Vol 8 Chapter 201: Persuade (2)

Speaking of this, Publius also had a sorrow in his heart. He sighed and said loudly: "So the King of Dionia wants you to surrender!"
The meeting suddenly boiled again, and many of the veterans stood up in anger and said to Pubrius that "the Romans would rather die, never surrender!..." and so on. Of course, some veterans are there. Frustrated whispered "How do you even have a chance to be captured by the Dionys, and Gabi??...".
"Donian kings are not too confident!" Pottyus sneered: "Even if what you said is true, we did not experience it when the Celtics invaded, and that time. The situation is worse than this time, and we are finally winning!"
"The invasion of the Celtics and the invasion of Dionia are totally different. I believe that although you are trapped in the mountains, you should be able to feel it!" Prelius retorted loudly: "Kyle The special people burned and looted in the Etruscan and Latin regions, causing all races to oppose them, and their atrocities were punished by the gods, causing them to become infected with the plague and eventually to be Camilles. The led and united Latins defeated, but now --"
Publius shook his head and pointed his finger to the mountain outside the temple: "Not only the city-states of Etruscan have formed an alliance with Dionia, but the Latin city-states such as Prinistre and Bonnet have also successively returned to Dior. Nia, even the Roman civilians in the city have almost become citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia. Apart from here, the city of Rome has become a city of Dionia, and you have become an isolated person in the Latin region!-"
"Fake! You are all false! Diaonia is an intruder, Etruscan and Latin city-states cannot be allied with it, they will only be loyal to Rome!" In a rioting venue, Luketicus veteran hysterical martyrdom.
Publius turned his head and looked at him. All he had was pity: "I don't have to lie. You can ask Desmus and Domius for a while. They will tell you the truth, and the dream will wake up!"
Portitos, Marugin Nessis, Ambustus, Great Sippia and others looked at each other, and the words of Pubulis confirmed their concerns.
In the end, Portistus coughed and said: "We already know what you are doing, we have to discuss this matter, you should go out and wait for our decision."
Pubrius took a ritual. In the process of turning around and going out of the temple door, the faces of the former colleagues did not have the arrogance of the past, more of a kind of fear and hatred, which made him feel unspeakable in his heart. He raised his head and stepped out of the temple door step by step. When he left the dark apse, he also saw De Sims and Domijis being taken into the temple by the guards.
A few hours later, he was led into the apse again, and only Ambustus was left in the back hall.
"You have made a decision?" Publius asked directly.
"Sit down and talk, Prebrius." Ambustus did not answer immediately, but pointed to the seat next to him.
Pubrius was not polite, sat down with his hands on his chest: "With my understanding of the Roman Senate, your decision must be to refuse to surrender, right?!"
Ambustus looked at him and didn't speak.
"I am really happy to see that you don't surrender, because you are a group of selfish, arrogant and cruel people, and it is best to die on this mountain!" Publius said sarcastically, and then turned around: " But on this mountain, apart from you, your family, and other people, especially the civilians, they are all hungry on the ground, and even the voice of screaming cannot be heard. Do you have the heart to let them be with you? With the funeral, this is a few thousand people! Do you really want the Roman aristocracy to be completely extinct?!"
Ambustus twitched a few times. He did not respond directly, but whispered: "Pubulius, when Marcus insisted on helping civilians, almost provoked civil strife, and the Senate made such a decision. No way -"
"It turns out that what Markus did was right. If the Senate passed his suggestions at that time, today Roman civilians will not trust in Dionia, and you will not fall into the predicament of today!... Publius vented his dissatisfaction with the Roman Senate in his heart these years.
"Maybe we made some wrong decisions in these years..." Ambustus sighed and stared at him, saying in a heavy tone: "The Manlius clan is one of the oldest clan in Rome, a generation The generation lives here, there are many relatives of your family marriage on this mountain, people who have given you the favor, people you have helped... Do you have the heart to abandon all of this, including your childhood beliefs Zhu Pitt and Juno -"
Publius raised his brow and interrupted him: "What do you want to say?"
Ambustus looked at him with sincerity and said with a deep expression: "We underestimated the war with the Dionys. I thought that even if they captured Rome, they would return to Camilles. We can recapture Rome again, so we brought so many people up the mountain, but as you said, the army led by Camillaus has been defeated, so the plan to return to Rome is far away, and our food It’s already very tight... Hey, the horrors of the people, I believe you saw it when you went up the mountain. After a few days, they... may starve to death on this mountain because there is no food to eat...

Speaking of this, Ambustus’s eyes flashed in tears:
You guessed it’s right, we are not prepared to surrender, but we hope to allow them to surrender and let them not become food for the crow...

Publius stunned, and Ambustus’s request made him feel very embarrassed: the Diaonians forced the Romans on the mountain to surrender by siege the Capitoline and using the method of breaking grain. Stewart hopes that most of the people who cause their greatest food consumption will be arranged to go downhill so that they can continue to hold on. The savvy King of Dionia is unlikely to make the self-righteous proposals of the Roman veterans successful. !
Ambustus saw that Publius was silent, and immediately put his hands on the ground, bent down and put his forehead heavily on the ground.
Publius was shocked and hurried to get away from it: "Ambleus, what are you doing?!"
"I beg you! Save these fellows!" Ambustus pleaded.
"I... useless, King Davers will not agree!" Publius shook his head.
Ambustus did not speak, but he kept lying on the ground.
If it was Potitos and Maruji Neensis, it would only be counterproductive, but Ambustus had a good relationship with Pubrius. For a long time, he sighed helplessly and finally responded: "Well, I try my best to convince King Davers."
"Thank you, thank you! I thank you for the whole mountain!" Ambustus sat up and said gratefully.
"Thank you for not mentioning it. If you curse me a few words, I will be content." Publius said with a self-deprecating statement.
Ambustus coughed a few times.
"But... you don't have much hope. The King of Dionia is very dissatisfied with the Roman aristocracy. Now you have made this suggestion. Even if they are allowed to go down, I am afraid there will be no good results!" Lius warned.
Ambustus smiled bitterly: "There is hope in life, we can't ask for more."
Pubulis is silent.
"Right, have you 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 homes, but there was no harm. King Davers seemed to be interested in Stolo. He was also asked yesterday to meet with the captured Minusius...

"Minusius was also captured?!" Ambustus was surprised.
"So I came to persuade you, 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 the Roman elders?!" Daphus looked straight at Pubrius without anger.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Publius did not dare to contact Davis. He lowered his head and said with respect: "I have patiently persuaded them after I went up the mountain, and even took them to the first few battles. The captured Roman aristocrats wanted them to recognize the facts, but they never compromised... I can only bring back their proposals..."
"You have worked hard!" Daphus praised a ~EbookFREE.me~ and then said in a plain tone: "It seems that these stubborn Roman veterans still do not give up."
Publius was in a tight heart and did not dare to answer.
Daves shouldered his hands and walked a few steps in the center of the Senate's venue. He suddenly asked: "How many Romans are there on the mountain?"
"About 6,000 people."
"6000 people..." Daphus pondered for a moment, and asked: "How many people were there on the Capitoline Hill after the Celtics captured the city of Rome?"
Publius didn't understand why Davers had this question. He replied truthfully: "532 people."
Davers thought about it and turned to face him. He said decisively: "I promised them to allow the Romans to go down, but they can only be the public of the kingdom, and only 500 people can be kept on the mountain.

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