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Chapter 824 Sextus

"Sir! Wake up quickly! Something big happened!! My lord..."

Camillus was pushed awake by his adjutant, and his heart suddenly tightened: "What happened?!"

"There was a riot in the camp! Some soldiers attacked the camp guards and occupied the camp gate..."

"What?!!……"

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Davos let some Roman civilians out of the city purely out of the mentality of "shooting when there is no date and causing trouble for Camillus's Roman army". He did not have high expectations because he Standing on the top of the city, I carefully observed the camp built by the Roman army. It seemed that the defense was pretty good, and Camillus cruelly refused to accept his family...

While Davos lamented that the Roman dictator was worthy of being called the "Father of Rome" in his previous life, he did not think that this hard-hearted and calm-headed Roman dictator would let these people enter the camp and disturb the morale of the army.

However, all kinds of coincidences made the result of this matter beyond Daves' expectations.

When he was woken up by Martius in his sleep and learned that there was chaos in the Roman camp, he could not believe that it was caused by the group of old people released in the afternoon, until the commander of the First Legion in charge of the defense of the northeastern city wall, A. Mintas sent soldiers to select several Roman soldiers and people who had fled into the city through the east gate, and brought them to the Senate. After questioning, Davos learned that the chaos in the Roman camp was caused by thousands of people who wanted to escape the camp. Caused by Roman civilian soldiers.

"Is this true? Or Camillus' trick to lure the enemy?" Davos looked at the dark night outside the window, not sure.

While he ordered the legions to assemble their troops, he also asked the intelligence department to immediately interrogate the soldiers and people who entered the city separately.

Finally, when he made up his mind to take action, the commotion in the Roman camp was already quieter than at the beginning, but he still sent the second and fifth legions out of the south gate to try to attack the Roman camp, and also sent the first legion. The legion went out of the east gate to meet the fleeing Roman civilian soldiers and people, and repelled the pursuers.

Due to the sudden incident, on this night, Camillus and the generals devoted their main energy to stabilizing the army and quelling the riots in the camp. They had no energy left to resist the Dionian attack, let alone Said that more troops would be sent to counterattack the Dionian army.

And Davos did not make careful preparations in advance. Attacking the Roman camp in the dark was inherently risky, and he was also worried that the Roman civilian soldiers who fled into the city would become unstable and cause chaos, so this night battle did not happen. It's over as long as it lasts.

But for the leadership of both sides, there are many thorny issues that urgently need to be resolved.

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A dozen candles illuminated the Roman Senate, and Davos paced back and forth in the center of the venue, lowering his head in thought, accompanied by Henepolis and Clotocactus behind him.

At this time, the Roman administrator Asistes strode into the meeting place.

"What happened to the Romans who fled into the city?" Davos asked immediately when he saw him.

Asistes immediately said: "Your Majesty, the results of our emergency statistics showed that a total of 1275 Roman soldiers and 213 Roman people fled into the city. Adjutant Tonix organized 100 people who had applied for Dionia. The citizen Romans screened them and found out two nobles and seven noble diners. The other Romans were determined to be of civilian origin. Now they are temporarily controlled in the military camp of the First Legion, waiting for His Majesty. Your next instructions.”

Davos was pleased that the newly established city hall could achieve such efficiency. He asked in a gentle tone: "How do you think they should be dealt with?"

"When I came, I had already asked the household registration officer Polotax to preach to them the special bill that Your Majesty had enacted for Roman civilians, and persuaded them to apply for Dionian citizenship immediately. All Romans who applied for Dionian citizenship The soldiers can immediately allocate land and housing to them, and then let them go home. For those Roman soldiers who are not yet willing to join our kingdom, they can temporarily let them serve as handymen in the military camp for a period of time on the grounds of "short manpower". It’s convenient for supervision..." Asistes talked eloquently, obviously he had already planned for this.

"Assi, you are very thoughtful!" Davos praised first, and then said confidently: "These Roman soldiers ventured out of the camp late at night and returned to the city of Rome. It can be seen that most of them are willing to become Dionis Even if there are a few Asian citizens who have not figured it out for the time being, there is no need to be too cautious. Just let them all go home and let the patrol team pay more attention to them. Even if some people have other thoughts, in the current city of Rome, they It won’t make any waves!”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Asistes responded immediately.

