MTL - Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece-v9 Chapter 251 Izam's Persian Experience
"I heard these things from my people, and my elder brother even said gratefully,'Without their help, his tribe would not become the largest tribe in Dukeya'! Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you Lord Maliji! "Izam sincerely saluted the two.
Mariji quickly avoided, and said flatly: "It's nothing, everything is for the kingdom!"
"Izam, I went to Dukeya, how come I don’t look like you anymore." Davers said jokingly: "Don’t say any more thank you. What I want to hear now is your adventure to Duke. The details of Ya! Come, sit down, let's talk slowly."
The guards moved to the wooden chairs, and after a few people sat down, Izam began to tell: "...I followed Karsidis’s vanguard to Egypt, and boarded in Naukratis city, arranged by Lord Mariji. An Egyptian merchant ship that actually belonged to his Persian friend took it into the port of Issus, and then followed a caravan arranged by the Persian businessman to the Mesopotamian plains—"
"Your Majesty, this Persian businessman is the Mazayas I mentioned to you before." Mariji interjected.
"After we got here, did you send someone to contact him?" Davers asked with interest.
"Your Majesty, I sent someone to Isus to find him... but unfortunately he was not at home. He heard his servant say that he was still doing business near Babylon and did not return..."
Davos noticed the hesitation that Mariji showed when he answered, so he said in a gentle tone: "Persia is his motherland after all, and he is unwilling to be completely understandable to us, but we must not forget what he has provided. Help, after the victory, he will definitely be rewarded!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mariji breathed a sigh of relief and immediately thanked him.
"Izam, keep talking."
"...I followed Mazayas’ caravan and headed east along the north bank of the Euphrates River. At first, it went smoothly. Later, it was said that the news of'our army entering Egypt and part of the Greek coalition landing in Asia Minor' has reached Babylon. The king of Persia gave the order of military mobilization, and the order of the towns along the Euphrates River became a bit chaotic. My caravan was intercepted by the town checkpoints several times, and the temporarily formed troops wanted to detain them for various reasons. Although Mazayas had some means to allow them to let go of the supplies carried by the caravan, after discussing with me, he decided to go north in advance after the city of Corsoti had enough water.
Unexpectedly, the order in the Mesopotamian plains is more chaotic. Not only was the caravan I belonged to robbed, but also several people were killed and injured. I had to pretend that I was an envoy sent by the Dukya people and declared the caravan. The materials carried were used by Dukeya to build reinforcements... It may be that the prestige erected by the Dukeya who defeated the Persian king's army that year made the Persians a little jealous. After that, the caravan no longer received those town garrisons. For the harassment, we passed Caine, Larissa, Mespila... smoothly to the Dukeya Mountains--"
Speaking of this, Izam still seemed a little proud, and then his tone sank again: "When I saw my people, I knew that my father had passed away 10 years ago, my eldest brother, and a few others. My brother died in the war against the Persians... Now my second brother Remy is in charge of the tribe. Although he was surprised by my sudden appearance, he was not very surprised. According to him, these years His tribe has always had close contacts with several caravans such as Mazaias. Through them, they learned about Dionia, and even learned that not only did I not die, but I became a high official in the kingdom... …Because Lord Maliji let these caravans always provide help for the tribe, my second brother has a good impression of the kingdom. He is very happy that I can come in time, otherwise he doesn't know what to do next.
Because the king of Persia has sent envoys to Dukeya, asking all tribes to send warriors to participate in the war against the kingdom, more than half of the tribes have agreed to each other. Only some tribes headed by our tribe did not express their opinions because of my second brother’s opposition. As a result, the Dukeya Tribal Assembly did not make a final decision for several days—"
"Didn't the war between Dukeya and Persia have been won! Why can the Persians order Dukeya at will?" Daves was a little puzzled.
Izam hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, I heard Remy say that although Dukeya won in that war, Dukeya lost a lot, and the Persians made concessions afterwards, such as reducing the annual tribute. Jin, put some controversial areas under the management of the Dukeyas... So the Dukeya tribes are still willing to attach to Persia in the end, and because the Persian oppression of Dukeya has been reduced in the following years, both sides have The tension has improved a lot. This time the Persians promised some benefits in order to let Dukeya participate in the war, so many tribes were moved...
