My XX deal with Sister Nero

In 54 BC, Crassus led seven legions totaling more than people to attack Parthia. Because of his arrogance, he believed that the strength of the Parthian Empire was far inferior to that of the ancient Persian Empire. Since Alexander the Great could conquer Darius III, why couldn't he conquer the Parthian Empire?

However, the Achaemenid Empire under Darius III was an authentic agricultural nation, while the Parthian Empire was a typical oriental nomadic nation.

So Crassus paid the price of blood for his arrogance.

In 53 BC, the Battle of Carrhae broke out. Surena, who was young and vigorous and came from a prominent family, led cavalry to stop Crassus. Before the war, Surena systematically studied the strategies and tactics of the Roman Empire. On the one hand, he was arrogant, and on the other hand, he was well prepared. As a result, in the Carrhae area, the Romans suffered a great humiliation.

This is a very classic battle.

At the beginning of the war, Crassus used the Roman Empire's signature skill, the Roman tortoise formation, and Surena also used the Parthian cavalry's signature skill, the Parthian retaliation. The most direct result of this battle was that seven legions, more than 40,000 people, half of whom were killed in battle, and more than 10,000 were taken prisoner. Crassus, one of the three giants, was also killed on the spot, and the eagle flag symbolizing the glory of the Roman legion was also looted.

This battle established Surena's fame, but also brought him fatal disaster.

According to the idea of ​​Orodes, the king of kings of Parthia, he would lead the main force to attack Armenia first. After all, Armenia also had heavy cavalry, and its tactics were almost the same as those of the Parthian Empire, making it a tough opponent. Surena only had 20,000 troops, and his task was to delay Crassus' main force and wait for Orodes to deal with Armenia before turning his guns south to join Surena and then annihilate Crassus in one fell swoop.

But what he didn't expect was that before he conquered Armenia, Crassus was killed by Surena.

Therefore, Surena became the one who deserved the first credit in this battle. And unlike Li Shimin who gave a light warning to Li Jing, who was too successful, after discovering that Surena was too successful, the King of Kings did one thing, which was to find a reason to kill this young famous general.

As mentioned earlier, Surena was the head of the Suren family, one of the seven noble families of the Parthian Empire. The Suren family made great contributions in suppressing the invasion of the Serbs, so they were granted the fiefdom in Sistan by the King of Kings at that time. The Suren family, like other noble families, left a large number of collateral relatives in the fiefdom, while almost all direct members were in the capital, continuing to serve the empire.

However, unexpectedly, after the Battle of Carrhae, Orode not only killed Surena, but also killed almost all direct descendants of the Suren family in Ctesiphon.

Such an action naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the Suren family. Therefore, after learning the news, a branch of the Suren family far away in the fiefdom of Sistan rose up and established the Indo-Parthian Kingdom under the leadership of Gondophares I. After the death of Gondophares I, his son Gondophares II led the Indo-Parthian Kingdom to rise completely. In just over ten years, Gondophares II established a powerful kingdom that dominated northern India.

However, such a huge kingdom suddenly withered after the death of Gondopalus II. Gondopalus II died suddenly in 46 AD. Because he had not yet established an heir during his lifetime, a civil war broke out in this huge kingdom. A few years ago, around 50 AD, the Kushans rose and quickly occupied the northern part of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom. They suspended their attacks on them and began to shift their attention to the Parthian Empire in the west.

The Indo-Parthian Kingdom still had some self-awareness. Since it could not defeat its northern neighbors, and its western neighbors were now in a stage of internal and external troubles, then... wouldn't it be great to get some benefits from them?

And...the revenge from a hundred years ago has not yet been avenged!

About two days later, the Indo-Parthian Kingdom, under the banner of its Sassanid ally, sent out more than 10,000 troops to attack the Parthian Empire!

Unlike the Roman Empire, which focused on infantry, the Indo-Parthian Kingdom was of the same lineage as the Parthian Empire and was equally adept at heavy cavalry and horse archers. And most importantly, the land occupied by the Indo-Parthian Kingdom was one of the horse-producing areas of the former Parthian Empire. According to later research, there were at least 800,000 war horses in the Indo-Parthian Kingdom at this moment!

