Apleius's harsh rebuke of the prolific Camillus caused an uproar among the senators.

Camillus was a mild-mannered and kind man, who had been criticized in the Senate from time to time, but now he stared at Apleius with a flash of anger in his eyes, for it was the same man who had falsely accused him of taking the spoils of war for himself more than a dozen years earlier, and finally led to his trial and forced to leave Rome.

Apleius did not flee in the face of Camillus's blazing gaze. Over the years, with the victory of Camillus one after another, his prestige has become higher and higher, which has also made his situation difficult, often walking in the city, and from time to time he can be heard pointing at him and scolding: "That is the man who falsely accused Camillus, may Jupiter be guilty of him!" ”。 And under such circumstances, the reason why he can still sit firmly in the Senate is because some of the big people don't want to see Camillus's prestige too high, and some of the senators are jealous of his merits and need someone to oppose him.

Apleius understood his worth, so he never hid his hostility towards Camillus.

"I've never heard such nonsense!" Pantius, the military officer, stood up and loudly defended his former commander: "How can Camillus be blamed for the defeat of that battle!" Blame it on us for not informing Camillus in time of their news that 'the Dionian army has arrived'! If you want to blame it, no one would have thought that the Dionian army had just arrived in Wolsey and began to take military action!

Anyone who commanded a battle should know very well that Camillus did nothing wrong in commanding that battle, and that any Roman general would have chosen to save Roman citizens and allied soldiers in danger in that situation! The only drawback of Camillus was that he did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the Dionian army would be so strong! But before they had fought the Dionians, who patriarch would have known! ”

"Hmph, so all this can only be blamed on Dionia being too powerful, right?!" Apulius scoffed.

"It is rumored that the Kingdom of Dioonia has the most powerful army in the land, and now it seems that this is not a boast, the arrival of their army has caused us to suffer one defeat after another, and this must cause us to be vigilant! We should not now ask who is right and who is wrong in this battle, but we should think about how to deal with the threat of Dionya next, which is the problem we need to solve urgently! Ambustus said with a solemn face.

"Yes, and Dionya has a powerful fleet that threatens our allies and colonies by the sea." The veteran Lucritius, who was a veteran of the old qualifications, then also supported Camillus, and he said: "Camillus has made a calm judgment, and you have chosen to retreat in time, which is absolutely correct!" The safety of Rome and its allies was far more important than acquiring a few more Wolsey lands! ”

Two important senators endorsed Camillus, and the others were not able to blame it, and no one mentioned the failure of this battle and the failure of the siege of Quintus.

"Fathers and newcomers." Paulus, the military and political officer of the rotating chairman of the meeting, finally began to speak, and led the topic to the focus of the meeting: "The kingdom of Dionya in southern Italy has been at war with our Rome, and judging from the current war situation, Dionya has a strong army and a strong fleet, which poses a great threat to our Rome!" The previous battles were only fought in the Wolsey area, and it is likely that the fighting will expand to our allies and even Rome, so what good advice do you have to avoid such a bad situation? ”

"I have already said that we should not be deceived by the Carthaginians and venture to make enemies with Dionia, which will be detrimental to the development of Rome, and now the facts speak for themselves!" High Priest Fragus stood up and worriedly proposed: "In order to prevent further encroachment by the Dionians against us, we should immediately stop the war with Wolsey, sign an armistice with Wolsey, return the occupied territory of Wolsey, and send people to make peace with Dionia." Ionias, who had no enmity with Rome in the past, and now facing a drought at home, must have gladly stopped this pointless war for them, having lost their reason to go to war! ”

"The High Priest is right!" Flagous's proposal was approved by some of the senators, which was relatively rare for the Roman senators, who had always been aggressive and less compromising, and showed how much Dionysa put pressure on Rome.

