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Chapter 855 Persuading Surrender ([-])

Having said this, Publius also felt sad in his heart. He exhaled slightly, and then said loudly: "Therefore, King Dionia hopes that you will surrender!"

The venue suddenly became boiling again. Many senators stood up angrily and said to Publius, "The Romans would rather die in battle than surrender!..." and other such words. Of course, there were also some senators there. They whispered in frustration, "How come even Fidenae and Gabi were occupied by the Dionians?!..." and the like.

"Isn't the king of Dionia too confident?" Potitus sneered: "Even if what you just said is true, we have not experienced it when the Celtics invaded, and that time The situation was worse than this time, but in the end we won!”

"The Celtic invasion is completely different from the Dionian invasion. I believe that although you are trapped on the mountain, you should be able to feel it!" Publius retorted loudly: "Kyle The Tetras burned, killed and looted in the Etruscan and Latium regions, causing all races to turn against them, and their atrocities were punished by the gods, causing them to be infected with the plague, and they were eventually killed by Camillus. Defeated by the united Latins at their head, but now—”

Publius shook his head and pointed to the foot of the mountain outside the palace gate: "Not only did the Etruscan city-states form an alliance with Dionia, but the Latin city-states such as Priniste and Bonnet also surrendered to Dionia. Nea, and even the Roman civilians in the city have almost become citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia. Except here, the city of Rome has completely become a city of Dionia, and you have become an isolated person in the Latium region! -"

"False! Everything you said is false! Dionia is an invader, and the Etruscan and Latin city-states cannot ally with it. They will only be loyal to Rome!" In the turbulent venue, Elder Lucritius roared hysterically.

Publius turned to look at him, with only pity in his eyes: "I don't need to lie. You can ask Decimus and Domitius later, and they will tell you the truth. It's time to wake up from your sweet dream!"

Potitus, Marugene Ensis, Ambustus, Scipio and others looked at each other, and Publius' words confirmed their worries.

Finally, Potitus coughed slightly and said: "We already know your purpose of coming. We want to discuss this matter. You can go out and wait for our decision."

Publius bowed and turned around to walk out of the palace. The faces of his former colleagues no longer had the arrogance of the past, but more of fear and jealousy. This made him feel unspeakably happy. , he raised his head and stepped out of the palace door vigorously step by step. When leaving the dark apse, he also saw Decimus and Domitius being brought into the palace by the guards.

A few hours later, he was led into the apse again, and Ambustus was alone in the apse.

"Have you made your decision?" Publius asked directly.

"Sit down and talk, Publius." Ambustus did not answer immediately, but pointed to the seat prepared for him next to him.

Publius was not polite. He sat down and folded his hands in front of his chest: "Based on my understanding of the Roman Senate, the decision you made must be to refuse to surrender, right?!"

Ambustus looked at him without speaking.

"I am actually very happy to see you not surrendering, because you are all a group of selfish, arrogant and cruel people. It is best to die on this mountain!" Publius said sarcastically, and then changed the subject: " But in addition to you, your family, and other people on this mountain, especially the civilians, they are all lying on the ground so hungry that they can't even make a cry. Do you have the heart to let them join you? There are thousands of people buried with him! Do you really want the Roman aristocracy to be completely exterminated?!"

Ambustus twitched his face a few times, but he did not respond directly, but said softly: "Publius, when Marcus insisted on helping the common people, he almost provoked civil strife. The Senate made such a decision. There’s no way—”

"Facts have proved that what Marcus did was right. If the Senate had approved his suggestions at that time, Roman civilians would not have taken refuge in Dionia today, and you would not have fallen into such a predicament today! ... "Publius loudly vented his dissatisfaction with the Roman Senate over the years.

"Perhaps we have made some wrong decisions over the years..." Ambustus sighed, stared at him, and said in a heavy tone: "As one of the oldest clans in Rome, the Manlius clan has been We have lived here for generations. There are many relatives in your family who are married to you on this mountain. There are people who have given you favors and people who you have helped... Do you have the heart to abandon all of this, including the Zhu whom you have believed in since childhood? Peter and Juno——"

Publius raised his eyebrows and interrupted him: "What exactly do you want to say?"

