Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Orville must have an impression of this person. It is better to say that the reason why he became friends with old Trajan at the beginning was to a certain extent because of this tiger.

As one of the Five Good Emperors, and even considered the first of the Five Good Emperors in many cases, Ulpius Trajan is also a well-known figure in history. It can be said that this is the most influential and famous figure Orville has seen so far.

Orville still attaches great importance to this person and wants to pull him to his side as much as possible. Even if it doesn't work, he wants him to have a little good impression of him.

The current situation is a bit subtle, because no matter what, Trajan's father died under his command. Most people are absolutely not rational when it comes to such issues involving parental affection. Even if Trajan hates him because of this, Orville has nothing to refute, after all, he is indeed wrong.

With a subtle feeling of uneasiness, Orville answered Tia: "I definitely remember this. Uncle Trajan often talked to me about him when he was alive. He seemed to be a good son that he was very proud of."

"His coming-of-age ceremony is coming soon. According to my father's idea, he should be taken to Rome to continue his studies, but he seems to have other ideas. He wants to join the army directly and learn as a soldier for a while."

"The Guards system? It shouldn't be a big problem. With the help of his father, it's not difficult for a teenager to hold a nominal position in the army. Being a decurion or centurion in the Guards, there is no need to fight anyway. It's not bad to experience life."

Tia shook her head and objected: "No, no, he doesn't want to go to the Guards to mess around, he really wants to go to the border legion for training."

"Is this appropriate?"

Orville was a little hesitant. In his opinion, sixteen or seventeen is still an immature age. The Romans also believe that people of this age should study for a while before participating in government affairs.

Few people like Trajan, who wanted to join the army when he had the conditions to live a wealthy life in Rome, did not go.

"He mentioned it in his letter to his father, hoping to gain experience in the British province you manage. I don't know if this is appropriate. What do you think? What should I do?"

Oville understood after hearing this. Perhaps Trajan still couldn't let it go, and had some ideas of revenge for his father, so he insisted on coming to the British province.

Oville nodded after pondering: "If he wants to come, I think let him come, I will help him settle down."

He felt that there was no need to stop such things, and don't leave regrets for the other party. In fact, serving in the British province now is not a particularly dangerous thing. Orville will bring the other party with him, and the safety factor is very high. He is not sure if Trajan will get this treatment if he goes to other provinces.

At present, Orville should be the one who pays the most attention to Trajan. Others may not give Trajan the best preferential treatment and training, but Orville still has high expectations for Trajan.

Tia nodded: "No problem, I will send someone to pick him up from the Spanish province. You take good care of him and don't let him have any accidents. Let him grow up smoothly."

"Of course, I will do it well." Orville agreed.

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After a while, the chaotic war situation that Orville privately called the "Viking War" changed again.

The Danish reinforcements arrived near the lowlands as expected, and Rollo's pressure doubled immediately-he only had 2,000 regular navy, and after absorbing some surrendered Viking pirates, there were only about 3,000 people, which was not enough to deal with such a large number of "Viking pirates".

However, there is also good news. Apparently, just as Orville imagined, these people are not all professional sailors who make a living on the sea. According to Rollo's feedback, most of them are unfamiliar with operating boats and are not qualified sailors at all. When rowing, they can't catch up with Rollo's elite sailors.

If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it with grass. Orville knows this simple truth that applies everywhere. To make the Vikings fight their compatriots with swords, they need not only grass, but also flesh and blood.

Orville gave many farms in East Anglia to the Vikings for farming, and personally took time to send special people to prepare their food supplies. The food level is much better than that of the Roman legionnaires that Orville himself relies on the most.

In addition to wine, fruit vinegar, fish sauce, bread, and bacon, Orville will also prepare sausages, ham, salted fish and other more delicious and expensive foods for the other party. When conditions permit, he will even prepare pigs, sheep and fish for the other party to eat. It can be said that he has done his best within his ability.

In the eyes of these northerners, Orwell's actions showed his reliance and respect for them. In addition, they could feel the benefits, so they naturally worked very hard in the war. Each longship gave full play to its subjective initiative and caused great trouble to the Danish Army and the Frank Army who did not know how to swim.

Orwell even heard the news reported by Rollo. After hearing about the treatment of Rollo, many Viking pirates chose to defect to the Roman side in whole ships.

Obviously, the generous living conditions that the empire can provide make them a little envious and jealous. They lost themselves in the materialistic desires. This is also inevitable, and Orwell is happy to see it.

However, in the direction of the lowlands, the Romans and the Viking pirates inevitably exchanged offense and defense, and it was difficult for Rollo to achieve any effective results.

Seeing the Franks openly entering the battlefield, the central Roman side also made countermeasures-Emperor Vespa ordered the governor of the Germanic province to participate in the war, and the navy and army pressed the pirates in the lowlands together, and tried to cooperate with Orville to solve the pirates' den in the lowlands in one go.

It is unknown what chain reaction the expansion of the scale of the war will trigger, but it is definitely good for Orville himself now.

In addition, there is one more thing to note-after learning the news that King Conforchu died on the battlefield, Cu Chulainn also fell into a very tangled state.

On the one hand, his heroic spirit made him unable to let go of his hometown, and on the other hand, he had an order from Conforchu to help the Romans fight in England and not to come back. Although he did not say it directly, Orville was very keen to capture this point.