My XX deal with Sister Nero

"General Titus's men?" Hearing Titus' name, Rosa and the general looked at each other, and the general hurriedly said, "Quick, get him over here!"

……

A few minutes later, a young man dressed in typical Roman light cavalry attire came to the general and knelt on one knee. "General, I am here on the orders of General Titus to report that the enemy is trying to enter the Harappa Fortress, and General Titus has already led 2,000 cavalrymen to occupy the fortress. When the rebels are approaching the city, General Titus will find a way to delay the enemy. At that time, I hope you can cooperate with General Titus to annihilate the enemy in front of the fortress."

Titus actually captured Harappa Castle?

Rosa took out the map of the Jewish province that Tony had prepared for him before he left, and after finding the location of Haraba Castle on the map, he subconsciously frowned.

According to Tony, Vespasian came from the north of Judea to support Caesarea. Judging from their starting point, if they wanted to support Caesarea, they should go southwest, but Harappa Castle is southeast of Vespasian's starting point. How come Titus... is here?

Could it be that he had already calculated that Caesarea would defeat the rebels and that the rebels would retreat in this direction?

If this is true, then Titus is truly a young talent and deserves to be the second-generation monarch of the Flavian dynasty!

"Pass the order." The general first glanced at Rosa next to him. Seeing that Rosa did not make any other moves, he said boldly: "Pass the order. The army will speed up and attack the enemy when they are about to enter Haraba Fort!"

"Yes!" Several deputy generals responded and then dispersed to pass on the order.

Salome's side.

After nearly an hour's forced march, Salome and others finally arrived at the wall of Harappa Fort.

"Someone, open the city gate quickly. Her Royal Highness the Princess wants to enter the city!" A young general took two steps forward and came to the front of the two armies, shouting to the soldiers on the city wall.

"Hmm?" A man dressed as a junior officer of the rebel army stood on the city wall and looked outside. Then he looked down at the clothes he was wearing and finally grinned at the young general: "Sorry, brother, I forgot to change clothes. This place has been occupied by the Roman Empire!" As he spoke, the young man waved his hand and shouted to the soldiers on the city wall: "Archers, shoot!"

Following the young man's order, the soldiers on the city wall drew their bows and arrows, and while the rebel soldiers had not yet reacted, they shot the arrows on the bowstrings at the rebels outside the city!

"Roman army?!" Looking at the Romans on the city wall, Salome hurriedly retreated out of the range of the arrows under the cover of everyone, muttering to herself in panic.

How...why are they here?

Chapter 676: Continuous Betrayals

Not to mention Salome, even Archimedes, who looked confident and wise, was confused.

The Jewish rebellion had been planned for a long time. The fact that Haraba was their base camp was known only to a few senior generals in the Jewish rebels and the commander of the Haraba garrison. Logically, there was no possibility of any leak, but... but how did the Romans know? !

"Your Highness! What should we do?" Just as Salome was stunned, a general almost crawled to Salome's side and shouted loudly with a sad face.

"What should we do?" Salome looked up at the Haraba Castle not far away, her expression uncertain. "We don't have large siege equipment now, and it looks like the enemy has at least thousands of soldiers defending it. In this case, we can't capture this fortress in a short time... What about Jerusalem? What's the situation in Jerusalem now?"

"Princess, Jerusalem was captured a few days ago, and Governor Florus fled to the Egyptian province. Now this holy city has fallen back into our hands." The deputy general replied quickly.

"...Withdraw, retreat to Jerusalem." Salome gave the order after looking at the tall walls of Haraba Castle with some reluctance.

"But Your Highness, our food..." The deputy general opened his mouth but did not dare to finish his words.

"I know the food situation. Now... we can only collect food from people along the way." Salome said, and her expression suddenly became extremely depressed.

It was a good situation, originally a good situation! How did it become like this now?

However, at this moment, the guards beside Salome were suddenly pushed aside again. A middle-aged man in armor squeezed out of the crowd and came to Salome. He bowed slightly to her and said, "Your Highness Salome, I want to know, what is your next plan?"

"Ah? It's Mr. Flavio." After taking a closer look at the middle-aged man, Salome said apologetically, "Mr. Flavio, I'm sorry that I can't help you rescue your son. Now there are Romans chasing us. If we delay here for too long, I think we..."

"So you plan to retreat, right?" Flavio asked, shaking his head.

"Mr. Flavio, please understand. After all, we still have tens of thousands of Jews here. I cannot risk the lives of tens of thousands of Jews." Salome looked at Flavio with a wry smile and said slowly.

Flavio was a Jewish priest. In this era where kings were granted divine power, priests had an exclusive status. Even Salome was unwilling to offend a priest easily.

