My XX deal with Sister Nero

Soon, as the investigation deepened, the Marcomanni tribe actually found out that someone had secretly contacted Hans two months ago. It was after this person contacted Hans that Hans suddenly became rich and often traveled between the Roman Empire and the Marcomanni tribe.

It is obvious that the person who had secret contact with Hans should be the one who persuaded Hans to put the blame on the Markmanni tribe!

So... who is this person?

You know what, after several days of investigation, the Markmani tribe actually found out something!

When this man first arrived at the Marcomanni tribe, he inadvertently spoke Parthian!

You must know that the Parthian Empire was the successor of the Seleucid Empire, so in terms of language, the Parthian Empire inherited the language of the Seleucid Empire, which is Greek.

But the Parthians were not Greeks after all. While speaking Greek, they also spoke their own Parthian language (Parthian), so the answer is obvious.

"Parthians?" After receiving the result from the Markmanni tribe, Tony was stunned. This answer... seems quite reliable?

If you think about it carefully, the Parthian Empire was now planning to attack the Sassanian Empire, and in order to protect itself, the Sassanian Empire was forced to contact the Roman Empire, hoping to get assistance from the Roman Empire.

Regardless of whether King Shanuya was stupid or not, from the perspective of the Parthian Empire, they would definitely not allow the Roman Empire and the Sassanid Empire to join forces.

After all, once the two countries joined forces, the Parthian Empire could only expand northward and attack the Saigas, Dayi people and Kangju Kingdom.

Speaking of which, Kangju was also a very powerful country in the past. Decades ago, when Kangju was at its peak, they dared to be hostile to the Western Regions Protectorate of the Han Dynasty and sheltered the Xiongnu. However, as the Kushan Shehou of Dayuezhi became the only powerful family and successfully unified Dayuezhi to establish the Kushan Empire, Kangju's strength gradually declined. Until now, Kangju is no longer as brave as it used to be. If the Parthian Empire is really determined to attack Kangju, then with Kangju's current strength... it will not be able to stop Parthia.

But having said that, Kangju's combat effectiveness was still stronger than that of the Sassanid Empire. If a war really came to a head, Parthia would certainly pick on the weak. Moreover, once it attacked Kangju, Parthia would most likely come into direct conflict with the Kushan Empire, which was on the rise.

In any case, in order to deal with the Sassanid Empire with peace of mind, the Parthian Empire decided to distract the attention of the Roman Empire first to prevent the Roman Empire from taking the opportunity to attack Parthia. The best way to distract the other party's attention is naturally to divert the trouble to someone else, such as... the Germans.

PS: Sorry sorry, this chapter is from last night.

I had a terrible headache after coming back from my part-time job last night. I really couldn't concentrate on writing, so I went to bed early, and then got up quickly in the morning to write and post it... Ahem, sorry everyone.

Chapter 403: The war begins again!

Based on the information provided by the Germans, Tony easily guessed the Parthians' motives.

That's right. In order to prevent the Roman Empire from taking advantage of the situation when the Parthians were fighting with the Sassanid Empire, they had to divert the Roman Empire's attention temporarily.

From the perspective of the Parthian Empire, Tony really thought that this tactic of diverting trouble to the east was a beautiful move and had the essence of Eastern military tactics, but... Tony was not a Parthian, he was a Roman, Nero's brother, and a prince of the Roman Empire.

"Sister, what are your plans now?" Tony looked at the German envoy kneeling in front of him, turned his head to look at his sister and asked.

"Plans?" Nero shook his head and looked at his brother: "Brother, can I have any other plans?"

……No.

Tony sighed.

Publicly, the Queen Mother was assassinated, and as the Emperor Nero must have done something. Privately... your mother died, which happened in real life... If you don't become a Roman mother hunter and kill the Parthian Emperor's mother today, you will be really letting down the spirit of Agrippina the Younger!

"Then...assemble the troops."

Assembling troops is also a technical job.

