Rome Must Fall Chapter 32: Post-war deliberations

Even though Maximus has only been in this world for a month and has not fully integrated into it. He still acts like a bystander in his daily activities. However, the fact that the always amiable old man who has been with him day and night turns into a cold corpse in the blink of an eye still makes him He felt doubly uncomfortable, and at the same time he felt even more guilty: because he did not gather the baggage team members who were scattered in the camp to put out the fire as early as possible and lead them to escape to the back mountain as quickly as possible, which resulted in a chaotic retreat. After going up the mountain, he found the baggage team leader More than thirty people have been killed, and now Saria's body appears here...I'm afraid others are also in this pool...

When he thought of this, Maximus' breathing became rapid. He didn't dare to look anymore, worried about seeing other familiar corpses again.

Cross, who was beside Maximus, suddenly roared, startling him. The Gallic warrior gritted his teeth and said: "The Romans slaughtered our captive brothers, and this must be repaid with blood!"

None of the other leaders, including Spartacus, objected, and they were equally angry.

"After breakfast, gather the brothers and sacrifice the blood of those Roman prisoners!" Spartacus made a cold decision.

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"Kill him!!! Kill him!!! Kill him!!!..." The rebel soldiers who had already paid homage to the "Thousands of People Grave" saw Grabo being escorted into the center of the camp. Roaring angrily.

Seeing this scene, Grabo knew that he would not be spared today. He raised his head high, glanced at everyone with contempt, and sneered: "Slaves who don't know whether to live or die, don't look at your rampage today, the Roman army will break through tomorrow. Your camp, hang you on the cross until your dirty blood is gone——"

Before he finished his curse words, he felt great pain in his body, and a sharp sword point emerged from his chest...

Cross stabbed him in the chest several times, completely shattering his heart. Until he stopped struggling, he chopped off his head with a knife and held it high in his hand.

The soldiers cheered louder.

Then came the Roman army officers, and then the ordinary soldiers. They were executed one by one by the rebel firing squad. There were more than 400 people in total. This was not the total number of prisoners. The other prisoners were either Campani Auxiliaries, either slaves of the Roman legions, survived.

Maximus made a suggestion: cremate all the corpses in the camp and farm as soon as possible to avoid the plague.

Even if Maximus explained, Spartacus, Cross and other leaders still did not understand "why too many corpses would cause a plague", but just the word "plague" was enough to make them nervous. What's more, the weather is hot, and the pile of corpses is easy to stink and breed mosquitoes, which makes people feel frightened, so no one objects to Maximus's suggestion.

The entire rebel army took action, collecting firewood and burning corpses. There were blazing fires and thick smoke everywhere in the camp. They were busy for a whole day.

During this process, rebel soldiers who were defeated and fled in the battle yesterday returned to the camp one after another. They escaped from the pursuit of the Roman army yesterday and did not go far away. They hid in the nearby mountains. At night, the sound of killings at the wine farm was loud. , they all felt it, but they didn’t know what happened, so they quietly sent people over to spy today, and they were surprised to find that the Roman camp was full of rebel soldiers...

In the middle of the night, more than 400 rebel soldiers who had been separated returned, including 15 gladiators who were originally thought to have died in the battle. The whole army was immersed in joy.

In such an atmosphere of victory, the rebel leaders held a meeting of military commanders in the living room of the wine farm.

"Now that we have defeated the Roman army and captured a large amount of weapons and equipment, our strength has been strengthened, but the Romans will never give up. They will definitely deploy a more powerful army to destroy us, so we must do it next time Before a Roman army arrives, strengthen our team as soon as possible!" As soon as the meeting began, Spartacus was warning everyone.

"Don't worry, Spartacus. Before, we were just fighting in a small way, and we were able to expand the original number of more than 200 people to more than 4,000 people in less than a month. Now we have defeated the Roman army, Having demonstrated our strength, more slaves will definitely join us, and we also have enough weapons to equip them. When the Roman army comes again, we are fully capable of defeating them from the front!"

When Cross said this, he felt ashamed in his heart. He had fought with the Roman army before, and he also had fear deep in his heart. That's why when facing the Roman army, he couldn't bear the pressure and followed him closely. Enomui's left wing charged, and this time the Vesuvian raid gave him increased confidence.

"I agree with Cross, our team will soon become large, and the new brothers will no longer be armed with hoes and clubs, but actual short swords and spears. However, we need to strengthen their control training, otherwise even if they have weapons, they will still be timid and run away when facing the Roman attack!" Enomui said loudly. In yesterday's battle, he fought bravely in the front, but the new recruits in the rear fled first. This impression is really profound.

"It seems that everyone has realized that no matter how many of our people we have, if we lack training, we will just run away on the battlefield." Spartacus looked at Hamilcar and said seriously: "About training soldiers Hamilcar, you must not only step up the implementation of the matter, but also impose stricter requirements on the brothers, and we will fully cooperate, so that we can be sure to win when we encounter the Roman army again in the future."

"I will do my best to help the recruits improve their combat capabilities!" Hamilka promised first, and then said: "I have another proposal. Now we have nearly 500 Campania prisoners, most of them They are Neapolitans. We should not let them go like we did at the Temple of Flora last time, but take them outside the city of Naples and negotiate with the people in the city, letting them use slaves and gladiators. Come in exchange for these prisoners.

And there is another advantage to doing this. I heard that Naples is a trading city with many merchants. They will spread the news of our victory faster and wider, attracting more slaves to join our team. ”

"This is a good idea!" Spartacus slapped his thigh hard. ~IndoMTL.com~ I also think this is a good idea, these Campanian prisoners cannot be let go in vain. However, we don’t know much about the situation of slaves and gladiators in Naples. What if the Naples insert some people who are loyal to them among the people exchanged, and then instruct them to cause trouble in our team? "Altonix raised his concerns.

"I hate traitors the most, and it's very troublesome to clean them up!" Cross agreed, and looked at Maximus intentionally or unintentionally.

Spartacus thought for a while and said: "We will not lack soldiers. Those who voluntarily join us are the most reliable. There is no need to ask Napoli for people. What we lack most now are weapons. It is better to let Napoli How about exchanging weapons for these prisoners?"

No one objected this time.

Spartacus looked at everyone and continued: "We are not familiar with the gladiators in Naples, but we are familiar with the gladiators in Capua. There are many gladiator schools there, and most of them are in They have fought against us in the arena outside the city. After a few days, after our strength has recovered, we will send a team to raid outside the city of Capua, rescue the gladiators there, let them join us, and strengthen our The power of!"

"I agree! Send me there when the time comes. The Radi Gladiator School there are all Germanic warriors. I have long wanted to save them!" Enomui said excitedly.

Others also agreed. After all, training new recruits is a long-term process, but the joining of gladiators brings immediate combat effectiveness, and they have a common language with them.

"There is one more thing I want to discuss with you." Spartacus said cautiously: "I want to abandon the current camp and lead the army to establish a new camp at the farm not far to the north."