"Risk?" Flavio glanced at the soldiers around him and Salome's guards, and suddenly sneered: "Salome, your highness, from the moment you raised your army to rebel, weren't you taking a risk? Yes, the Romans are unfair to us, but the one who is really unfair to us is not the head of the Roman Empire, not the senators, but the governor of the province of Judea. Now the empire is determined to deal with this governor and give us an explanation, why should we rebel?"

"Do you believe that the Romans will really give you an explanation?" At this moment, Archimedes, who had been standing aside without saying a word, suddenly asked.

"I believe that Prince Odenis has a good reputation. It was he who initially proposed to deal with Florus, but the Senate pretended to obey and has not dealt with Florus until now. It is precisely because of this that Your Highness came here in person to deal with Florus in person. Mr. Archimedes, isn't Prince Odenis's behavior enough to show his sincerity?" Flavio looked at Archimedes with a mocking look on his face and said.

"You..." Hearing this, Archimedes would be a fool if he still couldn't react: "Flavio, you...or your priest class, are you planning to rebel?"

"Rebellion? No, no, no." Flavio waved his hands and looked at the two heroes and said, "It's you who are rebelling! The undead from the past!"

Following this roar, as if receiving a signal, the armies of the Jewish priest class, under the orders of their respective superiors, pointed their weapons at their former comrades.

betray!

Unexpectedly, at this most critical moment, Salome suffered a second betrayal!

Although Martha's betrayal made Salome abandon the entire Christian group, to be honest, Salome had never fully believed in Christianity from the beginning, so this abandonment was not a big deal and would not have much impact on her side. After all, Christianity could only be regarded as an ally with a common goal at most.

But Flavio's betrayal was fatal.

If they betray at this point in time, there is no doubt that they will hinder their retreat!

"Surrender your hands, Your Highness." Slowly drawing out the dagger hanging at his waist, Flavio led his men to rush towards Salome.

……

Flavio's sudden betrayal caught Salome off guard. Finally, with a desperate defense by Xiao, Salome and Archimedes finally escaped Flavio's pursuit.

In this battle, Salome can be said to have lost completely.

Betrayed by her allies and subordinates, when she rushed out of the encirclement with her personal guards, only about forty soldiers were left following her.

"Mr. Archimedes." After running for an unknown amount of time, Salome, who looked exhausted, leaned against a tree nearby and sat on the ground with the help of a guard, looking at the moon in the sky. She said to Archimedes, "Mr. Archimedes, what should we do next?"

"What should we do next?" Archimedes looked at the more than 40 guards around Salome, and suddenly a smile flashed across his lips: "Salome, do you still want to turn the tables with these 40-odd soldiers? Didn't you notice that on your way here, no Jewish army was willing to help you. What does this mean?"

"You..." Salome's face suddenly changed, and she looked at Archimedes in disbelief: "Archimedes, are you going to betray me too?"

"Betrayal? No, no, no." Archimedes waved his hand and said, "Sir Salome, when did you start to have the illusion that I was your subordinate?"

"You!" Salome stood up subconsciously, pointed at Archimedes and opened her mouth. She looked so panicked that she didn't know what to say for a while.

Yes, when did I start to feel that Archimedes was my subordinate? From the beginning, Archimedes was just an ally with me, right?

Chapter 677: The Second Old Man is a Newt

In the Battle of Haraba, the main force led by Salome was almost wiped out. This battle indicated that Salome no longer had the strength to compete with the Roman Empire. It also meant that the entire Jewish rebel army began to collapse.

"You mean, the Jewish rebels are now split into two groups?" Inside the study, Nero looked at Tony and blinked.

"Yes, sister. According to intelligence, the Jewish rebels are currently divided into two groups. One is led by the Sadducees who intend to surrender to the Roman Empire, and the other is an army led by the Zealots and the Cutlasses who are hostile to the Romans. However, the latter does not have a unified leader at present, so now they are in a state of each acting on their own. I suggest that we temporarily keep the army led by Vespasianus, and then incorporate the rebels led by the Sadducees, and use this rebel army to deal with the Zealots and the Cutlasses." Tony said seriously.

As mentioned earlier, there are many factions within Judaism. Apart from Christianity, which is extremely extreme and no longer belongs to Judaism, the most radical faction within Judaism is the Zealots. The radical faction within the Zealots is the famous Khedives.

That’s right, it was the Tank Party that launched the first Jewish war in human history.

"Hmm, brother, your idea is good. Let Sadugai help us eliminate the Zealots and the Daggers. This way, we can reduce our own calculations to the lowest level. You are worthy of being my brother. You are so smart!" Nero said as he happily walked around the desk to Tony and gently touched his head.

