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Chapter 361 The decisive battle of Serinus (2)

Then, Ma Ge's heart hangs again: the cavalry is his greatest support for being confident that he can defeat the main army of Dionia in the battle. Now the Numibian cavalry, which accounts for the majority of the entire cavalry army, has rebelled, which makes him feel anxious!

"Did the Mauritanian cavalry and the Lusitanian cavalry also participate in the rebellion?!" Ma Ge first thought of this question.

"Their camps were kept quiet, neither participating in the rebellion, nor assisting us in quelling the rebellion."

"These damn barbarians!" Mago cursed inwardly. In fact, he knew very well that temporary employed troops like the Mauritania and Lusitanian cavalry could not be very loyal to Carthage, but their bystander attitude made him feel the urgency of the situation. He immediately said: "Go and tell Sticamo immediately, let him lead the army to quell the rebellion of the Numibian cavalry first, and prevent them from escaping from escaping the camp as much as possible! In addition, he must also divide a unit to guard our baggage camp! And... Please rest assured that the reinforcements led by Kisgo will soon return to the camp!"

Ma Ge watched the scouts pass away with anxiety. After a while, he saw the army led by Kisgo coming out of the city gate. As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw cavalry running down the city: "Report to Lord Ma Ge, and found the army of Dionia to the east, approaching the camp!"

To the east of the camp?! The army of Dionys entrenched in Minoa finally came out?!... This has always been Marco's expectation, but now it made him nervous. It was obvious that the Dionys wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the Carthage camp to launch an attack.

"How many people have they come?" Brother Ma asked anxiously.

"We did not receive the reward from the scout in advance. This was discovered by the sentries at the camp town, and could not make accurate judgments, but it seemed that there were many people."

The reconnaissance cavalry that the Carthaginians went out to explore were basically the Numibian cavalry. Now that they have rebelled, they have probably colluded with the Dionians. When the sentries in the camp discovered the traces of the Dionians, it means that the enemy was very close to the camp, so the situation was a bit critical... When Ma Ge thought of this, he said anxiously: "You go find Kisgo immediately and let him lead reinforcements to defend against the Dionians' attack on the camp."

Then, he said to the adjutant: "Send someone to inform Hasdruba again and ask him to lead the army back to the camp quickly!"

After giving the order, Ma Ge did not have the leisure to stay on the city. He and Bomirka hurriedly got out of the city and rushed to the camp. As the commander of the army, he must sit in the camp, stabilize the morale of the army, and defeat the enemy's conspiracy.

As he was about to enter the camp, Mago suddenly stopped his horse, looked at the towering earth walls in front of him, and looked at the entourage surrounding him, all of whom were anxious, including Pomirka. He smiled and said confidently: "Don't panic, the Dionian conspiracy will not succeed! A few days ago, we have purged the Numibians, and there are also experienced Iberian team officials, so there is no possibility of chaos in the Numibian camp.

As for those Numibian cavalry, they cannot play a role in the narrow camp, Stikamo will easily defeat them! I am very happy to see the army of Dionian who has been hiding on Mount Minoa like mice, so that we can not only block their attack with the built walls, but also take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, defeat them, and reverse the situation on the entire battlefield! Everyone, this is a great opportunity, and you will have the opportunity to become the heroes who save Carthage!"

Ma Ge's words drove away the haze in the hearts of his followers like a beam of sunshine. His eyes began to shiny, and he was eagerly looking forward to the next battle...

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To the east of the city of Selinus, the army of Dionys is arranged in a long row and slowly advancing along the coastal road. In the middle of the team, under the two golden flags of the kingdom, it is Dionys, the king of Dionys, who rode on his horse and chatted and laughed calmly with Heniporis beside him, as if he was on an outing, rather than going to a battle.

Thormid behind him couldn't help but remind: "Your Majesty, you're about to enter the territory of Selinus. Shouldn't we get close to Carthage's camp for the first time? If the Carthage army attacks us, we can also retreat easily."

"Hasn't the mountain reconnaissance brigade figured out the enemy's situation? Today, Mago has sent its main force to attack the inner city of Selinnus. There are not many left-behind troops in the Carthage camp, let alone-" Davers pointed at the bunches of black smoke rising above the sky in front of him and said seriously: "The Numibians have started their actions as agreed. Of course, we must also implement them as agreed in order to attract the attention of the Carthage people and make Mago have a wrong judgment."

