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Chapter 806 Roman reinforcements arrive
His words met the concerns of Potitus, Marugene Ensis and others, and also made more disillusioned senators feel uneasy, and there was a commotion in the temple.

At this moment, a soldier came in and reported that the southwest direction of the city was brightly lit and the sound of killings was loud.

"Could it be that reinforcements are coming?!" A veteran's guess cheered everyone up.

Everyone hurriedly walked out of the temple and came to the edge of the cliff under the protection of the soldiers. Sure enough, they saw the dark night in the southwest reflected red by the fire, and there were also faint lights in other places surrounding the Roman city. It should be that the torches on the entire city wall were lit by the enemy.

"I'm afraid it's really reinforcements coming!" The elders stood on the edge of the cliff, staring at the distant flames with concern for gains and losses.

The people on the top of the mountain, led by the high priest, prayed excitedly and devoutly to the god Jupiter.

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It was 6000 Roman soldiers led by Quintus and Phrius who attacked. They did not prepare any other siege machinery. They only carried a dozen thick logs from Pliniste and went straight to the city with torches held high. Come.

Perhaps in the impression of the Roman soldiers, the Dionysians had just captured the city of Rome and were plundering the property and women in the city. It was when the city gates were wide open and the defenses were empty, just like the Aequians and the Aequians last year. Just like how the Hernicians captured Pliniste, or how the Celts captured Rome and other Latin city-states ten years ago, their attack was just enough to catch the enemy off guard.

Unexpectedly, he rushed outside the city of Rome and saw that the city was quiet, the gates of Rome were closed, torches were lit on the city, and enemy soldiers were fully armed and waiting.

The real situation was different from what they had imagined before. Quintus and Frius were a little nervous, but they still ordered the soldiers to make a tentative attack.

As a result, the Roman soldiers hugged the wood and climbed over the ditch with great effort to reach the city gate. They suffered a lot of casualties under the long-range attacks of the defenders. Then they quickly discovered that hitting the city gate with wood was ineffective. .

It turned out that when the Romans were defending the city, they sealed all the city gates with wood and stones due to lack of manpower.After the Dionian army entered the city, Daves only asked the soldiers to clear the Silio Gate on the south wall closest to the square and the Nivia Gate on the west (mainly for the convenience of transporting supplies into the city). The other city gates It was still sealed, which led to the failure of the Roman reinforcements to storm the city gate, and morale was hit.

Just when Quintus and Phrius were already considering retreat, the spies reported that they found two gaps in the west wall.

This gave the two Roman generals hope, and they immediately led the soldiers who wanted to rescue their relatives to attack the Western City.

As a result, the fourth and fifth Dionian legions were waiting at the gap in the city wall, and the light infantry on the wall violently attacked with bows, arrows, javelins, and stones. The Roman army that rushed into the gap soon suffered heavy casualties. , but could not make any progress. The morale originally inspired by the desire to save their homeland dropped rapidly. The fatigue caused by the long journey for a day took over the whole body, and the Roman reinforcements were quickly defeated.

Davos immediately sent out a cavalry legion and rushed out of Syrio Gate, preparing to chase the defeated troops and kill them all.

However, the cavalry was intercepted by the Prinist reinforcements led by Mejius. Because it was dark, Davos could not figure out how many reinforcements came from Rome for a while. In order to prevent accidents, he ordered to stop the pursuit, causing the Roman army to collapse. were able to escape.

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The fire in the distance lasted for less than half an hour and then went out. There was no movement anymore. It was obviously a failure.

The people on the Capitoline Hill were very depressed and sighed constantly.

"People of Rome, our army is far away in Helnicki, and it is impossible to arrive so soon. It is just reinforcements from other allies!..." At this time, Scipio's voice sounded, especially in the dark night. The clarity provided some relief to the disappointed people.

At this time, Potitus whispered to Marugine Ensis: "If... Camillus's army cannot recapture the city of Rome in a short time, there are too many people on the mountain, and it will only Consume food and shake the morale of the army...ahem..."

It's April now, and the summer has not yet entered. It's cold on the top of the mountain at night and the mountain wind is strong. Old people like Potitus stood on the edge of the cliff for half an hour because they were concerned about the war. Even though they were wrapped in leather robes, they felt a little uncomfortable now. I couldn't stand it any longer and my nose started to run.

