Chapter 14 (1/2)
The crowd couldn't help but cry out: ”This is a! Xenophon came to Persia by the order of Hades! And Davos have never seen Xenophon before, but he knew hi us!!” The people began to sing the song of Hades
Although Davos was surprised, but he thought it was just a coincidence He pretended to follow everyone's singing, and then said: ”Even if there is the blessing of Hades, we also need to exert ourselves in order to pass the test and return to Greece safely”
”Davos, you aren't very confident about whether we can go home smoothly?” Xenophon looked at Davos Xenophon believes in divine prophesies, omens in dreams, and prediction It was precisely because he heard that Davos was favored by Hades and so he came over to find out Because he believed that there must be soh Hades
”I' in the well, I don't understand the topmost situation So it's inevitable that I will be confused” Davos said calmly: ”You are a close friend of Proxenus, and thestudent of Socrates I hope you can tell us what kind of situation we are facing now, in order to relieve our confusion”
Olivos wanted to say soaze
Xenophon didn't declined and said: ”I think this time we should be able to return to Greece smoothly! Why?” Xenophon has a sense of responsibility because he cauidance of 'God' In the face of this possible disaster and when everyone was panicking, he thought that this was the reason why the Gods let hi back and forth in the camp to help Proxenus stabilize his troops
At this time, he looked at the crowd and patiently said: ”First, our hoplite is strong, while the Persian troops are weak For decades since the Battle of Therained the upper hand in the battles between us Greeks and Persians It was even ainst the Persian king, that our fierce attack directly resulted in their collapse It can be seen that the Persian fear of our hoplite has penetrated into their blood Although their cavalry is better than ours, but what is the use? The cavalry can only scout and harass, but they dare not fight us head-on, which won't help improve their combat effectiveness
”Yes, their cavalry are cowards!” Matonis shouted with great approval, and the face of Xenophon was a little embarassed
”But the Persian cavalry's javelin and arrows caused us a lot of trouble,” Hielos reminded
”But their cavalry, like their infantry, lacks the skill and courage to confront us head-on It is ie with bows and arrows As long as we decide to retreat, they will never be able to stop us froe of cavalry
”Secondly, I heard the Persians say that their new king, Artaxerxes, was a gentle and tier dared to revolt I heard that in the regions of Susa[1] and Persepolis, soh Artaxerxes had fortunately killed Cyrus the Younger, he would never dare risk fighting us to death while his rear had not calmed down
Third, our coh I am an Athenian and he is a Spartan, but I can't deny that during the war between Athens and Sparta, he had caused Athens a lot of trouble, then he defeated the Thracians many times And several leaders like Proxenus and Meno are also experienced co of Persians due to having dealings with them all year round The Persian co who had just becaeneral he relied on, Tissaphernes, was even defeated by us, they aren't at all a ainst several of our leaders!…”
Davos carefully listened to the story of Xenophon Through Xenophon, he learned a lot about things that he didn't know before This time, he sincerely applauded: ”What a wonderful speech! You really are worthy to be the disciple of Socrates!”
”Yeah! It is the ave us confidence!” Hielos said sincerely
In the face of everyone's praise, Xenophon's looked cal for him to persuade ordinary soldiers, his eyes fell on Davos and seems to want to see the unusualness of the ”God's favored” of Hades in the ru” Davos certainly can't let the other person look down on hih Persia has a vast territory and has a large population, they can't effectively governed it Most areas are still autono the Persian rule requires only two things – paying taxes and serving in the military The Persians believed only in then officials in their arrate into Persia, they would not die for Persia I think that's one of the reasons why the Persian troops collapsed when they faced us”
Xenophon savored what Davos said and recalled what he had seen along the hich was very consistent He was stunned, he apparently isn't as well educated as a 19 year old youngabout Persia, he can only bla like ”God's favored”! Xenophon can only coht! This is the illness of the dictatorshi+p of the king! On the contrary, it is the superiority of Greek's de for ourselves!”