My XX deal with Sister Nero

Tony coughed lightly, then walked cautiously to Nero's side, put on a cute expression and looked at Nero, whispering, "Sister, I was wrong. Can you please forgive me?"

Emmmm, the cute look of Suoran's brother is quite lethal, but...but when Nero thought that her stupid brother might be used by others without realizing it, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart and said softly: "Be good, little brother. When I finish the things in my hands, I will take you back, okay?"

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Take me back?

Wait a minute! Bridge sack!

How can I, Prince Odney, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army, go back? !

Logically, shouldn't I have finished this dungeon? But hasn't this dungeon just begun? Why is it ending right now?

Director, no, did you give my sister the wrong script?

Seeing Tony's incredulous expression, Nero frowned slightly and said, "Listen to me, I may have indulged you too much recently. This is not good for your future. When I go back in a few days, you should go back with me."

...Oh no!

Tony finally understood that this was really a record for him!

The last time he went to attack Apamea, after all, he was the one who brought superior forces to attack the Pontic rebels. The rebels were small in number and their combat effectiveness was not strong, so generally speaking, he escaped without any danger. But the Parthians are different, and Tony only brought his own troops this time, with less than 200 people. It was expected that Nero would remember him...

But... why go back?

When Tony thought about being arrested, he quickly put on an aggrieved expression, gently pulled Nero's clothes, and whispered: "Sister~ I don't want to go back~ Please~"

Nero shook his head and looked at Tony with helplessness on his face: "Brother, you really went too far this time, and I have other things to do when I take you back this time."

As he spoke, Nero stood up, took Tony's hand, and said, "Let's go to the hall first. Now that I have come to Kyria, I need to understand the current situation on the front line."

Nero's main purpose in coming to the front line this time was to capture Tony and bring him back to Rome, but considering that he had already arrived at the front line, as the emperor of his own country, well, he still had to pay some attention to the situation on the front line.

In general, the front line is still in a stalemate. Parthia and Armenia have deployed 350,000 troops on the front line, making it difficult for the 200,000 Roman troops to make any breakthrough progress on the front line. However, according to the strategy formulated by Levi and Tony, the front battlefield is actually a scam.

That’s right, Tony’s focus is on the two joint armies that attacked the Persian Gulf, those 20,000 troops!

According to Tony's plan, as long as these 20,000 troops set foot on Parthia's territory, the empty Parthian front line in the rear would inevitably be shaken. If those 20,000 troops were a little stronger, Parthia would most likely withdraw front-line troops to return for defense and rescue. After all, going northwest from Babylonia is their capital, Ctesiphon!

Chapter 171: Brother, do you like children?

"Is this... my brother's battle plan?" After listening to Leus' report, Nero looked at Tony in disbelief and asked.

As mentioned earlier, after Tony formulated the strategy, Levius thoroughly perfected the strategy and reported it to the Roman central government. However, Tony was the commander of the Eastern Legion. Before he left Rome, Nero specially granted him the power to make decisions on the spot in order to facilitate his command of the army. In other words, Tony did not need to report to the imperial government and could directly mobilize nearby troops to assist him in attack or defense.

This is also the reason why, while Tony was having Levius write a letter to inform Rome of his strategy, he also sent people to directly contact the two legions stationed in Thrace and Macedonia, asking them to move south into the Egyptian province first.

Because this was just a strategic layout, not urgent military intelligence, Tony did not use carrier pigeons to send a message, but instead used express horses to report this strategy to Rome.

However, plans are not as good as changes. That's right, no one expected that not long after the news spread, Tony went to rescue St. Peter, causing Nero to leave Rome. It was because of this that Nero missed the news.

but……

For now, this is indeed a highly feasible strategy!

He is truly worthy of being my younger brother.

"Very good, I am very pleased. Then, let's continue to execute according to this deployment." Nero nodded to all the generals present, making a concluding statement.

