Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 200: Persuade to surrender (1)

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After listening to Daves’ words, Helniki’s commander General Nemeri no longer hesitated. He asked: "Your Majesty the King, if the Aqué and the Masi also ask for you Diony Asian alliance, would you agree?"

Daves's thoughts changed. He remembered that last year the Aque and the Massi were lured by the Prinister rebellion, and they invaded Rome together with the Wolsey and the Helniki, and they were killed by Camilos. beat. Then during the conquest of the Helniki by the Roman army this year, these two races sent troops to rescue them again, but they suffered another miserable defeat and their strength was severely weakened... They hoped to form an alliance with Dionia, probably also to eliminate their worries and protect them. The security of the territory, after all, the rumors of Dionia abiding by the covenant have been confirmed by the Wolsey and the Helniki.

"I'm very welcome!" Daves smiled: "I not only hope that the Masi and Aques can form an alliance with Dionians, but also hope that other forces around Rome can also become Dionians. Ally!"

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When the battle ended, Daves did not invite the leader of the Volch coalition forces into the city of Rome to celebrate with a banquet. On the one hand, the Wolsi eagerly rushed back to their defensive and empty territory to prevent the Romans from revenge; on the other hand, Daves also considered the feelings of the people in Rome. Therefore, he distributed most of the spoils (mainly armors and weapons) he obtained to the Vaugh Alliance soldiers, and they were grateful.

In this battle, in addition to some casualties by the Voch coalition forces, the loss of the Dionian army is negligible, and the Roman army has not many casualties, but they have nearly 2,000 captured, the worst It was the Latin Allies, and more than 4,000 of them were captured.

Most of the Roman soldiers escaped back to Villitre smoothly. It seems that the loss of the Roman army was not great, but the failure of this battle was another blow to the prestige of the Romans in the alliance. In particular, Dionia also captured so many Latin soldiers, so after the battle, Daves did not ask Priintoles to withdraw the siege troops back to Rome, but also the Fourth and Sixth Army. Returned to Printors, let him step up his attack on Gaby City and take it down as soon as possible.

Daves, who returned to Rome with the joy of victory, called Publius and gave him an important task: to persuade the Romans on Capitoline Mountain!

And also made a promise to him: If the Romans on the mountain dare to hurt him, Dionia will let the entire mountain be buried for him! Regardless of whether he succeeds in persuading his surrender or not, he will become the new senator of the Kingdom of Dionia, speaking for the rights of the Roman citizens of the kingdom in the Senate.

For this, Publius made meticulous preparations, and the next day he boarded Capitoline Mountain with anxiety, and at the same time he took a Roman nobleman who lived in the city of Viais and was captured. , There is also a Roman soldier who was captured in yesterday’s battle, who was also a nobleman.

After receiving the order, the Roman soldiers opened the pass, and Publius, who had been waiting for a long time at the bottom of the mountain, stepped into the hillside of Capitoline. The Roman patrol soldiers passing by all stared at him with strange gazes, and some even spoke insults. He had been mentally prepared, pretending not to hear, and followed closely behind the lead soldier, while carefully observing the surrounding environment.

The reason why the Romans chose Capitoline Mountain as the acropolis was that it was the highest hill in the city of Rome. The mountainside was relatively steep, the top was relatively flat, and the trees were lush. The Romans believed it was a **** As a gift, they must like to live in such a beautiful place, so they built the main temple on the top of this mountain.

However, after Publius went up the mountain, he was surprised by what he saw along the way: In less than 20 days, most of the trees in the mountain were cut down, and simple wooden houses and tents were erected on the bare hills. Countless people in ragged clothes lie down in the meantime, all of them have dishes on their faces and their eyes are dull.

Along the way, Publius recognized many acquaintances. They were all civilians living in the hills of Silio and Werner. They were either patrons of the nobles or settled a few generations ago. The civilians in Rome, most of them were powerful helpers used by the nobles to deal with other civilians, but at this moment they hugged tightly with their wives and children, and when they saw him, they only rolled their eyes and waved and said hello. I can't bear to waste my energy... Seeing these tragic conditions, Publius once again firmly believes that it was an extremely correct decision to lead the family to the Kingdom of Dionia!

