Chapter 69 The Requests of the Lukelians

"These Lucenians are willing to assist us in attacking Pompeii. They only want to kill a few nobles in Pompeii, especially Vitius. According to them, this man is the chief culprit in trying to seize their land..." Si Bardacus said: "As long as we agree to do this, these Lucelias are willing to join our team and help us fight against the Roman army."

"How many of these Lukelians are there who want to join us?" Cross asked.

"About 50 people."

"More than 50 people?!" Cross laughed loudly: "Now there are more than 500 people coming to seek refuge with us every day. Do we still lack fifty people like him!"

"Most of these fifty-odd people were once officers of the Roman legion. The leader was a chief centurion of the legion. He told us that there were many comrades in the same situation as him in Italy, and he was willing to mobilize them to join Our team..." Hamilka introduced with emphasis.

Another centurion, still the chief... Maximus' expression moved slightly.

"We just annihilated a Roman legion a few days ago. How many of their officers were killed by us? We have many people who want to join the team and have hatred for Rome. Under the command of the Roman senators, The Roman soldiers who invaded other countries' lands and massacred their people are not worthy of our attention at all!" Cross said with some excitement.

"Although our current team exceeds ten thousand people, due to too many people joining these days, the team is relatively chaotic and lacks training, so it is not suitable for going out to fight." Altonix said cautiously: "And our team has not attacked the city. We have no combat experience and lack of siege equipment. Because of our presence, the surrounding towns have strengthened their defenses. Although Pompeii is not big, the city walls are four or five meters high. If we lead the army to attack, the casualties will definitely be considerable, and once Failure to capture it will not only affect morale, but also damage our prestige..."

"I am interested in attacking the city, but I don't want to do it because of the Romans' request." Enomui said directly.

Attumus then said: "If you lead the army to fight in formation, I have no objection. If you go to attack the city... let it go."

"I think we can send troops to attack Pompeii." Maximus attracted everyone's attention as soon as he opened his mouth. He said calmly: "It's not for those Lukelians, but for ourselves! Join us now There are more and more people, so there is no need to worry about food. After all, it is the harvest season, and the soldiers go out to harvest wheat every day, which is enough to sustain us for a while. However, in addition to food, we are in urgent need of some supplies, such as clay pots and flax. Cloth, tents, copper pots... We have cleaned the farms in the Vesuvius area. There may be some other farms outside of this, but there shouldn't be too many. Our needs are huge, and we can only go there. By capturing a small seaside town with busy trade like Pompeii, we can not only meet our needs, but also obtain more, such as blacksmiths!”

"Do you think attacking a town is as easy as cooking dinner?" Cross glanced at him contemptuously: "You said it was easy, but a lot of people will die!"

Maximus said seriously: "When we rise up to resist the Romans, we are risking our lives. If we don't give it a try, we will never know whether we have the ability to capture a town, and there is still a way. The Kelians are here to help us."

"Lukelians?" Cross sneered: "Who knows if they deliberately deceived us and wanted us to die!"

"Okay, no more words, let's vote." After Spartacus finished speaking, Cross immediately made a firm statement: "I do not agree to attack Pompeii!"

"I don't agree either," Altonix said immediately.

"I cannot agree to the Lucelia people's request." Enomui shook his head and said.

Hamilka looked at Spartacus, then at Maximus, and said softly: "I think we can agree to the Lucelia people's request and try to attack Pompeii."

Maximus cheered up: "I also agree to attack Pompeii."

Now it's Cross's turn to be nervous, because in the vast majority of previous meetings, Spartacus and Hamilcar's opinions were unanimous, and this time is probably no exception. When the time comes, it will be three votes to three. Is it possible? Should such a small matter be temporarily shelved? Wouldn’t it make this kid Maximus laugh! ... Cross was feeling irritable, but he heard Spartacus say: "I don't agree to attack Pompeii either. I can only refuse the Lucelia people's request."

When Cross heard this, he was overjoyed: "This is settled, drive away those Lukelians!"

After saying that, he looked at Maximus, but Maximus looked calm and did not see any disappointment.

Cross rolled his eyes and said, "Spartacus, I have a proposal."

"you say."

"Since Attumus became the captain of the Fifth Battalion, he has been deeply loved by the soldiers and accumulated a lot of prestige. In addition, the Fifth Battalion he led also performed very well in this battle to defeat the Roman legions. I think It’s time for him to become one of us and become a true military commander!”

Cross is not a person who is good at thinking about others. The reason why he took the initiative to mention it this time was because he suddenly realized just now: Spartacus has a close relationship with Hamilka and Altonix, and in addition, The last one, Maximus, who had not dealt with him, had too much advantage in the voting of the military chiefs meeting. Although the newly joined Attumus had a normal relationship with him, he was not very close to Spartacus either. , bringing him in can also increase your chances of making suggestions and getting them approved in the future.

Attumus gave Cross a grateful look.

"Originally, I was going to mention this matter, but I didn't expect Crosby to say it first. This just shows that Attumus's performance has won the approval of all of us, so now we will decide whether he will get the right to vote at the Military Chiefs Council. Let's take a vote," Spartacus said seriously.

The result of the vote was naturally unanimous, and since then the number of rebel leaders has increased to seven.

Just as everyone was congratulating Artemous, Cross said again: "I have another proposal——"

Cross looked at Maximus and said in a deep voice: "This time we went to attack the Roman army and assigned all the nearly 500 slaves who had just joined us to the supply camp. This was just a temporary measure, but it led to today's The supply battalion escort has more than 700 soldiers. I think that the supply battalion, which is responsible for providing us with food and treating wounded soldiers, does not need to go into battle to kill the enemy. It is a complete waste to recruit so many soldiers. It is better to allocate half of the soldiers. What do you think about going to other brigades?”

As soon as Cross said this, the originally relaxed atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became solemn.

The rebel army has undergone rectification and reorganization in the six months since its establishment, but its organizational structure is still relatively loose. The leaders of each brigade and supply camp are like princes with great power. Other leaders, even Spartacus, have to With the consent of the leader, interfere in the affairs of the team. Cross wanted to remove the personnel assigned to the supply camp, which was a clear way to humiliate Maximus and undermine his prestige as the leader of the supply camp.

This kind of thing has never happened in the previous military commanders' meeting. I am afraid that Cross still remembers the incident where his brigade soldiers were publicly caned for insulting the women in the medical team two months ago, so he took advantage of this victory to carry out the attack. revenge.

"While you were leading the army on the expedition, Naples sent many spies to approach our camp. If we hadn't seen hundreds of soldiers from the supply camp guard conducting military training in front of the camp, I'm afraid that by the time you returned from victory, the camp would have been empty. The supplies inside have long been looted by the Campanians. This is the role of the escort with enough soldiers. If Cross, you want to take away my people, then if you send out troops to fight in the future, there will be a third The second brigade will always stay at the camp!

Maximus retorted coldly, and then said: "I also have a suggestion! The soldiers of the Second Battalion often say that they don't eat much, and the food given to them is usually a bit too much. I suggest that we distribute food to the Second Battalion in the future. Cut it in half!”