"They might say, 'O great forefathers! It is your heroic deeds that have given us strength! Inspired our confidence! Allowed us to accomplish unprecedented greatness!!!'"
"Will that day come? ""Timasong breathed heavily, clenched his fists, and muttered.
The chieftains were also seduced by Davos's hypothesis and became intoxicated. But little did they know that decades later in history a Macedonian named Alexander used the retreat of 10,000 men from Greece to inspire the soldiers under his command to embark on an attack on the Persian Empire ...
As the soldiers were mesmerized by the beauty of Davos' fictionalized vision, Davos reached out and took a stick from Acestes and turned the conversation around, "Soldiers, some of you may be asking, 'Davos you speak so well, but there's one key thing. First, we have to get back to Greece in one piece.'"
Seeing that the soldiers were still listening with rapt attention, Davos continued, "I do not wish to say much about the fighting aspect. Because all the chiefs such as Chrysopus and Timasone, as well as all of you here, have a lot of battle experience, and most of you participated in the struggle against Athens and eventually won. This is not to be compared with the Persians who have been enjoying the comforts of the year."
Hearing this, Xenophon bristled.
"What I'm trying to say is that in such a difficult situation, each of us is like a stick in my hand-" Davos picked up the stick and broke it in two with a slight force. Then he broke another: "It breaks easily. But when they all come together-" Davos grabbed all of the remaining sticks, walked over to a tall, strong Repeat Transmission soldier at the edge of the stage, and asked, "What is your name, brother?"
"Ubertus." The soldier said.
"Can you try to break it?"
The soldiers looked intently at Ubertus, only to see his face reddened and he tried with all his might to break a handful of sticks full of wood, but in vain.
"Thanks bro!" Davos patted him on the shoulder in appreciation.
Ubertus blushed and scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Soldiers, you all saw it. An individual stick can be easily broken by a young man as skinny as I am. But when they are gathered together, even the strongest warrior can't do anything with them even if he exerts his whole body, what does that tell you?"
Xenophon nodded, he now knew where Davos was going with this. Of course he wasn't the only one who was smart, a soldier shouted, "Unity! It's unity! ... "After being reminded by some soldiers, everyone also came to understand.
"That's right, unity!" Speaking now, Davos had completely let go, he was so spirited that he even changed his address, "Brothers, we come from various city-states in Greece, and usually there are some minor conflicts and petty clashes because of the differences in customs and personalities. However, we are all Greeks of the same blood and race, and with the great goal of returning safely to our homeland and making history, any problems within us should all melt away like ice and snow under the sun! Like our forefathers who fought off the Persian invasion, we need to be tightly united, unshaken by Persian rumors, and secure in the knowledge that our backs are in the hands of our teammates to protect them! We should not only unite in spirit, but also unite in wisdom. In the face of difficulties encountered on the way back, brothers you should not leave all the problems to the chiefs to solve, but you should take the initiative to think of a solution. As long as we think together, then no problem will be difficult for us!
Brothers, let us unite as one! Then that one man can be as powerful as Ares! Wisdom as deep as Athena! Enemies and difficulties on the road will be easily crushed by us!" At this point, Davos raised both fists high and shouted, "Brothers, remember that we can create miracles if we are united! Every step we take forward is creating history! Let's fight together side by side!!!"
"Wow!!! ..." The cheers from the field shook the heavens and the earth for a long time.
"Davos! Davos! ..." the whole audience chanted his name, and many people shed tears of excitement. There were even pleading cries of "Say a few more words! Davos, say a few more words ..."
As soon as Davos approached the wooden platform, the soldiers swarmed over him, and together they lifted him up and passed him down from front to back, as if he were a general returning from a victory.
This left Criano, who was about to go up, dumbfounded: with the soldiers' morale already inflamed to such an extent, was there any point in anyone else going up?
"At least when it comes to oratory, he beats any of us!" Zantiparis exclaimed heartily.
"War is not fought with words, but ultimately with bayonets and shields!" Timasong said reluctantly.
Looking at the distance was thrown up Davos, Xenophon heart said not jealous that is impossible, because Hieronymus is not good at words, so Xenophon asked for the consent of the guest Thorpes, ready to take the field for the chief, he made careful preparations, and would like to be in the front of the whole army to properly show their talents, but now this situation ...
Grissops actually agreed with Timazon's words in his heart, the Spartans had always been tired of the Athenians' eloquence, just as the Athenians hated the Spartans' antiquity and old-fashionedness, but he also had to admit that Davos had exceeded his expectations, not only meeting but exceeding this purpose of inspiring the whole army. It seemed that the young man had not merely borrowed the name of a god or goddess to be chosen as chief, but still had his talents ...
The squadron leaders of Menon Barracks were also full of surprises, watching Davos being surrounded and cheered by soldiers from other barracks, even Amyntas, who had some opinions about Davos being elected as the leader, couldn't help but say to Antonius, "This new leader of ours doesn't seem too bad." Even Amyntas, who had some problems with Davos' election, couldn't help but say to Antonios, "Our new leader seems to be quite nice." He had called Davos "little one" before.
Antonius laughed: Davos, Davos, you always surprise!
...
Finally, Chrysopus went up again, and announced that he would break camp to-morrow, and march northward, and informed the whole army of the precautions to be attended to and prepared for.
This concludes the All-Army Conference.
The soldiers who dispersed were still recalling Davos's speech with great interest, and all of them praised: this "God's Favorite" was really worthy of his name!
The soldiers of Davos' barracks flanked their new leader in a chorus of praise, returned to camp with their heads held high, and then proclaimed his exploits to the soldiers who remained behind.
Davos finally shook off the excited soldiers and made his way back to his old tent before suddenly remembering that Menon's army tent was his new home.
As he walked to his new home, Melsius was standing at the tent door. He greeted him with an odd look and said, "Davos, there are people inside waiting for you."
"Who is it?"
"You'll find out when you go in." Melsius nudged toward the military tent with a rather leering look.
Curious, Davos lifted the curtain, and in the center of the tent stood someone, a woman, a tall, well-built woman ...
Since his rebirth, Davos had seen Greek and Egyptian women of the age in the supply wagon battalion of Melchis and the medical battalion of Helps, and there were some quite beautiful ones, but there was never a woman whose mere backside could make his heart flood with desire ...
Where did Melsius find it? Davos couldn't help but gulp.