My XX deal with Sister Nero

"You mean, the rebels assassinated Leus in order to paralyze the army's command system and curb their pace, so that they can devote their energy to dealing with us?" After listening to his brother's report, Nero frowned and asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, sister." Tony nodded.

"Then brother, what are you going to do?" Nero asked, looking at Tony seriously, while stroking his brother's head.

"What else can we do?" Tony shrugged and said, "This rebellion is so large in scale. Although the other side does not have truly elite troops, at least they have a large number of people. I estimate that this time, they will at least send out more than 200,000 troops."

Tony paused and continued, "For now, we can only implement a scorched earth policy, close the city, and fight the enemy with all our strength."

"Fight the enemy with all your strength? I understand. I will cooperate with my brother!" Nero clenched his fists and vowed to himself.

Tony rolled his eyes at his sister. This guy, as the emperor, it was obvious that she was the highest decision maker, but now she was throwing this burden onto his shoulders.

Well, fortunately, this kind of defensive battle does not require any extra preparation in the early stages. You only need to explain the situation to the generals in the city, and they can handle the rest themselves.

Several generals and administrators in Caesarea soon learned from Tony that the enemy was likely to invade Caesarea.

The strategies of these big guys are very simple, that is to defend the city, rely on the high city walls, gather nearby villagers and food, implement a scorched earth policy, and demolish houses near the city walls to make rolling logs and stones. In short, they must rely on the geographical advantages to block the enemy's attack as much as possible!

About three days later, Tony finally received the latest intelligence.

The 50,000 troops led by General Vespasianus were besieged by 250,000 rebels, and the enemy also made it clear that they did not want to have a direct conflict with you. They just wanted to surround you and prevent you from leaving.

Almost on the same day that Vespasianus was surrounded, Tony and Nero received a report in the governor's residence that the main force of the rebels was at the gates of the city and was currently setting up camp two miles away. It seemed that they would launch a wave of exploratory attacks today.

"It looks like the enemy has at least hundreds of thousands of troops?" Tony said, standing on the city wall, holding the arrow slit and pointing at the enemy camp not far away.

"Your Highness, judging from the size of the enemy camp, they have sent out at least 200,000 troops this time. But their camp is arranged in a disorganized manner, with a haphazard mix. I think this so-called army... to put it bluntly, is nothing more than a group of armed mobs." The commander of the 25th Legion is now beside Tony, saying with a smile.

"More than 200,000..." Tony touched his chin and suddenly said, "What do you think? Should we go out for a surprise attack?"

"Your Highness, let's forget about it." The legion commander said with a bitter smile, "We don't have many cavalry, and even if Your Highness sends out the Eight Passes again, but... the last time we succeeded was because of the cover of night. This time, I don't think we will be so lucky."

"...Yeah." Tony shook his head.

There are too many enemies, and I can’t perform many of my fancy moves. Now... I guess I can only fight head-on.

"Pass the order down, string the bows and crossbows, and get the catapults ready. Once the enemy gets close... fire the catapults first."

As he spoke, Tony glanced at the open space not far ahead, hoping that the traps here could kill as many enemies as possible!

As Tony expected, after the rebels finished setting up camp, in the afternoon, they took a short rest and formed a not-so-neat formation and began to advance slowly towards Caesarea.

coming!

Looking up at the setting sun in the sky, Tony could guess that the opponent's attack was just a tentative attack.

Sure enough, when the army was still about half a mile away from Caesarea, it stopped. Then, a young man who looked like a general rode his horse to the front of the formation with a spear in his hand and began to scold the enemy.

"Wow! Cursing the enemy? This is quite new." Looking at the young general cursing, Tony's eyes lit up and he said with interest.

Most of the things like two armies facing off and cursing at the enemy come from novels. After all, in reality, a battle between two armies is not a knightly duel, and few people would use this kind of duel tactics in front of the battle.

The general wanted to play a trick of scolding the enemy, but it was obvious that Tony didn't want to play such a shameful game with him.

"What a pity, they won't move forward for the time being." Beside Tony, Alexei, who looked not much different in age from him, shrugged and said while looking at the rebels under the city wall.

"It's okay, the traps outside can always be used, but this idiot...what should we do?" Tony touched his chin. Although he didn't want to fight him one-on-one, the other party's scolding was really ugly. He himself had no problem, but my elder sister...my elder sister is still a girl after all!

This kind of scene is not suitable for girls to watch.

"Mary." After thinking for a while, Tony suddenly turned his head and looked at Mary standing behind him: "I heard you say before that you are good at archery. Well, to be honest, I don't quite believe it. Why don't you show me your skills, Mary, so that I can broaden my horizons?"

"I understand." Mary smiled, glanced at the rebel general who was cursing outside the city, and borrowed a bow and arrow from a soldier next to her. She quickly drew the bow and pointed the arrow, with the arrow flashing with light, at the rebel general from a distance.

