Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 855

[Chapter 201 Persuading to surrender (2)]

Speaking of this, Publius was also aching for a while, he sighed lightly, and then said loudly: “Therefore, King Dionia wants you to surrender!”

The venue suddenly boiled again, and many elders were angry one after another. He stood up and said to Publius, “The Romans would rather die than surrender!” Was also occupied by the Dionians?!…” and so on.

“Is the king of Dionia too confident!” Portitus sneered: “Even if what you just said is true, it’s not that we didn’t experience it when the Celts invaded, and that time The situation is worse than this time, and we finally won!”

“The Celtic invasion is completely different from the Dionysian invasion. I believe that although you are trapped on the mountain, you should be able to feel it. !” Publius retorted loudly: “The Celts burned, killed and looted in Etruria and Latinum, causing all races to oppose them, and their atrocities were punished by the gods, Let them be infected with the plague, and they will eventually be defeated by the united Latin people led by Camelous, but now—”

Publius shook his head and pointed his finger to the foot of the mountain outside the temple gate: “Not only does

The Etruscan city-states successively allied with Dionia, and Latin city-states such as Prinister and Bonne also joined Dionia one after another, and almost all the Roman civilians in the city became citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia. Except here, the city of Rome has completely become a city of Dionia, and you have become the isolates of the Latinum region!—”

“False! What you said is false! Dionia is an invader. , Etruscan and Latin city-states cannot ally with it, they will only be loyal to Rome!” In the riotous venue, Elder Lucretius roared hysterically.

Publius turned to look at him, and there was only pity in his eyes: “I don’t need to lie, you can ask Desimus and Domigius later, they will tell you the truth, it’s time to wake up from the dream!”

Portitus, Marugineensis, Ambustus, Scipio the Great, and others looked at each other, and Publius’ words confirmed their worries.

In the end, Portitus coughed lightly and said, “We already know your intention. We have to discuss this matter. You go out and wait for our decision.”

Publius saluted and turned around. In the process of walking out of the hall, the faces of his former colleagues lost the arrogance of the past, and more of a kind of fear and hatred, which made him feel indescribably happy, he raised his head and stepped out forcefully step by step. When he left the dark apse, he also saw Desimus and Domius being brought into the hall by the guards.

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

“Have you made a decision?” Publius asked directly.

“Sit down and talk, Publius.” Ambestus did not answer immediately, but pointed to the seat prepared for him next to him.

Publius was not polite, he sat down and folded his hands on his chest: “From what I know about the Roman Senate, the decision you made must be to refuse to surrender, right?!”

Ambustus looked at He didn’t speak.

“I’m actually very happy to see that you don’t surrender, because you are all a group of selfish, arrogant and cruel people, and it is best to die on this mountain!” Publius said sarcastically, and then changed the subject: ” But on this mountain, besides you, there are your family members, and other people, especially those civilians. They are already lying on the ground so hungry that they can’t even make a sound of screaming. Do you have the heart to let them come with you? Burial, there are thousands of people! Do you really want the Roman nobles to be completely wiped out?!”

Ambustus twitched a few times, he did not respond directly, but said softly: “Publius, When Marcus insisted on helping the commoners, he almost provoked civil strife, and there is no way for the Senate to make such a decision-”

“It turns out that what Marcus did was right. If the senate had passed his recommendations at that time, the Roman commoners would not have taken refuge in Dionia, and you would not have fallen into the predicament you are today! … “Publius vented loudly his dissatisfaction with the Roman Senate that he had held in his heart over the years.

“Maybe we have made some wrong decisions over the years…” Ambustus sighed, stared at him, and said in a heavy tone: “As one of the oldest clans in Rome, the Manlius clan has been around for generations. You have lived here for generations, and there are many relatives on this mountain that your families have married, some who have given you favors, and some people you have helped… Don’t you have the heart to abandon all of this, including Zhu, who you believed in since childhood Pete and Juno—

” Publius raised

his brows and interrupted him: “What are you trying to say?”

