My XX deal with Sister Nero

According to Tiridati's plan, the city of Edessa must be abandoned. Cavalry is not good at defending cities, so Tiridati will at most leave a group of temporarily recruited slaves to guard the city. The remaining main force will retreat all the way to the southeast along the Mesopotamian Basin until the army withdraws into Ctesiphon, the former capital of the Parthian Empire.

Chapter 464: WDNMD was harmed for offending the Chinese people’s reputation

"You said, my brother is in danger now?"

Just as Tony continued to march towards the city of Edessa, on the other side, in the study of the Roman Palace, Nero stood up with a look of shock on his face, looked at Rosa with some panic, who was sitting on a recliner not far away and drinking a glass of red wine as if nothing had happened, and asked.

"Yes, there is danger. Simply put, he is being targeted." Rosa shrugged indifferently.

"Then... why is this happening? Why is my brother being targeted?" Nero was a little panicked. She knew her brother's ability, and she also knew that Rosa would not exaggerate... At least when it comes to Tony, Rosa would never exaggerate.

Moreover, Rosa also knew Tony's abilities, and even knew Tony better than Nero, so the danger that Rosa mentioned was definitely not something like the Parthian Empire!

After all, no matter how powerful the Parthian Empire is, it is not dangerous for Tony unless the army is defeated on the front line and is besieged to the point of running out of ammunition and food.

After all, the sister is worried about her brother only out of love, but the danger Rosa mentioned is a truly deadly danger!

"Because someone wants to be a villain and wants to destroy the world, and Tony happens to be the link of this world, so the best way to destroy the world is to kill Tony first." Rosa casually put the wine glass in his hand on the table next to him, then stood up and stretched before continuing: "Your Majesty, you should know that according to the original world line, Tony will be assassinated, right?"

"Yes, you mentioned it when we just met." Nero nodded.

When Rosa brought the heroic spirit Tony to find Nero, Rosa told Nero that Tony would be assassinated more than ten years later. In order to resurrect Tony, or to change the fact that Tony was assassinated, his future self used some means to turn this into a lossbelt, hoping to prolong Tony's life in this way and avoid the fact that he was assassinated.

But as Rosa said just now, this world line changed because of Tony, so Tony became the bond of this world. Killing Tony can change the world.

"I received a rather interesting piece of information when I went back some time ago. It recorded that in the original history, although Tony had some interactions with several Heroic Spirits of this era, he had almost no connection with the Magic Association. At the same time, in the original historical line, Cefalu was not resurrected, and the ancient Heroic Spirits were not resurrected. Even His Majesty did not receive the blessing of the Heroic Spirit's power in the original world line... But now, everything is there."

Having said this, Rosa paused for a moment before continuing, "This world line changed because of Tony's resurrection, and because I changed it in order to revive Tony. Therefore, the easiest way to destroy the world is to kill Tony or me, thereby destroying the bond of this world, and then completely destroying the world."

"Then why..." Nero opened his mouth and looked at Rosa who looked indifferent. Thinking of Rosa's true identity, he didn't say the second half of the sentence in the end.

"Then why didn't you choose to kill me, but chose to kill Tony, right?" Rosa chuckled and finished the second half of Nero's words with an indifferent look on his face.

"That's not what I meant..." Nero looked at Rosa awkwardly, and denied it with a slightly red face.

"It's okay. I understand." Rosa waved his hands, his expression gradually becoming serious. "Killing me is harmless. First, I don't belong to this world. I'm not the link between the worlds. It doesn't matter whether I'm killed or not. Second, Rosa is a name, a code name. If I die, the next guy to take control of that department will be Rosa. There's no way to kill all of them. And the most important thing is..."

At this point, Rosa took a deep breath, and the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up, revealing a hint of sneer, and said: "You are picking on the weak. How many of them... can be my opponent?"

"That's right..." Nero was stunned at first, then nodded.

Rosa is very strong. Although Nero has never seen Rosa take action, she can roughly feel that even now that she has obtained the power of a heroic spirit, she should not be Rosa's opponent.

"So, Tony is being targeted by someone, by that group of world destroyers... If they take action, then... Tony will definitely die!"

Certainty of death? !

Hearing this, Nero subconsciously took two steps back and forth and said, "No, my brother cannot be in danger. I must save my brother!"

