Chapter 146: Davers Enters Rome
"But your safety, Your Majestyβ" Oliver said with concern.
Davers waved his hand and said loudly: "My safety is protected by the guard!" Besides, the city has been conquered by our valiant soldiers, and I don't think there are still Romans here who have the courage to challenge the kingdom! β
No one from the senior generals questioned it anymore.
Davers faced Tymothy Pace again and said kindly: "Hurry up and get treatment, I hope to hear the news of your meritorious service again soon!" β
Davers looked at the standing soldiers next to him, waved his hand, and said, "Warriors of Dionia, go back to your station to rest well, and regain your strength for the next battle!" β
At this moment, Tymothy Pace, who was moved by Davers's words, couldn't help but shout loudly: "Your Majesty Davers wins!" β
The soldiers around who heard Davers shouting were equally excited: "Your Majesty Davers is victorious!" β¦β¦β
Soon, the sound resounded throughout the city, and the Roman people who were hiding in their houses were terrified at the deafening shout.
Some of the bold even looked through the window at Davers and the others who were walking through the street, their eyes full of hatred.
Of course, Davers also saw this bundle of sharp eyes like knives, he didn't care, but looked around quite leisurely, poking the ground with his feet from time to time, he obviously felt that Rome at this time was still far from the Roman Empire, which was famous for its roads, bridges, and buildings in the previous history, after all, Rome at this time had just risen in central Italy, and it was far from building a huge road system to facilitate the rule of the whole of Italy, and even the vertebral bridge on the Tiber River was not a stone bridge. And Dionya's strength in construction has far surpassed that of Rome, which makes Davers feel a burst of joy in his heart, and he can't help but say: "I heard that the Romans built the whole city very ugly in order to rebuild the city of Rome quickly, and now it seems that this rumor is true. β
"Yes, Your Majesty! The city of Rome is not only ugly in the city walls, but also ugly in the city, originally this place has both large rivers, hills, and flat land, and it will be a very beautiful city if it is planned and built well, but it was ruined by the Romans! Henypolis sighed with regret.
"Now that the city belongs to Dionia, we can tear it down and rebuild it!" Martonis said nonchalantly.
"It seems that you, Mattonis, are interested in rebuilding the city of Rome, and when the war is over, you can have the Senate appoint you as the overseer of the city of Rome." Davers quipped.
"No, Your Majesty, I have no interest in rebuilding the city of Rome, so you should leave this position to someone else." Mattonis said hurriedly.
The crowd laughed.
The smile on Davers's face narrowed when he swept the corner of his eyes to the corpse of a Roman citizen on the corner of the street: "Before the siege, I asked the legions not to kill the people in the city at will after breaking through the city, how did the soldiers execute?" β
Oliver glanced at Davers's face and said cautiously: "We have repeatedly emphasized that the soldiers also try not to do anything to the people in the city, but some people don't know what to do and take the initiative to attack us, then there is no way." In fact, the main reason for their injuries and deaths was that after seeing us break the city, they fled in panic, pushed each other, and trampled on each other, so in their square, there were many casualties and ......."
Davers, of course, understood that after capturing the enemy's city, there was no one who could not kill or wound civilians, otherwise how to intimidate the people of the enemy country, he just wanted to warn these legion commanders to restrain the soldiers and not to rush into a disorderly manner: "The Roman army is still on its way, and the more Roman civilians we have, the better it will be for the next battle...... Did the Romans return to their dwellings? β
"Yes, Your Majesty, there are those who are reluctant to go, lying in the square, we... Had to resort to some coercive means! Martonis said.
Davers nodded, at this time he had already stepped into the Roman Forum, this was originally paved with white stone slabs, the wide and flat field was almost red at the moment, and the pools of blood kept meeting Davers's eyes, he frowned, watching the soldiers cleaning up the square, dragging away the corpses, so he said: "What do you do with these corpses?" β
Matonis pointed ahead and said disapprehantly, "Drag it to the square outside the East City to be cremated." β
Davers groaned for a moment and said, "Bring some Romans with you at the time of cremation, let them confirm the identity of the deceased, and then bring the ashes to the deceased's relatives." β
Mattonis was stunned for a moment, feeling that this matter was a bit troublesome, and wanted to argue again, but Oliver stopped him and interjected: "Okay, Your Majesty, I will immediately send someone to inform Amintas, who is in charge of this matter." β
Davers's group walked north through the square, and he saw twelve bronze pillars about a man hugging each other, erected at intervals at the edge of the square, and he stepped forward to look up.
