Marcus Aurelius frowned: "Poisoned? What kind of poison did they take?"

Zhang Bao shook his head: "I don't know either, but my men found the same poison on the arrows they removed from their bodies."

It must have been the Parthians who deliberately coated your army's weapons with poison in order to deal with you. Moreover, this poison was extremely rare, so the Parthians only targeted the officers who led the charge.

After all, if these officers were to die, it would be a huge blow to the morale of our troops!

"These damned bastards, they actually resorted to such despicable tactics!!"

Upon hearing Zhang Bao's analysis, Marcus Aurelius couldn't help but curse out loud.

Li Boming, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but step forward and say, "Your Majesty, these people were all commanders and key officers of various legions. Now that they are all dead, it will surely cause some unrest."

To stabilize morale, it is necessary to quickly select a group of brave and meritorious soldiers to replace them!

Marcus Aurelius nodded: "You are right, sir. During the siege today, I did find quite a few brave and daring warriors who could be put to good use!"

Marcus Aurelius then ordered his men to bring the military merit book and appointed those gladiators who had performed bravely during the siege.

More than 80% of those appointed gladiators were people planted by Zhang Baoan.

Thus, most of Marcus Aurelius's army had been quietly replaced by Zhang Bao and Li Boming and fell into the control of the Taiping Cult.