Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

To show his sincerity, the king of Ulster sent a small force of elite warriors to help. The person who led the team, Orville, was quite impressed. This was one of the few Irish people he knew - the other party's name was Setante, and he also had a more famous nickname.

Ireland's most famous hero, Cu Chulainn, the Son of Light. The protagonist of Ireland's most famous epic story, "The Cattle Seize."

This can be regarded as a standard template of a tragic hero: he was born as a demigod, learned skills from a foreign master, and then became a hero to defend the country against an evil foreign king. In the battle, he led to tragedy and accidentally killed his own son, and finally died. A very heroic battle. From the perspective of a humanistic hero, he can be regarded as a person with perfect merits.

Due to the influence of some film and television works in his previous life, Orville was quite curious about him, so he asked to summon him first to see what he was like.

Cu Chulainn is a warrior wearing close-fitting light leather armor. He is tall and straight, with his hair braided behind his back. His hair color is slightly bluish black. He has a handsome face and Celtic style on his arms and cheeks. With blue tattoos, he is a very impressive-looking person.

He saluted Orville very respectfully: "Prince of the Roman Empire, I send my greetings to you on behalf of the King of Ulster. May your barns always be prosperous and your woodlands always full of life."

Orville signaled the other party to stand up, looked at him for a few times and then said bluntly: "How many people did you bring to help in the battle this time?"

"We are short of time and only have a hundred people, but I guarantee that these people are the best warriors in Ulster, and they will not be any worse than the warriors anywhere!"

After all, it was an exchange between countries. Sending reinforcements in units of a hundred people seemed a bit perfunctory, but the other party was full of energy and did not show any guilt or embarrassment.

"Really? I heard that your relationship with Queen Boudica of Wales is not very good, but she directly sent tens of thousands of people to help in the battle, and later said that tens of thousands of people would be mobilized. Your sincerity or It seems that determination to win is not enough, right?”

No matter how fierce Cú Chulainn is, he is just one person. If a figure like Hercules or Samson is not reincarnated, then he cannot defeat one against ten thousand. In Orville's view, this shows that in the heart of the King of Ulster, he is not the same as himself. The agreement is not that important, I'm afraid it's just a matter of convenience.

Cu Chulainn's eyes flashed with undisguised contempt: "It may be a bit exaggerated to say that we can defeat ten thousand people with one hundred, but the help to you cannot be measured by the number of people. I am confident that I can make more than ten thousand people in Wales." The contribution of one person is greater than that of Boudica.”

"That's not a bad tone. Do you mind letting me try your skills first?" Orville became interested.

Cu Chulainn nodded heavily, indicating that Orville could perform on his own and he would accept any challenge.

All the Roman officers on Orville's side were busy. Even Rollo was mobilizing his soldiers and preparing for the subsequent battle to seize the city. Injury at such a critical time would be troublesome, so after weighing it, Orville He found an opponent for him who was okay even if he was injured.

Hearing that there was a fight, Astolfo agreed to Orville's request without much hesitation and prepared to fight Cu Chulainn to test his opponent's level.

On the military campus, the two men took up their weapons and prepared to fight.

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"Surrender! If I can't beat you, I will admit defeat!!"

After about thirty rounds, Astolfo simply dropped the weapon in his hand to express his surrender.

Cu Chulainn's spear stopped ten centimeters in front of the opponent's throat, and then quickly retracted it. A smile appeared on his face: "The idea is good, but the technique still needs to be practiced, and it is not home yet."

Astolfo was also a little depressed. He came here to play twice and lost both times.

"If you fight with me on horseback, the result may not be like this. Fighting on foot will not bring out my strength at all."

Orville shook his head slightly. The opponent's skills were not bad, but he relied too much on his own special ability. Once fighting on foot, it would be difficult to have any advantage over talented people of the same level.

Cu Chulainn's victory this time was fair and square. As a warrior who is good at spear skills, his skills are far better than Astolfo's. There may be some explanation for swordsmanship, but compared with spear skills, he can obviously dominate the opponent. Only thirty rounds can put Astolfo in danger.

Comparing Rollo, who also fought against Astolfo, Orville felt that he should be on the same level as Rollo, who wields a two-handed axe. Since weapons like guns are cheaper, he might have a slight advantage.

All in all, this is a very qualified person with at least average strength, who is enough to serve as the main force in attacking difficulties.

He pointed at Cu Chulainn: "You have proven your strength. You are indeed very good as you said, so I decided to let you be one of the main attackers."

Cu Chulainn saluted Orville again, feeling very satisfied with this arrangement.

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After Gil Dres's troops arrived, the current troops were assembled, and Orville began to announce his battle plan.

At present, he has made seven holes in the city wall, and he is preparing to launch a full-line attack on these seven holes.

Boudica's 10,000 Welsh warriors are responsible for storming the two gaps and the city wall from the south of the city. This is a feint attack. There are many people, but Boudica is the only one with talent, and the quality of the army is also a bit off.

The other five mouths each had someone leading the attack.

The first gap was led by Belisarius and Orwell's mixed legion infantry.

The second gap was led by Stilicho and his mixed legion infantry.

The third gap was Rollo and his Vikings.

The fourth gap was Cuchulainn and the Irish warriors. Due to the lack of troops, Orwell sent some legion infantry to this gap to make up for the shortage.

The fifth gap was led by Gilles de Reis and some elite infantry from Gaul.

In addition, all the ballistae, catapults and siege platforms began to fire. Orwell also arranged a number of auxiliary troops to use ladders to carry out large-scale feint attacks on various parts of the city wall. Among them were several truly elite Roman Centuriae, who wanted to try their luck.

There were more than 20,000 troops participating in the attack, almost the entire army. Orville only had necessary reserves left just in case. This was the largest offensive Orville could organize at this stage. If this attack also failed, he would have no choice but to play hide-and-seek with the opponent to see who would give up first, and then change the overall strategic style from offense to defense, and start to rely on the fortresses he built to fight a defensive battle.