My XX deal with Sister Nero

"I..." Tony opened his mouth, then turned his head to look at Rosa beside him.

"Yes! He was the one who proposed this! Rosa said that since the Jewish province is on the brink of rebellion, there must be someone to coordinate the overall situation, and this person should be me, because I led the Second Parthian War, plus my previous prestige, I am the most suitable candidate to coordinate the overall situation!" Looking at Rosa who looked like he was just watching a show, Tony's heart moved, and he suddenly pointed at him and said loudly.

Although I don't know why, deep down I always feel that I should drag him into this.

!!!

Rosa, who had taken two steps back and was standing aside eating melons, was stunned at that time.

Who is this!!!

What did I do to offend anyone by just eating melons? Why did I suddenly get caught in the crossfire?

"Rosa?" Nero looked up at Rosa who was standing not far away with a smile on his face and gently called out his name.

hiss! ! !

Hearing Nero's voice, Rosa almost subconsciously took a breath of cold air, and saw him wave his hands quickly and said, "Your Majesty, don't listen to his nonsense. I was not in this world before he left Rome. How can I contact him? How can I tell him that the Jewish province will rebel? And I have also told you, right? I have mastered the history of the world, but this so-called world history refers to pan-human history, not the history of the Lostbelt. How do I know that the Jewish province will rebel at this point and notify him in advance?"

"Hmm." Nero nodded thoughtfully. What Rosa said was indeed correct. He had returned to his own world for other reasons a long time ago. Nero knew this. Just as he said, Rosa was not in this world. How could he know that the Jewish province was about to launch a rebellion and tell his brother?

So... this little guy is deceiving himself!

"Brother, how do you explain this time?" Nero looked at his brother again and asked.

"I..." Tony opened his mouth. Indeed, the fact that Rosa was not in this world was a flaw, but on the other hand, if this point could be overcome, then... In short, if he could die together with this guy Rosa, then even if he got beaten, it would be worth it!

"Sister, don't forget. When Rosa got into trouble yesterday, his subordinates were not in this world. Rosa mastered the technology of cross-world communication, so he told me about this through this technology. Then, I came here. As for how he knew that the Jewish province was about to rebel, the reason is very simple, because he had planted spies here a long time ago." Tony said seriously.

"Really?" Nero looked at Rosa and asked.

It's a ghost!

Rosa looked at Tony with a constipated look on his face. What do you want Rosa to say?

Of course, Rosa didn't have any cross-world communication technology, and there was a reason why Gvorst knew Rosa's situation, but Rosa hadn't told Nero about this reason before, and it happened to be one of the secrets of the Executor Organization. If he wanted to tell it... he couldn't tell it now! If he told it now, not only Tony, but also many of the guards around him would know the secrets of the Executor Organization.

Chapter 662 Let’s be punished together~

Secrets are something that naturally cannot be spoken out in public. If they are spoken out, they are no longer secrets.

Therefore, it was impossible for Rosa to tell this secret openly. Even if he wanted to, he should explain it to Nero in private.

But it was obvious that Nero did not intend to give Rosa time to explain privately. What Nero wanted was for Rosa to give the reason now.

however……

Rosa opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know how to come up with a reason that she could tell in public.

Looking at Rosa and Mr. Yang who were a little at a loss, Nero's heart slowly fell to the bottom.

Even though he had the endorsement of the heroic spirit Tony and even though he knew Rosa's secret, in his heart, Tony was still his younger brother and ranked first in his heart, while Rosa... was only second.

The younger brother will be punished this time, and Rosa, who can't say anything, will also be punished this time.

"Rosa..." Nero looked at Rosa with a complicated expression: "My brother is still young and doesn't understand things, so I can spank him to make him sensible, but you, I can't spank you, right? So, tell me, what kind of punishment should you receive?"

"I..." Rosa opened his mouth. How could he know what kind of punishment he should receive? !

No, why should he be punished? He didn't do anything well!

"It's not fair that I'm the only one getting beaten!" Upon hearing that Rosa might not be beaten, Tony jumped up and pointed at Rosa and said, "Sister! Although I'm not obedient, I came to Caesarea this time because of this guy's instigation! Sister, you should know that although I sometimes put myself in dangerous situations, I will never fight a battle without confidence!"

