Chapter 14: Xenophon (2)

The crowd couldn't help but scream: "This is amazing! Xenophon came to Persia by Hades's instructions! And Daphus, you have never seen Xenophon, but you know him through the gods! This is Hardy. Sis is blessing us!!" The people began to sing the songs of Pluto.
Although Daves was surprised, he thought it was just a coincidence. He pretended to follow the songs of everyone, and then said: "Even if there is the blessing of Pluto, we need our own efforts to pass the test and return to Greece safely."
"Daves is not very confident about whether he can go home smoothly?" Xenophon looked at Davers. Xenophon believes in gods, dreams, and prophecies. It is precisely because he hears that Daves is the of Hades, he will come and find out, because Hades, he believes that he and Davers There must be some mysterious connection between them.
"I am just an ordinary infantry, just like a frog in the well, I don't understand the top situation. So I will inevitably be confused." Daves said calmly: "You are a close friend of Prokhsinus, and a Soviet Union. The most outstanding student of Gerdi. I hope to tell us what kind of situation we are facing now, in order to lift our confusion."
Oliver wanted to say something and was stopped by Davers with his eyes.
Xenophon said in a hurry: "I think we should go back to Greece this time should be smoother! Why?" Xenophon has a sense of responsibility, because he was guided by the "God" to Persia. In the face of this possible disaster, when everyone was panicking, he thought that this was the reason why the gods let him come. Therefore, in the past few days, he was running back and forth in the military camp to help Prokhsinus stabilize his army.
At this time, he looked at the crowd and said with patience: "First, we have a strong Greek infantry and a weak Persian army. From the beginning of the hot springs, the battle between our Greeks and the Persians has always prevailed. The previous battle with the Persian king was more telling, and our brave shock directly led to their collapse. It can be seen that the Persian fear of the Greek heavy infantry has gone deep into the blood. Although their cavalry is better than us, what is the use? The cavalry only Being able to detect and harass, but not dare to fight in front, does not help their combat effectiveness."
"Yes, the cavalry are cowards!" Matones shouted in disapproval, and the face of Xenophon suddenly appeared.
"But the Persian cavalry's javelin and bow and arrow caused us a lot of trouble," Hilos reminded.
"But the cavalry, like their infantry, lacks the skill and courage to confront us. It is impossible to shake our courage by bows and arrows. As long as we decide to retreat, they can't stop us from leaving." Based on the understanding of cavalry, color Novin said with confidence.
"Secondly, I heard the Persians say that their new king, Artaxerxes, was a gentle and weak person since he was a child. This is why the little Cyrus dared to fight. I heard that in the areas of Sussar and Persepolis, there are The friend of Little Cyrus responded with a squad. Although Alta Xerxes had fortunately killed the little Cyrus, he would never dare to risk the battle with the powerful ones.
Third, our commander, Clearus, is a very capable person. Although I am an Athenian, he is a Spartan, but I can't help but admit that during the battle between Athens and Sparta, he created a lot of trouble for Athens, after which he repeatedly defeated Thrace in Kelsons. people. And the leaders of Proclinus and Menon are also experienced commanders. They have a good understanding of the Persians with the Persians. The Persian commander was Alta Xerxes, the Persian king who had just commanded the army and had never commanded the army. The generals he relied on, Tissa Funis, were even defeated by us. They were not opponents of several leaders! ......"
Davers carefully listened to the story of coloring Lofin. Through Xenophon, he learned a lot about what he didn't know before. This time, he really applauded: "A very wonderful speech! It is an outstanding disciple of Socrates!"
"Yeah! It is the person that Hades has instructed! Your words have made us confident!" Hilos said earnestly.
In the face of everyone's praise, Xenophon looked calm, convincing ordinary soldiers is a very common thing for him, his eyes fell on Daves, seems to want to see the rumors of Hades's "God" What is the difference?
