My XX deal with Sister Nero

Speaking of which, Boudica is really unlucky.

According to the original itinerary, after Nero confirmed that Princess Ryan and Tony could be engaged, Boudica should have immediately returned to the Kingdom of Iceni to prepare the bride price. However, due to Rosa's reasons, Queen Boudica brought her guards to Africa to assist Tony in fighting against Cefalu.

The war was finally over, and Boudica took advantage of the fantasy summoned by the druid to quickly return to the Iceni Kingdom. However, as soon as she landed, she heard that her husband had died...

Don’t you think this is unlucky?

I had originally intended to announce to the whole country that Princess Ryan was about to marry His Royal Highness Prince Tony, but because of Prasutagus' death, this matter had to be postponed. After all, no one would announce that their daughter was getting married at their husband's funeral, right?

Soon, the kings or representatives of all the countries in the same camp as the Iceni Kingdom on the entire British Isles had basically arrived. Just as the funeral ceremony was about to begin, the Governor of the British Province, Decianus, who was beside Varro, suddenly raised his hand and looked at Boudica and the two princesses standing beside him and said, "Although it may be a bit offensive, Your Highness Queen Boudica, this Governor has a question that I would like to confirm in public."

"Ah... Governor Decianus, please speak." Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Decianus' sudden interruption, he was, after all, a provincial governor of the Roman Empire. Although Boudica was higher than Decianus in legal status, but... if he really wanted to say it, except for Varro, all the Celtic tribes present together were far inferior to Decianus in strength.

"Prasutagus had signed an agreement with the late Emperor Claudius, which stated that after Prasutagus' death, the Iceni Kingdom would give half of its territory to the Roman Empire as a gift to His Majesty Nero. This Governor would like to ask, when can we take over half of your territory?"

"Your Excellency Governor Decianus!" Varro frowned and glanced at Decianus standing beside him, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Your Excellency, His Royal Highness King Prasutagus has just passed away. The matter you mentioned... Now is not the time to discuss this matter, right?"

"That's right!" A burly Celtic with blue paint on his face said with some dissatisfaction, "Governor Decianus, can you please discuss this matter after the funeral?"

"Really?" Glancing at the kings and envoys present, Decianus suddenly smiled and said, "I heard that the Celtic tribe has a custom that when the king dies, the queen is the first in line to the throne. That is to say, after the funeral, the king of the Iceni Kingdom will be Queen Boudica, right?"

"...Yes." Although she was very dissatisfied with what Decianus said at her husband's funeral, but... the Iceni Kingdom did not have the capital to compete with the Roman Empire, so she could only suppress her anger and answered Decianus.

"But, do women... have the right of inheritance?" Decianus looked at Boudica meaningfully and asked.

"Sir Decianus! The Emperor of your country seems to be a woman as well?" An envoy from a Celtic tribe looked at Decianus with a somewhat unfriendly expression and said.

"But our prince is a male, and Your Majesty has long planned to pass the throne to his prince, but what about the Iceni Kingdom? Queen Boudica, do you have a son?" Decianus asked, looking at Boudica with a smile.

"I..." Boudica opened her mouth, unable to speak.

If only she had a son!

"So you see, you have no son, and according to the treaty, your country... now belongs to my Roman Empire." Decianus laughed and looked at Boudica proudly.

"Sir Decianus, you've gone too far." At this moment, Varro suddenly glanced at Decianus and spoke indifferently.

"Sir Varro." Decianus did not dare to treat the chief executive of the Odni Territory the same way he treated other Celts. He just nodded slightly to Varro and said, "Sir Varro, I remember that you are from Rome and were personally selected by His Majesty to be His Highness's administrative assistant, right? Sir, have you ever thought about this question? If the Roman Empire merges with the Iceni Kingdom for reasonable reasons this time, may I ask, considering His Majesty's love for you, to whom will His Majesty assign the Iceni Kingdom?"

Chapter 317: Boudica's Rebellion (Part 1)

Varro is Prince Odeni's assistant in internal affairs and the highest administrative officer in Odeni.

Varro was originally the deputy of a financial officer. Because of his outstanding political achievements, when Tony was granted the small town of Oderni, he was noticed by Nero. He was transferred from his original department and assigned to Tony, becoming the internal affairs assistant of the young prince.

At first Varro thought he was demoted. After all, His Royal Highness the Prince was a threat to the throne. In addition, His Royal Highness the Prince's fiefdom was too remote. As a result, he was very depressed when he followed Tony from Rome. The town of Oddney was a very remote town in the British province. If this wasn't a demotion, what was it?

But soon, Mr. Varro noticed something wrong.