At this point, Tony paused and said quickly: "I went deep into the Asia Minor Peninsula to wipe out the Pontic rebels. It seemed dangerous, but in fact, the difference in strength between the two sides was not that big. Just like the time in Ur Village, I led elite troops to fight the enemy when the gap was not too big, so it only looked dangerous. I led a small army to attack Ctesiphon because I had the most elite guards of the Roman Empire in my hands at that time. Even if I couldn't win, the guards could at least help me escape, right? But now, I have less than 5,000 people. If it wasn't for some other reason, how could I come to Caesarea with only such a small force?"

You bastard!!!

Hearing Tony's words, Rosa was so angry that he almost slapped him.

He could probably guess what Tony was thinking, which was nothing more than to subdue the chief executives and important local officials of the Jewish province before the rebellion started, and then collect evidence against them, and use the evidence to determine whether to give a lighter or heavier punishment, and finally transfer a group of honest officials to govern the Jewish province, reduce some of the taxes in the Jewish province, and quell the rebellion through such means.

But Tony didn't expect Salome to appear, and quickly integrated all the rebels and launched a rebellion in a very short time, catching him off guard and trapping himself here. To put it bluntly, it was his overconfidence throughout the whole process that led to his current situation. What do you think this has to do with Rosa?

Doesn't this simply mean "I want to take someone with me before I die today"?

Nero looked at Tony meaningfully, and finally, she set her sights on Rosa.

"To be honest, Rosa, what my brother said is not enough to prove that he came to Caesarea at your instigation, right?" Nero looked at Rosa and spoke slowly.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Rosa nodded frantically like a chicken pecking at rice. His intuition told him that if he didn't prove his innocence now, he... might really get beaten.

"But you may be innocent, and I can't let any suspect go, so I'm sorry to have wronged you, Rosa. Today, you will be punished just like your brother." Nero sighed, walked up to Rosa, and patted his arm gently.

I...

……

Rosa didn't get beaten in the end.

Rosa was already in her thirties, so she had to have some dignity. Although Nero was the emperor, she was only eighteen years old. How could an eighteen-year-old girl spank a man in his thirties? It was fine to spank her brother, but Rosa... let's change to other punishments.

Therefore, in order to punish Rossa, Nero chose to make him stand guard on the east city wall all night to prevent the rebels from taking the opportunity to attack at night.

Over the next two days, the battle reached a stalemate.

The rebels were unable to break through Caesarea, and because of Nero, the British Legion summoned by Tony through the treasure could not leave the city to fight the rebels to the death, so neither side could do anything to the other. As for those high-end combat forces... under the intimidation of the Demonic Bodhisattva, even Rosa did not dare to act rashly.

Both sides were looking forward to something happening that would change the situation of the war.

At this time, after two days of rapid march, Titus's troops finally arrived under the Harappa Fort.

The Castle of Harappa, located in the eastern part of the Jewish province, was once a strong military town on the eastern border of the Jewish province. This fortress was built on a mountain with a dangerous terrain. Hundreds of years ago, this fortress was one of the fortresses of the New Babylonian Kingdom, that is, the Chaldean Kingdom to defend against the Egyptian Kingdom. After the demise of the Chaldean Kingdom, this fortress was also used by other countries that later ruled the Palestinian region. It was not until this land was occupied by the Roman Empire that this fortress began to be gradually abandoned more than two decades ago.

But even so, the tall walls of this fortress were still not something that these two thousand light cavalry could break through.

Looking at the closed fortress gate, Titus turned his head to look at the accompanying clerk and suddenly asked, "Who is the commander of this fortress?"

"General, according to the intelligence we have obtained before, the commander of this fortress should be Josephus." The secretary rode forward two steps, came to Titus, and answered with his head down.

Josephus? Titus nodded thoughtfully when he heard the name.

He had heard of this name.

Josephus was born in the province of Judea. His ancestors were authentic Jewish priests and could be considered aristocrats among the Jews. Although Josephus did not do anything earth-shattering, as a Jewish aristocrat and one of the generals of the rebel army, Vespasian still collected some information about him.

