My XX deal with Sister Nero

How could he assassinate the Queen Mother?

But now, all the confessions and evidence pointed to Windex, and even public opinion was implicating him, saying that he was the mastermind behind the assassination of the Queen Mother.

"Windykes, what are you going to do?"

That afternoon, in the Senate Hall, Vanore sat next to Windex and asked in a low voice.

What to do? What can I do?

Wendex took a deep breath. What could he do now? Plead guilty? Impossible. He was innocent. Why should he plead guilty?

But what should I do if I don’t plead guilty?

"Sir Vanore, I..." Wendex opened his mouth. What could he do? He didn't know what to do!

It was impossible to plead guilty, and it was also impossible to give up the position of senator and the position of governor of Gaul, because this was a trumped-up charge. If it was a trumped-up charge, then... then why should I plead guilty? !

"Windex." Vanore sighed, looking at Windex with a look of pity on his face, "Although you have made a lot of contributions to the Senate, you should know that because some senators did bad things with good intentions, the Claudius family has launched an offensive against us, and we... even if we are at fault, that is a handle that cannot be explained clearly. So, in order to preserve the Senate, we... we have decided, Windex, you may need to go home temporarily to avoid the limelight. You have also seen that many people outside want to make trouble for you. I suggest that you... go back to the province of Lugdon Gaul first."

Back to Gaul?

Hearing this suggestion, Windex looked at Vanore in disbelief. Doesn't this mean that the Senate is going to give up on him?

Windex guessed correctly.

If the Senate is given enough time, it may come up with a solution that will satisfy both parties, but Tony will not give them that time. Tony's attitude is very simple, which is to use a storm-like attack to overwhelm you.

So now, the only thing the Senate can do is to sacrifice pawns to save the chariot.

Abandon Vendex and save the Senate!

"Senior Vanore!" Windex looked at the second senator in disbelief. He didn't expect... that the Senate was so heartless?

No, the Senate, in a way, is innocent.

Agrippina the Younger was assassinated. This had nothing to do with the Senate. Nero and Tony took the opportunity to attack the Senate. No matter how you look at it, the Senate is the victim, right?!

and so……

"The Claudius family..." Looking at the palace not far away with a gloomy look, Windykes took a deep breath. Such a family, such a royal family...it would be better to rebel!

It's decided! Go back to Gaul, gather an army, and let's charge into Rome and seize the throne of that damn emperor!

Even if it gets a little more perverted...

Hiss, seems quite exciting?

It's decided then! The Roman Empire will be in rebellion!

After making up his mind, Windex quickly returned home. After packing some simple clothes, he took his family back to Gaul overnight.

Of course, before leaving, Windykes sent a message to his good friends, which roughly meant, "Brother, I'm in a bit of trouble here, brothers, please help me gather some troops, I want to fight to my heart's content."

These former Gallic chieftains who received the letter from Windex were stunned at first. Some of them didn’t quite understand why the governor suddenly wanted to rebel, but since the governor had spoken... then let’s rebel too!

So, these Gallic chieftains gathered their soldiers together and counted them... well, they barely managed to gather 800 old, weak, sick and disabled people for the governor. Isn't this... a little insufficient number?

The indecisive Gallic chiefs finally had to write a letter back to Windex, which roughly meant that they were saying, "Brother, we are in some trouble too. Although everyone claims to be a chief, you know, now we chiefs are just in name only. We basically have no army. If you want to rebel, we can join you in the rebellion, but... we only have 800 people for you. Where can you... find more troops?"

Chapter 386: Throw a few stones and pretend nothing happened

Wendykes is very confused now.

He was thinking about whether he should rebel.

If he doesn't rebel, according to the current situation, he will definitely lose his position as a senator, and the position of provincial governor... is also in jeopardy. However, according to Vanore's character, he can still save his life.

But if he rebelled now... Galba behind him and the Germanic Legion in front of him, the standing troops of these two sides together amounted to nearly 50,000 people, and what about him? Even if he tried his best to gather his men, he could probably only squeeze out 1,000 people... 1,000 people against 50,000 people, and their combat effectiveness was not even at the same level, how could he fight?

Hit him on the head?

So now, there are only two options before Windex. One is to stop the movement and give out a few Saint Crystals... bah, just pretend nothing happened. If it doesn't work, just prepare some money for His Highness to have artificial amnesia. The second option is very simple. Just gather some more people and everyone can happily make a big news together.

