Chapter 25 (2/2)
”Uhm…Proxenus, they accepted the feast that lord Tissaphernes prepared…and are already drunk…so…” Ariaeus stutteringly said, Ostanes got slightly ihness has ordered that you hand over your weapons immediately, in order to ensure your safe return, otherill not provide you anymore help!”
”Ares, us Greek warriors will never abandon our weapons and be slaughtered by others!!” Timasion hit his bronze shi+eld with his spear and screamed
”Whoever wants to take our weapons, will need to fight us for it!” Cleanor yelled
”Proxenus and the rest couldn't come, is not because they were drunk, but because they have been killed by you, right?!” Xenophon sadly said, and wanted to force Ariaeus to tell the truth by seriously saying the result, but he didn't expect that he would arouse the anger of the officers
”The Persians want to kill all of us!”
”Revenge for our leaders!”
The enraged officers surrounded Ariaeus and when Ostanes noticed that the situation was turning bad, he turned his horse around and fled, Ariaeus then followed the for a while, Ostanes looked back and saw that he was far away froroup of barbarians and was ashary, so he shouted, ”Greeks, you have ret it!!”
”I don't knoill be the one regreting it!” Xenophon unyieldingly answered
Watching the Persian cavalry leave, everyone orried and it was certain that the ood end, the Persians had torn their faces, what should they do now?
Surrender to the Persians? Even the Persian king's brother, Cyrus the Younger, got his head and hands brutally cut off and most of the officers did not think that their fate would be a lot better after surrendering! Either they are killed or become a slave For this choice, it was unacceptable for the officers, nor can they accept it
Otherwise, they had to fight the Persians again in this strange land! Now they were led by the Persians on a route that they have never traveled before, thousands of miles away from their home, they can only feel their way forithout the help of the Persians, and they do not kno es they have to face, but they also have to be prepared for the attack of the Persian arht against them head-on, but they also can't catch up with the Persians, and once they fail, the entire et destroyed It was because of these difficulties that everyone was depressed and didn't knohat to do When they left the camp, the soldiers still had sohed and looked worried
Returning to the caain, Davos naturally followed Philesius and participated in the discussion Of course, as a newco these officers In a heated debate, they are rumpy Tiacia who has a good relationshi+p with the other officers…
Xenophon was uitatedly said, ”Everyone, Clearchus and the rest have been captured by the Persians, we must imeneral assembly for the whole mercenary troops in order to renew the deterht the Persians and their confidence that we can return hoo on like this, will result in our deht that Xenophon was right, although he had just started his e official in his previous life, and he was also the leader of a high-tech developed more than 10,000 hts and inspiring confidence in a group
Timasion seemed to resent Xenophon's excessive display, he did not look at Xenophon at all and turned to face the others and said, ”Don't worry, Cheirisophus[1] will be back soon!”
[1] Cheirisophus was a Spartan general who fought with the Ten Thousand under Cyrus the Younger