My XX deal with Sister Nero

After hearing Nero's explanation, Tony felt even more confused.

What the hell? Although you speak very truthfully, I always feel like you are lying to me!

Hmm...Woof woof?

Ahem, now is not the time to get hurt. Tony coughed lightly and frowned, saying, "Sister, we haven't seen what the person who came to see me looks like yet. What if she's not pretty at all?"

"Not beautiful? Then you shouldn't dirty your brother's eyes! Just hang him!" Nero blurted out subconsciously without thinking.

...you win.

Tony looked defeated by you.

After taking a deep breath and thinking for two seconds, Tony's eyes began to well up with tears. At the same time, an aggrieved expression appeared on his face. "I know sister is doing this for my own good, but...but, but what if the person who is looking for me has something urgent? I'm just curious, sister, can you just let me see him? Oh~"

Looking at his brother's aggrieved expression, Nero was almost melted by him.

As expected! She is good-looking and looks good no matter what expression she makes. If you were the author crying in front of Nero at this moment, I'm afraid the book should have ended here.

After all, the author has been fired, who will write the book?

Ahem, that’s too far off topic.

Seeing Tony's aggrieved face, Nero's heart softened instantly: "Okay, okay, my brother is the best. Don't cry, don't cry. Sister will let you go see her, okay?"

"Really?" Tony looked at Nero with a wronged look, somewhat unconvinced.

"Really, as long as little brother doesn't cry, I'm willing to do anything for my sister~" Nero coaxed Tony with a face full of maternal love and whispered.

Then let’s roll in the sheets together!

Ahem, Tony tried hard to suppress the perverted thoughts deep in his heart. He put on an expression of turning tears into laughter at the right time, and said happily: "I knew that my sister loves me the most!" As he spoke, Tony reached out and hugged Nero's neck, and with a "biaji" sound, he kissed Nero hard on the face.

After saying goodbye to Nero, Tony skipped to the gate of the palace. According to the guards, the girl who wanted to see him was currently standing at the gate, quietly waiting for him.

She wore a white headscarf on her purple hair, revealing most of her breasts in a nun's uniform and the sky-blue waistcoat on the nun's uniform, as well as the stockings that had already made Tony want to complain half a year ago, and the huge cross that was tightly held in her right hand...

Tony never dreamed that the girl who wanted to see her was actually Martha, the dragon-slaying saint who had traveled around Europe for half a year!

"Martha...sister?" Tony rubbed his eyes in disbelief as he looked at the girl in front of him. After they parted in Thessaly, Martha's whereabouts were unknown. According to Tony's guess, this saint should be traveling around Europe and saving people, right? But he didn't expect that half a year later, Martha actually came to Rome and appeared in front of Tony.

"It's you, little Tony." Looking at the shocked Tony, Martha smiled like a loving mother. She took two steps forward to Tony, gently touched his head, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for half a year. Little Tony has grown a little taller."

"Yeah!" Tony nodded vigorously, stretched out his little paw to hold Martha's right hand, and said happily: "Sister, come with me quickly. Sister Tita will be very happy to see you."

As he spoke, Tony pulled Marda towards his bedroom.

After Tony and Martha walked away, a head with beautiful long golden hair suddenly popped out from the bushes near the palace gate. She looked at the two people leaving in the distance and said with gritted teeth, "Hmm, it seems that this woman... should have bad intentions towards my brother!"

Tony took Martha back to his bedroom. Before he could call Tita over, he saw Martha waving at him and said with an embarrassed look on her face: "Actually...brother, I came to you to discuss something with you."

"Hmm? What does sister want to talk to me about?" Tony sat down on his bed and asked curiously.

"It's like this, brother. I heard that you are a prince of the empire, and His Majesty the Emperor seems to like you very much. Well, you know, my sister believes in Christianity, but I don't know why, the imperial government seems to be targeting Christianity. I wonder... can you talk to His Majesty and ask the government to stop targeting Christianity?" Martha looked at Tony a little embarrassedly and said in a low voice.

???

This... Tony opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

Why did the Roman Empire target Christianity? Don’t you have a little Hercules in your heart?

PS: Chapter 2 is here! I'm going to watch The Wandering Earth tomorrow

Chapter 143: Kidnapping an Iron Fist Saint?

To be honest, the religious policy of the Roman Empire was relatively open. After all, a considerable part of Roman mythology was copied from Greek mythology. How could it not be open?

