Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

During this period of time, Orville sent people to inquire about the situation and obtain evidence, while he began to calculate the military strength of the locals. He wanted to determine whether he could deal with it.

The result is also obvious. If only the paper data is counted, there is a big gap between him and the other party.

Antonius has two legions and supporting auxiliary soldiers in Egypt. One is in the south to guard against potential enemies there. It will take at least nearly a month to drive over, so it can be ignored for the time being. The other is stationed in Alexandria, with a total of 8,000 to 9,000 auxiliary soldiers.

This is still a secondary factor. The main factor is the Ptolemaic royal family. The Roman Empire's guards have 10,000 people, and the Ptolemaic Egyptian guards have 3,700 people, including 3,000 elite heavy infantry, divided into three infantry regiments, and 700 elite cavalry, which is nominally a military force directly under the king. In addition, there are an uncertain number of king guards, conservatively estimated to be 300 to 500 people.

In addition to these people, there are ordinary troops. Orwell cannot grasp the specific number. It is estimated that the other party can mobilize 40,000 people in a short time, but these people have to guard against Cleopatra's army that is constantly approaching Egypt, so the number is at least halved.

In any case, the other party has an absolute numerical advantage. After all, he only has a few thousand people. If there is a military conflict, Orwell has to use his brain to think about how to use tricks, so he will frequently scout the place.

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Owell is doing things slowly and waiting for the situation to change, but Cleopatra, who is hundreds of kilometers away, is very anxious.

Her communication with Orwell was seriously affected. Due to the obstruction of Berdinos' minions, she could only send letters to the other party through King Herod. The efficiency would be much lower if it was transferred through one hand in the middle. King Herod was also designated as a warning target by Berdinos, and it was difficult for his letters to break through the barrier and reach Orwell. The communication between the two sides was almost zero in the recent period.

At this time, I am afraid of overthinking, but Cleopatra can't help overthinking. After all, Orwell is in Alexandria, which is the base camp of Berdinos. She doesn't know what price Berdinos will offer Orwell and the emperor, nor does she know whether Orwell will choose to give up the covenant with her in a fit of excitement or after careful consideration. This feeling can be said to be quite torturous.

Especially when Orwell passed Antioch when sailing on the sea, he didn't come to join her, and he also asked the 12th Legion to maintain the balance without helping either side. This inevitably seemed a bit like waiting for a price in Cleopatra's eyes, and she couldn't help but panic.

After she failed in the political struggle and was driven out of Egypt, it was not so easy for her to come back. She originally planned to return to Egypt with her army, but the current situation forced her to change her mind. If she wanted to stabilize her political allies, the best way was undoubtedly to go and communicate with Orwell in person.

So she had to make a choice now - to stay with her army from beginning to end, or to sneak into Egypt first with light equipment, and then find a way to reunite with Orville.

Berdinos was very wary of her. It was obviously impossible to bring a large army back. Cleopatra also knew that most of her soldiers came to her for money or speculation. Not many people were truly loyal to her. With these troops she had put together, she would definitely not get any good results in a head-on confrontation. The winner of the game was Orville or the Romans. With this understanding, she made a decisive decision.

In the temporary camp in Palphi, she immediately ordered her generals: "The Roman army has separated us from the army of the eunuchs (referring to the dictatorial eunuch Berdinos). No matter what, the eunuch dared not risk the world's disapproval and ignore the Romans to attack us directly. In that case, we only need to wait to enter Egypt. The angry emperor will take care of Berdinos's affairs.

I had to leave the army loyal to me because I needed to negotiate with the Romans in person. I had to go to Rome and confront the emperor, hoping that he would give in. The Roman prince and I have a good relationship, and he will help me to intercede.

Now our army has not been The Egyptians' attack was also thanks to him. I believe that after explaining the pros and cons to the emperor, His Majesty will make the right choice. The connection between the Governor of Egypt and the eunuch is too close. I think the emperor must be doubting whether Antonius is Egyptian or Roman, whether he has two hearts towards him, and whether his existence is good for the country of Rome. I just need to take advantage of the other party's suspicion and I believe we can get the answer we want. "

In fact, Cleopatra lied to her subordinates because she didn't want them to know that she was going to Alexandria. This move would cause great controversy and further shake the already shaken military morale. So she took a step back and said that she would ask the emperor for justice, which made it much easier for her subordinates to accept it, because his father did similar things at the beginning of his reign, and it was not the first time that he filed a complaint and asked the emperor to intervene.

The prerequisite is that she exaggerated her relationship with Orwell and produced a lot of evidence that seemed to be the case (that is, the correspondence between the two), proving that she also had someone to help her in the center of the empire, otherwise these generals would probably not agree.

The generals looked at each other and felt that this matter was understandable and that there was indeed hope, so after a show of hands and a small debate, they finally agreed to let Cleopatra go out for help.

After all, the Tenth Legion is now obviously waiting for the arbitration of the capital. It is not certain whether Berdinus or King Ptolemy will also go to Rome. If they go and Cleopatra does not, there will be no need to fight this war. Whoever the Roman central government supports will win. In order to avoid this situation, it is better to let the young queen go there in person.

However, although the matter was recognized, the subtle looks of those generals still made Cleopatra quite unhappy - that look clearly said that Cleopatra relied on her "overly close" relationship with the Roman prince and her pillow talk to get support.

This kind of tinted glasses is inevitable. Cleopatra does not have superhuman military power like Tia, who can lift a tripod and shoot with both hands. Cleopatra does not have strong enough military power, such as a heavy cavalry army of 10,000 people, so she can only be regarded as an ordinary woman by these people. Ordinary women in this era are generally not respected. All the respect from the people around them comes more from family and bloodline.

Silently memorizing these people's names and faces, Cleopatra put on a cloak to hide her figure, and left the camp in a carriage escorted by a team of reliable guards, preparing to go to Alexandria.