Davers was listening carefully and happy for it. Suddenly, he saw Mariji kneeling down with a "thump" and said with guilt: "Your Majesty... In fact, I am a Babylonian, just to make myself... noble, so I always call myself a Persian. Later, I wanted to confess, but I felt that if the people of the kingdom knew that I had lie, it would damage the majesty of the Ministry of Commerce and be unfavorable to the implementation of government decrees. So... Please forgive me for my long-term concealment of the sins!"

Davers laughed, reached out to pull him up, and said loudly: "You are not a Persian, this is great! I am also worried that defeating Persia and losing too badly will cause some harm to you. Now I feel relieved! It is equivalent to the fact that after the decisive battle with the Persian army, I will appoint you as the messenger of Dionia, go and lobby your compatriots to surrender to the kingdom and share the fruits of victory together!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mariji bowed deeply to Davers with joy.

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The next day, King Davers held a military meeting, not only requiring generals and above to attend the army commander, but also invited veterans of retired former mercenaries such as Alexis, Philicius, Thormid, Amintas, Epitianis to attend the meeting. After listening to Izam's detailed report to the Persian army, they discussed whether to change the current defensive situation and instead launched an attack on the Persian army.

Almost at the same time, the Persian king Artaxerxes also held a military meeting in the city of Taposacu. Although his army was more than Dionia, there were only a few candidates to attend the meeting: Tribasus, the confidant counselor of the Persian king, Halpergos, the governor of the Sussa area, and the general Maldonios from Persian corps (both of these were descendants of the six allies of Darius, the great king who rebuilt Persia back then, and the Governor of Armenia, Aojontas, who was also the son-in-law of the Persian king, and Tirtheos, a young general who commanded the Immortal Army, was also of noble status. He was born in the Achaemenid royal family. Although he was already a distant branch, he married a daughter of Artaxerxes and was close to the Persian king.

The last one is Mark Tonos, the chief spy manager of the Royal Secretariat. At this moment, he is loudly telling about the intelligence about the Dionys army: "... From the turmoil in Egypt last September, the Dionys army landed in Egypt one after another, until the king of Dionys arrived in Egypt in January this year, and then they invaded Canaan, captured Phoenicia, and occupied Syria. During this period, the so-called "Dionian Legion's banner is...

1, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth (Po River area, mainly Gauls), 21st Legion (Afiliga area, mainly Phoenicians and Numibians)... Based on the fixed number of combat personnel of each Legion in Dionia, it is calculated to have 8,000 people in total, which is 144,000 people.

In addition, five flags of the Dionian cavalry regiment appeared in the Dionian army, with a number of more than 10,000 people... The total number of this army led by the King of Dionian himself exceeded 150,000, which is consistent with the judgment of the total number of Dionian army made by our secret spies in Syria for a long time to observe the Dionian army..." Mark Tonos talked freely, knowing the situation of the Dionian army as he knew it. He was able to obtain such accurate information thanks to the department he was responsible for - the Persian Royal Secret Spy Agency.

Cyrus founded Persia, but Darius made Persia truly an empire. He improved the political system of Persia, established a complete administrative bureaucratic hierarchy system, reformed the fiscal and monetary system of Persia, and established Ahura Mazda as the dominant belief in the people. He also established a huge road system within the country, making communication between the central and regional areas more convenient... Of course, Persia has such a vast territory, and even some areas are still autonomous. If he wants to rule his subjects more effectively and prevent the recurrence of the Great Rebellion of the Sith period, it is necessary to grasp the situation of officials and people in various places more in detail and accurately so that he can respond in a timely manner. Therefore, Darius established a royal spy agency dedicated to serving the king, which was more than 100 years earlier than the Intelligence Department of the Kingdom of Dionys.

Although more than 100 years have passed, this intelligence agency has become bloated and inefficient, it is still the most trustworthy ears of the Persian king. It not only monitors the movements of domestic subjects, but also pays attention to the situation in neighboring areas such as Egypt and Greece. Therefore, the Dionysian army immediately became its focus as soon as it appeared in Egypt and Asia Minor. After such a long time, it was in its own territory, with the ability of the royal spy agency, it was naturally able to understand the situation of the Dionysian army more clearly.

