Everyone couldn't help but scream: "This is amazing! Xenophon came to Persia under the instructions of Hades! And Davers, you have never seen Xenophon, but you know him through the oracle! This is Hades blessing us!!" Everyone began to recite the hymn of Pluto devoutly.

Although Davers was surprised, he thought it was just a coincidence. He pretended to follow everyone and finished reading the hymn, and then said: "Even if we have the blessing of Pluto, we need our own efforts to pass the test and return to Greece safely."

"Davs is not very confident about whether he can go home smoothly?" Xenophon looked at Davers. Xenophon believed in divine prophecy, dream sign, and prophecy. It was because he heard that Davers was Hades's divine favor that he came to find out the truth, because Hades, he believed that there must be some mysterious connection between him and Davers.

"I am just an ordinary infantryman, like a frog in a well, without knowing the situation at the top. So I will inevitably be confused." Davers said calmly: "You are a close friend of Proxinus and the most outstanding student of Socrates. I hope to tell us what kind of situation we are facing now in order to relieve our confusion."

Olivers wanted to say something, but Davers stopped him with his eyes.

Xenophon said unscrupulously: "I think it should be better for us to return to Greece this time! Why?" Xenophon had a sense of responsibility because he came to Persia under the guidance of the 'god'. When facing this possible disaster and everyone was panicking, he thought that this was the reason why the gods asked him to come. Therefore, in the past few days, he ran back and forth in the military camp to help Proxinus stabilize the morale of the army.

At this time, he looked at everyone and said patiently: "First, our Greek heavy infantry is strong and the Persian army is weak. From the decades since the battle at Hot Spring Pass, the battle between us Greeks and Persians has always been the upper hand. The previous battle with the Persian kings is more evident, and our brave attack directly led to their collapse. It can be seen that the Persians' fear of the Greek heavy infantry has penetrated into the blood. Although their cavalry is stronger than us, what's the use? The cavalry can only detect and harass, but they dare not fight head-on, which does not help improve their combat effectiveness."

"Yes, the cavalry are all cowards!" Martonis shouted loudly in agreement, and a little embarrassed appeared on Xenophon's face.

"But the Javelins and bows of Persian cavalry caused us a lot of trouble," Hilos reminded.

"But cavalry, like their infantry, lack the skill and courage to confront us head-on. Bows and arrows alone cannot shake our courage. As long as we decide to retreat, they cannot stop us from leaving." Xenophon said confidently based on his understanding of the cavalry.

"Secondly, I heard from the Persians that their new king Artaxerxes was a gentle and timid person since childhood, which was also the reason why Cyrus dared to rise up and resist. I heard that in Susa and Persepolis, friends of Cyrus rose up and responded. Although Artaxerxes lucky enough to kill Cyrus, he would never dare to fight the powerful ones at risk that the rear had not yet been calmed down.

Third, our commander Cliercus is a very capable person. Although I am an Athenian and a Spartan, I cannot help but admit that during the war between Athens and Sparta, he caused a lot of trouble for Athens, and then he defeated the Thracians many times in Kersonis. Proxinus, Menon and other leaders were also commanders with rich combat experience. They knew the Persians very well, who had been dealing with the Persians for many years. However, the Persian commander was the Persian king who had just become king and had never commanded the army. The general he relied on, Tissofnis, was even easily defeated by us. They were not the opponents of several leaders at all!…”

Daphs listened carefully to the story of coloring profen. Through Xenophon, he learned a lot of things he had not known before. This time he sincerely applauded: "A very wonderful speech! I am worthy of being an outstanding disciple of Socrates!"

"Yes! It's worthy of being the one who was instructed by Hades! Your words have made us all confident!" Hilos said sincerely.

Faced with everyone's praise, Xenophon's expression was calm. It was a very common thing for him to convince ordinary soldiers. His eyes fell on Davers, as if he wanted to see what the rumored "God-Follower" was different.