Two thousand years later, the Roman mythology that everyone knows is actually a mixture of many mythological stories and characters from Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology, Sumerian mythology and other mythological stories. However, even the Roman Empire, which had such an enlightened religious policy, was unwilling to play with Christianity. The reason was actually very simple, that is, the Christian doctrine was too targeted.

According to Christianity, there is only one true God in this world, and that is God. All other gods in mythology are false, whether it is Zeus in Greek mythology, Jupiter in Roman mythology, or Ra in Egyptian mythology, they are all false. Only our God is the real God, and we are the real messengers of God.

But the Roman Empire... was basically a country where the monarchy was granted by God!

According to mythology, the god of war Mars had a son named Romulus, who was the first king of the Roman Monarchy, the founding monarch of the Roman Kingdom, and the divine king of the Roman Empire. Later, at the end of the Republican era, Caesar, who had divine blood, became the lifelong dictator. His great-nephew and adopted son Octavian established the Roman Empire. Until the generation of Nero, all emperors of the Roman Empire were descendants of the divine king Romulus, and they all had the blood of the god of war Mars flowing in their bodies!

If we say that the Roman Empire recognized Christianity, it means that the Roman Empire acknowledged that there was nothing wrong with the Christian doctrine. But once it acknowledged that there was nothing wrong with the Christian doctrine, what does this mean? It means that the statement that other gods mentioned by Christianity are false is correct. In other words, the Roman Empire acknowledged that Mars, the god of war in Roman mythology, was false.

Mars is fake, so his son Romulus does not exist. If Romulus is denied, then what is Caesar? What is Octavian? What are the emperors of the entire Julian-Claudian dynasty? !

So now, Martha came to Tony and wanted him to help give Christianity a relatively fair missionary space. Is this possible? If Tony really went there and said it foolishly, Nero would definitely hang Martha in Rome for the crime of spreading evil and misleading the people.

"This...I'm afraid it will take some careful consideration." Knowing that there was no way to resolve this issue, Tony had to be vague and planned to delay it for a while.

“Really…” Seeing Tony’s evasive look, Martha understood that Tony must have some unspeakable reason why he couldn’t help her, so she had to force herself to smile and said, “It’s okay, it’s OK if I can’t help my sister.”

Seeing the lost look on Martha's face, Tony sighed. It seemed that he had to think of a way to avoid the outrageous actions of Christianity during the Fire of Rome.

But... the Christian teachings are here, and this... may not be easy to implement.

"Well, brother, I heard that the Roman Empire is now at war with the Kingdom of Armenia?" After two seconds of silence, Martha suddenly looked at Tony and asked.

"Ah? Yes, that's the case. And the reason why Armenia betrayed the empire this time was because of the instigation of Parthia behind the scenes. What's wrong?" Tony raised his eyebrows, not knowing why Martha asked such a question.

"Brother... I heard that you are the commander of the Eastern Legion?" Martha was silent for two seconds before she asked.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Tony nodded. This information had been announced as early as when the Roman Empire decided to form an army of 200,000 to go to the front line. It was not surprising for Martha to know this.

"Brother, according to the rules of war, you should go to the front line, right? Well, can you take me with you? I want to protect you."

???

Tony was stunned when he heard Martha's words.

Although Martha did have the motive to protect Tony, but... no matter how I think about it, I feel that Martha has other purposes this time.

"Well... according to the Empire's deployment, although I am a dragon slayer, I cannot lead troops to fight, so the Empire appointed General Vespasianus as my deputy commander to assist me. Of course, I say assist, but in fact he is the real commander of the Eastern Legion."

Tony paused and continued, "But just now, we received a military report saying that General Vespasianus was injured and is now unconscious and unable to command the army. So I may go to the front line with the Empire's newly selected deputy commander in the next two days."

"Then...brother, can you take me with you? I tell you, I'm a good fighter!" Martha nodded and said seriously.

...I know you are a good fighter. You can knock down the Iron Fist Saint of Tarrasque with one Bible. Is there anyone you can’t defeat?

"It's not impossible to take my sister with you, but... sister, tell me the truth, why do you want to go to the front line?" Tony asked with a sigh.

"I... I just want to protect my brother." A barely perceptible panic flashed across Martha's eyes, and then she coughed lightly and said seriously.

"Since you want to protect me, sister, then you should stay by my side while I am on the front line." Tony nodded and said seriously.

"Huh?!" Martha looked at Tony in bewilderment, not knowing what to do.

"So... Sister, please consider telling the truth." Tony almost laughed out loud when he saw Martha's confused expression.

After all, I was a government official in my previous life. How could I talk so well? Although I am not very good at it, it is no problem for me to bully Martha!

