My XX deal with Sister Nero

Nero agreed because the Senate was the biggest obstacle to his engagement with his brother; Tony also agreed because the Senate at this moment was no longer the same Senate as before.

After experiencing a series of events, the Senate no longer has the prestige it had two years ago. Under Tony's repeated attacks, if the Senate does not behave itself at this time, then... I'm afraid the Senate will be stoned by all Roman citizens, right?

The Senate, the most elite of the imperial nobility, remained silent. The remaining small nobles shouted a few words, but then realized that Nero was very determined and finally had no choice but to... give up.

It is undeniable that the system of adopted sons' inheritance, which had been planned to be abolished since Caligula, has finally reached the brink of abolition again.

Relying on his prestige at the moment, Nero forcibly suppressed all the objections of the nobles. What remained was... to take advantage of this moment to release the news that had been prepared long ago.

"Interesting." Standing in the corner, Rosa looked up at Nero and Tony on the podium, gently shook the glass full of impurities in his hand, and said with an inexplicable smile.

Ever since the ancient Egyptians created glass two thousand years ago, glass has been used in various fields. For example... the cups on the banquet right now are almost all made of glass.

Of course, due to technical issues, the glass of this era is not as transparent as that of two thousand years later. The glass of this era is colorful and rich in impurities... The name "five-color glass" seems to be a good one?

The topic has gone too far.

After His Majesty Nero announced his marriage partner, the entire city of Rome was eerily silent for a moment, and then... the whole city cheered!

Unlike those nobles who focused on interests, ordinary Roman citizens did not have much common interests with the Claudius family. They only knew that His Majesty the Emperor, who was deeply loved by Roman citizens, and His Royal Highness the Prince, who was deeply loved by the citizens, finally came together. Isn’t this something worth cheering for?

Besides, in this age where bloodline is valued, only when people from the Claudius family marry each other can they produce offspring with the purest bloodline.

"Sister..." Looking at Nero standing beside him with a determined look on his face, Tony suddenly burst out laughing. This... seems not bad?

Now that my sister has announced that she is with me, then... it's time for me to repay her, for example... defeat Parthia in one fell swoop!

Just as Tony was thinking about how to contact Kangju and the Kushan Empire to attack Parthia, on the other side, Nero suddenly had a bold idea.

"Brother, do you think...is there any magic in this world that can make sound travel more widely?" After taking a sip of the wine in the glass, Nero turned his head to look at Tony and asked.

"Huh?" Tony was stunned. Magic that makes sound spread further? This description... why does it sound like a trumpet?

But... to be honest, although he knows that there are many kinds of magic and sorcery in the Type-Moon world, Tony... doesn't know much about magic and sorcery. He can roughly explain the magic theory of the Type-Moon world, but he really can't answer questions like what kind of magic there is...

"This... I really don't know." Tony shook his head.

"Hmm..." Nero nodded. Since his brother didn't know, he wouldn't embarrass him.

"But why are you asking this, sister?" Tony looked at Nero curiously, wondering why Nero asked this question.

"Originally, I asked my brother if he knew such magic and could help me so that all the squares in Rome could hear my voice." Nero looked at Tony and said with a smile.

"Oh oh oh." Tony nodded, roughly understanding what Nero meant.

It seems that my elder sister wants her voice to spread throughout the city of Rome, so that everyone in Rome will know that she is going to be engaged to me?

My elder sister really loves me deeply!

"I... suddenly have a very bad feeling!" In the corner of the square, looking at Nero who was chatting happily with his brother on the podium, Rosa's face suddenly changed, and a very strong sense of crisis arose.

To be honest, ever since he became the emperor and gained the most powerful power in that world, Rosa rarely felt this life-threatening sense of crisis. This time... Rosa's sixth sense told him that if he stayed any longer, he might very well lose his life here!

"A very bad premonition?" Xiao Changtian, who was standing next to Rosa and chewing a piece of steak, was stunned for a moment, swallowed the food in his mouth with force, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know. My intuition tells me that I... might die soon!" Rosa looked at Nero on the platform, feeling the growing sense of crisis, and suddenly shouted, "Oh no! Let's go!"

Almost at the same time, on the high platform, Nero stroked his brother's head, glanced at all the nobles present, and suddenly said: "You should know that my brother is an excellent general. He once attacked the Picts, defeated the Pontic rebels, conquered Armenia, and forced back the Parthian army. It can be said that among the many generals present, there should be many generals... who are not as good as my brother, right?"

After hearing Nero's words, the generals present hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

Forget it. Your Majesty is in a good mood. There is no need to bring bad luck to him.

