Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

A heated debate broke out in the Senate about how to respond to the matter between Ptolemy Egypt and Orwell, which was essentially a question of interest division.

The debate in the Senate was about how to treat Egypt in the future. Those who were opposed now were not actually opposed to incorporating Egypt into the provincial governance system, but were only opposed to Egypt becoming the emperor's property after provincialization. If Vespasian now said that Egypt would become the property of the Senate in the future, most of these senators would probably change their tune immediately and be persuaded by Vespasian's eloquence to support the use of force against Egypt.

These people just didn't want to change the current balance of power and were worried about the lack of power and the inequality of power. They were not really considering Egypt for the empire. Vespasian was very clear about the little thoughts of these people, and he didn't want to pay too much attention to them.

During the period of the Senate's quarrel, he had already bypassed the Senate and ordered the mobilization of the legions of the Eastern Province. After the Senate had quarreled for two or three days, he informed the senators of this matter.

Some senators were very dissatisfied with this, but they had no choice as the situation was stronger than the people. Vespa was not like Nero, who had no negligence to speak of, nor was he like Claudius, who was a good guy and easy to bully. On the contrary, his power was quite solid, and his governing effect was always good. He was not someone who could be easily impeached or overthrown.

It was not worth it to tear each other apart for this matter. After all, the Guards were still in Tia's hands. If they really wanted to overturn the table, they had to see if the servants in their hands were enough to fight the Guards.

In short, this matter was passed under Vespa's tough order. He stamped Orwell's behavior, declared Antonius's treason valid, and commissioned Orwell to thoroughly investigate the collusion between the Ptolemaic royal family and Antonius. The legions stationed in the eastern provinces would take action to assist Orwell's actions.

A series of military operations were dispatched in secret, and the specific news was only known to a few prestigious and powerful senators in the Senate. Before Mucinus' army arrived at the border, the Egyptians probably didn't know what would happen, and they thought that the Roman emperor was arguing with the senators and there was no result.

Military mobilization of this scale still takes time, and now it depends on whether Orwell can hold on until then.

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Although Orwell and the Ptolemy royal family didn't know the specific situation in Rome, they could vaguely guess the general situation. The Egyptians or the Greeks in Egypt didn't pin their hopes on the mercy of the Roman emperor, not to mention that the Roman emperor would definitely favor his adopted son. For unknown reasons, the guards disappeared on the battlefield for a few days, and then they reappeared on the battlefield, with unprecedented intensity, like a tide, launching a fierce attack on Soros Island.

Orwell was also a little hesitant under the fierce offensive, and had to abandon most of the outer stone walls layer by layer and retreat to the fortress in the core position.

The opponent took advantage of the victory and organized a very dangerous attack.

Seven gifted people gathered together and led hundreds of the most elite guards to attack the fortress. There were only five gifted people on Orville's side (Ivar, Stilicho, Trajan, Alfred, and Cuchulainn), and they were barely able to cope with it. The city wall was once occupied by them, and they almost broke through the fortress gate in one go.

In the end, it was Cuchulainn who used his uncontrollable berserker skill to rush into the crowd and kill people, and barely curbed the opponent's offensive pace. Both sides had several gifted people seriously injured, and the casualties of ordinary soldiers were countless.

Orville was obviously at a disadvantage in the number of gifted people, but it was not impossible to remedy it - King Herod gave him a large number of healing potions. In order to prepare for emergencies, he kept some potions in his hands and did not give them to Vespa, and now they came in handy.

Even if they were severely exhausted, with multiple abrasions, scratches, and even sword wounds all over their bodies, they could recover quickly after drinking these potions. The other party's gifted people were still recovering in the rear, and Orville was already ready for the next round of attack.

More importantly, the other party didn't know that Orville had so many potions. In the eyes of people other than the top nobles of Palfi, this kind of potion was a rare treasure. Even if the Egyptian royal family bought some at a high price and collected them, they probably wouldn't be willing to use them at this time. They were all for their own life-saving, not for war consumables.

They probably thought that Orville's soldiers were also recovering, and they had already figured out the details of Orville, and were looking forward to waiting for their gifted people to recover, so that Orville could catch them off guard.

Opportunities don't wait, and they can't let the other party's high-level combat effectiveness recover. He is ready to do so now, and is organizing soldiers to plan the offensive.

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Just as Orwell was gearing up to plan his offensive, news came from the eastern Syrian province and Parfi that shocked the Egyptians.

The Syrian governor Mucinus appeared in the Parfi Kingdom and took over the command of the 12th garrison. He claimed that he was ordered by the emperor to mediate and demanded that the Egyptian army immediately lay down their arms and accept the investigation of the emperor and the prince.

The sudden appearance of the other party made Berdinus and others panic. They did not think about the possibility that the emperor supported Orwell, but from the perspective of transportation and geography, the news must have been transmitted to Alexandria first and then to Syria. It would take a long time for the army to be transferred from Syria to the border. They had enough time to prepare for the defense of Mucinus.

Unexpectedly, Mucinus suddenly appeared in the Kingdom of Palphi with a light load, which disrupted their original deployment. If the 12th Legion joined the war and supported the Cleopatra troops now stranded in the Kingdom of Palphi, the original balance there would change.

In fact, Bodinos and others also knew that Cleopatra's army was relatively weak, so they only sent more than 10,000 ordinary native Egyptian troops to keep an eye on them. The 12th Legion, including the auxiliary troops, had nearly 10,000 people. Even though they were defeated by the Palphi rebels before, they proved that they were still excellent soldiers through their outstanding performance in the Palphi War. The combat effectiveness of these people is several levels stronger than the ragtag army composed of Egyptian tenants.

Another problem is Mucinus himself. He has been guarding the border for more than ten years. He used the strength of four legions to pin Parthia outside the border line and only dared to make some small moves secretly. Countless battle examples have proved that he is an extremely good general and very good at commanding Roman legionnaires. This kind of general will produce a chemical reaction with the 12th Legion, which will increase the combat effectiveness of this legion exponentially. It really cannot be treated lightly.