"You can't do that, Your Majesty. There's an old saying in the East that a son of a rich family should not sit in the hall. You are Your Majesty, you must not take risks. And... Tony loves you. If you are in danger, you will most likely become a bargaining chip for the other party. In this way, Tony will be in even greater danger."

At this point, Rosa suddenly looked a little strange and muttered, "Ever since I heard that you two were together, I always feel a little awkward for some reason..."

"Your words make a lot of sense..." Nero said dejectedly after a moment of silence.

Nero didn't listen to the nonsense about a son of a wealthy family not being able to sit in the throne, but she did listen to Rosa's words.

If she went, her brother might suffer greater harm!

In that case...it's better not to go!

But my brother is in danger, and I have to save him!

Nero rolled his eyes and suddenly stared at Rosa who was standing next to him. It seemed that this guy... was just the right height, weight and body shape?

"Rosa... I heard that you are not married, right? I heard from my brother that you seem to be a lolita complex? Although I don't quite understand what lolita complex means, but... if you are willing to help me rescue my brother, then all the lolis in the Roman Empire, no, in the world, are available for you to choose!"

???

What are you talking about?! What do you mean I don’t have a wife? What do you mean I’m a lolita complex?! What did your shitty brother tell you?!

"Hmm, my brother seemed to have particularly emphasized that you like girls with white hair? Although this is a bit troublesome, it should still be possible to find one! As long as you can help me rescue my brother, I am willing to help you find a loli with white hair!" Nero suddenly clenched his fists and offered Rosa a more generous price.

WDNMD, is it because the average Chinese person has white hair and is obsessed with lolita? Is it because the Chinese people have been harmed by public opinion? I wonder if your brother's last name was Zhang in his previous life, why does he talk like a fool?

"Saving your brother is something I have already decided. After all, you should know what my purpose is in coming to this world and why I want to resurrect Tony in the future, so... Your Majesty, let's not talk about the white-haired lolita complex. I will just make the trip for you." Rosa rubbed his temple with a headache.

Chapter 465: Your Highness...is there something wrong with your brain?

Standing on the street in Rome, Rosa thought for a moment.

Tony was not familiar with himself and did not know that he was a lolita complex. Moreover, the time when he traveled through time was probably not long after the Japanese server launched 2.3. According to Rosa's investigation, Tony at that time knew very little about those virtual anchors at home and abroad. He only knew of Pink Idiot among the foreign ones, and he only knew of a stupid crosstalk group in China, like Hammer and so on, and did not know anything about them.

So it is obvious that the only one who knows his XP and knows how to control the average white hair of the Chinese people... is the Heroic Spirit Tony!

Only this piece of shit can say this to Nero!

But the heroic spirit Tony has disappeared. Even if Rosa wants to take revenge, he can't find the heroic spirit Tony unless he summons him again.

But... instead of going back to the research institute to summon another servant, it would be better to just put the blame on that little guy. It's all Tony anyway, so it doesn't matter who takes the blame.

"However... there are still a few guys in Rome who need to be closely watched. Tsk, their current fighting capacity... is totally insufficient." Rosa shook his head.

That's right, with his strength he can definitely fight against the Demon Pillar alone, but the problem is, there are more than one Demon Pillar. If there are two Demon Pillars, Rosa can only barely defeat them. If there are three Demon Pillars, he may only be able to passively defend. If there are four... he should run away. So now he has to first determine how many abnormal existences there are on the Parthian side.

Well, forget it. Anyway, it seems that I’m bound to run away to Parthia.

Just as Rosa was packing up and preparing to go to Parthia, on the other side.

Because the Parthian Empire's retreat was so confusing, Bruce and Tony were very cautious. In addition to sending out spies on a daily basis, Bruce also specially arranged a team of 100 people to clear the way about 100 meters ahead of the army, for fear that the other side would set up some traps on the road.

However, Tony and Bruce's worries were unnecessary.

What Tiridates wanted was to pretend to retreat and lure the Roman army into advancing further...so how could Tiridates deploy an ambush on the road?

It can be said that Tony and his party arrived at the city of Edessa without any danger.

"The sparsely populated army on the city wall... are they really serious?" Looking at the people on the wall who were in disheveled clothes and had no armor, it seemed that there were less than two thousand people on the wall of Edessa city... in total?

Two thousand men, want to defend the city of Edessa? This Tiridati...did his brain get caught in the city gate when he left the city a few days ago?

"Your Highness, I feel like something is wrong here." Looking up at the sparse soldiers on the city wall, Bruce frowned and whispered to Tony.