"...Okay." Martha opened her mouth, but in the end she could only look at Tony with frustration and said, "Actually, my sister wants to go to the front line so that she can get some military merit or something. In this way, maybe the government will allow me to spread Christianity better because of my military merit."

Emmmmm... So the rumored Iron Fist Saint is so innocent?

Tony scratched his head. Christianity was banned by the Roman Empire. Obviously, it was not something you could solve by just going to the battlefield and getting some military merits, right? Even if you destroyed Parthia today and even fought all the way to Luoyang City and captured Liu Xiu, the Son of the Plane, you probably wouldn't get the Senate to agree to you promoting Christianity in the Roman Empire.

After all, the teachings of Christianity have already doomed it to be unable to grow and develop in any religious field.

But... it seems like a good idea to lure such an Iron Fist Saint to the front line to protect yourself?

"Well... okay, um, sister, wait a moment, I'll go make the arrangements~" Tony rolled his eyes and said to Martha with a smile.

PS1: Thanks to "Mobai_du" for the blade and the two "Fu" for the reward, thanks to "Dunfentiao" for the blade, thanks to "hawk_39" for the two blades, thanks to "Aiyouwei" for the three blades, and thanks... well, thanks to "Xingyu Rose Sparkling Water" for the thirty blades.

Speaking of the big guy who sent me 30 blades, when I saw these 30 blades today, my first reaction was, did I offend you in the past? Why are you urging me to update so hard? !

PS2: Thank you again to all the big guys for the blades and rewards, but I still want to say something.

I just found out today that the price of a blade is one yuan. If it's cheaper, I don't care, but I can only get one cent for this blade. If I want to get more, I have to meet the full attendance requirement, which means updating 4,000 words a day. But... because I have to work, so, um, this is unlikely, so if possible, I hope you can give less blades, thank you~

PS3: According to history, Caesar and Romulus have no blood relationship, but according to the Type-Moon history... you know

Chapter 144: A Farsighted Archer? Or an Assassin?

It's called an arrangement, but it's actually just an excuse.

As a front-line commander who was always doing nothing, neither the Senate nor Nero thought that Tony could really command a war. Even after Tony successfully recaptured Apamea, the Senate still did not take Tony's military talents seriously.

After all, in their opinion, Apamea's victory was too coincidental, so coincidental that it might not be replicated. This... couldn't be considered a tactic at all.

So Tony wasn't really going to the frontline to command a war, and the Senate and the Emperor didn't bother to care who he took with him. They were just there to slack off anyway. Even if he took a bunch of girls with him... well, Nero might still take care of it.

Anyway, if Tony wants to take Martha with him, it will be easy and pleasant.

The reason why he wanted to fool Martha was simply to give her the feeling that "I have also run a lot for you". In this way, when they were at the front line, Martha should be a little more obedient and not cause him trouble.

After taking a stroll outside and pretending to make some arrangements, Tony returned to his bedroom, only to see Tita and Martha sitting at a small round table, chatting and laughing about something.

"Sister Tita, what are you talking about?" After entering his bedroom, Tony sat down on the bed, looking at the two people talking and laughing, and asked curiously.

"Ah, nothing, just talking about some interesting things that happened when Sister Martha was traveling." Seeing Tony walking in briskly, Tita said to him with a smile.

Oh oh oh, Tony is not interested in these so-called interesting things. After all, these interesting things... are they as interesting as those stupid netizens he knew in his previous life?

After resting for a while in the palace, Martha said goodbye to Tony. Before leaving, Martha told Tony her residential address. The meaning was simple: let me know when you leave so that I can go with you.

According to Tony's plan, he will bring three troops to the front line this time, namely the Royal Guards, the Odeni First Legion and the Hand Cannon Troops.

Well, after test-firing the hand cannon in the morning, Tony discovered that it would be a little troublesome if only one soldier operated the hand cannon, and he couldn't even aim. In this way, the rear sight and front sight on the hand cannon would be completely useless. The best way to solve this problem is to have another soldier who is specifically responsible for firing the hand cannon. Only in this way can the gunner free his hands and perform simple aiming operations.

In addition to these three troops, the Senate also specially prepared a new troop for Tony, that is, the Second "Augustus" Legion!

Speaking of which, this legion and Tony are old acquaintances.

When in Thessalonica, Nero led this legion to defeat the Istrian tribe that came to attack Thessalonica. After escorting Nero back to Rome, this legion returned to the front line, joined several other legions, and then attacked the Thracian Kingdom. After the Thracian Kingdom was destroyed some time ago, the Second "Augustus" Legion rested in place under the order of the legion commander Leius, waiting for new orders from the Senate.

