Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

The only one who really saluted and showed respect to Orville was the Gallic nobleman. The other two were a little indifferent, and Orville didn't care. The two sides were still in a state of war. This was normal.

Indicating Procopius to retreat first, Orville took a half step forward and expressed his wishes to the other party: "The city of Paris has been completely surrounded by me. There are two fully equipped legions around it as my guards. If you expect reinforcements, I don't think they can defeat me and the other two legion commanders head-on, so surrender is a more cost-effective choice for you.

I promise not to plunder the city or retaliate against the local citizens. As long as the rebels lay down their weapons and surrender, I will forgive them. As long as you obey my custody until the end of the war. I will not deprive you of any of the rights you have now. My mission is to resolve the rebellion rather than kill people. The peace treaty is beneficial to both of us. This is the first time I have proposed to persuade you to surrender, so the treatment is the most generous. Next time, there will be no such good treatment."

It is obvious that the Gallic nobleman was somewhat tempted. They were carnivores under Roman rule and relatively speaking, they did not have so much resistance to the Romans. The peace negotiation standards proposed by Orville were already unimaginably generous, and he could indeed consider it.

But Jeanne Dacre rejected Orville's peace terms without hesitation: "Although I think killing is an extremely painful evil, I will not accept any Roman peace terms until the Romans leave the Gauls' land and both sides return to their original state.

You already have enough land to feed yourself and live and work in peace, why do you want to get involved in the homes of other peoples? In your reply to me, you claimed that the Romans would not negotiate peace because of failure, but at this moment, the Romans' concession may not be a failure. The greed for land and wealth will sooner or later swallow you up. It's not too late to get back on the right track before then."

Orville looked at the other party in surprise, not only because of this overly idealistic speech, but also because the other party's last sentence was also a prediction of the future direction of history. If a king or politician said this, it would not be surprising, but the problem is that she is not, and she can't even read.

After a few seconds of careful consideration, he replied: "I certainly cannot agree to your request, and I have no right to do such a thing. There are actually limits to what I can do within the framework. It is unrealistic to expect you to surrender. I hope to reach some agreements that are beneficial to both sides during this meeting.

How about this, you write a letter to restrain the rural vagrants who are disturbing us, and I will let you send the letter out. You should all know the current war situation. Their harassment of us is useless and will only increase casualties. In return, I can guarantee that my army will not destroy your farmland or forcibly requisition food from nearby civilians. This should be a very reasonable suggestion for both of us."

According to his idea, the Gauls should not accept it directly. The two sides will bargain and finally reach an agreement that is better than nothing. This is a manifestation of his efforts. However, Jeanne Dacre's point of view is not the same.

"No problem, we will write to them after we go back, and you will see the results soon."

Orville was stunned on the spot, and then nodded slightly, which was regarded as approving the other party's approach.

Unexpectedly, they reached a consensus earlier, but he didn't take it to heart. He thought that Jeanne Dacre's words would not have such a strong binding force that could bind villagers who had no subordinate relationship with him.

The two sides had to fight, and it was difficult to reach any consensus other than that. Orville just took this opportunity to understand his opponent.

In addition to Jeanne, the general behind her also aroused Orville's interest. The other party was named Gilles de Rais, who was a man of the same generation as Jeanne in history.

The story of an illiterate village girl saving France is a bit bizarre, but it is not so exaggerated. Jeanne has always been surrounded by many excellent French generals, and he is one of them. Jeanne is a spiritual totem, but the French military operations are planned by these generals, so the military feasibility has always been high.

It should be said that this person is a good military general, but his life outside the military can be said to be very twisted.

The tragic childhood with both parents dead, the grandpa's puppet life, the tragic marriage of political marriage, homosexuality, pedophilia, cruelty, it is said that he was still addicted to alchemy after Jeanne's death, and then killed at least 140 children for this, which shocked the bloody events in medieval Europe.

He should not be as crazy as he was in his later years, but it is inevitable to attract attention.

History deliberately creates coincidences in these aspects. Jeanne and Gilles de Rais appear together, and Belisarius also appears with Procopius. I don't know what the pattern is.

Finally, it is worth noting that the local nobleman in Gaul, Orville could see that he was the only one who wanted to negotiate among the three, but he didn't say anything because of the situation. Orville had already caught this idea, that is, there is an opportunity, and there will be no worries about no chance to contact in the future.

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After the brief negotiation, Jeanne quickly sent a letter to Orville. The content in it was as she said at the beginning, asking the villagers from all over the country not to make trouble with the Roman grain transport team, and to consider their own safety. Life is the most precious.

Orville had the stamped letter displayed everywhere, and also had copies of the letter posted to spread the news as far as possible.

It was very unexpected. After a few days, it was felt that the number of people attacking the grain transport team had obviously decreased a lot, and they almost disappeared afterwards. Jeanne Dacre's words were so contagious and appealing.

Orville was surprised and in a subtle mood. If other legion commanders saw this situation, their first reaction would definitely be to think that this woman could not be kept, and the Roman rule could only be stabilized if she died.

His emotions were much more complicated. To be honest, if Orville was a Gaul instead of a Palfy hybrid when he traveled through time, and traveled two years later, then in this war, he would most likely choose to follow Jeanne Dacre instead of the Romans.

During the Palfy War, he did not think that the local people were wrong to revolt, but the leaders of the uprising were not worthy of his trust or following. If the leaders of the uprising showed many characteristics worthy of recognition, then he would be more inclined to the locals in his heart.

Of course, it is useless to say so much now. He has long been a Roman, and a ruler among the Romans. It is impossible for him to turn around and stand on the other side's front line. The matter is already settled.

Now we have to find a way to win the war, and the further goal is to win the war with less losses.

Seeing Ragnar reminded him of something else, so he didn't want to arouse the hostility of the Gauls, but instead wanted to show as much goodwill as possible.

He now has about 18,000 people in his hands, which doesn't sound like a lot, and it's just like that in the Roman Empire, especially considering the quality of the troops. But this is within the Roman Empire. If it were somewhere else, 18,000 people would be a lot, and they could do something big.

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