"Of course I know it's wrong." Tony, who had clairvoyance, saw more than Bruce. For example... he could see that the so-called soldiers on the city wall almost all had expressions of fear on their faces, and many of them even held their spears tightly with both hands, as if they would fall to the ground because of their weak legs if they let go.

What on earth was going on? It was not like he had never seen the light infantry of the Parthian Empire. Even if their equipment was backward, they were not that scary. And how come these guys... were even worse than the light infantry?

"Pass the order down. The army will not set up camp for the time being. Order the 15th Apollo Legion... to launch a tentative siege first. I always feel that there is something strange about this." Tony Jinzhou looked carefully at the soldiers standing on the city wall. His arrogant tone was a little difficult to understand.

"Not setting up camp?" Bruce was stunned at first after hearing this order, and then nodded slowly: "I understand."

Whether in the East or the West, generally speaking, when an army first arrives at the enemy's city, they will choose to set up camp and rest before attacking the city. After all, a siege war cannot be completed in a day or two.

But Tony...always felt that there was something wrong with the city before him.

Sure enough, seeing a reorganized Roman legion slowly advancing towards this side, several soldiers in the Parthian army on the city wall subconsciously dropped their weapons, and then left their posts with a look of horror.

"This is..." Looking at the scene on the city wall, Bruce was a little confused and couldn't figure out what was happening in front of him.

"Is that really the case..." Tony frowned, looking serious.

"Your Highness, what is going on?" Seeing that His Royal Highness seemed to understand something, Bruce subconsciously looked at Tony and asked curiously.

"General Bruce...you probably don't have any experience fighting the Parthians, right?" Tony suddenly spoke after looking at Bruce meaningfully.

"Your Highness... yes." Bruce looked at Tony awkwardly and answered with his head down.

That's right, Bruce had no experience fighting the Parthians.

Since the peace agreement between Augustus and Parthia that year, there had generally been no war between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire until more than a year ago, when Vologases I secretly manipulated several rebel forces to destroy the peace of the Roman Empire.

As a nobleman, if Bruce was a soldier, he might be assigned to the eastern border to meet these Parthians, but unfortunately, he was not. Most of his legionary experience was completed on the northern border, so the people he saw the most were the Germanic barbarians.

But Tony is different.

Tony had commanded a war with Parthia more than a year ago. He had seen the Parthian light infantry. Although the combat effectiveness of the Parthian light infantry composed of slaves was not very good, at least they looked like an army, unlike this group of defenders, who did not even look like soldiers.

When the Fifteenth Legion advanced to a certain extent, at the orders of the centurions, the legion's infantry stopped, and then the scorpion crossbows and archers were ready to launch a fierce covering attack on the city walls.

Originally, the legion commander was somewhat resistant to the order of His Royal Highness the Prince. After all, few people would attack a city without setting up camp first. In addition, His Royal Highness the Prince was young, so the legion commander initially thought that His Royal Highness did not know how to command and therefore gave random orders. However, he did not expect that after this round of arrows, the scene in front of him surprised the legion commander.

If there were such a thing as glasses in this era.

The Roman Empire was mainly composed of heavy infantry, so they did not have many archers. In fact, in many cases, the main source of archers for the Roman Empire was the vassal legions that came with it, so the Fifteenth Legion itself... had only a few hundred archers.

According to Tony's estimation, there are about hundreds of soldiers facing his wall. In other words, even if every arrow in this round of arrows can hit an enemy, there will still be a few standing on the wall.

However, what the legion commander did not expect was that after a round of arrows, the city wall was empty!

Chapter 466: The Unstoppable Roman Army

What about people?

What about the enemy troops on the city wall?

Looking at the empty city wall after a round of arrows, even though the legion commander had seen big winds and waves before, he couldn't help but be dazed.

Where are the people? Where have all the people gone?!

There must be at least three or four hundred soldiers on the city wall just now? How come all of them are gone after a round of arrows?

"General..." A centurion came to the legion commander with his head lowered, waiting for the legion commander's new orders.

It was obvious that the enemy was not squatting behind the arrow stack. After all, even if you squatted down, you might stick your head out from time to time when you moved, telling everyone that there were people on the city wall. But now... more than 5,000 soldiers, officers and generals were standing here, more than 5,000 pairs of eyes, and they saw nothing.

