"Governor, is it really that way to let the Greeks go?" the adjutant beside him asked unwillingly.

"Let it go?!" Tisavonis glared at him fiercely: "This is the order of the king. I have followed his will and successfully drove the Greek barbarians into Dukeya! Do you think they will have a better life next?!"

Tisavonis pointed to the vast mountains in front of him and said fiercely: "The steep and narrow mountain road, the mountains and forests of snakes and insects, and the cruel Dukeya mountain people will devour their courage! Even if they barely pass Dukeya, there is still the army of Aojuntas waiting for them! Even if Aojuntas can't stop them, they will still meet the Calyubians, the Kardans, and the Markronians... Let these barbarians fight each other! I see how many Greek barbarians can return to Greece in the end?!"

He sneered and said, "We don't have to spend our time and energy here. Asia Minor still has important things to do. Withdraw the troops! Go back!" He shouted very simply, then turned around, and accidentally saw Aliros' expressionless face not far away. He was slightly stunned, and subconsciously looked back at the rolling mountains: it turned out that capturing the leader of the Greek mercenary was already a great achievement. When everything went well, he had a new idea, which resulted in the death of Mitradat and Altaozus, with more than 10,000 soldiers killed and killed, which greatly reduced his achievements. Next, I hope that the Greeks would be wiped out in the mountains as they thought, so as to relieve their hatred!

But, can it really come true?

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The mercenaries and the mercenaries arrived at the edge of the Dukeya Mountains on the second day and began to camp. The next action depends on whether the Dukeya tribe will succeed when Mariji's mission to the Dukeya tribe.

Davers and other leaders sent Marij to the mountain pass together. There were dozens of soldiers led by Hilos, who drove several carts full of armor, shields, and spears that mercenaries had taken from dead Persian soldiers. These were all weapons and equipment that the Dukeya people lacked. In addition, there were more than a dozen Dukeya people, mainly slaves that Davers had asked Melsis to intercept from the Persian village.

"Marigi, it all depends on you!" Davers gave him a strong hug, and whispered in his ear: "If things are not good, get out as soon as possible, Hilos will help you escape back. It doesn't matter if the negotiations are not done, we can still force ourselves to break through, your safety is the most important thing."

Marigi was stunned, looked at the other leaders behind Davers, and then said loudly: "Don't worry, with these weapons, our negotiations with those Dukeya people have been half successful! I have made many transactions with the leader of this tribe, Conmoro, and still know him well. He has always been ambitious and tried his best to make his tribe powerful and monopolize the trade channel between the mountains of Armenia, Dukeya and Media, so he has fought with the surrounding tribes. I believe our proposal will make him very interested!"

"I hope this is the case." Tima Song stepped forward and urged in a stiff tone: "You'd better hurry up, don't forget, we can only wait for you for one day!"

Mariji glanced at him and didn't say anything.

Davers ignored Timasong and went up to give Hilos a stronger hug. For Hilos, who had strongly requested to go and tried to persuade Hilos many times, Davers knew that his choice was right. Only this most capable confidant as a follower would make Mariji completely believe that if there was any situation, Davers would not give up on them easily.

Davers kept his gratitude in his heart and said to Hilos: "Come back safely, brother!"

Hilos took a step back and gave a solemn military salute.

Davers watched them walk into the forest until the dense trees completely obscured their figures...

"It feels really strange. When we were driven here by the Persians, we had to rely on a Persian to help us out of danger." Criano said in a weird tone.

"Don't think so much, Kriano. We are all hoping that this Persian will succeed now, aren't we?" Zantiparis said lightly.

"Maybe this is the arrangement of the gods, and they are happy to be in this wonderful collision of fate." Xenophon's eyes were full of expectations: "And now we can only wait patiently."

"Besides waiting, you must also prepare for battle." Keritopus reminded everyone. After saying that, he turned around and returned to the camp.

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On this day, the mercenary leaders prohibited all soldiers from going out to prevent these plundering and idle mercenaries from Dukeya, which affected their plans and also made the entire army more alert and defended against attacks from Dukeya or Persians.

But nothing happened on this day. Only occasionally were a few Dukeyashanmen wearing short fur coats and red patterns on their faces, holding short axes and carrying bows and arrows, wandering around the camp.

The soldiers watched and commented.

Compared with the soldiers' relaxed freehand paintings, the leaders were nervously worried about whether the plan could be accepted by the Dukeya people, especially Davers, who did not sleep well all night.

Until the next morning, Yassitus broke into the tent and woke him up: "Marigi is back!"

Davers was so excited that she lost all her sleepiness.

"Chief, the leader of the Dukeya tribe, Conmoro, followed my advice and was willing to form an alliance with us!" Mariji's excited shout came from behind Yassitus.

"Great!" Davers jumped up, grabbed Marigi's shoulder with both hands, and said happily: "You saved the entire mercenary, and all the Greek soldiers will thank you!"

Marigi smiled a little, and then he looked embarrassed: "Shilos and the others were unable to come back because Conmoroe was going to treat them well."

Davers was stunned. He heard the strange expression of Mariji's voice and asked with an ugly face: "Hostage?"

Mariji hurriedly explained: "Yes, for safety, because Conmoro is going to discuss alliances with the leaders in person!"

Davers's face calmed down a little, and then asked anxiously: "When? Where?"

"Originally he wanted you to go to the counterfeit negotiation, but I refused. I argued with reason, and he threatened him with a knife several times. Finally, after repeated arguments, he was set at the foot of the mountain forest in front, and it was this afternoon." Mariji emphasized the hardship of his negotiations.

"This afternoon...at the foot of the mountain in front..." Davers pondered, then Zhan Mei said: "It seems that this Conmoro is very anxious to form an alliance!"

"Yes, leader!" Mariji looked glamorous.

"What are you waiting for! Come with me to find Kelithops and the others!" After saying that, the doctor walked out with great strides.

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In the afternoon, Kerithops, Criano and Davers led fifty Spartan warriors to the foot of the mountain under the leadership of Marigi. In order to prevent repeating the mistake of the leader of Clierkus being beaten up, the other mercenary leaders led their troops to line up at the pass one mile away from the foot of the mountain.

"It's right there." Marigi pointed in front of his finger: Not far away there was a tree stump larger than the round shield of Greek soldiers on the grass. The section was polished smoothly and flatly, half a person tall, with several wooden piers around it. There was a curved path next to the wooden stakes, which extended upwards to the depths of the mountains...

"This leader of Dukeya is a thoughtful person." As an advocate of this plan, Davers must show confidence in it, so he was the first to walk over, clear away the dust and fallen leaves on the wooden pier and sit down.

Kerithops also sat down calmly.

Criano looked around and then sat down slowly.

Marigi stood directly beside Davers.

It was already late autumn. When we marched in the Tigris River Basin before, the climate was quite warm. When we arrived in the Dukeya Mountains, the weather turned cooler, the grass began to wither and yellow, the mountain wind blew, the leaves continued to fall, and a thick layer was laid on the ground.

Kerithops looked up at the beginning of bare branches and said worriedly: "We must pass through this mountain area as soon as possible, otherwise winter will come and the mountains will be colder, and the soldiers do not have thick clothes to keep warm..."

Keritops's words reminded Davers, to be honest, he had never thought about this.

When Kelithops and the other two began to discuss how to deal with the arrival of winter, Dukeyashanmen came: dozens of tough middle-aged men and an old man dressed in weird appearance.
Chapter completed!