But if I want to pull someone in...who should I pull in?

Along the way, Windykes kept thinking, not knowing who to drag into the water.

On the other side, inside the city of Rome.

"Is Windykes back?" Inside Nero's study, Tony looked at Evebia standing in front of him and asked after thinking for two seconds.

"Yes, Your Highness. After Governor Vendice came out of the Senate, he hurried back to his home and left Rome that night." Evebia nodded.

"What's wrong, brother?" Sitting next to Tony, Nero gently pinched his brother's face and asked curiously.

Of course Nero knew that Tony had taken action against the Senate, but Nero was not very clear about what Tony had done.

"The three senators confessed. Fenius followed my instructions and asked them to point the finger at Windykes. I guess after the Senate knew about this, they chose to give up Windykes in order to protect themselves from being implicated." Tony smiled and said, "Windykes returned to Gaul overnight. I'm afraid he... is planning a rebellion."

"Treason?" Hearing this word, Nero subconsciously raised his eyebrows and unconsciously increased the strength of his hands: "Windex, he dares to rebel?!"

"It hurts, it hurts!" Tony slapped his sister's hand with a grin. How come he ended up pinching her?!

"Ah... I'm sorry, brother~" Nero stuck out his tongue a little embarrassedly, gently rubbed the red spot on Tony's face, and asked uncertainly: "But, brother, how can you be so sure? You think Windykes is going to rebel."

Why are you so sure? It's simple, because in history, Windex did rebel!

Having said that, Tony certainly couldn't say these, so he had already summed up a set of rhetoric a long time ago: "Windex is one of the most radical figures in the Senate. He advocates the republic and hopes that my sister will hand over power as soon as possible to restore the empire to the republican period. Such a senator, under the pressure of my public opinion, now has only two choices, either hand over all power and wait for death, or... raise an army to rebel, maybe there is still a way to survive, so sister, which one do you think he will choose?"

"If it were you, you would definitely choose to live a life of idleness and wait for death." Nero touched his brother's head unceremoniously and said, "But if it were Vendex... he would probably choose the latter. After all, for an elder, the position of elder is the glory of the family and is far more important than his own life."

Nero had a point.

Marx once said that capitalists fear no profit or too little profit, just as nature fears a vacuum. Once there is a proper profit, capital becomes bold. If there is a 10% profit, capital will be guaranteed to be used everywhere; with a 20% profit, capital will be active; with a 50% profit, capital will take risks; for 100% profit, capital will dare to trample on all human laws; with a profit of more than 300%, capital will dare to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged.

So how much profit can you get by becoming a veteran?

I don’t know, and there is no way to know.

For the nobles, the so-called promotion system is also called the "Road to Glory". Although the Road to Glory of the Roman Empire requires a certain amount of money to bribe elders or other people in the early stages, once you really set foot on this Road to Glory, your gains are simply incalculable.

To give a simple example, Tony said something in his previous life, something like "a wall of figures for a otaku is worth a house in Beijing", meaning that figures are quite expensive, and if a otaku has a wall of figures, then the value of those figures may be enough to buy a house in Beijing.

But on the Road of Glory, even if the expenses are taken into account, from the beginning as a cavalry commander all the way to the end as a senator, the net profit that a noble can obtain, if calculated according to the value in the above sentence, is almost the same as what you see as a otaku who bought a courtyard house within the second ring road of Beijing and filled it with figures.

That's pretty much what it means.

Do you think Windykes can give up these?

If someone tells you that you must give away all the figurines in your courtyard, and you don't kill him on the spot, it means you really love him.

Forcing Vendex to rebel is part of the plan. Of course, even if Vendex rushes back to Gaul overnight, it will still take some time. So within the next few days, Tony plans to investigate the matter seriously.

Investigate who assassinated Agrippina the Younger.

"Although there are occasional frictions with the Empire, generally speaking, we and the Germans are still in a state of peace. Moreover, the Germans themselves are not very good at strategy. If they really want to go to war with us, they will often choose the tactic of fighting without declaration, that is, directly sending troops to attack us. They will never choose to send people to assassinate the Queen Mother, and... assassinating the Queen Mother is of no use." Tony said, touching his chin.

