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"What did you say? How dare you say that we believe in false gods? You will definitely be punished by the gods. I want to accuse you. The Aedui people should not cooperate with you."

the priest said angrily.

Rufus' face turned ugly. This guy actually planned to provoke the Aedui and their cooperation.

"Kill him for me!"

Rufus said to a crusader beside him.

The crusader nodded, drew his dagger and walked towards the priest.

"What do you want to do? I am a priest of the Druid sect, you can't do this."

The priest was so frightened that he backed away.

At this time, the prisoners of war also started to commotion. Some prisoners rushed to the priest and stood between the priest and the crusaders.

"You can't do this. He is our noble priest. If you hurt him, you will be punished by the gods."

said one of the prisoners.

When the crusader saw so many prisoners blocking his way, he had to look at Rufus.

Rufus' expression became even worse, he waved his hand and said.

"No matter who it is, anyone who dares to block it will be killed."

After receiving his order, the surrounding Crusaders immediately stepped forward and surrounded the priest and the prisoner.

The prisoners looked at these murderous crusaders with fear on their faces.

"Stop it all!"

At this moment, a dozen Aedui soldiers and a priest came over.

"What are you doing? Why are you treating a distinguished Druid priest like this?"

The Aedui priest said angrily.

Rufus looked at them with an unkind expression, "What are you doing here?"

Seeing the arrival of these people, the Helvetician priest was overjoyed and greeted him warmly. Only then did people realize that they knew each other.

"I came to see my friend, and I didn't expect you to plan to kill him."

The Aedui priest said excitedly.

"They also forced everyone to believe in the true God or sell them into slavery,"

The Helvetician technician provoked.

"What did you say? You forced them to betray the gods. Do you know what you are doing? You are insulting all the Gauls! I will tell our leader about this. You'd better let them go quickly. , otherwise you will be in big trouble."

The Aedui priest said angrily.

Rufus looked at him dissatisfied, "They are our prisoners, and it is our right to do with them what we do with them."

"Even if you take prisoners, you cannot force them to betray the gods. You are making enemies of all Gauls."

The Aedui priest refused to give an inch.

The two kept arguing, neither wanting to give in.

"Are you sure you want to interfere with what we do with these prisoners?"

Rufus lost all patience.

Unexpectedly, a group of Gaulish barbarians dared to question the great prophet's decision. He was looking for death.

"Yes, you cannot do that! If you do, you will face the wrath of all the Gauls."

The Aedui priest said.

"Really? So what if we are enemies? How can you ignorant people know the greatness of the true God! Kill them! If anything happens, I will be responsible!"

Rufus shouted.

The Crusaders no longer hesitated and stepped forward to kill the captives and priests. Those prisoners who tried to block were slashed to the ground.

"Help me! My friend!"

Priest Helvetia said in horror.

"Go and protect him quickly."

The Aedui priest said to the Aedui soldiers beside him.

The Aedui soldiers immediately stepped forward to stop them, but more Crusaders stopped in front of them.

Both sides drew their weapons and began a tense confrontation.

Rufus looked at all this with a sneer, what a bunch of ignorant barbarians.

At this time, the crusaders finally reached the Helvetia priest and stabbed him to death with random swords.

Seeing his friends and so many loyal believers being hacked to death on the spot, the Aedui priest's eyes turned completely red.

"I swear you're going to regret it! Let's go!"

After saying that, he took the Aedui soldiers and left here.

Rufus snorted coldly, and then said to the prisoners: "Now tell me your choice."

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In a military camp, Levi had received the news from Rufus.

This gave him a headache. He understood the benefits of the Holy Religion as well as its weaknesses.

He was well aware of the Holy Religion's rejection of other sects, but he didn't expect the backlash so quickly.

"Rufus is really too reckless. Now that hundreds of thousands of Germans have crossed the Rhine, it is exactly when we need the Aedui people. How can he destroy our relationship with the Aedui people."

Bellius said.

"I don't think so, so what about the Aedui? We are great Romans and we don't need to coddle these barbarians. We have promised to give them half of the land of the Sequani people, but we didn't expect them to interfere with us in handling the prisoners of war. This is really too much. Moreover, it is the family leader’s intention to spread the holy religion among prisoners of war, so Rufus is at best going too far.”

Annius said.

His father is the abbot of Longcheng Monastery and a cardinal of the Holy Church. The crusaders and priests respected him far more than anyone else, and of course he spoke for them.

"But this may arouse all the Gauls to be hostile to us, which will be very detrimental to our future war."

Bellius said.

"But their control is too lenient. Who do they think they are? They dare to control us."

Annius insisted.

The two of them refused to give in, and the other lieutenants did not interrupt, but looked at Li Wei quietly.

What Rufus did was actually Levi's idea, and he still needed to make the decision in the end.

"Okay, don't argue anymore. Our original plan remains unchanged and we will continue to preach among the prisoners of war, but we can hand over the Helvetia priests to the Aedui people."

Levi thought for a while and said.

He had indeed been a little careless before and had not considered the priests and prisoners of war. He did not expect that he would cause such a big trouble.

"But this will anger the priests throughout Gaul, and they will urge the major tribes to unite to attack us. Their power in Gaul is very strong, and they are fully capable of this."

Bellius said.

Druid priests are so noble that they can even stop wars between different tribes.

In later generations, there was a great riot in the whole of Gaul, and it may not be without the contribution of these priests.

"What you said makes sense, but preaching is our core interest, and this cannot be violated. Even if we compromise, as long as we preach, the priests will regard us as enemies, and they will still persuade all the tribes to unite to deal with it. us."