Seeing everyone nodding, Nero's little face suddenly showed a hint of excitement: "I have been thinking that apart from granting you the fiefdom and the title of Augustus, what I can give you is really too little, and you shouldn't only get these rewards. So, I decided to compose a new song for you, called "The Fall of Troy", I hope you like it!"

Chapter 409: The Far East...

As we all know, after Nero's death, he was sentenced to "erasure of memory" by the Senate. That is to say, all records and sculptures related to Nero will be erased, and only the negative records related to Nero will remain.

From these negative records, we can roughly infer that Nero was actually a person who loved art. For example, records show that Nero had composed many songs by himself, and the most famous of these songs was "The Fall of Troy".

Rumor has it that the fire in Rome on the night of July 64, 7 AD was caused by a song composed by Nero called "The Fall of Troy". While singing this song, Nero ordered the burning of Rome to recreate the tragic situation of the Trojan War in mythology, and then... the song was recorded like this.

But in fact, according to official data of the Roman Empire, the Great Fire of Rome was actually an accidental fire, and Emperor Nero... was on vacation at the seaside 35 miles away at the moment. How could he have the time to secretly return to Rome to set fire?

But no matter what, no matter what the truth is, at least one thing is certain, that is, in history, there is indeed a song called "The Fall of Troy"...or an opera.

Now, our Majesty Nero intends to sing at this birthday party.

Speaking of which, there are three major death songs in the Type-Moon world, and the first one is the little dragon girl Elizabeth.

The reason why we cannot listen to Little Dragon Lady's singing is because she has dragon blood in her body. When she opens her mouth, she is not singing, she is releasing a dragon roar. Ordinary people who hear the dragon roar... those who are not dead are all heroes.

As for Nero and Fujimaru Ritsuka, that was purely because they were tone-deaf and their singing was bad. However, unlike Fujimaru Ritsuka, Nero's singing had a migraine so... there were a few flaws in her singing, and this flaw was magnified after she became a Heroic Spirit. So... when her Majesty was alive, her singing was not as good as her singing after she became a Heroic Spirit... the flaws were not as big.

But this flaw...is still a flaw after all, right?

"Sister! Wait..." Tony's face suddenly changed, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to stop Nero. However, our Prince was still a step too slow.

"Ah~" As Nero just opened his mouth, Tony felt dazed for a moment, and then he saw the Roman nobles below the platform, all of them were stunned as if they were hit by Sun Wukong's immobilization spell.

"Not good!" Tony was shocked, looking at the pupils of these nobles which had begun to dilate. This... this is going to wipe out the entire elite class of the Roman Empire!

"Pause!" Tony took a deep breath and suddenly clapped his hands, forcibly interrupting Nero's singing.

"...Huh?" Nero looked at his brother with some confusion and scratched his head: "What happened?"

"It's okay." Tony glanced silently at the nobles who were gradually coming back to their senses and reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief. If he hadn't just cleverly interrupted Nero's singing, I'm afraid now... the Parthian Empire would have been singing and dancing with joy, right?

All the elites of the empire have died. How could the enemies of the Roman Empire not be happy?

"Ahem." Offstage, Vanore, the second oldest senator in the empire, was the first to react. He coughed lightly, cast a grateful glance at Tony on the stage, and then said to Nero, "Your Majesty, this... ahem, today is your highness' birthday. If your Majesty sings loudly, it will inevitably steal your highness' limelight, so... please think twice."

"Hmm, you do make sense." After thinking for two seconds, Nero nodded seriously. Yes, it was her brother's birthday, and as an older sister, there was no need for her to steal her brother's limelight.

At almost the same time, in the far east.

Yuni City was the capital of Loulan, one of the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions. At this moment, on the city wall, Anluojia, the monarch of Loulan, looked at the army outside the city and fell to the ground with a look of horror.

After twenty years of recuperation, the Eastern Empire that once terrified the Western countries once again turned its military force towards them!

According to the "Book of Han", the entire country of Loulan had only more than 2,000 troops, while in front of Loulan there was an army of more than 50,000 Han soldiers!

"Who do you think is leading the troops on the opposite side?" King Anroga asked a general beside him, holding the arrowhead tightly with both hands.

"Your Majesty, the one leading the troops on the opposite side is... Xiahou Fengyi of Hanyang!" the general replied with a bitter look on his face.

If Tony was in Loulan at this moment, and if he heard the name Feng Yi, he might really jump in fright!

General of the Western Expedition, one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, Yangxiahou Fengyi!