First of all, he learned from his personal guards that the town of Odni was the fiefdom chosen by His Highness himself. His Majesty originally wanted to find a better piece of land in Gaul or Tarragona to give to Tony, or at worst Epirus would be fine!

Then His Royal Highness himself selected the town of Oddney.

Second, His Majesty dotes on his younger brother very much.

That's right, not only did His Majesty not regard Your Highness as a threat to the throne, but when he ascended the throne, His Majesty even once hoped that Your Highness would inherit the throne.

But His Highness refused.

In addition, His Highness is very smart. It seems that he chose the small town of Odney because he has some plan.

It was precisely because he knew this that Varo finally felt relieved and served His Highness wholeheartedly.

Sure enough, in less than a year, His Highness was praised as the Protector of Britain, the Conqueror of Armenia and Parthia, the Eagle of the Empire. His Highness... was indeed not an ordinary child!

Now, Decianus intends to forcibly annex the Iceni Kingdom. If Her Majesty learns of this, she will most likely allocate the Iceni Kingdom to Your Highness! She may even send troops to assist Your Highness in suppressing any possible rebellion!

After thinking this through, Varro took a deep breath, glanced at Boudica not far away with some apology, and then said: "I... know nothing about what happened in the Iceni Kingdom today."

"As expected of Lord Varo." Decianus nodded and said to a guard following him, "Go, sound the rattle, I want to... occupy the Iceni Kingdom!"

"Sir Decianus!!!" Hearing Decianus' order, Boudica subconsciously stood in front of her daughter and said quickly: "Sir Decianus! We have already married His Royal Highness the Prince. You must think clearly about how His Royal Highness will settle accounts with you one day for your actions today!"

"Oh? Marriage with His Highness?" Decianus raised his eyebrows and laughed, "But I have never heard of this. I wonder if Lord Varro has heard of it?"

Varro shook his head and said, "I know that Her Majesty the Queen went to Rome to seek a marriage alliance, but... there seems to be no news of a successful marriage in the palace."

That’s right, there was no news of a successful marriage between the Iceni Kingdom and the Roman Empire in the Roman Palace.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because Boudica did not mention this, and Tony went to the south to deal with Cefalu not long after, so how could he have the time to tell Varro that his marriage was successful? As for Nero... the reason why she wanted her brother to marry was entirely because she had her own wishful thinking. How could she tell others about this?

So, our Mr. Varro really didn't hear any news at all.

"Look." Decianus spread his hands and said, "So, your future queen, please don't scare me. Just surrender honestly and I won't make things difficult for you."

"Surrender?" Boudica sneered and said, "Decianus, you and I are both on the British Isles. Haven't I heard about your reputation? You had an affair with other women behind your wife's back. Do you really think we don't know?"

"Oh..." Decianus nodded as if he had suddenly realized something and said, "Since you know everything, I don't have to hide it. Queen Boudica, I have been coveting your body for a long time. As for your two daughters, although they are a little young, they seem to taste good too."

Hearing these words, Varro subconsciously closed his eyes and sighed. Decianus...is he too lazy to even pretend?

……

A week later, on the outskirts of Marseille, a city in southern Gaul.

"Dezianus!!!" In the carriage, Tony, with an angry look on his face, crumpled the cloth in his hand into a ball and smashed it hard on the wall of the wooden carriage.

"This bastard! Bastard! He deserves to die!!!" Tony cursed angrily while pounding the wall of the carriage with his fist.

As Tony expected, about a week ago, Decianus led his army to forcibly annex the Iceni Kingdom. Compared with the world where Tony lived in his previous life, Boudica in this world has a slightly stronger combat power because she has obtained the power of a heroic spirit. It is said that she managed to fight her way out with her daughter under heavy siege and successfully left Ventalosnum, the capital of the Iceni Kingdom.

Although Boudica and her two daughters escaped, almost none of the princes and nobles of the second-tier Iceni Kingdom escaped. Decianus packed up these princes and nobles like buying groceries and brought them back to Camulodunum, the capital of the British province, as trophies.

"Idiot! Idiot! Waste!" Tony cursed. If Decianus was standing in front of him at this moment, he could really stab this bastard to death with one knife!

Although Boudica and her two daughters were fine, because the Iceni Kingdom was occupied and the princes and nobles became slaves, it is foreseeable that Boudica still hated the Roman Empire at this moment.

In addition, Decianus did not have a good relationship with these surrendered Celtic tribes. Tony could have predicted with his big toe that the "Boudica Rebellion", which had been greatly advanced in time, was about to break out!

All of this was caused by Decianus!

If the Roman Empire had fantasy species like griffins, Tony would really ride a griffin back to Odeni territory first and kill Decianus, but unfortunately, the official Roman Empire did not have these fantasy species.

