My XX deal with Sister Nero

But I didn't expect that my other roommate was a bit soft-hearted. He listened to his girlfriend and changed the location of the party temporarily, asking everyone to go to his hometown. I... Not only did I not have a car to come back at night, but I didn't bring a charger when I went out, and my phone ran out of battery at around 9 o'clock. This person is simply amazing

Chapter 500: Heroic Spirits, join the battle!

"A stalemate..." Atalanta's heart tightened when she heard this word. A stalemate means that the Roman Empire will not be able to provide them with any help within several months or even a year. After all... from Tony's tone, it seems that the Roman Empire has bet all its chips. If this is true, then... before the end of the war, the Roman Empire may really not be able to help Atalanta and the others.

But...even though Atalanta was born a princess and had mastered some military command skills, the military command skills from the Age of Gods are completely useless now!

In the Age of Gods, wars were all about who was braver and more powerful. Everyone basically rushed forward and dispersed in a hurry. There was no such thing as a battle formation. It was not until after Alexander the Great that the West began to have battle formations in the true sense.

Not to mention Hercules, he was not as good as Atalanta in military command.

"If we knew how to give orders, maybe we could help you..." Ta Miao sighed, looking a little frustrated.

"If you are willing... you can really help me!" Tony looked at Tamiao and smiled cunningly.

After finding helpers, Tony happily handed the task of executing "Rosa" to his sister. Then on a sunny morning, Tony once again led his legion and three heroes to the Anatolian Peninsula.

"So, this time, the reinforcements that Her Majesty Cleopatra VII found for me... will be waiting for us in Byzantium?" Sitting in the carriage, Tony asked Cleopatra VII who was riding a horse beside his carriage.

"You...if you really don't want to call me ancestor, you can just call me sister..." Cleopatra VII sighed speechlessly and said to Tony with a tired face.

Ancestors? Tony couldn't quite bring himself to say it.

Be it in the previous life or this life, Tony and Cleopatra VII have no blood relationship, and Cleopatra VII was resurrected in a very young state, so how could Tony shout out?

"Okay, then...sister?" Tony called out tentatively, looking at Cleopatra VII somewhat awkwardly.

"That's good enough." Cleopatra VII nodded with satisfaction.

……

The situation on the front line continues to deteriorate.

Because Tony did not issue an order to return to defend, the front-line troops did not dare to mobilize a large number of troops to return to defend. The front-line troops dared to do only to ensure that their food transportation routes were not cut off by the enemy as much as possible. Fortunately, several vassal states at the front still had some food. Although it was not possible to feed the 500,000 troops for a long time, it was still no problem to hold out for a while...

So...if possible, it would be best to get rid of the Parthian cavalry on the Anatolian Peninsula as soon as possible.

How to deal with the enemy? Actually, it's very simple.

Tony doesn't have many troops now. Apart from his own personal guards, there are only the First Legion of Odney directly under his command, which has less than 600 people in total. In addition, there are five heroes including himself.

It can be said that this is a truly elite force!

Since they are an elite force, their purpose is naturally to kill the enemy's leader, for example... try to attract Tiridates first, and then kill him!

Just as Tony was heading to Byzantium, on the other side.

"What a miserable death." Looking at the vultures circling in the sky and the corpses on the ground, Rosa covered his nose with his hand in disgust and said to himself.

"Your Majesty, what should we do next?" A young man dressed in typical Hun uniform asked with his head down, looking at Rosa who was standing in front of him.

"What should we do? What can we do?" Rosa shook his head and said, "The Black Dog Corps has come to this world. What does this mean? It means that other Lostbelts can come to this world at any time, and we... can only passively defend."

Sighing, Rosa looked up at the sky. He had no idea about the space-time coordinates of these Lostbelts and had no way to determine them. Rosa, who always believed that the best defense was offense, was completely helpless with these Lostbelts at the moment.

Failure to determine the space-time coordinates of these Lostbelts means that one cannot grasp the location of the Lostbelts, and cannot "anchor" in other Lostbelts. If one cannot "anchor" in the corresponding Lostbelts, there is no way to send troops to eliminate the enemy at the source.

"Can you find out the other party's current whereabouts?" After an unknown amount of time, Rosa suddenly turned his head and looked at the young man behind him and asked.

"Your Majesty, if you want to track the enemy, it's very simple." The young man behind Rosa answered with his head down.

"Yeah...I understand." Rosa nodded.

……

At the end of October, the weather gradually turned colder, and the war between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire had to gradually calm down. After all, in this era, no matter which country it was, it was almost tacitly accepted that wars could not be fought in winter. Because of various factors such as climate, this season... was not very suitable for war.

However, the cavalry led by Tiridates himself was an exception.

