Roman Slave Owner

After Esilius left, Hadrianus gave his men a wink, and they left knowingly, chatting with the nearby soldiers.

Talking about how much money they made during their expedition to Greece, how rich they are now, and occasionally inviting them to drink a little wine, directly envied those soldiers, but Scipio knew nothing about it.

Scipio dragged on, not seeing Hadrianus for several days.

It made Hadrianus so angry that although he had a special mission to use them, he had to go back and return as soon as possible, so he couldn't stay here all the time.

In the end, he kept blocking the gate of Scipio's camp, and Scipio had no choice but to see him.

"I can make peace with you, but on two conditions."

Scipio said with a smile.

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At this time, Sulla had set up his camp not far from Scipio's camp. Since the two sides were in peace talks, the soldiers of both sides met outside and did not fight.

After going back and forth, they actually chatted.

Under Sulla's instigation, Sulla's soldiers bragged desperately how rich they were and how much they had gained from fighting, which attracted the envy of the Roman soldiers.

In this way, it was passed on to ten, ten to a hundred, coupled with the testimony of Hadrianus and others, the news that Sulla's soldiers were very rich spread quickly.

In contrast, Scipio's soldiers were extremely poor, which disturbed Scipio's army.

Li Wei is happy to hear this, and maybe soon, Scipio's men will surrender voluntarily.

On this day, Su La once again summoned the generals to discuss matters, and Li Wei hurried to Su La's big tent.

"Scipio agrees to peace talks, but we must send hostages?"

After hearing the news from Hadrianus, Sura frowned tightly, and then looked at Li Wei.

He actually wanted to repeat his achievements in Greece. After negotiating peace with the king of Pontus, Sulla persuaded the Roman army that went to conquer him without going through a battle.

If he succeeds, he will be able to step on the Scipio family's throne, and his light will shine on the entire Mediterranean Sea.

"I think there is no problem. We can send Hadrianus and the hostages to Scipio. However, I think there will be people who disagree with the peace talks. They will try their best to sabotage the peace talks. At that time, we can take the opportunity to demand the return of the hostages."

Levi said.

"He said you must be among the hostages."

Hadrianus smiled and said, Nima asked me to do dangerous things, try it for you.

Li Wei's face was dull, he pondered for a while, and then said seriously: "I think this plan has too many loopholes, so it should be scrapped, let's fight. Pompeo, what do you think?"

Sura: "..."

Metellus: "..."

Everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded, what about morals? Not so soon.

Pompey: "Cough...cough...I agree with Li Wei. Li Wei controls the three legions. I firmly oppose letting Li Wei be a hostage."

Good brother, speaking of loyalty, it is worthy of giving you a famous sword back then, Li Wei praised secretly.

"Who do you think will sabotage the peace talks?"

Sura asked.

"Cedorius."

Li Wei thought for a while and said.

A cold light flashed in Sura's eyes. Sertorius had put in a lot of effort when he attacked Rome, and he was the one he must kill.

"It makes sense."

Sura said with a sullen face, "Since Li Wei doesn't want to be a hostage, let Faustus go."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

"It's absolutely impossible. Faustus must not be sent there. We can send other people. Faustus must never be sent as a hostage."

Li Wei said quickly.

No matter who Faustus is, this is Sulla's own son.

Li Wei didn't expect that Sura would send his own son as a hostage. People who can achieve great things in history are indeed extraordinary.

"Yes, Faustus must not be sent."

Everyone persuaded one after another.

"Scipio is a treacherous old man. He only thinks of delaying until winter, and then we will retreat naturally."

Sulla said, "So we have to modify the plan a little bit. I know very well that Catiline, Scipio's lieutenant general, is very greedy for money. He has borrowed a lot of usury and he can't pay it off at all. As long as we promise to help him pay it off If he is in debt, if he is given a little favor, he has a great chance to join us."

Hearing this, Li Wei fell into deep thought. It is really unreliable to rely entirely on history.

And is Scipio really cowardly and incompetent? How can so many people get it all wrong? Could he have other considerations, such as family continuation and the like.

"Why don't you send your nephew over there, don't you have a nephew named Publius?"

Li Wei said that now we can only choose the lesser of two evils. Instead of letting Su La's son go, it is better to let his nephew go.

Sura's heart moved, yes, why didn't he think of his nephew.

"Which one of you would like to go and be a hostage?"

At this time, Li Wei looked back at Lebiris and Belieus, who were the commanders of the two major legions under him.

Lebiris and Belieus had bitter faces, Boss, why do you let us wipe your ass for the shit you pulled out? If I had said it earlier, there would be so many crap.

They glanced at each other, and finally Lebiris took a step forward.

"It's better for me to be a hostage."

Li Wei nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "With your nephew and a lieutenant as hostages, I think this standard is high enough. If he still refuses, we have to doubt his sincerity."

"Let me add one more person. I served with Catiline in my father's barracks. He had a good relationship with my slave Demetrius."

At this time Pompey said.

"How about you slave?"

Sura asked.

"He is talented, articulate, and a genius. If it weren't for his status as a slave, his achievements may not be as good as mine."

Pompey said with a wry smile.

Everyone was surprised for a while, they didn't expect such a talent.

Sura's eyes flickered, and she finally nodded, "That's it."

So Hadrianus went to Scipio's barracks again to discuss the conditions with Scipio, and Scipio continued to use the method of delay.

At this time, Li Wei called Su La and many other generals over, and let them visit the big killer he prepared for Scipio.

"Everyone, this is the siege device I prepared for Scipio. Its full name is the counterweight trebuchet. As long as dozens of such trebuchets are produced, it will be easy to capture Scipio's barracks."

Li Wei pointed to a tall trebuchet and said, this is actually a return cannon in history. The principle is very simple. It is to use the counterweight stone to greatly increase the speed of throwing objects. The principle is very simple and it is a real projectile. Siege weapon.

In history, Rome also had its own attacking weapon spring torsion trebuchet, but unfortunately that was a matter of the Roman Empire, and it is still unclear now.