My XX deal with Sister Nero

To be honest, although later generations said that there were four superpowers in this era, in Tony's eyes, the Kushan Empire, a country that could only muster an army of 200,000, was simply the tallest among dwarfs and a worthless superpower.

Apart from that? Parthia began to decline, and the only two that could truly be called superpowers were the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty.

However... at this moment the Eastern Han Dynasty has not yet recovered to its heyday. At least for now, the Western Regions are not under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After Wang Mang usurped the throne, the Western Regions were in chaos, and our senior time traveler had no intention of managing the Western Regions for the time being, so he simply abolished the Protectorate of the Western Regions, until Miss Liu Xiu... ahem, until Emperor Guangwu came to power, the eighteen countries in the Western Regions requested to restore the Protectorate, but Emperor Guangwu refused. It was not until the seventeenth year of Yongping that Emperor Ming of Han reopened the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

It’s just that the Western Regions Protectorate has not been reopened yet, otherwise Tony might be able to use the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty to oppress the Parthian Empire.

Of course, these are just things to think about.

In short, if luck is good, the Sassanid Empire will be responsible for attracting Parthia's firepower, the Roman Empire will be responsible for taking the opportunity to raid Parthia, and the remaining countries will be responsible for beating the fallen dog and completely destroying this huge country until it is replaced by Sassanid Persia.

Even if the Roman Empire is unlucky, it can still cripple Parthia. In this way, if the Roman Empire wants to attack Parthia for the third time in the future... Parthia will not be able to fight back much.

Now that it has been decided to take action against Parthia, the next thing to do is to deploy the corresponding troops.

According to the Senate's estimate, this time, the Roman Empire itself will dispatch 250,000 troops, and the vassal states of the Roman Empire will form a coalition of 150,000 troops to cooperate with the Roman Empire to attack Parthia!

Four hundred thousand troops was the maximum that the Roman Empire could muster without shaking the foundation of the country.

According to Tony's strategic deployment, the main offensive direction of the Roman Empire is still the vast land from the Armenian Mountains to the Mesopotamian Basin. This is the buffer zone between the Roman Empire and Parthia. In addition to Armenia, there are several vassal states of the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire on this land. The territories of these vassal states will become the main battlefield between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire.

In addition, a small number of Roman troops will use Armenia's Caspian Sea Fleet to land in the Golestan area in northern Parthia to distract the enemy's attention. In addition, the Roman Empire will send 10,000 to 20,000 people from the Egyptian province to land in southern Persia to cooperate with the rebels in southern Parthia to attack Isfahan and Ctesiphon.

If the Great Yuezhi could understand the current situation, then... they would take the opportunity to send troops to attack Parthia.

Okay, that's Tony's basic strategic layout.

From the beginning of war preparations to the official start of the war, Tony estimated that it would take at least three or four months, and during this time...

"Brother, your birthday is in a few days. Are you happy?" Nero held Tony and sat him down next to him, stroking his brother's head and asked.

"Happy~" Tony said to his sister with an innocent smile on his face.

Birthday party? Of course Tony was happy, but he was not happy about his birthday, but about his sister celebrating his birthday.

If it weren’t for Nero, to be honest, Tony really wouldn’t know when his birthday was. He did remember his birthday in his previous life, but in this life... God knows when the previous owner of this body had his birthday!

Well, then again, it’s normal for a sister to remember her brother’s birthday, right?

For example, in his previous life, Tony received a gift from his sister on his birthday, a... 1.5-meter-long Papa Teddy Bear.

Ah...when Tony thought of that Papa Bear, when he thought of that Papa Bear who was full of his sister's love, he just... wanted to hang his sister up and beat her!

It was summer! It was a summer with the temperature approaching 40 degrees Celsius! A furry 1.5 meter long Papa Bear was sent to the dormitory of Tony's school in his previous life.

This Papa Bear takes up half of the bed! Just imagine, in the hot summer, with temperatures of 30 or 40 degrees, how would it feel to sleep with a furry Papa Bear in your arms?

Assi...

Forget it, let’s not talk about this.

Compared to the sister in his previous life, the sister in this life is the one who dotes on Tony. She is the type who holds Tony in her mouth for fear that he will melt, and holds him in her hands for fear that he will fall. Her brother's birthday? Although it's not a national celebration, it should be okay for the whole city to celebrate!

So, under Nero's order, each street office under the Roman City Hall... ahem, each Visi received his first task.

The whole city was informed that on the birthday of His Royal Highness Prince Odenius, the Claudius family would hold banquets in various squares and invite all citizens of the city to attend. At the same time, His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince would also appear in the Forum of Augustus to celebrate His Royal Highness the Prince's birthday with the citizens of Rome.

Tony was confused.

This... Didn't we just say that the birthday party would be held in Augustus Square?

