My XX deal with Sister Nero

"This Apal is quite capable." Tony nodded as he watched Apal complete the strategic deployment in a short time.

Although the village of Ur is not big and has no strategic value, and although the Armenian militia and Parthian light infantry stationed there did not send out many lookouts, but being able to complete the encirclement under the noses of these few lookouts without being discovered, this ability... It seems that Apal was not a simple person in the past.

"Okay, Apal has completed the mission. Now it's up to us!" Tony said calmly with a slight smile on his face.

In the village of Ur.

Tenui, a freedman from the Parthian Empire.

In his early years, his family was actually slaves of a nobleman. Later, his father made great contributions on the battlefield. As a reward, Tenui's family was freed from slavery and became free people.

It is precisely because of this status as a freeman that Tenui is qualified to be a low-level infantry officer.

"Tsk, I also want to go to the front line and fight the Romans." Throwing a branch into the fire pit in front of him, looking at the crackling bonfire, Tenui sighed and said to himself.

Hearing Tenui's mumbling, several soldiers around him subconsciously shrank their necks and pretended that they heard nothing.

The Parthian Empire has never attached importance to infantry. In their view, infantry is just cannon fodder used in sieges. Therefore, as a military empire, the Parthian Empire naturally has the armored cavalry at the top.

Both the men and the horses were covered in iron armor, and the huge amount of iron consumption meant that ordinary people could not afford it. Therefore, only the military nobles of Parthia could serve as armored cavalry. In addition to the armored cavalry, there were also Parthian archers.

The Parthian horse archers basically came from the subordinates of these nobles or their clansmen. This was the most typical force of Parthia and also the largest force in terms of numbers. They adopted the classic Parthian return shooting technique and used the "kite flying" tactic to kill the enemy.

In addition, there are the Parthian light infantry composed of slaves.

As the cannon fodder of the Parthian Empire, this light infantry, including low-ranking officers, were all expendable. Therefore, what Tenui wanted to do most was to gain more military merits and strive to become a Parthian horse archer. Only in this way could he get rid of his status as cannon fodder.

But in the village of Ur, what else could he do except occasionally robbing a few villagers from the Roman Empire and taking them back as slaves?

Just as Tenui was sighing and wondering where his future lay, he seemed to feel the ground shaking in a trance.

Ok?

Just as Tenui was about to stand up to see what was happening around him, a Parthian soldier in tattered leather armor ran over in a panic and shouted, "Captain! Something bad has happened! A well-equipped Roman cavalry suddenly appeared south of the village of Ur!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this news, Tenui's face suddenly changed. He stood up from the ground using his hands and feet, and asked in a panic, "How many people are there on the other side?"

"The other side has about forty cavalrymen and ten infantrymen!" The soldier quickly replied after hearing the captain's question.

More than forty cavalrymen?

Tenui, who had participated in several wars, understood it almost instantly. This configuration was obviously the guard cavalry configured by a Roman legion commander-level general!

In other words, there is at least one legion surrounding us nearby?

When he thought of this, Tenui's face turned pale. He took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice, "Pass the order, pass the order down, gather all the soldiers, prepare, prepare to surrender."

"Surrender?" The soldier who delivered the message said in surprise, "Captain, why should we surrender?"

"Are you stupid?" Looking at the soldier, Tenui felt as if he was talking to a fool. "More than forty cavalrymen, this is the standard configuration of a general at the level of a legion commander! In other words, we are surrounded by a legion! The other side has five thousand people, and we only have more than a hundred people. What do you think we can use to fight? Use our heads to hit them?"

"But..." The soldier looked at his captain with some fear, lowered his head and whispered, "But there are only about forty cavalrymen around. We can completely rely on the geographical advantage to kill the enemy."

"Huh?" Hearing the soldier's words, the captain was stunned for a moment and asked in disbelief: "What did you say? How many people did you say the other side had?"

"The other side has more than 40 cavalrymen and 10 infantrymen..." the soldier answered cautiously.

???

What is this operation?

Tenui was stunned for a moment. A general came to this village with his own cavalry guards and ten infantrymen?

What are you doing?

"Wait a moment, let me take a look at the situation first." Tenui said as he walked towards the watchtower not far away.

In order to establish a better field of vision, Tenui had already ordered the construction of a watchtower in the center of the village. In this way, the sentinels could observe the surrounding situation through the watchtower. If any enemy came, the watchtower could serve as an early warning.

Now, the sentry tower has indeed played its role, but... does the enemy really only have more than forty cavalrymen and ten infantrymen?

After climbing up the watchtower in two or three steps, Tenui looked around carefully. It seemed that... except for the cavalry unit in the south, there seemed to be no other troops in other places.

PS1: Thanks to "思思网球" for the two blades, and "苦瓜sama" for the one blade ~ Thank you ~

PS2: I may have caught a cold yesterday. I felt uncomfortable all over, so I went to bed early and didn’t write the second chapter. I mumbled for a while. I will make up for the chapters I owe later. Well, I owe 91 chapters now.

