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Chapter 818 The King Sees the King ([-])

Seeing this change, the people panicked. Fortunately, there were legionnaires maintaining the order in the courtyard.

But Davos and the others were well prepared. The guards behind them rushed forward quickly. While protecting Davos, they also surrounded the priest and the attendants, and captured them all in a blink of an eye. No blood was seen.

Aemilius pretended to approach the gangster, asked a few pretentious questions, then stood in front of the steps and shouted to the Roman people in the courtyard: "Everyone, these people are diners of the nobles, and they imprisoned several priests of the temple. and attendants, trying to assassinate King Dionia! Now, who is willing to follow me to the apse to rescue the imprisoned priests and attendants? "

The people were doubtful, and some volunteers followed Aemilius to the apse of the temple, broke open the locked door, and saw the tied priests and attendants.

It turned out that Davos suddenly announced that he was going to Mount Sirio to worship the temple, which allowed these Romans who were hostile to Dionia to see the opportunity. Because the time was too hasty, they did not have time to plan slowly, so they could only borrow Taking advantage of the opportunity for the Dionians to relax their control over the southern part of the Roman city, they quietly broke into the Temple of Diana and asked the priests and attendants in the temple to cooperate with them to attack the Dionian king.

But except for an old priest from a noble family who agreed, the other priests and attendants objected. After all, regardless of whether the assassination was successful or not, it would be a disaster for the Diana Temple, not to mention murder in the temple. It is a great blasphemy against God.

Therefore, these people simply locked them up in desperation, stripped off their clothes, and pretended to be attendants... but they didn't know that all of this was under the surveillance of Aemilius's men.

Now that everything was revealed, the Roman people in the courtyard cursed at the captured gangsters. At the same time, they felt uneasy watching the murderous legionnaires with their short swords unsheathed in the courtyard.

So, Davos stood in front of the temple door and announced loudly: "Rome civilians, this assassination was completely planned by the Roman nobles in an attempt to provoke a bloody vendetta between us Dionians and you. Once If they really succeed, it will be a huge disaster for us and you! It can be seen that these nobles who are high in Rome have never regarded you as compatriots in the same city-state, so it is so For many years, I have been suppressing and exploiting you, and abandoned you at the critical moment! This assassination incident has nothing to do with you, but for these lackeys of the nobles who blasphemed the gods and tried to bring disaster to you, What do you say to do with it?!"

The people in the courtyard were enraged by what Davos said. Before they could think about it, a voice shouted in the crowd: "Let us chop them to death!"

Another voice immediately followed and shouted: "Yes, let us chop them to death! Hack to death these lackeys of the nobles!..."

Many people began to shout along uncontrollably.

Davos nodded seriously: "Okay! According to your proposal, tie these people to the cross outside the temple, and let you vent your anger on them with a dagger!"

With that said, he immediately asked the guards to drag the gangsters, whose hands, feet and mouths were bound, to the outside of the temple.

Many Roman people also followed out of the temple under the leadership of certain people. When the people watching outside the temple saw this situation, they didn't know what happened and asked questions one after another.

As a result, people who were informed began to unconsciously add fuel to the story.

Davos comforted the frightened priests and attendants of Diana, and led Chaldeas, Henepolis, Martius and others to solemnly follow the rituals of Diana's temple under the attention of the Roman people. Worshiped.

When they walked out of the temple, they saw that the gangsters hanging on the cross were covered with wounds and dying. There were still Roman civilians stabbing at them with daggers given by the guarding legionnaires.

Davos continued to go to the temples of Vesta, Kalis, Liber, and Libera, and everything went much smoother. Not only did there not appear to be any accidents, the priests of the temples also actively cooperated, and even the people on the side of the road The way he looked at them was a little more cordial.

Of course, Davers reciprocated the favor.He saw that the three temples of Kelis, Liber, and Liber were not only small in area, but the statues were also crudely carved (after all, they were temples built with money raised by common people), and they were actually made of wood. He immediately said: "Wait a minute. After this war, the Kingdom of Dionia will spend huge sums of money to rebuild these three temples. Not only will the area be doubled, but the statues will also be covered with ivory skin and gold foil.

These priests and attendants couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately rushed to express: "We must promote the kindness of King Dionia to the Roman people who came to worship!"

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While Davos was worshiping the Roman temple, the Roman army had already arrived outside the city of Rome.

There are about 1500 cavalry in this army. After Camillus witnessed the power of the Dionian cavalry in the Volscian battle, he worked hard to recruit them from Rome, colonies, and allies. To play a certain role in the war of the Erniki people.

