Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

After leaving the army, neither King Ptolemy, Arsinoe nor Gaymode was qualified to fight against him, and could only be mobilized according to Orville's arrangements.

He now wants to see if the other party can accept this condition. If so, that would be the best. If not, the war will continue. He estimates that support from the center of the empire will arrive soon. He will not be afraid of the other party at all by then. The other party is elite. With severe damage and low morale, he and his opponent had no problem taking out real swords and guns to fight in the field.

At this time, Orville relaxed a lot. The situation was already very clear. As long as there were no major mistakes, the rest of the matter would proceed smoothly. It can be said that the dust has settled now.

On the contrary, he could clearly feel that Cleopatra was worried about the current situation - although she did not say it clearly, she showed expressions of worry or thinking from time to time. Orville also understood this very well, and it was nothing more than worry about increasing competitors.

It seemed that Arsinoe was preparing to surrender to the Romans, and as long as he did not die, they would still be potential competitors for power.

Orville chose to see through but not speak out. It was also a good thing to have multiple rivals. Historically, Caesar did not execute his sister. Instead, he kept her under house arrest in a place outside Egypt as a backup. Her sister was not executed until the Antony period. .

A good personal relationship is a good personal relationship, but he will not let the other party's power go unchecked, so it is necessary to create competitors.

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Somewhat unexpectedly, after Orville asked the other party to disarm, they readily complied. A few days later, Arsinoe and Gaymode arrived in Alexandria, and as requested, they only brought a few of their belongings with them. Guard.

Shortly after that, news came from the Parphi border that the local Egyptian army gave up the confrontation with the Roman/Cleopatra army on the opposite side and let the Romans and Cleopatra's army pass.

By this time, their military resistance had basically been eliminated, and the next question was how to deal with Egypt, a huge country.

To divide things a little bit, the issues that need to be dealt with should be divided into these aspects: Romans, Egyptians and Greeks.

Orville wants to promote a new system here and reform the governance system here with the Romans as the center. At the same time, there were also many retired Roman soldiers in Egypt.

The native Egyptians have always been second-class citizens. Their numbers are huge, not much less than the native Romans, but they do not have the political status to match them.

The problem of the Greeks is more complicated. On the one hand, there are the assets of Berdinos and other nobles who have been liquidated. On the other hand, there are these fence-sitters who defected midway. On the other hand, there is Cleopatra behind the scenes. Factions, these people are followed by the Egyptian Greeks, a group with a somewhat embarrassing status.

After thinking about it for a while, Orville decided to slowly sort things out from top to bottom. He would first deal with the problems in the capital city of Alexandria, and then slowly deal with the matters outside Alexandria after freeing up his hands.

The first to bear the brunt was the liquidation of the properties of Berdinos and others. Since they were dead and now the target of public criticism, it was not difficult to liquidate them. Orville temporarily withheld the land and property of these people. , reserved for later use.

This part of the property can be said to be quite huge. Just counting the details will take a while with Orville's manpower, so it will take some time to advance the subsequent matters.

As for those fence-sitters who defected midway, there is no word of forgetfulness in Orville. In the name of rebelling against the orthodox queen Cleopatra, Orville and Cleopatra dismissed them from their posts, and now they have no time to spare. Never mind these people, it is the most basic thing for them to peel off their skin once they are freed up a little.

As for those who were loyal to Cleopatra, Cleopatra opened the door to the treasury, satisfied the mercenaries among them with generous sums of money, and sent them back to their hometowns. After obtaining Orville's permission, she also left herself a garrison of about 3,000 people. As the head of a country, this was a reasonable request.

There are also those political figures who were exiled by Berdinus and King Ptolemy. They have now returned to the land of Egypt. Cleopatra used the royal family's private property as compensation to restore the status and status of some of them. Property as a reward for loyalty. She is also very wise and has not appointed a new administrative team for the time being. She has the right to discuss this matter with Orville, but generally speaking, it is still up to the Romans to decide.

As for the civilians in Alexandria, it was obvious that they were not as welcoming to the Romans as before, and their attitude even became worse because of the war. Orville did not have trouble with them, but just ordered that everything should continue as usual, and as soon as possible Cooperate with local people to restore production and life in the city.

Cleopatra was very generous in this regard. She took out large sums of gold and silver from the royal treasury, hired civilians affected by the war to repair the destroyed cities, and took out enough food from the granaries to provide relief to the affected civilians. , with money and food to pave roads, the collapsed bridges, blocked canals, and charred ports in Alexandria were quickly repaired. It is optimistically estimated that the city will be restored to its original state in a few months.

In addition, Orwell asked a considerable part of the Egyptian army to disarm, and the guard and security functions were assumed by the newly entered Roman 12th Legion "Thunder". As for the Roman 22nd Legion "Diotariana" originally stationed in Alexandria, which was actually subordinate to Antonius, Orwell did not punish them, nor did he entrust them with any tasks, but only asked them to stay on standby.

The 12th Legion was relatively obedient to the emperor's orders. Since it had only been a few years since the Palphic War, the army's training and quality were very good, and Orwell's personal relationship was also good. It was considered a basically trustworthy military force. As for the 22nd Legion stationed in Alexandria and the 3rd Legion "Cyrenaica" stationed in Thebes in the middle and upper reaches of the Nile, Orwell thought they were far from reliable, and he needed to sort them out again and eliminate those unstable factors before he dared to use them.

After seeing that the situation had stabilized, the Syrian Governor Mucinus immediately returned to his residence - there were changes in Egypt, and the Parthians on the border were beginning to eye the situation covetously again. There might not be a big battle that would alarm the emperor, but there would definitely be a lot of small fights in the future, so it would be safer for him to be in charge personally.