It's just that this famous general in the early Eastern Han Dynasty died of illness in the tenth year of Jianwu, which was in 34 AD. Now it is 55 AD. Logically speaking, after twenty-one years, our Yang Xiahou's bones must have turned to ashes, right?

Not only Tony, but almost all the ministers of Loulan Kingdom knew this!

Ever since the chaos in the Western Han Dynasty, the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions have been paying close attention to the developments of the Han Dynasty. Although these small countries in the Western Regions do not have the ability to conquer the vast Central Plains, it is still okay to pay attention to the developments of their neighboring countries.

So, they witnessed with their own eyes the battle between the Son of the Plane and the Time Traveler.

In 36 AD, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu unified the Central Plains and established the Eastern Han Empire. What is different from the history of Tony's previous life is that the Son of the Plane in this life, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, seems to be... a girl.

And for some reason, our Emperor Liu Xiu seems to have the ability to remain ageless in appearance, just like a certain quilt-wearing king hundreds of years later.

In the Deyang Hall of the Luoyang Palace, Emperor Guangwu, who had just finished his court, stood up and prepared to return to the imperial study in the harem to review today's documents. At this moment, a maid suddenly came to Emperor Guangwu's ear and whispered, "Your Majesty, General Feng sent intelligence saying that the army has surrounded the capital of Loulan. Perhaps because of this, there have been unusual movements in the Western Regions such as Qiuci. In addition, spies in the north have sent intel that it seems that... Jiankun no longer exists."

Jiankun, a grassland nation located north of the Xiongnu, is not as powerful as the Xiongnu in combat, but compared with the countries in the Western Regions, Jiankun is still a behemoth.

You must know that in this era, Jiankun was already the northernmost country known to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Further north, there was only Siberia with ice and snow left.

Jiankun was destroyed? How is that possible? To the south was the Xiongnu, the suzerain of Jiankun, and to the east was its good friend Dingling. To the north and west... there was nothing!

"Did the spy say who killed Jiankun?" The queen, who looked very young, frowned slightly and asked.

"Your Majesty, the spies have not provided any relevant information." The maid said with her head lowered.

Chapter 410: The True Son of the Plane

"I understand. You can leave first." After a moment of silence, Liu Xiu waved his hand, signaling him to leave.

"Killing Hunters...huh?"

Liu Xiu knew many secrets that other people in this world did not know, such as the maids and guards around her. In the far west, there was a Roman Empire that was as powerful as the Han Empire. There was also a Prince Odenis in the Roman Empire. There were also... There was a group of people in this world who did not belong to this world.

If the title of Son of the Planes in the previous world where Tony lived was just a joke, then in this world, Son of the Planes... is a real title.

Liu Xiu is the true son of the plane in this world.

After all, this Liu Xiu is not the Liu Xiu who was on the verge of death in Tony’s previous life. This Liu Xiu is the Liu Xiu who has been blessed by the heroic spirits and has the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai!

Ever since Wang Mang usurped the throne and Liu Xiu obtained the blessing of the heroic spirit, she has made a decision. Now that she has the power of the heroic spirit, then...she will restore the glory of the Han Dynasty!

After killing Wang Mang and eliminating various local regimes and unifying the Central Plains, the Eastern Han Dynasty rested and recuperated for twenty years, and then... Liu Xiu launched his own treasure.

The twenty-eight star gods of Jianwu!

The so-called Twenty-Eight Star Gods of Jianwu actually refer to the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai, the most famous generals under Liu Xiu. These twenty-eight generals were the twenty-eight heroes who followed Liu Xiu to conquer the world. Although their reputations are not as loud as those generals in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty or the Three Kingdoms period, but the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai... any one of them would be enough to give the Roman Empire a headache if it were placed in the Roman Empire.

As a descendant of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu wanted to restore the glory of the Han Dynasty. At the very least, his territory should be similar to that of the Western Han Dynasty, right? Not to mention controlling the four counties of Lelang, at the very least, you have to restore the Western Regions Protectorate, right?

After all, the Silk Road is a good thing.

……

Tony didn't know, and even Rosa didn't know, that at this moment, in the distant East, the big man who once dominated the entire East was showing his fangs again!

"Ah... I'm so tired." Back in his bedroom, Tony couldn't wait to take off his toga. To be honest, although this thing is a symbol of status, this sexy purple color... Tsk tsk, in Tony's opinion, it's only slightly better than Wang Xiaoming's sexy pink color, so... it's better to not wear it if possible.

