Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Since some of the Roman standing legions have existed for a long time, there are some legendary stories. These standing legions have a strong sense of community and honor, so they are often very brave in battle.

The story of the legion under Orville is also quite legendary. It was one of the four legions that started when Caesar conquered Gaul, and followed Caesar to fight the eight-year Gallic War.

Then this legion followed Caesar to win the Roman Civil War. After the civil war, it was disbanded by Caesar. After Caesar's adopted son Octavian came to power, he reorganized the Ninth Legion and defeated the coalition forces of Roman General Antony and Cleopatra.

After that, he followed Octavian to fight in Spain, and then stationed on the Danube defense line. Such a legion is also a great military achievement, but later generations know that the Ninth Legion is not because of its military achievements.

The legend of the Ninth Legion is particularly special. It is called the "disappearing legion". As the name suggests, this legion was later stationed in Britain, but it mysteriously disappeared in later records. At present, scholars suspect that he was defeated by the Celtic natives of Britain and almost wiped out, but the truth is now uncertain.

The Romans had not conquered Britain in this time and space, which may be due to the butterfly effect caused by some factors. The Ninth Legion had been stationed on the Danube defense line for decades, and was occasionally transferred to suppress small-scale rebellions in various places.

The military contraction of the later Roman emperor happened to disband this legion. It was not until decades later that the number was restored and it was under command in Orville.

The original Ninth Legion was named "Spain", which should be to commemorate his military exploits in the Spanish region, but the current Ninth Legion is really composed of Spanish Romans.

The quality of the army was not bad. There were many veterans who returned to the battlefield and soldiers from the Spanish provinces who were transferred from active service. Even the new recruits were of relatively good quality. Their combat effectiveness was in the upper middle level among the newly reorganized legions.

According to the rules, Orville was almost 22 years old this year. He had just passed the service age. It would definitely be criticized if such a person was appointed as the legion commander. However, Vespa did not care too much, and the dissatisfaction of the people was limited to criticism.

On the one hand, Orville was a person who was "promoted on the front line" in the battlefield. During the Palphic War, his position changed very quickly, and he did not rise to the top from a new recruit.

On the other hand, he was a member of the royal family, and he "brought money into the group" and brought half of the legion to join the army.

Finally, Vespa also arranged an experienced temporary deputy for him, that is, Ulpius Trajan, who was also from Spain, and let old Trajan assist Orville as the deputy legion commander.

So although it was not very reasonable, things were arranged in this way.

After confirming the target, Orville quickly prepared to leave and went to Placencia with Tia to take over the troops there to prepare for the Gallic War.

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Orville and Tia rode side by side in front, exchanging necessary information with each other.

"Are you sure you want to take Sister Berenice with you on the battlefield? It's not that I have a prejudice against her, but she may not be able to accept the battlefield environment." Orville was quite critical of Tia's decision.

Tia denied Orville very confidently: "I did take Berenice with me, but I don't plan to let her go to the front line of the war with me. Just stay in the city, and don't let her go to the battlefield with me. I don't actually agree with this, but she strongly requested to go with us, because she can help take care of her subjects."

Oville was a little depressed when he heard it, but he was not angry with Tia, mainly because Orville didn't know what to do with those people.

Considering that Orville was born in the Kingdom of Palfi, Vespa gave him the command of the 7,000 men, but Orville knew the quality of these people very well. 7,000 men were good enough to replace 3,000 men, but they were not good enough.

He complained directly to Vespa, who understood this matter very well, so he gave him more military funds and asked him to go to the battlefield with the money to recruit some mercenaries, which was not unfair to Orville.

But now Orville didn't know what to do with those strong men. It was good enough that they could distinguish the spearhead from the spear tip. If he relied on them to fight, Orville was afraid that they would lead his elite troops to collapse, and he also disliked these people for eating his military rations and occupying supplies.

Seeing his sad face, Tia also smiled softly with her hands covering her mouth.

"I heard you say that it was your own idea to make such a big fuss about the Herod family. I didn't expect that you would end up screwing yourself over in the end, hahahahahaha."

After calming down, Tia turned around and observed the entire convoy of Orville. She fought in a disciplined manner and did not bring her own soldiers, so the crowds were basically all Orville's people. She only brought some necessary manpower and supplies.

She was also very experienced and soon discovered something unusual: "What are those carriages behind you carrying? If they are only carrying supplies and military expenses, there are too many carriages."

"I really admire your insight. They are the ingredients I ordered before I left. Ham, bacon, dried fish, cheese, wine, beer and so on. It cost about 100,000 dinars. Because there are so many, I loaded a few more carriages."

"We are not going on an outing, why do we bring these things?"

"The war will last for a long time, and these things will be used. By the way, I also bought your share and the share of your legion. Don't thank me, it will be converted into debt relief. This time I want to settle accounts with you because I am really poor recently."

After putting on the armor, it was obvious that Tiya's toughness increased sharply. Because she was at the front of the team, she couldn't do anything too extreme, but she still patted Orville's helmet lightly.

"Settle the account with me? Let's first calculate when you will pay back the 150,000 dinars you borrowed from me, and how much interest you will pay."

Orville opened his mouth and was about to say a few more words to Tiya, when Belisarius rode over in a hurry, and before the horse stopped, he hurriedly reported the situation to Orville and Tiya.

"News from the Gaul front in Narbonne: 20 days ago, General Aurelian led the main force over the mountains and attacked the Gauls' rear. The Gauls' main force, who hurried back to support, was caught up and ambushed by Aurelian's troops. The Gauls were defeated and suffered heavy losses. Now General Aurelian is advancing rapidly into the depths of the Gauls' occupied area."

Tia was stunned for a few seconds and then looked at Orville with a smile: "Maybe you won't be able to use these things, of course, this is not certain."

"It will be useful. This battle is not that simple. It's just the beginning."

"That's true." Tia also knew the specific situation in Gaul, so she didn't refute Orville.