"Hmm~" Tony hugged his sister and rubbed her with great enjoyment. He continued, "We can put aside the issue of the rebels for now, but our most fundamental problem has not been solved. If the Jewish province remains like this, then... I'm afraid there will be a second, third, or even fourth or fifth Jewish war."

"So...what is my brother going to do?" Nero asked with interest, looking down at Tony in his arms.

She was the emperor and had received elite education since childhood, so almost in an instant a very mature solution came into her mind, but Nero did not intend to say it out now. She wanted to hear her brother's opinion and see how her brother, who had not received this education, could answer.

"Sister, there is a saying in the East that in troubled times, severe punishments are used. The fundamental reason why the Jewish province rebelled was that the government imposed heavy taxes and deliberately created conflicts, which made it difficult for the Jews to live, so they chose to rebel against the Roman Empire. In other words, the root cause of this rebellion was not the Jewish people, but some Roman officials in the Jewish province. So I suggest that the army take over the Jewish province, and General Vespasianus temporarily act as the governor, and conduct a strict investigation to see if the imperial officials in the province have exploited and oppressed the people, and then impose punishment according to the specific circumstances."

Should severe punishments be used in troubled times?

Nero nodded. His brother's idea was similar to his own. If he wanted to completely eradicate the rebellion, he had to execute a group of guilty officials and appease the emotions of the citizens.

But Nero did not expect that his brother would recommend Vespasianus.

In fact, Tony recommended Vespasian not out of his own selfishness. Although Vespasian is currently one of Tony's subordinates, Tony chose to use him as the acting governor of the Jewish province. The reason is that in the pan-human history, Vespasian has a high prestige in the east, and it was he who defeated the Jewish rebels. So if he is used to govern this land, even if he is not the Vespasian in the pan-human history, it should not be much different, right?

"Okay, I'll listen to my brother." Although he didn't understand why his brother wanted Vespasianus to serve as the acting governor of the Jewish province, the Jewish province was still the emperor's province after all, and Nero had absolute say here. Even if the Senate wanted to do something, they could only do it behind his back.

"So... what are you going to do next, brother? Stay in Caesarea, or do something else?" Nero asked gently, stroking Tony's head.

"Go back. There's no need for my contribution in the Jewish province anymore. It's okay for me to arrange a general strategic direction, but if you ask me to make some specific plans...with my ability, forget it." Tony shrugged.

"Hmm! Then listen to my brother. We'll rest here for two days and then go back!" Nero nodded.

There are only some unfinished business left in Caesarea, and Tony has nothing to do with the rest. Instead of staying here, he might as well return to Rome while there is still time to prepare for his wedding.

"Speaking of which... Rosa, this guy, actually ran off with Alexi without even saying hello. That's really too much." Just as Tony was thinking about his wedding arrangements, he suddenly heard a somewhat unclear mumbling sound coming from his sister's mouth.

"Rosa... he seems to have something to do? It seems like something happened, so he rushed back." Rosa scratched his head and took a long time to come up with such nonsense.

Rosa left. Yesterday evening, Rosa suddenly found Tony and said goodbye to him, saying that he was going back now, and he would come to the Roman Empire again when Tony got married. As for the reason for his return... how to put it? Seeing him dancing like that, if Tony didn't know that this guy was already in his thirties, he almost thought he was still a child!

How can you still have the second-year syndrome when you’re so old?

Anyway, Rosa told Tony excitedly at that time that he had to go back quickly, not because something happened in his country, but simply because the fifth season of "Us Three" was released.

What is "We Three"?

Anime? TV series? Anyway, the name always sounds like a waste of time.

Well, anyway, from the tone of this guy, I have to go back and watch this thing, I don’t know if it’s a TV series or a new show…

So this guy is really just a fat otaku?

"It's just as you think." Before Alexei left, Tony privately pulled Alexei over to ask about Rosa's chuunibyou problem. Alexei replied, "Let me put it this way. He played FGO and spent money to buy a warehouse full of action figures. This can only mean that he is rich, right? An emperor who governs a huge empire, his toys are more than just action figures. Sometimes this guy even has a sudden whim and builds battleships of hundreds of thousands of tons that were only on paper during World War II and are useless in modern times... But no matter what, this can only mean that Rosa is rich and willful."

At this point, Alexei suddenly approached Tony in a mysterious manner, glanced outside the door, and lowered his voice, "I heard that many years ago, when Rosa seemed to be fighting with a certain force, as the commander, he should have commanded his subordinates to fight, right? But at that time, he seemed to have handed over the command to a subordinate he trusted, and then ran to Japan, because at that time there happened to be a concert of a two-dimensional singer he liked, so he went to support him."