PS3: I was thinking before whether the unit of stories around the author should be updated from time to time, but if it is updated, there won’t be much gossip for everyone to eat. Then today, I saw a gossip shared with me by someone, and I think it can be shared with everyone. In addition, this gossip is quite dramatic, so dramatic that I think it would be fine even if it is published in the form of paid chapters (actually it is difficult to divide into sections for some reason). After all, I got up early in the morning and wanted to write some words, but reading this story made me laugh so hard that I almost forgot to update the plot.

Chapter 163 Who is the prey?

Only the General's Guard?

Standing on the watchtower, Tenui was confused. What was going on? Why did the enemy only send out the general's guards?

If they thought that there were not many troops stationed in the village of Ur and therefore there was no need to send too many troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion, this is understandable, but the Roman army could have just sent any troop at will, so why did they send the general's guards?

I don’t quite understand, but...that commander seems to be a child?

Slowly climbing down the stairs, Tenui frowned and thought for a few seconds. Could this child... be the legendary commander of the Roman Empire, Prince Odeni?

It would be interesting if it really was that prince.

Why did His Royal Highness the Prince come to the village of Ur alone with his guards?

There were no ambushes around, only more than 40 cavalrymen and more than ten infantrymen, and they were led by His Royal Highness the Prince himself. Could it be that His Royal Highness the Prince wanted to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield so he brought his guards to encircle the village of Ur?

If you think about it carefully, it is really possible. As a prince, his status does not allow him to take risks, but as a child, he has a certain curiosity about war, so he definitely wants to go to the front line and command a battle personally.

But his lieutenants, whether it was Elliot or Vespasian, would never allow the little prince to really command a war. After all, he had no command experience. Letting this outsider command would certainly have disastrous consequences. However, these lieutenants certainly did not dare to openly oppose the prince. The best way was to find him a place like Ur, where there were not many people stationed and it was not a strategic point, to let him command his guards for fun.

That’s right, play around.

Perhaps in this scenario, he, Te Nui, is just a toy, a bigger toy.

What a joke!

Tenui clenched his fists and looked fiercely at the south gate of the village not far away, as if through the south gate he saw Tony riding on a horse with an arrogant look on his face.

Toy? I'm a toy? I want you to understand! I'm not a toy!

"Pass the order and ask the Armenian commander to come over. I want to discuss something with him." After taking a deep breath, Tenui snorted coldly and said to a soldier beside him.

"Tell me, why doesn't the commander react at all?" Looking at the tightly closed village gate made of several pieces of wood, Tony scratched his head in confusion and turned to ask Mary beside him.

"This... Your Highness, I don't know." Mary shook her head with a wry smile. How could she know?

Logically speaking, no matter what the situation is, the other party should at least have some reaction, but now the door is closed and there is no reaction at all. What does this mean?

"Hand cannon team, load lead bullets!" Looking at the thin door with a gloomy face, Tony took a deep breath and gave the order slowly.

Because there were no guns or cannons, the hand cannon, whose caliber was between that of guns and cannons, naturally served the role of both guns and cannons. In addition to shotguns (grapeshot), Tony also prepared a kind of lead bullet.

The so-called lead bullets are actually round iron bullets. The caliber of this type of bullet is relatively large, and the diameter of the bullet is about the thickness of the wrist of an eight or nine-year-old child. Bullets of this diameter may not be enough for siege, but if they are just used to break down the gate of a small village like this, then... there is no problem at all.

Under Tony's command, members of the hand cannon unit stepped forward. The main gunner took out a certain amount of gunpowder from the fire waist bag on his waist, put it into the gunpowder pool, took out a bullet, and then used a wooden pestle to pound it. While aiming the hand cannon at the gate, another gunner inserted the fuse into the gunpowder pool and then took out a torch.

"Get ready." Tony raised his hand high, but just as he was about to put it down, the gate suddenly opened, and a young man in bright leather armor led more than a dozen soldiers in tattered leather armor out of the village, holding up his hands and saying, "Surrender! We surrender!"

Surrender without a fight?

Tony sighed. He only had more than forty cavalrymen, while the other side had a hundred infantrymen. Why did they surrender?

Tsk, what a piece of shit!

Just as Tony was about to ride his horse into the village, Mary, who was standing beside him, suddenly stretched out her hand to stop him: "Your Highness, be careful, there may be a trap."

Ok?

Tony frowned, looked at the dozen or so infantrymen who ran to the cavalry and knelt down, and whispered, "Did Sister Mary see anything?"

"Intuition." Mary shook her head and said honestly.

That’s right, intuition.

Although the soldiers in front of her did not show anything suspicious at the moment, but...how should I put it? Mary had a vague feeling that these guys seemed to be making some other plans behind their backs.

Intuition?

Tony thought about it. Although he didn't see anything wrong with it, it was better to be on guard.

"Who is the leader among you?" Tony asked while riding on his little red horse, looking at the dozen or so Parthian soldiers kneeling in front of him.

"Your Highness, it's me." Hearing the question, Tenui raised his head, looked at Tony with a flattering face, and said.

Hmm? Your Highness?

If Tony had just had doubts like Mary before, then now, this suspicion has undoubtedly been magnified.