Davos looked at him and suddenly smiled: "I understand, are you ready to let them go home?"

"Nothing can be hidden from your eyes, Your Majesty." Asistes replied respectfully.

"You, you!" Davos tapped him with his hand. He wanted to criticize a few words, but swallowed his words when he reached his lips. He reached out and patted his shoulder hard, and said sternly: "I appoint you as Rome The chief executive believes that only you can turn the city of Rome into our city of Dionia, so you can govern with confidence, boldly issue orders, and implement your governance of this city, and don't take me into consideration!"

"Yes...!" It was the same answer, but this time Asistes' tone seemed a little excited. He took a deep breath, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, there is a Roman soldier who strongly wants to see you. , he said that he had something important to report to you... and that this man was the only Roman squadron leader among all the Romans who fled into the city. According to other reports, this time the Roman civilian soldiers were able to escape from the camp, mainly He planned and led it.”

"Oh?!" Davos asked with interest, "What's his name?"

"Lucius Sextus, I have brought him over. He is waiting outside the door."

"Then let him come in." Davos said with interest.

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As a Roman citizen, it was the first time for Sextus to enter the Roman Senate. Of course, he had heard countless stories about the layout of the Senate and the many stories that happened in the venue since he was a child, and he had imagined it many times. One day he sat in this hallowed place in a white robe trimmed with red, discussing the future of Rome.

However, at this time, the ones guarding the entrance and exit of the venue were not Roman soldiers with red helmets and red armor, but Dionian guards with black helmets and black armor.The circular venue where the arguments should have been fierce was now empty, but there was a long table and many wooden chairs placed in the center of the venue where there should have been enough space for the elders to give speeches.Under the light of candles, three people were sitting in the center of the venue.

It seems that the Dionians transformed the Holy Roman Senate into a place for ordinary discussions!Sextus felt that he should be angry, but there was no power of anger in his heart. Instead, there was an indescribable feeling that made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Under the guidance of the palace guard Martius, he walked to the center of the venue. The middle-aged man who led him, whom he had been watching, said kindly: "Please sit down, Sextus."

Sextus sat down unceremoniously and asked directly in Greek: "Are you the king of Dionia?"

"That's me." Davos smiled slightly.

"We Romans finally abolished the monarchy a hundred years ago because of the king's cruelty, and adopted a republican form of government, and made all citizens swear that no one should ever serve as king. As far as I know, many of your Greek city-states They have also changed from the former monarchy to a democratic system, but Dionia is implementing a monarchy. Do you think we Romans will accept the rule of a king? "

Davos smiled faintly again and said: "If you Roman civilians are satisfied with the Roman system, why do you often fight against the nobles and even refuse to vote for consuls at the citizens' assembly?"

Sextus had obviously thought about this, and he quickly answered: "There are problems with Rome's republican system, but it is better than the previous royal system."

"In my opinion, whether a city-state's political system is good or not does not depend on what kind of political system it is, but on how many citizens it can benefit!" Davos said with emphasis: "The Roman system allowed about half of the population to Roman civilians felt strong dissatisfaction and continued to resist; although our Kingdom of Dionia implemented royal government, every citizen in the kingdom owned land and could use the kingdom's public land fairly. Debts can also be paid off smoothly. Every citizen has the opportunity to serve as a minister and elder of the kingdom. Every citizen must abide by the law. Whether they are civilians or nobles, they will be punished if they break the law...

Even though I am a king, I still have to abide by the laws of the kingdom established by the Senate, so I will not blatantly take possession of any citizen’s wife when I see it (the reason why the last king of Rome was expelled is Because a citizen’s wife was humiliated by the royal family), because that will be punished by law, the most severe death penalty; I will not see a citizen who is rich and plunder his property by force, then I have committed a crime The crime of theft; I am even less likely to order someone to be arrested or even killed because I don’t like it, because the judges will refuse to execute it and the Senate will protest..."

When Sextus heard this, he said in disbelief: "You said the royal government of Dionysia was too good. Is it really implemented like this?"

(End of this chapter)