers.

After Xenophon expressed his gratitude again, he brought two hundred infantry, a total of 1,500 men, and set off quickly.

The leaders also ordered the entire army to speed up the march while increasing their vigilance and move closer to the mountain road.

When Xenophon led his army to the foot of the mountain, he found that the Persians occupied a mountain. He was about to order an attack. At this time, Epigenis, the captain of the first light shield soldier of Davers, expressed his opinion. He pointed to the mountain and said, "Xenophon, look, the mountain next to the Persians. If we attack the Persians directly, they might retreat to the higher mountain again... This will not only delay time, but also make our attack more difficult. It is better to occupy the higher mountain first, and then throw javelins and stones at the Persians from a high point, and you can easily repel them."

The captains of the Light Shield Soldiers all said that Epitians had a good method and Xenophon was doing well, so he ordered: Let the troops quickly occupy the top of the mountain!
Chapter completed!