I never said I was a highness!

interesting.

Knowing that he was a prince, and that there were only a dozen soldiers coming out at the same time, it was obvious that the enemy had set an ambush in the village.

They were quite smart and knew not to fight a field battle with cavalry. Although cavalry could exert certain advantages in street fighting, no matter how much advantage the cavalry had, it would not be that great if they lost their support.

"Are there only so many of you?" Tony raised the corner of his mouth slightly, looked at Tenui, and asked with a smile.

"Your Highness, we have a total of one hundred people stationed here. In addition, there are twenty Armenian militiamen. They are all in the village, waiting for your decision."

"Oh~" Tony nodded somewhat exaggeratedly, and said with a long tail tone: "Then...are you all going to come out or do we go in?"

"Your Highness!" Hearing that His Highness was planning to go in, Mary subconsciously said, "Your Highness, you must not do that. Be careful of traps!"

"It's okay." Tony smiled and waved his hand, then lowered his voice and whispered, "Of course I can guess that there is a trick. They just want to surround and kill us, but do you think that His Highness is the kind of person who can be surrounded and killed so easily? He is still a little naive to play the game of hunter and prey with His Highness."

PS: Well, the story around the author is the latest one. There is a female-lead version and a male-lead version. That’s right, the female-lead version is written by the female lead herself, and the male-lead version is the version written by the male lead.

Chapter 164: Your Stupidity Makes Me Can't Breathe

Is Your Highness the kind of person who can be easily surrounded and killed?

Mary didn't know.

Mary only knew that her own prince was very timid. He would never do anything risky without absolute certainty. If he had to do something... he would just stand far away and watch the show.

Moreover, His Highness had already made arrangements before coming here. Perhaps... His Highness expected that the current situation would occur?

To be honest, Tony did not expect the other party to do this.

Logically speaking, the enemy should either fight or surrender. If they fight, the entire army must be mobilized, because in Tony's eyes, he has already classified the Parthians as brainless and has never considered that a low-level officer would arrange strategies and tactics.

Well, to put it bluntly, it means turning the Tenui in front of you into an NPC.

But Tenui is not an NPC, he is a living person. Why can't he be smarter in planning strategies and tactics?

So at the beginning, Tony never thought that Tenui would have a plan.

But now that he had noticed Tenui's plan, with a little deduction, it was not difficult for Tony to guess what Tenui was planning to do.

Now it is clear that Tony has more than 40 cavalrymen under his command, and in addition, there are only ten infantrymen with unknown weapons. Facing such an army, Tenui will definitely choose to lure the enemy deep into the village, lure Tony into the village, and then use the houses to limit the mobility of the cavalry, and at the same time use the archers to attack from a distance. After eliminating the subordinates of His Royal Highness Prince Odney one by one, he will capture His Royal Highness. In this way, he will capture the enemy's main general in one fell swoop. Such an achievement, wow.

Stupid layout.

Tony raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and looked with interest at Tenui, who was kneeling in front of him with a humble face.

"Okay, take me in and I accept your surrender." Riding on the little red horse, Tony nodded and said to Tenui.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Tenui stood up with a flattering smile, walked up to Tony, stretched out his hand to pull Tony's reins and said, "Your Highness, I will lead the horse for you."

"Okay." Tony didn't say anything, just nodded with a smile.

Ah... this person exudes an aura of stupidity, and I feel like I can't breathe.

The previous one, who exuded an aura of stupidity that made people breathless, was at least a wise general in the setting. What do you think of this guy in front of you now?

Tony looked at the back of Tenui's head with a thoughtful expression.

Under the leadership of Tenui, Tony and his party entered the village of Ur.

Because they had received Mary's news in advance, the moment the escort cavalry stepped into the village of Ur, they subconsciously grasped the weapons hanging at their waists and kept scanning the surrounding houses, as if the Parthian light infantry could jump out from the roofs at any time to kill them.

"Your Highness." Just when Tony was getting a little nervous, Tenui, who was walking in front of Tony and holding his horse, suddenly asked, "Your Highness, why are you here?"

Tony smiled and said innocently, "Because I also want to command a battle myself! Although I am the commander-in-chief of the front line, General Lius has always refused to let me command a battle personally, saying that I am too young. Humph, this is clearly underestimating me! You know, the general strategy of the Battle of Thessalonica was arranged by me!"

Speaking of which, because Tony is now the commander-in-chief on the front line, in order to make his resume look better, the Roman imperial government, under the instruction of the Senate and Nero, specially made a resume for the twelve-year-old prince, which included participating in the command of the Battle of Thessaonica and independently commanding the Battle of Apamea. Relying on these two wars, the Roman government portrayed Tony as a little military genius.

Before the battle, Parthia naturally collected relevant intelligence in order to understand who their opponents were, and then... well, the identity of this little military genius was indeed a bit eye-catching.

Within just a few months, almost everyone knew that the little prince was a military genius, and almost all the officers of the Parthian Empire and the Kingdom of Armenia were divided into two factions on this matter.

The first faction believes that this is true, Tony does have some talent for command, and people should not underestimate this guy.