Roman Slave Owner

Finally, under his strong pressure, the soldiers launched another attack on Longcheng.

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In Rome, several homeless people basked in the sun in an alleyway.

At the same time, they kept scolding Catiline. Because he expelled the Holy Cult, they could not receive free food in the morning, so they all gnashed their teeth at him.

One of them, a tall and thin homeless man, had an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes. He occasionally interjected a few words, but mostly he was observing them.

After a long time, he said to them: "I heard that the pope's army is about to enter Italy. Have you ever thought about taking the opportunity to do something for the pope and the Holy Church? This will not only enable us to go to heaven after death, but also have more opportunities during our lifetime." Eat a few hearty meals.”

When it comes to eating, many homeless people immediately feel hungry, and some even swallow with difficulty.

I have never been hungry, so I really don’t know the pain of being hungry.

"Of course I wonder how Catiline could be the Pope's opponent, but we have no way."

said a homeless man.

"Do you have any connections?"

the other homeless man asked, looking at him with burning eyes.

A trace of pride flashed in the tall and thin homeless man's eyes, and he said, "Yes, I know some of their people. If you want to do something big, come with me."

After saying that, he stood up and left. The other homeless people looked at each other and finally followed him.

They have become vagabonds, what else can they miss? The worst thing they can do is fight, and they can go to heaven if they die for the Holy Religion. This is a good thing.

The tall and thin homeless man led them through the winding streets and finally came to a five-story building.

There were some vendors outside the small building, and one vendor gestured to the tall, thin homeless man.

The tall and thin homeless man nodded, and then led everyone in.

They came to a room on the third floor of the attic, where a middle-aged man wearing shorts and whom they knew very well was sitting quietly.

"Father Varro, why are you here?"

A homeless man said in surprise.

As the manager of a charity home, his reputation among homeless people is needless to say.

“The church needs me here, so I’m here.”

Varro smiled and said, "I am very happy to see you here. This proves that you are all devout believers of the true God. The true God will bless you, and you will definitely be able to go to heaven in the future."

"Thank you, Father, for the compliment."

All the homeless people said one after another.

"I wonder what the priest needs us to do?"

asked a homeless man.

"I need you to contact more companions. When the Pope's army attacks Rome, I hope you can cooperate internally and externally to capture Rome. The Holy Church will definitely give you generous rewards, and you will definitely win the praise of the true God. "

Father Varro said.

"No problem, I'll take care of it."

A homeless man thought for a moment and said.

"It's just that we don't have weapons, so I'm afraid we are no match for the defenders.

"

"Don't worry, we will solve the weapon problem."

Varro said.

"This is really great."

"I have prepared some food and wine for you. Let's discuss how to do this while we talk. In addition, I will prepare some activity funds for you. Don't be stingy when it comes to spending money."

Varro said with a smile.

There are also activity funds, which is a good thing.

They glanced at the tall, thin homeless man and saw why they didn't see him spending any money on activities.

Someone looked at the tall and thin homeless man and found that he looked at his nose and his heart, as if he had never heard of any activity funds.

This damn guy must have embezzled the activity funds.

"How much does the event cost?"

someone asked.

"Three dinars per person per day."

Father Varro said.

All the homeless people were very excited. They didn't expect to be given so much money. This amount of money was enough for them to eat every day until they died.

"Don't worry, Father, this matter will be taken care of by us."

"I, Aurus, will definitely be able to recruit 10 people for you."

"..."

All the homeless people said one after another.

Varro looked at them with a smile. At this moment, someone brought a large amount of food. Looking at these delicious and fragrant dishes, the homeless people were so excited that their mouths watered.

They usually don't even expect to have enough food, let alone these delicious wines and dishes.

For a moment, everyone was reincarnated as a starving ghost. Thinking of these meals, of course they agreed to Varro's instructions.

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Florence, tens of thousands of cavalry are resting here.

After receiving Livy's order, Bellius immediately led more than 40,000 cavalry across the Rubicon River and entered mainland Italy.

In addition to the existing cavalry, these cavalry also had 10,000 Gallic cavalry.

There were welcomes and warnings in various cities along the way, but Bellius ignored them and headed south at full speed.

After learning that Belius led the army south, Brutium immediately went north and finally met them here.

"Catiline has learned about your move south. He sent three legions back to Rome, and together with the original troops, Rome currently has a total of 4 legions of garrison troops."

Brutim said.

"I didn't expect them to respond so quickly. I originally wanted to attack Rome secretly, but it seems I can only go directly to Dragon City."

Bellius said.

"Actually, we can capture Rome. The church and I secretly mobilized many people in Rome. As soon as your army arrives, we will cooperate internally and externally, and we will be able to capture Rome easily."

Brutim said.

Bellius couldn't help but frowned, "The task given to me by Your Majesty is to save Dragon City first and leave Rome alone."

"Dragon City is very safe now. Catiline's attack on Dragon City has been repeatedly frustrated. Now even the outermost city wall has not been captured, and there are two walls inside."

Brutim said, "As long as you give me one day, I guarantee that I can take Rome. You don't need to worry about the siege equipment, we are ready."

After hearing Brutium's words, Belius was extremely moved.

Needless to say, the achievement of capturing the city of Rome would definitely make him famous and lay enough capital for him to become a consul.

He weighed the pros and cons and finally agreed, "Okay then, remember there is only one day. If it takes more than one day, I will go south to Longcheng immediately."

"This is great, believe me, we will definitely win Roma."

Brutim said excitedly.

After the agreement was reached, Brutim immediately sent someone back to make arrangements.

The return of Livy's army shocked the whole of Rome, indicating that he would no longer abide by Roman law and would follow the same path as Sulla, probably becoming a lifelong dictator.