"Yes, Your Majesty." After almost all the generals had left, Nero looked at Tony quietly. After a long silence, he said, "Brother, do you know why I went to the front line this time?"

Tony nodded with a wronged look on his face, "I know, because I made a mistake...my sister is worried."

Nero nodded and said seriously, "Well, this is only one aspect. As for the other aspect, I heard from Mr. Seneca that you once proposed a way to completely eliminate the Guards?"

At the beginning, Tony did intentionally or unintentionally propose a way to Seneca to get rid of the Praetorian Guards.

As Nero's teacher, Seneca can be said to be a grasshopper tied to the same rope as Nero. Tony doesn't know what kind of person Seneca was in the world he lived in in his previous life, but Seneca in this world... is just a teacher who is troubled by having problem students.

It was precisely because Tony realized that Seneca and Nero were of the same mind that he dared to boldly tell Seneca about his plan.

To put it bluntly, Tony's plan is just a combination of the plans made by future Roman emperors to eliminate the Praetorian Guard. For Tony, this is not a very clever plan, but for Nero, this plan... well, you know what, it's really clever.

So Nero came to the front line, in addition to finding Tony's whereabouts, he also had another purpose, which was to take the opportunity to weaken the Guards!

The Praetorian Guard was the most powerful army in the Roman Empire. In order to ensure its own status and military strength, the Praetorian Guard would go on expeditions from time to time to consolidate its position through military exploits.

For example, Caligula led the Praetorian Guard to personally invade the Germanic region.

Nero's idea was simple. As the emperor, she was now leading the army in person, so the guards had to follow her, right? First, the guards' duty was to protect the emperor. Second, the guards also needed to fight on the battlefield to maintain their military and political status. As long as the guards followed her to the battlefield, everything else would become very simple.

"But it's not that simple at all." Tony shook his head and said with a bit of a smile: "If you want to weaken the Guards, the easiest way is to send them to the front line, kill some of them, and then use our people to fill this gap, slowly nibbling away at the Guards until we completely control them. But the problem is, sister, the Guards are there to protect the emperor. If the Guards are in danger, does that mean that the emperor they are protecting is also deeply trapped? After all, if you were in Kyria, the Guards would have no reason to enter Armenia to fight, right?"

Tony paused and continued, "If you want to use the Parthians to eliminate some of the Royal Guards, then the first thing to do is to let the Royal Guards go to the front line to fight the Parthian army. But if you want to let the Royal Guards go to the front line, sister, it means that you have to be on the front line as well. In this case... there are too many variables."

"Emmm..." Nero thought about it and it seemed to be true, but if he brought the Guards to the front line and couldn't do anything... he seemed a little unwilling?

"Let's take a long look at it." Tony sighed, patted his sister's arm, and said softly.

"...Okay, that's all I can do." At this point, Nero suddenly slapped his forehead, looked at Tony as if he remembered something, and asked, "Hmm! By the way! Brother, do you like children?"

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WTF? !

What is the problem?

Tony opened his eyes wide in horror and looked at his sister's belly in disbelief. After holding it in for a long time, he finally managed to utter a sentence: "The child...isn't mine?!"

"What are you thinking about!" Nero blushed and twisted Tony's ear hard, stamping his feet: "I mean, I feel like there aren't many people your age around you... Well, I just think you might be a little lonely, right?"

? No one your own age?

Tony was stunned for a moment, and thought carefully, how could there be no one of his age around him?

Those little maids are basically the same age as me! When you mentioned it, I suddenly realized that I have always been surrounded by a group of little lolita!

Tsk, this book satisfies all lolita lovers!

Nero, who didn't notice Tony's strange expression, coughed lightly and continued to talk to himself: "Considering that my brother doesn't have any playmates around him, well, sister found a playmate for him in Rome!"

"Okay, my dear sister, just tell me straight. Which girl are you planning to introduce to me?" Tony sighed and said helplessly.

