"What did you say?!" Davers thought he had misheard.

"Your Majesty, we don't have to attack the city of Satnikum anymore, the Romans are going to surrender!" Henipolis repeated happily.

The reason why Davos lost his temper just now was because once Satnikum surrendered, Villitre, who had less than 3,000 defenders, would be unable to stand alone, and it was almost certain that Rome would be completely destroyed.

Thinking that Rome, which had dominated the Mediterranean in his previous life, would soon be wiped out by himself, Davos pressed his hand on the hard table to stabilize his boiling emotions, and then said in a deep voice: "Gather all the high-ranking generals to the big tent, and let them all come and witness the moment of surrender of the Romans!" ”

Dressed in a white linen lining, with a tailor-made dark red leather armor, and a large red robe, the corners of which were held in the crook of his left arm, and the papyrus rolled on a wooden scroll in his hand, and a short sword at his waist, which had been removed by the guards before entering the tent, his right hand was half-crossed at the waist, and his head was held high, and he walked into the Dionian tent with a firm step.

As soon as he entered the tent, he saw nine people standing on either side, most of them were wearing black military uniforms and helmets with purple and red hats, Aulus led his army to fight for Dionya for several months, and knew that all the senior generals of the Dionian army wore such attire, but one of them was wearing the uniform of a Roman officer, and he also had the appearance of a Roman, and Aulus felt a little familiar, and he immediately thought that this person might be the commander of the Roman rebels, Sextus, who was often scolded by the soldiers, and he looked at him deeply.

Sextus met his gaze without dodging.

Aulus quickly gathered his attention and focused his gaze on the center, where the king of Dionia, also dressed in military uniform, sat upright on a wooden chair and looked at him with a serious expression.

Aulus immediately bowed and saluted, and said in a Greek voice: "Venerable King of Dionia, I am the emissary sent by the Roman dictator Camillus, the Roman legion commander Aulus. Cominenius. Kosus, on the orders of Lord Camillus, present to you our letter of surrender. ”

When Davers heard this, he was quite surprised: "Surrender letter?!" As for surrender, aren't you going to put forward some conditions first, and then surrender after an agreement has been reached? Just surrendered like that?! ”

"The reason has been explained in the letter, and you will know it after you read it." Aulus raised the scroll of paper from the wooden scroll in his hand.

Hennepolis hurriedly stepped forward to take the scroll of paper and handed it to Davers.

When Davos took a closer look, Oliver suddenly chuckled and said to Giogris beside him: "Look at the posture of this Roman envoy entering the big tent, I thought he was here to tell us that the Romans were going to fight us to the death, but I didn't expect that they came to surrender!" ”

Giogris, taking into account the mood of the Roman emissary, did not answer.

Mattonis said, "Yes, what a disappointment! Originally, the siege was about to begin, and the brothers were still looking forward to breaking the city and making meritorious contributions! ”

……

Aulus turned a deaf ear to the words of the senior Dionian generals who ridiculed him, but while staring at Davers in front of him, he suppressed the tension in his heart, he and Mezius did not think about it, first sent messengers to negotiate, put forward some conditions, and finally reached a surrender agreement, which was more beneficial to them and less likely to arouse the suspicion of the Dionians, but the plague spread too quickly in the city, and within a day of their discussion, many soldiers fell ill, And the way of negotiation is undoubtedly too time-consuming, and when the surrender agreement is reached, I am afraid that most of the people in the city will fall, and how can they hide it from the Dionians, so they chose this trick to write a surrender letter directly in the name of Camillus, which can speed up the progress.

"I see." Davers placed the letter on the table, looked directly at Oros, and said, "You have run out of food, and many Roman soldiers have lost their fighting spirit, and have gone to Camillus's house to make a fuss, demanding that the gates be opened and let them go home...... Aulus, is the situation really so bad in Rome?! I have the impression that the Romans are tough and will not give in easily, and when the Celts occupied Rome, you didn't also hold on to the Capitoline for half a year, how could you surrender so easily this time? ”

"The Gaul invasion was completely different from this one, the brutality of the Gauls made all the city-states and races of Latin angry, and you Dionians" Oros glanced at Sextus and sighed reluctantly: "I have to admit that you have made many city-states surrender to you, including a large number of civilians in our Rome, so that we are now left to fight alone...... No hope ......"