If someone else had said this, Quintus, who had always hated surrender and compromise the most, would have scolded him angrily, but Fragus's full name was Flagus. Julius, born in the Yurius clan, is said to be a descendant of Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the god of love, their direct ancestors are Yulus, the first king of Albaronga (Albaronga was once the center of the entire Latin region, the mother kingdom of Romulos, the founder of Rome), after Albaronga was defeated by Rome, the Yurius clan moved to Rome, because of its noble blood, and the descendants of the gods, its people often served as high priests and spoke for the gods.

Although the high priest has no real power, his position is honorable, and Flagus has been respected by the people since he took office, and Quintus will speak in a more moderate tone considering his influence: "High priest, I think you have not forgotten the resolution that the Senate just passed the other day, 'Make Villitre, Antium, and Satnikum colonial cities, and part of their land distributed to landless civilians.'" 'Now you're going to get us to return the land we occupy to Wolsey, do you think the civilians who are already preparing to go to these colonies will agree?!' You don't want to see another riot against those civilians!

Also, Wolsey has always been our Rome's mortal enemy, and this time we almost destroyed it, and it finally got the help of Dionia, will it be content to just stop fighting with our Rome?! I am afraid that it must hope that with the help of the Dionian army, it will take the opportunity to destroy our Rome, so that Wolsey will never have to be threatened by us again! ”

"I agree with Quintus!" Pantius then spoke out in support: "There has never been a precedent since the founding of Rome that it has chosen to compromise and surrender when it is only facing the threat of the enemy, and we must not make an exception!" Rome has encountered fewer powerful forces than it has in the past, but we are growing stronger in constant battles! And today, as long as we Romans are united and dare to continue the fight against Dionia, I believe that the final victory will still belong to us Rome! ”

"Pantius is right, we in Rome will not compromise and surrender! ......" the younger senators echoed Pantius's words loudly. Although some of the elders did not speak, their eyes also flashed with war intent.

Flagous's face was a little unsightly, he snorted and said: "We were bewitched by the Carthaginians to have a war with Dionia, but the Carthaginians promised us to wage war against Dionya in Sicily, but did they do it?!" Carthage, too, had a powerful navy, but hid in their harbors and did not attack the Dionian fleet! Guys, we have to be careful not to let Rome become a sword in the hands of Carthage, when the time comes, it will be cut all over the gaps, and even broken, and in the end nothing will be gained! ”

"Flagus is right!" Another senator not to be underestimated, Publius. Cornelius. Scipio reminded aloud: "We Romans do not refuse to fight, but we must not be fools and be used by others. The Carthaginians want to use us against the Dionians, but we cannot be so stupid as to be completely dictated by them if they do not contribute themselves, so we must urge them to send troops at once, and tell them clearly, 'Carthage must not only attack the Dionian territory in Sicily, but also defeat their fleet and protect the coast of our Latin region, otherwise we Rome will have to cease war with the Dionians!' ’”

The senators understood what Scipio meant, and they all agreed, and soon reached an agreement: after the meeting, Paulus immediately asked Paulus to go to the Carthaginian envoys in the city, and urge Carthage to send troops as soon as possible in a threatening tone!

At this time, Portitus, who was sitting in an ivory chair at the front of the room, said unhurriedly: "Camillus, you are the greatest general in Rome, and at the same time you have fought against the Dioones many times this time. As you are accustomed to, I believe you have seriously considered how to fight Dionysa next, can you tell us about it? ”

As soon as Portitus finished speaking, all the senators looked at Camillus and pricked up their ears at the same time. Although some people are jealous of Camillus's prestige, no one can deny Camillus's military talent, he not only won many battles, saved Rome several times, and the military reform carried out under his auspices also made it easier for other Roman generals to command the army, and also brought more victories, so Camillus is the biggest reliance of the Romans, and everyone will involuntarily think of him when the crisis comes.

Camillus did not refuse, out of concern for Rome, he had long wanted to discuss with the upper echelons of the Senate how to deal with the next crisis. At this moment, he thought seriously for a moment, and then faced the elders, first thanked them for forgiving him for his defeat in battle, and then he said solemnly: "First of all, everyone must be deeply aware that Dionya is the most powerful and dangerous enemy we have faced so far. ()

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