Josephus was not very old. If you really counted, he was only half a year older than Nero. In other words, Josephus was only about eighteen years old at this moment.

At the age of eighteen, as the defender of a fortress, he did have some ability to some extent.

Chapter 663: Josephus's Plan

If Rosa were here at this moment, he might realize who this Josephus is.

Like Titus, Josephus also has the potential to become a heroic figure. In other words, this person has also left a significant mark in history.

In pan-human history, Josephus also participated in the First Jewish War, but was later arrested for his defeat and sent to Rome to work for the Roman government. Later, he followed Titus to capture Jerusalem. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Josephus obtained Roman citizenship. After settling in Rome, he began to compile "Antiquities of the Jews" and "The Jewish War", providing valuable information for future generations to study Jewish history.

But now, this Josephus did not write the ancient history of the Jews. He was now... just a fortress defender elected by everyone.

"General, looking at the number of defenders on the enemy's walls, I estimate that there are at least four thousand rebels in this fortress. Moreover, compared with the rebels we encountered before, they... have uniform attire and standard weapons, and the soldiers are mostly young and middle-aged. This army may be a bit troublesome." At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a deputy general stepped forward and came to Titus and said.

Ok?

Although Titus was young, he had followed his father in the military camp for many years, so he easily understood what the deputy general wanted to express.

The Jewish rebels were large in size, with an estimated number of 500,000 to 600,000 soldiers. However, most of these 500,000 to 600,000 soldiers were armed mobs composed of the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled. They had a variety of weapons, such as pitchforks, rakes, and sticks. However, this army, although small in number, had uniform clothing and standard weapons, and was mainly composed of young and middle-aged men. What did this indicate? It indicated that the defenders of the Harabah Castle should be an elite force.

But the problem is coming.

Harappa Fort did have considerable strategic value more than a hundred years ago, but now…who is it guarding against? The Nabataean Kingdom?

Well, forget it, the Sheba Kingdom to the south of the Nabataean Kingdom was once powerful and had struck hard, but the Nabataean Kingdom has only been timid in this life.

Does this kind of country need to deploy elite troops for defense?

"There's a problem." There's a problem with stationing a large number of troops in this place without a fortress!

Titus touched his chin, but he had too few troops and seeing that the other side looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, it would be impossible to launch a sneak attack.

There are now only two options before Titus: either find a way to capture the fortress, or bypass the fortress and attack the rebels' rear.

Just as Titus was thinking about what to do, on the other side, inside the Harappa Castle.

"General Josephus, what should we do?" A young man in armor looked at Josephus standing in front of the sand table in panic and asked.

"Calm down. The enemy probably hasn't realized that Harappa Castle is our army's base camp, otherwise they wouldn't have sent only 2,000 cavalry to attack us." Josephus analyzed calmly.

Yes, the rebels’ base camp was this Harappa Fort.

As mentioned earlier, Harappa Fort is strategically located and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The reason why the rebels set up their base here was, on the one hand, because this fortress was gradually abandoned decades ago and the empire did not attach importance to it. On the other hand, Salome also considered that she might be defeated. If she was defeated, she could defend herself with Harappa Fort. If that didn't work, she could retreat into the territory of the Nabataean Kingdom and establish a foothold.

To the Roman Empire, this fortress was nothing more than a fortress with no strategic significance that should be abandoned, but to the rebels, this fortress was their last refuge and their last hope.

It was for this reason that Salome left five thousand elite troops here to ensure that the fortress was always in her hands.

"Won't attack us?" The young general was stunned, not understanding the problem for a moment.

The enemy has already attacked the city of Harappa Fort, how could they not attack us?

"Of course, the other side only has two thousand cavalry and lacks heavy weapons for siege. It is obvious that they are not coming for us at all. Since they are not coming for us, what should we be afraid of? Cavalry is good at field battles rather than sieges. As long as we do not leave the city, they can't do anything to us." Josephus glanced at the young general and replied.

Most of the generals in this city were young men who had not received much military training. After all, Salome had never thought that the Roman Empire's army would reach the city of Harappa.

According to her guess, after she surrounded Caesarea, the Roman Empire's army should have found a way to reach the city of Caesarea in the shortest time possible. Who would have thought that they took a big detour to come here?

