Chapter 51: Du Ke Ya

Kerry Thorpe's eyes focused on the man in the middle for the first time: he was slightly thinner than the brawny around him, but he wore a more colorful short-sleeved leather gown to make up for him. Defects in the figure. In addition, he should wear a yellow-brown Persian robes to cover the naked legs of the Dukes.
When his light brown, high-definition eyes locked a few of them, he raised his right hand and listened to the old Dukeya shouting: "The Du Ke Yaxok Conte tribe The leader greets guests from afar!"
The mountain people beat the wooden shield with a short axe, and the mouth said: "Oh oh oh..."
The high-pitched, beast-like squeak makes the Davos eardrum uncomfortable. Because the old man said Dukaya, several mercenary leaders were a bit stunned, and Mariji immediately whispered to them, and soon they regained their calm, and even Davos curiously admired the original waiting. The way to the guest.
Mariji, with the consent of the chiefs, also shouted loudly in the Dukeya language: "Sparta prosecutor Lisopus sent a friendly greeting to the Comoros chief!" The voice just fell, and fifty silently behind him. The Spartan warriors yelled together: "Hey! Hey!" Along with the two screams, the uniform rifle smashed the ground, and the round shield opened and closed, and the silence was restored. Compared with the other party's noise, the Spartan warrior is low-key and introverted, but it gives people an invisible pressure.
Comoros's face changed slightly, his eyes fixed on the fifty tall, straight-eyed soldiers, each with a big "∧" symbol in the center of the round shield held in his hand, muttering in his mouth: "Sparta Up..."
Over the centuries, the reputation of Spartan warriors has spread throughout the Mediterranean, and even people in this remote mountain area have heard it. He raised his right hand, and the snoring of the mountain people gradually stopped: "Welcome! Please sit down!" What he said was the Persian language.
As a Spartan ombudsman, the customer who often interacts with Persia, of course, can understand it. He also replied in Persian: "Please sit down too!"
The negotiations officially started...
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To Davers, what they expected was that the seemingly barbaric Dukeyas were quite shrewd in the negotiations, especially Comoros. Their request was simply to use the Greek mercenaries as coolies and beaters to make their The reason is quite adequate. 'Our tribe became an ally of the Greek mercenary, and it offended the mighty Persian. It was also isolated and rejected by other tribes of Du Keya. There must be enough benefits to make the warriors of the entire tribe. Agree to sign the covenant. ’
The Greek negotiating party’s ability is also not weak: Kerry Thorpes can be sent by Sparta. As a liaison with Little Cyrus, its diplomatic ability is unquestionable; Daves is the main responsibility of the former city’s high-tech development zone. People, I don’t know how many business negotiations I have participated in; plus Marigi, a businessman familiar with Du Keya.
Before coming, the mercenaries had already discussed the bottom line that must be adhered to: the marching line of Greek mercenaries must be decided by themselves and not by outsiders. They deliberately showed that they were not very concerned about the alliance. When the negotiations were deadlocked, Krianno said several times: There is nothing to do with the alliance, and the soldiers can be hard.
In this way, the heads of the Croscott tribes have a headache. After all, they were the first stumbling block on the way to the mercenary to Armenia. It was obvious that they could take it, but they had to choose confrontation, and they were the Greeks who defeated Persia. Of course, they can also choose not to fight in front. There is no way for the mercenaries to take them, but the cottage can't move, the houses and supplies can't be saved, and more importantly, this will hit Comoro's prestige. Increase the ambiguity of the surrounding tribes on the Kesokante tribe.
