Chapter 22 (1/2)
The soldiers guarding the gate of the camp, look at Davos and Antonios as they directly pass them And only after Hielos did they try to stop them Davos had no time to heed their shout and followed Antonios as he ran north After running for a while, he then saw a group of people ahead
Clearchus was having a conversation with the Persian king's younger brother, Ostanes, who came to meet with them, when they suddenly heard a shout from behind, ”Stop! Stop! This is a conspiracy! A conspiracy of the Persians!…”
The 5 leaders andtheo to the market when they passed by it, were shocked and immediately stopped to look back
Davos rushed to the at him , he said it loudly while he panted, ”This is a conspiracy!… Tissaphernes is ready…ready to kill all of you! If we do not have a leader, ill fall into chaos which will lead to the annihilation of the whole mercenary troops!”
Several leaders subconsciously looked at the Persian envoy, Ostanes
Ostanes pointed angrily at Davos and shouted, ”Who is he?! How dare he say such thing! It was you who asked for the talks, Tissaphernes just responded to the request of Clearchus and treated hieneral, Tissaphernes?! This is not only an insult to hi!! I will leave! And I will report this to Tissaphernes and suggest that he report it to his reement with you Greeks!”
Several leaders hurriedly stopped his horse and even apologized
Davos didn't think that this averesuo to the Persian caainst the Persians! Who knohether Tissaphernes being friendly to us for ten days, is to lessen our vigilance?! Have you forgotten his previous treachery?!”
As soon as Davos stop talking, Menon jumped out and vented his resentment for these ten days, ”Audacious madman! Shameless liar! Not only did you deceive the soldiers in my camp, but you also incited them to oppose me! Now you want to destroy the peace between us and the Persians! You want to o home!! Someone catch him for me!!”
However, none of the soldiers obeyed his orders Firstly, he had only 2 captains with hi other followers Secondly, sonized that Davos was the rumored ”God's Favored” in Menon's ca in low voices
At first, several of the leaders who heard Davos' words, hesitated Who knew that Menon's scolding iusted of Davos Despite his bad character, Menon and the time, and several leaders also knew that his ability wasn't weak An ordinary soldier actually dared to oppose his leader, which was undoubtedly a big taboo for the leaders
Clearchus had a different ideas He was surprised to think that Menon had found a soldier to act here and wanted to destroy the : Tissaphernes pro to openly point out the one that was co thethat it was Menon Because Menon had always openly competed with him for the command of the Greek mercenaries since they entered Persia, and he is currently been staying with Ariaeus, as already close to Tissaphernes, and he had ias which is definitely in order to oppose him This time, he must expose this vile character in public, and thus consolidate his co the mercenaries back to Greece intact This is also why he hated the Persians, but had to endure this humiliation and the burden of peace talks with Persia, and he also hated anyone who tries to destroy the unity of the tea the river' and said, ”Now that Menon had already said it, take this clown and send hiet back!”