"That makes sense." The general nodded. Although he had not received systematic military training, he at least had a brain. After a quick analysis, he knew that there was nothing wrong with what Josephus said.

"The enemy's goal is to attack the rear of our front-line troops alone. And judging from their number and the direction they appear from, this cavalry may not have any supply lines. They are very likely to adopt a strategy of local supply. We just need to leave them alone and let them go. I think they don't have much dry food on them, so they will not take the initiative to attack the city."

At this point, Joseph paused, glanced at the generals present and said, "Okay, everyone, give orders. You'll have to work a little harder today and tomorrow and monitor the surroundings carefully. Although the enemy is very likely to have only these two thousand cavalry, we cannot rule out the possibility that they are followed by the main force of the Roman Empire. In short, we must be careful."

After saying this, Josephus threw his baton onto the sand table, stretched himself, and left the room.

Josephus was now in a state of confusion.

Born into a priest family, he was destined to be on the side of the Roman Empire. In addition, he was somewhat dissatisfied with Christianity, so he had been planning for a long time whether he should defect to the Roman Empire.

But having said that, the problem was that he did not have any intelligence or skills worthy of the Roman Empire's attention. Even if he defected to the Roman Empire, he was destined not to obtain citizenship.

Without citizenship, he could do nothing in the Roman Empire.

Chapter 664: Letter of Submission

He wanted to surrender to the enemy, but he couldn't do so directly.

The reason is very simple. Although he is the commander of the fortress, there are not many of his confidants among the defenders of the fortress. He does not have complete control of the fortress. If he wants to surrender to the enemy and obtain citizenship, then this fortress is a very good token of his surrender.

But the problem was that he did not control the fortress, so it was impossible for him to use it as a token of his surrender.

How can I use this fortress to exchange for my citizenship?

While Josephus was thinking about this, on the other side.

Titus looked up at the sky and finally decided to rest for a night outside the fortress. On the one hand, it was getting late and he was not sure if there were any villages or towns nearby where he could rest. On the other hand, he wanted to disgust the defenders of Harappa Fort.

Although I cannot capture this fortress, I can at least annoy the enemy.

Soon, under the command of Titus, a temporary camp was quickly built.

"General." At the door of the bedroom of the highest administrative chief in Harappa Castle, a low-ranking general suddenly opened the door and knelt on one knee in front of Josephus who was sitting at the desk writing something, and said in a panic: "General, it's not good, the Roman Empire army has set up camp outside!"

"Set up camp where you are?" Seeing this rude subordinate, Josephus was stunned for a moment, then he became furious: "It's just camping where you are! Why are you so nervous?"

"But General...if they stay here...will they want to attack our fortress?" The general looked at the angry Josephus with some fear, and spoke cautiously without daring to breathe.

"How can they launch a surprise attack? We only have 2,000 soldiers and no heavy weapons for siege. How can they launch a surprise attack? Just bang our heads against the city wall?" Josephus waved his hand in annoyance.

"But..." The low-ranking general opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

"No buts!" Josephus stood up and said to the young man in a cold voice, "The enemy will not attack the city, and even if they do, it will not be now. As a general, why are you panicking? You must remember that no matter when, soldiers can panic, because they are just soldiers, and their panic can only affect the people around them at most, but you can't! Because you are a general, once you panic, it will affect many people! Do you understand?!"

"Yes, General." The low-ranking general nodded quickly.

"Well, you go out first. Remember to pay close attention to the enemy's movements. Oh, by the way, when you go out, call Sicari over. I have something to talk to him about." Josephus waved his hand, indicating that he could leave.

"Yes."

About half an hour later, another young general in his twenties knocked on the door gently, then opened the door and came behind Josephus, kneeling on one knee and said, "General, what do you want from me?"

"Yes." Josephus stood up, closed the door of his room, and waved to Sicari, motioning him to take two steps forward: "What do you think of the Roman Empire army outside?"

"Eh?" Sicari looked at Josephus in confusion, pondered for a moment, and said cautiously: "General, this rebel army... should not attack us. After all, they lack sufficient siege weapons and supplies. I guess they..."