"The army of Dionia is only 150,000, and our army is twice its number. It has such a huge advantage. I don't understand why I don't take the initiative to attack the Dionians, but instead hide timidly in Taposacus!" Maldognos said loudly, with obvious dissatisfaction with Artaxerxes in his tone, but he had no scruples, not only because his ancestor Gobrias usurped the Persian king, his ancestor Gobrias, was usurped the Persian king.

The closest of Darius's six accomplices was his family, and his family had always been trusted by the royal family. In the verdict of Cyrus, he was the first Persian nobleman to support Artaxerxes in the verdict of Cyrus. He then helped the Persian king gain the support of the native Persian nobles, through the crisis when he first ascended the throne, and also made him trusted by Artaxerxes, allowing him to hold heavy troops and guard the real Persian capital Susa.

Artaxerxes was a little embarrassed when facing Mardognos' accusations. Although he expressed his contempt for the "barbaric country" Dionia in many public places, in fact, the military performance of this Persian king over the years of his reign had almost become a joke among the Persian nobles. The only thing he could do was to quell the rebellion of Cyrus, who had a prestigious Persian nobles when he ascended the throne. But in fact, he knew very well that in that decisive battle, he led more troops than the other party, but was at a disadvantage in the battle. If Cyrus had not been foolish and led his troops to charge and died in battle, the ending would have been completely different.

Therefore, when the Kingdom of Dionia, which was full of aggression and almost never suffered defeat in the Western Mediterranean, launched an attack on Persia, he felt a little guilty, so he stayed in Babylon for more than half a year, watching Canaan and Phoenicia were successively captured. After the troops from all regions gathered together, he had enough confidence to start the action. But when he was about to face the army of Dionia, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked. His past experiences of repeated defeats in wars appeared before him, making him dare not make a decision rashly.

As the most noble king of kings, Artaxerxes certainly would not reveal his timidity in front of the minister. He glanced at Tribasus next to him.

Terebasus immediately understood and spoke, "The king had actually wanted to attack the army of Dionys for a long time, but I was dissuaded by me. Lord Mardonios, although our army is huge, how powerful it is. You have been here for so long, and you should have a lot of experience. Those indigenous people who account for half of the army, the barbarians look fierce, but they can only rush and fight, do not know how to arrange the formation, do not know how to obey orders, and do not know how to cooperate with our Persian army. In such a state of attacking the army of Dionys, they will only become our burden.

So we need to spend some time training them and make them our support as soon as possible. Lord Maldognos, you have commanded such training several times, and you should also feel their progress. I believe that it won’t take long to cooperate with our army and launch an effective attack on the army of Dionia.”

Maldognos snorted, unable to remember how to refute.

Halpergos sneered and interrupted first, "It is said that Lord Terebasus is extremely wise, but I think it's just like that! We are wasting time here, it turns out that it's just to make the barbarians obedient. But don't forget that the Greek coalition in Asia Minor is coming here. Once they are allowed to join the Dionian army in Syria, the Dionian army's strength will inevitably increase greatly. It will not be so easy to defeat them. Therefore, we cannot waste time anymore. We must defeat the Dionian army in front of us as soon as possible!"

"Fanabazos is doing his best to stop the advance of the Greek coalition and has achieved good results. According to the information we are now receiving, the Greek coalition has not yet entered the Silesia region, so we have enough time to deal with the Dionian army in the Syrian region."

When he heard Tribasus mention Fanabazos, Artaxerxes frowned unconsciously: In fact, through the intelligence of the secret spies, he already knew the real situation of the battle in western Asia Minor. Although he was angry with Fanabazos's lies on military affairs, he did not punish Fanabazos, and even gave him more support, because he knew very well that under such a bad situation in Asia Minor, only Fanabazos could support the overall situation. Jason, the scapegoat, only let both sides have a step. Of course, he would clean up the crime of deceiving the emperor after the war.
Chapter completed!