When he was in Rome before, he was tricked by his sister twice. She said she was going to introduce him to some friends, but in fact... in fact, some nobles just wanted to marry him.

Although I don't understand why my sister who has always loved me would betray me in this way, but...well, this must be the case again this time.

"Hey, hey, hey, stupid brother, can you please stop thinking that your sister is a bad person? This time, your sister really found you a playmate, not a marriage partner!" Nero frowned and said loudly with a guilty conscience.

"…You tell me first, and then I'll consider whether to believe it or not."

PS: Two updates today, sorry, I have a stomachache.

A few days ago, when I was going home after the infusion, I passed by a stewed food store and bought some vegetarian food to taste. It tasted okay, so I went to buy some meat yesterday... Damn, it tasted so bad that even today I still feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach, and now I feel dizzy... I think I need to rest early tonight. Bye

Chapter 172 Sister really won't cheat you this time

"Okay, sister shouldn't have cheated you before." Nero coughed lightly and said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

Tony glanced at Nero and said nothing.

If it were any other Tony, it might not be a big deal, but when it comes to being cheated, it really makes me angry.

As a man of the future, Tony certainly understands the importance of marriage.

As we all know, the Senate is a product of the Republican era. After Augustus came to power, he began a series of actions to suppress the Senate so that his descendants could enjoy power better. Until the reign of Nero, it can be said that the Senate had long lost the glory of the Republican era.

Although that is what he said, the Senate still existed after all. For the sake of his own ruling position, Nero continued the fine tradition of the Claudius family after he ascended the throne. That is to say, he continued to suppress the Senate.

The senators were eager to restore the republic in order to seize power, thus the conflict between the emperor and the senators arose.

So the question is, apart from fighting each other to the death, can the elders think of any other way to govern the country?

Don't tell me, it's true.

After Caligula's death, Claudius came to power with the support of the Praetorian Guard. Because he witnessed Caligula's death and Claudius himself had some character problems, Claudius took a middle way at the beginning and tried his best to ease the conflict between the Claudius family and the Senate. It was not until the later period of his reign that he began to slowly adopt the strategy of boiling a frog in warm water to disintegrate the Senate.

As mentioned earlier, Claudius himself had three children, among whom the eldest son, Drusus, should, if nothing unexpected happened, be the legitimate emperor of the Roman Empire.

And yet…well, something unexpected happened to Drusus.

After Drusus' death, the entire Claudius family faced a very embarrassing situation, that is... there was not a single male among the direct members of the Claudius family!

But soon, the problem was solved.

Yes, Claudius married Agrippina the Younger.

In 46 AD, Emperor Claudius of the Claudius family married Agrippina the Younger of the Augustus family. This wedding was not only seen by the entire Roman Empire as a union of the Claudius family and the Augustus family, but most importantly, Agrippina the Younger had a little boy in her family!

That’s right, this little boy is Nero’s younger brother, now His Royal Highness Prince Odeni.

This was the most qualified candidate to inherit the throne in the entire Roman Empire at that time!

What we didn’t expect was that shortly after the wedding, because there was no adult to look after him, our little prince, well, successfully ran away.

Tony, who was most qualified to inherit the throne, was lost. Claudius had no choice but to let Nero inherit the throne. After all, among the remaining three daughters, no one could compare to the direct descendant of Augustus in terms of bloodline.

If Nero was a man, these elders might choose to marry him for the continuation of the family, but now, Nero is a woman! This marriage is not simply for the continuation of the family.

Many elders planned to steal the throne through marriage!

Nero was not a fool, how could she not know what these elders were thinking? In order to make her ears quieter, to show that she was a person who cared about her brother's private life, to ensure the continuation of the bloodline of the Augustus family and the Claudius family, in order to... Anyway, no matter what, Nero pushed Tony out as a shield. The most direct consequence of this was that when Tony returned to Rome on Nero's birthday, a circle of nobles surrounded Tony and asked about his well-being, and then pulled their little girls to Tony's side, saying the same thing.

