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Chapter 684 Samonai Tribe Meeting

Just when Tapirus was thinking about leaving, Roman officials finally appeared. He vaguely remembered that the man walking towards him was the Roman senator named Paulus.

"Your Roman elders are even more difficult to see than our Dionia king. We haven't shown up for more than ten days in a row, and we still haven't let us go out. I thought you Rome would imprison us here. I almost couldn't help but want to Send someone to Turui for help." As soon as Tapirus saw him, he spoke mockingly and threateningly, not caring that the timidity in his words would hurt his face.

Paulus said unmoved: "Dear Dionian envoy, you have also seen the chaotic situation outside the hotel. We are also here to protect your lives. And in the past ten days, the Senate has been There have been repeated heated debates about Dionia's proposal, and there has been no clear result, so I didn't come to inform you."

"So, is there a result now?" Tapirus raised his eyebrows lightly.

"Yes." Paulus said with a serious expression: "The Volscians and our Rome are feuding. When our Rome was still weak, the Volscians have been relying on their strength to continuously invade our Roman land. Killing the people of Rome... The citizens of Rome were determined to eradicate this life-and-death enemy, Wolsey, in this war, so at the urgent citizens' meeting, they passed it with an overwhelming majority of votes. I made a proposal to continue this war, so I’m sorry…”

Tapirus was not disappointed or shocked. In fact, before leaving Thurii, King Davos had implicitly expressed his hope that Rome would reject the proposal.

The main task of Tapirus was to go deep into the city of Rome and understand the details of the city-state's politics, military, society and other aspects. Although they were restricted and unable to go out, the slaves and low-level service staff in the hotel But they had already been bribed and learned a lot about the situation.

At this moment, Tapirus asked with a half-smile: "It sounds like... you also held a citizens' meeting?"

"Because the Senate has been unable to resolve the dispute, it had to finally turn to the Citizens' Assembly to resolve the matter." Paulus said solemnly.

"Well, I can only take your decision back and tell His Majesty the King." Tapirus looked regretful, but in fact, he had longed to leave this ghost place.

"I have really wronged you by keeping you in the hotel during this period! In order to express my apology, this is a gift from our Senate to the envoy and your entourage on behalf of the Roman citizens." Paulus waved his hand and followed. The soldiers carried up two boxes.

When I opened it, it was full of silver coins, and it was estimated that there were at least two talents in total.

If the previous delay was to allow Rome to occupy as much Volscian land as possible to increase the weight of negotiations with Dionia.Well, after receiving the clear support of its ally Carthage yesterday, the emboldened Rome did not really want to go to war with it after rejecting the proposal of the Kingdom of Dionia, because even with the help of Carthage, but The war with Dionia will definitely cause certain losses to Rome, and it should be avoided if possible, so they use money to bribe the Dionia envoy, hoping that he can go back and say something good.

Tapirus blinked and said, "Thank you." He accepted it without any hesitation.

Of course he didn't want to keep the money for himself, because according to the bill promulgated the year before last, accepting gifts from foreign countries is an act of accepting bribes. If he is jealous of money, I am afraid that not long after returning to Thurii, the Ministry of Supervision will take over the money. He was accused by reports from those who were members of his envoys.He just wanted to take the money donated by Rome and hand it over to the Ministry of Finance, which could be regarded as a small contribution he made during his mission to Rome.

As for saying good things to Rome, that is impossible!Tapirus would only tell King Davos one by one what he saw and heard in Rome.

For the safety of the Dionysian envoys, the Roman Senate even arranged for patrols to escort them to the port of Ostia.

When Tapirus and the others walked out of the hotel, countless Roman people shouted fiercely at them: "Dionians, you are not welcome in Rome! Get out of Rome like dogs!"

"The damn Romans dare to threaten us with war and try to steal our land! Let me tell you, the Romans are not afraid of war. We will kill as many as you come!"

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Not only did they curse, but they also threw debris at the Dionian envoys, but most of them were blocked by the patrol soldiers with long shields.

Patrol Captain Cassius apologized profusely: "I'm really sorry. These guys are rude and ignorant, but when it comes to fighting, they are all very brave warriors. I hope you don't mind!"

Is this an apology?Tapirus narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "I heard that there are many rude and ignorant civilians like this in Rome. When they turn their ferocity against the enemy to deal with the Roman nobles, I'm afraid You don't feel well either."

