Roman Slave Owner

Chapter 335 Pompey returns

At the head of Regium, a soldier of the slave rebel army was like a concubine, and they were defeated again.

Ixion had a serious face. A large number of Roman soldiers outside the city were digging trenches, and the soil walls grew higher at a speed visible to the naked eye.

For up to three days, Regium will be completely surrounded.

The slave rebel army is completely finished!

Li Wei was inspecting the Roman army at this time, and a middle-aged man dressed in white Toga was following him closely. He was tall, with a bald head and a slightly flattering smile on his face.

He is one of the city officials of Turi, which is not far from Regium, but only a day away, as far as the Roman military camp is even closer.

“The residents of Tuli City were very excited to learn that the general had won again and again, and they specially entrusted me to send me supplies for condolences.”

The corner of Li Wei’s mouth showed a Ruoruuowu smile, “There is a saying in the far east, “Nothing is courteous, you are stealing. You have sent so many things for no reason, did you do anything bad.”

The city official’s heart suddenly burst, did Li Wei receive any news?

But on the surface, he didn’t show his expression, and said dissatisfiedly: “What is the general saying? We kindly come to express our condolences, how can the general say that to us.”

Li Wei glanced at him lightly, still playing with me in the demo.

If you don’t hit you hard today, your brother won’t be named Li.

“You know we have captured a lot of prisoners, such as Onomamus, Gannix, Kastus, they always say some inexplicable things. For example, some people have a large-scale transaction with the slave rebels in exchange for the slave rebels. Attack Turi City. Do you think I should believe them?”

The city official staggered, almost fell to his knees, and then wiped a cold sweat.

I kept swearing in my heart, why those slaves who killed a thousand knives couldn’t be more strict, and even confessed the city of Tuli!

The Romans were extremely cruel to cities that colluded with enemies, such as Capua in history.

Citizens were either killed or sold as slaves.

Thinking of being sold into slavery, the city official could no longer sit still.

“General, you must understand our difficulties. At that time, Spartacus was strong and Rome did not send reinforcements. Tuli City is not an opponent at all. If they don’t compromise, they will kill all the people in Tuli City.”

The city official wailed.

“I understand, so I didn’t tell the Senate about this.”

Li Wei said.

“Thank you for the general’s sympathy. Looking back, Tuli City will definitely send a generous gift to the general. All the residents in the city are grateful to the general…”

The city official exclaimed.

Li Wei couldn’t help rolling his eyes. Did he think he was an idiot, and a little bit of rhetoric could get rid of him.

“No, just donate your illegal income to the church.”

Hearing this, the city official’s face went dark.

Their illegal gains were astronomical. Spartacus robbed many manors and cities, and the money eventually flowed into Turi City.

Although they bought materials and traded them to Spartacus, the profits were absolutely huge.

But he understands that he has no choice. If he doesn’t agree, he will wait to be sold as a slave.

“understand.”

The city official gritted his teeth and said.

“The amount must not be less than 30 million dinars.”

The corner of the municipal official’s mouth twitched. This amount was too high, but it was still acceptable to gritted his teeth.

“no problem.”

Li Wei nodded, “True God will forgive you for your mistakes.”

Hearing this, the city official breathed a sigh of relief.

Having earned a large sum of money in vain, Li Wei was in a very good mood.

As a result, the speed of preaching will be faster. Perhaps the church should open more mission schools.

The insurgents did not interfere with the Roman army’s wall-building plan, and they had completely lost their confidence.

Two days later, a four-meter-deep trench and a four-meter-high earth wall were built, and Regium was surrounded by water.

Li Wei ordered the people to build trebuchets and boulders and attack the city as soon as everything was ready.

From autumn to winter, the weather in Regium is as cold as one day.

In a courtyard, Sara entered here with a bucket, and then closed the door.

This is a traditional two-story Roman-style single-family building, somewhat like a courtyard in Beijing.

There are lofts on both sides, and the walls of the loft are painted full of ivy.

