My XX deal with Sister Nero

The militia is not a regular army. Their main task is to maintain local public security. Therefore, the source of these militias is basically the local sheriff recruiting local people to form local militia forces.

Many of these rebel armed forces may be relatives and friends of the militiamen. It is good enough that these militiamen did not defect on the spot. Are they going to attack their own relatives and friends?

"It seems that the local army is no longer trustworthy." Tony shook his head. Along the way, he saw many rioters breaking through the blockade of the local militia with great ease. These militiamen could be said to have offered no resistance at all, allowing the rioters to break through their defenses and run rampant in the city of Caesarea.

"Pass the order down, assemble the militia, transfer the food and property in the city, and have the 28th Legion that followed us enter combat status. If anyone dares to take the opportunity to attack the military camp, kill them on the spot." Tony took a deep breath and uttered a murderous order with an indifferent face.

Although the local militia is no longer trustworthy, Tony still has a reorganized army under his command!

"Have Christianity and Judaism already taken action?" In a small village outside Caesarea, the girl called Her Royal Highness the Princess stood in the middle of the yard, muttering to herself thoughtfully.

Caesarea...isn't it too early to start the rebellion?

Since Tony reached a preliminary peace treaty with the Parthian Empire, the Roman Empire's front-line troops began to withdraw in batches in an orderly manner. However, this retreat takes time. Now, there are still tens of thousands of Roman legions near the Parthian Empire who have not retreated. In other words, if the Jews rise up now, the tens of thousands of Roman troops who have not yet retreated from the front line can march to the Jewish province at any time to suppress the rebellion.

The rebels in Caesarea were certainly aware of this, and the rebel commander not only knew the danger his troops were facing, but he also knew how to break the impasse.

Capture Prince Odeni alive and intimidate the Roman Empire army!

It is undeniable that this rebel had a clear idea. If Prince Odeni was captured alive, the Roman army would not dare to act rashly. At that time, the Jewish rebels would be able to take the initiative both militarily and politically.

The rebel general had a good idea. At the moment, he had 50,000 to 60,000 mobs under his command, which was more than ten times the number of the Roman legions. In his opinion, as long as he suffered a certain amount of casualties, he could defeat this legion and capture Prince Odeni alive.

But what he didn't know was that Tiridates had also had the idea of ​​capturing Prince Odenis alive and turning the tide of the war, and then he... failed.

So, under the command of the rebel general, the mob quickly surrounded the 28th Legion's base.

"Listen, Romans inside. You are now surrounded by my 60,000 Jewish troops! If you are smart, surrender immediately. I promise that my soldiers will never embarrass you!"

Outside the gate of the military camp, a middle-aged man wearing tattered armor and riding a mule was waving a Roman dagger in his hand and shouting triumphantly at the camp.

"Surround?" Tony sneered in the central army tent. "So what if your troops are ten times stronger than mine? They are just a bunch of rabble!"

Chapter 592: A Confrontation on the Brink

The Jewish rebels, with 60,000 troops, surrounded the 28th Legion's base. The 28th Legion was a standard Roman legion with less than 5,000 troops. It seemed that the rebels were fierce and the 28th Legion was outnumbered, but in fact, as Tony said, the Jewish rebels were just a mob.

The so-called Jewish army was nothing but a group of mobs, mainly composed of local Jewish farmers, poor Christians and Jews. They had basically no combat effectiveness, and the core of this army, who had a little combat effectiveness, were nothing more than defected militiamen.

These more than a thousand militiamen who defected were once responsible for maintaining urban security and arresting thieves. They had chased down thieves and fought against robbers, so they had a certain degree of combat effectiveness. However, such combat effectiveness was not enough when facing the regular army that had been guarding the border and fighting the enemy for a long time.

"Form a formation! The entire army relies on the camp to defend. No one is allowed to attack the civilians without my order!" After confirming that the rebels had no bows and arrows, Tony walked out of the tent and shouted to the soldiers.