Cassius looked a little unhappy after hearing this.

In the afternoon, the Dionian envoy left the port of Ostia by boat.

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The news of the catastrophic defeat of the Kautini tribe spread throughout the Samnite region, causing great shock.

At the request of the Kautini people, the four major Samoni tribe alliances immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the matter.

The meeting was held in Kautim.

"Dear chiefs, the Dionysians violated the covenant and sent troops to ambush our Kautini tribe on the plains of Campania. Unprepared, we Kautini The great leader of Nigeria, Segovani, and more than 2000 warriors were captured, and more than 3000 warriors were killed or injured. All tribes suffered serious losses... After the battle, our Cavutini Alliance immediately sent people to join forces in Campania. The Dionians negotiated, but they refused to release our captured tribesmen and leaders, but arbitrarily warned us that we must stop all hostile activities.

Now, the Dionian army is stationed in Tessala, threatening the territory to the west of Kautini like hungry wolves. Lola, Thessala, Capua, and the tribes living around these towns are all because of Fearing being destroyed, they moved to the mountains one after another. Now the entire Kautini area is in chaos...

I implore all the chiefs, for the sake of us all being descendants of Savoni, to work together to stop the Dionian invasion and avenge the dead Kautini people! " Usibik, the leader of another large tribe living in Kautim City, requested in tears.

"When I entered the city, I think you have seen the tragic situation in the city of Cavutim. You can't let the Dionians run rampant like this anymore, otherwise Cavudim's today will be our tomorrow!" Karacheni The great leader Kongtruk stood up angrily.

The Karacheni tribe lives in the middle of the mountainous area. It is surrounded by Penteni, Shirpini, and the so-called Samnite branch-Florentani. It has the smallest number and the smallest territory, but it is also the most courageous and adheres to the rule of law. The ancient traditions of the Samnite people.

"I said ten years ago, don't be afraid of the Dionians. Even if they kill more of our warriors, we, as the descendants of the wolf god Savoni, will fight them to the end!" Although Kontruk has already He was over fifty years old, but his voice was as loud as a bell. He pointed at Badani, the chief of Pentney: "You surrendered to the enemy for your captured father and tribe, but your father committed suicide out of shame when he came back. Don't you want revenge?!"

"And you -" Kontruk pointed his finger at the leader of Shirpini, Lesguk, and scolded: "In the war ten years ago, your tribe suffered the most casualties, and also lost Kopsa, Enona and other large lands, as a big leader, you don’t want to avenge them and regain the territory, but instead like a dog to please the enemy. What’s the result?! The Dionians did not give you any benefits, but insidiously alienated you. The friendly relations between the tribes caused the Abenirum people to disobey your orders and instead be friendly with the Dionians. This is simply a shame!"

"And you, Kautini!" Kontruk pointed to Usibik: "If it weren't for your big chief to support those two idiots in signing the covenant with Dionia, he wouldn't be today Captives of the enemy! Look at your present Nuceria and other areas, where the peoples have abandoned their belief in the great wolf god and worshiped the gods of the aliens. This is a betrayal of the ancestors! This is blasphemy!! The disastrous defeat you suffered today is Savoni’s punishment for you!”

Lesguk, Badani, and Usibik were so scolded by Kontruk that they felt ashamed.Since Kontruk is the chief of Samonei who has been in office for nearly 30 years, he is the oldest and has great prestige in the tribal alliance, so even if they are not convinced, it is not easy to refute.

At this time, Ronni, the high priest of the four major tribes of Samoni, also said sternly: "The insidious and cunning Dionians have sinister intentions towards our Samoni. Not only do they want to destroy our people, They also want to replace our great gods with evil gods, destroy our traditions, and make us Samnites completely their slaves! We can no longer tolerate it, we must take up arms and fight them to the end! Kill them Drive out of the mountains, take back our land, and restore our traditional beliefs!”

"It's not enough to drive them out of the mountainous area, we must inflict heavy damage on them so that they will not dare to offend us Samoni people again!" Kontruk emphasized again.

"Severe damage to Dionia?! Ha, it's so easy to say!" The younger Badani couldn't help but retorted: "Do you know how big the Kingdom of Dionia is?! How many people are there?! They can be very It’s easy to organize an army of 10 people, but can we gather 4 soldiers?!”

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