Tiridates adopted the strategy and tactics that Tony had used in the past, that is, to go deep behind enemy lines to provide supplies on the spot, to destroy the enemy's rear as much as possible to attract the front-line troops to return for reinforcements, and to give the Parthian army on the front line an opportunity to seize the enemy's flaws and kill the enemy.

Because the enemy was composed of cavalry and could move as fast as the wind, if the Roman Empire wanted to capture the Parthian army, it would have to send several times the number of troops to encircle and suppress it. However... where could the Roman Empire find several times the number of troops in the Anatolian Peninsula at this moment?

So Tony decided to take a risky move and use his 600-man army to...encircle and suppress Tiridati as much as possible!

"You mean... that Prince has returned with an army of less than 600 people?" On a small hill on the Anatolian Peninsula, Tiridates took the information handed over by his deputy general, read it carefully, looked at his deputy general with an expression of disbelief, and spoke.

"Yes, General. According to the reports from our spies, the army led by this prince can be divided into two parts. One part is his personal guards, totaling forty-eight people, and the other part is his Odeni First Legion, with a total of more than five hundred people. It is said that this Odeni First Legion is very mysterious and is equipped with new weapons developed by His Royal Highness the Prince." The deputy general stood in front of Tiridates and answered with his head bowed.

"New weapons?" Tiridati touched his chin. If he guessed correctly, this so-called new weapon... should be the trump card of His Royal Highness the Prince, right?

Chapter 501: The Odeni Legion, attack!

"So, this one is our final reinforcement?" In a study in the residence of the Byzantine Chief Executive, Tony looked at the brown-skinned girl standing next to Cleopatra VII, touched his nose, and said in a somewhat inexplicable tone.

How should I put it? This heroic spirit... was somewhat beyond my expectations, but also within my expectations.

Nitocris is the name of the heroic spirit standing next to Cleopatra VII at this moment.

"Long time no see, brother Tony~" After taking two steps forward to Tony and patting him on the shoulder gently, Nitocris gave Tony a very healthy smile.

Speaking of which, the four pharaohs got together at the beginning, and now, Cleopatra VII joined the Roman camp because of Caesar, and Iskandar himself was actually a Macedonian, not an Egyptian, and he really didn't have much sense of belonging to the title of pharaoh. As for Nitocris... after the establishment of the Egyptian kingdom, she also left Egypt and wandered around.

But then again, because Nitocris originally had a younger brother, she had a natural sense of closeness to Tony. After all... Tony was also a child.

So now, counting the two Egyptian heroes and two Greek demigods, plus the elite troops in his hands... it should be enough!

After resting for two days in Byzantium, on the third day, Tony led the army of less than 600 people across the Bosphorus Strait and arrived at the city of Prusa at the westernmost tip of the Anatolian Peninsula.

"It looks like... the entire Anatolian Peninsula... the situation is not good." Tony leaned his head out of the carriage and carefully glanced at the surrounding streets. He stretched out his hand, signaled the coachman to stop the carriage, and then jumped out of the carriage with the help of Mary, saying with a frown.

Although Prusa is not a famous big city, because it is located on a major transportation route, the city's commerce should be very developed. In other words, the city should be very lively.

But now, what Tony saw was that there were almost no pedestrians on the streets of this city, and most of the shops on both sides of the street were closed.

What does it mean that a city located on a major traffic route has few people on the streets? It means that there are not many pedestrians in the city, which means that the front line cannot spare troops to support the rear, causing Tiridates' cavalry to gallop across the Anatolian Peninsula, making merchants on the Anatolian Peninsula afraid to go out and farmers afraid to go to the fields... although they don't have to go to the fields in this season.

"It seems... we should go to the Governor's Mansion in Prusa City first. Although they can't provide us with troops, at least I need them to provide us with some intelligence. I want to know where our enemies are now."

Almost at the same time when Tony arrived in Prusa, Tiridates also received the news that Tony had left Byzantium and arrived in the Asia Minor Peninsula.

"How far is the nearest cavalry from the city of Prusa? How many people are there approximately?" After throwing the information in his hand into the fire next to him, Tiridates suddenly looked up at the deputy general in front of him and asked.

"There is a 3,000-man archer troop, about ten miles away from Prusa." The deputy general replied after hearing Tiridates' question.

"Ten li? That should be enough, right?" Tiridates nodded. "Pass the order down, have this cavalry unit closely monitor the movements of Prusa City, and grant the commander of this cavalry unit the power to make arbitrary decisions and capture the Roman Prince Odeni alive when the time is right!"

"Yes!" the deputy general responded and then retreated.

If... if it is true as the rumors say, this young prince has only 600 soldiers around him, then... I can send these 3,000 cavalry to test it out and see what the army around this young prince is capable of!