No, his path was completely different from Sulla's, because Sulla did not create the Holy Religion, and he was not a pope. This was his unique path.

The area around Rome became turbulent. After days of marching, Bellius's army finally arrived in Rome.

Brutim's people also took action and arranged for some people to come and join him with siege engines, turtle-shaped machines, and ladders.

Looking at the enemy troops under the city wall, Longinus was extremely nervous.

He was extremely afraid of Li Wei. Fortunately, it was only Bellius who came. He felt that he still had the strength to defend Rome.

"Shall we attack the city now?"

Belius asked.

"Wait a minute, they haven't taken action yet."

Brutim said.

At this time, people from the church and the intelligence team had already taken action.

Thousands of homeless people gathered in a sealed charity home, and a church member dressed as a civilian was distributing weapons to them.

These weapons are very crude, some are short swords, but more are long guns. Only some generals of the intelligence team can receive full body armor and steel swords.

After receiving the weapons, they wrapped a white cloth strip around their left arms to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and then led by members of the intelligence team, they walked towards the west wall.

In addition, some very devout believers came out of their homes with weapons. Under the organization of the church, they first gathered into large teams one after another, and then walked towards the west of the city.

It didn't take long for some patrolling soldiers to discover these abnormalities.

Seeing the homeless men approaching with weapons, a captain of ten held back the fear in his heart and said, "What do you do?"

The homeless men sneered, and then attacked them fiercely. Seeing the huge number of homeless men, the soldiers were so frightened that they fled.

Sirens sounded throughout Rome, and Longinus soon got the news.

"What did you say? A large number of civilians armed with weapons are coming here."

Longinus said with a shocked look on his face.

"Yes, there are civilians and homeless people among them. I don't know how many there are at the moment, but there are at least thousands."

said a centurion in horror.

Thousands?

Thinking of this, Longinus felt very worried.

If the enemy attacks from both front and rear, the city wall may really be lost.

"We have to send someone to stop them."

Longinus said.

After saying that, he sent two large groups to meet the rebels, but he still far underestimated their number.

The civilians and homeless people walked towards the west wall from all directions. Rome was really too big, with a population of eight to nine million people.

It was very difficult for the 4 legions to defend Rome, not to mention the face of more than 6,000 rebels. Some rebels had fierce battles with the enemies who came to intercept them.

"Leave some to entangle them, and others to hurry to the walls."

cried Father Varro.

He knew that these people were inferior in equipment and might not be their opponents in the end, so it was only right to head to the city wall as soon as possible.

Some civilians and homeless people bypassed them, taking advantage of the complex terrain in Subura District, and then fought towards the city wall.

At this time, some heavily armed soldiers also poured out of nearby houses.

They are all the elites in the intelligence team who are best at attacking and killing, and they are also Brutim's most trusted subordinates.

The civilians and homeless people were startled when they saw these people, thinking that they were enemies. Only when they saw their white cloth strips did they realize that they were their own people.

So under their leadership, they quickly fought with the enemies on the city wall.

"boom!"

There was a huge explosion in Rome.

"We can attack."

Brutim said.

Belius nodded, and then commanded the army to attack.

A large number of soldiers pushed turtle-shaped machines and ladders slowly towards Rome. The city of Rome was extremely difficult. They originally thought there would be a hard battle, but the Armenians had already drawn their bows and arrows and launched a round of attacks on the enemies on the top of the city. Covered shot.

But soon someone heard the cry of killing inside. It was the Gauls who quickly moved up the ladder and leaned the ladder against the city wall.

They climbed up the ladder towards the city wall, and were attacked by the enemy in some places.

The Romans used iron forks to push the ladder forward, and then the ladder fell backwards. Some Gauls screamed and fell from the ladder.

But some people were not attacked. When they climbed onto the city wall, they found that the Roman soldiers were fighting with some civilians.

Because they were well-equipped, the Roman soldiers were suppressing the civilians and fighting.

"Come and help us, we are the Pope's people."

Some civilians said in Greek.

The Gauls understood and immediately killed the Roman soldiers.

Bellius immediately discovered the weak points on the city wall. Under his command, a large number of Gallic soldiers continuously climbed onto the city wall from those places and then spread to both sides.

Slowly the entire Western Wall was filled with Gallic soldiers, and their numbers were still increasing.

Facing the huge number of enemies, the defenders were gradually suppressed.

At this time, some elite Roman soldiers also climbed onto the city wall.

With the addition of these Roman soldiers, the defenders were soon at a disadvantage.

These Roman soldiers were truly experienced in many battles. How could these rookie defenders be their opponents? So the defenders were finally defeated.

"How is this possible! How could I lose so quickly!"

Longinus said in horror.

If he had known this day, he would have persuaded Catiline to kill all the believers and vagrants.

Seeing more and more enemies entering the city, Longinus finally decided to flee.

He knew that the enemy's number was far greater than his own. Now that the enemy had entered the city, he would be defeated.

Seeing Rome captured so smoothly, Bellius felt incredible.

But after knowing what happened, I felt it was natural.

After all, the Holy Cult and Intelligence Team have also been working here for more than ten years. It is not difficult to understand that they have such strength.

"We must completely cleanse those nobles and the forces that oppose our knights, and we must never let this happen again."

Belius was riding on a tall horse, with undisguised murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"You are right, we must completely and completely eliminate their influence."

Brutim deeply agreed.

As one of the two giants of the intelligence team in Rome, he already had a general understanding of which nobles and knights might have participated in the turmoil.

He not only wanted to clear out their family, but also uproot their followers, relatives and friends.

"I'll leave this to you."

Belius smiled.

"no problem."

Brutim took a deep breath and said.

He knew that this would offend many people and they would hate him to the core, but he was willing to do it.

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