Now, new orders came from the Senate.

The Second Legion set out for Byzantium to wait for Tony and join him. At the same time, the legion commander, Levius, was appointed as deputy commander of the Eastern Legion, responsible for assisting His Royal Highness the Prince, commanding the entire Eastern Legion and quelling the rebellion in Armenia.

"Interesting, isn't it, Leus?"

Above the Mediterranean Sea, Tony looked at the battle report in his hand, tapped the table lightly, and muttered.

Levius, a veteran of the empire, is probably much better than Vespasian in terms of seniority. Although his current record is not as brilliant as Vespasian, the fact that he participated in and commanded the war to destroy the Thracian Kingdom is enough to make him one of the first-line generals of the empire.

What's more, he had led many expeditions to the Germanic region in his early years, and now many Germanic tribes still tremble at the sound of the name Leius.

However, compared to the younger Vespasian, Levius is already old and no longer has the fighting spirit of his youth. Now he is relatively conservative when commanding battles. He prefers to proceed step by step and no longer engages in long-term and aggressive operations like he did when he was young.

But it is not a big problem to let Liius be the deputy commander. As long as Parthia does not send troops to fight in a real sense, then Armenia alone...what strategy or tactics are needed? Just attack with a simple attack and it will be done.

But...how was Vespasian shot?

This is the question circling in Tony's mind now.

Although the battlefield was a bit chaotic, according to the battle report, Vespasian was commanding a small-scale exploratory attack at the time. Although he was commanding the battle on the spot, he did not go to the battlefield in person. Instead, he stood on a high ground in the distance with his personal guards and commanded the battle remotely. This is a common trick used by general generals, finding a high and open area to command the battle, which can ensure that they can see the dynamics of their own troops and prevent enemy sneak attacks.

After all, the higher you stand, the farther you can see. You can almost see the attacker before he gets close to you.

But this time it was weird.

Logically speaking, if someone attacked Vespasian by surprise, the enemy's archers should have been discovered by Vespasian's guards before they reached the range of their arrows. However, not only did Vespasian's guards not see anyone, but the enemy's arrows also passed through the guards' heavy protection and hit Vespasian directly.

What does this mean? It means that either the archer has a good bow and he may be farsighted, or it means that the archer has a special stealth skill and is a real Assassin.

It's not the kind of three-red killing rank that opens up invincibility at every turn.

After Vespasian was injured, Titus is currently the commander-in-chief of the front line. The second emperor of the Flavian dynasty is also a horseman like his father, but he is too young at this time. He is even two years younger than Nero. Therefore, Titus, the deputy commander, is just a nominal position. The real decision-makers are still the commanders of the various legions on the front line, and Titus is just a mediator to prevent these legion commanders from leaving their posts and disobeying orders.

Therefore, before Titus arrived at the front, the 200,000 troops on the front line could only be in a passive situation of being beaten. There was no way. Titus was too young and had no sense of the overall situation. Perhaps at this time he could command an army of several hundred or even thousands of people to fight a small-scale encounter, but to command an army of 200,000 to launch a war of annihilation... forget it.

However, the only thing worth mentioning is that before going to the front line, Vespasian not only recaptured Ephesus, but also ventured to the province of Pontus with tens of thousands of national troops, and fought a fierce battle with the main force of the Pontic rebels, defeating the Pontic rebels in one fell swoop. Even several sons of the rebel leader Polemon II were killed or captured in this battle. Judging from the current situation, the Pontic rebels can no longer make much waves.

PS1: Thanks to the two people who gave the reward of "Holy War! Holy War!", thank you~

PS2: Have a meal, and continue writing. Just like I said in the work-related post this afternoon, as long as I haven't found a job, I will update three times a day at least. Let me make up for the chapters I owe first. Well, this is the second update.

Chapter 145 Tony's Showy Operation (Additional Update 40)

The fastest way to travel from Rome to Byzantium is of course by sea, after all, there are fewer hassles if you take the water route.

After half a month's trek, Tony and his team finally landed at a military port near the city of Byzantium.

"Your Highness, long time no see." As soon as he got off the boat, Tony saw an old man wearing typical Roman general armor standing at the dock, looking at Tony with a smile on his face.

This old man with a smile on his face but... I don't know if he is having an MMP in his heart or not is the commander of the Second "Augustus" Legion of the Roman Empire, Levius.