There is a small pool in the middle, and the sun shines down from the patio in the middle.

After bypassing the pool, there is the inner courtyard and the altar where the gods are enshrined. Sarah struggled to lift the bucket to the pond.

Since the defeat, Spartacus moved out of the municipal mansion and came here.

Regarding those military affairs, he no longer manages them, and gives them all to Curius and Ixion. The whole person seems to have lost his soul and is extremely decadent, which makes Sara feel very distressed.

Walked into Spartacus’s room and found that the room was full of alcohol.

Spartacus was still lying on the bed with some wine bottles on the table.

One of the bottles also exudes a strong aroma. It is the whiskey produced by the Levy family, and it is also the favorite of Spartacus during this time.

“Are you still up? It’s noon.”

Sarah walked to the bed and kissed him gently.

“Let me sleep for a while.”

Spartacus closed his eyes and said.

“Well then, you sleep at ease, I’ll cook.”

Sara said, anyway, this is their last time, every day is earned, let him do what he wants to do.

After Sarah left, Spartacus opened his eyes.

His eyes were full of pain, but he quickly closed his eyes again.

The self-blame for failure gnawed at his heart like a poisonous snake, and he was really shameless to meet the soldiers who followed him.

Before long, all the meals were ready, just like coaxing a child, Sarah finally coaxed Spartacus out to eat.

The two ate silently, and Sara tried to liven up the atmosphere.

But after not eating much, Sarah vomited.

“What’s wrong with you? I found out that you have been doing this recently. Is there something wrong with your body?”

Spartacus asked.

“Nothing, I have not had a good appetite recently.”

Sara Qiang said with a smile.

Spartacus stared at her face and shook his head.

“Are you hiding something from me? Go to a doctor if you are sick.”

“No, I have already consulted a doctor, and he said there is nothing wrong.”

Spartacus nodded, as long as he had seen a doctor.

But soon his expression froze, and then he looked up at Sarah suddenly.

“Are you… pregnant?”

“Nothing, you think too much.”

Sara said, but her face turned to one side.

And Spartacus discovered that her eyes seemed to be red.

“No, I’m going to see a doctor.”

Spartacus said, and he was about to leave, but Sarah held his hand.

“Please don’t!”

Looking at Sara’s pleading eyes, Spartacus already knew the answer.

At this moment, he was mixed up, and then scolded fiercely: “Asshole! Asshole!”

Of course this is not scolding Sara, but scolding herself.

He hates his incompetence! Hate your own waste!

His child is dying before he is born!

He and Sara had a child before, but died of illness not long after they were born.

“I shouldn’t have redeemed you back then!”

Spartacus said.

“It doesn’t matter, you don’t have to blame yourself.”

Sara said, but tears couldn’t stop streaming from her eyes, and she felt sorry for her child.

“No, I must not let my child die before being born.”

Spartacus stood up and said.

He must do something for him, otherwise he will not feel at ease in death.

“Do you have any idea? Curius and the others broke through twice, but they all failed.”

Sara said.

“If I can exchange the lives of women and children, I can lead my army to surrender!”

Spartacus said.

In history, Spartacus once offered to surrender to Krasu, on the condition that the lives of those gladiators were exchanged for the lives of other soldiers of the rebel army.

The situation is much worse now. If he puts forward the same conditions, he can guarantee that Li Wei will not agree.

“Do you really want to do this?”

Sara asked.

“We have a dead end, it is better to use our lives in exchange for your life.”

Spartacus said.

“But they probably won’t agree.”

“Don’t worry, leave this to me and I will convince them.”

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At this time, Li Weishang didn’t know the changes in Regium City, he was suffering from a headache.

Pompey led the army to the border of the Lucombi River, but the Senate ordered him to disband the army on the spot and forbid him to lead the army across the Lucombe River.

After all, it is completely different now and in history. Levy surrounded all the rest of Spartacus and was about to win a big victory. Of course, Pompey’s army was not needed to help.

So Pompeo had to send his friend Gabinius to Levy. What should he do?

