Rome Must Fall Chapter 67: Requests of the Lukelians

"These Lucianians are willing to assist us in attacking Pompeii, only to kill a few nobles in Pompeii, especially Vitius, who according to them is the chief culprit in trying to seize their land... ..." Spartacus said: "As long as we agree to do this, these Lucelias are willing to join our team and help us fight against the Roman army."

"How many of these Lukelians are there who want to join us?" Cross asked.

"More than 50 people."

"More than 50 people?!" Cross laughed: "Now there are more than 500 people coming to seek refuge with us every day. Do we still lack fifty people like him!"

"Most of the more than fifty people were once officers of the Roman legion. The leader was a chief centurion of the legion. He told us that there were many comrades in Italy who were in the same situation as him, and he was willing to go Mobilize them to join our team..." Hamilka introduced with emphasis.

Another centurion, still the chief... Maximus' expression changed slightly.

"We just annihilated a Roman legion a few days ago. We have killed not many of their officers! We have many people who want to join the team and have hatred for Rome. These people among the Roman senators The Roman soldiers who under their command invaded other countries' lands and massacred other countries' people are not worthy of our attention at all!" Cross said with some excitement.

"Although our current team exceeds 10,000 people, due to too many people joining these days, the team is relatively chaotic and lacks training, so it is not suitable for going out to fight." Altonix said cautiously: "And our team We have no experience in siege warfare, and we lack siege equipment. Because of our presence, the surrounding towns have strengthened their defenses. Although Pompeii is not big, the walls are four or five meters high. If we lead the army to attack, the casualties will definitely be considerable. , and once we fail to capture it, it will not only affect our morale, but also damage our prestige..."

"I am interested in attacking the city, but I don't want to do it because of the Romans' request." Enomui said directly.

Attumus then said: "If we lead the army to fight in formation, I have no objection. If we go to attack the city... forget it."

"I think we can send troops to attack Pompeii." Maximus attracted everyone's attention as soon as he opened his mouth, and he said calmly: "Not for those Lukelians, but for ourselves! Now that more and more people are joining us, we don’t have to worry about food. After all, it’s the harvest season, and the soldiers go out to harvest wheat every day, which is enough to sustain us for a while. But apart from food, we are in urgent need of some supplies, Tao Pots, linens, tents, copper pots... We have cleaned the farms in the Vesuvius area. There may be some other farms outside of this, but there should not be too many, and our needs are huge. , only by capturing a small seaside town with busy trade like Pompeii, we can not only meet our needs, but also obtain more, such as blacksmiths!"

"Do you think attacking a town is as easy as cooking dinner?" Cross glanced at him contemptuously: "You said it was easy, but it will cost a lot of people!"

Maximus said seriously: "When we rise up to resist the Romans, we are risking our lives. If we don't give it a try, we will never know whether we have the ability to capture a town, and Aren’t there Luckylians who are here to help us?”

"Lukelians?" Cross sneered: "Who knows if they are deliberately deceiving us and want us to die!"

"Okay, no more words, let's vote." After Spartacus finished speaking, Cross immediately made a firm statement: "I do not agree to attack Pompeii!"

"I don't agree either." Altonix said immediately.

"I cannot agree to the Lucelia people's request." Enomui shook his head and said.

Hamilcar looked at Spartacus, then at Maximus, and said softly: "I think we can agree to the Lucelia people's request and try to attack Pompeii."

Maximus cheered up: "I also agree to attack Pompeii."

Now it's Cross's turn to be nervous, because in the vast majority of previous meetings, Spartacus and Hamilcar's opinions were unanimous, and this time is probably no exception. When the time comes, the vote will be three to three. Tickets, should such a small matter be temporarily shelved because of this? Wouldn’t it make this kid Maximus laugh! ...Cross was feeling irritable when he heard Spartacus say: "I don't agree to attack Pompeii either. I can only refuse the Lucelia people's request."

Cross was overjoyed when he heard this: "That's it, let's get rid of those Lukelians!"

After speaking, he looked at Maximus, but Maximus looked calm and did not see any disappointment.

Cross rolled his eyes and said: "Spartacus, I have a proposal."

"You said."

"Since Attumus served as the captain of the Fifth Battalion, he has been deeply loved by the soldiers and accumulated a lot of prestige, and the Fifth Battalion he led also performed very well in this battle to defeat the Roman legions. , I think it’s time for him to become one of us and become a real military commander!”

Cross is not a person who is good at thinking about others. The reason why he took the initiative to mention it this time was because he suddenly realized that Spartacus had a close relationship with Hamilka and Altonix. , coupled with Maximus, who had no dealings with him, he had too great an advantage in the voting of the military chiefs meeting. Although the newly joined Attumus had a normal relationship with him, he also had a similar relationship with Spartacus. Not too close, but bringing him in can also increase your chances of making suggestions and getting approved in the future.

Attumus gave Cross a grateful look.

"Originally, I was going to mention this matter, but I didn't expect you to say it first, Cross. This just shows that Attumus's performance has won the recognition of all of us, so now we will decide whether he has obtained the Military Chiefs Conference Let’s vote for our voting rights.” Spartacus said seriously.

The result of the vote was naturally unanimous, and since then the number of rebel leaders has increased to seven.

Just as everyone was congratulating Artemous, Cross said again: "I have another proposal——"

Cross looked at Maximus and said in a deep voice: "This time we went to attack the Roman army and assigned all the nearly 500 slaves who joined us to the supply camp~IndoMTL.com~This is just a The temporary measures have resulted in the number of soldiers in the supply camp guard now being as high as more than 700. I think that the supply camp, which is responsible for providing us with food and treating wounded soldiers, does not need to go into battle to kill the enemy. It is a complete waste to recruit so many soldiers. How about we transfer half of the soldiers to other brigades, what do you think?"

As soon as Cross said this, the originally relaxed atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became solemn.

The rebel army has undergone rectification and reorganization in the six months since its establishment, but its organizational structure is still relatively loose. The leaders of each brigade and transport battalion are like princes of one party, with great power. Even the other leaders are Spartacus. Nor can one interfere with the affairs of the team without the consent of the leader. Cross wanted to remove the personnel assigned to the supply camp, which was a clear way to humiliate Maximus and undermine his prestige as the leader of the supply camp.

Such a thing has never happened in previous meetings of military commanders. I am afraid that Cross still remembers the incident where soldiers in his brigade were caned in public for insulting women in the medical team two months ago. Taking advantage of this victory, opportunity to retaliate.

"While you were leading the army on the expedition, Naples sent many spies to approach our camp. If we hadn't seen hundreds of soldiers from the supply camp guard conducting military training in front of the camp, I'm afraid we would have waited for you to win. When we came back, the supplies in the camp had long been looted by the Campanians. This is the role of the **** with enough soldiers. If Cross, you want to take away my people, then you will send troops to fight in the future. , the second team will always stay at the camp!

Maximus responded coldly, and then said: "I also have a suggestion! The soldiers of the second brigade often say that they don't eat much, and the food they usually give them is a bit too much. I suggest that in the future, we give them a little too much food. When the brigade distributes food, cut it in half!"