Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

After everyone in the audience calmed down a little, Orville continued to speak.

"I understand that you are dissatisfied with the policies of the Roman Empire, and I also admit that sometimes these policies are unfair. However, the era of injustice is over now. It is the dead Roman emperor who is squeezing all parts of Gaul and raising taxes crazily. Nero, and my father is the new emperor of the Roman Empire, he will not impose so many additional taxes on you. Just like the previous hundred years, you will not have a heavy burden, and various rights will continue to be guaranteed. This is What I can promise you now is that if you perform well, you may receive more compensation.

But I have to say that your connivance, acquiescence, and fueling the flames so far have really annoyed my men. I am also a little tired of it. No one's life should be wasted on this kind of thing. Maybe there were some things we didn't communicate with each other before. Now let me analyze this matter for you.

You want people to rob my food transport team. If you fail, you will die. If you succeed, my men will have nothing to eat. If they don't have anything to eat, they will rob them on the spot. If you don't have a lot of food, people will still die. Does it make a difference? Why don't we think differently, if you let my food transport team go, no one will die in this matter. "

At this time, a young man who looked full of blood stood up and said angrily: "Your food was originally robbed from us, we just took it back!!"

Orville did not evade, but admitted generously: "It is indeed true. I have learned about the treatment of you by the Governor of Belgium. He has done a bit too much. I will let my father punish him as my apology to you. But I There are only so many things that can be done, so let’s not make things difficult for each other.

You think the Romans robbed, which is not wrong, but besides the Romans there were more terrifying robbers. As far as I know, the population of the British Isles has been reduced by a quarter because of those Germanic barbarians. These are the real robbers and butchers. Who kept the Germans out? It's us Romans, the Gauls who have proven ourselves unable to stop the Germans throughout history.

If the governor were me, I would not send those extra taxes, but I am just a general responsible for exterminating the rebels. It is useless for you to argue with me about the source of food, because tens of thousands of people under our command have to eat all the time, and if there is no food, they will Is it more tragic for you to use local materials? I am not a philosopher arguing with you about who is right and who is wrong, I am just here to solve the problem. "

Orville's generous admission left the young man at a loss for words. The Romans were the ones holding the weapons now, and everyone present also had clues in the hands of the Romans.

They had just finished the autumn harvest in August, and now there was a lot of winter food in the granary. This group of warriors was really in a hurry. You only know what they could do.

"You should know that General Aurelian in the south is rough and has a bad reputation. I don't want to solve problems like him, so I have always strictly restrained my soldiers and want to argue with you. But some of his policies are The same will apply here, such as whistle-blowing, serial imprisonment, etc. Forget about crosses for civilians, I will only punish you with hard labor, but the danger is also quite high, don't underestimate this kind of thing.

I hope you can cherish the opportunity in the future. I guarantee that your taxes will not be increased again. I also guarantee that as long as you don't cause trouble, the three legions will not harm your fields and food. I personally think this is very generous. General Tiya and I are the two best-tempered people among the dozen or so senior officers this time. You should really feel lucky that we were chosen.

"Courtesy first, then war," I have said it very clearly. If there are any problems later, then everyone will rely on their own abilities. If you think you can provoke the rule of the conqueror, we will have no choice but to respond. "

Some people were dissatisfied and asked angrily: "Is it because Rome aspires to rule the world that people must submit silently?"

"Of course not. In fact, I personally admire you for your willingness to resist and fight. But resistance requires victory. Now I feel that you cannot win, so I suggest you not to resist, otherwise you will just be civilians coerced by the rebels. . If you resist, I can only act according to the standards for treating rebels. Do you understand this?

I personally actually criticize many of the empire’s policies, but what can I do? Are you saying that you want me to abandon everything now and join the rebels with you, so that you feel satisfied? I regard this war as my task rather than my mission. Even if the task should be completed seriously, soldiers must obey orders. "

After finishing what he said very politely, several people asked some specific questions about the specific scope of "exposing and reporting and serial imprisonment", and Orville patiently answered them one by one.

"I will let you enter the tent later and report the situation one-on-one to the officers. What is certain is that I know for sure that some of you have colluded with the rebels. It would be better for you to confess frankly. I promise that I will forget the past. . But if you are caught at the scene, I will only wrong you. If you still have communication with the rebels in private, I hope you'd better cut off this connection, otherwise it will be the same as before, each of you can do what you want. "

After saying these words, Orville left the scene. Dozens of officers who had been ordered before took over his work. Each of them led a few locals away for questioning.

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It should be said that Orville's efforts were not in vain. After that, the local people's boycott activities were obviously reduced, but the grain transport team was still attacked. He certainly didn't expect that his words could convince them.

He was no longer polite to these rebels. He dealt with them as he should, otherwise his soldiers would be dissatisfied.

Those who were caught by Orville and involved with the rebels would be sentenced to labor. Their first task was to set up crosses to nail those rebels who were caught with extremely bad circumstances.

In addition, if there was a village as a whole colluding with the rebels, Orville would confiscate 30% to 50% of their food, and the informant would receive 10% to 20% of the food as a prize, trying to alienate the relationship between the local rebels and the locals as much as possible.

Some people will definitely die because of this, but kindness cannot lead the army. If reasoning and a conciliatory policy can completely subdue the people in a place, then Orville would not be sent to work under Tia. He is Tia's external brain in this regard, specializing in this kind of black work that she can't do.

The locals had a grudge against the Romans, but generally speaking it was not a blood feud, and Orville also gave them a way out to return to normal. Most people were not brave enough to face death, and facing the imminent threat of death, many people chose to retreat and remain silent. After all, staying alive was the most important thing, and it was not like they couldn't survive now.