Chapter 623: Just a Heroic Spirit

With a "buzz" sound, the bowstring loosened, and the arrow turned into a cold light, piercing straight towards the direction of the young general!

Unfortunately, Mary is not a sharpshooter.

Not only did Mary's arrow miss the general, but it also brought about the enemy's outrageous ridicule.

"Sister Mary, you need to practice more in the future." Looking at the arrow that was about five meters away from the general, Tony shook his head and said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Highness." Mary scratched her head awkwardly, handed the bow back to the soldier next to her, and stepped aside.

"However, everyone, we can't let the enemy be so arrogant. Send a message to the arrow tower on the east city wall to prepare the crossbows!" Tony took a deep breath and suddenly raised his right hand and said loudly.

In order to deal with the enemy, Tony naturally prepared a certain number of crossbows and human catapults this time.

Although Tony has disliked the human-powered catapult since its appearance, it is undeniable that this thing, which has low accuracy and power, is still quite useful against people, or when facing a large group of people...

But for now, these cheap human-powered catapults are temporarily unavailable.

"put!"

With Tony's order, the crossbow roared, and dozens of crossbow arrows shot out from the arrow tower and flew towards the crowd of rebels.

Amid screams, huge crossbow arrows pierced through several soldiers. Almost in an instant, more than twenty rebel soldiers were killed on the spot.

"Don't panic! The enemy doesn't have many crossbows, they can't kill us all." Inside the enemy camp, countless low-level officers began to run back and forth, trying to comfort and suppress their men. After all, most of these so-called soldiers had not undergone any training and had no battlefield experience. Once they were afraid, they would most likely retreat. Once they retreated, it would most likely cause a large-scale and irreversible defeat.

Fortunately, not many soldiers died this time, so these low-level officers quickly and easily suppressed the trembling soldiers under their command.

"Prepare for siege." Although it was just a tentative attack, Salome, standing at the gate of the camp, still felt it necessary to put some pressure on the Romans.

Soon, under the command of officers at all levels, the rebel soldiers, armed with weapons, began to advance slowly.

Close, closer!

After advancing several meters, the rebel soldier in front finally fell into the trap that Tony had prepared overnight.

"Ah!" Accompanied by screams, more than a dozen soldiers fell into large pits that had been dug long ago. These pits were not only deep, but also contained sharp wood stumps.

"Ah! How miserable!" Watching these rebel soldiers fall into the pit, Tony subconsciously covered his eyes. He was afraid that he would vomit out his overnight meal due to the irritation.

Fortunately, when more than a dozen soldiers fell into the pit, the rebel general in charge of the vanguard troops quickly conveyed the order through the messenger, asking the army to stop advancing.

"It seems that the cunning Romans have set a trap here..." Salome smiled as she looked at Tony who was covering his eyes on the distant city wall. She suddenly said to herself, "As expected...Prince Odney."

Salome knew that there were not many defenders in Caesarea, so she could guess that His Royal Highness would definitely use some strange tricks to defend the city. Methods like digging traps... although not very impressive, were at least practical.

"Pass the order, withdraw the troops, and retreat to the camp. Everyone have a good rest and fight again tomorrow!" Salome waved her right hand and said to a guard standing beside her.

"The enemy is retreating." Tony suddenly said, with his hands on the arrow stack, looking at the gradually retreating enemy.

Something's wrong, something's wrong!

Even if it was a tentative attack, there would be no such thing as retreating after one strike. But now, the enemy chose to retreat after one strike. This abnormal behavior shows that the rebels must have other plans.

"...Send an order, soldiers on duty at night to be alert. The rebels have just discovered our traps. They may come to find a way to deal with these traps tonight... Well, we can't let them succeed." After thinking for a long time, Tony suddenly turned his head and said to Mary beside him with a serious face.

"Yes!"

……

On the other side, in the city of Caesarea.

"There was no fighting?" On the second floor of a tavern, a young man leaned against the window, gazing at the city wall in the distance, muttering.

The young man was Rosa.

Originally, Rosa wanted to come over and talk to Tony because he went to that world to see if he could find out the details, but he didn't expect that he would encounter the rebel siege just two days after arriving in Caesarea.

Rosa had experienced war in this world after all, so he certainly knew that this was not a suitable time to start a war. After all, it was almost night, and you couldn't fight with a torch in one hand and a weapon in the other after dark, right?

So he could guess that what the other party was going to do now was nothing more than a tentative attack.

Rosa was not wrong.

Soon, he saw soldiers gathering on the city wall and waiting for orders. After a while, he seemed to hear the sound of crossbows.

The siege has begun!

However, what Rosa didn't expect was that after the crossbow exploded... nothing happened next.

???

Where are the rebels attacking the city?!

