Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 201: Persuade to surrender (2)

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Speaking of this, Publius also felt a sorrow in his heart. He sighed softly, and then said loudly: "Therefore, King Dionia wants you to surrender!"

Suddenly there was boiling again in the venue. Many elders stood up angrily and said to Publius, "The Romans would rather die than surrender!..." and other things, of course there were some in the meantime. The senator was whispering in frustration, "How come even Phodina and Gaby were occupied by the Dionians?!..." and the like.

"The King of Dionia is too confident!" Portitus sneered: "Even if what you just said is true, we haven't experienced it when the Celtics invaded. And the situation that time was worse than this time, we won in the end!"

"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: "The Celtics burned, killed and looted in the Etruscan and Latham areas, causing all races to oppose them, and their atrocities were punished by the gods, causing them to be infected with the plague, and they will eventually be stuck. Defeated by the united Latins led by Mulhouse, but now—"

Pubulius shook his head and pointed his finger to the foot of the mountain outside the temple door: "Not only did the Etruscan city-states allied with Dionia, but also the Latin city-states such as Prinister and Bonnet. With Dionia, even the Roman civilians in the city have almost become citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia. Except for this, the city of Rome has become a city in Dionia, and you have become the isolated people in the Latin area! ——"

"Fake! What you said is false! Dionia is an invader. Etruscan and Latin city-states cannot form an alliance with it. They will only be loyal to Rome!" In the meeting place, veteran Lucritius roared hysterically.

Pubulius turned his head and looked at him, with only pity in his eyes: "I don't need to lie. You can ask Desimus and Domizius for a while. They will tell you the truth. The dream should wake up. Up!"

Portitus, Marugineensis, Ambustus, Scipia and others looked at each other, and Publius' words confirmed their concerns.

Finally, Portitus gave a light cough and said, "We already know what you are coming for. We are going to discuss this matter. You can go out and wait for our decision."

Publius bowed a salute, and when he turned and walked out of the temple gate, the faces of his former colleagues did not have the arrogance of the past, but more of a kind of panic and jealousy, which made him say no in his heart. Excitingly, he raised his head and stepped forcefully out of the hall door step by step. When leaving the gloomy apse, he also saw Desimus and Domizius being taken into the hall by the guards.

A few hours later, he was led into the apse again, only Ambustus was left in the apse.

"You have made a decision?" Publius asked directly.

"Sit down and talk, Publius." Ambustus didn't answer right away, but pointed to the seat next to him.

Pubulius was not polite. He sat down and put his hands on his chest: "From what I know about the Roman Senate, your decision must be to refuse to surrender, right?!"

Ambustus looked at him without speaking.

"I'm actually very happy to see you not surrendering, because you are a group of selfish, arrogant and cruel people, it is best to die on this mountain!" Publius said mockingly, and then talked. Turn: "But besides you, there are your family members on this mountain, as well as other people, especially those common people. They are already lying on the ground with hunger, and they can't even make a wailing sound. Do you have the heart to let them? To be buried with you, there are thousands of people! Do you really want the Roman nobles to be completely extinct?!"

Ambustus convulsed a few times. He did not respond directly, but said softly: "Pubulius, Marcus insisted on helping the civilians at the beginning and almost provoke civil strife. The Senate did that. There is no way to make the decision—"

"Facts have proved that what Marcus did was right. If the Senate passed his suggestions at that time, today the Roman civilians would not take refuge in Dionia, and you would not fall into the predicament you are today. !..." Publius loudly vented his dissatisfaction with the Roman Senate that he had held in his heart over the years.

"Perhaps we have made some wrong decisions over the years..." Ambustus sighed, stared at him, and said with a heavy tone: "The Manlius clan is one of the oldest clan in Rome. , Living here for generations, there are many relatives of your family married on this mountain, there are people who have given you favors, there are people you have helped...Do you have the heart to abandon all this, including your childhood Jupiter and Juno of Faith——"

Pubulius raised his brows and interrupted him: "What the **** do you want to say?"

Ambustus looked at him sincerely, and said with a sad expression: "We underestimated this war with the Dionians. We originally thought that even if they captured Rome, as long as Camilos The return of the army of Rome will be able to retake Rome again, so we brought so many people up the mountain, but listening to you, the army led by Camillos has been defeated, so the plan to return to Rome is nowhere in sight. Our food is already very tight...Ah, the people’s tragedy, I believe you have seen it when you went up the mountain. In a few days, they...may starve to death on this mountain because they have no food to eat..."

Speaking of this, tears flickered in Ambustus’ eyes: "You guessed it, we are not prepared to surrender, but we hope to allow them to descend and surrender so that they will not become food for crows..."

Pubulius was stunned, and Ambustus’ request made him feel very embarrassed: The Dionians were forced to surrender the Romans on the mountain by besieging Capitoline and using the method of running out of food. However, Ambustus hopes to arrange for most of the people who caused the greatest food consumption to go down the mountain, so that he can continue to hold on. It is impossible for the shrewd King Dionia to let the Roman elders think they are smart. The proposal succeeded!

Ambustus saw Publius being silent, and immediately supported his hands on the ground, bent down, and knocked his forehead heavily on the ground.

Pubulius was startled, and hurriedly got up and avoided: "Ambustus, what are you doing?!"

"Please! Save these fellows!" Ambustus begged.

"I...it's useless, King Daves won't agree!" Publius shook his head vigorously.

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

If Portitus and Marugineencis do this, it will only have the opposite effect, but Ambustus has 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 persuade King Daves."

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

"Thanks no need to mention, you curse me a few words, I will be content." Publius said mockingly.

Ambustus coughed awkwardly.

"But...you 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 allowed to go down the mountain in the end, I am afraid that there will be no good results! "Publius warned.

Ambustus smiled bitterly: "There is hope in life, we can't ask for more."

Pubulius was silent.

"By the way, have you ever 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 house, but they did not suffer any harm. King Davos seemed to be interested in Storo. Yesterday he let him meet with the captured Minusius. Noodles..."

"Minusius 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 did not speak.

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"This is the condition put forward by those Roman elders?!" Daves looked directly at Publius without anger.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Publius did not dare to make eye contact with Daves. He lowered his head and said respectfully: "After I went up the mountain, I have been patiently persuading them, and even took the first few The Roman nobles who were captured in the second battle wanted them to recognize the facts, but they never compromised...I can only bring back their proposal..."

"You have worked hard!" Daves complimented, and then said flatly: "It seems that these stubborn Roman elders still don't give up."

Pubulius felt tight and did not dare to answer.

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

"There are about 6000 people."

"6000 people..." Daves pondered for a while, and then asked: "After the Celtics captured Rome, how many people were guarding Capitoline Hill?"

Pubulius did not understand why Daves asked this question for a while, and he answered truthfully: "532 people."

Daves thought for a while, turned to face him, and said decisively: "I promised their request to allow the Romans to go down the mountain, but they can only serve as officials of the kingdom, and the mountain only Can retain 500 people."

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