Either this means that the other side was well-trained and crawled on the wall and bridleway so that the Romans outside the city could not see them, or they were well-trained and squatted there motionless like turtles, or... they were all gone and ran away.

The legion commander would rather believe the latter.

Because when he first arrived at the bottom of the city wall, he saw several soldiers on the wall throwing away their weapons and running away quickly. What does this mean? It means that the other side is not well-trained, so... the first two are not true.

But... no matter how powerful the Parthian Empire's light infantry was, it wouldn't be possible for them to all run away after a round of arrows?

"...You, go to the back and get two ladders, then send a team of 100 men to check if there are any enemies on the wall."

"Yes, General." Although he was also a little confused about what was happening, the centurion still faithfully carried out the order.

After returning to the main camp and getting a few ladders, the centurion led his eighty soldiers and walked towards the city wall of Edessa using the ladders.

Arriving at the foot of the city wall and setting up the ladder, the hundred-man team carefully climbed up the wall, and then... just as the legion commander had expected, there was no one on the bridleway on the city wall, only those arrows that had been shot before were stuck crookedly on the bridleway, looking so... awkward.

After walking back and forth along the horse path for a long time, the century-man team that climbed onto the city wall finally confirmed one thing: for unknown reasons, the soldiers responsible for guarding the wall had retreated.

After sending several soldiers to open the city gate, the 15th Legion cautiously entered the city of Edessa.

"The enemy was defeated after one round of arrows?" Bruce's expression was a little subtle after listening to the report from the personal guards of the commander of the 15th Legion.

As a general, he had roughly judged the enemy's strength through the defenders on the city wall just now. Although the enemy's number was not large, they would not be wiped out after a round of arrows from a legion, right?

What does this mean? Is this to lure the enemy into deep street fighting?

If this were true, Bruce would probably have ridiculed General Tiridates, whom he had never met.

As we all know, in a siege, the commander of the defending side will find ways to use the city walls for defense and keep the enemy outside the city as much as possible, instead of luring the enemy into deep street fighting. Because the so-called street fighting is risking the lives of everyone in the city. If you push them too far, you may be attacked from both sides!

So... the enemy must have really fled.

But why, why did they flee after a round of arrows?

Bruce couldn't figure it out, and neither could Tony who was standing next to him.

From the time he encountered the Parthian cavalry in the wild until now, he has never figured it out. The only thing that is common is that the Parthians must have some conspiracy. As for what he hasn't figured out... it must be that he doesn't know what specific conspiracy the Parthians have.

In fact, he didn't expect this to be normal. On the one hand, Tony's biggest advantage over people of this era is just his familiarity with history. This doesn't mean he is smarter than people two thousand years ago. To be frank, in terms of military affairs and tactics, the reason why Tony plays to his strengths and avoids his weaknesses and only makes some major strategic plans instead of specifically commanding a war is because he understands, knows his weaknesses, and knows that he... simply can't command a war well.

"Is this their... City Lord's Mansion?" Tony opened his mouth and looked at the typical Greek building in front of him, but after a long while he couldn't come up with a specific name for this thing in front of him. In the end, he could only vaguely call it the City Lord's Mansion.

"Uh... Your Highness, this... should be the official residence of Governor Dizpat. According to the Parthian administrative division, this city belongs to the Dizpat level one, which is the lowest level among the three local administrative levels of the Parthian Empire." Seeing Tony's embarrassed look, Mary, who was standing next to Tony, lowered her voice and whispered to Tony.

"Oh, I see." After listening to Mary's narration, Tony nodded with an expression of "that's too much", then turned to look at Mary and suddenly said, "I didn't expect Sister Mary to know so much!"

"Ahem, Your Highness, thank you for the compliment." Mary lowered her head and said, "After all, I followed Your Highness to the Parthian expedition, so I naturally have to know a little about the situation of the Parthian Empire."

After hearing what Mary said, Bruce, who was standing not far away, looked over here with a strange expression.

Why did I feel like I was being mocked in that sentence just now?

Entering Governor Dizpat's residence, the first thing that caught Tony's eyes was some randomly discarded papyrus and animal skins, and some... stuff that he didn't know what it was.

The scene looked like a typhoon had just passed through.

"Your Highness, there is... no valuable intelligence here." Mary ordered her guards to casually pick up some discarded papyrus and animal skins from the ground and take a look. There was no valuable military intelligence on them. Except for a small part that was erased, most of the content was a simple description of the internal affairs of the Parthian Empire, and... some essays of Tiridates.