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Chapter 854 Persuading Surrender ([-])

After listening to what Davos said, Nemeri, the general of Helnicki's army, no longer hesitated. He asked: "Your Majesty the King, if the Aikui and Masi people also request to form an alliance with your Dionia, Would you agree?"

Davos's mind changed. He remembered that last year, the Aequi and Massi were tempted by the Plinist rebellion and invaded Rome together with the Volscians and Hernicians, but were defeated by Camillus.Then during the Roman army's conquest of the Hernicians this year, these two races sent troops to rescue them. As a result, they suffered another disastrous defeat and their strength was severely weakened... They hope to form an alliance with Dionia, probably to eliminate worries and guarantee The territory is safe. After all, the rumors that Dionia abides by the covenant have been confirmed by the Wolsi and Herniki people.

"I'm very welcome!" Davos smiled: "I not only hope that the Masi and Aequ people can form an alliance with Dionia, but I also hope that other forces around Rome can also become allies of Dionia! "

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At the end of the battle, Davos did not invite the leaders of the Voch coalition to the city of Rome to hold a banquet to celebrate.On the one hand, the Volscians were eager to rush back to their defense-empty territory to prevent Roman revenge; on the other hand, Davos also considered the feelings of the people in Rome.Therefore, he distributed most of the trophies (mainly armor and weapons) to the Voch coalition soldiers, allowing them to return in gratitude.

In this battle, except for some casualties paid by the Voch coalition, the losses of the Dionysian army were negligible, and the Roman army suffered not many casualties, but nearly 2000 of them were captured. The worst was the Latin army. Allied forces, more than 4000 of their men were captured.

Most of the Roman soldiers successfully escaped back to Vilitre. It seems that the losses of the Roman army were not very great, but the failure of this battle was another blow to the prestige of the Romans in the alliance, especially Dai Dai. Onia also captured so many Latin soldiers, so after the battle, Davos did not ask Printors to withdraw the siege troops to Rome. Instead, he also returned the Fourth and Sixth Legions to Rome. Under the command of Lin Tols, let him step up his attack on Gabi City and capture it as soon as possible.

Davos, who returned to Rome with the joy of victory, called Publius and gave him an important task: to persuade the Romans on the Capitoline Hill to surrender!
And he also made a promise to him: If the Romans on the mountain dare to hurt him, Dionia will let the entire mountain people be buried with him!Regardless of whether he succeeds in persuading him to surrender, he will become the new senator of the Kingdom of Dionia and speak for the rights of the Roman citizens of the kingdom in the Senate.

For this reason, Publius made careful preparations, and the next day he climbed the Capitoline Hill with trepidation. At the same time, he took a Roman nobleman who lived in Viai and was captured, and a group of people. A Roman soldier who was captured in yesterday's battle was also from a noble family.

After receiving the order, the Roman soldiers opened the pass, and Publius, who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain for a long time, stepped into the hillside of the Capitoline Mountains.The Roman patrol soldiers passing by stared at him with strange eyes, and some even insulted him. He was mentally prepared, pretended not to hear, followed closely behind the leading soldier, and at the same time carefully observed the surrounding environment.

The reason why the Romans used the Capitoline Hill as the location of the Acropolis is because it is the highest hill in the city of Rome. The mountainside is relatively steep, the top of the mountain is relatively flat, and the trees are lush. The Romans believed that it was a gift from the gods. They I must like to live in such a beautiful place, so I built the main temple on the top of this mountain.

However, after Publius went up the mountain, what he saw along the way surprised him: in less than 20 days, most of the trees on the mountain had been cut down. Simple wooden houses and tents were set up everywhere on the bare mountains, and countless people in ragged clothes Thousands of people were lying among them, all with pale faces and dull eyes.

Along the way, Publius recognized many acquaintances. They were all civilians living in the hills of Sirio and Verna, either the diners of the great nobles, or some civilians who had settled in Rome a few generations ago. In the past, most of them were powerful helpers used by the nobles to deal with other civilians, but now they are lying tightly with their wives and children, and they just roll their eyes when they see him, and they don't even have the strength to wave and say hello Waste... Seeing their miserable situation, Publius once again firmly believed that it was an extremely correct decision for him to lead his family to submit to the Kingdom of Dionia!

When we reached the top of the Capitoline Mountains, the courtyards of the temples that were supposed to be solemn and solemn were also filled with people who fled up the mountain. Not only did they make the quiet and clean sacred courtyards noisy and dirty, but the air was also filled with Unpleasant fishy smell.