Just as Nero was preparing for his brother's birthday, on the other side.

"Is there any movement in Rome?" Inside the emperor's palace in Isfahan, the great King of Kings of the Parthian Empire, Vologases I, asked a young man in a black robe beside him.

"Your Majesty, yes." The young man bowed his body and replied, "There are unusual movements in the Roman Empire's army. The northern legions have entered a full state of combat readiness. It seems that they are preparing to attack the Germanic region. In addition, in Rome, Emperor Nero seems to be planning to prepare a grand birthday party for Prince Odeni, so..."

"So the Roman Empire has no plans to attack us at the moment, right?" Vologases I nodded. It seems that his strategy... is very effective.

But in fact... this strategy has long been ineffective.

Yes, Nero wanted to celebrate with the whole city, but his main purpose was to take this opportunity to requisition grain from the province of Egypt to Rome for use by the troops.

If the Roman Empire suddenly requisitioned grain on a large scale, it would certainly arouse the Parthians' vigilance. However, if it did so under the pretext of celebrating its brother's birthday... then the Roman Empire would have enough reason to requisition grain from Egypt to supplement its military needs.

PS: I had planned to update three chapters yesterday, but my teeth hurt so much at night. I don’t know why, but it hurt for a week. But I could still bear it until last night, until last night... the pain was really unbearable, and I couldn’t concentrate on writing, so I’m going to quit. I feel a little better today, so I’ll try to write three chapters.

Chapter 406: These siblings are a perfect match~

From Parthia's perspective, the Roman Empire is now preparing to attack Germany while preparing for His Royal Highness's birthday... Yes, this is very Roman. After all, according to previous intelligence, our Emperor loves his younger brother very much. It is reasonable to hold a grand birthday party for his younger brother during the war!

Anyway, for the Roman Empire at this moment, the conquest of Germanic was not considered a national war.

So, logically speaking, the Roman Empire’s reaction at this moment... is quite normal?

While the border was preparing for battle, the core areas of the Roman Empire were preparing for grand celebrations, which was indeed in line with the usual style of the Roman Empire.

In short, for Parthia, the Roman Empire at this moment was behaving very "normally".

Since the Roman Empire has not yet discovered the real murderer behind the scenes, and even plans to attack Germany according to Parthia's wishes, then... he can take the opportunity to attack the Sassanid Empire.

After half a year of preparation, Parthia had built a sufficient number of transport ships, which were enough for the Parthian Empire to attack the Sassanid Empire.

Although it was an island country, the Sassanid Empire did not have a large navy due to its limited supplies. Once Parthia invaded the Sassanid Empire, then... King Shanuar would have no choice but to be killed.

The fleet is ready. The next thing to do is to mobilize food and assemble troops to prepare for the expedition to the Sassanid Kingdom!

Because the Sassanid Kingdom was located on an island and had no enemies around it, it only had a small number of militia to maintain public order. Of course, upon learning that the Parthian Empire was about to invade, the Sassanid Kingdom lobbied various countries while ordering the conscription of the army to prepare for any emergency.

While Parthia was busy preparing to attack the Sassanid Empire, on the other side, the capital of the Roman Empire was in a state of turmoil because of Nero's order.

Not to mention that Tony himself has a very high prestige among the citizens of Rome. At the very least, the country organizes a grand banquet. Do you think you would be happy?

Happy! There is free food, and it tastes good, who wouldn’t be happy!

Following Nero's order, tons of beef, pork, mutton, fish and other meats as well as countless dairy products and wines poured into Rome from all over the place. In just half a month, the food in the city of Rome could almost be described as piled up like a mountain.

Early morning of April 26th.

"Brother, you look so good in this toga." She reached out to help Tony straighten his collar and said happily.

At Nero's strong request, Tony wore the pure purple toga today. In Nero's words, this was his brother's first birthday in many years and he deserved to wear this toga.

After putting on the pure purple toga and taking a deep breath, Tony mounted his horse and headed towards the Forum of Augustus under the protection of several personal guards.

"Your Highness!" Tony had just left the palace and hadn't reacted yet when he suddenly heard a thunderous cheer coming from the central square of the city. The cheers were so loud that they almost knocked Tony off his horse.

"What's going on?" Tony glanced around in confusion and then subconsciously patted his chest. "I was scared to death. I thought he was going to take the opportunity to do something bad to me."

"Ahem...brother, be serious." Beside Tony, Nero, who was dressed in a mythical ceremonial costume, coughed lightly, pulled his brother's hand, and said to Tony with a tense little face.

…Okay, serious.

Tony coughed lightly, imitated Nero's expression with a tense face, held the reins in his hands, and rode the horse slowly forward.

"Is this Tony? The one you chose?" In the crowd, Xiao Changtian, who was dressed like a slave, lowered his head, glanced at Tony riding a horse, and then asked Rosa next to him in a low voice.

