Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Speaking of which, Pulius also felt sore in his heart. He exhaled lightly, and then said aloud: "So, King Dionia wants you to surrender!"

The venue suddenly boiled again, and many elders stood up angrily and said to Pupulius, "The Romans would rather die than surrender!..." and so on. Of course, some elders were in Frustrated and whispered "How can even Fidena and Gabi be occupied by the Dionysians?!..."

"Is the King of Dionysia too confident!" Portitus sneered: "Even if what you just said is true, we had not experienced it when the Celtics invaded, and that time The situation is worse than this time, and in the end we 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!" Puglius retorted loudly: "Kyle The special people burned and looted in the Etruscan and Latium areas, causing all races to oppose them, and their atrocities were punished by the gods, causing them to contract the plague before they were finally killed by Camillus. The led, united Latins were defeated, but now—"

Pbulius shook his head and pointed his finger down the hill outside the hall: "Not only did the Etruscan city-states align with Dionia, but Latin cities such as Priest and Bonnet also successively surrendered to Dior Niah, even the Roman civilians in the city have almost become citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia. Except here, the city of Rome has become a city of Dionysia. You have become an isolate in the Latium region!——"

"Fake! What you said is fake! Dionysia is an intruder. Etruscan and Latin city-states are unlikely to align with it, they will only be loyal to Rome!" In a riotous venue, Lucretius veteran shouted hysterically.

Puglius turned to look at him, and all he saw was pity: "I don't need to lie. You can ask Desimus and Dominius later, they will tell you the truth, the dream must be awake!"

Portitus, Marugine Ensis, Ambustus, and Great Sipiah looked at each other, and Publius's words confirmed their concerns.

In the end, Portitus coughed softly and said, "We already know your intention. We will discuss this matter. You go out and wait for our decision."

Puglius paid a tribute. In the process of turning around and going out of the hall, the former colleagues did not have the arrogance of the past, more of a kind of fear and jealousy, which made him feel inexplicable. He raised his head and stepped vigorously out of the hall door step by step. When leaving the dark apse, he also saw Desimus and Dominius being brought into the hall by the guards.

A few hours later, he was again led into the apse, leaving Ambustus alone.

"Have you made a good decision?" Pubulius asked directly.

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

Puglius was not polite, sat down with his arms folded, his arms folded across his chest: "With my knowledge of the Roman Senate, your decision must be to refuse surrender, right?"

Ambustus looked at him without speaking.

"I'm actually happy to see you don't surrender, because you are all a group of selfish, arrogant and cruel people. It's best to die on this mountain!" Puglius said sarcastically, and then he turned back: " But in addition to you, your family and other people on this mountain, especially those civilians, they are already hungry lying on the ground, even the wailing sound can not be heard, do you have the heart to let them with you Funeral, there are thousands of people! Do you really want the Roman nobility to be completely extinct?!"

Ambustus twitched a few times, but he did not respond directly, but said softly: "Publius, Marcus was determined to help the civilians, almost provoke civil strife, and the Senate made such a decision. There is no way—"

"It turns out that what Marcus did is right. If the Senate passed his recommendations at that time, today the Roman civilians would not turn to Dionysia, nor would you fall into such a dilemma today... "Publius loudly vented his dissatisfaction with the Roman Senate in these years.

"Maybe we have made some wrong decisions over the years..." Ambustus sighed, staring at him, and said in a heavy tone: "The Manlius clan is one of the oldest clan in Rome, from generation to generation. Living here for generations, there are a lot of relatives of your family marriage on this mountain, some people who have given you favors, and some people you have helped... Do you have the heart to abandon all this, including Zhu, who you believed in since childhood Pete and Juno—"

Publius raised his eyebrows, interrupting his words: "What the hell do you want to say?"

Ambustus looked at him with a sincere face and said painfully: "We underestimated the war with the Dionysians. We originally thought that even if they captured Rome, as long as the army of Camulus returned , We can recapture Rome again, so we brought so many people up the mountain, but as you said, the army led by Camulus has been defeated, so the plan to return to Rome is far away, and our food It's already very tight... Alas, the misery of the people, I believe you have seen it when you went up the mountain, and within a few days, they...maybe starved to death on this mountain because they have no food to eat..."

Speaking of which, the tears in Ambustus' eyes flashed: "You guessed it, we are not ready to surrender, but hope to allow them to surrender down the mountain so that they will not become food for crows..."

Publius was stunned, and Ambustus’s request made him feel embarrassed: the Dionysians were besieging the Capitolin Mountain and using the method of breaking the grain to force the Romans on the mountain to surrender. However, Stus hoped that most of the people who caused the most of their food consumption would be arranged to go down the mountain, so that they could continue to stick to it. The wise King of Dionysia could not let the Roman veterans' self-sufficient proposal succeed. !

When Ambulustus saw Publius silent, he immediately put his hands on the ground, bent down, and knocked his forehead heavily on the ground.

Puglius was startled and hurriedly got up to avoid: "Ambustus, what are you doing?"

"Please! Save your compatriots!" Ambustus begged.

"I... useless, King Davers will not agree!" Pueblius shook his head hard.

Ambustus did not speak, but lay on the ground all the time.

If Portitus and Marugine Ensis did this, it would only have the opposite effect, but Ambustus had a good relationship with Publius in the past.For a long time, he sighed helplessly and finally responded: "Well, I tried my best to persuade King Daveus."

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

"Thank you for not mentioning it, you curse me a few words, I will be content." Puglius said self-deprecatingly.

Ambustus coughed awkwardly.

"But... don't have too much hope. King Dionia is very dissatisfied with the Roman nobility. Now you are making this suggestion. 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 when we live, we can't ask for more."

Publius 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 your daughter were imprisoned in your own house, but they did not suffer much. King Davers seemed to be interested in Stolo, and yesterday he also met with the captive Minusius... "

"Minusius was also captured?!" Ambustus was surprised.

"So I came to persuade you, because you have no hope anymore." Puglius persuaded again.

Ambustus didn't speak.

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"This is the condition that the Roman veterans put forward?!" Daveus stared at Publius with angrily.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Pueblius did not dare to make eye contact with Davers. He lowered his head and said politely: "After I went up the mountain, I persuaded them patiently, and even took them to the previous battles. The captive Roman aristocracy wanted them to recognize the facts, but they never compromised...I can only bring back their proposal..."

"You have worked hard!" Daveus praised, and then said flatly: "It seems that these stubborn Roman elders are still not giving up."

Puglius felt tight, and he dared not answer.

With his hands on his shoulders, Davers walked a few steps in the center of the Senate and suddenly asked: "How many Romans are there on the hill?"

"There are about 6,000 people."

"6000 people..." Daveus pondered for a while, and then asked: "How many people were on the Capitolin after the Celtics captured Rome?"

Puglius didn't understand why Davos had this question, and he answered truthfully: "532 people."

After thinking for a while, Davers turned to face him and said decisively: "I promised them to allow the Romans to go down the mountain, but they can only serve as the official princes of the kingdom, and only 500 on the mountain. people."

Henepolis, who was on the side, listened and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, this is a Roman trick! They wanted to--"