In other words, these 10,000-plus troops were all cavalry! Among them, there were at least 2,000 armored cavalry!

Although more than 10,000 cavalrymen would not cause serious damage to the Parthian Empire, they were enough to catch the Parthian Empire off guard.

"The Roman Empire has confirmed that its army is at least more than 200,000. At the same time, the Kushans have also sent 80,000 troops, and the Sulen family has sent more than 10,000 troops..." In a watchtower on the western border of the Parthian Empire, Tiridates looked at the intelligence in his hand and subconsciously frowned.

As an imperial general, Tiridates was very sensitive to the army. After the Kushans unified the Yuezhi, their power expanded, and they sent out 80,000 troops to attack the Parthian Empire, plus the more than 10,000 troops of the Sulen family... In other words, these two countries together probably had 100,000 troops. 100,000 troops, plus the rebels in the east, this number... The tribal kingdoms in the east could not be defended!

In other words, under such circumstances, the Eastern tribes would certainly try to protect themselves as much as possible, rather than sending troops to respond to the call of Vologases I and assist Vologases I in defending against the invasion of the Roman Empire.

At the same time, part of the army needed to go south to quell the rebellion of Sassanid Persia, and a considerable number of monarchs were unwilling to obey orders. In this way... the Parthian Empire might really be crushed by the Roman Empire.

Chapter 447: So, this little prince is actually just a boast?

"General, this is all the information about His Royal Highness Prince Odeni." Inside the Parthian border guards' barracks on the western border, a low-ranking general held a bundle of information and placed it in front of Tiridates, saying in a somewhat strange tone.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Seeing that his subordinate had a strange expression, Tiridati asked curiously.

"This... is actually nothing, it's just... the details will be clear after the general finishes reading the information." The low-level general coughed lightly and said somewhat unnaturally.

This information...is there something wrong?

I opened the document and took a closer look... emmmm, Tiridati suddenly began to doubt this world.

Before, he didn't know much about Tony. He had only heard about many things, such as that he was the most famous general of the Roman Empire, that he was very powerful, that he commanded the Battle of Thessaonica, that he led wars against the Pontic rebels, the Kingdom of Armenia and the Parthian Empire, that he launched a war against the Picts, that he put down the British rebellion, and that he put down the Gallic rebellion. If you just look at the title, it is indeed quite intimidating, so at the beginning, Tiridates subconsciously regarded him as a famous general at that time.

Then, in order to carefully deal with this famous general of the time, Tiridates ordered his people to collect detailed intelligence about Prince Odenis, and discovered... discovered... what kind of famous general is this!

In the Battle of Thessaonica, the most Tony did was invent the stirrup and then make a suggestion. To attack the Pontic rebels, he personally fought the Battle of Apamea, in which he led superior forces to attack the weak Pontic rebels... The most important thing is that this is the war that best reflects his command skills!

As for Tiridates, this war was just okay.

If it was Apamea who was defending the city at that time, he would not dare to pat his chest and say that he could easily see through Tony's plan, but at least he dared to say that he did much better than the general of the Pontic rebels, and he could even take the opportunity to counterattack.

As for Armenia and Parthia... Although Prince Odenis was nominally the supreme commander, in fact he basically did not participate in any battle. It is said that he made a mistake and was personally taken back by the Roman Emperor.

As for the attack on the Picts, there is nothing much to say, it can be summarized in two words: a smooth victory. There is also the suppression of the British rebellion and the Gallic rebellion... The British rebellion was suppressed by Decianus, and the Gallic rebellion was suppressed because the Christian Martha captured Windyx alive. These two have nothing to do with Prince Oddni!

So to sum up... this famous general of the Roman Empire was just exaggerated?

According to the folk description of the Roman Empire, this Prince Odenis was even more powerful than Vespasian, but what was the reality? In fact, if you really think about this Prince Odenis, he actually didn't have any outstanding military achievements!

He does nothing but bully the weak, and all the battles he fights are favorable. What kind of famous general is he?

Throwing the animal skin in his hand onto the table, Tiridati rubbed his forehead. In other words, there is no need to be wary of this prince. What he really needs to be wary of are the deputy generals under his command. Those... are the truly famous generals of the time!

