Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

In any case, people like Orville who rush in like a headless fly are very rare and are almost never seen in normal meetings.

As soon as he rushed into the meeting hall, everyone subconsciously stopped moving and stared at Orville, their eyes straight, full of various emotions: doubts, curiosity, surprise, and anger.

If he were an ordinary person, he would be too nervous to speak at this time, but Orville had a big heart when he was fighting in the army, so he didn't care about this scene. After being stunned for a few seconds, he quickly reacted and hurriedly faced the crowd. The elders shouted loudly.

"There is an assassin! There is an assassin! The assassin is attacking the chamber, please be careful!!"

The first person to react was Tia. She was the more vigilant among these people, and she also had great trust in Orville. Although she didn't understand the situation and didn't know why Orville suddenly rushed in, she completely believed in the keyword assassin attack.

She immediately stood up, took a short sword from the guard beside her, walked quickly to Vespa and made a defensive posture, staring at the door warily.

Such behavior as if facing a formidable enemy also infected other people. Since this is a relatively important military meeting, there are many serious soldiers among the elders present. They are not the kind of people who gain seniority in the army to make money in politics later. Lian Jiazi who has actually been on the battlefield and slashed people with a knife.

Seeing Tiya being so cautious, they did not dare to neglect. They either took their weapons and equipment from the guards, or took out self-defense daggers and daggers from their loose robes, and spontaneously formed five to ten A human battle formation prepared to deal with incoming enemies.

Just a minute or two after Orville entered the chamber, nervous guards rushed into the chamber. They blocked the door to form a human wall, guarding against attackers who might break through the defense line.

Although these senators have weapons in their hands, we can't count on them in a real fight. It doesn't matter that they have been pampered and treated well in Rome for a long time. The main thing is that they are here for a meeting and not to fight. They are not wearing armor, let alone the clothes on their bodies. Inconvenient to move around.

This is a formal meeting of elders. Everyone present, including Tia, is wearing a toga, which is a dress worn by the Romans to show their status. In layman's terms, it is a large piece of clothing that is 5.5 meters long and 3.5 meters wide. Large semi-circular woolen blankets on the left and right were draped over the body. This kind of clothes is difficult to put on alone without the help of a servant. It is extremely heavy and stuffy, but once put on, it looks very dignified and dignified. It is only worn when attending important occasions.

People with weak constitutions would be a little uncomfortable wearing this kind of clothes for a long time, let alone fighting in this kind of uniforms, so when it comes to fighting, it still depends on the soldiers and elders wearing shiny ring armor and holding spears, swords and swords in their hands. Taking weapons is more of a psychological comfort to yourself.

After the scene gradually calmed down, everyone could faintly hear the shouts of killing coming from not far away. Everyone's heart was hanging, but fortunately, this was the center of the city of Rome after all, and the security force was still in place. After waiting for more than ten minutes, a team of guards finally came over to report the situation.

The attackers had been controlled, and the safety of the senators was guaranteed. The guards originally wanted to capture anyone alive, but when the attackers saw that the situation was over, they immediately chose to commit suicide, and no one was left alive.

Vesper couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and did not blame these dedicated guards. He just asked them to step back and continue on duty, alerting them to enemies that might be lurking nearby.

He looked around and took this opportunity to continue: "Everyone has also seen it. I can't say whether it was done by the Gauls or the Franks, but I am sure that some people have begun to feel restless. The reason is that our strength is showing signs of weakening, which makes the hyenas and vultures that are entrenched around us keep an eye on us. It is undeniable that the series of chaos that started last year has weakened our strength, but we are still Cannot show any signs of weakness.

Now is not the time to save the little gold and silver in the treasury. If we lose the war with the Gauls, what will the Germans do? What would the Parthians do? Will the Egyptians still be so law-abiding? If we are not careful, we will face the dilemma of being surrounded by enemies on all sides, so I stick to my original opinion and must expand the army on a large scale. After supplementing the losses of the German legions, at least five more legions must be temporarily expanded to deal with the Gauls. This way Only then can we ensure our suppression of these two ethnic groups. "

The elders who originally held objections and did not want to spend too much money to support the army are now a little hesitant. What happened just now impressed them deeply. The killing happened dozens of meters or hundreds of meters away from them. This is not similar to gladiators. entertainment, it was an attack on them with the intention of killing them.

The senators who knew a little about history couldn't help but think of stories from hundreds of years ago - Rome is now a city without walls. The Romans were confident that no foreign race could threaten their capital, so the power of such a powerful empire There is no need for city walls in the capital. City walls will only hinder the expansion and development of the city, but no country is strong from the beginning.

In the hundreds of years of history since the founding of Rome, the city has not been without threats from foreigners. However, apart from the Roman Civil War, there was only one war that could threaten the survival of the city itself, and that was when the Gauls went south. The war that sacked the city of Rome took place four hundred years ago, when Rome was still a small city-state on the Apennine Peninsula.

Four hundred years ago, Rome was not strong. Faced with the threat of the Gauls, they could only abandon the city where they lived and many women, children and the elderly. The strong and healthy people retreated to the hills and barely held on. Later, they had to pay compensation to the Gauls to barely exchange for peace.

The Gauls' occupation lasted for seven months. Their city was almost destroyed. Many people who failed to go up the mountain were killed, raped, and sold as slaves. Like many losers in history, the Romans suffered heavy losses in this war. If the Gauls were not impatient and the epidemic was rampant in the army, they might have been conquered at once.

This war seriously stimulated the self-esteem of the Romans. After that, they worked hard to recuperate quickly and began to use the alternative "Hu clothing and horse riding" - absorbing the metallurgical technology and armament concepts of the Gauls for military innovation.

It should be said that these measures have achieved remarkable results. Three hundred years later, the Romans completely conquered almost the entire Gaul nation. Within 800 years after the fall of Rome, the city had never been captured by the enemy again, and it lasted until the decadent era at the end of the Roman Empire.

But no matter how powerful Rome was later, this invasion of Gaul was always a thorn in the hearts of many people and a humiliating history, especially for these elders.

PS. I just saw the second round of recommendations given, so let's continue. I promised to add more chapters. After calculating, it seems that there is no hope of promotion, but what is promised is what is promised, and thank you for reading this.

One chapter is added by default every day, and one chapter is added for every 400 more collections.

This may be one of the few chapters added in recent months, because the author is quite busy with his studies, and the pressure of the two degree courses is also great. I wrote this book very slowly, and it is good to have 1K5 in an hour (normally it should be 3k). When I am busy, I really don't have so much time to write.