"Yes, perhaps during this process, other city-states and kingdoms outside Italy may rise to rebel, but so what? They can't possibly come to Italy to help us, and under the continuous attacks from Rome's elite army, we may never see the day Rome falls!"
The military tent suddenly fell silent. It wasn't because everyone was convinced by Maximus, but rather the mention of various contemptible methods Rome would employ left those who hadn't yet experienced them feeling uneasy.
At this moment, a man in the corner of the tent shouted, "In any case, my brothers and I absolutely refuse to continue heading north, to those barbarian lands north of the Alps! If you insist on going, then we'll detach from Free Italy and head south to fight desperately against the Romans!"
