Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

The middle-aged man suddenly became nervous: "No, no!"

Orville smiled and shook his head: "Anyway, many people have done this, selling all their wealth in the holy city and swallowing it into gold coins. A few Syrian auxiliary soldiers saw it a while ago, and the result was not good. More than 800 people died in one night. They were all disemboweled by auxiliary soldiers or poor legionnaires. They didn't care whether they actually had money or not, they just dissected them first."

The middle-aged man's face turned pale in an instant: "Really?!"

"Anyway, I asked someone to bury their bodies. If you don't believe it, you can go and see for yourself. It shouldn't have rotted yet, and you can identify the abdominal wound.

If you don't hide anything, it doesn't matter. If you hide it and it's not discovered, I don't care, but if you hide something and someone finds it, If you discover it, I can't guarantee your safety. The policy I arranged is that the informant will get half of the hidden gold, and the remaining half will be confiscated. Both refugees and soldiers can get it. You will live with other refugees during this period. "

The middle-aged man swallowed hard: "Is there no other way?"

"Report it actively, and then pay 30% of your property as protection money. I will arrange another camp, which is safer and more comfortable, and there will be no such reports. Of course, the lower limit of the protection money is 100 dinars to prevent too many people. I worked hard to get this condition. It's up to you to choose. "

Orville didn't want to use this method. There will be some accidental injuries. Many people have saved a little money with great effort and want to protect their property. Such people are undoubtedly worthy of sympathy. But in ancient times, the military discipline of these soldiers really couldn't be relied on. Even in modern times, few armies can do not rob a penny. This phenomenon is useless just by prohibition and restriction.

After the vicious incident of killing people for gold, Tiya was very angry and even wanted to personally lead the cavalry to surround the perpetrators and kill them all by eleven strokes, but too many people were implicated. In the end, she was persuaded by Orwell and the Governor of Egypt.

She strictly ordered the entire army to punish the perpetrators and warned that those who committed the crime again would be sentenced to death. However, this phenomenon still occurred. In the end, she had no choice but to let Orwell help her deal with it.

Orwell knew that tough regulations were useless and that other methods should be used to divert the soldiers' greed for gold. At least the report would not harm civilians without property. This was a more appropriate solution. After doing so, at least the situation of killing people for gold almost disappeared.

He was indeed very suitable for this job. He could see through other people's attributes and abilities, which meant that he could find smart and strategic talents with high strategy values ​​without much effort. They didn't need to be crouching dragons and phoenixes to seek the world's great cause. As long as they coaxed the rich businessmen and let these people voluntarily pay protection fees, it would be fine.

Even though everyone disguised themselves before leaving the city and knew that wealth should not be exposed, it was still easy to distinguish between the rich and the poor. After such a long siege, those who were still in good shape and not starving to the point of being skinny were either spies or wealthy businessmen. Either of them was the focus of attention.

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The next morning, Orville had just gotten up from bed when he was dragged by Tia to meet the friendly reinforcements.

"You said they were Greeks?"

Tia nodded and admitted: "Yes, they are from a small kingdom in Anatolia. The country is called Commagene, and the current king is Antiochus IV."

Orville looked at the army in front of him and agreed: "I can see it."

These soldiers looked majestic, all wearing Greek bronze armor and holding sarissa spears in their hands. This is a super-long spear used with both hands. The famous Macedonian phalanx used this kind of weapon equipment.

They formed a 16-row deep, very thick and wide square, and advanced in an orderly manner. This was exactly the same as the composition of the Macedonian square. Obviously, the king trained his army in the Macedonian way.

Orville shook his head when he saw this scene, and said jokingly: "I guess he will definitely mention Alexander the Great within five sentences."

Tiya covered her head and was helpless: "I think you said too much, three sentences is enough."

Every nation with a history will be extremely proud of its predecessors. Greece's achievements in thought and philosophy are unquestionable, but in military terms, they seem to worship Alexander the Great a little too much.

Since the death of this great monarch, countless rulers have wanted to become Alexander the Great, want to replicate his feats, and establish a great Greek empire, but it turns out that most of these monarchs are representative figures with a strong addiction to being weak.

The position of Alexander the Great in the hearts of Greek rulers during this period is probably equivalent to the position of Napoleon in the hearts of the benevolent monarch of Tongliao, a small country in Asia, Africa and Latin America in later generations.

Everyone wants to be Alexander the Great, but no one is Alexander the Great. If he knew about these poor imitators, he would probably think that fans should not take idols to task.

As expected, a general in fine clothes and a fierce horse came to Tia and said confidently and with a bit of arrogance: "Please allow my troops to launch an attack immediately. We can't wait to capture this city."

"Are you sure you don't need to let your soldiers rest? They have come from afar and should make plans after they are familiar with the situation."

"I believe it is not necessary. My soldiers are elite warriors trained according to Macedonian standards, and they are all in their prime. They are full of vigor and can capture the city in one go."

Tiya persuaded them several times, and these young soldiers also claimed that they did not need to rest and prepare, and could directly engage in battle.

Seeing that the young king was already looking uneasy, Tiya knew that he would not succeed, but he could not persuade him, so he could only sigh and agree to his request.

"You have as many opportunities as all Romans, please do as you please."

After getting permission, the king led his troops forward like a proud peacock, and then began to siege the city.

It is conceivable that even Caesar and Alexander would not let the recruits participate in such a tragic battle. The trained recruits would first work in the transport team for a period of time, and then do some minor military tasks after getting familiar with the battlefield atmosphere.

These recruits look very impressive. But in fact, they completely lack sufficient battlefield experience and do not know how to protect themselves under the fierce enemy projectile firepower.

The Roman soldiers had square shields that gave them a sense of security, but the Macedonian soldiers had to hold their spears with both hands, so they could only wear a small round shield at most, which did not provide enough protection. In addition, their formation was too dense, and spears were inconvenient to carry, so they suffered heavy damage from the projectile weapons of the city defense forces.