ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 29 Military Conference
Melsis leaned over and said in a low voice: "Davos, the Persian family you sent to the supply camp last time, according to your request, I took good care of them!"

"Really?" Davos looked at him with a half-smile: "How should I thank you?"

"You are the leader, and this is my duty." Merses smiled coquettishly, moved closer, and said softly: "In addition, Menon also has nearly two talents of silver in his luggage. The camp stores..."

Two tarantos were equivalent to 65 kilograms of silver, which was a huge sum of money, and Menon was indeed very profitable.But for Davos, who had just been reborn, he didn't have a deep understanding of Greek coins, so he didn't seem very surprised. He thought about it seriously and said, "Does Menon have any direct relatives?"

Mersith had been watching Davos, and saw that there was nothing strange about him. When he heard these words, he immediately understood Davos's intention, and felt a little more admiration in his heart, and said hurriedly: "No."

"Have you ever had a will?"

"No. He never thought he would die so early."

Davos pondered for a while and said with emotion: "Menon created this military camp and he has put in a lot of effort for this military camp. Let's use this money for the development of our military camp."

"Davos, you are so fair and selfless!" Merses complimented loudly, then rubbed his hands and asked carefully: "You counted the number of people so quickly just now. Did Hades give you some enlightenment?"

Davos had already seen that there was something else on his mind, but he didn't expect it to be for this: "Of course!"

"Can you teach me?" Mercy begged.

Davos was surprised that this fat man still had such a strong thirst for knowledge despite his age, and couldn't help but admire him: "Of course it's no problem."

"Great! Davos, you are the best leader!" Mercis couldn't help hugging Davos, Davos froze, the homosexual tradition of the ancient Greeks made him always have excessive contact with the body A little wary, but soon he realized that he was thinking too much, and Melthis just expressed his gratitude to him.Undoubtedly, this fat man has also become his staunch supporter.

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After all the arrangements were made, it was already past noon. Davos thought he would be late, but when he and Felicius rushed to the mercenary's command tent, they found that there was only Chrysopus. He and Timasong were in the tent.

When Chrysops saw two people coming in, one of the young men was the same one he had seen at the rally before. He immediately frowned and said in a deep voice: "You are mercenaries from Menon, right? Who is the leader elected by your barracks?" As he spoke, his eyes naturally looked at Felicius.

Before Davos could speak, Felicius turned aside, pointed his left hand towards Davos, and solemnly said: "All our soldiers unanimously elected Davos as the new leader of our military camp!"

Crithorpes and Timason widened their eyes in shock.After a long while, the two looked at each other, and then Timazong loudly questioned: "We are about to go to war with the Persians, and everyone must go all out. Your military camp elected a child who has not grown up to drag us down. Do you know that war kills people, many people will die!!"

Timasun's last words were spoken to Davos, and they were obviously threatening.

Davos faced the somewhat ferocious-looking Timasong and responded without any sign of weakness: "When the fight breaks out, we don't know who is dragging down who! Fighting with the Persians, brute force alone is not enough! At the beginning, I went Where were you when you blocked Clearkus, Menon and the others! If they had followed my advice, they wouldn't be in such a bad situation today!"

"Of course I also... have obstacles..." Timasson had been feeling guilty about the capture of Clearkus in his heart, so he was drawn by Davos' topic and answered without confidence.

"Everyone in our barracks believes that Davos is the best candidate for the leader, and no one objected! And entrusted me as an adjutant to assist the leader of Davos in managing military affairs." Felicius emphasized loudly again.As an old mercenary, he knew what Chrysopus and Timason were worried about and what they were trying to do.

Crithorpes looked at Felicius again: "Who is this?"

"Felicius, Menon's adjutant, the actual person in charge of his military camp..." Timazon said in a strange tone next to Cleithorpus.

"Oh..." Cleethorpes looked understanding.Davos could guess what they were thinking, but he didn't want to argue. Time would tell.

"Other camps are still making fierce selections, but you made the selection very quickly." Kerisopus finally stood up and said with a hint of teasing.

Davos immediately responded: "At this critical juncture, it is better for the entire army to have unified thinking than to still act in isolation!"

Cleithops was stunned: This young new leader has no other abilities, at least he is not weak in eloquence.He saluted reluctantly and said, "You are welcome."

Davos replied: "I'm glad to fight with you!"

For a moment, there was silence in the tent.

Ten minutes later, Xantiparis came in. He replaced Socrates and became the new leader.

Then, Crisano replaced Achilles and became the new leader.

The last person to come in was Hieronymus, who squeezed out Agcia and replaced Proxenus as the new leader.Along with him came Xenophon, an acquaintance of Davos, who became Hieronymus' lieutenant.

Everyone expressed surprise at Davos's age. Fortunately, it was already afternoon and time was running out.

As soon as everyone arrived, Chrysops immediately said: "Everyone, let's first decide on the retreat route back to Greece. My opinion is to follow the original route, go north along the Tigris River, enter Armenia, and reach the Euphoric Sea. , and then return to Aeolia by boat..."

"This is the route arranged for us by Tissapheris. It was originally a conspiracy! I heard that there are many barbaric races in the north that even the Persians feel headaches. They are a huge threat to us!" Zantiparis objected .

"Then what is your suggestion? Go west?! Not to mention the longer journey, more importantly, we are now in a state of war with Persia, and it is dangerous to stay on Persian land for one more day, Persians We can mobilize more soldiers to besiege us at any time! Since the north is a headache for the Persians, it just shows that their rule over the north is not strong. This is our opportunity! Those barbarians have no enmity with us, let alone us There is also a common enemy - Persia!..." Timasong talked eloquently, obviously he had communicated with Chrysops before.

Sure enough, we still have to take the north road!Davos saw that Zantiparis had the same look of approval as everyone else.

"Let's all vote. If you agree to go north, please raise your hands!" Cleethorpes said.
All unanimously approved.

Chrysops added: "In order to concentrate our soldiers to fight the Persians and prevent them from being hit due to excessive dispersion, I suggest that small mercenary camps such as Sothis and Pasion be merged into ours. Of course, It depends on both parties merging together voluntarily.”

"If we merge together, how will the military rations be distributed? How will the property collected by each other be distributed?..." Hieronymus asked seriously.

"We have already said that it is voluntary. If he is willing to join your military camp, you can discuss it privately." Timasong said impatiently.

Annex other small military camps? !Davos was a little moved. After all, the more troops there are, the greater the chance of the military camp's survival in the battle.

"Since everyone agrees, we will announce this matter at the army meeting. In addition, there is a more important issue. In a state where we will be attacked by the Persians at any time, in what formation we will march in order to maximize the Is it possible to ensure our safety?" Chrysops looked around at everyone, and before everyone could answer, he took out a wooden stick and gestured on the ground: "My suggestion is to advance in a large and empty formation, with two mercenaries as the vanguard. The troops lead the entire army, with one mercenary on the left and right protecting the flanks, two more mercenaries serving as rearguards, and in the middle are our baggage trains and non-combatants... What do you think?"

　I'm having a gathering with friends today, and I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back in time in the evening, so I'll update it in advance, don't worry!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)