Early the next morning, Zhang Heng saw those Germans sitting in the prison car.
At this time, the Germanic people are not as promising as the descendants of later generations, and they are all over Europe. At this time, the Germanic people are still barbarians in the eyes of the Romans. They are a collective name for the barbarian tribes on the right bank of the Rhine River. The war has quite a long history, the first conflict between the two sides can be traced back to 113 BC.
Two Germanic tribes touched the Danube River to attack a Roman town, intending to get a ticket and leave. As a result, they were beaten by the Roman legion stationed there. There is no doubt that the burly Germans have the upper hand in terms of individual combat effectiveness. , but the Romans were more disciplined and better equipped, and Rome's classical linear tactics were very smooth, and many tactical ideas were even absorbed by modern linear tactics.
Therefore, the Germans who advocated personal bravery suffered a lot, but the Germans' heart to go south has never died. There were border conflicts and frictions for a long time after that, especially in the first century when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing sent the Huns to the west Hurry up, and Europe suffers as a result.
The Germans became sandwich biscuits in the middle, and they could only speed up their pace of going south. Aurelius had been dealing with the German invasion when he was still alive. The two sides fought a lot of tug-of-war, and after hundreds of years of fighting and learning, Those barbarians have also made great progress. At the same time, they have accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with the Roman legion, and their production technology has also improved, making them more and more difficult to deal with.
However, Zhang Heng knew that the war between the two sides would soon end. He had already learned from Varo that the current time was 180 A.D. The former emperor Aurelius had just died of illness at the front line, and his son Commodus succeeded him.
Commodus has no interest in the war with the Germans. If there is no accident, he will sign an armistice agreement with the leaders of the Germans in a short time, in exchange for the truce between the two sides on the condition of providing subsidies to the Germanic tribes every year.
Considering the distance between the front line and the capital, the two sides may have signed a treaty now, but the news has not yet come back, so the group of Germans in front of them may also be the last batch of prisoners of war.
It can be seen that their road is probably not very comfortable. As the northern invaders, their image in the hearts of the Romans can be imagined. Some people even threw stones at them along the way, but instead of being afraid, these Germans were not afraid. Laughed loudly back.
One of the burliest men turned his head and said disdainfully to his companions, "A bunch of women."
In short, they came to the gladiator school in such a hostile atmosphere.
After the slave trader in charge of the escort and the head of the school counted the heads, they began to discuss the final price. They quickly negotiated the price of the others and settled the deal at 3,000 sesterces each, but the last person, That is, there seems to be a lot of disagreement between the two sides on the burly guy.
The head of the school hoped to buy it for 5,000 sesterces, but the slave trader insisted on 10,000 sesterces.
Because they were far away and both sides spoke very fast, Zhang Heng couldn't hear clearly, so he asked Varo beside him, "What are they talking about?"
"Uh, the slave trader said that the man was very brave in battle and caused a lot of trouble for our army. Many people died in his hands, and he was physically strong. As long as he trains casually, he will become a girl killer. The noble ladies in Rome will be fascinated by him, and he can make the master here earn a lot of money." Varo explained.
At the same time, he began to worry about his future again, "These Germans are all prisoners of war, and they all look very powerful. The average gladiator is only two thousand sesterces. Although I sold myself for two thousand five, But that's because I have the ability to operate, they each sell three thousand, and the guy who asks for ten thousand, we will not be their opponents."
Zhang Heng was noncommittal when he heard the words.
From last night to now, he has not been completely idle, at least he has searched around the place where he lives, and I don't know if it is because he doesn't think the two of them are any threat. The Gladiator School is not very strict with them. When he goes out, he can basically go anywhere.
As for those slaves who have become gladiators, they seem to be more free, and they can even walk out of the gate to have fun.
This seems to be different from the gladiator school in Zhang Heng's imagination. With his skill and his newly acquired power of shadow, it is not difficult to escape from here at night. What is difficult is what to do afterwards.
As the only Han Chinese who went deep into the enemy's rear of the Roman Empire, his appearance is quite recognizable, and he does not have the status of a Roman citizen. If he can only be used as a fugitive slave, his life in Rome will be a lot of trouble in the future.
So after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Heng gave up the idea of running away. Instead of hiding his name and hiding, it would be better to get a free man's identity in the gladiator school.
Valo is afraid of becoming a gladiator, but Zhang Heng is not worried. He has lv4 sword skills, and in terms of combat experience, the group of seemingly dragging Germans combined may not be as good as him alone.
In fact, Zhang Heng's real attention was not on those new barbarians.
In order to accept these slaves and prisoners of war smoothly and avoid any troubles, the gladiator school also dispatched some personnel, including six gladiators and two trainers, and it was not those muscular gladiators who attracted Zhang Heng's attention. , but one of the Persian trainers.
He doesn't look very conspicuous, short in stature, and old. He belongs to the kind of person who is easily overlooked in the crowd. If it weren't for those light blue eyes, he would be like the Romans everywhere on the street. almost.
The current Zhang Heng can basically get a lot of useful information at a glance, but only this old Persian trainer, Zhang Heng found himself unable to see anything from him.
The person in charge of the training school wrangled with the slave trader for a while, and the two parties finally negotiated the price. Considering that the price of 3,000 sesterces for the Germans was quite good, the slave trader gave in and paid the last man The price of 7000 sesterces was sold.
Both parties were quite satisfied, but the one who was dissatisfied was the one who was sold. The tallest Germanic man seemed to feel that the price was a bit insulting to him, so he cursed in dissatisfaction, which caused the companions around him to burst into laughter.
These people are all warriors from various tribes. After being captured by the Romans, they had no intention of surviving. They were not afraid when they saw that they were sold to gladiator schools. Put it in your eyes.