Ambestus looked at him sincerely, and said with a sad expression: “We We underestimated the war with the Dionians. We thought that even if Rome was captured by them, as long as the army of Camillous returned, we would be able to retake Rome again, so we brought so many people up the mountain, but According to what you said, the army led by Camillous has been defeated, so the plan to return to Rome is far away, and our food is already very tight… Alas, the tragic situation of the people, I believe that you will be gone when you go up the mountain. I have seen that in a few days, they…may starve to death on this mountain because there is no food to eat…”

Having said that, Ambestus’ eyes flashed with tears: “You guessed it right, we are Not ready to surrender, but I hope they will be allowed to come down and surrender so that they will not become food for the crows…”

Publius was stunned, and Ambstus’ request made him very embarrassed: The Dionysians It was by besieging the Capitoline Mountain and forcing the Romans on the mountain to surrender by using the method of running out of food, but Ambustus hoped to arrange most of the people who caused their biggest food consumption to go down the mountain, so that he could continue to hold on. The shrewd King Dionysus could not have allowed the wise proposal of the Roman senators to succeed!

Seeing that Publius was silent, Ambestus immediately put his hands on the ground, bent down, and slammed his forehead on the ground.

Publius was startled and hurriedly got up to avoid: “Ambestus, what are you doing?!”

“Please! Save these compatriots!” Ambestus begged .

“I… useless, King Davos will not agree!” Publius shook his head vigorously.

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

If Portitus and Malujinsis did this, it would only have the opposite effect, but Ambostus used to have a good relationship with Publius.

After a long time, he sighed helplessly, and finally responded: “Okay, I will try my best to try to convince King Davos.”

“Thank you, thank you! I thank you for the people on the whole mountain!” Ambustus Sitting up, he said gratefully.

“I don’t need to mention thank you, you can stop cursing me a few words, and I will be content.” Publius said with a self-deprecating sentence.

Ambestus coughed awkwardly.

“But…don’t hold your hopes too high, King Dionia is very dissatisfied with the Roman nobles, and now you make this suggestion again, even if they are finally allowed to go down the mountain, I am afraid there will be no good results!” Pubu Lius warned.

Ambustus smiled bitterly: “There is hope in life, we can’t ask for more.”

Publius was silent.

“By the way, have you seen my youngest daughter and son-in-law in the city? How are they doing now?!” Ambostus 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 a little interested in Stolo, and yesterday he asked him to meet the captured Minusius… ”

Minusius was captured too?!” 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.

Ambestus did not speak.

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“Is this the condition proposed by those Roman elders?!” Davos looked directly at Publius without anger or joy.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Publius didn’t dare to make eye contact with Davos, he lowered his head and said respectfully: “After I went up the mountain, I have been patiently persuading them, and even brought them with me from the previous battles. The captured Roman nobles just hoped they could recognize the facts, but they never compromised… I can only bring back their proposal…”

“You’ve worked hard!” Davos praised, UU Reading www.sonicmtl .

com and then said in a flat tone: “It seems that these stubborn Roman elders still don’t give up.”

Publius was so nervous that he didn’t dare to answer.

Davos took a few steps in the center of the Senate meeting with his hands on his back, and suddenly asked, “How many Romans are there on the mountain?”

“About 6,000 people.”

“6,000 people…” Davos pondered for a while, then asked He

asked, “How many people were there on Capitoline Hill after the Celts captured Rome?”

Publius didn’t understand why Davos asked this question, and he answered truthfully: ” 532 people.”

Davos thought for a while, turned to face him, and said decisively: “I agree to their request and allow those Romans to go down the mountain, but they can only be the public servants of the kingdom, and they can only go up the mountain. Only 500 people can be kept.”

Henepolis on the side listened, and hurriedly persuaded: “Your Majesty, this is a Roman trick! They want to—”