Now, Camillus dispersed the cavalry to drive and chase Dionia's scouts. At the same time, he sent troops to quickly capture the unguarded river port and granary in the west outside the city of Rome, but it was already empty.

Immediately afterwards, Camillus ordered the entire army to start building camps.

The Roman soldiers saw that their home was right in front of them, but it was occupied by bandits and could not enter. The longing and resentment in their hearts were very strong.In order to let the soldiers vent their emotions and other purposes, Camillus also allowed each army to send soldiers to take turns to curse at the city.

Although most of the Dionian legionnaires at the top of the city did not understand, they also knew that they were definitely not good words. They all asked to go out of the city to attack and give the Romans a powerful look, but were strictly stopped by the team officers.

The Dionian army retreated into the city and allowed the Romans to run rampant outside the city; while the Roman soldiers were busy building camps, and other than talking about words, they did not attack the city for the time being.For a time, both parties were at peace with each other.

Not long after, Camillus, who had assigned all the tasks and arranged everything properly, led his guards to the south of Rome and in front of the gate of Cyrio.

One of the followers held up the scepter and rushed to the city. He shouted in Greek: "Camillus, the Roman dictator, wants to talk to your king! Tamillus, the Roman dictator..."

"Legion Commander, look..." The officer of the Second Legion asked Matonis for instructions after hearing the news.

"Go tell your Majesty!" Matonis said to the messenger without hesitation.

Davos had just finished worshiping in the temple and was on his way back to the square. When he got the news, he immediately decided to go and meet the famous Roman dictator.

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Lucius waited anxiously with the guards, and couldn't help but persuade his father: "The Dionians have not given a reply for so long. They are obviously deliberately humiliating us. Let's go back!"

"Lucius, don't worry, it doesn't matter if you wait a little longer." Camillus said calmly: "For Rome, this little pain is nothing, and it can also let the soldiers see that we have been Great effort.”

His words made Lucius thoughtful.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted: "Master Dictator, look at the top of the city!"

I saw two large flags erected on the city top above the Silio Gate in front, facing the midday sun, radiating dazzling light.

At the same time, the Dionian soldiers on the top of the city burst into cheers.

Camillus's expression became serious and he whispered: "The King of Dionia is here."

The attendant who shouted in front also rushed back to report: "Your Majesty the Dictator, the king of Dionia agrees to talk to you."

"Let's go," Camillus said, walking forward.

When Lucius saw the enemy soldiers all over the city, he suddenly became worried. He grabbed Camillus's arm and said, "Father, don't go yet -"

Camillus smiled and said: "Don't worry, didn't I say it before? How could the King of Dionia, who founded the Kingdom of Dionia and won countless victories and was known for keeping his promises, risk ruining his reputation? Come and deceive me, an old man!"

After saying that, he continued to move forward, and Lucius followed helplessly with the guards.

Davos had previously worn a plain robe to worship at the temple, so he rushed back to the Senate and changed into military uniform, which delayed him for a while.But at this time, when he saw the group of Romans in front of him coming down the city from the top of the city, he suddenly said: "Let's go out of the city to meet the Roman dictator."

"Your Majesty, this is too dangerous!!" Matonis, Martius and others were shocked when they heard this and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them.

"The Roman dictator dares to come alone to our heavily defended city. Don't we Dionians dare to go out and meet in our own defensive area?!" Davos shouted resolutely: "We Citizens of Dionia are by no means cowards!”

As soon as these words came out, it was difficult for people around him to persuade him.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to accompany you!" Matonis said immediately.

Seeing his firm expression, Davos had no choice but to nod.

Matonis solemnly ordered his team officers: "Open your eyes and see clearly. Once you find any abnormal movement of the enemy, attack immediately!"

Davos turned around and went down to the city. Everyone accompanying him looked serious, except for Henipolis who looked a little excited.

Except for Camillus, the advancing Romans were all surprised and confused when they saw the two flags at the top of the city disappear, then the drawbridge fell and the city gate opened.

Surrounded by the guards, Davos rode out of the city gate, with the flag held high behind him.After crossing the drawbridge, he stood in front of the trench.

　The king meets the king, doing things is an interesting topic.Camillus was not the king of Rome, but as Roman dictator, he had the power of a Roman king during his term.In the volume on Dionysius, Davos and the tyrant of Syracuse are about to engage in battle, and Dionysius's character makes it impossible for the two to meet.But Camillus, who loved Rome deeply, was different. He would seize every opportunity to save Rome, even at the expense of himself.

　　Okay, I have to pack my bags. See you on the weekend!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)