"Yes!" The soldiers of the 28th Legion did not want to take action against the Jews. After all, they were still Roman citizens, and the duty of the Roman Legion was to protect the citizens of the Roman Empire.

If possible, they would suppress the rebellion without resorting to force, and avoid resorting to force as much as possible.

Climbing up a watchtower, Tony took a deep breath and shouted to the rebels outside the barracks: "I am Tony Claudius Augustus Germanicus, the younger brother of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the head of the Roman Empire, and the Prince of Odeni of the Roman Empire. This time, I am ordered by His Majesty to investigate the problem of Florus, the governor of Judea, governing the province of Judea."

"To be honest, this king and His Majesty came to the Jewish province several months ago. At that time, His Majesty ordered the Senate to dismiss Florus. But for some reason, Florus is still the governor of the Jewish province. This is very puzzling to me and His Majesty. It is for this reason that His Majesty ordered me to come to the Jewish province to investigate Florus. Fellow villagers, please give me some time and I will give you an explanation. Now, go home and wait patiently. I will leave for Jerusalem soon and give you a good living environment!"

The childish voice was transmitted throughout the venue through the magic, allowing all the rebels to clearly hear Tony's promise.

Faced with His Royal Highness's promise, the Jews present were almost silent.

Seeing everyone silent, Tony continued to strike while the iron was hot and said, "Everyone, what you are doing now is rebellion. Your rebellious behavior is not allowed by the empire. Now, put down your weapons and return home. I hereby declare that I will forgive you for your past mistakes. Otherwise, you may not only lose your lives, but your family members may even be convicted!"

After hearing this, many of the Jews present looked hesitant. Among them, a dozen Jews standing at the end of the team looked at each other, dropped the sticks and stones in their hands, and quietly left the scene.

If he stayed here, he would not only lose his life but also might bring trouble to his family. If he left, the Empire would forgive him for his past mistakes. Anyone who is not a fool would make such a judgment.

"Let bygones be bygones?" Turning his head to look at the rebel soldiers behind him, the leading general laughed and said, "What a joke! Florus was the governor appointed by your Roman Empire. Your Roman officials covered for each other and spread the word last time that you were going to deal with Florus. What was the result? The result was that he became even more aggressive, levying high taxes in the Jewish province and killing Jews at will. And you... Prince Odeni, you are not a good guy either! You killed people so many times at such a young age. Don't think I don't know that you wantonly massacred Christians in Rome! In essence, you and Florus are the same kind of people! You just want to kill us all!"

Kill them all? If that's the case, is there any need for me to talk to them here? Wouldn't it be better to just send the army out to kill them?

Tony ignored the general and did not dwell too much on this topic. He ordered the generals of the 28th Legion to repeat his words and asked everyone to persuade the rebels to leave as much as possible. At the same time, he also ordered the legion commander to restrain his troops and prohibit the 28th Legion from taking the initiative to attack the rebels.

While Tony was confronting the rebels, on the other side, on the vast Siberian grassland.

"Damn, the fighting power of the Killing Hunters is too strong!" A bald white man shouted as he turned his head to look at the Asian youth who was also riding a horse beside him.

"You're right, they are too strong. The private army in the manor is not enough to fight against the killing hunters." The Asian young man turned his head to look at the hundreds of cavalrymen following behind him, most of whom were injured, and shook his head and sighed.

This young man was none other than Rosa. Before, he had brought his own private army to hunt down the Killing Hunters, but in the end... his side was badly defeated. He and the Elector of Rose beside him were both extremely powerful, but after all, there were only two of them, and this attack was not a life-and-death fight, so the two of them did not use their full strength in this war. Otherwise, with their fighting power that was enough to kill gods, it would have been easy for them to deal with the Killing Hunters brought by the Russian anomaly.

"Speaking of which, I have an idea." While riding his horse to escape, Rosa still looked relaxed and said to the Elector of Rose beside him: "How about you become the emperor after you return?"

