Chapter 164 The King Sees the King (1)

Seeing this change, the people immediately panicked. Fortunately, there were legionnaires who maintained the order in the courtyard. vertex

Davos and the others were already prepared, and the guards behind them rushed forward quickly, and while protecting Davos, they also surrounded the priest and these attendants, and captured them all in a blink of an eye, even all of them. No blood was seen.

Amelius pretended to be close to the criminals, pretended to ask a few questions, then stood in front of the steps and shouted to the Roman people in the courtyard: "Everyone, these people are the patrons of the nobles, and they imprisoned several priests of the temple. and squires, trying to assassinate King Dionia! Now, who would like to go to the apse with me to free the imprisoned priests and squires?"

The people were suspicious, and some volunteers followed Amelius to the apse of the temple, slammed open the locked door, and saw the bound priests and attendants.

It turned out that Davos suddenly announced that he would go to Mount Sirio to worship the temple, so that these Romans who were hostile to Dionia saw an opportunity. Because the time was too hasty, they had no time to plan slowly at all. Taking the opportunity of the Dionysians to relax their control over the southern area of ​​Rome, they quietly broke into the Temple of Diana and asked the priests and attendants in the temple to cooperate with them and attack King Dionysius.

But except for an old priest from a noble family who agreed, other priests and attendants expressed their disapproval. After all, whether the assassination was successful or not, it would be a disaster for the Temple of Diana, not to mention the murder in the temple. It is a great blasphemy against God.

Therefore, these people simply locked them up in a hurry, stripped their clothes, and pretended to be servants... but they didn't know that all this was under the surveillance of Emirius.

Now that everything has come to light, the Roman people in the courtyard have cursed at the captured gangsters, and at the same time, they are also disturbed by watching the murderous legionnaires in the courtyard with their daggers unsheathed.

So Davos stood in front of the temple gate and announced loudly: "Civilians of Rome, this assassination was entirely planned by the Roman nobles, in an attempt to provoke a bloody vendetta between us Dionysians and you, once Really let them succeed, it will be a huge disaster for us and you! It can be seen that these nobles in Rome have never regarded you as compatriots in the same city-state, so so Over the years, I have always suppressed and exploited you, and abandoned you at the critical moment! This assassination incident has nothing to do with you. What do you say to do with it?!"

The people in the courtyard were infuriated by what Davos said. Before they could think about it, a voice shouted from the crowd: "Let's hack them to death!"

Another voice immediately followed and shouted: "Yes, let's hack them to death! Hack these aristocratic lackeys!  …"

Many people started shouting uncontrollably.

Davos nodded solemnly: "Okay! Just as you suggested, tie these people to the cross outside the temple, and let you use daggers to vent your anger on them!"

Having said that, he immediately asked the guards to drag these gangsters, whose hands and feet were bound and gagged, to the outside of the temple.

Many Roman people also followed out of the temple gate under the leadership of some people, and the people who were watching from outside the temple saw this and did not know what happened, so they asked.

As a result, informed people began to unknowingly add fuel to the story.

Davos comforted the frightened priests and attendants of Diana, and led Cardias, Henepolis, Martius and others to follow the ritual of the Temple of Diana solemnly under the attention of the Roman people. to worship.

When they stepped out of the temple, they saw that the gangsters hanging on the cross were bruised and dying, and there were still Roman civilians stabbing them with daggers given by the guarding legionnaires.

Davos continued to go to the temples of Vesta, Kellys, Libera, and Libera, and everything went much smoother. Not only did there be no accidents, but the priests of the temples also actively cooperated, and even the people on the roadside The look in their eyes was a little more cordial.

Davers, of course, also reciprocated. He saw that the three temples of Kellys, Libera, and Libera were not only small in size, but also the statues were vulgar and crude (after all, they were temples built with money raised by the common people), but they were still made of wood, and he immediately said: "Wait. When this war is over, the Kingdom of Dionia will spend huge sums of money to rebuild these three temples. Not only will the area be doubled, but the statues will also be covered with ivory skin and gold foil.

The priests and attendants couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately said to each other: "The Roman people who have come to worship will preach the kindness of King Dionia!"

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Just when Davos worshipped the Roman temple, the Roman army had already arrived outside the city of Rome one after another.

