Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War.

Chapter 287 Voyage
Orville was very good at using Trajan's adjutant, but he also knew that he could not always be his adjutant. He might be willing to obey orders and accept the current situation of no promotion, but doing so would definitely be a waste of talent.
Without the knowledge and ideas from the modern world, Orville clearly realized that he was not as capable as the other party. This was a natural reality. After all, Trajan and others were people who left their names in history. Their outstanding abilities were a huge advantage in themselves, while the advantages of a time traveler like Orville were more in their foresight and advanced knowledge and ideas. The two could not be compared.

Trajan of this era might not become emperor as in history, because in Orwell's imagination, Tia or Domitia would never die, and he would not have the chance to be adopted by Nerva, who succeeded the emperor. In other words, this is a chain reaction caused by time travel.

In Orville's opinion, Trajan's loyalty to the empire and the emperor was definitely greater than his desire for power, so Orville would not be on guard against him and would use him as he pleased.

With Trajan's own ability, he is definitely more than qualified for the position of legion commander or governor, but he is too inexperienced to convince the public, and he does lack some experience. Orville will give him this opportunity now, let him experience it and see how it goes, and if the result is good, then continue to promote him.

He believed that at least two or three legions would be needed to garrison in Egypt, and these legions would need legion commanders. His own people would definitely be more suitable than outsiders. At this stage, his interim goal in training Trajan was to make him a legion commander. If conditions and time did not permit, it would also be nice to let him be a deputy commander first.

As his wealth grew, Orville now felt that his own men were no longer able to cope with the situation, and that it was about time to expand his team.

He decided to take some time in the near future to recruit talented people from places like Rome, Egypt, and Greece. Judging from the abstract situation of this time and space, there are probably many talented people nearby. If they work hard to put them together, they will form an elite team.

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The news of Alexander's series of misfortunes spread to all parts of Egypt via the Nile River. Since these events did not seem to involve the people below, most people in Egypt just took it as a topic of conversation. The only one who reacted the most should be the Third Legion "Cyrenaica" stationed in Thebes.

Thebes is a traditional large city in Egypt and the original capital of Ptolemaic Egypt (there was no Alexandria at the beginning). Even after the rise of Alexandria, it was still one of the largest cities in Egypt and quite prosperous. In addition to Alexandria, the second garrison of the Roman Legion was chosen here.

For these soldiers, Orville's arrival was quite important, after all, he was their direct superior. After they learned that Orville would take over as governor, they quickly sent envoys to sound out the situation, wanting to see what the new superior's attitude towards them was.

Orville's attitude towards these people was not very harsh. He just asked them to put down their garrison tasks and gather near Alexandria.

If these soldiers can listen to his command and dispatch normally, then there is no problem in continuing to use them. These soldiers are qualified legionnaires. Maybe they are a little slack in training, but the army needs to be rotated regularly. At most, they have been stationed in Egypt for more than ten years. The overall condition is not yet rotten. If they work hard to remedy it with high-intensity training, they can still become a good combat force. On the other hand, if these people don't understand the situation and still want to live a lazy life and make money like in the Antonius era, it will definitely not work. When Orville came, he decided to thoroughly rectify Egypt's political, military, and economic ecology, starting with the gun. The most important thing in the gun is these legionnaires, and the key issues must not be sloppy.
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In a small port a few hundred kilometers east of Alexandria, Ivar was checking the status of his fleet.

"Check everything carefully. Do the planks need to be replaced? Are the water tanks full of wine? Are the spare ropes and sail belts brought? What about the food reserves? You don't need me to teach you these basic things. I hope that you haven't forgotten your sailing skills during your stay in Rome and on land.

What we have to do now is to sail into the unknown world and explore places that our predecessors have never seen. Even heroes like my grandfather Sigurd (Siegfried the Dragon Slayer) and my father Ragnar have never sailed on this sea. We are the first Norsemen to set foot on the eastern sea of ​​the world. Think about what kind of adventure is waiting for us! Get everything ready quickly! ! "

As he walked past the fleet, he shouted to his men to be careful. The part of his blood that belonged to the Rosebrock family was gradually awakening. For a man like him, nothing could make him more excited than a heroic adventure. If there was any, it would be a heroic adventure with great rewards.

At this time, Ivar's brother Ubbe stepped forward, looking a little embarrassed: "Brother, we have never sailed these ships before, and we know nothing about the sea conditions in this area. We have only brought hundreds of brothers here, shouldn't we be more cautious?"

Ubbe expressed the thoughts of many people. It is true that they are skilled sailors, but they are skilled sailors in the North Sea. They are only familiar with the sea conditions in the North Sea, and they are only good at sailing longboats and have never sailed other ships.

They came to Egypt on a transport ship with Orville. Their longship was still in Britain and had not been shipped over. They could only temporarily use the local people's boats. To be honest, it took them some time to get familiar with these small boats with triangular sails.

They were only a few days old, but Ivar was eager to go sailing. This made them worried. They were not rookies who had never touched water before. They were veterans who had been making a living on the sea for more than ten years or even longer. They had a deep understanding of the dangers involved. If Ivar's prestige was not high enough to suppress them, they would have protested against the captain for taking them to their deaths.

Ivar noticed that many people were staring at him. He hoped that he could give a satisfactory answer, so he explained loudly: "Brothers, time waits for no one. The sooner you act, the better. I am not asking you to sail directly to India. I want you to take a short voyage to the Arab territory in the east. Although we are not familiar with the sea conditions here, there are people who are familiar with it!! "

(End of this chapter)