Soon, under Tiridates' order, the three thousand cavalrymen sent out their spies to closely monitor Tony's movements.

And Tony did not plan to stay in Prusa City for a long time. After resting here for two days, on a somewhat cold morning, the prince continued to lead the army and march eastward.

"Your Highness, there seem to be some 'eyes' around us." In the carriage, Tony, who was drowsy due to the bumpy ride, suddenly heard Mary's voice coming from outside the window.

Huh? Eyes? Tony was stunned for a moment, then shook his head to force himself to wake up, then subconsciously stuck his head out of the car window and whispered to Mary: "What do you mean by this?"

"Your Highness, there are signs of cavalry activities around us. If I'm not mistaken, there should be a Parthian cavalry scout unit nearby monitoring us." Mary lowered her voice unconsciously and reported to Tony.

Scout troops?

Of course Tony could guess that this was the Parthian army. After all, he had come here in a very high profile. It would be strange if the Parthians didn't know about it. So it was completely expected that he would have Parthian scouts around him.

According to intelligence, the main force of the Parthian cavalry is not here, so at most there should be only a detachment of the Parthian cavalry nearby, right?

Well, perhaps at this moment Tiridates thought that this small force was enough to deal with him.

"Pass the order down, be alert." After Tony gave a few simple instructions, he retracted his little head into the carriage.

According to Tony's idea, if he encountered the enemy's main force at the beginning, then there would be no need to say anything, and the Heroic Spirits would use their Noble Phantasms as needed, and they would take down Tiridati in one go and be done with it. But if he encountered a small detachment of the enemy at the beginning, then... the First Legion of Odney would go first and let the enemy see the power of firearms.

After two years of accumulation, Tony now has enough gunpowder for the First Legion of Odney to fight a war!

……

This detachment did not keep Tony waiting for too long.

That afternoon, Tony could see through the car window that from time to time there were scattered traces of Parthian cavalry appearing on both sides of the road beyond the range of arrows. It was obvious that the number of scouts of this detachment was increasing and they were getting closer and closer to him, which meant that the other side was about to launch an attack.

However, now because there are woods on both sides of the road, the cavalry cannot charge properly, so the other side is just maintaining a state of close surveillance.

In other words, as long as they leave the woods, that would be the time for the enemy to charge and attack Tony!

Chapter 502: Cavalry and Cavalry

"Pass the order, all the hand cannons and muskets, load gunpowder and bullets first. I want one more chance to fire before the enemy attacks us." After thinking for a while while sitting in the carriage, Tony suddenly stuck his head out of the carriage again and said to Mary outside the carriage.

"Yes, Your Highness." Mary nodded.

Fortunately, fortunately Bruce destroyed all the firearms he left for the front-line troops when he retreated. Fortunately, Bruce did not trust this new weapon very much when attacking Ctesiphon, so he never used it. Fortunately... Fortunately, he still had weapons in his hands that were enough to threaten the enemy!

This forest was neither big nor small. After walking forward for more than ten minutes, Tony finally saw the end of the forest.

"Prepare to form a battle line. If the enemy only sends out a few or a dozen cavalrymen, then the personal guards will go out to disperse the enemy. If the enemy sends out hundreds of people... then fire the hand cannon. If the enemy has more than a thousand people... launch a saturation attack directly." Looking at the end of the woods not far away, Tony took a deep breath and said slowly.

"Yes!" After passing on Tony's order, Mary slowly drew out the Roman dagger hanging at her waist and watched the movements around her vigilantly.

The Parthians did not keep Tony waiting long.

At the moment when Tony's team was about to walk out of the woods, dozens of Parthian cavalry suddenly rushed out from the flank. When they were halfway through the charge, they quickly drew their bows and arrows and fired a round of arrows at Tony!

"Form a line!" Following Mary's order, the Roman infantry on the flank quickly put up their muskets and took off their shields from their backs the moment the enemy cavalry appeared, and formed a simple defensive formation in a very short time.

"Cavalry! Attack!" After a round of sparse arrows, Mary quickly commanded a 24-man guard squad to break away from the headquarters and rush towards the Parthian cavalry.

"Huh?" The captain of the Parthian cavalry was stunned at first when he saw the Roman cavalry charging towards him. Then, his face darkened as he said, "Retreat! Use the arrows to destroy the enemy!"

"Everyone be careful, the enemy is about to shoot arrows!" Seeing that these Parthian cavalry began to retreat in an orderly manner, the captain of the guard immediately turned around and shouted to the guards behind him.