Parthia was worried that the Roman Empire would take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, so it deliberately diverted the trouble to the east, asking the Roman Empire to attack the Germans, hoping to relieve the pressure in the west so that it could boldly attack the Sassanid Empire.

However, they clearly underestimated the Germans.

The Germans were honest and had no ulterior motives, but they were not stupid. When they were forced into a corner, the Marcomanni tribe gathered almost all the forces they could mobilize to capture the murderer as much as possible, and then... they finally dug out the Parthians.

And Tony now has to consider a new problem.

How to attack Parthia.

The reason why the Roman Empire did not want to completely wipe out the Germanic people was because it felt it was not necessary.

The Germanic region is not developed now. Compared with the Roman Empire, it is much more desolate. In addition to various other factors, the Roman Empire believes that completely occupying the Germanic region will cost too much and will not bring much gain. This land requires long-term management, which is too slow, so it simply... leaves it alone for now.

But this does not mean that the Germans were able to completely defeat the Romans.

After all, the Rome at this moment is no longer the Rome of the Augustan era.

If the Roman Empire really wanted to put all its efforts into launching a national war, then... the Germans would only be beaten.

But the Parthians were different.

Once war breaks out again with the Parthian Empire, both the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire will suffer losses!

Although the overall national strength of the Parthian Empire was gradually declining at this moment, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Parthia... was not a small country that could be slaughtered at will.

If you want to attack Parthia, you have to take them by surprise!

"If we want to take the enemy by surprise...Brother, do you think we should take the sea route?" Nero suddenly asked with a frown.

When Tony first fought against Parthia, he used the fleet of the Kingdom of Sheba to transport two of his legions to the Babylonia region and raided the rear of Parthia, which led to a turning point in the battlefield on the front line. He then defeated Parthia and took back Armenia.

Now the Roman Empire not only has the fleet of the Kingdom of Sheba in the Red Sea basin, but also the fleet of the Kingdom of Himyarite and Tony's own Indian Ocean Fleet. Even if these three fleets cannot transport all the troops to the Parthian Empire in one go, making several round trips... should be no problem, right?

"This... I'm afraid that won't work." Tony hesitated and shook his head.

Tony had only sent two legions to Babylonia before. How many people were there in the two legions? At most, there were only 10,000 people. And considering that Roman soldiers would get seasick on the water, they stopped and walked almost all the way, sticking to the coastline of the Arabian Peninsula before reaching the Babylonian region.

And the most crucial thing is that the coastal defense of the Parthian Empire at that time was very weak. It was precisely because of this that Tony had the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Babylonia.

But it is different now.

At the same time, because of Tony’s sneak attack, the Parthian Empire had to invest a certain amount of funds and manpower to build the Parthian Empire’s coastal defense system.

In addition, the number of troops attacking Parthia this time must be more than 10,000. According to Tony's estimation, if the Roman Empire really wants to hurt Parthia, it may need more than 200,000 troops.

An army of two hundred thousand men... Tony thought it would be best to go by land.

But if we take the land route, how can we avoid attracting the attention of the Parthians?

After walking back and forth in Nero's study for several steps, Tony suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, can't we change our thinking? Why don't we use the impending rebellion of the Jewish province as an excuse to gather troops?"

Tony knew Roman history and knew that it would not be long before a major rebellion broke out in Judea, which would be the First Jewish War.

At this moment, although the storm has not yet formed, facing the oppression of the Romans and Greeks, the Jews have gradually developed a tendency to stick together. Fortunately, at present, this group is only for self-protection, not to resist the rule of the Romans.

By the way, Tony and Nero had gone to the province of Judea together because of the resurrection of the two kings of the Kingdom of Israel. There, Tony met Florus, the governor of the province of Judea.

According to Tony's original idea, he planned to kill the damn governor directly, but later because Mars died in battle and Cefalu appeared, Tony had to deal with Cefalu's affairs and temporarily let Florus go.