"What about you?" Elector Rose frowned.

The throne of the Alpha United Empire is inherited by order of succession, which means that after Rosa steps down, the next emperor of the empire will be the Elector of the Rose, Gvorst. So Gvorst was not surprised that he would become the next emperor. What surprised him was that Rosa did not tell him in advance that he wanted to abdicate.

"Me? I'm going to change the name of the previous organization to... the Executioner Organization, and then each person will have a numerical code. From now on, we can call each other by the code names within the organization." Rosa smiled and said.

"Not bad, that's progress." Gworst nodded. "Compared to the previous name, this new name is not so childish... So you're stepping down because you want to focus on this organization?"

"That's right... and this world is complicated, with too many powerful people. I plan to bring those two deified guys over with me, and concentrate the superior forces in our organization to kill a few Demon Pillars first!"

Chapter 593: Battle of Caesarea

After repeated persuasion by many generals, many rebels were shaken, and almost every minute several rebel soldiers quietly laid down their weapons and left the team.

It’s not okay to continue like this!

Seeing his soldiers retreating, the general gritted his teeth, suddenly pulled out the Roman dagger hanging at his waist and shouted: "All troops charge!!!"

Ugh……

Hearing the enemy general giving the order to attack, Tony sighed to the sky. He had done his best.

Without waiting for him to speak, the commander of the legion took a deep breath and ordered the archers standing at the back of the army: "Archers, get ready! Shoot!!!"

As the legion commander finished speaking, more than 300 archers drew their bows and arrows and attacked the rebels who were charging outside the military camp.

"Puff puff".

With several muffled sounds, the arrows pierced into the bodies of more than a dozen rebel soldiers who were rushing the fastest.

Almost at the same time as they were hit by arrows, the dozen or so soldiers fell down screaming, but their screams were not enough to make the rebels retreat.

"Scorpion crossbows ready! Archers ready! Release your arrows!"

Following the order of the legion commander, after two rounds of arrows, the rebels suffered nearly fifty casualties, but in return, they were getting closer and closer to the military camp.

"Prepare the catapults! All infantry, prepare to throw spears!" Looking at the rebels rushing over shouting, the legion commander ordered calmly.

The trebuchet refers to Tony's human-powered trebuchet. This type of trebuchet has a simple structure and is very convenient, but its range and accuracy are much worse than those of the torque trebuchet and the Huihui cannon.

But this kind of human-powered catapult is enough to deal with the rebels!

"Fire!" Seeing that the rebels were about to rush forward and prepare to throw the stones in their hands at the military camp, the legion commander waved his hand and shouted loudly.

With a "buzz" sound, the spears thrown by the Roman soldiers suddenly flew into the air. For a moment, a rainstorm composed of spears and boulders rose above the rebel soldiers.

The damage caused by this wave of rainstorm is much stronger than the previous three waves of arrows.

In just a short moment, hundreds of rebel soldiers fell to the ground. For a moment, the soldiers rushing in the front subconsciously paused and looked a little hesitant.

They are not regular troops, they are also afraid of death, and their ability to withstand pressure is not as good as that of regular troops. Now that the fighting has just begun, the rebels have only suffered more than a hundred casualties, and the rebels at the forefront have already begun to retreat.

"Order the cavalry to assemble the spearhead formation and prepare for the attack!" Looking at the expressions on the faces of the rebel soldiers who were charging in the front outside, the legion commander sneered and turned to the cavalry in the camp.

Each Roman legion was equipped with 300 cavalrymen. The main function of these 300 cavalrymen was to conduct reconnaissance and patrol. However, it was obvious that in the current situation, the cavalrymen did not need to conduct reconnaissance or patrol.

So it would be better to just gather together and launch a charge.

After another round of arrow rain, seeing that the rebel vanguard was only ten meters away from the camp, the legion commander quickly ordered the camp gate to be opened and the cavalry to charge!