And even though it's made of silk, it's still too heavy and hot to wear these few pounds.

"Your Highness." After taking out a piece of cloth and wiping the sweat off Tony's face, Tita helped Tony take off his toga and asked softly, "Your Highness, are you satisfied with today's birthday party?"

"Satisfied, of course I am satisfied." Tony obediently cooperated with Tita to undress, and nodded: "Except that my sister suddenly sang and I was a little overwhelmed, everything else is... very satisfactory."

To be honest, if you really want to talk about it, this birthday party still has a bit of political flavor in it, but Tony can understand it. After all, he is a prince, and his every move inevitably carries certain political factors... Well, maybe he didn't mean that, but in the eyes of others, that's what he meant.

Well, it doesn't matter.

The birthday is over, and according to Tony's plan, the next thing to do is the Northern Territory Martial Arts Show.

In order to deal with the Germans, the empire originally deployed six legions in the north, which was about 30,000 people. Including the armies of vassal states and some logistical personnel, the Roman Empire deployed nearly 100,000 people in the Upper Germania province alone. However, because of the upcoming attack on Parthia, Tony withdrew nearly half of the troops from the Upper Germania province. Now, the army of the Upper Germania province is less than 60,000.

Although this number of troops is not enough for an expedition to the Germanic region, it is sufficient for military exercises.

The so-called military exercises are nothing more than a show of force. Although Tony had never participated in a military exercise in his previous life, it was not a problem for him to organize one by following the same pattern.

The troops of the Upper Germanic province suddenly assembled, shocking the entire Germanic region.

No, didn't we agree on this? We didn't do this, it was Parthia who did it. Why are you gathering your troops now?

The Germans were panicked, but the Parthians were very happy.

The Roman Empire's gathering of troops in the Upper Germanic region meant that the Roman Empire intended to send troops to Germany, which also showed that its plan was very successful, so... it could go to the other side's Sassanid Kingdom with confidence!

But...it seems that the movements of several armies in the Roman Empire are rather strange?

Why did several armies of the Roman Empire march towards Jerusalem and Egypt?

Well, it’s not aimed at us anyway, so it’s none of our business.

"So... when does my brother plan to attack Parthia?" Two days later, in the study of the palace, Nero suddenly asked his brother as he looked at his brother standing in front of the desk and looking at the map carefully.

"It would be best if it were after June." Tony stretched out his fingers and tapped the map on the table as he spoke. "According to the intelligence from Parthia, Parthia's warships are almost ready now. They are currently gathering troops and plan to launch an offensive against the Sassanid Kingdom in late May. According to calculations, it will take them about five days to sail from Parthia to Sassanid Kingdom, which means it will take ten days to go back and forth. And according to intelligence, Sassanid Kingdom has now formed a decent army, so... they may have to wait until mid-June to completely conquer Sassanid Kingdom."

"So... brother, are you planning to wait until they attack the Sassanid Empire and then take the opportunity to attack Parthia?" Nero looked at Tony with some curiosity. Even if the Sassanid Empire gathered more troops, it would not be enough to force Parthia to give its all.

According to estimates, Parthia would probably only be able to muster 30,000 troops at most for this expedition to the Sassanid Empire. If Parthia had not had a navy, the Sassanid Empire would have been destroyed a hundred or eighty times by now.

"No, no, no... I will find a way to get rid of these 30,000 troops first." Tony raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and looked out of the window, looking towards the distant East.

"You said... someone came to offer advice, claiming that it could help our soldiers quickly adapt to water combat?" Inside the emperor's palace, Vologases I frowned as he looked at the servant kneeling in front of him.

"Yes, Your Majesty. That's what the man outside the palace gate said. He said that this matter can only be known to Your Majesty. It seems...it seems that he intends to exchange corresponding benefits from it."

Chapter 411: Chained Battleships

"In exchange for benefits?" Upon hearing the servant's answer, Vologases I's frown suddenly relaxed.

If the other party said that he was offering advice for the sake of the country, then Vologases I would immediately send someone to beat the shit out of him, but if he said that it was in exchange for corresponding benefits... then it's worth listening to.

This era is different from the future. In this era, there are no ship-borne missiles and various naval guns, and there are not even cannons from the Age of Discovery. The naval battles of this era are nothing more than using the crossbows and catapults on the ship to carry out long-range attacks, and then gradually approaching to use archers to launch medium-range attacks on enemy ships by firing rockets, and finally boarding the enemy ships, with the infantry on the ships jumping onto the enemy ships and engaging in close combat with the enemy.

However, the Parthians did not know how to fight at sea.