Having fought against the Parthian Empire for many years, even if these guards had never actually been on the battlefield to personally fight against the Parthian cavalry, they had heard from their predecessors about the tactics of the Parthian cavalry and how to avoid the bows and arrows of the Parthian cavalry, and... As guards, they might not have been through many battles, but in terms of training, the training these guards received was undoubtedly the most rigorous!

There is an old saying in the East that goes, "A son of a wealthy family should not sit idle in the hall." Under the guidance of this saying, emperors rarely led their troops to war in person. Correspondingly, the Imperial Guards who were responsible for protecting the emperor rarely participated in military operations. As a result, in the middle and late stages of each dynasty, the Imperial Guards basically became a place for children of nobles to gain experience. However, it was different in the Roman Empire. There was no such saying as "A son of a wealthy family should not sit idle in the hall." In many cases, the emperor would even lead his troops to war in person. Therefore, under such circumstances, the training of the Imperial Guards was undoubtedly the most rigorous. At the same time, because they often killed enemies on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Guards was undoubtedly the strongest.

The Royal Guard is an elite force specially established considering Nero's identity as a woman. This force may not be the most powerful, but their equipment is definitely the best, and the training they receive is definitely the most rigorous!

So when the team leader said to be careful to avoid arrows, this group of guards almost instantly displayed superb horse riding skills similar to those of the Eastern nomadic peoples, hanging themselves on the side of the horse's body to avoid the incoming arrows as much as possible.

So, when the Parthians drew their bows and arrows to shoot back at the Roman cavalry following behind them, they suddenly discovered that the cavalry following them... only had horses left.

"Huh?" Although a closer look revealed that the other party was hiding in the horse's belly, but... did the Romans really know this technique?

In short, no matter whether the Romans had such skills or not, the Parthians, whose arrows were already on the string and had to be shot, could only loosen their fingers and let the arrows draw a parabola and shoot towards the Roman cavalry following behind them.

The Romans were no pushovers either. After dodging the arrows, the cavalrymen climbed back on their horses again, took down the crossbows hanging around their waists, aimed at the Parthians in front of them, pulled the triggers with their fingers, and shot out the short arrows from the crossbows.

Although the range of a hand crossbow is not as good as that of a bow and arrow, unlike a bow and arrow, a hand crossbow can be operated with one hand when shooting. In addition, the hand crossbow can also be aimed, so in terms of accuracy, the shooting accuracy of a hand crossbow is much higher than that of a bow and arrow.

With the whistling sound of crossbow arrows, several Parthian cavalrymen fell off their horses and saw their men being shot. The captain did not dare to fight and quickly led the remaining cavalry to speed away from the battlefield.

"Retreat!" Since the enemy chose to retreat, it would be difficult for the Roman cavalry to pursue them. Under the captain's order, the Roman cavalry quickly retreated and returned to their camp.

"Is this one of their new weapons...?" On a hillside not far away, a young man wearing typical Parthian general's armor looked at the retreating guards with a serious face and said to himself.

The so-called new weapon looked like a smaller version of a crossbow... In other words, was this weapon more accurate than other bows and arrows? If so, then this weapon... was indeed pretty good.

But it's just good.

Well, even though I have no idea what those iron pipe-like things on the backs of those infantrymen are, but... with my three thousand cavalry charging forward, should I be afraid of their so-called new weapons?

"Pass the order down. Don't use bows and arrows when charging. Use scimitars as much as possible. We want to capture the prince alive. As for the guards around him... we will leave them to you when the time comes." The general smiled and said to a deputy general beside him.

"Yes, General!" The deputy general nodded and passed the order down.

"Then next, everyone, follow me and capture this prince alive!" The general nimbly jumped onto his horse and drew the scimitar from his waist. While holding the scimitar high, he shouted loudly to the cavalrymen behind him.

Chapter 503: God’s Army?

Although the Parthian cavalry archers were famous for their archery skills, they were, after all, of nomadic origin. In addition to their archery skills, their combat effectiveness was not weak if they were really asked to fight in close combat with swords.

In particular, they had three thousand cavalrymen, while the other side had less than a thousand.

"Here they come!" Tony, who suddenly felt the earth shaking in the carriage, had a gleam of light in his eyes. This feeling... is the cavalry!

There is a large number of cavalry running! 【%

"Pass the order down, the first row of soldiers hold up shields for defense, the second row of soldiers hold up guns and aim at the attacking cavalry, the third and fourth rows get ready in turn, use the three-stage attack tactics!" Taking a deep breath, Tony stood on the shaft of the carriage, looked at the attacking cavalry not far away with a calm face, and slowly gave the order.

The three-stage attack that we know now generally comes from the European linear tactics, a mixture of the Ming Dynasty's three-stage attack and the Oda army's three-stage attack. Among them, the most consistent with what we know is the daimyo's three-stage attack and the European linear tactics.