Three hundred cavalrymen charging at tens of thousands of troops would be a joke if it happened on a battlefield between two warring countries. Even when Tony played Empire Total War in his previous life, he would at most use nearly five hundred heavy cavalrymen to assault more than ten thousand infantrymen.

However... the tens of thousands of troops these 300 cavalrymen faced were nothing more than a group of armed mobs. Apart from the two skills of rushing forward and scattering in a hurry, they had no other skills.

When the camp gate was opened, the rebel soldiers at the front of the charge were stunned at first. When they saw three hundred cavalrymen rushing out of the camp gate in a sharp arrow formation, the rebels in front of the cavalrymen screamed and scattered to both sides, fearing that if they ran too slowly, they would be caught up by the cavalrymen and lose their lives.

This is the difference between regular troops and armed peasants.

If it is a regular army, the first row of soldiers in front of them will hold up shields, and the second row of soldiers will hold up spears, allowing the tips of the spears to protrude from the gaps in the shields to kill as many enemy cavalry as possible.

However, when this group of assembled mobs faced the enemy cavalry's charge, their first reaction was to scream and dodge everywhere. In just a short moment, the rebel army's front formation was almost in chaos.

Although they didn't have any military formation...

However, the 300 cavalrymen easily penetrated into the rebel army formation as if they were ordinary peerless magic weapons. The battle-hardened legion commander certainly would not miss this great opportunity. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he waved the dagger in his hand and shouted loudly: "All troops, attack!"

Although the rebels had dozens of times more soldiers than the 25th Legion, they were far behind in combat experience.

So when the 25th Legion of the Roman Empire rushed out of the camp, the victory of the war was already established.

A few hours later, the Jewish rebels were defeated and forced to retreat to Caesarea, and Tony took the opportunity to order a blockade of the entire city to prevent the citizens from colluding with each other and colluding with foreign enemies.

"What did you say? The Jewish province is about to rebel?!" At this moment, in the distant palace of Rome, Nero stood up from the throne with a look of shock on his face, his tone somewhat panicked.

The province of Judea was about to rebel, which was within Nero's expectations. After all, Florus had exploited the residents of Judea so much that it would be strange if they did not rebel. It was for this reason that she held a meeting a few months ago and agreed to Tony to let the Senate remove Florus from the post of governor of the province of Judea.

But later, Nero and Tony forgot about this matter because they were busy with other things. If Tony hadn't discovered it by accident half a month ago, the brother and sister might still be kept in the dark.

But now, from what the head of the intelligence department said, the rebellion in the Jewish province happened in the past few days? If that's the case, my brother... my brother is still in the Jewish province!

"Someone come!" Thinking of his brother being in danger, Nero suddenly shuddered as if he had been electrocuted, and shouted, "Send a message to Vespasianus, and have him withdraw five allied legions from the front line and station them in Judea!"

……

"As expected, I knew that this rebellion planned by Christianity would fail." In a small village, the girl dressed as a dancer and called Her Royal Highness the Princess muttered to herself while directing her men to gather the remaining soldiers.

The failure of the riot planned by Christianity was inevitable. They were not an army, did not have the corresponding weapons and equipment, and had not received basic combat training. Although they were large in number, they were nothing more than a group of mobs. What could a group of mobs do in front of a regular army?

Chapter 594 Saint Martha

After handing over everything in the city to the administrator of Caesarea and the commander of the 25th Legion, Tony took Mary and set out from the south gate and rushed to the southeast.

……

In a small town about three miles away from Caesarea, Tony finally met the person he wanted to see.

"Sister Martha." Tony walked into a tavern on the roadside and looked at Martha with a complicated expression, and whispered.

"Sit down." Unlike Tony, Martha looked at him with a relaxed expression, then smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few months. You've grown taller and got a little tanned. How are you? It must have been hard fighting, right?"