In his previous life, he accidentally saw a statement that roughly said that the Germanic people had very simple thinking. The most fundamental source for them to judge whether the Roman Empire was strong was to see how many troops were deployed on the border. However, it was different for countries like Parthia in the East. When they evaluated the combat effectiveness of the Roman Empire, they looked more at the country's comprehensive national strength. Therefore, when the Romans deployed defenses on the border, the army often focused on the north rather than the east.

From this point alone, it is not difficult for Tony to infer that the Germans are straightforward people, so... why would they go to so much trouble to join forces with the son of a senator to assassinate Agrippina the Younger?

This doesn't make sense at all.

Chapter 387: Center blossoms?

It would only take a few days to travel from Rome to Lyon, the capital of the province of Lugdon in Gaul, so after about a week, Windex returned to his old nest.

"You...is this really all you can get together?" Looking at the numbers reported by the chiefs, Windex calculated in his mind. Indeed, he was right. A little over eight hundred but less than nine hundred. This was the number of troops his brothers could gather. If he really had to say...this number, apart from giving away lives, Windex really couldn't think of what else they could be used for.

"So... we still have to find external aid." Wendykes touched his chin. External aid... who should he find?

The British province can be completely ignored, as it is the territory of His Royal Highness the Prince, and almost all the officials there from top to bottom are true lackeys of the Claudius family.

Apart from the British province, the governors of other provinces...seem to have no reason to join him in raising the flag of rebellion?

If you think about it carefully, it is true. It is true that Nero was a tyrant, but she was just a tyrant who loved to play. So far, she has not touched the interests of these governors at all. Are these governors rebelling because they have nothing better to do?

"Why not... write a letter to all the governors and see how many respond." After pondering for a moment, Windykes muttered to himself.

Almost the same as Windykes in Tony's previous life, before the rebellion, Windykes planned to send out invitations to heroes. He copied and pasted a wave of letters and sent them to all Roman governors. The content was also very simple. I plan to pick an auspicious day to rebel. If any of you are willing to join me, I welcome you with open arms!

"Oh, this Windykes, is it really what I expected?" Inside the palace study, Tony breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the letter in his hand. If Windykes didn't rebel, it would really be troublesome.

As long as Windykes doesn't rebel, there is no reason for him to touch him. If he can't touch Windykes, then this old ghost will be like a time bomb that can explode at any time. If it suddenly explodes for no reason one day, it will be easy for Tony to be caught off guard.

Tony wouldn't allow that to happen.

And Windex was also a talented person. Yes, he knew that not many people would respond to him, so he simply risked his life. While reorganizing his army, he wrote letters to all the Roman governors, and he also sent a letter to the British province.

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I don't know if he was just having a brain attack or if he thought Tony would join him in a rebellion.

After receiving the letter, Deputy Governor Vitellius' first reaction was to send the letter to Rome, and his second reaction was to contact Vespasian and ask him to assemble the army and be ready to cross the English Channel and attack the province of Lugdon in Gaul.

Two days later, Vitellius received a reply from Tony, the content of which was simple: keep still.

Vitellius was not very clear about the situation, but Tony was relatively familiar with the current status of the Lugdon Gallic province.

Gaul was one of the richest regions in the Roman Empire. Such a rich region, with three provinces, had few troops.

That’s right, since the province of Gaul is not a frontier area, the Roman Empire did not station any troops here, otherwise Windex would not be unable to even gather an army, right?

Although there are not many troops in Gaul, there are quite a few troops stationed around it!

Six combined legions were stationed in the northeastern Germanic province, one combined legion was stationed in the western Spanish province of Tarragona, and four combined legions and a Sarmatian cavalry unit were stationed in the northern province of Britain.

In other words, there are a total of 120,000 troops around Wendex!

So sometimes Tony had to think about a question, what was Windykes thinking? Rebelling in the midst of an army of 120,000, even if Galba would eventually form an alliance with Windykes, but... what if his luck didn't work out?

Do you think your name is Zhang Lingfu, who is extremely good at center blooming?

Forget it, let him do whatever he wants, this way I can save some trouble, right? Tony shook his head. No matter if Windykes was desperate or had some other ideas, he was just like in his previous life, plotting... or rebelling openly. As long as he rebelled, everything would be fine.

What remains to be seen is whether Galba will follow Windex and rise up in rebellion, just as he did in history.

