Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War.

Chapter 125 Job Issues
Orville and Tia hardly drank alcohol. If they drank just a little, low-alcohol wine or fruit juice would not make a big difference, so it did not prevent them from discussing military and national affairs after the banquet, and their thoughts were still clear.

In a private conversation, Orville told Tia all his plans and intentions, which was to attack Britain in one go after pacifying Gaul and plant the Roman eagle flag on the island.

Tia did not rush to deny or accept this plan, but began to seriously think about its rationality.

"How many people do you have? The two legions I have have lost about one-fifth of their combat effectiveness. They can still continue to fight, so we just need to reduce their numbers a little bit."

"I lost about 500 legionnaires and 2,000 auxiliary soldiers. Overall, it's still acceptable and the loss is not too great."

It didn't look like much of a war, but the security battles often caused Orville to inexplicably lose a little bit of combat power, and the accumulated amount was quite significant.

"So in summary, we have about 30,000 to 40,000 available combat forces. Are these soldiers enough to conquer Britain?"

"I personally think that even if it's not enough, it's almost enough. Our initial goal is not necessarily to conquer the whole of Britain, as long as we conquer a base. We can use the local Celts. Compared with the Romans, they definitely hate the invading Germans more. It's nothing more than using some necessary diplomatic means. Our goal is to establish order on the British Isles. I think the Celts who have experienced the chaotic era will not reject this concept.

In addition, the Germanic peoples did not have a unified and stable country at all. They were just a loose political entity composed of seven or eight small kingdoms, just like the situation the Franks were in before. It was not difficult to defeat them one by one or to make friends with distant countries and attack nearby ones. "

As they are both island countries, there were some large-scale battles in the Warring States Period on a certain island in East Asia with an astonishing number of participants, such as the Battle of Sekigahara with about 200,000 participants or the two Battles of Osaka. Although their impact on the course of world history was minimal, the scenes were still quite large. The Battle of Constantinople, which affected the course of European history, was also of this scale.

As for Britain, which is now in the "Seven Kingdoms Era", it is not a place with abundant martial virtues in any sense. To put it in an exaggerated way, the gap between it and the village war is basically not that big.

There are kings everywhere, short-lived and glorious.

It was considered quite good for a small king to have two to three thousand men under his command. When the Vikings invaded in later generations, three to four thousand Viking warriors could move freely in England. Even after Alfred the Great unified the country, the number of available combat forces in the whole country was about 30,000. Needless to say, the gap in quality between them and the Romans was not on the same level.

Therefore, Orville felt at this time that thirty to forty thousand people were enough. Although he could not completely conquer Britain in one battle, he could still take over a few pieces of land.

"Let's not talk about what advantages we have, let's talk about what we lack first. We lack a reliable navy and a stable rear, which is an obvious shortcoming."

"These can all be remedied. The navy can't manufacture ships on site. The instability in the rear requires the two of us to find a solution. The governor of Lugden Gaul has been dismissed and investigated for desertion. Now this land needs a new governor. I'm too young and there's no hope. Do you think you can do it?"

Tia understood what Orville meant and immediately began to think about it.

Now that the rebellion in the empire has been basically quelled, Vespa's policy in the short term is definitely to recuperate. Years of war have already exhausted the empire's finances and army, and further fighting will hurt its vitality. Therefore, it is not realistic to launch a large-scale foreign expedition in the next five or even ten years. From a general's perspective, it is difficult for her to be appointed as the "expeditionary force commander" or "rebellion suppression force commander" during this period. Now that the empire's main defense lines are guarded by people, it is not easy to change the commander casually.

To put it simply, there is no hope for promotion through military merit in the short term. In the next few years, she will either stay at home and wait for opportunities, or take up a position such as provincial governor to govern a region.

Relatively speaking, Tia is definitely more inclined to the latter. She is not so interested in the luxurious life in the capital. Instead, she thinks it is better to go to the local area to hone her abilities and accumulate administrative experience in governing the country.

Under this premise, Lugden Gaul is actually not a very good choice because she has too many choices.

Roman provinces were generally divided into two types: provinces directly governed by the emperor and provinces governed by the Senate.

There are many stable, peaceful and war-free places that are Senate provinces, such as Greece, western Asia Minor, Africa, Narbonne Gaul, etc. These are not so dangerous places, and the Senate just needs to focus on benefiting from them.

Places that border foreign countries, have strategic value or are less stable are provinces directly governed by the head of state. Perhaps these places are relatively difficult to govern and not so wealthy, but the army is stationed in such places, and the emperor's military power is far greater than that of the Senate.

Ordinary provincial governors only have administrative power but no military power. However, in order to deal with the powerful enemies of the empire, the provincial governors of the three major legions stationed held both military and political power and served as local governors and legion commanders at the same time. The governors of the three provinces of Syria, Germany and Mercia were also commanders of the three major legions.

If Tia wants to serve as a local governor, the Senate Province will definitely be difficult due to the division of interests, but the Principate Province is basically up to her to choose. There are too many places she can go. In comparison, Lugden Gaul, a province that has just experienced a war and is still in the aftermath, is not a completely good choice.

But Tia didn't care much about these things. Instead, she felt that going to such a difficult place would be good for her growth and experience accumulation. So after repeatedly thinking about the feasibility of the expedition to Britain, she agreed to Orville's request.

"I think this should be no problem. Let's take people back to Trier first and explain this matter to my father. I think he won't refuse."

Although he knew it was a sure thing, Orville still breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. As long as Tia had no objection, it was fine.

"In addition to this matter, I think there is another thing you need to consider, how to deal with those Vikings. I heard from the barbarian leader at the banquet that he wants to stay nearby for a while, because now is the time when the North Sea storm is the strongest. If we return rashly, we will easily encounter a storm and sink our ship.

According to his request, they have to stay until the beginning of spring. Is this appropriate? After all, they are a group of barbarian bandits. If they stay here, it will easily cause public security problems. "

(End of this chapter)