Davos looked at him and asked, "Is your dictator Camilus alright?" I heard that he had fainted and fallen ill during the battle, and that he had already fallen into a coma. ”

Aulus said unhurriedly: "Master Camillus is not unconscious, only quadriplegic, bedridden, but his mind is clear, he can speak, give orders, and command the deployment without any problems, and this letter was written under his dictation." ”

Henipolis suddenly asked, "You said in your letter that there was a shortage of food in the city, but looking at your complexion, it doesn't look like you are short of food?" ”

Aulus raised his head again: "I have just introduced, I am the commander of the army, if the commander of the army is starving, how can I command the soldiers to fight?" ”

"Don't you Roman generals suffer with the soldiers?" Giogris couldn't help but ask.

"The Roman Senate has such a rule, but whether it is complied with or not depends on the cultivation of the Roman generals themselves, this person belongs to the clan of Comineus, which is the biggest nobleman in Rome!" Sextus said suddenly.

"Ho, I can't imagine a Roman in the Great Tent of Dionia." Aurus said contemptuously, but in his heart he thanked Sextus for explaining for himself.

"In this letter, Camillus believes that I will be able to give the surrendered Roman soldiers a good way out." Davers tapped the letter with his hand, smiled, and said, "Since you belong to the clan of Comineus, I believe you have heard from the mouths of those Roman families about our treatment of the surrendered Roman nobles, and for a large clan like Comineus, it will be completely dismantled and scattered to various parts of the kingdom, can you accept this?" ”

Aulus's face changed, but he immediately said proudly, "I believe that the people of our clan can survive well wherever they go!" ”

Davers bowed slightly, and then asked, "Regarding the surrender, do all the soldiers in the city already know and fully accept it?" ”

"They...... No objection was expressly expressed. ”

When Davers heard this, he no longer had any doubts in his heart, he raised his eyes and glanced at the generals on the left and right, and then raised his voice and said, "Okay, let's talk about how to accept your surrender and post-war settlement." ”

Aulus breathed a sigh of relief.

Davers left Tormid and Hennipolis behind and began to negotiate surrender with Aulus.

After Mattonis, Olivers and other generals of the legion came out of the tent, they began to talk about the surrender of the defenders of Satnikum, and they all seemed to be both regretful and excited: regret was that they could no longer lead the army to capture the city of Satnikum and make a complete defeat of the Romans; The excitement was due to the fact that the Roman war was coming to an end, which meant that the army would soon move south to fight the mighty Carthaginians.

At this moment, Matonis saw the captain of his legion, Chettisus, hurrying towards the Great Tent, followed by the head of the medical battalion, the Senate Elder Stasikordas.

Cristus, who had an anxious face, also saw his commander, and hurried over, whispering a few words in his ear without waiting for Mattonis' inquiry.

Mattonis's face changed dramatically, and he immediately looked at Staceikodas and asked, "Are you sure?!" ”

"It's just one person, and it's not entirely certain." Stacy Kodas said with a serious expression.

"Go, follow me to see Your Majesty!" With that, Mattonis turned and hurried towards the big tent.

Although the other generals did not know what was going on, they also sensed that something important had happened, and they all followed.

Aulus was hell-bent on ending quickly, so the negotiations proceeded quickly, and when everything was settled, he let out a sigh of relief and quickly stood up, ready to say goodbye to King Davers.

"Your Majesty!" Martonis hurried into the tent, rushed to Davers, and whispered a few words to him.

Davers's smiling face was suddenly covered with frost, and he tapped his fingers on the tabletop with a rapid and powerful "click" sound.

After a moment, he looked at Aulus with a sharp and majestic look in his eyes, and his voice was slow and powerful: "Aulus, there is a plague in the city of Satnikum!" ”

"What ?!!" Henipolis, Tormid and others exclaimed.

Aulus fell into an ice cellar.

It turned out that after the conspiracy of Aulus, Mezius and others, considering that Aulus could speak Greek, they made him an emissary. As a Roman nobleman, Aulus believed that even a false surrender could not be ruined by Roman prestige, and that it must be done according to Roman etiquette, otherwise it would make the enemy suspicious, so he selected a group of soldiers who had been checked to be in good health as his retinue, and strictly demanded that they not talk about anything about the city of Satnikum after entering the Dionian camp.

When the men were allowed to enter the Dionian camp, Aulus went to meet Davers, and the small group of Roman soldiers was left near the camp gate, where they were nervous to be watched by many of the Dionian soldiers.