"But you forgot to say one thing." Davers certainly could not let the other party underestimate himself, especially in front of his teammates: "Although Persia's territory is vast and has a large population, it cannot be effectively governed. Most areas are still autonomous, and they have their own culture and religion. Obeying Persian rule only requires two things - paying taxes and serving in the military. Persians only believe in themselves, so there are few foreign officials in their army and palace. Foreigners cannot integrate into Persia, so naturally they will not work for him. I think this is one of the reasons why the Persian army collapses as soon as we meet us."

Xenophon savored what Davers said and recalled the situation he saw along the way, which was very consistent. He was stunned: He was strictly educated and was not as good as a 19-year-old young man who knew Persia deeply. This was not a "goddess"! Xenophon could only comfort himself like this: "You are right! This is the ills of the king's dictatorship! On the contrary, it is the advantage of the Greek democratic system. We are fighting for ourselves!"

The advantage of democratic system? Davers seemed to see the face of the country that claimed to be a "world policeman" in his previous life. He curled his mouth with contempt, but was seen by the careful Xenophon: "Deves think what I said is wrong?"

"Xenophon, when do you think Athens is the most stable and prosperous period in a century?" Davers decided to use his previous life's knowledge to shock the historical celebrity in front of him and impress him so that his name can be transmitted to the top mercenaries through him.

"Pericley's reign." Xenophon replied without hesitation.

"You forgot to talk about the reign of Pisitratu." Davers reminded: "It was under his rule that Athens fully possessed the Attica region, prospered Piraeus port, and made Athens a powerful city-state in Greece, besides Sparta!"

"But..." Xenophon did not expect Davers to mention Piscetratu. The Athenians were proud of living in the most democratic Greek city-state, and almost no one was willing to talk about the dictator. He wanted to refute it, but he didn't know how to talk about it. After all, Xenophon, who had received higher education and rich knowledge, knew that Davers was talking about the facts.

Davers seized the opportunity and continued, "You want to say, 'But Athens is stronger during Pericle's reign, right? But this sentence in Pericle's reign itself was problematic. How many years did Pericle serve as a general? Thirty years! Thirty years! He never lost the election in thirty years, and was elected chief general many times! All the important laws and decisions in Athens, both internal and external, were proposed and formulated by him, which created the golden age of Athens! Isn't this ironic for the inventing of the pottery exile law to prevent dictatorial Athenian democracy? Is Pissitratu an autocratic? Pericle is democracy?! Pericle is just more hidden and more moderate than Pissitratu's political means.

And what did you think of a superior democratic system without Pericle? Athens, which has stronger financial resources, stronger navy, and more allies, have internal conflicts and struggles with each other. The people of Athens often cannot distinguish the truth and are easily incited by politicians. Therefore, at the most critical moment of the expedition to Sicily, they forced away your most talented general, Aesipid, to the most talented general of Athens. They had just won a crucial battle on the Agnosse, but because of the strong wind, they failed to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water in time, and were easily judged and even executed by the people... These stupid actions made by Athens were not uncommon in this long war with Sparta! This is the perfect democratic system that the Athenians believed to have been spent on the strength accumulated over a hundred years in constant internal friction!”

The democratic system of ancient Athens was a key focus of Davers' study at the Party School in his previous life, because it was the origin of the modern Western political system, and Davers still remembered it vividly.

Note 1: The Western historical community did not have a high evaluation of Xenophon, believing that he was just a superficial experience in the fields of history and philosophy. His research and understanding history was not as deep as Thucydides and Herodotus, and his philosophical attainments were even more amazing than his classmate Plato. Moreover, in his works, he believed in divine prophecies, dream signs and prophecies, and often chose historical materials and judged historical facts based on his personal political likes and dislikes. The trend of exaggeration was very strong. When reading his works, I also understood it. However, no matter what, he left behind many precious first-hand materials, so that we modern people can understand that era more clearly, otherwise the novel I wrote today would not be.
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