Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War.

Chapter 317 Nubia

With their affairs somewhat prepared in mind, Orville and Cleopatra continued to deal with various affairs in Egypt.

According to Orwell's idea, Constantine successfully got a position in the reorganized Egyptian army. Cleopatra appointed him as the captain. The backbone of his army was naturally the personal soldiers he brought with him. In addition, there were about 500 people selected from Greek immigrants. Cleopatra wanted to group the new Greeks from the local area together.

There are now about 15,000 troops in Egypt. 10,000 are deployed on the southern border with the Nubians and cannot be transferred at will. Another 5,000 are the guards conquered by Cleopatra. The rest of the troops have been disbanded. They are preparing to re-form a new army that will not be bound by the old nepotism.

This is also one of the direct reasons for Nubia's restlessness. The unstable national situation in Egypt itself is secondary. No matter how unstable it is, the 10,000 troops on the border are not for show. The main reason is that the troops on the border have opinions on Cleopatra's approach, so they are somewhat slacking off and are even secretly instigating the Nubians to go north to plunder. This is how Alexandria knew about these things.

The two men were now fully aware of the situation, but for the time being they pretended not to see it. In fact, they had already prepared themselves to completely replace them. After returning, the first thing Cleopatra did was to order the reorganization of a new army.

The overall organization and training were based on the Roman method, the difference being that a considerable number of pikemen were still retained in the army. After all, the Egyptians and Greeks could not produce so many high-quality sword and shield infantry, and the effect of inferior sword and shield infantry might not be as good as that of pikemen.

The ratio of sword and shield heavy infantry, spearmen and ranged troops is about 1:3:2. There are many skirmishers and auxiliary soldiers in the ranged troops, so they account for a larger proportion than normal. It is definitely not as luxurious as the Roman legions with a 1:1 configuration, but it is enough. The current goal is to make them combat-effective, not to compete with the Romans.

除此之外，骑兵和步兵比例约为6:1甚至5:1，远远高于罗马人7:1~10:1的比例（根据当地辅助兵和雇佣兵的类型不同，上下波动变化较大）。

It can be said that all the money saved from sword and shield infantry has been invested in cavalry and ranged troops. Orville believes that this is the general trend, and the future battlefield will be dominated by these two arms. With the advancement of technology, ranged weapons will become more and more lethal and efficient, war horses will become taller, and equipment will become more complete. Really powerful ranged teams and armored cavalry teams will appear on the battlefield soon.

In history, this would happen two or three hundred years later, but who knows if there will be any changes in this abstract world? Orville might see a group of nomads with full saddles migrating from the Central Asian steppes in a few decades, so it is always a good idea to make plans early.

Regarding the number of newly recruited troops, the first phase will be about 12,000 people, that is, two legions, regardless of main force or auxiliary forces, and they will be deployed uniformly. In addition to the 12,000 soldiers, there will also be an almost equal number of logistics personnel.

Since the productivity level in this world is relatively high and the natural environment is relatively richer, the population of Egypt is approximately 1 to 50 million (Cyprus, Palestine and other places were under the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire, with only Egypt and Libya etc.). Based on the standard military-civilian ratio of :, Orwell believes that Egypt can normally support an army of about to people, including logistics support personnel.

Obviously, this country still has some strength left, but Orwell does not intend to let this country, which has no defense pressure at all, go on a warpath. It will be enough. At most, after cutting the 10,000 border guards, he can expand the army by another 10,000 or 20,000. The number of Egyptian troops can be maintained at 30,000 or 40,000.

To be honest, the population of Egypt plus the Greek population in the Pan-Hellenic region may not be lower than the number of Roman citizens. Once Egypt and Greece complete a certain integration, the potential that will be unleashed is quite terrifying. This place has had economic advantages since ancient times. Once Orwell finds a way to make up for the military shortcomings, he may be able to fight the Romans.

Now that he is a Roman, he must think in the Roman way. It is better to avoid such things that will only bring trouble to others. Cleopatra did not say anything, but she certainly understood this matter. She followed Orwell's plan and tried to recruit 12,000 people to cooperate in training. In addition, she also paid for the cavalry. This amount of money was not a small amount, so she would slowly gather it together first.
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A few days later, a group of envoys arrived in Alexandria by ship and were warmly received by local officials and Romans.

The royal palace had not been completed at that time, but the governor's palace was magnificent enough so as not to be looked down upon by these Nubians from underdeveloped areas.

At the welcoming banquet, Orville did not sit side by side with Cleopatra, as that would be too obvious and easy to bring bad rumors. He sat in the first seat below Cleopatra, which was usually the seat of regents such as the eunuch Berdinos.

Neither the Egyptians nor the Romans said much about this. The news had spread widely during this period of time. In fact, they all knew that Orville had a "close personal relationship" with the other party. Many people had even expected that things would develop to this point.

Maybe some locals were worried that Egypt would no longer be a country, but before the situation became clear, no one was stupid enough to question and attack in public. The military power was still in Orwell's hands. Unless someone wanted to die for the country in advance, no one would dare to impeach Orwell at this time.

The Nubian obviously had some understanding of the situation. He looked at Orville meaningfully, then began to greet the two of them politely.

According to officials, the other party's leader is also of high status, said to be an important prince of this country, and is accompanied by nobles and generals. Looking at the lineup, it is also known that the other party is quite sincere.

The first words of the opening speech were spoken in Greek with a slight accent: "Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians, we, the Kingdom of Kush, come here with the sincerity of peace. The great King of Kush does not want us to go to war again."

Considering that the other party's residence was already outside the influence circle of Greek culture, it was already very impressive that he could understand Greek, and everyone present looked up to him.

Orville didn't say anything. This was Cleopatra's home court, and he just had to watch.

At this time, Cleopatra's tone became a little stern: "Since you have the sincerity of peace, you should not plunder the land of my kingdom! It is obviously you who want to provoke a war, and yet you dare to speak so shamelessly here!"

At this time, Cleopatra's tone became a little stern: ""

(End of this chapter)