Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Tiya stood in a relatively inconspicuous position, carefully observing these chiefdom leaders and couldn't help but shake her head: "The last time I saw such a pure barbarian, I remember it was in the westernmost part of the African province. According to my experience, these people are not reliable at all. It would be nice not to hold them back during the war.

Do we have to find these people to fight on our behalf? I think their combined combat effectiveness is only equivalent to one or two brigades and cannot be relied upon. "

"We don't need them to fight the Vikings head-on. They can just play a role in harassing them. Unlike our people who rely on cultivated land and towns to survive, these people only need the resources in nature to survive. It is difficult for the Beijingers to grab them, which is a very obvious advantage for them.

And then again, it is definitely not a good idea to let the local Anglo-Saxon family dominate. Finding opportunities to make these barbarians in the north more civilized and powerful will definitely be good for us in a short period of time. "

Tia was no stupider than Orville, so of course she could understand such a thing. After hearing this, she nodded slightly, reluctantly agreeing with this plan and agreeing with Orville to do this.

"Then, I hope your plan will be effective. By the way, let me tell you about the fleet. The fleet I brought has about fifty warships, plus you have forty ships. Together, There are nearly a hundred warships together. This navy cannot afford to lose anything. It is our last naval force in Gaul. It took a lot of effort for me to assemble this fleet.

If this naval force is also lost, we may have to fight the Vikings on land. The situation will be very unfavorable to us, so be careful and don't mess things up and don't let the Roman people disappoint us. "

When mentioning this matter, Orville also became a little gloomy: "It's my fault. I underestimated the enemy too much, which led to Trajan being killed by the barbarians."

This matter was a minor thorn in Orville's heart. In his opinion, this result was completely avoidable. He and Old Tula were not very close friends, but after all, they had fought all the way from Palphi. He was a comrade-in-arms with whom we had more or less friendships. The direct appointment of him as admiral of the Navy was more of a political balance consideration. Unexpectedly, in the end, he was not considered carefully and ignored the general's ability to march and fight, which led to such a tragedy. Event comes.

Seeing Orville like this, Tiya came closer and patted her shoulder, while maintaining this posture and whispering: "It's not entirely your problem. If it were me, I might make the same decision. After all, we all If we don’t understand water warfare, we will do things that professionals think are childish and ridiculous. I’m afraid we all underestimate the dangers and difficulties of life at sea.

It's a pity that Trajan was a brave warrior and had always been my right-hand man. He was highly valued by me and my father. He still had a long life and should have a brighter future. But things are already like this, and we can't change the outcome. Let's find ways to make some remedial measures. His wife and children are still alive, and the child's age should be approaching the coming of age ceremony. Since he is so young, he will not If we lose our father, we should pay more attention to him and compensate him. "

Tiya felt no better than Orville. Old Tula was really her father's old subordinate. He was like an uncle to her. He had always taken care of and taught her during her military career, so she took the initiative to help take care of her. Look at the other person’s descendants.

"I have no objection, just do as you say."

Orville agreed with Tia's suggestion and put aside the potential identity of the other party's son. This is what his boss should do.

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After the Celtics took weapons, equipment and food, they also fulfilled their agreement and began to harass the Viking strongholds. They would either take advantage of the Vikings to go out to plunder or fall asleep and their defenses were lax, or start with thunder and rain. A small amount of deliberate harassment made many Vikings in the stronghold uneasy.

They even relied on their numerical advantage to break through several small camps without city wall protection. In just two or three weeks, many Vikings had to choose to evacuate their camps on land and move their camps offshore. Go up to the island. The Vikings' power on land has obviously declined, and they have also carried out various retaliatory actions against the locals. Some of these actions made Orville frown when he read the descriptions in the text.

Seeing that the resistance movement was effective, more chiefdoms joined the activity, and the intensity of the conflict between the Celts and the Vikings continued to escalate. Today the Celts destroyed several temporary strongholds, and tomorrow there will be raids by the Vikings. They took boats along the river to capture Celts and tortured or sold their compatriots into slavery.

All in all, these people involved a considerable part of the Vikings' energy. In addition, the Vikings' military strength was also constantly being restrained in other places.

In Ireland, the Irish princes represented by King Convercius of Ulster gathered a coalition of more than 30,000 people and began to besiege Ivar's ruling center on the island of Ireland, which was the future city of Dublin.

Ivar could only choose to fight in a hurry. He gathered six to seven thousand people and began to confront Confucius. He still didn’t know what the outcome of this war would be. It was very optimistic that Ivar would be defeated in this war. Drive out of Ireland, and then all that will be left of his land in the north will be a bunch of sparse islands.

In addition, in the lowlands, Rollo was also very rude to his own people. He was not pretending to deal with Orville. He was really using iron-blooded means to eliminate local pirates. An important reason why pirate bases could survive was that they were hidden enough, but Rollo knew the location and special features of most pirate bases.

As mentioned before, Rollo's defection to the Romans was a huge blow to the Vikings. The rebellion of the top leaders was a troublesome thing for any organization. They knew too many secrets. At least more than 20 bases were pulled out in the past two months, and countless pirates were eliminated at will.

Orville was already preparing new rewards for the other party, and he would issue them after the Viking problem was basically solved. He kept his word and did what he said. Rollo would get what he wanted by his military exploits.

However, what I heard so far was not all good news. According to the intelligence of Rollo's informant, the Franks also had new actions.

The King of the Franks persuaded the King of Denmark through some means, and he assembled an expeditionary force to help Ragnar's sons fight against the Romans. The number of people is at least nearly 10,000, and the fleet should be on the way now.