"Your Highness, look at all the little lolis we have here. Come, pick one?"

At first Tony thought that the elders just came forward on their own initiative, but who knew that they were actually instigated by their own sister!

This is a bit too much!

So now, when Nero made it clear that he would not betray his brother this time, Tony clearly showed his distrust.

"You had the same expression when you took me to meet the old patriarch of the Brutus family last time." Looking at Nero's sincere expression, Tony looked disdainful.

Do you really think I'm a child? Last time, he coaxed me to the Brutus family with such a sincere expression, because those damn bastards chose a few little girls to marry me!

It's true that I was a lolita complex in my previous life, but this is completely different from marrying a little lolita!

"I swear! It's not that some noble family wants to marry you this time. It's just that your sister simply thinks that you must be very bored without anyone of your age around you. Well! Think about it, if there were people of your age around you to play with you this time, would you not have done such a dangerous thing?" Nero asked with a motherly smile, gently stroking Tony's dog head.

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Tony was stunned for a moment, um... should... what's going on?

Bah, I just look like a child, but I'm not a real child! How do I know if children of this age are like what you said?

But... since Nero has already sworn an oath, should we be able to trust him this time?

Forget it, let’s talk about it when we get back to Rome.

After returning to his room, Tony looked at the book on the desk that he had not finished reading last night, and suddenly fell into deep thought.

Wait a minute, have I forgotten a lot of things during this period of time?

Tony took out a piece of paper and a pen, thought for a while, and began to write down some ideas he had had half a year ago.

"Invented the recurve bow, invented gunpowder, invented the crossbow, invented a new hand crossbow, and promoted the new iron smelting technology, popularized cavalry, opened new trade routes, established a unified customs system, promoted a new military system... Well, it seems that I have a lot of ideas in the past six months!"

After writing two or three pages, Tony muttered to himself somewhat proudly.

But what’s the use of this?

A completely new troop structure? Tony is currently experimenting with it in his Odney First Legion. However, this three-three system... is not as perfect as he expected. At least... for him now, it doesn't seem very useful.

As for gunpowder, there was no rush. In December, Tony asked Nero to prepare several large cesspools on the outskirts of Rome. The purpose was, of course, to store feces and then wait for the feces to settle for half a year. After that, people could be sent to collect the most primitive saltpeter mud in the cesspools.

At that time, the lye will be boiled and concentrated to extract saltpeter crystals, which can then be used to make gunpowder.

As for popularizing cavalry, opening up new trade routes, and establishing a unified customs system, these three things cannot be rushed for the time being. Well, the only thing that can be solved immediately is to invent the recurve bow.

"Okay, let's draw a simple recurve bow on paper first." Tony shrugged, took out a new piece of white paper, and started drawing on it.

PS: Historically, Agrippina the Younger and Claudius got married in 49 AD, not 46 AD. There is no other way to write it this way.

In history, the union of Agrippina the Younger and Claudius was simply considered to be a union of the Claudius family and the Augustus family. After all, Nero in history was a man, and there were not so many troubles. In the history of Type-Moon, Nero was a woman, Drusus died, and there was no story about Britannicus in this article. Therefore, for the rationality of the plot, the union of Agrippina the Younger and Claudius was not only a union of two families, but also for the continuation of the Julia Claudian dynasty. After all, according to the description in the book, Tony was the prince with the most inheritance rights.

But when I started writing, I didn't think so much about it, so I casually wrote that Tony was lost when he was five years old, which led to a bug here. If we look at the time when Agrippina the Younger and Claudius got married in history, Tony had been lost for several years at this moment. It was a complete joke that they got married for this reason. So in order to avoid the existence of bugs, I moved the wedding time forward by three years.

Well, it doesn't hurt the plot if they get married early anyway.

Chapter 173 Sister wants to check your body