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Text Chapter 1072 All the way to the west (twenty-eight)

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    As soon as Arnubis finished speaking, a burst of noisy criticism suddenly sounded in the Senate.  ¡é¡ê¡é¡ê, among the so-called rich people in Rome, who else can be richer than these senators?  Arnubis wanted to steal money directly from their hands.  For greedy misers, robbing money from their hands makes them more angry than killing their parents.  Not even if Arnubis has a very good relationship with the Senate!  When interests were involved, the parents didn't even talk about it even when they came.  "Not enough." Severus shook his head and said, "If you just rely on the Romans, you won't be able to resist for long. There are too many foreign troops outside the city. And those black-haired foreign troops from the far east have never participated in the war.  We must ensure that we have enough troops to keep all enemies outside the city wall. " "What do you mean?" Arnubis looked at Severus in confusion, not understanding what the victorious general wanted to say.  .  "We free the slaves." Severus pursed his lips and said in a deep voice.  As soon as Severus finished speaking, the entire meeting hall exploded.  Almost all the senators stood up and shouted loudly and excitedly in opposition.  They could not accept the horror of freeing the slaves.  The history of the Roman Empire is almost a history of slaves¡¯ constant rebellion.  Whether the Roman Empire was strong or weak, slave revolts broke out almost every year.  These low-level slaves, who were miserable under the extreme oppression of Rome, rose up to resist.  They killed their noble masters, burned beautiful manors and villas, and raped women.  Loot everything.  It is unknown how many Romans died at the hands of slaves.  Of course, we are talking about ordinary low-level slaves here.  The life of high-level slaves was very good, even better than that of ordinary Romans.  Severus's proposal was unacceptable to all the senators.  "The enemies of Rome are also using those vassal armies to consume our precious soldiers. When all the Roman citizens are killed in battle, what will we do? Will the senators go to the battlefield in person?" Severus glanced at the crowd with disdain.  The excited elders glanced at each other and said coldly.  Everyone knew that Severus was right.  But it is difficult for them to accept this kind of thing.  The threat of resentful slaves to Rome was no worse than those of foreigners.  "Since there is no other choice, let's do this." Arnubis pondered for a moment.  Finally decided to support Severus' proposal.  After all, the city of Rome is now at a critical juncture of life and death. As long as they can be used, let alone slaves, even the senators of the Senate can abandon them.  "Yes." Severus glanced at Arnubis in surprise, then nodded and said, "All slaves. I mean all, whether they belong to the state or private slaves. As long as they are willing to take up the sword to defend  Rome, they will immediately be liberated and become free citizens. Their next generation will officially become citizens of Rome." At this point, Severus looked at those who had to free their slaves and looked ugly.  of the elders.  He curled his lips and then said, "Open the warehouse. Distribute bonuses to all sergeants, including slaves who are willing to fight to defend Rome." "This is impossible!" As soon as Severus finished speaking, there was an angry expression immediately.  The senators held their robes and jumped angrily and roared.  The wealth of the Roman Empire was unimaginable.  They conquered countries and nations one after another by conquering the east and west.  Send all their wealth back to the city of Rome.  In the entire empire, there was only one true gathering place of wealth like the city of Rome.  Almost all the accumulated wealth of the entire empire over hundreds of thousands of years is concentrated here.  It is no exaggeration to say that it is a treasure of gold and silver.  Severus¡¯ meaning is very simple. He wants to open up the imperial wealth stored in various temples and use it to inspire soldiers to fight.  However, all these wealth are controlled by the Senate.  For the senators who regard these wealth as private property, touching these wealth is no different from killing them.  When asked to donate money before, the elders gritted their teeth and endured.  Just give me money, it won't be much anyway.  As long as the war can be won.  Just grab it back later.  When they demanded the release of slaves, the senators tolerated it.  Just let it go, as long as you can win the war, you can catch it later.  But now they are asked to use the wealth of the empire, which is regarded as money in their own pockets.  The elders couldn't bear it anymore.  Previously, Arnubis tried to use tens of thousands of pounds of gold and silver in exchange for the withdrawal of the alien army.  At that time, the Senate was already excited and attacking.  This is enough to show how strong the control of wealth by the elders is.  It's scary for them to be killed after using this money.  "If you don't use it at this time, what's the use of keeping it?" Looking at the crowdWith excitement and ferocious expressions on the faces of the senators who seemed to want to eat him alive, Severus let out a long sigh.  He whispered, "The war is defeated. Then the wealth you are holding on to is not all the spoils of the alien army? You can shout at me in Rome with great force. But what can you do when you face the alien steel sword?  ? Fight with words? " By this time, Severus had no hope of holding on to the city of Rome.  There is such a group of pig teammates here.  He did not think that the city of Rome could survive this brutal siege.  Finally, the Senate agreed to mobilize citizens to donate money for the war.  Agreed to free slaves to join the war.  But they refused to use the imperial wealth.  Severus made no objection. He had completely despaired of the idiots in the Senate.  "Keep the money. When the alien army puts the steel knife to your necks in the murderous city, you will have no chance to use it!" Severus, who had already made up his mind to stay away from these idiots, thought in his heart. After a short rest,  , the war continues.  The southern wall of the Roman city was Gao Yang¡¯s chosen main attack area.  The city walls here were built more than a hundred years ago and are relatively new in Rome. They are all made of huge bluestones wrapped in soil and are tall and solid.  Originally, the old city walls to the west and east were more suitable for attack, but Gao Yang's goal was to consume the strength of the vassal army, so the main attack direction was chosen here.  ¡®Kazi~Kazi¡¯ The slaves of all colors, shirtless and with iron chains wrapped around their bodies, struggled to push various large siege equipment towards the city wall.  Greek overseers wearing iron helmets brandished whips and slapped the slaves on the back to urge them to go faster.  The siege equipment was crowded with siege sergeants from all ethnic groups. Behind them, there was a Han Army cavalry regiment of ten thousand people watching them from a distance.  Anyone who dares to turn around and run away will be shot into a hedgehog.  If we can't capture the city wall, then we'll all die under the city wall.  Various strange-shaped stones are flying in the sky.  Some smashed into the city wall, and some Romans fought back from inside the city.  No matter how brave and strong the soldier is, if he is hit by a stone with huge kinetic energy, it will inevitably lead to death.  Even complete corpses cannot be preserved.  ¡®Woo~¡¯ The rocks with a whistling sound hit the middle of a tall building car heavily.  The wooden carriage suddenly broke in the middle.  Dozens of shirtless emancipated slaves holding shields and daggers and wearing mask-like helmets fell from the air while screaming and dancing.  The crackling sound hit the ground like raindrops, turning into puddles of rotten flesh.  Similarly, the trebuchets of siege troops are more powerful.  The huge boulders pulled from the distant hills rolled and flew towards the solid city wall in the distance.  Under the horrified gazes of the city guards, they smashed hard on the city wall that had been in pieces during the previous attack.  The flying rubble splashed out, sweeping away everything around it.  Thousands of archers from Rhode Island quickly stepped forward. They hid behind the shield cart and pressed against the rain of arrows on the city wall, and began to shoot at the defenders.  Groups of arrows were flying in the air, and countless people were constantly falling into a pool of blood, both on the ground and on the city walls.  The sergeants who were stimulated by the atmosphere of the battlefield shouted and jumped into the city wall along the tall ladder and the columbine set up on the city wall, and started a life-and-death fight with the defenders.  While the sword light was flying, screams and cries could be heard endlessly.  On the vast battlefield, lives are being consumed rapidly every moment.  The nauseating and rich smell of blood permeated the battlefield, stimulating everyone's hormones.  "Are we going to launch a general attack today?" Yuandian asked softly.  Under the huge commander's banner, Gao Yang, who was standing on a special high platform, put down the telescope in his hand, stared at the Roman city wall in the distance covered by countless figures and gunpowder smoke, and whispered, "It's almost enough. The Romans have begun to push slaves onto the battlefield.  "And the vassal troops suffered heavy casualties. It would not be good if they were all consumed under the city wall." "What are you going to do?" Yuandian asked curiously, "Should you let the Han soldiers go on stage?" "  If I wanted to use incendiary bombs, why should I wait until now?" Gao Yang pointed to the distant city wall and said with a smile, "How can I throw the Han army sergeants into a huge meat grinder?  Go in and waste it in vain? The Romans don't know what they are doing, and they are fighting with all their strength. No matter how elite the Han army is, they will definitely pay a huge price. " "Then what other tactics do you have?  Right? You really need to pay more attention. If you use it again, the space-time channel will be really unstable. If you are trapped in this time and space, you will not be able to cry." "You can use this era to produce.  Something." Gao Yang narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "I still remember.?Is it the earthen workshop I built outside Luoyang that specializes in making black gunpowder?  Now is the time to put them to use.  " After Gao Yang took the Han Empire into his hands, he established countless earthen workshops and small factories outside Luoyang City and around Sili. They produced everything. One of them was specialized in the production of black powder. In this  Era, large-scale use of gunpowder can definitely play a decisive role in a siege battle (To be continued)
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