After dealing with Sefalu, Tony...forgot about Florus.

And what about Florus? After Tony left, he quickly contacted his family, and then made a large investment in Sanoni City through his family, intending to use this to improve his relationship with His Highness, so that His Highness would let him go, and then... You know what, Tony really didn't bother him.

It's just that Tony forgot about it, and Florus thought Tony let him go.

Although Florus restrained himself after being warned by Tony, overall, the Jews were still in a state of oppression.

So...there is still a possibility that the First Jewish War will break out.

Tony's plan was simple. He planned to send troops under the pretext that the Jews were about to rebel at any time. After the army entered the Anatolian Peninsula... he would directly declare war on Parthia.

As for the province of Judea...it's time for this governor to end his rule.

PS: I was busy all day yesterday and was so tired when I got home. I got home after ten o'clock and went to bed directly without having dinner...so I'm sorry for the grumbling.

Let me talk about the new book. It was originally planned to be uploaded on Saturday, but on Saturday night I found out that it had failed the review because the cover violated the regulations.

The picture I chose for the cover was a picture of a sister and brother kissing each other. Don’t think in the wrong way. I wanted to express family love rather than being slutty. Here I want to criticize a certain sister-con by name. You’re thinking in the wrong way!

Then I changed the picture and reviewed it again. I found out on Monday night that the book was still rejected and locked because the first sentence "Brother, actually, the one I love the most is you." This sentence violates the rules. Emmmm, you people, really, everything you see is pornographic. I just want to express the deep love between brother and sister! It's family love! You are too dirty!

Chapter 404: I was once a wise Paradox player!

The news from the Marcomanni tribe reached the Senate. After confirming that the source of the news was correct and that the evidence was not forged, the Senate reached a rare consensus with Nero.

Conquer Parthia again!

So, a new problem arises.

Who was the commander of this expedition against Parthia?

"Is there anyone else more suitable than my brother?" Nero glanced at everyone present and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"This..." The elders present were stunned for a moment, as if... there was nothing wrong?

To be honest, if we really have to say which general among all the Roman Empire is the most suitable to attack Parthia, it must be Tony.

This is not to say that Tony’s talent for military command is so great, but because... the last time Tony succeeded in defeating Parthia.

That’s right, in the eyes of the public, they will not systematically analyze which battle is the key, nor will they analyze how well a certain general commanded.

They don't have the ability or the time.

In the eyes of the vast majority of civilians, the Parthian War was a war of great victory led by His Highness Tony.

Therefore, Tony is definitely the most suitable candidate for commander-in-chief and the most suitable person to become the new generation of mom killer.

Now that the commander-in-chief has been decided, all that remains is the army.

The newly formed Eastern Legion this time is different from the previous Eastern Legion. Although the last war against Parthia was also a national war, the Roman Empire did not attack the Parthian Empire under the banner of destroying Parthia. The goal of the Roman Empire at that time was very simple, which was to recover Armenia.

But it’s different now. The Roman Empire is planning to kill the Parthians and destroy the Parthian Empire!

So compared to the last time, this time, the Roman Empire assembled a large number of elite troops, including part of the Germanic Legion and the Celtic Legion, as well as the Odenian Legion expanded to 500 people, as well as the Sarmatian cavalry and the Numidian cavalry, as well as a large number of other legions and vassal legions. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the war, Nero even specially transferred part of the Praetorian Guard to Tony for his use!

It takes a certain amount of time to assemble an army. For example, it would take at least two months for the troops from the British province to arrive in Rome from the time they received the notice to set out.

During this period of time, Tony decided to paralyze the Parthian Empire first, such as... organizing a military exercise in the North.

The North naturally refers to the northern border of the Roman Empire, that is, the Danube and Rhine River basins, and the military exercises... In this era without military exercises, the military exercises proposed by Tony are indeed a bit novel.