The reason is simple. The Roman legions were simply too strong. The surrounding barbarian states were no match for them, not even the notorious Parthian Empire. A series of military victories led to an unprecedented expansion of the empire.

What? Fantasy seeds? Do we need them? Oh, yes, we do. After all, these nobles like to eat some strange things, and fantasy seeds can be chopped and eaten.

What? You mean equip the army? Sorry, my Roman legion doesn't need these fancy things!

PS: I kind of want to write a few columns on Bilibili. Hmm, maybe write some short extra chapters for this book? If I really write them, the requirements are not high. When the time comes, just go to Bilibili and give me a like.

Chapter 318: Boudica’s Rebellion (Part 2)

Relying on the strength of her heroic spirit and her desire to protect her two daughters, Boudica single-handedly fought her way out of the siege and escaped from Ventalosnum.

As for Decianus, it was only after he completely controlled Ventalosnum that he ordered a full-scale hunt for Boudica.

"Your Highness...you are truly a prophet!" After returning to the Odney Territory, Varo suddenly exclaimed.

A week ago, he received an order from His Highness to impose martial law in the Lordship of Oddney. He was a little surprised at the time. After all, the situation around the British province was relatively calm at that time. Apart from the Picts going south and killing Prasutagus, there was nothing major happening. His Highness suddenly ordered a martial law. What happened?

Now Varro finally understood.

Your Highness had already guessed when Prasutagus died in battle that Decianus was going to annex the Iceni Kingdom, and this move by Decianus would inevitably cause strong dissatisfaction among the Celtic tribes that had already defected and surrendered in the entire British province. The most likely thing they would do is to join forces and overthrow the Roman Empire's rule in Britain. And the most crucial point is that Boudica...that is not a strength that humans can possess, right?

"Someone come here!" Inside the city hall, Varo suddenly spoke and shouted to the outside of the door.

"Mr. Varo." A young man wearing standard Roman legion armor pushed the door open after hearing the voice, knelt on one knee, lowered his head and said.

"Go and ask Thomas to write a letter and send it to Rome. The content of the letter... is to ask whether His Highness has any plans for marriage." Varro said with a frown.

"Yes, Mr. Varo." The soldier nodded, then stood up and left.

If, as Boudica said, she has reached a marriage alliance with His Highness, then... in this war that is about to break out, the position of the Lord of Odeni will be a bit awkward.

Should they help the British province or the Iceni Kingdom?

On the other side, in a small town in the north of the Iceni Kingdom.

"Mother, what should we do?" Inside an abandoned farm, Princess Ryan hugged her sister, looked at Boudica with some fear, and asked.

"It's okay, it's okay. Mother will find a way to solve it." Boudica had a forced smile on her face. She wrapped a strip of cloth around the wound on her arm while whispering comforting words.

But... these words are just consolation after all.

At this moment, Boudica was also very confused.

Although Varro buried Prasutagus on his behalf, except for the three of them, mother and daughter, all the princes and nobles of the Iceni Kingdom were captured by Decianus and taken back to Camulodunum.

What should we do now? The Iceni Kingdom has been basically occupied. Should we go to the Odeni Territory? But Varro's attitude was to sit on the sidelines and not get involved in this incident. Boudica didn't know whether this was Varro's own idea or Tony's.

Reverse it!

Boudica gritted her teeth. Her daughter was innocent, and so were her relatives and friends. For the sake of her family and everyone else, Prasutagus had been tolerant and even gave half of his kingdom to Nero, just to save his family. But what about now? If she hadn't obtained the so-called heroic spirit power from that guy named Rosa, could she really have led her daughter out of the siege?

"Decianus, you bastard!" In an autonomous kingdom called Trinovanti near Camlodunum, the king smashed the jade wine glass in his hand and kicked the table in front of him to the ground.

When Prasutagus died, the king came to Ventalosnum in person, and together with other kings or envoys who came to mourn, witnessed how Decianus annexed the Iceni Kingdom.

"Your Majesty..." In front of the king, a middle-aged man who looked like a steward knelt on the ground and trembled, saying, "Your Majesty, now that Decianus has annexed the Iceni Kingdom, will he attack us next?"

"Why not?" The king snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid they won't dare to attack Lord Odney! Pass the order down, the whole country is on emergency alert, and the troops are summoned to a state of combat readiness!"

"Recruiting troops? Your Majesty! Are you..." The steward subconsciously looked up at the king. Could it be that His Majesty is planning to attack the Roman Empire? !

Although the Trinovant Kingdom could have raised an army of 50,000 people if it really wanted to, this army would be completely useless in front of the Roman legions! Not to mention the field army, even the national army, the Trinovant Kingdom is no match for it!

