As soon as Arnubis's words fell, a noisy voice of criticism suddenly sounded in the Senate. ¢¢£, who else could be richer than the so-called rich men of Rome? Arnubis is trying to steal money directly from them.

For the greedy misers, stealing money from them is far more infuriating than killing their parents. Even if Arnubis had a very good relationship with the Senate! When interests are involved, there is no talk about the parents when they come.

"Not enough." Severus shook his head and said, "If you rely only on the Romans, you won't be able to resist for long. There are simply too many alien armies outside the city. And the black-haired alien armies from the far east never went to war. We must make sure that we have enough troops to keep all the enemies out of the walls. ”

"What do you mean?" Arnubis looked at Severus suspiciously, not understanding what the victorious general was trying to say.

"We free the slaves." Severus pursed the corners of his lips and said in a deep voice.

As soon as Severus's words fell, the entire council hall exploded. Almost all of the senators stood up and shouted loudly in disapproval. They could not accept the horror of freeing slaves.

The history of the Roman Empire is almost a history of slaves rebelling. Whether the Roman Empire was strong or weak, slave revolts broke out almost every year.

These low-level slaves, who were worse off than death under the extreme oppression of Rome, rose up to resist. They killed their honorable masters, burned beautiful estates and villas, strong. Violent woman. Plunder everything. It is not known how many Romans died at the hands of slaves. Of course, these are all about ordinary low-level slaves. The high-ranking slaves lived in great privileges, even better than the average Roman. Severus's proposal was unacceptable to all the senators.

"The enemies of Rome are also using those vassals to drain our precious warriors. When the citizens of Rome are all killed, what will we do? Did the patriarchs go to war in person? Severus glanced at the excited veterans with disdain on his face, and said in a cold voice.

Everyone knew that Severus was right. But it was hard for them to accept it. The resentful slaves of Rome were no worse than the aliens.

"Since there is no other choice, let's do it." Arnubis pondered for a moment. In the end, it was decided to support Severu's proposal. After all, now the city of Rome has reached a critical juncture of life and death, as long as it can be used, let alone the slaves, even the senators of the Senate can abandon it.

"Hmm." Severus glanced at Arnubis in some surprise, then nodded and said, "All the slaves." I mean all, whether attributed to the state or private slaves. As long as you are willing to take up the sword to defend Rome, you can be liberated and become a free people in no time. Their next generation will officially become citizens of Rome. And also. ”

With that, Severus looked at the senators, who were already looking ugly because they were about to free their own slaves. He hooked the corners of his mouth, and then said, "Open the storeroom." Bonuses were given to all sergeants, including slaves who were willing to fight to defend Rome. ”

"It can't be!" As soon as Severus's words fell, angry elders jumped to their feet and roared angrily with their robes.

The richness of the Roman Empire is unimaginable. They conquered one country and nation after another. Send all their wealth back to the city of Rome. In the entire empire, there was only one place of true wealth. Almost all of the wealth accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years of the entire empire is concentrated here. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a sea of gold and silver.

Severus' meaning was simple, he wanted to open the treasures of the empire stored in the temples and use them to motivate his soldiers to fight. However, all this wealth is controlled by the Senate. For the patriarchs who regarded this wealth as their private property, it was no different from killing them.

When they asked for money before, the patriarchs gritted their teeth and endured it. Give the money, just give the money, anyway, it won't be much. As long as you can win the war. It's good to go and grab it back later. When the slaves were asked to be freed, the patriarchs endured. Let it go, as long as you can win the war, you can catch it later. But now they are to use the wealth of the empire, which is regarded as money in their pockets. The patriarchs couldn't bear it anymore.

Previously, Arnubis tried to exchange tens of thousands of pounds of gold and silver for the withdrawal of the alien army. At that time, the Senate was already attacking it with great emotion. This is enough to show how strong the patriarchs' control over wealth is. Moved the money to be killed, they are still terrible.

"If you don't use it at this time, what's the use of keeping it?" Looking at the elders, whose faces were so fierce that they seemed to be going to eat him alive, Severus let out a long sigh. "The war is defeated," he whispered. Aren't all the riches you are holding on to the spoils of foreign armies? You can shout at me in the city of Rome. But what can you do when you're faced with an alien steel knife? To fight with saliva? ”

By this time, Severus had little hope of holding on to the city of Rome. There is such a group of pig teammates here. He did not believe that the city of Rome would be able to hold out in this brutal siege.