However, since the Xokant tribe is now the most powerful tribe in the Dukya Mountains, my second brother expressed opposition, and it is difficult for the entire Dukya tribal alliance to reach a unified opinion. The Persian envoy dragged several tribe leaders to persuade Remy for several days, and even threatened to say, “Even if the Xokant tribe refuses to participate in the war, other tribes will participate, but after the war, Persia will fight against Croatia. Sokant tribe treated differently! This puts Remy under a lot of pressure.
I relayed your Majesty’s plan to Remy. Although he was a little tempted by his promise to your Majesty (to allow Dukeya to be independent after the war is won, and even the kingdom will fully support him to become King of Dukeya), he still has many concerns. I gave him a detailed analysis of the military strength of Dionian and Persia and the current situation in the Mediterranean, and he reluctantly agreed and decided to agree to the request of the Persian envoy to lead his army into the war. "
"Did your second brother persuade the other Dukeya tribes to participate in this project?" Mariji interjected.
"I also raised this question to him before, but he was very cautious. He told me that two of these tribes in Dukya had a bad relationship with the Xocant tribe. If he ventured to secretly contact others The tribe, the news is difficult to guarantee that it will not leak out. Once the Persians know, the Xokant tribe will be in a dangerous situation, so he will not take this risk, but he has gathered all the young and middle-aged people in the tribe. More than 5,000 people came to participate in this war. This power is very important among the tribes of Dukeya. When it is critical, he only needs to secretly persuade the tribes close to the Xocant tribe to act together, and believe that it will be a battle. It has a big impact!" Izam said confidently.
Davers smiled and praised: "Very well, your second brother is calm and thoughtful, but it makes me believe that our cooperation with the Xocant tribe will be successful! Issam, and then you followed your tribe. Arrived at Taposakus together?"
"Your Majesty, after the Dukeya Tribal Assembly reached an agreement, the tribes successively formed armies to Mesopotamia. Although Remy commanded the most fighters, they were the first to set off. I pretended to be a Xocant The tribal warrior has been following the second brother.
We left the Dukya Mountains and headed south along the Tigris River. The towns along the way should have been ordered to provide us with a certain amount of food supplies. After we reached the city of Opis, the Persians would not allow us to go south. Now, we will be stationed near the city of Opis, waiting for other Dukya tribe troops to come and meet.
During this period, every day, troops gathered from the towns on the upper Tigris River went to the city of Seatac, which is further south of the city of Opis, to meet—"
When Izam said this, Daves suddenly sighed, and said with some exclamation: "Opis...Sitac...we were also there back then..."
Mariji immediately answered, "Your Majesty, this time you have plenty of time to revisit these familiar Persian towns."
Daves looked at him and said in a nostalgic tone: "Marigi, when I first saw you, was it in the Medea area?"
Mariji said with excitement: "Your Majesty, more than 30 years have passed, and you still remember so clearly! Thanks to Hades's blessing, I met you, who was in danger at the time, so that my future life would have Earth-shaking changes! I only hate myself for not meeting you earlier and serving you earlier!"
Listening to Mariji’s sincere words of compliments, Daves nodded slowly and said softly: "It is my greatest luck to be able to get help from you and Merses~www.novelbuddy.com~! You, want to Take care of your health, I'm still waiting for the end of this war, you take me around Persia!"
"Yes...yes... Your Majesty, I will be a good guide..." Mariji's trembling voice was slightly choked.
Daves suppressed the emotions in his heart, and then asked: "Izzam, how long have you been in Opis?"
"All the Dukya tribe troops have stayed there for more than two months. The reason why they haven't acted for so long is that the main reason is that the Persian king has to wait for the Persian troops and Indians from the far east. Here, I also saw the army from Amería, Taukya, and even the Kardan people..."
Speaking of this, Izam's expression became a little dignified: "Later, the large area closest to the two rivers was full of military camps, and soldiers everywhere. I can't count how many troops there were... my relatives. Fortunately, during this period, the Greek coalition forces defeated the Persian army in Asia Minor, our fleet defeated the Persian fleet, and your Majesty, you led your army to conquer Canaan... these news. It came in successively, and I had to persuade them to strengthen their confidence again!..."
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