When we arrived at the top of Capitoline Hill, the temples were supposed to be solemn and solemn, and their courtyards were also crowded with people who fled up the mountain, not only making the quiet and clean sacred courtyard noisy and messy, but also in the air. There was also an unpleasant stench.

Seeing this, Publius felt anger and a bit of sorrow in his heart, so when some nobles recognized him and learned that he came to negotiate as a Dionian messenger, They all verbally insulted and spurned him, and even rushed to beat him, but these people who couldn't eat enough and walked to beat him couldn't break through the protection of the guards.

Pubulius didn't pay attention to them at all, but returned it with a pity.

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

"Come in, Dionian's messenger!" The captain of the guard deliberately made the word "Dionia" very heavy to show his contempt for Publius.

Pubulius took a deep breath and strode into the hall.

"You still have the face to come here, Publius Manlius, as the patriarch of one of the most glorious clans in Rome, you have abandoned the glory of your ancestors and tarnished the reputation of your family, shameless The enemy who took refuge in Rome, and now dare to step into this sacred temple, the angry Jupiter will punish you severely!"

Pubulius heard that the person who said this was Marugineensis. If he had been confused to talk to this prestigious old veteran before, because he had asked for Marcus to be executed. The most stalwart supporter of, even with his dislike of the Manlius clan, and cynicism at every turn, but today Publius looked directly at him sitting in front and glared at him, but his mood was very calm: "Today, I am the messenger of Dionia. King Dionia sent me to discuss important matters with you. There is no need to talk about other nonsense here."

"Nonsense?!" Marugineensis became even more angry. He stood up suddenly and yelled at Publius: "Do you know why we let you in?! That's because we want to be like Treat you traitor like Marcus back then! Come here!"

With this shout, two menacing guards walked in.

Pubulius immediately felt nervous. He tried his best to calm himself, and shouted: "Kill me?! Then you have to do so that everyone on this mountain and others are The captive Roman nobles are preparing for my burial!"

There was a commotion in the temple.

"Publius, you don’t have to threaten us! After your body falls off the cliff and smashes into meat sauce, it won’t be long before the Dionians you depend on will be caught by Camelu. Defeated by the army led by Si, we will return to the city below and reorganize Rome after the war, just like it did in the past!" Abilius immediately got up and shouted, inspiring.

Pubulius laughed: "You are still dreaming of returning to Rome! I suggest you ask now the two people I brought up the mountain, Desimus Julius. Bruce, you are all very familiar with it. More than ten years ago, he asked to take his family and move to Wei Ai. This was a big news in Rome at that time. Now he will tell you, “How easy the Dionians are Conquered Kesreira and Viai City, and then captured him.

Another person, Marugineensis is more familiar with, Domizius Cominelius Sila, this is your young tribe, who was previously in the army led by Camilos As the commander of the squadron, he will tell you,'How Camilos' army has been defeated many times, and now these defeated soldiers retreat to Satnikum, fearing that the Dionian army will attack them! ’……"

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

"...a lie! This is a lie!..." Abilius retorted in a hurry, but obviously lacked confidence.

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

Pubulius avoided his threatening gaze and looked around at the talking Roman elders. The panic on their faces made him feel calm. He took a sharp breath and shouted: "In this case , I have all the Roman nobles to accompany me to death, I have no regrets, come on!" Then he waved to the two guards, then turned and walked outside the temple.

"Wait a minute!" some of the elders yelled.

Pubulius' nervous mood suddenly eased, and he slowly turned around.

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

Pubulius looked at him, then at Marugineensis next to him, as well as the other elders who looked abnormal around him, and then said calmly: "From the current situation Look, the city of Rome has fallen, and Kesrera, Viais, Photina, and Gaby have been captured by Dionia one after another. The 70,000 army led by Camilos may now only have more than 10,000 people left, hiding in The city of Sartnikum is lingering, no matter now or in the future, Rome will no longer be the Rome of the Romans!"