Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 168: Separation
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At dusk, in front of the camp that the Roman army was building, stood Adrian, the envoy sent by Daves, and two women and two children behind him.
Under the curious gaze of the surrounding Roman soldiers, before Camillos sent someone out to greet him, Adrian shouted loudly in Latin: "Roman dictator Camillos, Dai His Majesty King Firth, in order to thank you for your kindness and help, specially sent back your wife, daughter-in-law and grandson, hoping to forge a deeper friendship!..."
Hearing the repeated shouts of the Roman messenger, the surrounding Roman soldiers suddenly looked complicated and began to whisper.
The Camelus family is just a small nobleman in Rome, and his generation is even rarer. Camelus has only one son and a few relatives, and this time he will go to Helniki. The adult men of the family brought them all, not for fairness, because this is a war that must be won, so he also wants the men of the family to gain some merits and benefits in this war, which led to the Senate’s decision When he was about to retreat to Capitoline Hill, his house in Rome lacked capable men to preside over the retreat, and his home was not yet located in the core area of Rome, so his family retreated slowly and eventually failed. Uphill.
In the big tent in the center of the Roman camp, both Camillos and his son were surprised at this news. Lucius was also grateful. He said anxiously: "Father, come on! Send someone. Pick them up!"
Speaking, he sighed again: "Although I hate the Dionians, I am very grateful for what their king did this time! He is indeed a hero praised by the Greeks, and indeed has an extraordinary bearing. !......"
Camillos was silent for a long time in pain, and finally squeezed out: "No, Lucius, we can't...let them into this camp."
"Father, what are you talking about?!" Lucius thought he had heard it wrong.
"We absolutely can't...can't...leave your mother and...can't!" Camilos clenched his fist on the wooden table: "This is the conspiracy of the King Dionia !"
"Father, do you know what you are talking about! It's your wife standing outside! Your daughter-in-law! And your two lovely grandchildren! Can you watch them cruelly fall into the hands of the enemy, Tortured and humiliated!..." Lucius asked incredulously and angry.
"Calm down... kid." Camilos looked at his roaring son, opened his lips with difficulty, and tried to convince him with a trembling voice: "I... I didn't want to save them all. ! But now... not now! Because the families of other soldiers are still in the city, the Dionians only sent my family back, what would the soldiers think! You heard that Dionian was in the camp Are you shouting outside?! What does it mean to thank me for helping them?! This is a conspiracy of the Dionians! If I really welcome your mother, your wife and children back, the soldiers will inevitably come out Suspicion, then will they still obey my orders! How can the army that disobeys the order work together to recapture the city of Rome!!"
Lucius, who always obeyed his father's words, couldn't accept Camiros' explanation at this time. He said bitterly: "Father, you are a dictator! Do you have to think about what the soldiers think about what you do!" You must know that the reason why your mother and the others were captured was not because you took away the young and middle-aged citizens of the city and caused such evil results. You must quickly make up for your fault!"
Although someone has said similar words in private to express their dissatisfaction with Camilos, when the words were spoken from the mouths of relatives, they pierced Camilos’ chest like a sharp sword. He felt dizzy and hurriedly supported the wooden table with his hands. After a while, he said firmly, "No, I won't do this! But I will lead the army to recapture the city of Rome and rescue our relatives personally!" /
Hearing this, Lucius yelled aloud and turned around immediately.
"Come here!" Camelus immediately yelled, and then said to the captain of the guard who entered the account with a pained expression: "Stop Lucius for me immediately! And...there will be someone who will wear it. The messenger of Onia and the people he brought... all rushed... rushed back to the city..."
"This..." Of course the captain of the guard knew what was going on outside the camp, because there were soldiers spreading from everywhere in the camp.
When he was hesitating, Camilos snapped: "Go and execute the order!"
"Yes...Yes!"
When the captain of the guard leaves, Camilos sits down, as if he is a few years old again.
After a while, his lieutenant entered the account and was about to report to him. Seeing him look sad, he couldn't speak for a while.
It was Camilos who noticed his presence and asked weakly, "What's the matter?"
"The scout reported that the Dionians opened the gate to the north and released some Roman citizens."