Martial arts exercises are a way of showing off one's military power and a means of deterrence. At the same time, they will not cause loss of personnel or money in one's own country due to invading other countries. In short, in Tony's opinion, organizing military exercises in the north of the Roman Empire can distract Parthia's attention on the one hand, and force the Germans not to take the opportunity to do something on the other hand.

Three days later, the Senate finally gave Nero and Tony part of the military budget.

According to the Senate's prediction, if the Roman Empire wanted to completely destroy the Parthian Empire, it would need to prepare at least 500,000 troops. If the Roman Empire really wanted to engage in aggressive military campaigns at this moment, it would indeed be able to gather so many troops. But if it really did so, even if the Roman Empire won... it would be a pyrrhic victory.

Not only can you not digest the conquered land, but you also need to gather 500,000 troops. How much food and grass do you need to prepare for the horses? And if so many workers leave their fields, what will happen to these fields? Who will take care of them?

Let's not talk about how many people will die in this war, let's just assume that there will be no deaths for the time being. You need time to fight a war, right? This back and forth, plus the time it takes to conquer Parthia, it would take at least one or two years, right?

In a year or two, I'm afraid a lot of land in the Roman Empire will be left barren, right?

By then, the grain production of the Roman Empire will decline, which will inevitably lead to a series of serious consequences in the later period.

In other words, Parthia at this moment was not the Parthia that the Roman Empire could destroy in one go.

Since we can’t destroy it in one go… then it’s simple, isn’t it just a matter of swallowing the earth?

As a wise Paradox player, Tony certainly knows that if your country cannot completely annex another country, you can either turn on the console to force the annexation, or you can give up and swallow the land and take the money.

Well, this isn't a game, there's no console, so there's only one thing Tony can do.

Swallow the land and take the money.

Anyway, Tony’s plan is very simple. Since I can’t swallow you in one battle, I will destroy your country in one battle!

and……

"If we are lucky, this battle might be enough to put the Parthian Empire on the brink of collapse!"

"What do you mean?" Nero asked, looking at his brother curiously.

"Wait a minute." Tony said as he took a piece of papyrus from a nearby bookshelf, then took out a quill pen. After thinking for two minutes, he drew a rough shape on the paper and said to his sister, "Look, sister, this is the Parthian Empire."

As he spoke, Tony drew another small circle in the south: "This is the Kingdom of Sassan."

"Hmm, and then what?" Nero nodded, looking at the painting Tony drew thoughtfully and asked.

"Then?" Tony smiled, drew another long object in the southeast of Parthia and said, "This country, the Indo-Parthian Kingdom, is an ally of the Sassanid Kingdom. Although in name it is just cheering for the Sassanid Kingdom, if Parthia is really weak, do you think they will take advantage of it?"

As he spoke, Tony drew a small circle in the northeast and north of Parthia: "The one in the north is called Kangju, and the one in the northeast is called Dayuezhi. Oh, yes, now the Kushan Xihou, one of the five Xihou, should be in power, so it should be called the Kushan Empire."

"The Kushan Empire is on the march. To the east, there is another country called the Han Empire, a country that is no weaker than the Roman Empire. The Kushan Empire naturally dare not easily confront it. Since it cannot go east, it can go west and attack Parthia. In fact, according to the reports from the spies, the Kushan Empire is indeed doing so."

"As for Kangju... when the Kushan Empire rose to power, Kangju was often beaten. Now Kangju has two choices: either go north to eat the bad land, or go south and take advantage of Parthia's weakness to bite hard. Sister, guess... how long can the Parthian Empire, facing internal and external troubles, survive?"

"Brother, you..." Nero was extremely shocked when he saw the sketch on the paper. "Brother, how do you know so much? How do you know about the Han Empire, the Yuezhi, and Kangju?"

PS: Will there be another chapter later?

Chapter 405: Preparations before the Battle

Because I was a descendant of the Han Empire in my previous life!

Tony opened his mouth, but it seemed...he couldn't say it?