Chapter 678: The war is over, it's time to go back home and get married

Tony was shocked at the time.

Just like Alexei said, whether it's buying figures or playing mobile games with in-game currency, or even replicating a battleship of hundreds of thousands of tons that only existed on blueprints during World War II, these actions can only be attributed to his excessive wealth and willfulness. But abandoning his subordinates in the middle of a battle to run off to cheer for Ai Doulu, isn't that too stupid?

Is this the two-spined newt?

Well, since Rosa is gone, I can feel relieved...

In short, with his sister's tacit approval, Tony appointed Vespasianus as the acting governor of the province of Judea, and ordered him to investigate the officials under Florus who exploited and oppressed the Jewish people. At the same time, Tony also issued an order to issue a nationwide arrest warrant for Florus.

After doing this, Tony and Nero returned to Rome by boat.

Now, it is already mid-March.

"This..." After sailing on the sea for more than a week, Tony was shocked by the new building being built on the street as soon as he set foot on the land of Rome.

Arc de Triomphe!

Two thousand years later, when many people mention the Arc de Triomphe, their first reaction is the Lion Arch on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. This Arc de Triomphe is a huge and majestic building that Napoleon ordered to be built to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Austerlitz. Because this Lion Arch became the largest and most famous Arc de Triomphe in the world, two thousand years later, the Lion Arch was almost believed by people in other countries to be the first and only Arc de Triomphe in the world.

But in fact, the Arc de Triomphe first appeared in the Roman Republic period. During the Roman Empire period, there would be an extra Arc de Triomphe in Rome almost every time the Roman Empire achieved a major military victory. And Tony... as far as he knew, there were at least four Arc de Triomphes in Rome named after him.

Well, not including the fifth one in front of us.

Absolutely!

But forget it. To be honest, the Arc de Triomphe represents Tony's achievements. The five Arc de Triomphes represent Tony's five major victories: the suppression of the Pontic Rebellion, the First Parthian War, the suppression of the Boudicca Rebellion, the Second Parthian War, and now the latest one, the suppression of the Jewish Rebellion.

I don't know why, but when Tony looked at his own achievements, he felt like a bourgeois.

Why do I feel like those landlords and compradors in junior high school history books?

Well, this must be an illusion.

……

"Has Prince Odni returned?" In a building near the Ostia Gate west of Rome, an old... cute woman with long purple hair stood at the window, looking at Tony outside the city gate calmly, muttering to herself.

She had been waiting for Prince Odney in Rome for a long time.

Since the death of her apprentice more than half a year ago, Scathach, who has the title of "Queen of Shadow Kingdom", used some method to leave the Shadow Kingdom and come to the Roman Empire. Her original purpose was to rescue her disciple Cu Chulainn.

However, Cu Chulainn was killed by Sefalu, and she did not have time to save her land.

But it was also because of this opportunity that she met Prince Odney.

As a demigod, her vision is unmatched. Which of the disciples she values ​​and recognizes is not a genius among thousands? For example, the representative among them, Cu Chulainn, is a genius among geniuses, and Tony... In Scathach's eyes, he is also a genius.

In fact, strictly speaking, before Rosa in the future changed this world line into a Lostbelt, Tony... had nothing to do with the word genius in any way. Maybe he knew a lot of things, but that was only because he was a time traveler from the future, from the era of information explosion. The knowledge he possessed was basically knowledge he got from the Internet. Any time traveler could master this knowledge, and as for magic... let alone the magic of the Type-Moon world, Tony couldn't even do Liu Qian's magic.

However, as this world was transformed into a strange story belt, Tony's magical talents gradually emerged under the blessing of his heroic spirit self. Especially now, Tony has gained the power of a heroic spirit and can communicate with the Great Source. If he really wants to fight at full strength, even Scathach might find it a bit tricky.

Scathach now has the idea of ​​taking Tony as her apprentice. In this way, maybe in the near future, Tony will be able to fulfill her wish and help her to get rid of immortality.

……

After returning to the palace, Tony had lunch and then had a good sleep. He did not get up until the evening, put on his robe, and went to the study to review the report from the British province.

It is undeniable that Vitellius did have the talent to govern the country.

Under the cooperative governance of Deputy Governor Vitellius and Chief Internal Affairs Officer Otto, the province of Britain showed a thriving scene. Coupled with the foundation laid by Vespasianus, the province of Britain, which was very backward and poor half a year ago, gradually transformed into a province with huge development potential in the past six months.