"But you still forgot to say one thing." Daves certainly can't let the other person look down on himself, especially in front of his teammates: "The Persian country is vast, but the population is large, but it cannot be effectively managed. Most areas They are still autonomous. They have their own culture and religion. To obey Persian rule, they only need to do two things - paying taxes and serving in military service. The Persians only believe in themselves, so there are very few foreign officials in their army and court. I can't integrate into Persia, and naturally I won't sell for him. I think this is one of the reasons why the Persian army collapsed when we met us."
Xenophon carefully savored what Devers said, and recalled what he saw along the way, which was very consistent. He stunned: He was not as rigorously educated as a young man of 19 years old who knew nothing about Persia. This is not what the "God" is! Xenophon can only comfort itself like this: "You are right! This is the ill of the king's dictatorship! On the contrary, it is the advantage of the Greek democratic system, we are fighting for ourselves!"
The advantages of a democratic system? Davers seems to have seen the face of the country that was self-proclaimed "world police". He scorned his mouth, but he was seen by the careful Xenophon: "Davos thinks I am wrong?"
"Xenophon, when do you think the most stable and prosperous period in Athens in the past 100 years?" Daves decided to use the knowledge of previous life to shock the historical celebrity in front of him and impress him so that he can let himself through him. The name can be passed on to the top of the mercenary.
"The period of Pericles in power." Xenophon answered without hesitation.
"You forgot to say that Pisittra ruled." Daves reminded: "It was under his rule that Athens completely owned the Attica region and prospered the port of Piraeus. Athens has become a powerful city-state in Greece, in addition to Sparta!"
"But..." Xenophon didn't expect Davers to mention Pescitra, the Athenians proud of living in the most democratic Greek city-state, and almost no one would talk about the dictator. He wants to refute, but for a moment he doesn't know how to talk about it. After all, the highly educated and knowledgeable Xenophon knows that Daves is telling the truth.
Daves seized the opportunity and then said: "You want to say, 'But Athens is stronger in the period of Pericles', isn't it right? But the phrase in Pericles's reign is inherently problematic. Pericles served as general. How many years? Thirty years! He has never been elected for 30 years, and he has been elected as the chief general for many times! All the important internal and external laws and decisions of Athens were proposed and formulated by him, which created the gold of Athens. Times! Isn't it ironic for a year to choose, invent the pottery exile method, and prevent the dictatorship of the Athenian democracy? Is it that Piscitra is a dictatorship? Is Pericles democratic?! Pericles is just Bisit Latour’s political means are more subtle and gentler.
And what do you think of a superior democracy after Berwickley? Have more financial resources than Sparta~EbookFREE.me~The more powerful navy, the more ally of Athens, the internal but the guilty and fighting each other, the people of Athens often can't tell the truth of the matter, easily suffer Politicians are inciting. Therefore, at the most critical moment of the expedition to Sicily, you will be forced to take away the most talented general of Athens, Abyssad; just win a key battle of Agnosil Island, but failed to rescue the fallen soldiers in time because of the strong winds. The generals, easily judged by the people, and even executed... These stupid actions by Athens are not uncommon in this long war with Sparta! Is this the perfect democracy that the Athenians think? ! It consumes the power accumulated over the past 100 years in constant internal consumption!

The ancient democratic system of Athens was a key point in the study of Dafos in the former party school. Because it is the origin of the modern Western political system, Davers still remembers it.
Note 1: Western historiography does not have a high evaluation of Xenophon. He believes that he is a taste of history and philosophy. The depth of research and understanding of history is not as deep as that of Thucydides and Herodotus. Even the horses can't catch up with his classmate Plato. Moreover, in his writings, he believes in gods, dreams, and prophecies. He often chooses historical materials and judges historical facts with his personal political likes and dislikes. I also experienced it when I read his work. However, in any case, he left a lot of precious first-hand information, so that we modern people can understand the era more clearly, otherwise there will be no such novel I wrote today.
Note 2: This is interesting: after the battle of Agenose Island, the generals judged by the people of Athens have the characters written in my last novel - Little Bethley, the only son of Pericles, and finally he Also executed.