Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Rome can enjoy a good winter comfortably, but the situation in the Holy City is completely opposite. Just today, another listless defeated army returned to the Holy City.

The leader was none other than John Levi. He looked around cautiously, and only after repeatedly confirming that the defenders on the city wall were from his side did he enter the city with confidence.

After entering the city, he asked his men to place the defeated troops in place, and he came to a secret courtyard.

There were soldiers wearing Persian-style heavy armor guarding the entrance to the courtyard. John glanced at them unexpectedly, then raised his head and walked into the courtyard.

There was a well-dressed big man waiting for him in the courtyard. After seeing him come in, the big man greeted him happily: "John! My good brother! It's been a long time since I last saw you. I'm so happy that you came back successfully!"

John forced a smile on his face in response: "This is a difficult war. What is the situation in the city now? I am eager to know this."

The big man sighed when he mentioned this: "It's very bad. We can all see now that the Romans' war strategy is to gradually isolate the Holy City and cut off the surrounding screen cities. And so far they have been successful. We have fought hard." There have always been disputes between the Rebellion and the Priests, and now there are even more conflicts. Can you imagine that they actually want to make peace with the Romans?”

John's eyes flashed coldly: "Is this true?"

"Antipas, who was in charge of the public treasury, and two other prominent nobles were involved in this matter. They sent information to the Romans and wanted to negotiate peace with the Romans! The most annoying thing is that such a traitor who goes against God's will There are still many groups, and they form factions. Now the priests are quite powerful, with the high priest Anna as the center. My friend, can you tolerate this kind of thing? "

The big man became more and more excited as he spoke. At this time, John calmed down: "To be fair, Simon, my good friend, you pressed too hard before. I saw several robberies on the road alone. Appropriate indulgence can gain loyalty and restore morale. , but they will also be hated by those people.”

Simon smiled coldly: "As long as Antipakon opens the door and lets us access the gold and silver treasures saved by the Herodian royal family in the public treasury, of course my brothers and I will not rob civilians again. Otherwise, what do you want me to do?" Send away those wolves and tigers. Besides, I don’t think betrayers can be forgiven, what do you think?”

John's tone was calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter: "That's true. The betrayer cannot be forgiven, so these three people will die."

Simon was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "You mean, are you willing to defeat the priest party with me?"

"I will do this, but I need to become a member of the priest party first. Fortresses are captured from the inside. This is the same as fighting."

Simon smiled and patted John on the shoulder, but there was still a little doubt in his eyes: "Don't worry, brother! After we defeat the priest party, you will have a share of the benefits. You want gold, silver, or their land women, it doesn't matter. Open your mouth!"

John was unmoved: "I just want us to win this war and get the Romans out of this land. I don't care much about the rest. Based on this principle, I think we can go further." , now that the priest party is united around the high priest, wouldn’t it be good if the high priest is no longer the high priest?”

Ximen was really frightened and looked at the other party blankly. Although he robs, kills, is greedy, and indulges in lust, he is still a devout believer and would not dare to attack the priest directly no matter what. In the eyes of a traditional Parfi like him, the priest is the spokesperson of God in the world.

They did not even dare to call God by his name. They only dared to create a word that represented the three states of past, present, and future to refer to God. Therefore, the Romans simply called their god the Eternal. In such a traditional way, From a human perspective, no matter how fierce the struggle in the world is, it is not allowed to take action against the spokesperson of God. Cutting off his followers and putting him under house arrest is the limit.

John asked back: "What, don't you dare? If you don't do this, there will always be a priest party in the future, and there will always be weak people surrounding the priests. Our war is still very long, and the future will be more difficult. Weak people There will be more, and we can’t let them find a chance, am I right?”

The initiative suddenly went to John's side. Simon turned around and wandered around the courtyard several times before hesitating: "This will bring us a lot of infamy."

"We've got a bad reputation now, and if we don't do this, we won't even win this war."

At this point, Simon gritted his teeth and looked at John with a ferocious face: "Okay! I've done this! When your preparations are completed, I will start taking action immediately,"

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Turning his attention back to Orville, he came to the military camp outside Philippi to see Tiya, but there was no one in the military camp. After getting the news, the other party went to the palace.

From this moment on, Orville's mentality became a little subtle. The reason was not the King of Aquita with the same background, but his sister Berenice.

I went to the palace gate and asked, and sure enough, Tia and Berenice went to a certain theater together, and Orville trotted to follow them again. This time, he missed it. Tia and the other party were watching a play in a single room on the upper floor.

He didn't say that he was looking for the other party on official business. Orville just pretended to be stupid and said that he happened to meet Tia. The other party was also generous and allowed Orville to stay and watch the show.

This is not a local entertainment activity, it is purely from Greece and Rome, and the play is also the same. Today's play is "Oedipus", which is based on the tragic king in Greek mythology who killed his father and married his mother.

Orville came late, so the play did not last too long. After the play, Berenice left the stage very tactfully, and said goodbye to Tia: "It's getting late, and I have some personal matters to deal with. I am very happy to travel with you, a knowledgeable warrior today. I believe we can become good friends in the future."

Hearing this, Orville couldn't help but complain in his heart.

More than just becoming good friends, in another timeline, this general who was twelve years younger than her fell hopelessly in love with the royal family of Palphi, who had been married twice, so he divorced his wife who was married to him for political reasons when he fell in love with her.

If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would only regard this foreigner as a mistress, but the simple and kind general insisted on giving this foreigner a status and making her his legitimate wife. If it was an ordinary Roman or a minor noble family, this would not be impossible, but the general was the heir to the throne, and the Romans could not accept a foreign woman as the queen, which reminded them of Cleopatra.

The general brought Berenice back to Rome with him, and she accompanied him to various events like his wife. Then, at one event, the onlookers cursed the general and Berenice, which had aroused public indignation. The public unanimously opposed foreigners to become queens, so the general had to send his beloved back to his hometown.

After the general became emperor, he wanted to bring Berenice back as queen, but was scolded back by the Roman people again, and the matter was abandoned again. In the end, the emperor never remarried in his life. It was indeed a touching love story. If the general had not died early because he was too honest, this matter might have been accomplished.