Rosa now feels like she is walking on the street and suddenly has a stomachache. She thinks about going to the roadside toilet to have a good rest. As soon as she squats down, she feels better.

This is not only embarrassing, but also uncomfortable.

"The rebels... didn't attack the city for some reason?" Rosa touched his nose. If this was really the case, then... either Tony used some means, or the rebels had other intentions!

If it was the first one, it would be easy to deal with, but if it was the second one, it would be a bit troublesome.

"…It seems that I still need to contact Tony first."

the other side.

"Your army lost nearly fifty people this time. It seems that His Royal Highness Prince Odney is not a man who knows nothing." In the central military tent, Raum sat upright on a chair and said to Salome with a smile.

"Of course. After all, he has led several wars. If I guess correctly, his future reputation may be second only to Augustus." Salome smiled and grabbed a water glass from the table next to her and drank a sip of the water in the glass.

“It’s okay. I heard that this guy has the initial strength of a Heroic Spirit… But it’s okay, he’s just a Heroic Spirit.” Raum stood up and moved his shoulders slightly.

Just like he said, he's just a heroic spirit. How can a mere heroic spirit really contend against the Demon Pillar?

Happy New Year everyone!

Chapter 624: Three Things About Rosa

In terms of combat power, Tony certainly cannot defeat the Demon Pillar. Without a Noble Phantasm, he cannot even defeat a normal Heroic Spirit, so Raum is not afraid of Tony.

Strength can defeat skill. Even if this prince has made countless tricks and set up countless traps outside the city of Caesarea, facing the overwhelming strength of Raum... these fancy traps are useless to him.

……

"So, why did you come to see me?" In the study of the Caesarea Governor's residence, Tony looked at Rosa sitting in front of him and frowned.

Ever since he figured out that Rosa might have other plans for him, Tony has been vaguely repelled by this guy.

Tony was a little repulsive to Rosa.

How to say it, Rosa is not that handsome, so logically Nero should not have anything to do with him, but... Nero and Rosa have a pretty good relationship now.

Tony couldn't help but wonder what the relationship was between the future Rosa and Nero in his original dream.

And now, after meeting Alexi, Tony understood why Rosa was so nice to him.

He wants to control the world!

Although the means are different, his goal is the same as that of the Alien God!

Absorb yourself into the Executor Organization and bring this world under the control of the Executor Organization!

Rosa...had a good plan!

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be so cold." Looking at Tony's cold expression, Rosa waved his hand, changed to a more comfortable sitting position and said, "I came here for three things. The first thing is to see if I can help you in this war. After all, the enemy has hundreds of thousands of troops, and you only have a few thousand. If they really want to attack the city with all their strength, you... may not be able to hold them off for a day."

"Nonsense." Tony said unhappily, "I know that, but what about the second and third thing?"

"The second thing is also very simple." Rosa shrugged: "Tony Claudius, I, Rosa Stiss, once again invite you to join the Executioner Organization."

"Reason?" Tony looked up at Rosa and sneered, "Speaking of which, Rosa, I've always been curious about one thing. According to Alexi, your Executioner Organization is an organization that spans multiple parallel worlds. I'm curious about what your criteria are for recruiting people. After all, I heard that there are quite a few incompetent people in your organization who are neither good at literature nor martial arts."

"This... I'm afraid I can't tell you for the time being. Since you and Alexi know something about it, I guess you've also heard it from him, right? There is a secret in the organization that only the executors know. This secret is not only a secret that the executors need to keep together, but it is also the foundation for maintaining the organization. If you agree to join, then I tell you, it doesn't matter." Rosa spread his hands.

Tell me after you join?

Tony snorted coldly.

Although he was curious about the secrets of the Executioner Organization, he did not want to obtain the secrets by joining this organization. He had a feeling that if he really joined the Executioner Organization, he would probably never be able to leave this organization for the rest of his life.

By then, this Lostbelt, this world, this country that my sister and I govern together, will probably fall into the hands of the Execution Organization.

"Then my answer is the same as before, I refuse," Tony replied.

"Okay." Although he was rejected by Tony for the second time, there was still no sign of frustration on Rosa's face.

"Then, the third thing." After a slight pause, Rosa continued: "Tony, I have a few photos here, I would like... please take a look first."

As he spoke, Rosa reached into his arms, took out a few photos from the inside of his leather armor and threw them on the table in front of Tony.

"This photo..." Tony picked up one of the photos and took a look at it, and his face suddenly changed!

Two days ago, Tony launched a night attack on the rebels outside Jerusalem. Before the attack, Tony and his men temporarily built a simple camp, and Tony took a nap in the camp.

In his dream, he came to Rosa's world.

Because after waking up, Tony found himself still lying on his big bed, so he naturally thought it was just a dream and didn't think too much about it. But now, the photos that Rosa threw to him, the content of the photos, were all... the self in the dream!