There were about 1,500 cavalry in this army. They were gathered from Rome, the colonies, and the allies after Camelus saw the power of the Dionian cavalry in the battle of Wolsey. The Ernicians had a role to play in the war.

Now, Camelus dispersed the cavalry, drove and chased Dionia's scout cavalry, and at the same time dispatched troops to quickly capture the unmanned river port and granary outside the city of Rome, but the inside was already empty.

Immediately afterwards, Camelus ordered the entire army to start building camps.

The Roman soldiers saw their homeland right in front of them, but they were occupied by robbers and could not enter, and their desire and resentment were very strong. In order to let the soldiers vent their emotions and other purposes, Camillous also allowed the troops to send soldiers to the city in turn to curse.

Although most of the Dionian Legionnaires at the head of the city could not understand it, they also knew that it was not a good word.

The Dionysian army retreated inside the city and let the Romans run rampant outside the city; while the Roman soldiers were busy building camps, and they did not attack the city for the time being, except for playing tricks. For a while, the two were at peace.

It didn't take long for Camillos, who had already assigned all the tasks and arranged everything properly, to bring the guards to the south of the city of Rome and in front of the gate of Sileo.

A entourage held a high token and rushed to the bottom of the city, facing the city head, shouting in Greek: "The Roman dictator Camillous wants to talk to your king! The Roman dictator Tamilus..."

"Legion Commander, look..." The officer of the Second Corps asked Matonis, who had heard the news, for instructions.

"Go and tell His Majesty!" Matonis said to the messenger without hesitation.

Davos had just finished worshiping the temple and was on his way back to the square. When he got this news, he immediately decided to meet the famous Roman dictator for a while.

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Lucius waited anxiously with the guards, and couldn't help persuading his father: "The Dionysians haven't responded for so long, obviously they are deliberately humiliating us, let's go back!"

"Lucius, don't worry, it's fine to wait a little longer." Camelus said calmly: "For Rome, this little suffering is nothing, and it can also let the soldiers see that we have been effort."

His words made Lucius think.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted: "Lord Dictator, look at the city head!"

I saw two flags erected at the top of the city above the gate of Sirio, facing the noon sun, radiating dazzling rays of light.

At the same time, the Dionian soldiers on the top of the city burst into cheers.

Camelus' expression became serious, and he said softly: "King Dionia is here."

The entourage who shouted in front also rushed back to report: "Lord Dictator, the king of Dionia has agreed to talk to you."

"Let's go," Camelus said, and went forward.

And Lucius saw the enemy soldiers all over the city, and suddenly became worried in his heart, he grabbed Camelus' arm and said, "Father, don't go yet."

Camelus laughed: "Don't worry, didn't I say it before, how could King Dionia, known for keeping his promises, risk ruining his reputation after creating the kingdom of Dionia and winning countless victories? Come to deceive me, this old man!"

After he finished speaking, he continued to move forward, and Lucius reluctantly followed with the guards.

Because Davos wore a plain robe to worship the temple before, he specially rushed back to the Senate and changed his uniform, so it took a little time. At this time, when he saw the group of Romans in front of the city was rushing down the city, he suddenly said: "Let's go, let's go out of the city to meet the dictator of Rome."

"Your Majesty, this is too dangerous!!" Matonis, Martius and others were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them.

"The dictators of Rome dare to come alone to our heavily defended city, don't we Dionians dare to go out and meet in our defended area?!" Davers resolutely shouted: "We Citizens of Dionia are no cowards!"

As soon as these words came out, the people around them were not good at persuading them.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to accompany you!" Matonis said immediately.

Davos had no choice but to nod when he saw his firm expression.

Matonis solemnly instructed his subordinate team officers: "You all open your eyes to me to see clearly. Once you find any changes in the enemy, attack immediately!"

Davos turned to go down the city, and the people accompanying him all looked serious, only Henepolis seemed a little excited.

The advancing Romans, except Camillous, were surprised to see the two banners at the top of the city disappear, then the drawbridge fell and the city gates opened.

Surrounded by the guards, Davos rode out of the city gate, holding the banner high behind him. After crossing the drawbridge, he stood in front of the ditch.