Chapter 49 (1/2)

The Persians were prepared to defend against the attack of the radually discovered that the mercenaries route was clearly the nearby mountain They were shocked and realized that they had athered their troops to march towards the nearby mountain…

By this ti the mountain pass, while the mercenaries formed their formation near the mountain pass The supply camp and the wounded were all concentrated in the rear, which was close to the mountain occupied by the Persians If the Persians on the th, then they would be able to reach the edge of the mercenary troops But at this moment, these Persians and Xenophon's troops were all rushi+ng to the mountain peak from 2 directions at the same time

”Hold the shi+eld!”

”Slingers be ready!”

”Archers be ready!”

The leaders with their iave the orders to their troops loudly In front of the mercenary troops, the Persians approach them like tides, and slowly spread their formation…

”Fast! Fast! Brothers, persevere, you are co for our survival! At this th, ill be able to march more easily in the future and avoid ed the troops as he led the way up the mountain

When they reached theand slowing down They could see that when the Persians on the side of the ave theency, which h the Persians are closer to the mountain peak, but they are on the steeper side of the entle slope behind the mountain

In the ”mountain coh They et to the top of the mountain first and threw javelins and stones at the Persians ere cliue

The Persians turned around and fled, they even abandoned their original position as they run to the foot of the -range attack of Tissaphernes is still going on Although the casualties of his troops are increasing, he still did not give the order to withdrahich greatly pressured theto support, the cavalry scout rushed to report that Xenophon had sent a e that they have occupied the mountain and had driven away the Persians!

”Retreat!” Cheirisophus breathed a sigh of relief

As a result, the an an orderly retreat…

The Persian army closed in step by step…

When all the mercenaries retreated into thethee of Xenophon troops, they were then hit by the stones and javelins frole to sound the retreat…

The mercenaries walked down the mountain path and entered a plain There are quite a few villages here, the , treat the wounded, and provide a lot of rations, because the guides said that the mountain ahead is Corduene For this reason, the leaders held an i

”We Greeks resisted Persia, and the Carduchians are also against Persia According to the guides, the Persians had sent around 100,000 troops to attack the Carduchians, but they were defeated Since we and the Carduchians are all eneet along with each other What's e on the Carduchians in any way, and as long as we send envoys to express our wish of peace with them, I believe that they will accept it!…” Xenophon spoke with fervor and assurance, he had become more confident after this period of time

”Get on friendly terms with them? That's easy to say!” Timasion sneered at him, he didn't like the public display of Xenophon Both Davos and Xenophon are young and outstanding, and are showing too much of their ability, which made Cleanor, Timasion and other veteran mercenaries to be somewhat dissatisfied, ”Ten thousand troops have entered their territory, and they have defeated the Persian army many times, the Carduchians won't be tense?! Are they not afraid?! I don't believe it! Oh…you said that we are only passing through Corduene, but if we suddenly attack when passing through their settleh, would the Carduchians take this risk? You should know that the Carduchians are fierce and savage, and even Persia, who has vast territory that surround theree with our demands, from us who came from thousands of , Cleanor then said, ”A few days ago, my soldiers captured several Carduchians slaves of the Persians After questioning theiven by the Persians to the people living in this mountain area, In fact, there many tribes and different races in the Corduene ht and kill each other for the benefit of their tribe, and some of the tribes even went so far as to becoet an agree few otiate with each individual tribes then the negotiation will take too long, which will have us starving You must know that the Corduene e of food!”