Ambustus looked at him sincerely and said with a sad expression: "We underestimated the war with the Dionians. We originally thought that even if they captured Rome, as long as Camillus' army returned , we can take back Rome again, so we brought so many people up the mountain, but according to what you said, the army led by Camillus has been defeated, so the plan to return to the city of Rome is far away, and our food It is already very tight... Well, I believe you have seen the miserable situation of the people when you went up the mountain. In a few days, they... may starve to death on this mountain because there is no food to eat..."

At this point, tears flashed in Ambustus's eyes: "You are right, we are not prepared to surrender, but we hope to allow them to go down the mountain and surrender so that they will not become food for crows..."

Publius was stunned, and Ambustus' request made him feel very embarrassed: the Dionian people forced the Romans on the mountain to surrender by besieging the Capitoline Mountain and using out of food. However, Stus hoped to arrange for most of the people who caused their greatest food consumption to go down the mountain so that he could continue to hold on. It was impossible for the shrewd King of Dionia to let the Roman senators succeed in this clever proposal. !

Seeing that Publius was silent, Ambustus put his hands on the ground, bent down, and knocked his forehead heavily on the ground.

Publius was startled, and hurriedly got up to avoid it: "Ambistus, what are you doing?!"

"Please! Save these your countrymen!" Ambustus begged.

"I...it's useless. King Davos will not agree!" Publius shook his head vigorously.

Ambustus did not speak, but kept lying on the ground.

If Portitus and Marugine Ensis did this, it would only have the opposite effect, but Ambustus had a good relationship with Publius in the past.After a long time, he sighed helplessly, and finally responded: "Well, I will try my best to convince King Davos."

"Thank you, thank you! I thank you for the people on the whole mountain!" Ambustus sat up and said gratefully.

"There's no need to mention thank you. Just stop cursing me a few times and I'll be satisfied." Publius said mockingly to himself.

Ambustus coughed awkwardly.

"But... don't have too much hope. King Dionia is very dissatisfied with the Roman nobles. Now you have made this suggestion. Even if they are finally allowed to go down the mountain, I am afraid there will be no good results!" Pubu! Lius warned.

Ambustus smiled bitterly: "There is hope when we are alive, we can't ask for more."

Publius was silent.

"By the way, have you seen my little daughter and son-in-law in the city? Are they doing well now?!" Ambustus asked eagerly.

"Your son-in-law and daughter were imprisoned in their own residence, but they were not harmed. King Davos seemed to be somewhat interested in Stolo, and he even asked him to meet with the captured Minucius yesterday... "

"Minucius was also captured?!" Ambustus was surprised.

"That's why I came to persuade you to surrender, because you have no hope." Publius took the opportunity to persuade again.

Ambustus said nothing.

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"Is this the condition proposed by those Roman senators?!" Davos looked directly at Publius without anger or joy.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Publius did not dare to make eye contact with Davos. He lowered his head and said respectfully: "After I went up the mountain, I have been patiently persuading them, and even brought some of the soldiers from the previous battles with me. The captured Roman nobles hoped that they would recognize the facts, but they remained uncompromising... I could only bring back their proposals..."

"Thank you for your hard work!" Davos praised, and then said calmly: "It seems that these stubborn Roman senators still don't give up."

Publius felt nervous and did not dare to answer.

With his hands behind his back, Davos walked a few steps in the center of the Senate hall, and suddenly asked, "How many Romans are there on the mountain?"

"About 6000 people."

"6000 people..." Davos pondered for a while and then asked: "When the Celts captured Rome, how many people were on the Capitoline Hill?"

Publius didn't understand why Daves asked this question, and he answered truthfully: "532 people."

Davos thought for a while, turned to face him, and said decisively: "I agreed to their request and allowed those Romans to go down the mountain, but they can only serve as official slaves of the kingdom, and only 500 people can be kept on the mountain. people."

Henepolis on the side listened and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, this is a trick of the Romans! They want to-"

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