If this is true, then... Tiridates suddenly had a clue about how to deal with this army.

Judging from Prince Odeni's actual battle record, it is obvious that his record is very exaggerated, and the reason why he was touted as the number one general of the Roman Empire is that it goes without saying that it must be the intention of the Roman emperor.

Su Wen: The Roman Emperor Nero loved his younger brother very much. He gave his younger brother some military achievements to brag about. Isn't this normal?

What about this Prince Oddney? It was obvious that he was still a child, and all his military exploits were done by his subordinates. So how capable was he?

Maybe he is a child with a wild imagination, but war cannot be solved by relying on a wild imagination!

As a famous general of the Parthian Empire, Tiridates quickly came up with a strategy to defeat the enemy.

Prince Odney is a child, but he is the supreme commander of this army. It can be seen from the fact that he led his personal guards to launch a surprise attack on the village of Ur that he is a child with a rebellious personality. He has a rebellious personality, became famous at a young age, and is not very good at command, so... why not take advantage of this opportunity?

For example... create a very simple plan that even a child can see through. Children generally don't think too much about it. They will think that they have seen through the other party's plan, while adults will think one more layer, such as this is actually fake, and then the best result is that His Royal Highness Prince Oddni will lead his troops to attack in a desperate attempt to prove himself, and he will suffer certain casualties and retreat, and after paralyzing the opponent several times, at the last time, there will be a plot reversal, taking the opportunity to capture His Royal Highness the Prince, and then use this to force the Roman Empire to surrender.

"This plan is feasible!" After thinking about it carefully, Tiridati took a deep breath and nodded slowly.

The Roman Empire is still mainly composed of heavy infantry, while the core army of the Parthian Empire is still armored cavalry and horse archers. Even if the number of troops on our side is not as large as that of the Roman Empire, but... we still have a chance of winning!

So the next thing to do is to find out how many people the Roman Empire will send to attack Parthia this time!

"Your Highness, the Kingdom of Osron has won a great victory so far. According to their report, it will only take a week at most. After a week, they will be able to control the entire territory of the Kingdom of Adiabene." In a temporary military camp, the famous Roman Empire general Vespasian stood beside Tony and said with a slight bow.

"Hmm? What about Parthia? Is there any unusual movement from Parthia?" Tony nodded thoughtfully.

"Currently, the Parthian Empire has only dispatched 150,000 troops to support the west. Including the 50,000 troops under Tiridates, there should be 200,000 troops concentrated on the western border of the Parthian Empire." Vespasian replied.

"Two hundred thousand?" Tony stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Speaking of which...how is Iskandar doing?"

Iskandar was one of the heroic spirits summoned by the restraining force because of the incident of Safalu. After repelling Safalu, Iskandar, the unorthodox Egyptian pharaoh, left Egypt and went to Parthia alone, intending to restore his former empire in Parthia.

However, up to now, there seems to be no news related to Iskandar in the Parthian Empire. So... where did this Macedonian monarch who once dominated Central Asia go?

Chapter 448: Iskandar by the Caspian Sea

Iskandar is the Arabic translation of Alexander the Great. After inheriting Macedonia, this great conqueror king, as a small country in northern Greece, seized Egypt and occupied Persia, and established a huge empire spanning three continents. However, after the death of Alexander the Great, this huge empire disintegrated, and the Seleucid Empire was defeated by the newly rising Parthian Empire.

Then, because of the appearance of Cefalu, the restraining force summoned several heroes, including Iskandar. After repelling Cefalu, the four Egyptian pharaohs, Cleopatra VII went to Rome because of Caesar, and Nitocris chose to travel because she was not good at politics and was not willing to get involved in the revival of Egypt. As for Iskandar... although he had the title of Egyptian Pharaoh, he was essentially the monarch of the Kingdom of Macedonia and had no sense of belonging to Egypt. This was like the Queen of England having the title of Queen of India two thousand years later. Even though she had the title of Queen of India, in essence, she was still a British rather than an Indian.

Similarly, Iskandar had no idea about reviving Egypt, and as a cavalry monarch, he also knew how unreliable it was to revive Egypt. Instead of doing that, it would be better for him to go to Parthia and revive his Alexander Empire.