Seeing this, Publius felt a surge of anger and a bit of sadness in his heart. Therefore, when some nobles recognized him and learned that he was coming to negotiate as an envoy of Dionia, they all treated him badly. They yelled insults and spurns, and even rushed to beat him, but these people who were hungry and staggered when walking could not break through the protection of the guards.

Publius didn't take them seriously at all, but responded with a look of pity.

Finally the soldiers took him to the apse of the Temple of Jupiter.

"Come in, envoy of Dionia!" The captain of the guard deliberately said the word "Dionia" very strongly to show his contempt for Publius.

Publius took a deep breath and strode into the palace.

"You still have the nerve to come here, Publius Manlius. As the patriarch of one of the most glorious clans in Rome, you abandoned the glory of your ancestors, tarnished the reputation of your family, and shamelessly defected to Rome. Your enemy actually dares to step into this sacred palace now, and the angry Jupiter will punish you severely!"

Publius recognized that the person who said this was Marugine Ensis. In the past, he was afraid to talk to this prestigious old senator, because he was the most determined person who demanded the execution of Marcus. The supporters, who also disliked the Manlius clan, were always sarcastic, but today Publius looked directly at him sitting in front of him with an angry look, and his mood was very calm: "Today, I am Dai The envoy of Onia, the King of Dionia sent me to discuss important matters with you, there is no need to talk about other nonsense here."

"Nonsense?!" Maru Geneensis became even more angry. He stood up suddenly and shouted at Publius: "Do you know why we let you in?! It's because we want to punish Maru like we did back then. Kus will deal with you like a traitor like this! Someone is here!"

With this shout, two menacing guards walked in.

Publius immediately felt nervous. He tried his best to calm himself and shouted: "Kill me?! Then you have to be ready to let everyone on this mountain and other Rome captured by Dionia The nobles are preparing to be buried for me!"

There was a commotion in the temple.

"Publius, you don't need to threaten us! After your body falls from the cliff and is smashed into meat, it won't be long before the Dionians you have taken refuge in will be led by Camillus. Defeated by the army, we will return to the city below and reorganize Rome after the war, just like before!" Abelius immediately stood up and shouted loudly to encourage people.

Publius laughed loudly: "You are still dreaming of returning to Rome! I suggest you go and ask the two people I brought up the mountain now, Decimus Julius Bruce, You are all very familiar with it. More than ten years ago, he took the initiative to move his family to Viai. This was a big news in the city of Rome at that time. Now he will tell you, "How the Dionians easily captured Cai". Srella and Via, then took him captive'.

The other person is more familiar to you, Maru Geneensis, Domitius Cominelius Hilla. This is your young clansman. He previously served as a squadron leader in the army led by Camillus. , he will tell you, 'How the army of Camillus was defeated many times, and now these defeated soldiers will retreat to Satnicum, fearing that the Dionian army will attack them! '..."

As soon as Publius said this, the whole venue seemed to be fried, and the discussion suddenly broke out.It has been more than 20 days since Rome fell. Except for the battle in the evening, the city of Rome has remained calm since then. As time passed, the elders already had a bad premonition in their hearts, but they did not expect the situation to be so bad. .

"...Lie! This is a lie!..." Abelius refuted it hurriedly, but his confidence was obviously lacking.

"I don't care what happens outside, as a traitor, you deserve the harshest punishment!" Maru Geneensis said in a strong tone after experiencing the initial shock.

Publius avoided his threatening eyes and looked around at the Roman senators who were talking about each other. The panic on their faces made him calm down. He took a sharp breath and shouted: "In this case, everything has to be done." I have no regrets about the Roman nobles accompanying me to die, come on!" With that said, he waved to the two guards, then turned and walked out of the palace.

"Wait a minute!" someone among the elders shouted.

Publius' nervous mood suddenly relaxed, and he slowly turned around.

"As the envoy of Dionia, what are you here to negotiate with us?" Potitus asked loudly.

Publius looked at him, then at Marugine Ensis next to him, as well as the other senators who looked abnormal around him, and then said calmly: "Judging from the current situation, Rome The city fell, and Keslera, Viai, Fidenae, and Gabi were successively captured by Dionia. The 7 army led by Camillus may now have only more than 1 people left, hiding in Saturni The city of Qom is still alive. No matter now or in the future, Rome will no longer be the Rome of the Romans!"

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