Xenophon and the Thracians

Sylanas the MacKistian, a lad of about 18 years, gave a signal with the trumpet. And on that instant, they leaped forth with swords drawn and so did the Greeks from the other houses. Then the Thracians took to flight, swinging their shields around behind them as it was their custom. Suthis also paid over the wages of the troops, but only for 20 days of the month that had now passed. So after this, Heraclides gets back. And Xenophon knows how much this guy went off with, and he sees how much he came back with. And he basically thinks, okay, something's missing here, something's wrong here