Originally, Tony was thinking about lending some troops to Iskandar. After all, no matter how strong Iskandar was, he was just one person. What could he do without any soldiers?

But Iskandar refused. In his words, what he lacked was the people, not the army. If he really needed an army, his treasure "King's Army" could completely replace the troops prepared for him by Tony.

Tony thought about it and it seemed to make sense. After all, even the Royal Guards, which Tony could provide, could not match the King's Army, which was composed of all Heroic Spirits. Since they were all Martian soldiers, why not use stronger ones? Moreover, when the King's Army was used, no one of his own would die.

But having said that, after Iskandar went to the Parthian Empire... Tony never heard any news about Iskandar again.

According to reports from Roman spies stationed in the Parthian Empire, the last time they learned of Iskandar's movements was about half a year ago, when he appeared on the shore of the Caspian Sea.

"Caspi Sea?" Hearing this unfamiliar term, Tony subconsciously flipped through the map. After careful comparison, Tony realized that the Caspian Sea mentioned by the spy should be the Caspian Sea.

But... why did Iskandar go there? Whether it's historical facts or Type-Moon history, it's almost always stated that Iskandar wanted to see the sea at the end of the world, and it was for this reason that he went all the way east, but the sea here... he had fought to the Caspian Sea before, and knew that this was definitely not the sea at the end of the world, so why did he... choose to stay here?

Just when Tony was curious about Iskandar's actions, in a small village on the Caspian Sea.

"The chief said that this time we must recruit at least fifty soldiers from your village, otherwise... the chief doesn't mind having one less disobedient village under his rule!"

A Parthian soldier waved the scimitar in his hand and shouted to the village chief.

"But..." The village chief gritted his teeth and said fearfully, "There are not even 30 adult men in our village. How can I get 50 soldiers?"

"This is your business, not mine. Anyway, there are fifty people. I'll give you half a day, and no one can be left behind." The soldier said arrogantly.

Oh, the Sai people.

That’s right, although this village belonged to the Parthian Empire, the people living in the village were not true Parthians. In terms of bloodline and ancestry, they were Sakas.

The Sakas originally originated on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and migrated to the Tarim Basin more than 117 years ago. Later, in BC, due to the rise of the Yuezhi, they were forced to split into two groups. One group went south into India, while the other group had to go west to join their fellow Scythians.

The Saka people in the Parthian Empire were the Saka relatives of the Scythians who had planned to defect to the Kingdom of Scythia decades ago.

Not belonging to the main ethnic group of Parthia, and even being the target of persecution by the Parthians, to be honest, the Scythians did not have a good life in the Parthian Empire. The rich and capable ones either tried to get a government position or continued to move westward into Scythia. The old, weak and sick who had no money could only stay in Parthia and try to survive as long as possible.

Therefore, most of these low-level officials liked to persecute the local Saka people.

Okay, this is getting off topic.

In short, in this Saka village, there are less than thirty young men who can be used as fighting force. If they want to gather fifty people, they can only add twenty children or elderly people.

"Village chief, that guy... said he wanted to gather fifty people, is that right?" Just as the village chief looked gloomy, a middle-aged man with short red hair and a very strong build came up to the village chief and asked.

"Yes... But Mr. Iskandar, this is a matter within our village. You have helped us a lot, so..." The village chief looked at Iskandar standing beside him and shook his head slightly.

Speaking of which, since Mr. Iskandar moved to this village half a year ago, he has helped the villagers do a lot of good things, such as helping the elderly with farming, helping other young people with fishing, etc. It can be said that Mr. Iskandar has provided a lot of help to this village.

Now, Mr. Iskandar clearly showed an attitude, as if he wanted to stand up for the village.

Whether joining the army or taking action against these petty officials, the village chief thought that neither was a good idea. After all, Iskandar was already a bit of a benefactor, so how could he let this benefactor lose his life for our village?

Whether you go to the battlefield or resist, you will lose your life, right?

"Village chief, I know what you are worried about. Now I want to ask you a question. Are you willing to join me in resisting this official? If you are willing, I have the absolute power to protect you." Iskandar waved his hand casually, looked down at the short village chief, and asked.

