Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Less than two weeks after John Levi took control of the city, the city was completely in a state of chaos and disorder.

The civilians in the city either degenerate and become corrupt with the Zealots, or are in a state of panic, thinking about how to escape from this city of death all day long. The city's production is basically stopped, and the lives of all citizens are also greatly affected.

Just as the Priest Party expected, Bal. Giora of the Dagger Party successfully defeated the main force of the Idumea people through a series of deceptions and fierce subordinates, and plundered their territory and absorbed manpower.

After absorbing some of the essence of the Idumea people, he now has not only light infantry, but also serious heavy infantry. He certainly cannot be compared with the Romans in terms of training, but this is a huge advantage compared to the people in the Holy City.

He did not hide his ambition to get involved in the Holy City. When the Roman issue was still unresolved, the two sides broke out many times. The final result was that the Dagger Party continued to approach the Holy City, and the Zealots continued to shrink their forces to prepare for defense.

At this time, the priests led the other party into the city according to the plan. Just as expected, the short-sword party readily agreed to the invitation of these guides. The two parties worked together to create a surprise attack and successfully captured the city gate.

At this time, many people in the city also rose up to resist, and worked together with the army outside the city to defeat the Zealots.

John organized people to retreat into the temple. This is not a religious place without defense like an ordinary church. The temple is the best fortress in the entire city. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is also a well to provide water, so it is not afraid of a short-term siege.

Although the short-sword party did not have the scruples of Anna and directly launched several rounds of attacks on the temple, they did not continue to try after discovering heavy losses, and were satisfied with looting the money and supplies in the current holy city.

Now the civilians in the city are almost desperate for these gangs. Many people took advantage of the chaos to escape from the city. This is probably their last important chance before the arrival of the Romans. Even so, many people still did not react in time or dared not take risks and continued to stay in the city.

There are now three forces in the city: the Zealots occupy the temple, the Priests occupy a corner of the upper city, and the Daggers occupy the rest.

In the temporary headquarters of the Priests, an old man angrily scolded the leader: "Are you satisfied now? Another bandit has entered the city, which is ridiculous! The beast called civil strife is devouring the body of this city. It has become the prey of war, colorful rule and party struggles. Are you satisfied with this ending?"

The accused man was not angry, but just replied with a word from the Bible: "Only the wicked will be cut off. The treacherous will be rooted out."

"You are handing over the holy city to the Romans and doing the work of a traitor!"

The man sneered: "You go with my dead wife and children. Go ahead and make a theory. This city has been polluted by sin. If the Romans will be the last judge of this city, it will be good, just as the book says.

Don't be afraid of the sudden panic. Don't be afraid of the destruction of the wicked. After the Romans' judgment, the saved will ascend to heaven and enjoy eternal happiness, and the punished will go to hell and suffer eternal punishment. If you are the former, you should thank me. If you are the latter, you deserve it. "

The man with a closed logic loop was very satisfied with this theory, so he drew his sword on the spot, pierced the old man's body, and kicked him to the side.

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It seems that the candied fruits did not cause any diplomatic problems. After getting the loyalty oath of the Egyptian governor, the fleet immediately set off to Caesarea, the residence of Vespa.

It took only two days of traveling day and night for the fleet to enter the port of Caesarea again.

Tia was naturally warmly welcomed by Vespa, and this time Orville was also called to attend.

In the Governor's Palace, Vespa sat on the main seat and looked at Tia with a smile: "Do you have any new news? Judging from the time, you should have returned before you even arrived in Rome."

"When we were in Cyprus, we learned that Galba had died, and his deputy Otto succeeded him as emperor, and the German Legion was marching towards Rome, and the two sides would have a fierce battle. In view of this situation and the prophecy mentioned by Orville before, I took the initiative to go to Egypt and brought this thing back to ensure that there would be no mistakes."

Tia presented the loyalty oath to Vespa, and Vespa's originally calm expression quickly turned into astonishment.

He subconsciously looked at Orville: "Whose idea was this?"

Tia denied his idea: "In the end, it was my idea, and it had nothing to do with the other two, absolutely true."

Vespa was silent. His daughter would not lie, and he knew this.

Looking around, there was no outsider on the scene. Tia was his daughter, and Orville had long seen through the ambition hidden in his heart. Now that she was promoted by him, there was no need to hide anything.

He finally expressed his true feelings and said, "I understand your thoughts, but I still find it difficult to make a decision. It is ridiculous to be involved in a civil war with two young daughters at the age of fifty!"

Tia opened her mouth but did not speak, because her sister was still living in Rome, and she was also worried about this.

Orville knew that it was time for him to speak up. Anyway, the result of history was that Vespa ascended the throne and became emperor. The credit for persuading him to ascend the throne was right in front of him.

After asking Vespa for instructions, he said: "It is the best choice for you to ascend the throne and become emperor now. Otto and Galba in Spain are not qualified to govern the country. They are just lucky speculators. They have no wisdom, strength and wealth. They have nothing. The Germanic Legion only has brute force. Their desire for wealth will make them lose the support of the Senate and the people. Being too close to their Frankish friends will make them sell out the interests of the country. They are not qualified helmsmen. Rome will not prosper under their management.

You have the wisdom, persuasiveness, forbearance, self-discipline and fortitude necessary for a ruler. You You have everything you need to rule Rome, and you don't need to fear the obstacles those people will bring to you. Now you have twelve legions in Syria, Parvathy and Egypt, which have hardly been consumed by war and have not been infected by mutiny. These legions have combat experience and are therefore strong enough.

You have a navy, cavalry and infantry, a king loyal to you, food from Egypt and a large amount of wealth raised for this Parvathian war, the loyalty of the eastern provinces, and more experience than anyone else. The one with the strongest army and horses is Augustus. I think no one is suitable to be the Roman emperor except you. "