"...We will wait and see how the battle progresses after the army of Camillus arrives..." Marugineensis looked at the dark night, as if the dispute with Potitus in the Senate over the years did not exist. He comforted him: "No matter who launched the attack on the city of Rome tonight, they also created opportunities for us. The people we sent should be able to escape from the city during the chaos, find Camillus, tell him the situation in the city, and let They are prepared..."

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Early the next morning, the soldiers of Dionia's First and Second Legions began to pack up their tents and clean up the square.

In the morning, the people in Rome were driven by the Dionian soldiers and came to the square one after another. The square was surrounded by heavily armed Dionian soldiers, which made them frightened.

Especially the people from the slums. The scene of the battle at the gap in the city wall not far from them that they spied yesterday evening and the tragic defeat of the Roman reinforcements are still lingering in their hearts. Today, the Dionians actually let them stand in the square. At the very front, how could they not be frightened.

Towards noon, the square was crowded with Roman people.

At this time, the bugle sounded, and a group of Dionian soldiers in gorgeous armor escorted a man in a golden armor with a flowing feather helmet on the stone steps and walked up to the gate of the Senate The high platform in front.

"That's the king of Dionia?!" The crowd in the square became restless.

The Dionian soldiers around the square immediately hit the long shield with their short swords, and roared in unison. They immediately poured a basin of cold water on the Roman people gathered in the square, calming them down. There is both fear and hatred in Davos' eyes.

Davos completely ignored the anger in their eyes and said loudly: "People of Rome, I am Davos, the king of Dionia, the new owner of this city! I was going to take you to the foot of the Capitoline Mountains , there was the place where a Roman hero I admired died, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, I believe you all still remember this name!"

When the messenger translated Davos's words into Latin and spread them throughout the audience, the crowd in the square was in commotion again. The faces of the Roman people were full of doubts. They never expected that their enemy, Dionia The king actually started talking about Marcus Manlius Capitolus, whom they knew well, so they focused their attention more on Davos, and there was more curiosity in their eyes.

Davos stretched out four fingers forcefully and said loudly and emotionally: "Debt! Land! Slavery! Power! The four major problems you are facing, from the founding of Rome to the present, your ancestors and you have been persisting in You fought against the nobles, even threatened to flee Rome many times, and paid a bloody price many times. However, Rome has developed a small village into a city-state with such a vast territory, but your situation has not been improved. Great improvement, but still living in poverty and still suffering from the bullying of the nobles!
Marcus is different from other Roman nobles. He not only defended Rome with bravery, but also abandoned the arrogance and greed of the nobles, and tried his best to help you common people. He paid off the debts for more than 400 common people among you. , for the first time in the Senate, I loudly called for you to forgive your debts and distribute the acquired land...

Is he using you to achieve some purpose of his own? !No!He is so that you can enjoy a better life in the city-state!For this reason, he did not hesitate to betray his own origin, become one of you, and lead you to bravely fight against the evil Roman nobles!Remember what he said to you, 'I will not forsake any of you, but take heed that my destiny does not forsake me.I myself will not be daunted as your defender, for you all see that I was once put in chains and later cast off with the help of many of you.If the enemy treats me more arrogantly, the gods will stop them, but the gods will never descend from the sky for us. We must have your full support...'"

Having said this, Davos stared at the people in the audience and shouted sternly: "But, have you done it! No! Under the fierce counterattack of the nobles, you retreated, and you actually believed the nonsense of the Senate, You allowed Marcus to be framed and arrested by the Senate, and watched helplessly as he was pushed down from the Capitoline Hill by the vicious Roman nobles and fell to death! Don’t you feel guilty in your hearts?!”

Davos's words reminded the Roman people of the past, and a feeling of shame surged into their hearts, so a strange scene appeared: the Roman people actually lowered their heads under the questioning of the Dionian king who occupied their homeland.

Of course, even though Davos ordered the army to gather the civilians in Rome to the square, there were inevitably some small nobles and noble diners mixed in, so they shouted angrily: "Don't listen to the enemy's rumors! Don't forget Oh, he just led the army, invaded our homeland, and killed our relatives! The Senate did nothing wrong. Marcus Manlius attempted to dictatorship and split Rome. The Dionians have colluded, so they should dig out his bones and cut him into pieces!"

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