Camillos’ first thought was: King Dionia released these Roman people, probably deliberately trying to transfer the influence of releasing my family, so that I changed my mind, he is really deliberate!
Camillos wanted to ask the Roman people out of the city carefully about the current situation in the city, but he was weak and sleepy at the moment, so he had to say: "Go and settle these people and take a few people with you tomorrow morning. At this point, I want to ask them about the situation."
"Yes, the dictator."
After the adjutant left, Camilos ordered the guards: Unless there is an emergency, no one can enter the big tent.
Then, exhausted and exhausted, he asked the servant to lay the couch quickly, and did not eat dinner, so he fell asleep in a hurry.
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It was past dusk and the sky began to darken. The soldiers stopped building camps and returned to their tents to eat dinner.
Camillos’ adjutant sent a Roman squadron to **** the hundreds of Roman citizens who had left the city to the exile camp on the east side of the army camp.
The Roman squadron sent to perform this task is basically composed of civilians, including their squadron Captain Sextus. This is not a coincidence, because the superiority of the Roman aristocracy is not only reflected in political affairs, but also reflected In the military, the children of the great nobles can serve as officers of the army without fought in a few battles, and it is difficult for civilians to be promoted to squadron leaders even if they have repeatedly made military exploits. Of course, the situation has changed in the past few years. Some civilians have also been promoted in the army, especially when Camillos became the chief officer of the army, but this is still not a common phenomenon. The treatment of nobles and civilians in the army still exists. There was a clear difference, so when the soldiers were tired and hungry, and it was time for dinner, this squadron, which was almost entirely composed of civilians, was dispatched.
The adjutant of Camilos also explained in full words: "This is to take care of you, because these people who were released from the city are all from Silio Mountain."
It is true that this Roman squadron composed of residents of Mount Silio did not complain. They hurried over. They were surprised to find that these hundreds of old people all knew each other, and eight or nine of them were relatives of soldiers. Including the father of squadron Captain Sextus.
So the soldiers rushed up and eagerly asked about the situation at home. They completely forgot the adjutant's instructions and asked them to quietly lead these people to the rear, so as not to disturb the army.
As a result, these old people who went out of the city did not respond to the soldiers' enquiries in a hurry, but persuaded them to flee the army and return to the city of Rome to join the Kingdom of Dionia.
In these conversations, the persuasion of the squadron leader Sextus’ father to his son is the most typical.
"Father, how about Tuya and the children?! They... are they all right?!"
"Don’t worry, they are all very good! The military discipline of the Dionian army is very good. After entering the city of Rome, there was no mass murder or looting. At this point, the Celtics could not follow them at all. In comparison, even our own...cannot compare."
"Father, are you actually saying good things to the Dionians?!"
"Because this is true! Not only do I want to speak for them, I also want to persuade you!"
"Persuade me?!"
"I advise you to leave the Roman army immediately and join me in the Kingdom of Dionia!"
"Oh my God, you betrayed Rome?!!!"
"It's not that I betrayed Rome, but Silio and even many civilians in the entire city of Rome have joined Dionia!"
"Why?! Father, why?!!! You are a Roman citizen! You have lived in Rome all your life. You are a true Roman citizen! You have participated in more than 20 battles and won a crown. You are the hero of our neighborhood, you are mine—"
"I also participated in the battle with the Celtics, followed Camilos to drive away the Celtics, but what's the use! You know, years of fighting have left me disabled. I often have fever, and many debts owed because of medical treatment, if it were not for the funding of my comrades in arms, I am afraid that even my family’s land would be taken away by those nobles! The Roman Senate once protected our family from the military exploits I made. Harassed by those creditors—"
"Father, don't worry, I am already the squadron captain. I have won a lot of spoils on this trip to Helniki, and I should be able to pay off my previous debts!"
"Oh, I haven't noticed that you became a squadron leader."
"During the battle with the Helniki, our original team officer was injured and died. The dictator Camilos saw me fighting bravely and promoted me to the squadron leader."
"But what's the use of that! Can prevent those greedy nobles and creditors from harassing our home?! Can give you more land?! Be able to serve as a senior official in Rome?! Can hurt you When you don’t move the shield and spear, can you still ensure that the whole family will not worry about food and clothing?!......"