Levi said.

He could indeed reorganize slowly, but his governor only had five years, and he could not unify Gaul in eight years like Caesar. He also had to go on an expedition to Germany.

Therefore, he had too little time, and the Gauls were capricious and prone to rebellion, so he decided to use the most drastic method to completely solve the Gauls.

"If all the Gauls unite, it will be difficult for us to win."

Bellius said worriedly.

"Don't worry, I have my own idea."

Levi said, it's time to use his secret weapon.

Although Livy seemed extremely confident, Bellius was still very worried. If all the Gauls united, they would be able to mobilize at least one million troops.

That's an army of millions! No matter how strong their twelve legions are, they are no match for them.

At this moment, a guard walked in.

"Report to the general that the leader of the Aedui, Devichiba Agus, has come to ask for an audience."

"Let us come in."

Levi said, he didn't expect them to come so soon.

Soon Divichiba Agus came in with several priests. The difference from before was that now he was extremely angry.

"Levi, I heard that some people forced the Helveticians and Sequonians to betray the Druids. I don't know if this is the case."

Divichiba Agus said.

"That's right."

Levi had no intention of denying it.

"I always thought that the Romans respected our beliefs, so they always regarded you as our friends. Was I wrong before?"

Divichiba Agus said.

"Those people are my prisoners. It is my right to deal with them how to deal with them. You have no right to interfere."

Levi said.

"You...you know you are insulting the Gauls. No one can force the Gauls to betray the gods."

Divichiba Agus said angrily.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Levi said coldly.

Diviciba Agus paused and looked at Li Wei's cold eyes. Was he planning to fall out?

"I will tell the Senate this news. I hope the Senate can give me an explanation."

Divichiba Agus thought for a while and said.

The Romans are now powerful. If they turn against them now, they will never be their opponents.

"As you wish, but before that, I ask that you hand over all the prisoners to me."

Levi said.

"Why? We also contributed to this war."

Divichiba Agus said angrily.

"Because this is your war, we are here to help. And we have far more people than you, so just asking for a few prisoners of war is not too much."

"What if we don't?"

At this time, a priest said.

"I will regard this as a betrayal of Rome, and then have to persuade you by force to hand over your prisoners."

Levi said calmly.

"You've gone too far."

Divichiba Agus said angrily that he did not expect Livy to threaten them.

"Anyone who opposes the true God will be severely punished. I will give you one day to think about it."

Levi said.

"you……"

Divichiba Agus was so angry that he pointed at him and could not speak, "Very good, I will give you the answer tomorrow."

After saying that, Diviciba Agus led everyone and left here.

Everyone looked at each other. They didn't expect that the two parties would fall out so quickly.

"Are we going to fight the Aedui?"

At this time Anius said.

"Yes, after they hand over all the prisoners to us."

Levi nodded, "Whether they hand it over or not, we will ask them to hand over Dunoleks to us for trial. According to my estimation, they will probably not hand it over. By then we can make a good decision. attack them."

"Why not detain them so we can win easily."

Annius said.

"This is inappropriate. They are our allies now. If we detain them and attack their territory. This will not only fail to explain to the Senate and the Citizens' Assembly, but will also chill our allies."

Bellius said.

It makes sense for Annius to think about it. Allies have always been a very important part of Rome's combat effectiveness. It would really not be good to do this.

As Livy's order was conveyed, the entire Roman army began to take action.

Although many soldiers were puzzled by this, they were very convinced of Li Wei's ability. They believed that Li Wei would lead them to victory after victory.

The changes in the Roman army made the Aedui people very nervous. They had a heated discussion about this and finally conveyed their decision to Livy.

They refused to hand over the prisoners!

"Really? That's great! Many times people don't understand their position correctly."

Li Wei said with a sneer on his face. He decided to follow the plan and be polite first and then attack.

"Send someone to tell them to hand over Dunorex. If they don't hand him over, we will attack the Aedui."

Levi said.

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"asshole!"

Diviciba Agus did not expect that Levi would actually fall out. He had promised to let his brother go.

As a brother-controller, of course he would not allow this to happen.

But he was the leader of all the Aedui, and he had to listen to the elders and priests, so he called them together.

"We decided we couldn't agree to it. He just wanted a reason to start a war."

"That's right. Anyone who associates with him is a public enemy of the Gauls. We have sent people to contact all the Gallic tribes and summon them to jointly attack the Romans."

"..."

As Divichiba Agus expected, the reactions of the priests became more intense than the others, as if whoever agreed to Levi's conditions would become their sworn enemy.

Levi touched their most fundamental interests and triggered their most violent counterattack.

Unlike those Roman priests, they were more influential and powerful.

Some elders also expressed their support. They saw that Li Wei was ruthless and wanted to completely wipe out the Helvetia and Sequani tribes. This was simply unimaginable.

Seeing this, Diviciba Agus was extremely happy.

"What do we do now? If we refuse, they will start a war with us immediately."

"We can pretend to agree to them, then cross the Ala River as soon as possible, and then return to the royal city. The strength of the Romans is far superior to ours, and we can only resist them with the help of the royal city. As long as the armies of other races arrive, the Romans will undoubtedly be defeated. "

said a priest.

Divichiba Agus nodded repeatedly, thinking this was a good idea.

After deliberation, they finally passed the decision.

In fact they went on so well that upon learning of their decision to surrender Dunorecus, Livy seemed unaware of their plan, and the Romans became friendly towards their companions.

So Divichiba Agus and others left the camp overnight, and then marched towards the Ala River at full speed.

But when they arrived at the Ala River, they found that the pontoons were on fire.