Chapter 23 (2/2)
The four leaders were sullen as they looked at the headless body on the ground Even Clearchus, who always held a grudge against Menon, had grief on his face They felt sad for the death of their own comrade
”Place this man's head on a jar with saltpeter, and i with the four crie them!” Tissaphernes ordered
After the four retted, ”I wish I had listened to that young
”Ariaeus asks to see you my lord!”
”Let him come in”
Ariaeus walked inside the tent and saw a shocking pool of blood on the ground As soon as he slowed down, he heard Tissaphernes say, ”That is the blood of Menon, I just cut off his head with a sword!”
”Rashnu knows (the God of judgy), that this is the punish at Tissaphernes who had a playful smile, and immediately said, ”Lord Satrap, I have sent the cavalry to kill all the Greeks who are wandering outside their camp, as you have ordered”
”Very well, I will report your merits to his majesty!” Tissaphernes understood that for the troops of Cyrus the Younger, he had to deter theet close with them After all, they are nearly 10,000 troops, and when he returns to Asia Minor, he had to rely on these local Persian nobles
”Now that the main leaders of the Greek mercenaries have been taken down, those foolish Greeks are probably in a panic and don't knohat to do You and Ostanes go to the Greek caet the Greeks to surrender…”
Antonios hoped that the soldiers would escort Davos to Menon's ca to Davos
Davos refused and obeyed the soldiers' request and went to Clearchus cauard troops, the camp were also located in the northernet information immediately He asked Hielos to call Xenophon and let Antonios return to Menon's ca and pulled over Matonis and whispered to him, Matonis then looked at him with amazement and finally nodded
As they watched Hielos leave, Davos suppressed the tension in his heart as they headed for Clearchus camp The soldiers who escorted hier?”
Davos asked, ”Who is in charge of your camp in the absence of Clearchus?”
”The captain of the first unit, Tio and tell hiuard of the camp screamed in shocked and pointed at the front, ”Look, the Persian cavalry!!”
Davos and the soldiers looked back together and saw countless Persian cavalry galloping back and forth hundreds ofup the dust all over the sky, and shouting fro
”This…” The soldiers looked nervously at Davos
Despite the fact that his guess came true, Davos didn't have a trace of joy, 'The war is finally co!' and he was also nervous
”Fast! Get back to the ca hiate
At this ti while covering his bleeding abdouards and Davos immediately rushed forward and returned to the camp with him
”I…we are on our way to the market…the Persian cavalry…then suddenly rushed toward us…ias…he is in danger…” The wounded soldier weakly said