"I have never thought of becoming an enemy of the Roman Empire." The king sneered, "Or rather, I have never thought of becoming an enemy of the Roman Empire alone. Do you think other countries will have any ideas about the annexation of the Iceni Kingdom to the north?"

Do you have any ideas? Bullshit! Of course!

If you, Decianus, can find an excuse to annex the Kingdom of Iceni today, won’t you find other excuses to annex other vassal states tomorrow?

Everyone is in danger!

Although the British region remains calm on the surface, people with a keen political sense can sense that what the British region lacks now is a trigger. As long as someone dares to stand up and make a call, I am afraid that many vassal states will rise up and attack the Roman Empire!

"The Roman Empire... this Decianus, haha." The king of the Kingdom of Clovis in the northwest of the British province chuckled and said to his generals, "Pass the order down, mobilize 2,000 troops to be deployed on the border, and at the same time recruit troops in the border areas. I want to see... at least 30,000 troops on the border!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The general nodded.

On the other hand, after carefully contacting several generals loyal to her, Boudica finally assembled an army of more than 3,000 people in the northeastern region of the Iceni Kingdom. Then, Boudica used the army and territory in her hands to formally declare war on the Roman Empire!

On the second day after Boudica declared war on the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Dorset under the rule of the Roman Empire also formally declared war on the Roman Empire. At the same time, the Kingdom of Dorset sent envoys to contact Boudica and the Kingdom of Clovis, hoping to reach an alliance to jointly fight against the brutal invasion of the Roman Empire.

At the same time, the Kingdom of Dorset also intended to nominate Boudica as the leader of the alliance, hoping that Boudica would serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition.

At this point, the war, later known as the "Great Rebellion of Boudica", finally broke out!

Chapter 319: Boudica's Rebellion (Part 2)

"Your Majesty Queen Boudica." A young man knelt in front of Boudica and said, "Your Majesty, two days have passed. How have you considered it?"

"Besides the Kingdom of Clovis and the Kingdom of Dorset, are there any other countries joining?" Boudica asked, looking down at the young man kneeling in front of her.

"There have been some unusual movements in the Kingdom of Trinovant. Maybe... they have similar plans." The young man said with his head lowered.

The Trinovant Kingdom?

Boudica sat on a makeshift throne, frowning in thought.

At present, he does not have many troops. After the Roman Empire took control of Ventalosnum, most of the kingdom's territory fell into the hands of the Roman Empire. Now he can only gather 5,000 soldiers at best, and the Roman Empire... in addition to the four permanent united legions, also has a large number of national armies. If an all-out war really breaks out, the other side can gather more than 100,000 troops!

The combined forces of the Trinovant Kingdom, the Dorset Kingdom and the Clovis Kingdom should be able to muster more than 100,000 troops, but the combat effectiveness of this army... is definitely far inferior to that of the Roman Legion.

Even if the elite armies of the three countries were combined, their combat effectiveness would probably only be able to barely compete with the national army of the Roman Empire, right?

"Is there any new development in the Odeni territory?" Boudica asked after pondering for a moment.

"No, after Varo went back, Lord Odeni blocked the border and began a full curfew. It seemed... that they had no intention of intervening in this war." The young man replied.

"Don't you want to intervene in the war..." Boudica nodded. For the Iceni Kingdom, this could barely be considered good news, right? I heard that the combat effectiveness of the Odeni First Legion was higher than that of the Roman Empire's field legions of the same number of people. In addition, the Odeni also had a Sarmatian cavalry that could mobilize all the people. If this cavalry unit participated in the war... even the main force of the most powerful Clovis Kingdom in the alliance would not be their opponent.

"As long as Lord Odeni doesn't join the war, it will be fine." To be honest, Boudica really didn't want to fight a war with Lord Odeni. First, the relationship between Lord Odeni and the Iceni Kingdom has always been good. Second, Lord Odeni now has a Sarmatian cavalry. Once the war breaks out, the remnants of the Iceni Kingdom will be easily defeated by the Sarmatian cavalry.

Therefore, before Tony made the decision to attack the Iceni Kingdom, the Iceni Kingdom would not easily attack the Odeni Territory.

On the other side, Odney led.

Varo looked at the reply from His Royal Highness the Prince in his hand and broke out in a cold sweat.

Tony's meaning was very simple. Block the border and prohibit attacks on the Iceni Kingdom. At the same time, prepare several letters of surrender. If any Celtic tribes rebel, send people to deliver these letters of surrender and ask the other party to surrender. If the other party surrenders, Lord Odeni will guarantee the country's safety. If not, then after His Royal Highness returns to Lord Odeni, His Royal Highness will personally lead the army to capture the city where the rebels are located.