After hearing Davers's words, Nemeri, the general of the Helniki commander, no longer hesitated, and asked, "His Majesty, the noble king, would you agree if the Equi and Masi also requested to form an alliance with you Dionya?"

Davers thought about it. He remembered that last year the Equi and Masi were tempted by the Prinister rebellion and invaded Rome with Wolsey and the Helniki, but were defeated by Camillus. Then, during the Roman army conquered the Helniki this year, these two races sent troops to rescue the people, but were defeated again and suffered another defeat, and their strength was severely weakened... They hoped to form an alliance with Dionia, probably to eliminate concerns and ensure the security of the territory. After all, the rumors that Dionia had kept the covenant had been confirmed by Wolsey and the Helniki.

"I welcome it very much!" Davers smiled: "I not only hope that the Masi people, but also that the Equits can form an alliance with Dionia, but also hope that other forces around Rome can become Dionia's allies!"

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After the battle, Davers did not invite the leader of the Voch coalition into Rome to celebrate. On the one hand, the Volseys were eager to return to their empty defense territory to prevent the Romans from revenge. On the other hand, Davers also considered the feelings of the people in Rome. Therefore, he distributed most of the trophy he received (mainly armor and weapons) to the Voch coalition soldiers, making them return gratefully.

In this battle, besides the Voch coalition's casualties, the losses of the Dionian army were negligible, and the Roman army did not suffer much casualties, but nearly 2,000 of them were captured, and the worst was the Latin Allied forces, with more than 4,000 of them being captured.

Most of the Roman soldiers escaped back to Villitre. It seemed that the Roman army did not suffer much loss, but the defeat of this battle was another blow to the Romans' prestige in the alliance, especially Dionia captured so many Latin soldiers. Therefore, after the battle, Davers did not ask Printols to withdraw the siege troops back to Rome, but instead brought the Fourth and Sixth Legion under Printols, asking him to step up the attack on Gabi and take it down as soon as possible.

Davers, who returned to Rome with the joy of victory, called Publius and gave him an important task: to persuade the Romans on Capitolin Mountain!

He also made a promise to him: if the Romans on the mountain dared to hurt him, Dionyha would let the people on the mountain be buried with him! Regardless of whether he succeeded in admonishing surrender, he would become the new senator of the Kingdom of Dionyha and endorse the rights and interests of the Roman citizens of the Kingdom in the Senate.

For this reason, Publius made some careful preparations and climbed Capitolin Mountain the next day with a nervousness. At the same time, he led a captive Roman noble who lived in the city of Via, and a Roman soldier who was captured in yesterday's battle, and also a nobleman.

After receiving the order, the Roman soldiers opened the pass. Publius, who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain for a long time, stepped into the hillside of Capitoline. The Roman patrol soldiers passing by all stared at him with strange eyes, and some even spoke insults. He was mentally prepared and pretended not to hear it, following closely behind the leader's soldiers, while carefully observing the surrounding environment.

The reason why the Romans regarded Capitolin as the acropolis was because it was the highest hill in the city of Rome. The hillside was steeper, the top of the mountain was flat, and the trees were lush. The Romans believed that this was a gift from the gods, and they must like to live in such a beautiful place, so they built the main temple on the top of the mountain.

However, after Publius went up the mountain, what he saw along the way surprised him: in less than 20 days, most of the trees on the mountain were cut down, and simple wooden houses and tents were everywhere on the bare mountain. Countless ragged people lay among them, each with a dish on his face and a dull look.

Along the way, Publius recognized many acquaintances, all of whom were civilians living in the hills of Cyrio and Werner, either diners of the great nobles, or some civilians who had settled in Rome several generations ago. In the past, most of them were powerful helpers used by the nobles to deal with other civilians, but at this moment they were lying tightly with their wives and children. Seeing him, he just turned his eyes and couldn't even waste his strength to wave and say hello... Seeing their miserable situation, Publius once again firmly believed that it was an extremely correct decision to lead his family to the Kingdom of Dionia!

When we arrived at the top of Capitolin, temples that were supposed to be solemn and dignified, their courtyards were also crowded with people escaping up the mountain. Not only did they make the quiet and clean sacred courtyards noisy and messy, but the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of fishy smell.

