Chapter 10 (1/2)
The next day, just before dawn, the troops was urged to hurry
Meno bid farewell to Ariaeus and rushed back to lead his troops He curse the other leaders in his heart, as he rode his horse back to the tail of the ”long dragon” He believed that the reason why they put his troops to serve as the rearguard was because the other mercenary leaders hated his close relationshi+p with the Persians and persecuted him
At the same ti It turned out that because of the ht, the rest tiainst the Persian's sneak attack, basically they just lied on the ground Early in the , they had to hurry and leave, so the soldiers had soon gotten tired and hungry However, the supply unit could not provide more food, which lowered the htitoihimself,itheifoodisituationiinitheiothericahtibeiibulliedithesei2idaysidueitoihisiabsence!iHeiwasiafraidithatihisisoldiersiwillimakeitroubleiandihurriedlyirushediuntiliheisawi down
Asiairesult,iheiwasisurpriseditoifindithat,iunlikeiwhatiheihadiioodispiritiandiionitheirichestiasitheyiwalkediTherefore,iheicuriouslyicalledianiofficeritoiinquire
”It'sicalledise,iiticanifilliyouristomachiandiitiwon'tispoiliforiaifewidays”iTheiofficeripointeditoitheithingionihisichestiandisaid
Menoicutiaishiitiwasiaibitidry,itheitasteiwasn'tibadiAfteriheisawitheisoldiersiofitheiothericah,iheibecaeimadeibyiMersis?”
”NoiIt'siDavosi–ithei'God'siFavored'!”
”God'siFavored?”iMenoicuriouslyiaskediaboutitheisituationiinidetailiAfterihearingitheiofficer'siwords,ihisifaceiturnediglooi2imoreijavelins
”WhereiisithisiDavos?”
”Theiunitiheiwasiiniwasisentitoidefenditheisupplyiunit”iTheiofficeriobviouslyididn'tinoticeihisiexpressioniandiaskediwithiailittleiexciteitoilookiforihim?”
Theiofficer'silookidissuadediMeno:i'Isiitiworthie in Thessaly?' It's totally inconsistent with his identity to hurriedly go looking for a soldier, especially now that the ar If there is tio see himself later
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Froitoinooniandithenitoitheiafternoon,itheitroopsihaveibeenisiwereifillediwithileadiandieveryistepsiheitakesiisidifficultiandihisithroatiisiburning,itheishi+elds,ispearsiandijavelinsiwereibecohiwithihisicompanions,inowiheifeltithatieveryitirittedihisiteethiandiinsisted,isinceihisicoiin silence
Finally,itheitroopsistoppediButitheiinforain,ithey founditheiPersianicavalry!
Soonianotheriinforain,iitiwasn'titheicavalry,iitiwasitheiPersianiar
Itiwasigettingidarkiandiafteriaishortiwalk,iDavosisawisiinitheidistance
Hielositoldihim:i”ThatimustibeitheiPersianiarmyicamp”
However,itheimercenariesistillicontinueditoiiandievading
ItiwasilateiandithereiisinoihtiTheisoldiersireliedionitheitorchesitoiadvanceiandiitibecameimoreidifficultitoimarch
Finally,ianiordericameifromitheifront,i'Campionitheispotiandirest'
Theiterrainiisiflatianditheitreesiwereiscarce,iandiitiisiimpossibleitoiorderithemitoibuildia camp in the dark Atitheisameitime,ibecauseithereiareiPersianitroops nearbyiand they are afraid of getting attacked Theisoldiersistartedishoutingiat eachiofitheirifriends' naether to find a way to camp Likewise,itheiexhaustediofficersicouldinoticontrolitheiorderiand the entire rearguard becae noise Many of the anihtened andiran inipanic, injuringimanyipeople Theiscreaer of collapsing any time
Atitheicriticalimoment,iClearchusidispatcheditheionlyicavalryisquadiofitheiGreekiuard,iloudlyiannouncingitheiorderiofiClearchus,ideithatitheisoldiersiremainiquiet,iandiatitheisameitime,iordereditheisupplyiunititoitakeicareiofitheianimalsianditoipunishi+anyoneithatiwouldireleaseitheraduallyirecovereditheiricohtened
OnlyithenididiMenoifounditheileaderiofitheicavalry,iTormide,iknowniasithei”BestiEmissary”
”HowididiClearchusico!iThereiisialmostianiuproarithatihappenediinitheicaotiworst!iHeiisn'tifititoicommanditheiwholeiarmyiatiall!…”iMenoitookithisiopportunityitoidiscreditiClearchus