After several rounds of confrontation, the covenant was finally reached:
First, the Greek mercenaries and the Quebec tribes of Dukeya became allies, and the two sides lived in harmony and did not violate each other;
Article 2: Greek mercenaries decide their own marching route. The tribes near the route are attacked by mercenaries and the Croscott tribe. The mercenaries and wealth obtained by the mercenaries are 60%, and the 40% of the Crocombe tribes. The captured enemies are handed over to the Crosconte tribe, and the mercenaries are not allowed to kill and plunder without the consent of the Croscott tribe;
Article 3: Coopers and Commero coordinate the command during the operation. If there is any disagreement that cannot be resolved, the operation is cancelled. (This article is a guest who is afraid of Comoros for the interests of the tribe, regardless of the life of the mercenary, to take some tactics against the mercenary, and specifically emphasized the addition. In fact, this article has not been implemented in the end Because after the first taste of sweetness, Comoros was afraid that the mercenary would cancel the attack plan, so if the mercenary disagreed, he would take the initiative to find a solution to solve the problem.
Article 4: If the Croscott tribe has a special need to attack and is not in the vicinity of the mercenary’s marching route, it can hire Greeks to attack, but it needs to negotiate with the chiefs and obtain the consent of the mercenary soldiers. Mainly Comoros's request, while Happithors, Daves
After deliberation, they thought that if the cooperation between the two sides went smoothly, the target of being attacked would be as close as possible, and the mercenary would not be unacceptable for employment. After that, after the death of the little Cyrus, the soldiers would no longer have to pay. ) ... The Covenant was implemented on the same day, when the Greek mercenaries left Du Keya.

The final procedure reached by the Covenant is sacrifice. Here's Thorpe's preparations. He ordered the three white lambs that were slaughtered and placed the fresh blood on the stumps. The Kesok Conte also slaughtered a deer.
Then the two sides inserted wooden strips around the stumps and lit the fire. Then the two sides read aloud the Covenant articles written in Persian on two hides. There were no priests in the mercenary, and they had to be done by the customer. On the side of Du Keya, there is a strangely dressed wizard to perform.
When the sacrifices were completed and the two sides began to discuss the next move, a mountain breeze struck, rolling up a fallen leaf, blowing out the torches around the stumps, and everyone in the place changed their look. The Greeks, including those silent Spartan warriors, respectfully shouted the name of "Zeus", and the Dukeya people stumbled and worshipped the mountain gods they respected. Obviously everyone thought that the gods appeared, and Approved this alliance.
Therefore, the attitude of both sides is much more active. Comoros even sent one of his sons to the mercenary as a guide.
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Twenty days later, the mercenaries left the Dukaia Mountains and entered the plains.
In these 20 days, the mercenary cooperated with the Keso Conte tribe ~EbookFREE.me~ to break through the four cottages and defeated the Dukeya tribe for a joint attack. The casualties in the battle were not small, but they seized a lot of supplies. In the long march in the mountains, the maintenance was maintained. The harvest of the Kesok Conte tribe was even greater. Most of the captured mountain people were forced to join the Kesok Conte tribe except the stubborn. It’s not known to what extent the population of the Kesokante tribe has expanded, but it’s clear that Comoros is satisfied. From the time he really gave him a good white wolf skin, he can see.
One afternoon after the mercenaries marched in the plains, they found some villages. As a result, the mercenaries happily stopped moving forward, began to drive out villagers, looted supplies, and camped in the village, and finally had a good night's sleep, no longer have to worry about the bite of snakes and insects.
The next morning, the mercenary marched to the Kentret River, the junction of Armenia and Dukya, with a river surface about 60 meters wide.
The troops followed the guidance of the guide to the location where there was a pontoon and found that the pontoon had been burned.
The leaders looked at the traces of the bridge piles being burned by the fire, and the hearts were sinking: the Persians were nearby!
Guest Thorpes immediately ordered the Ryders cavalry squad to investigate the surrounding area (after entering the mountains, the horses of the cavalry squad lost a lot, only five or six horses remained intact), and let the soldiers go down the river. Explore the depth of the water.
After receiving the order, several well-watered soldiers took off their armor and walked into the river. When they walked to the center of the river in a few steps, the river had reached the chest.
At this time, someone shouted: "Persian!"
There was a commotion in the team immediately. On the other side of the hill, there were a lot of Persian cavalry, and the Persian infantry lined up in the plains under the hills, set off the dust and fog of the sky, marching toward the river...