Eventually, the Senate agreed to mobilize citizens to donate money for the war. Agreed to free the slaves to go to war. But they refused to tap into the wealth of the empire. Severus did not object, he had utterly despaired of the idiots in the Senate.

"Keep all the money, and when the alien army kills people in the city and puts the steel knife on your neck, you won't have a chance to use it!" Severus, who had made up his mind to stay away from these fools, thought so in his heart

After a short break, the war continued.

The southern walls of the city of Rome were the main area chosen by Gaoyang. The walls here were built more than 100 years ago, and they are relatively new in Rome, and they are all made of huge bluestones wrapped in earth, which is tall and strong. Originally, the old city walls on the west and east sides were more suitable for attacking, but Gao Yang's goal was to consume the strength of the vassal army, so the direction of the main attack was chosen here.

'Kaz~Kaz' were shirtless, and all kinds of slaves with iron chains wrapped around their bodies struggled to push all kinds of large siege equipment in the direction of the city wall. The Greek overseers, with their iron helmets, whipped the slaves on the backs and urged them to hurry.

The siege equipment was crowded with siege soldiers of various nationalities, and behind them there was a 10,000-strong cavalry regiment of the Han army watching them from afar. Whoever dares to turn around and run away will end up being shot as a hedgehog. If you can't take the city wall, then you will all die under the city.

All kinds of strangely shaped stones flew in the sky. Some smashed into the walls, while others fought back from inside the city.

No matter how brave and sturdy a sergeant is hit by a stone with great kinetic energy, it is bound to be a dead end. Even the intact corpse capital could not be preserved.

'Woo~' The stone with a whistling sound smashed heavily into the middle of a tall building car. The wooden building car suddenly broke in the middle. Dozens of shirtless freed slaves, armed with shields and short swords, and wearing mask-like helmets, screamed and danced in mid-air. The crackling rained down on the ground and turned into puddles of rotten meat.

Similarly, the trebuchets of the besieging forces were more powerful. Boulders pulled from near the hill in the distance tumbled and flew towards the fortified walls in the distance. Under the terrified gaze of the defending soldiers, it smashed the city wall that had been scattered in the previous attack. Flying rubble splattered out, sweeping everything around it.

Thousands of archers from Rhode Island stepped forward quickly, hiding behind shield carts and began to shoot at the defenders under the rain of arrows on the city walls. Hordes of arrows rained back and forth in the air, and countless people fell in pools of blood, both on the ground and on the city walls.

Stimulated by the atmosphere of the battlefield, the sergeants shouted and jumped into the city wall along the tall ladder and the chariot set on the wall, and fought to the death with the defenders. Between the sword light flying, the screams and screams were endless.

On the vast battlefield, lives are being consumed rapidly every moment. The sickening smell of blood permeated the battlefield, stimulating everyone's hormones.

"Are you going to attack today?" Yuan asked softly.

Under the huge handsome flag, Gao Yang, who was standing on a special high platform, put down the binoculars in his hand, stared at the walls of Rome in the distance, which were covered by countless figures and gunsmoke, and whispered, "It's almost okay." The Romans had already begun to push slaves into battle. Moreover, the vassals suffered heavy casualties, and it would not be good if they were all consumed under the city walls. ”

"What are you going to do?" The origin asked curiously, "Let the Han army sergeants play?" Or directly on the incendiary bomb? ”

"If I wanted to use incendiary bombs, I would have used them a long time ago, and I would have waited until now?" Gao Yang raised his hand to the city wall in the distance and said with a smile, "There is a huge meat grinder right now. How can I throw the Han soldiers in it and consume them in vain? The Romans did not know what stimulated them, and they resisted desperately. No matter how elite the Han army is, it will inevitably pay a huge price. ”

"And what other tactics do you have? You don't want to use super technology, do you? You really need to pay more attention, if you use it again, the space-time channel will really be unstable. If you're trapped on this plane, it's too late for you to cry. ”

"You can use something from this era." Gao Yang narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Do you remember the clay workshop I established outside Luoyang City that specialized in making black powder?" Now it's time to use them. ”

After Gao Yang took the Han Empire into his hands, he established numerous earthen workshops and small factories outside Luoyang and around the entire Sili. There's a lot of production. One of them was dedicated to the production of black powder.

In this era, the large-scale use of gunpowder can definitely play a decisive role in a siege battle. (To be continued......)