Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War.

Chapter 210 Trajan

Orville must have an impression of this man. It would be more accurate to say that the reason why he became friends with old Trajan in the beginning was to a certain extent because of this Tiger.

Ulpius Trajan, one of the Five Good Emperors, who is often even considered the first of the Five Good Emperors, is also a famous figure in history. It can be said that he is the most influential and famous figure that Orwell has seen so far.

Orville still attaches great importance to this person and wants to pull him to his side as much as possible. Even if it is not possible, he wants him to have some good impression of him.

The situation now was a little delicate, because no matter what, Trajan's father died under his command. Most people would not be rational when it came to issues involving parental affection. Even if Trajan hated him because of this, Orville had nothing to refute, after all, he was indeed wrong.

With a subtle feeling of uneasiness, Orville answered Tia: "I definitely remember this. Uncle Trajan often talked to me about him when he was alive. He seemed to be a good son that he was very proud of."

"His coming of age ceremony is coming up. Originally, according to my father's idea, he should be brought to Rome to continue his studies, but he seems to have other ideas. He wants to join the army directly and learn as a soldier for a while."

"The Royal Guards system? It shouldn't be a big problem. With my father's help and backing, it's not difficult for a teenager to get a nominal position in the army. Being a decurion or centurion in the Royal Guards is not a bad thing. Anyway, you don't have to fight in wars, so it's just an experience of life.

Tia shook her head in objection, "No, no, he doesn't want to go to the Royal Guards to mess around, he really wants to go to the Border Corps to gain some experience."

"Is this suitable?"

Orville was a little hesitant. In his opinion, sixteen or seventeen was still an immature age. The Romans also believed that it would be best for people of this age to study for a while before getting involved in government affairs.

There are very few people like Trajan who, when he had the opportunity to go to Rome and live a wealthy life, chose to join the army instead.

"He mentioned it in his letter to his father, hoping to gain some experience in the British province you manage. I don't know if this is appropriate. What do you think? What should I do?"

After hearing this, Orville understood that Trajan was probably still unable to let go of this grievance and had some thoughts of revenge for his father, so he insisted on coming to the British province.

Orville nodded thoughtfully: "If he wants to come, I think let him come, I will help him settle down."

He felt that there was no need to stop this kind of thing, so as not to leave regrets for the other party. In fact, serving in the British province now was not a particularly dangerous thing. Orville would bring the other party with him, and the safety factor was very high. He was not sure whether Trajan would receive such treatment if he went to another province.

The person who is currently paying the most attention to Trajan should be Orville. Others may not give Trajan the best treatment and training, but Orville still has high hopes for Trajan.

Tia nodded: "No problem, I will send someone to pick him up from the Spanish province. You take good care of him and don't let anything happen to him. Let him grow up smoothly." "Of course, I will do my best." Orville agreed.
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Some time later, the situation in this chaotic war, which Orville privately called the "Viking War", changed again.

As expected, the Danish reinforcements arrived near the lowlands, and Rollo's pressure suddenly doubled - he only had two thousand regular navy men, and after absorbing some surrendered Viking pirates, there were only about three thousand men, which was totally insufficient to deal with such a large number of "Viking pirates".

However, there is some good news. Apparently, just as Orville imagined, these people are not all professional sailors who make a living on the sea. According to Rollo's feedback, most of them are unfamiliar with operating boats and are not qualified sailors at all. They cannot catch up with Rollo's elite sailors when rowing.

Orville knew the simple truth that if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it. To make the Vikings fight their compatriots, they needed not only grass but also flesh and blood.

Orville gave many farmlands in East Anglia to the Vikings for cultivation, and personally sent people to prepare food supplies for them. The food quality was much better than that of the Roman legionaries that Orville relied on the most.

In addition to wine, fruit vinegar, fish sauce, bread, and bacon, Orville would also prepare more delicious and expensive foods such as sausages, ham, and salted fish for the other party. When conditions permitted, he would even prepare roasted pork, sheep, and fish for the other party to eat. It can be said that he did his best within his ability.

In the eyes of these northerners, Orwell's actions showed his reliance and respect for them. In addition, they could feel the benefits tangibly, so they naturally fought very hard. Each longship fully exerted its subjective initiative and caused great trouble to the Danish army and Frank army who were unfamiliar with water.

Even Orville had heard the news reported by Rollo. After hearing about the treatment given to Rollo, many Viking pirates chose to defect to the Romans in entire ships.

Obviously, the favorable living conditions that the empire could provide made them somewhat envious and jealous, and they lost themselves in the materialistic world. This was inevitable, and Orville was happy to see it.

However, in the lowlands, the Romans and the Viking pirates inevitably exchanged offense and defense, and it was difficult for Rollo to achieve any effective results.

Seeing the Franks openly entering the battlefield, the central Roman side also took countermeasures - Emperor Vespa ordered the governor of the Germanic province to participate in the war, and the navy and army advanced together to suppress the pirates in the lowlands, and try to cooperate with Auvers to eliminate the pirate gathering den in the lowlands in one fell swoop.

It is unknown what chain reaction the expansion of the war will trigger, but for now it is definitely good for Orville himself.

In addition, there is one more thing that needs to be noted - after learning the news that King Conforchu died on the battlefield, Cu Chulainn fell into a very conflicted state.

On the one hand, his heroic spirit made him unable to let go of his hometown, and on the other hand, he had an order from Confession to help the Romans fight in England and not to return. Although he did not say it directly, Orwell captured this point very keenly.

(End of this chapter)