Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

It was wise not to mention this to Dia, otherwise she would definitely not be able to accept her own father's behavior morally, and the two sides would have to quarrel more or less, which was unnecessary.

Then the few people exchanged opinions with each other. Vespa had been tossing around all day today, and he was a little exhausted physically. At his request, the three of them left the atrium and returned to their rooms to rest, and today's various things came to an end.

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After the Senate and the emperor reached a consensus, the conscription plan was quickly implemented. From Rome to the Apennine Peninsula and then to various local provinces, all places began to mobilize troops and recruit new soldiers.

Now the situation in Gaul is very grim. Orville can only know the general situation in Rome. The uprising has spread from the original northern Gaul, Belgium and other places to Normandy and Brittany, and there is no sign of stopping. It is still spreading towards the central region of Gaul, and it is unstoppable.

Due to the shortage of manpower, the Germanic legions stationed along the Rhine did not dare to mobilize to quell the rebellion easily. They chose to hold on and wait for help. The governors of the remaining provinces in Gaul did not have enough manpower to go out to meet the enemy, so they could only continue to hold on and shrink the front line.

This was also within the expectations of the Senate. They did not expect these governors of the peaceful provinces to play a big role from the beginning. They just delayed time and waited for the main force to be mobilized, and they could delay as long as possible.

The bottom line required by the city of Rome was to defend the Narbonne Gaul province on the Mediterranean coast, which is the area where Marseille, Toulon, Montpellier, Avignon and other places are located today. It is acceptable to lose the remaining areas before the main force arrives.

This place was colonized by the Greeks a long time ago. The city of Marseille was established at that time. Later, this area was also the first to be conquered by the Romans. To this day, the Romans have basically assimilated it. The locals may identify more with Roman Latin culture than with Gaul culture.

Rome has a popular support in the local area, and it is very difficult for the Gauls to take over here because of the protection of the mountains. This is the bottom line of the Senate.

Conscription or training of new soldiers is the task of the military commanders in various places, and there is no need for Orvel or Tia to worry about it, so their lives have not been greatly affected.

Tia still conducts high-intensity training as usual. After training, she occasionally follows the emperor to participate in some social activities. In her free time, she stays at home with Domitia or Orvel. With Orvel's efforts to match them up, it can be felt that the relationship between the two sisters has improved a little, at least not the previous state of mutual respect.

Orvel has more free time. In addition to supervising the hotel system and the training of the guards, he still has time to do other things.

These days, he takes about two or three hours every day to sit in the square and recruit talents in his own name.

The war did not have a particularly big impact on Orville's business. Although the Romans were a little worried about the upcoming war, they had no doubt that they would win in the end, so there was no serious panic in the city. It was better to say that Orville's business was better than before, because there seemed to be more people going to Greece to study or travel. They probably wanted to avoid the limelight and legitimately not join the army.

Orville's business capital turnover was relatively fast, plus he had some small treasury, and Palfi had been receiving food income, so he still had some money in his hands and could do a lot of things.

After greeting Vespa and discussing it carefully, he worked on his own to get Orville permission - Orville could form an army at his own expense and deploy it to the future battlefield in Gaul, but the number could not exceed four battalions, which was about 2,500 people, barely half a legion.

In fact, the remaining money in Orville's hands could only assemble two battalions at most, and the Senate's concerns were completely redundant.

When necessary, the Romans would allow generals to raise more troops at their own expense to join the war. A typical example should be Crassus, one of the three giants. The soldiers he recruited in the Battle of Carrhae and the expedition to Parthia were basically recruited at his own expense. During the period, he also robbed the temple of the Parphi people to raise military expenses. Although the final result was not very good and they were defeated by the partial army, it was still a historical scene.

Orville and Tia will probably be arranged to join the war at that time. In order to ensure safety, it is normal for Orville to recruit more soldiers for himself. The Senate is happy to see someone bear the military expenses. However, there should be few generals like him. Normal people can recruit some mercenaries temporarily to meet the needs. Raising regular troops and returning to the capital after the war will also take back the military power, which is not good for him. Orville now has other ideas.

He felt that after he finished the battle in Gaul, he might not return to Rome soon, and he would have to stay outside for a while, so it was necessary to have a reliable standing force. The five hundred Palphians were useless and could only serve as guards. If he wanted to fight, he would need more people.

Now he had time and he attached great importance to this matter, so he decided to recruit soldiers himself. There was no shortage of enthusiastic young people or experienced veterans near Rome. As long as Owell was willing to work hard, it would not be difficult to recruit soldiers.

He asked someone to make a very impressive sign with the following words engraved on it, which he copied from a science fiction novel in later generations.

[The noblest cause a person can imagine is to use his body to stand between the desolate battlefield and the lovely homeland. ]

I don't know whether it was the good choice of slogan or Orville's special identity that gave him extra points. Orville himself must have preferred the former. In short, there were still many people who came to participate in the recruitment, and Orville had room to choose.

He offered the soldiers a basic annual salary of 300 dinars, which was higher than the standard 225 dinars. He also made it clear why he could not guarantee that these soldiers would get retirement benefits, so he gave them more annual salary as compensation. He would also be a little more generous in the distribution of spoils. Both have their pros and cons.

And he also emphasized that there was no threshold for conscription. Whether it was Roman citizens with voting rights, Latin citizens without voting rights, or foreigners from other provinces, they could all join the army. And the years of service were calculated in the same way as the auxiliary army. After 25 years of service, Roman citizenship was granted.

PS. In order to facilitate reading and understanding, modern place names are sometimes used to avoid unnecessary reading obstacles. If necessary, I will attach a comparison of ancient place names and modern place names.