Seeing this, a rage arose in Publius's heart, and at the same time, there was a bit of sorrow. Therefore, when some nobles recognized him and learned that he was coming to negotiate as a messenger of Dionys, they all insulted and despised him loudly, and even rushed up to beat him. However, these people who were not full and swayed when walking could not escape the protection of the guards.

Publius did not take them seriously at all, but instead looked back with a look of pity.

Finally, the soldiers took him to the apse of the Temple of Jupiter.

"Please come in, the messenger of Dionia!" The captain of the guard deliberately made the word "Dionia" very serious to demonstrate his contempt for Publius.

Publius took a deep breath and stepped into the hall.

"You still have the face to come here, Publius Manlius, as the patriarch of one of the most glorious clans in Rome, you abandoned the glory of your ancestors, defiled the reputation of your family, and shamelessly surrendered to the enemies of Rome. Now you dare to step into this sacred palace. The angry Jupiter will punish you severely!"

Publius heard that the person who said this was Marugine Ancis. If he had been afraid of talking to this high-profile old veteran in the past, he was the strongest supporter of Marcus's death, and he also disliked the Manlius clan and sarcastically sarcastically. But today Publius looked straight ahead and sat in a panic, glaring at him, but he was very calm: "Today, I am the messenger of Dionya. King Dionya sent me to discuss important matters with you, so there is no need to say more nonsense here."

"Nonsense?!" Marugine Ansis became even more angry. He suddenly stood up and shouted at Publius: "Do you know why you are letting in?! That's because we are going to deal with you as a traitor as we punished Marcus back then! Come!"

Accompanied by this shout, two aggressive guards walked in.

Publius felt nervous immediately, and he tried his best to calm himself down, and shouted loudly: "Kill me?! Then you must be prepared to let everyone on this mountain and other Roman nobles captured by Dionys be buried for me!"

There was a commotion in the temple.

"Publius, don't threaten us! After your body falls from the cliff and falls into meat sauce, it won't take long before the Dionians you surrender will be defeated by the army led by Camillus, and we will return to the city below and reorganize the post-war Rome, just like that in the past!" Abilius immediately stood up and scolded loudly to inspire people.

Publius laughed: "You are still dreaming of returning to Rome! I suggest you ask the two people I brought up the mountain now, Desims Julius Bruce, you are all very familiar with it. More than ten years ago, he took the initiative to take his family to move to Viagra. This was a big news about the city of Rome at that time. Now he will tell you, "How the Dionians easily captured Kesrera and Viagra and captured him."

Another person, you, Marugine Encis, are more familiar with Dominius Comine Lius Sheila, you are your young tribe. He was the squadron leader in the army led by Camillus. He will tell you, 'How did Camillus' army be defeated many times? Now these defeated generals retreated to Satnikum, and are afraid that the Dionian army will attack them!'..."

As soon as Publius said this, the entire venue seemed to be in an uproar, and the discussion suddenly started. It has been more than 20 days since Rome fell. Except for the battle in the evening that day, the city of Rome has been calm since then. Time has passed day by day, and the elders have already had a bad premonition in their hearts, but they did not expect the situation to be so bad.

"...Lie! This is a lie!..." Abilis hurriedly refuted, but obviously lacked confidence.

"I don't care what's going on outside, as a traitor, you should be punished the most severely!" Marugine Ensis said in a tough tone after experiencing the initial shock.

Publius avoided his threatening gaze and looked around the Roman senators who were talking around him. The panic on their faces made him feel slightly calmer. He took a breath and shouted, "Since that's the case, I have no regrets with all the Roman nobles accompanying me to die. Come on!" As he said that, he waved to the two guards, then turned around and walked out of the hall.

"Wait!" someone in the veteran shouted.

Publius' nervous mood suddenly relaxed, and he slowly turned around.

"As the messenger of Dionia, do you have anything to negotiate with us here?" Portitus asked loudly.

Publius looked at him, then looked at Marugineencis next to him, and other veterans with abnormal expressions around him, and said calmly: "From the current situation, the city of Rome has fallen, and Kesrera, Viagra, Fedinai, and Gabi have also been captured by Dionia one after another. The 70,000 army led by Camillus may only be more than 10,000 people left, hiding in the city of Satneycomb to survive. Whether it is now or in the future, Rome is no longer the Roman Romans!"
Chapter completed!