“Tell him to take the troops directly across the Lukumbi River, just say Regium will do.”

Li Wei thought for a while and said.

“But the Senate will not agree. Without the Senate’s consent, leading an army across the Lukumbi River is a rebellion.”

Gabinius said that this seemingly sophisticated young man, nearly 30 years old, has won Pompeo’s trust.

“You always have to take some risks to do big things. As long as he leads troops across the Lucombe River, I will send troops to attack Regium, and then we will join Rome.”

Li Wei said.

Gabinius hesitated for a while, but still did not agree, so that all the risks fell on Pompeo.

“What does Pompey mean?”

Li Wei frowned and said.

“General Pompeo wants you to attack Regium now. After you do so, you don’t disband the army and go north immediately. General Pompey crossed the Lucombe River at the same time.”

Gabinius said.

Li Wei thought for a while, Nima was really careful, but there was no problem.

“Okay, just do it.”

Gabinius quietly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Wei didn’t bargain much and agreed to it.

He could see that Li Wei really wanted to join forces with Pompeo, not a trap for Pompeo.

“Then when will you attack Regium?”

Gabinius asked.

“Just the day after tomorrow.”

Li Wei thought for a while and said.

“Well, I will wait for you here.”

Gabinius said.

Li Wei agreed and sent someone to take him down to rest.

He was about to convene his lieutenant for a combat meeting when a guard soldier walked in.

“Report to the general, an emissary from Spartacus has come to see you.”

“I see, take him in.”

Although he was surprised that Spartacus would send an envoy, Li Wei still planned to meet them.

It didn’t take long for a Thracian with a tall stature, a beard and a faint tattoo to walk in.

“Ovidis, the messenger of Regium, has seen General Livy.”

The Thracian said respectfully.

“Does Spartacus send you for anything?”

Li Wei asked lightly.

“General Spartacus entrusted me to send me a letter, please go over it.”

Ovides said.

Li Wei nodded, and immediately a guard soldier stepped forward and took the letter.

After reading it, Li Wei was greatly surprised. He didn’t expect Spartacus to want to surrender, but this condition was too harsh, and he could not agree to even ask for the slaves in the uprising to be spared.

“You tell him that surrender is OK, and it is impossible to spare the slaves who are uprising.”

Li Wei said.

Spartacus talked with Curius and the others, but Curius and the others resolutely refused to agree.

How could they sacrifice their lives for some women and children?

Ovidis was not surprised about this, he said: “The general doesn’t agree, and Spartacus has one more word for you. He hopes that the general can spare the women and children in the city For this reason, he is willing to surrender only on his own behalf. He hopes that the general can guarantee Sara’s life. Sara has not killed a Roman, she is innocent.”

Hearing this, Li Wei was extremely surprised.

I never thought that Spartacus was willing to surrender. Is it because of Sara?

“I can agree to his request, but those women and children will either be sent back to their masters or auctioned as slaves.”

Li Wei said.

“Can’t you buy them, General?”

Ovides said.

“Why should I buy them?”

Li Wei asked curiously.

“My general, you understand that once they return to the original owner, they will probably die.”

Ovidis said, “We heard that the general treats his slaves very well, and we hope that the general can buy them.”

Li Wei admitted that he was right. No slave owner would not be wary of the female slaves who participated in the rebellion. Death may be their final destination.

Li Wei frowned and asked, “How many young women and children do you have?”

“There are more than 4,000, more than 3,000 women, and more than 200 children. If the general is short of money, we still have some, and we can pay for them.”

Ovides exclaimed.

Li Wei was very hesitant to buy such a slave girl, but he finally agreed.

“Okay, but I will pay for it myself, not yours.”

Now I don’t know how many people are staring at him. He doesn’t want to make mistakes in such trivial matters.

“Thank you General for mercy! Thank you General for mercy!”

Ovidis said excitedly.

He also had a wife who was extremely in favor of Spartacus’s approach, so she volunteered to come as an emissary.