"Of course, after this guy joins our organization, he should be considered outstanding in terms of military strategy and personal strength, right?" Rosa shook his head and said, "There are too many useless people in the organization, many of whom are incompetent in both civil and military affairs. He will be able to balance the situation with the useless people in the organization."

"Tsk, this is not your problem." Xiao Changtian curled his lips: "You are the one who set the organization's recruitment requirements. Which of us so-called senior executives was not selected by you personally? There are so many no-good people, who can you blame?"

"Blame me, blame me. You guys, I provided you with such a good platform, and look at what you have done. Only Fifteen has worked harder. If he continues to develop like this, he will sooner or later become the pillar of the organization and replace me and the Third Brother." Rosa smiled, looking at Tony riding a horse in front of him, and said in a somewhat inexplicable tone: "It is said that I harmed his future, so I have been reluctant to recruit him into the organization. What do you think... when that day comes, when he knows the biggest secret of our organization, how will he react?"

"Reaction? What other reaction could you have except surprise?" Xiao Changtian looked down at the slightly red scar on his wrist and said, "Except for the Third Brother who didn't have the energy to be surprised at the time, who else wouldn't be shocked? What? You still want to cry and be angry?"

"Just go with Luo." Rosa shook her head, looked at the girl in a white gauze dress across the street, and suddenly said, "Here, your old lover."

“??? Fuck you!” Xiao Changtian looked up across the street, saw Barbatos standing across the street, and cursed subconsciously.

"What's wrong? Didn't you have a good relationship with him before?" Rosa said to Xiao Changtian with a malicious smile on his face.

"Okay, okay, shut up now, let's go to the Forum of Augustus to watch the ceremony."

Strictly speaking, Rosa and Xiao Changtian had no identity in the Roman Empire. Even in terms of appearance, they had typical Han Chinese faces, and in the Roman Empire, only one type of people had such faces, and that was slaves.

They were slaves sold into the Roman Empire.

Therefore, with Rosa and Xiao Changtian's identities, they were not allowed to enter the Augustus Square, let alone get close to the Augustus Square.

But fortunately, when Rosa and the heroic spirit Tony were hanging out together, Nero prepared waist badges for them to facilitate their movements so that the governors and municipal officials from all over the country could identify their identities. At this moment, Rosa was able to sneak into the Augustus Forum with the help of this waist badge.

"Tsk tsk, this brother and sister are really a match made in heaven." Looking at Tony and Nero on the high platform in the distance, Xiao Changtian suddenly spoke, thoughtfully.

PS: Ahem, I wrote another chapter today. I forgot that today is the tenth anniversary of Bilibili. I was so excited watching the live broadcast... I have something to do tomorrow, and it will probably be after 1 a.m. when I get home, so... I will get up as early as possible tomorrow to write and update. If there is no update before 9:30 in the morning, then... there will be no update until the early morning.

Chapter 407: Brother, let’s get engaged!

"A perfect match? Ha, if Tony heard this, he would probably wake up laughing in his dreams, right?" Rosa curled her lips, "Some time ago, I summoned the heroic spirit Tony and brought him to this world. I don't know if it's because my future self changed this world, but our prince said that he dreamed of me and that he thought I was Nero's fiancé. No, Lao Xiao, you know me. Did you say I have a girlfriend?"

"Yes." Xiao Changtian looked at Rosa meaningfully and said, "Or rather, you once had it."

"...So I don't really like listening to you." Rosa opened his mouth: "But then again, I'm from the second dimension, I'm a fat otaku, but just because I lick the figurines doesn't mean I'll lick the real ones too. Think about it, I have so many wives, can I lick them all if I want? Can my harem be harmonious?"

"...Although what you said is a bit nonsense, it makes sense." Xiao Changtian said thoughtfully.

"So, I don't have any strong feelings for Nero. If I really have to say, at most I just met my 2D wife... I was a little happy?" Rosa touched his chin, looked at Tony and Nero who were holding their glasses high on the podium, and said, "Anyway, I won't really like Nero, and... these two, one is obsessed with his sister and the other is obsessed with his brother, how can they not be a perfect match?"

"Okay." Xiao Changtian shrugged and said, "So this birthday party is the one that the sister prepared for her brother out of compensation?"

"Not necessarily." Looking at Nero on the platform, Rosa narrowed his eyes slightly: "My intuition tells me that Nero's thoughts should not be that simple."

Rosa's intuition was spot on.

The reason why he could stand at the top of the world he originally belonged to, besides his own fighting ability and a series of coincidences, was that his intuition was very accurate, which could almost be described as abnormal.

For example, one day, some of Rosa's opponents received intelligence that Rosa would go to a certain place at a certain time, and then these opponents would organize assassins to attack Rosa. However, Rosa's intuition would often tell Rosa in advance that he could not go to that place today.

