Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

After the initial dissatisfaction, Boudica also reacted quickly - the innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure, this is probably the truth.

Orwell is still a very easy-to-talk to person, the Celts have no ill feelings towards him, and he has no discriminatory policies against the Celts, but the problem is that he will not stay in the remote area of ​​the empire, the British province, forever. After he leaves, it is hard to say what the people behind him will do.

If a more aggressive governor comes up, or later an emperor who wants to fight and accumulate prestige comes up, at this time if the Celts own all the mountains and forests that are not worth occupying, then perhaps the two sides can coexist peacefully and each get what they need, but if the Celts still own a large area of ​​fertile land, the result may not be too good.

After gaining a deeper understanding of the Roman army's combat effectiveness, Boudica knew that unless the army became corrupt in the future, the gap in size would be there. They would not be able to defeat the country anyway. At most, they could hurt it, and then they might incur crazy revenge from the emperor and the Senate. She asked herself whether the Celts could bear it now.

The plan proposed by Orwell seemed very inhumane, but it might be a way to avoid disputes. However, Boudica and her men always felt a little unhappy. After all, they had fought several battles with the Romans, and in the end they could only harvest those dispensable lands on the border line. For a tribal union, this result was not very satisfactory.

But her rationality told her that this was indeed the best option at the moment. The Romans were more powerful than the Germans and Celts combined. It was not wise to insist on this issue with Orwell now.

In the end, she still agreed to this solution, sighed and said: "Then I hope you can give us a commission so that I can satisfy my warriors. This is my bottom line, otherwise I can't explain it to the chiefs."

"Of course, your demands for money will be met. The empire still has a lot of gold and silver."

After that, Orville looked at the other Germans and found that their expressions were a little subtle.

After all, the Celts have always been a group that they have been oppressed and beaten. They have been driven to those remote lands that are not worth occupying. Now these people who have been oppressed by them are discussing the fate of the Germans with Orville, which really makes them feel a little uncomfortable.

But there is no way, who told them to lose the fight? These Germans generally believe that it is a matter of course for the winner to dominate the fate of the loser. Now that fate has fallen on their heads, they can only accept it even if they are unhappy.

The next person to raise an opinion was Alfred, who looked a little worried: "Your Highness, the problems with the Vikings and the Franks have not been solved yet, what should we do about these?"

To a certain extent, he is now on the same boat with Orville, because he has led his troops to join the war, which is considered a pledge of loyalty. There is no need to say much about the Vikings. If the Franks fight back in the future, it will probably be a bit difficult for him to keep his crown. Naturally, he will consider more things and his thinking changes quickly.

"Don't worry about the Franks. You should get news soon. As for the Vikings, I have a rough solution. I'll briefly explain it to you so that you can understand.

We have encountered some difficulties in naval construction, but this will not affect my determination. The construction of naval warships will continue, and soon we will have a larger fleet to fight against these Vikings. I will try my best to transfer more ships from the mainland and Iberia until the fleet can protect our safety. You should believe in our construction capabilities. This is not an endless project. It will only take two or three years. Please be patient.

During this time, I thought of some other ways to contain the Vikings. I will let my legions build enough military camps near the coastline to make these Roman military camps your people. 's shelter.

Once you encounter the Vikings' raids, you should organize people to take refuge in the camp. The camp we built is defensive enough and difficult for ordinary people to break through. You can rely on the camp for defense. Usually, you can organize militia to train and maintain near the camp, and use these people for preliminary defense when attacked.

If those Vikings still don't know how to retreat and insist on besieging the camp, as long as you hold on for two or three days, my regular army will soon help you. This is the more practical plan I can think of. If you have no objection, you can probably do it this way. "

This is basically Alfred's policy against the Vikings in later generations. All ethnic groups in later generations like to use the military camps left by the Romans. Some use military camps as castles and fortresses, and some simply build towns on the basis of military camps. The quality of Roman military camps can be said to have been unanimously praised by all ethnic groups.

Orville was going to build a large number of these small fortresses to deal with the Vikings' plunder. In fact, there was no better way. The Vikings' longships were too flexible and elusive. Even if they were caught up, there was a certain probability that they would not be able to defeat them. The only way was to increase the cost of the Vikings' plundering land so that they would give up.

Once the cost reached a certain level, the Vikings would probably try their luck elsewhere, such as the Frankish Kingdom, which had always been at odds with the Romans. They also had a long coastline that could be plundered.

This time, no one opposed Orville's plan, because it sounded good. The key was to see how determined the Romans were. If they were really determined to deal with the Vikings, there would be no big surprises. The gap in national strength between the two countries was real. The Vikings could only try their best to make the Romans take it seriously, but they didn't need to go all out.

The question was how seriously the Romans would implement this plan. This would take time to prove. Orville's big talk was useless, so he didn't even bother to say anything. Let these people see it with their own eyes in the future.

Alfred got an answer that satisfied him, so he didn't say anything more. Later, several local nobles asked about Roman law and taxation, and Orville knew everything and patiently answered their questions one by one.

He himself was willing to describe this meeting as "a happy meeting for both the host and the guest". A large part of the power of the locals was still retained, but many unnecessary or excessive powers that Orville thought were also further restricted. He was quite satisfied with the result, but he didn't know what the locals thought.