"Yes, Your Majesty has always kept his promises!" Heniporis interrupted.

Thormid glanced at Henipolis and thought to himself: You are relaxed, but although the army led by His Majesty seems to be large in number, in fact, only 6,000 people in the Roman reserve brigade (they are temporarily wearing the black helmets and black armor of injured and dead soldiers of the various legions of the Dionian legions), a small number of Potantia, Samonet reinforcements, and the first, second, and fourth, these three cavalry legions, totaling only 10,000 people. The "soldiers" behind the team are laborers of the baggage battalions of each legion and the sailors who transport ships, and they are not capable of combat at all. Once the Carthage army really goes out to fight back, he can't help but worry about His Majesty's comfort.

At this time, Davers turned around and said with a smile: "Don't worry too much. We can see the black smoke in the Carthage camp, Alexis, Amintas, Matonis, Prosous and others. I'm afraid that the action has begun as planned. Can the Carthages still distribute troops to attack us? I doubt this."

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A thick wall lies between the city of Selinnus and the largest port. This was built by the soldiers of the Dionians and the fleet sailors using this period to raise and thicken the original inner wall. After Mago's Iberian army broke through the inner wall of Selinnus, it became the last line of defense for the Dionian defenders to protect the port.

Hasdruba felt regretful. He felt that without this wall as an obstacle, his army would definitely pursue the victory, completely defeat the remaining defeated general of Dionia, and completely occupy the entire city of Selinus and the port.

But if he could pass through this city wall and enter the port area behind him, he would be surprised to find that the reason why he was defeated by the remnants of Dioria was completely an illusion. At this time, the entire port area was occupied by the soldiers of the Diorian Legion. There were black surges everywhere, and the boundaries were clearly distinguished from the blue sea water of the port. Among them, not only the First and Second Legions that had suffered many losses for several days, but also the Third Legions and Lucanian Preparatory Legions who had been in the mountains of eastern Sicily before, and the Fourth Legions, Sixth Legions and Tenth Legions who had been defending Minoa, they were all quietly transported to the Port of Selinus through the Sicily fleet and the Katanai transport fleet in the dark night two days ago.

At this moment, a huge army of more than 50,000 people gathered together, not just to defend the port of Selinus. The fully armed soldiers were eagerly waiting for the commanders to issue orders.

At this moment, many senior kingdom generals known to the people of Dionia were standing on this wall. Alexis, Amintas, Epitians, Matonis, Lizaru, Olivers, Trotiras, and Melisandar were all staring ahead, and turned a blind eye to the Carthage soldiers who were swarming under the city. The deafening fighting sound could not affect their concentration at all.

Suddenly, Melisander shouted excitedly: "It's a fire! The Carthage camp has caught fire!"

Amintas immediately followed the direction of his finger, opened his eyes wide, but seemed to find nothing. He just calmed down and was about to scold Melisandar for lying about military affairs. Before he could speak, there was a curling black smoke rising from the northwest direction, one, two, three...

"Young people have good eyesight!" Alexis smiled gently.

"Boy, I think you are more suitable to be the lookout for the warship." Amintas punched Melisanda a little embarrassedly.

Excited on the faces of every commander, Olivers said loudly: "Everyone, Hathis blessed, the Numibian cavalry have already acted according to the plan. Should we start to act?!"

"I see--" Before Amintas finished speaking, Alexis quickly said, "Wait a little longer, and wait for the Carthage soldiers under the city to retreat, so that our soldiers will launch an attack."

Amintas coughed dryly. Although there was no single commander in the offensive plan implemented on the port side, what Alexis said was indeed reasonable. The generals agreed and decided to temporarily suppress their excitement and wait for the change of the situation.

In fact, they did not wait long, and the Carthaginian army under the city began to retreat.

"You can start the attack!" Amintas's words received a warm response from everyone.

In order to implement this offensive plan, the defenders of Selinus have specially opened two more portals on the city wall in the past few days: Matonis is responsible for the left side, commanding the Second Corps and the Sixth Corps; Alexis is commanded by the middle, with the Third Corps, the Fourth Corps and the Tenth Corps; Amintas is responsible for the right side, commanding the First Corps and the Lukaria Preparatory Corps. The middle line has the most troops and the most complete corps organization, because it will serve as the main force of the attack, and at the same time it must support friendly forces on both sides at any time.
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