Each copper pillar is engraved with handwriting, perhaps because of the age, and the wind and rain, it has been a little rusty.
"Your Majesty, what is written on it?" Henipolis asked curiously when he saw that Davers could see it.
"This is the 12 bronze table laws of Rome, which are the laws of the Romans, and Rome, like us Dionia, is a country that follows the law extremely much!" Davos let out a long sigh with feeling, he remembered that when he was studying law in college in his previous life, Rome's "Law of the Twelve Tables" was an important basis for understanding the formation of Western law, but he didn't expect to see the real thing today.
He stretched out his hand to touch the cold bronze pillar, the past life and the present life were intertwined at this moment, and he said with emotion: "This is the most precious treasure of the Romans!" β
Oliver flattered and said, "Unfortunately, this precious treasure of the Romans now belongs to us Dionia!" β
Henypolis scanned the bronze pillars with greedy eyes, and although he did not know the Latin script, he had decided to buy a literate Latin slave and copy all the articles on it.
"Let's go." Davos led them up the steps, pushed open the heavy wooden door, and entered the Senate, the center of power in the city of Rome.
"This is the Senate in Rome? It's much smaller than our big chamber! Henypolis looked around and said with a slight disdain.
Davos did not speak, but he was also carefully looking at this building that frequently appeared in literature, historical materials, film and television works in the previous life, compared with the Turriy Great Council that can accommodate 1,000 people, this circular venue can only accommodate two or three hundred people, and the indoor facilities are outdated, which makes him suddenly realize that this is no longer the history of the previous life, the Dioonia Kingdom he established in this life will definitely take the place of Rome, and the amazing Caesar and the politician who really established the Roman Empire Octavian will no longer exist.
Thinking of this, he strode towards the center of the venue.
The guards had set up wooden tables and chairs at the place where the Roman senators were giving speeches, and had placed maps of the city of Rome.
Martonis and Oliver quickly sat down in the wooden chairs.
It wasn't long before Amintas, Lizaru, Giogris, Trotilas, Epitenis, Rydes, Kuzius, Tormid, Midolades, Printors, Izzam, and this time the head of all the medical battalions, Stasikdas, and the head of all the engineering battalions, Oropus...... And so on one after another.
"Let's talk about the losses of the legions in this siege battle." Davers glanced at the crowd and said in a deep voice.
After Davers said this, the faces of several legion commanders were a little unpleasant.
After the reports of the commanders of the corps, it was Davers's turn to look bad, because the army suffered more than 5,000 casualties, of which the Fourth Army suffered the most casualties, followed by the First Army and the Second Army, and unlike the previous battles, 2,000 people were killed directly, and the mortality rate was much higher than before.
Although Davers expected that the casualties in the siege would be relatively large this time, he did not expect that it would be one-twelfth of the army's casualty rate, and the six legions suffered almost 1,000 casualties in each legion, not counting the soldiers who were lightly wounded.
Davers suppressed the shock in his heart and asked Stacetdas, "What is the condition of these wounded soldiers?" β
Stacy Kedas had a solemn expression: "The situation is very bad! So far, 450 people have died because of ineffective treatment, and it is uncertain whether 232 soldiers with severe burns will survive the fever and infection in the past few days...... More than 1,000 people were seriously injured, stabbed, cut, smashed and drowned...... of soldiers are unlikely to recover in the short term, or even if they do, they will not be able to live like normal people......"
After listening to the words, Davers felt uncomfortable, he knew that the main reason for such a large number of casualties was actually himself, if it wasn't for his forcible demand to capture Rome within one day, the legions would not have continued to attack so recklessly, but he still couldn't help but say sharply: "More than 5,000 people!" This is usually the population of a small Greek city-state, and it was scrapped in the battle of this day! The soldiers trust us to carry out every order we give, and we have to love them, lead them out, and lead them home as fully as possible! β
Speaking of this, Davers slammed the table: "But some of you people don't use their brains at all to fight, don't care much about the lives of soldiers, and if you continue to fight like this, you will lose the entire legion!" I see how you will face the parents, wives and children of soldiers who died in battle when you go back! β
Davers's sharp gaze swept over the Legion Commanders seated, especially Amintas and Olivers.
Without the help of siege equipment and the coordinated attack of friendly forces, Amintas delusionally wanted to break through the city wall by himself, and actually invested almost all his troops to continuously launch fierce attacks on the defenders of the city, which caused a lot of losses to the first legion with the strongest combat effectiveness. ()
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