Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

After taking a look at him, Tiya sighed deeply but did not pursue the responsibility. She just said: "Let's find a place to set up camp nearby. We have not yet completely surrounded the city. Let's build a stable and solid camp first. Leave the camp construction work to Trajan. I will personally lead people to investigate the situation nearby."

After that, he led a cavalry squadron of about 600 people to leave.

Seeing this, Orville also chose to follow.

Tiya seemed worried during the investigation, so Orville wanted to comfort her a little.

"Now the city has fallen into civil strife, it is not a unified whole at all, it is not that difficult for us to attack. If they leave it alone, they will die in internal friction."

Tia did not think so: "Conservatively estimated, there are more than 20,000 rebels in the city, and there are even more civilians they can mobilize. The main armory of the Herod family and the previous armory of the Roman legions have all been confiscated by them, so they are not short of weapons. To be honest, I am very anxious now, because this battle is very important and I cannot fail, but Rome has never captured such a city. This is an unprecedented thing, and this is my first time as commander-in-chief."

Orville understands the other party very well. It would be strange if he was not anxious in this situation. Capturing the holy city and ending this war is part of Vespa's plan, and it is a crucial part.

She believes that her father will win the civil war, but she still lacks complete confidence in herself. Only if this battle is won, the Senate and the Roman people will recognize the ability of the new dynasty, believe that Vespa can maintain the authority of the Roman Empire, and will sincerely support Vespa. If this battle is a tragic victory or a failure, things will be very troublesome.

After thinking about it, Orville suggested: "You can turn something without precedent into something you are familiar with. This is my prophecy. Please think about it more."

When talking privately, Orville no longer needs to use honorifics to address Tia.

Tia laughed dumbly: "This is not a game of riddles at the wine table. Why are you so secretive?"

Halfway through her words, Tia suddenly stopped and looked around with some vigilance.

Although they have been driving on the main road so far, the surrounding vision is no longer wide.

There is a garden that was shelved halfway through construction. There are many trenches, rubble walls and wooden fences. The terrain is complex, which seriously affects the surrounding vision.

This kind of place is easy to be ambushed, and it is really not advisable to stay for a long time.

Tia just opened her mouth to order her men to return the original route. The ambushers around may have noticed that they slowed down and hesitated. They rushed out of the trenches and buildings and rushed straight to the cavalry team that was still advancing.

Caught off guard, a large number of cavalrymen advancing in a long line were cut off, and the head of the team where Tiya was located lost contact with the rest.

The cavalrymen who lost their commander fell into chaos and could only fight in small groups. The situation at the head of the team was not optimistic either. They were surrounded by a large number of enemies and could not move forward or backward.

Tiya reacted very quickly before the battle. She quickly realized that she could only save herself by rushing out and joining the main force, so she raised her long sword high, with a red glow attached to the sword.

"Everyone turn their horses around and rush back with me!"

After saying that, she took the lead and started charging. Orville followed closely behind her, ready to follow her out.

Since their purpose was only to come for reconnaissance, they did not wear armor and only brought their weapons and shields. It was a very dangerous behavior for Tiya to expose herself like this, and it would be easy for her to be concentrated and become a live target.

A large number of rebels rushed towards them, and seeing that Tiya and others were about to escape, they threw stones or javelins in their hands at them.

On the one hand, it was because of indescribable luck, and on the other hand, it was because of the indescribable accuracy of these people. Diya used her shield and sword to block the first few javelins, and then most of the remaining stones did not hit her, and the people who rushed to the front were unharmed.

Orville followed Diya with fear. Several javelins brushed past his head and hit the Roman cavalry behind him, piercing his body. He was also hit on the thigh by a stone and almost fell off the horse.

But fortunately, he held the horse's neck tightly, so he barely maintained his balance and followed Diya to continue to break through the siege.

The opponent's intensive projectile firepower had a counter-effect, and instead made many rebels stop and fear being injured by mistake. Therefore, Diya successfully chopped down the seven or eight enemies who were blocking the way in front, and broke through the enemy's loose blockade.

After the remnant army with the head of the team joined the rear army, Diya did not fight at the door of the opponent's house, but directly chose to retreat and stop the reconnaissance.

In the first round of the battle, the defenders in the city had a slight advantage. Although they didn't know it, they almost seriously injured or even killed Tiya, the commander-in-chief.

The group returned to the camp with low morale, but they did not gain nothing. They found a more suitable place to camp.

They moved the camp to the Lookout Mountain in the north of the Holy City. As the name suggests, it is a low hill, but it can overlook the entire Holy City from above. Orville can even see the golden and dazzling temple in the city.

Because she was prepared to fight a protracted war with the locals, Tiya built the camp according to the highest standards.

The architectural level of these ancient people is impressive. Rather than saying that this is a camp, it is better to say that this is a fortified town or even a small fortress.

There are distinct main and secondary roads here, blacksmith shops, bakeries, storages, drainage ditches, garbage pits and toilets, stables, markets, office areas, and courts.

To be frank, most of the villages and towns that Orville has seen in the past year are not as clean and tidy as this military camp, and everything is in good order.

There are also tall wooden fences and towers for shooting and observation around the camp. When necessary, there will be trenches and stone walls, as well as caltrops, chevaux de frise, and trap pits.

The Romans have conducted a lot of training for this, and spent hundreds of years standardizing the form of the military camp. It is said that this is a concept learned from the Greek King Pyrrhus. The military camp is extremely important for marching and fighting. This concept was later carried forward by the Romans, and the Roman military camp became their representative symbol.

Tia did this because she planned to fight them to the death.

That night, several other troops completed the cleaning work around the holy city and began to encircle the holy city.

The legions were not stationed in one place, but were slightly staggered. One legion was stationed at the top of Lookout Mountain, two newly formed legions were stationed at the foot of Lookout Mountain, and the other legion was stationed a little further away, on the east side of the Mount of Olives, where the terrain was higher and the view was better, preventing the enemy from attacking from the east.