Early the next morning, Zhang Heng saw those Germans, sitting in a prison car.

The Germanic people were not as prosperous as their descendants at this time, and they were all over Europe, and the Germanic people were still barbarians in the eyes of the Romans, a general term for the barbarian tribes on the right bank of the Rhine, but they had a long history of wars with the Romans, and the first conflict between the two sides dates back to 113 BC.

Two Germanic tribes touched the Danube to sneak attack the towns of Rome, intending to get a vote and leave, but were not able to find the north by the Roman legions stationed there, and there is no doubt that the burly Germanic people have the advantage in individual combat effectiveness, but the Romans are more disciplined and better equipped, and the classical linear tactics of Rome are very slippery, and many tactical ideas are even absorbed by modern linear tactics.

Therefore, the Germanic people who advocated personal martial courage suffered a great loss, but the Germanic people's southward heart has not died, and there were border conflicts and frictions for a long time afterward, especially in the first century, when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing drove the Xiongnu westward, which caused Europe to suffer.

The Germanic people became sandwich biscuits in the middle, and could only accelerate the pace of southward movement, Aurelius had been dealing with the Germanic invasion when he was still alive, and the two sides fought a lot of tug-of-war, and after hundreds of years of fighting and learning, those barbarians also made great progress, and at the same time accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with Roman legions, and the production technology has also improved, becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

However, Zhang Heng knew that the war between the two sides would soon end, and he already knew from Varro that the current time was 180 AD, and the previous emperor Aurelius had just died of illness on the front line, and his son Commodus had succeeded to the throne.

Commodus had little interest in war with the Germans, and it would not be long before he signed an armistice with the Germanic chieftains, in exchange for an annual grant to the Germanic tribes.

Considering the distance between the front line and the capital, it is possible that the two sides have signed a treaty now, but the news has not yet come back, so it is likely that the Germanic people in front of them will also be the last group of prisoners of war.

It can be seen that they are not very comfortable on this journey, as the image of the invaders from the north in the hearts of the Romans can be imagined, and some people have even thrown stones at them along the way, but these Germans are not afraid, but laugh loudly back.

One of the burliest men turned his head to his companion and said disdainfully, "A bunch of." ”

In short, it was in such an atmosphere of hostility that they came to the gladiator school.

The slave trader in charge of the escort and the head of the school began to negotiate the final price, and they quickly negotiated the price of the others, for 3,000 sesters each, but there seemed to be a considerable disagreement between the two sides on the last man, the burliest one.

The head of the school hoped that it would be possible to buy it for 5,000 sesters, but the slave traders insisted on 10,000 sesters.

Because they were far away and the speed of speech on both sides was very fast, Zhang Heng couldn't hear clearly, so he asked Varro on the side, "What are they talking about?" ”

"Well, the slave trader said that the man was very brave in battle, and caused a lot of trouble for our army, and that many people died at his hands, and that he was strong, and that he would become a maiden killer as long as he trained casually, and that the noblewomen of Rome would be fascinated by him, and that he could make the master here make a lot of money." Varro explained.

At the same time, he began to worry about his future, "These Germans are all prisoners of war, they all look very powerful, the average gladiator is only two thousand Sestes, although I sold myself two thousand five, but it is because I have the ability to operate, each of them sells three thousand, and the guy who asks for ten thousand, we will not be their opponents." ”

Zhang Heng was noncommittal when he heard this.

He hasn't been completely idle since last night, at least he has touched around the place where he lives, and I don't know if it's because he doesn't think the two of them are any threat, the gladiator school doesn't take care of them very strictly, as long as he doesn't go out, he can basically go anywhere.

As for the slaves who had become gladiators, they seemed to be freer, and could even swagger out of the gate to have fun.

This doesn't seem to be the same as the gladiator school that Zhang Heng imagined, with his skills, coupled with his newly acquired shadow power, it is not difficult to escape from here at night, but what is difficult is what to do after that.

As the only Han Chinese who went deep behind the enemy lines of the Roman Empire, his appearance is still quite recognizable, and he has no status as a Roman citizen, so if he can only be a fugitive slave, there will be a lot of trouble in life in Rome in the future.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Heng gave up the idea of escaping, rather than hiding incognito later, it was better to get the identity of a free man in the gladiator school.

Varro 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 Germans who seem to be dragging together are afraid that they are not as good as him alone.

In fact, Zhang Heng's real attention was not on those newcomers.

In order to smoothly accept this batch of slave prisoners of war and avoid any trouble, the gladiator school also dispatched some people, 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 looked unremarkable, small in stature, and old, one of those people who could easily be overlooked in a crowd, and if it weren't for those pale blue eyes, he would be like the Romans who could be found everywhere in the streets.

The current Zhang Heng can basically get a lot of useful information at a glance, but only this old Persian trainer, Zhang Heng found that he couldn't see anything from him.

The person in charge of the training school argued with the slave trader for a while, and the two sides finally negotiated the price, considering that the price of 3,000 Sesters for the Germans was quite good, the slave trader gave in and sold the last man for 7,000 Sesters.

Both sides were satisfied, but the only one who was dissatisfied was the one who was sold, and the burliest Germanic seemed to think that the price was a bit insulting to him, and scolded him dissatisfiedly, causing a burst of laughter from his companions around him.

These people were warriors of various tribes, and after being caught by the Romans, they didn't have any idea of living, and they were not afraid to see that they were sold to the gladiator school, but they were still in the mood to coax, obviously not taking the Romans around them into account.