Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Orville mingled among the guards, and unexpectedly found someone he was familiar with. He pulled his helmet down to cover his face, and lowered his head slightly to prevent the other party from recognizing him. Then he stepped forward to collect the other party's weapon, and a series of messages It also entered my mind.

[John Levy, the ruthless and decisive tyrant]

[Diplomacy: 14 Military: 16 Management: 3 Strategy: 17 Knowledge: 6]

John Levi was an inconspicuous man. He was not as tall, muscular and powerful as a typical Roman officer, nor did he have a certain aura like the Vespas and his daughters. He looked like an ordinary person.

A little thin but not skinny, a little tall but not eye-catching, and not special in appearance. If you don't pay attention to it, you won't be recognizable in a crowd.

He quickly came to Tiya, gave a less than standard salute, and then said straight to the point: "I am the leader of the local people. I welcome these suggestions and will persuade everyone to accept them, but I hope you respect ours." Tradition and law, please let us go and give us a day. Today is our Sabbath. According to our sacred law, we cannot negotiate or participate in war-related matters on this day. I hope you can respect it. It’s our local custom and it doesn’t cost you anything.”

When Tiya saw that the other party was not prepared to continue fighting, she was in a good mood: "No problem, the local people's beliefs and culture can be respected within limits. I will wait here until tomorrow."

"Please wait a moment, I have a question." Orville interrupted at this time, staring at John closely.

John looked as usual: "Please tell me."

"How can we be sure that you really want to surrender? Camel Town has been isolated in the north for so many days, and you have no intention of negotiating with us. Now, as soon as the Roman cavalry arrives, you are ready to surrender?"

This is also a question in the minds of many officers. So far, they have encountered many false surrenders. Each time, it was not necessarily fatal, but it would cause more trouble. No one wanted to deal with the mess.

John spread his hands and looked at Tiya innocently: "We didn't know that Tiberias and Waterdeep City had fallen before, and we were still lucky. Now that there is no hope of resistance, why are we still stubbornly resisting? If If you don’t want to believe us, I’d like to stay here with my entourage, how about this?”

"Just do it, I will give you enough respect." Tiya nodded in agreement.

He was pretty good at reading people. Among the people present, Diya had the highest official position and was also the one who was easiest to fool. The strategic attributes of other officers are all above ten points, in other words, they are all above the average. Only Tiya is seriously below the average.

It’s not that she has a weak brain or low emotional intelligence. After Orville’s observation during this period, she is more of a simple and kind-hearted person. This is a bit strange to say about a general, but it is indeed like this. She can think of a lot. things, but I just don’t want to think too badly of others or be wary of others.

Similar to the Roman emperor in history, if she continues to be so simple, she may not be able to escape the end of being murdered in the end.

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Since the chief had spoken, the order was carried out. However, that night, there was an urgent report from the reconnaissance cavalry, saying that a large group of people was evacuating the city.

As soon as Tiya heard this, she lost her sleepiness for a moment, sat up from the bed, and ordered her cavalry to dispatch urgently and enter the city to intercept the escapees.

Orville didn't sleep at all and kept waiting for changes to happen. He knew that people who were labeled as ruthless would not surrender easily and would fight the Romans to the end.

Tiya was organizing the cavalry to intercept, so there was no need for him to come over and cause trouble. He led a few people to the camp where John was detained and opened the curtain.

Sure enough, there was no one in the camp, except for a few corpses lying on the ground. It seemed that they had run away.

Orville came closer and leaned down, carefully observing the shackles that had been twisted away. This power was not something that humans could have, so it became clear that John Levi or one of his men also had it. Talented person, this was a premeditated action.

Sighing, he said to the soldiers on the left and right: "Don't report this matter to the legion commander yet. Wait until she has been busy for the night. This kind of bad news can easily cause interference to her on the battlefield."

In fact, Orville knew very well that Tiya already knew that she had fallen into the trap, but she had no choice but to use the trap and follow the opponent's train of thought. She couldn't just watch the opponent slip away.

Turning his attention to Tiya, she didn't have time to give a pre-battle speech. After the soldiers were assembled, she immediately led the team and started taking action.

As she expected, the fence with a small number of defenders did not stop her and her cavalry, and the group successfully entered the town.

But at this moment, the situation changed again. Not long after they entered the town, flames began to rise into the sky from the outside of the town.

There are many wooden structures in this town, and with the dry autumn, the fire started quickly and turned into a big fire in a short time.

The most critical point is that only a few people escaped, and most of the local residents are in the town. The situation here is now very chaotic. If left alone, most of the residents will probably be burned to death.

After hesitating for more than ten seconds, Tiya finally made a difficult decision: "Separate three centurions to help evacuate, and the remaining people follow me!"

After planning like this, the effect is still not optimistic.

Before leaving, John Levi arranged a lot of diehards in the city. They were thinking of dying together with the Romans, and they mixed in the crowd and waited for an opportunity to attack. Many Roman soldiers were caught off guard and suffered casualties.

Since they were not rescuing their own people, these soldiers had no enthusiasm. As a result, many soldiers simply gave up the deep rescue and turned their horses to go out of the city to prevent those who escaped from the city from leaving, in case the rebels took advantage of the chaos and ran away.

The efficiency of the rescue could not be expected now, and they could only rely on these people to save themselves, but the locals did not expect a big fire, and they were basically in a state of panic and confusion.

Tiya went to chase other rebels, but some people stayed in the camp and some participated in the rescue. Now there were only about four or five hundred cavalrymen with her. The rebels were obviously well prepared and planned the route in advance.

The surrounding environment was complex, with undulating terrain and many trees and bushes. The rebels, who knew the local environment well, quickly got rid of them with the help of the terrain. Diya tried to intercept some small groups of rebels, but most of them were women, children and the elderly who were exhausted, and she did not catch the mastermind of the other side.

If she continued to chase, she would easily be ambushed in return. Diya had no choice but to give up, take these prisoners back to the camp, and then began to quietly count the losses.