Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War.

Chapter 203 Layout and Weapons Distribution

According to the course of historical development, Cleopatra, who was driven out of Egypt, would rely on her status as the royal successor of Alexander to call on her Greek compatriots to organize an army to help her regain the throne in Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and other places.

When the two armies were confronting each other, Caesar came to the land of Egypt. What happened next is quite well known and has always been one of the topics that people talked about throughout the ages.

The political situation and history of this time and space are definitely different, but they should be similar. If Cleopatra was driven out of Egypt, she would either choose not to involve the Romans and organize her own army to fight against Berdinus and others, or make a big deal out of it and ask Orville to help solve the problem at the Roman Empire level.

Thinking about the situation at that time, Orville had a headache, but fortunately he still had a few years to prepare. The main task in the next few years was to pacify the British province, establish a stable rule, and deal with the Viking problem. He would wait for a dispute to break out in Egypt in a few years, and then he would find a way to intervene and deal with the Egyptian problem.

Before the problem broke out, considering various angles, it would be better for him to make his ally Cleopatra stronger.

With this mentality, Orville wrote back to the future Cleopatra, explaining various issues in detail and reminding her to pay more attention to the relationship between siblings.

After writing the first letter, Orville wrote another letter to his subordinate Nicanor in Rome, asking him to use the reserve funds to expand the size of the transport caravan, and first expand the size of Orville's fleet from 30 ships to 50 ships. In the future, when the finances are more abundant, it is estimated that it will have to be expanded several more times to meet the demand.

This is the biggest advantage of a time traveler. Knowing the development of history, he can make targeted preparations in advance. Orville has already planned in his mind how to restrain the weapons and equipment of the Egyptian army. Once something unexpected happens, the Egyptians will be completely defeated by him.
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About half a month after Tia's letter, a large fleet landed in Britain. These ships were Roman Mediterranean merchant ships and galleys, and the leader was Tia herself.

Orville got the news in advance and personally went to the landing port to wait for the other party.

Seeing Tia riding in the lead, Orville immediately rode up to her with a smile on his face: "It's been a long time! Do you feel that the environment here is not comfortable? I have prepared cold-proof clothes and a welcoming banquet. Everything is ready and the location is nearby."

Tia interrupted him and said, "Let's talk about these things after we deal with the Vikings. Our time is precious now. We must try to solve the problem before the autumn harvest, otherwise the residents everywhere will be trembling with fear when harvesting wheat. I heard you say that the main base of the Vikings is further north. Many of my soldiers are seasick and are in poor condition now. Let the soldiers rest first. You and your soldiers take me to the border.

I need to know the situation as soon as possible. Nothing can be delayed. Every day we delay, a village will be destroyed by those barbarians rowing boats. This is something I cannot tolerate. Not only do they challenge the authority of the empire, but they also despise the preciousness of life. These people are totally not worth dying for. "

Tia almost said the second half of the sentence with her back teeth clenched. When Orville saw this situation, he roughly understood that the other party was now in a good state. Before the battle was over, he would probably have to lose his appetite and concentrate highly. Unfortunately, he would be dragged into a similar state. He would definitely be very busy recently.

The soldiers on Tia's side were also familiar with Orville. They had all marched all the way from Rome. At this moment, they were looking at him with gloating. Their expressions basically showed that they wished him good luck. ".Then I understand. Follow me. We'll go there now and we can act at any time."

After complaining a few words in his heart, he took a few seconds to calm down and told his men to treat Tia's soldiers well and not neglect their comrades. Then, Orville turned around and began to lead the way. His behavior change was quite smooth.
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A few days later, at the border between the Roman province and the Celtic land, a handover was taking place between the two sides.

Cartloads of weapons and equipment were delivered to this border outpost. On one side were the Romans ready to go, and on the other side were a group of scattered Celtic chiefdom leaders. Astolfo stood in between the two, acting as the mediator.

Various Celtic words came out of his mouth fluently, and he spoke the local language as fluently as his mother tongue, which made Orville look at him sideways a few more times: Obviously he was not a stupid person, on the contrary, he was very smart and could speak a foreign language to such a high level in a short time.

The leaders of the chiefdom came forward in batches to receive weapons and equipment. Everyone would definitely open the boxes to check and count them, so that everyone present could see the general situation of the equipment - to put it bluntly, they were all stuff that was just for the job.

Some were captured by Orville on the battlefield, some were old equipment in stock, but most were old weapons confiscated from the locals.

After he took over the British province, he required that the private military forces of each noble should not exceed a certain limit. The most powerful Alfred now has only about a thousand people, and most of the remaining nobles' private armed forces cannot exceed 500 people. Some of the targets who are given special attention even have a limit of only 200 people, which means they can basically only protect themselves against bandits.

Such an armed force certainly could not directly confront the Romans, and even led to a significant reduction in local armed conflicts and family feuds, with significant results.

If Orville discovered that they were hoarding military forces, they would be fined at the very least and their lands would be confiscated or their noble status would be revoked at the worst. After punishing a few offenders, the situation basically stabilized, or at least they learned their lesson and knew to hide the extra military forces in a corner where Orville couldn't see them. He himself didn't believe that his policies could be fully implemented.

Even so, he still managed to collect a large amount of weapons and equipment. A considerable part of them was distributed by Orville to the autonomous guards in the coastal villages to strengthen their armed forces, and the rest was left over. There was no point in keeping these inferior goods, and it was a good opportunity to put them to good use now.

The Celts naturally had no objection to this, after all, it was good to have free weapons. Their metallurgical level was just so-so, and the weapons of the Germans were generally several levels better than their current inferior iron and even bronze weapons, so they looked quite satisfied.

(End of this chapter)