"It's okay..." Tony, who was a little overwhelmed by Martha's enthusiasm, sat beside her with a bewildered look on his face... What's wrong with Fat Si? ! Didn't Martha and himself have a gap before? Because Tony ordered the arrest of Christians during the fire of Rome, many Christians died, so as a Christian saint, Martha and Tony were inevitably a little estranged.

"What's wrong, brother Tony? Now that you have become the new pillar of the country with great power, do you look down on me and don't want to acknowledge me as your sister?" Seeing Tony's confused expression, Martha showed a very holy and gentle expression and said to Tony.

"Huh? Of course not!" Tony waved his hands quickly.

"That's good." Martha reached out and rubbed Tony's head, whispering, "I've booked this pub temporarily, and no one followed me when I came here. How about you, little guy?"

"Well, I wasn't followed by anyone either." Tony nodded.

Although he himself is not a professional, Mary, the captain of the guard beside him, naturally has extremely strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities. Ordinary people cannot hide it from her if they want to follow him, of course, except for magicians and heroic spirits.

Of course, now that they are next to Martha, she should be able to discover some of the surveillance methods used by magicians and heroes, right?

……

"Well, since you still trust me, I will reveal some information to you." Martha smiled at first, then she slowly put away the smile on her face and said seriously, "What I know now is that there is more than one rebel force in the Jewish province."

"When the Roman Republic occupied the Jewish region, it supported the Herodian Kingdom with King Herod the Great as its monarch to govern the area instead of the Republic. Later, due to various reasons, the Roman Republic abolished the Herodian Kingdom and replaced it with the Jewish province, which made many Jews very disgusted. In addition, Florus' actions made many Jews rebellious, which gave the former high-ranking officials of the Herodian Kingdom, who had been lurking, an opportunity to take advantage of it. Their army is also the most powerful core legion in this resistance."

"In addition to the remnants of the Kingdom of Herod, there are also Christians and Jews among the rebels. I won't go into the reasons why the Jews rebelled. When the Son of God Jesus was crucified, it was destined that the Christians would rebel."

"The attitude of Judaism is basically a combination of Christianity and the remnants of the Herodian Empire. They are the religion of the Jews and they think they represent the Jews, so they will participate in the rebellion."

"The rest are mercenaries and bandits who are trying to take advantage of the situation. They each have their own goals, so I won't explain them in detail here."

"...I understand." Tony nodded, but he now had a question, why would Martha, one of the Christian saints, stand on his side to suppress the Christian uprising?

As if seeing through Tony's thoughts, Martha smiled and said with a strange look on her face, "Because they will fail. Although the Jews in Judea want to break away from the rule of the empire, they have fewer soldiers and weapons than the Roman Empire. On the other hand, the Roman Empire has just defeated the Parthian Empire and its morale is high. Although you will have to disperse some of your troops to absorb the Mesopotamian region, you don't need to mobilize the whole country to deal with the rebels in Judea, right? So I don't think the rebels will win this war. Since they can't win, it's better to end the battle early and reduce casualties."

"I understand...but who is the highest commander of your coalition this time? I think we should just carry out a decapitation operation. This way, we should be able to minimize casualties." Tony touched his chin and suddenly said.

"Supreme Commander?" Martha thought for a moment. "Because among our several forces, only the remnants of the Herod Kingdom have some ability, so basically everyone relies on them. If we have to talk about the supreme commander, I think only the leader of the remnants of the Herod Kingdom can be called the supreme commander, right? But I have never seen that person. They seem to call this person Her Royal Highness the Princess."

your Highness?

King Herod the Great died in 4 BC. If it was his daughter, the time would definitely not match. So... was it his granddaughter?

It is possible that if she was the granddaughter of King Herod the Great, she would be about the same age as Martha.

Well, she should be about the same age as the historical Martha.

So it is very likely that she was the granddaughter of King Herod the Great.

But then again, did King Herod the Great... have a granddaughter?