"This..." The village chief looked at Iskandar hesitantly. To be honest, if possible, he would have wanted to rebel long ago, but the problem was that there were only more than 20 young men in the village who could serve as soldiers. How could he rebel?

Chapter 449: Are you planning a rebellion?

"If you are willing, I can help you, whether it is to leave the Parthian Empire or something else." Iskandar smiled, and a rather plain-looking dagger suddenly appeared out of thin air in his hand: "As long as you are willing, with the sword in my hand, it should be no problem to kill those officials."

"This..." The village chief could probably guess the level of these officials. These officials who were responsible for recruiting soldiers were basically ordinary people recruited by local officials at will. They had no combat effectiveness and could not do anything except blackmailing small villages.

So it’s fine for these petty officials to bully ordinary people, but for a big guy like this... I’m afraid they really can’t beat him.

But... even if the muscular Mr. Iskandar managed to drive away these petty officials this time, what would happen next? Then they would find a reason to arrest Mr. Iskandar. And the village... would also be hit.

But what if I don't resist? If I don't resist... that's it! At worst, I can go to my relatives in Scythia! Didn't my ancestors migrate here from the far east?

"Then... everything is up to you, Mr. Iskandar."

Speaking of which, although Iskandar’s name is well-known in later generations, in this era, Iskandar... is only known by educated people.

Especially this village, they only migrated here a few decades ago. If you ask them who Liu Bang is, they may know him, but if you ask them who Iskandar is... who knows?

But whether they know it or not, at least one thing is that Iskandar's muscles... are quite reassuring.

It would take only half a day for this village to gather fifty young men of military age to join the army. This was simply impossible. Instead of waiting until tomorrow morning and using the elderly and children to make up the numbers, it would be better to... give it a try!

"Then... I'll leave everything to you." The village chief looked at Iskandar meaningfully and said.

When he first arrived in the Parthian Empire, Iskandar had not thought about reviving the Alexander Empire. After all, it had been more than three hundred years since the Alexander Empire disappeared. These Parthians...where did the sense of belonging to the Alexander Empire come from?

Without any popular support, it would be impossible to revive in the name of the Alexander Empire. The simplest way was to use class contradictions to split the Parthian Empire.

After having a general idea, Iskandar said goodbye to the village chief and returned to his house.

At dawn the next day, these officials arrived at the small village as expected.

"How is our village chief? Fifty people...are they enough?" Looking at the hunched village chief, a minor official looked at him with a mocking look on his face.

"We..." The village chief opened his mouth. Even if they gathered fifty people, what would happen? There were no war horses in the village. These fifty people would only be cannon fodder on the front line, right?

"We haven't got fifty people yet, but the village can still get one person." Just as the clerk was looking at the village chief with a mocking expression, a very rough and heroic voice suddenly came from the village.

"Oh?" The clerk wanted to make a joke, but when he looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person coming was a sturdy and strong man, he subconsciously pulled out the wooden stick on his waist: "What? What are you doing?"

"I'm not doing anything." Glancing at the three clerks present, Iskandar grinned and said, "Now, you can turn around and leave. There are not even 50 young men in this village."

"Can't make it up?" The clerk raised his eyebrows and said gloomily, "If you can't make it up, then you can use money to pay for your head."

"But... this village has no money." Iskandar turned sideways and pointed at the extremely dilapidated village behind him and said, "The biggest local specialty of this village is fish. How much do you think this fish is worth?"

"I don't care how much you are worth!" For some reason, the clerk always felt a little angry when looking at this man. He snorted coldly, took two steps forward to Iskandar, and without thinking, he hit him directly on the forehead with a stick.

"Hey, hey, hey, let's talk it out, why are you hitting each other?" Iskandar smiled proudly and stretched out his hand to grab the stick that was hitting his head. He exerted force with his hand and broke the wooden stick into two pieces.

"You..." Looking at the stick in his hand that was broken into two pieces, the clerk's face flashed with panic, and then he shouted in a timid voice: "You...you want to rebel?!"

"Treason... is that a big deal?" Iskandar asked with a smile.