Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

During the mobilization of the army, Orville was confirming the situation with Stilico.

"How is the army's equipment?"

"All the armors have been replaced according to your request. The old armors were given to the auxiliary army or the Vikings. They were mainly armors purchased from the city of Rome. Our production was not enough, and Governor Tia made up some funds for us. . The remaining weapons and equipment are basically complete. The crossbows and bows are a little lacking, but it’s not a big problem and it’s acceptable.”

"I know, you can continue to do your work first." Orville dismissed the other party.

In the stereotype, the equipment of the Roman army is the kind of beautiful and decent lath armor, or at worst it is mail armor, uniform and uniform. In fact, even in the Roman Empire, with the exception of troops of the Praetorian Guard level, the armor of most regular armies could not be completely neat and uniform. It was the norm to have what was available on the basis of protection.

Lath armor, mail armor, pierced armor, scale armor...basically all armors can be seen in the army. In fact, it does not affect its use very much, but Orville feels that this situation will affect the maintenance and repair of equipment. Therefore, when financial resources allowed, he uniformly replaced his soldiers with mail armor, so that the battery life of the troops would be improved. The key is that the visual effect would be much better.

The armor that was replaced after the change of clothes still has a place. Whether it is the Vikings or the auxiliary army, they don't mind accepting free armor. Anyway, it is not broken and can be repaired and used. It is normal to pull out armor and weapons from the dead. It doesn't matter. Yes, A is sometimes worth more than human life.

In fact, he also plans to strengthen the existing mail armor and sew large pieces of armor onto the armor, which is to use these armor pieces to increase defense. But the current production capacity cannot even satisfy the basic chain armor, so there is no need to talk about advanced requirements. Chain mail is enough to deal with the elite troops of Britain's enemies, and it is not cost-effective to stack the defense power to the point of overflowing.

The composition of the troops and weapons and equipment have been explained clearly before. The generals on the Roman side are still the same: old Trajan, Stilicho and Belisarius.

The commander of the Gauls is Gilderreth, and the commander of the Vikings is Rollo. Jeanne Dacre also asked to accompany them. The composition of the personnel is roughly like this.

In order to prevent the resurgence of the Gallic uprising, the first group to land on the island was one and a half legions under Orville.

Orville ordered that when he receives new news from the Vikings, he will take action and officially land on the British Island. Now the legion, food and fleet are all ready, just waiting for the most suitable time to take action.

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During the waiting period, Orville and Jeanne took time to chat for a while, and there were some things that interested him.

"Have you ever heard the story of the hero Bran?"

Jeanne shook her head and denied: "I haven't heard of it. Is it a legend of your Romans?"

"No, he is actually a hero of the British Celts. Legend has it that after the hero Bran died, he asked his men to cut off his head and take it to the White Mountains for burial, with his face facing the direction of the mainland, so that Bran would May continue to protect Britain from invaders on the high road."

Orville felt that many of the stories of the British aborigines had a heavy undertone, whether it was the culture itself or the evolution of nature. The story of King Arthur is similar. Legend has it that King Arthur did not die, but was taken to the immortal Avalon. When necessary, King Arthur will return like lightning.

In short, King Arthur and Bran failed to defend Britain in the end, let alone return as fast as lightning.

Although Jeanne is very devout, she will not get in trouble with local legends: "It's an impressive story. This Bran must have been a very popular leader during his lifetime."

"Indeed, I think his story will continue to be passed on. I have another question for you. My ultimate goal is to establish peace under Rome on the island of Britain. Is this something you can accept? ? Although it’s a little late to talk about these things now, it’s better to ask for your opinions.”

"I will reject excessive luxury, and I will also reject unbridled tyranny. If your so-called peace is based on these things, then I will not agree with it, but if you can ensure the stability of people's lives If there is order, then perhaps the peace under Rome will be better than the current state of my compatriots.

But my attitude remains unchanged. The Roman Empire's unrestrained pursuit of land will eventually kill you. Just like many nobles, if you accumulate too much wealth, you will be corrupted by wealth sooner or later, and the country will fall. Therefore, the best situation is for everyone to live and work in peace and contentment on their own original land, and abandoning war and expropriation would be the right approach. "

Orville is not idealistic, but he is not tired of idealists who combine knowledge with action. He just smiled at the second half of the other person's sentence and was not angry at all.

"I personally don't deny your idea, but considering the actual situation, it is unrealistic. Letting the Britons accept the management of the Romans is a more practical method..."

Jeanne glanced at him: "I know, I understand."

Similar to those colonists in later generations, the Romans' actions in Britain also had two sides-one was constructive and the other was destructive.

Orwell was not interested in whitewashing the invasion. Rome was indeed a representative of classical antiquity. The average quality of the bureaucracy in the classical era could not be expected. Governors often did unscrupulous things, which made the locals and even the Romans themselves miserable. This was of course part of the destruction and brutality of the Romans. But at the same time, they were not like barbarians who only knew how to exploit and plunder. They would intentionally or unintentionally bring some of their own things into the conquered areas.

The Romans opened dozens of mines in Britain, paved a road of astonishing mileage, built unprecedented large cities, and brought new technologies and political models. It can be said that the true history of Britain began with the rule of the Roman Empire. More than 600 years after the Romans left, Britain was connected with the European continent again because of the Norman Conquest. During this period, Britain completely fell into a dark age. Not to say that there was no progress and development, but it is still okay to say that the progress was seriously lagging behind and the situation was very chaotic.

Jeanna continued, "I have another request. After you land on the island, let me negotiate with the local Celts. I think you and the local indigenous people will not go to war at all, and can coexist in a cooperative manner."

"Of course, no problem. I would rather say that I am looking forward to it. Our goal is assimilation, order, stability and coexistence, not low-level genocide. No one wants to shed more blood, and no one wants to point the butcher knife at the helpless civilians."