In the history of the world where Tony lived in his previous life, the first reaction of the governors after receiving the letter from Windex was to send the letter to Rome, intending to report Windex for attempting a rebellion. However, because Nero was holding his own concert tour in Greece at the time, the pile of reports was received by the Senate, and the Senate concealed the matter until Nero learned about it after Windex rebelled.

But now, Nero did not go to Greece, and because there are magic and familiars in this world, Nero received the report letter early on.

Of course, as Tony expected, the most crucial letter was missing from the pile of reports.

Galba, indeed, did not deliver this letter from Vendice to Rome!

"This Wendex! How dare he be so rebellious!" In the study, Galba looked at the letter on the table with a panicked look on his face, pacing back and forth anxiously. Wendex can rebel, so what are you writing to me to invite me for? !

"Father..." Galba's son Sulpicius stood at the door, watching his father walking back and forth in the house like a nobody, and said at a loss: "Since Governor Vendice wants to rebel, why doesn't father... report it directly to His Majesty?"

"Report to His Majesty? Will His Majesty believe it?" Hearing his son's question, Galba sneered, looked at his son, and said seriously: "Come, let me ask you, if you were His Majesty, when you received a report that Windex was going to rebel, would you believe it? Well, in order to make His Majesty believe it, I have to produce some evidence, right? What is the evidence? It is the letter that Windex wrote to me. If I really hand over this letter, what do you think His Majesty will think? Will he think about one thing, that is, why Windex raised an army to rebel and wrote to me to ask me to support him? Will His Majesty think about my loyalty? Once His Majesty starts to question my loyalty, do you think I can still survive?!"

Chapter 388: Alliance with Galba

Galba's analysis makes sense.

If you want to report Vendix for treason, you must have evidence. Otherwise, words alone are not enough. What is the evidence? It's very simple. The evidence is the letter Galba sent to me.

Okay, now the question is, if Nero received this letter, would she think of one more thing while doubting Vindex: Vindex rebelled... why did she write to you, Galba?

If Nero really had doubts... could Galba still survive?

That's impossible. How could Nero allow someone who might betray him at any time to sit in the position of governor?

Therefore, Galba decided to be an ostrich in the deep desert, saying nothing and doing nothing, just like the Futanari player who suddenly obtained thirty Saint Quartz as compensation due to a BUG two thousand years later and forced himself to lose his memory.

However, this ostrich behavior caused great harm to Galba!

In order to prove their innocence and also to gain some credit for exposing the accusations, almost all the governors who received the letter reported to Rome and told Nero that Vindice was about to rebel!

"Brother, Vendice is rebelling now. What should we do?" Nero was a little panicked when he saw the letters of accusation from the governors. The governor of a province wanted to rebel, this... who knew how many troops he could gather, who knew what position the Senate would play in this rebellion, and who knew what exactly these governors who reported Vendice were planning?

Nero didn't know, but Tony knew!

Although Tony didn't know the details about how many rebels Windex had gathered in history, one thing was certain: the army Windex had gathered should not exceed 5,000 people. In other words, the army Windex had gathered was less than a legion.

It was precisely because he did not have many people under his command that he nominated Galba as emperor in exchange for Galba's alliance, and then... there was nothing else.

In the world where Tony lived in his previous life, the enemy of Windex was only a German Legion. The entire German Legion, including the troops of the vassal states, had about 60,000 people. This army of 60,000 people was enough to pin the newly rebelled Windex to the ground and rub him hard. Not to mention now, in this world, Tony has 40,000 troops in the British Legion alone. If he is really determined to increase the number of troops, it can be said that it is almost easy for the entire British province and its vassal states to raise an army of 200,000.

Forty thousand British legions, more than ten thousand Sarmatian cavalry, plus sixty thousand German legions, a total of 110,000 troops surrounded Windex. Tony really wanted to know whether Windex of this era would finally choose to rebel.

You know, in the world of the previous life, even though Nero had the notoriety of massacring Christians and was suspected of setting fire to the city of Rome, after Nero committed suicide, there were still many governors or generals who fought with other armed factions in the country under the banner of loyalty to His Majesty Nero. For example, the most typical example was General Vespasianus, who fell asleep at Nero's solo concert. The banner he raised when he marched into Rome was loyalty to His Majesty Nero.