And then... Rosa really didn't go.

There are so many things like this, so many that no matter how incredible they are, Rosa will choose to trust his intuition.

"I'm sure you're all a little confused as to why I would hold such a grand birthday party for my brother." Nero was standing on the platform, looking at everyone present. He suddenly turned his head and smiled lovingly at his brother, saying, "As you all know, my brother went missing when he was very young. At that time, the late emperor and I searched for him for a long time but couldn't find him. It wasn't until two years ago that I finally found him in Macedonia."

"When my brother left, he was only five years old. I don't know how much he suffered for his life outside, but I know that I am his elder sister and I should protect him from the wind and rain. Now that he is back, I have the obligation to let him live a comfortable life. So from the beginning, I planned to satisfy all of his willful wishes, because he is still my younger brother."

"It's just that you all should know that I am the elder sister. One day, I will get married. One day, I will not be able to take care of my younger brother. One day, I..."

At this point, Nero paused and suddenly said: "I always thought that what I did was what a sister should do, but later, I realized that I was wrong."

"Hmm?" Hearing these words, looking at Nero's expression on the platform, and watching the Roman officials around him whispering, Tony's heart moved. Could it be that Nero was planning to...

"Gentlemen! I figured it out quickly. Since I love my brother deeply and want to protect him for the rest of my life, and I have to get married, how should I choose? It's actually very simple!"

At this point, Nero suddenly paused, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "Some time ago, I issued a notice to tell the world that I was going to get married, but the notice did not say who I was going to marry. Now, I can tell you that the person I am going to marry is Prince Odenius, Tony Claudius Augustus Germanicus!"

what? !

Upon hearing Nero's proclamation, the Roman knights and new aristocrats present were stunned at first, and then there was a "buzz" sound, as if something was thrown into the water, and public opinion exploded instantly.

Nero's marriage partner is Tony? !

A long time ago, since ancient times, all countries in the world have the custom of holy marriage between blood relatives. Except for Zoroastrianism and Egypt, Japan, Celtic, Inca and other countries or cultural regions all have the custom of holy marriage between blood relatives. After all, in that era, everyone only knew about the nobility of bloodline, as for genetic diseases and the like... what are those?

Therefore, the people present would not raise any objection from this aspect, but... as for the marriage between His Majesty and His Highness, from the perspective of their own interests, this must be opposed!

Let's put it this way, what is His Majesty's status? He is the emperor. If someone's child marries His Majesty, what does it mean? It means that the next generation of your family is very likely to become the new emperor! And what about His Royal Highness? His Royal Highness Prince Oddney, apart from anything else, in this era where polygamy is established, even if he cannot inherit the Oddney Territory, according to the current situation, His Majesty seems to intend to hand over the entire Britain and Ireland to His Royal Highness!

Not to mention the Odney Territory, based on His Highness's ability, his descendants... I want another piece of land, is that too much?

To put it bluntly, no matter who marries His Highness or His Majesty, the family behind him will be able to gain enough benefits and advantages, but if these two siblings get married... no one will benefit!

"Your Majesty..." About half a minute later, a noble was about to open his mouth to refute, but Nero suddenly waved his hand at him and said, "I know that there will be many people in the empire who oppose me and think that I should not marry my brother, but I just want to make one thing clear, I will not give in. You can choose to accept or not accept, but I don't care if you don't accept it."

Hiss...interesting!

Subconsciously turning his head to glance at Nero, looking at Nero's serious expression, Tony roughly understood that this time...his elder sister was probably really not going to give in at all.

"I have made up my mind. June 3rd will be the day for my engagement ceremony. If you are willing to attend my engagement ceremony, I will definitely welcome you. However, if you are not willing, you can also sit at home and spend this day peacefully."

PS1: Thanks to "Busy with studies, goodbye" for the reward of a bag of spicy noodles, thank you~

PS2: I have been so busy these days that I am so exhausted. I really don’t have the energy to write, but I can’t keep on writing. I will only write one chapter today, and tomorrow... I will try to write one chapter tomorrow as well. I will try to finish my work this week and update steadily next week.

Chapter 408: Your Majesty is invited to sing the famous song "The Fall of Troy"!

On June 3, the fifth head of the Julian-Claudian dynasty of the Roman Empire, His Majesty Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, will hold an engagement ceremony with his younger brother, Prince Odenius of the Roman Empire, Tony Claudius Augustus Germanicus!

In the Forum of Augustus, when Nero said these words in a very firm tone, all the nobles of the entire Roman Empire almost subconsciously became excited.

The senators were easier to deal with, after all, Nero had already reached a deal with the Senate. The Senate made concessions on Nero's wedding, and instead, Nero would not take advantage of the assassination of Agrippina the Younger and the rebellion of Vindice to weaken the Senate.