"Woo!..." When Hasdruba heard the loud military horn sound of the Dionian defenders coming from behind, he was asking his generals to gather his troops as soon as possible and retreat in better order. Since he had fought with the Dionian army many times, he knew that the military horn meant an attack, so he was a little surprised: Could the Dionians be crazy? If it weren't for the city walls, they would have been killed long ago, and they would have dared to attack us?!

"General, if the Dionians really come out to fight back, that's a good thing! As long as we defeat them, we can seize the opportunity and successfully attack the port!" An Iberian general reminded him first.

This statement was immediately recognized by others, and Hasdruba was thinking so he immediately changed his order: "Go back immediately, let your soldiers retreat slowly, lure the Deonian defenders out, and then launch a counterattack."

As soon as the generals took the order, Hasdruba received the order from Ma Ge.

"The Numibians launched a rebellion in the camp?!" Hasdruba was shocked and looked at the several black smoke that suddenly rose in the northwest. He now understood why the Deonian defenders suddenly attacked. It turned out that they wanted to take advantage of the situation and rob!

He thought the Numibian rebellion would soon be put down, so he did not want to obey Mago's orders and lead the army to withdraw to the camp, because due to the "stupidity" of the Dionian defenders, a great opportunity to capture the port was in front of him.

While he was hesitating, he received an order from Ma Ge again.

Dionia's army was approaching the camp?!... Hasdruba was shocked again. Now he finally understood the reason why the Selinus defenders took the initiative to attack: they wanted to try their best to delay the siege army led by me and prevent me from returning to the aid camp!

Of course, Hasdruba can distinguish between the camp and the city of Selinnus. Just because there are food and supplies for the army to survive in the camp, this is enough to make him make up his mind: "Go and notify all the leading generals and lead the troops back to the camp immediately!"

Not long after, the messengers returned one after another and told Hasdruba that the number of defenders of the Dionian army attacked was very large and they were launching fierce attacks on various Carthage troops.

Do the Deonia defenders want to hold us back? Or are they really launching an attack?... Hasdruba was dizzy by this series of news and finally couldn't sit still. He decided to go to the front line to see what was going on?

Before attacking the inner wall, Mago not only appointed Hasdruba to command all the offensive troops, but also considered the risk of siege, he also specifically emphasized that Hasdruba could not charge forward and experience the battle as before.

Hasdruba, who commanded such a huge army for the first time, followed and was in charge of the rear. When the battle was going well, he did not think anything was wrong, but once the situation became complicated, it made him unable to understand the situation ahead in time.

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After the attacking trumpet was sounded, three ports on the left, middle and right of the city wall opened wide, and the soldiers of the Dionian Legion arranged in a column and rushed out quickly. The Carthaginian army deliberately retreated and gave them relatively abundant time and space, which made the Dionian offensive troops boldly line up in front of the city wall.

So, the soldiers of the Carthage army were surprised to see the enemy rushing out of the city gate holes continuously, and then moving left and right under the city in an orderly manner, soon forming a continuous array.

The Carthage generals felt uneasy and began to prepare for the attack. At this moment, the messengers of Hasdruba arrived and asked their respective troops to return to the camp immediately.

The generals were stunned. Retreat before the enemy was a taboo, but Hasdrogba's orders were firm and harsh, and it seemed that something more important happened.

Some generals executed the orders, while others refused to execute them on the grounds that "Hasdruba issued two completely opposite orders in such a short period of time, and was completely confused." For example, the leaders of Lusitania and Celtic.

The inconsistency between the Carthaginian army's orders caused some troops to retreat and some to attack. Before the battle began, the entire army was in chaos.

The commanders of the various legions of Dionia seized this favorable opportunity and immediately launched an attack. The legion soldiers shouted the name of Hades and rushed towards the enemy like a tide.

Although his vision was blocked by the soldiers, the thunderous shouts shocked Hasdruba who caught up. He immediately realized that what the messenger said was true. The attacking Dionians were not only numerous, but also had high morale. However, the two sides were already fighting together at this moment, and it was too late to change the order.

The three left, middle, and right charges were at the forefront of the Dionysian Legion that had not fought in Sicily, such as the Third Legion, Fourth Legion, Sixth Legion, Lukalia Preparatory Legion, etc. After landing in Sicily, they stayed in the barracks. In addition to training, they heard news of victory after victory, and envied friendly forces fighting on the front line. So when the order of attack was issued, the soldiers of the legion who had been incubating for more than a month roared like thunder, ran like wind, and charged like tigers. After the bang, the long shield was damaged and the spear was broken. The soldiers of the Carthaginian army were either stabbed or knocked down. Most of the Carthaginian troops, whose formation was chaotic due to the continuous changes in orders, were shaking. Only the Lusitanian soldiers and Celtic soldiers barely withstood the charge of the Dionysian army.

Under the wall in front of the port area, from east to west, there was no Carthage army not attacked. There was a surging black everywhere, and the sound of deafening fighting was everywhere.

"Hurry!...Go and notify Kisgo! We need support here, so that he can bring the army to come immediately!..." Hasdruba yelled anxiously at the messenger.

After saying that, he rode his war horse back and forth behind the battle formation, and together with his subordinates, he loudly encouraged the morale of the soldiers and encouraged them to continue fighting, and reinforcements would arrive soon.

Correspondingly, many of the Dionian soldiers in the rear shouted in Carthaginian language according to the plan: "The Numibians are rioting! They are burning your camp, run away quickly! Otherwise you will be surrounded!..."

The soldiers of the Carthaginian army heard the enemy's shouts and became more and more panicked, because they had indeed seen black smoke rising behind them before, and had wondered what had happened. In addition, they had been fighting for most of the day and almost exhausted their physical strength. Even the Philip infantry, who was known for their tenacious fighting spirit, had no intention of fighting any further at this time, and their morale dropped sharply and the soldiers began to retreat.

Only Lusitania and the Celtic warriors were still fighting tenaciously, but when the adjacent friendly forces began to flee and the enemy began to attack their flanks, preparing to surround them, these fierce Iberian natives had to give up their pride and turn around and run away.

This large-scale assault lasted less than 20 minutes and the outcome was decided. The Iberian army was defeated in a complete defeat, and the Dionian army was chasing him.

There were more than 40,000 soldiers in the Carthage army, more than 50,000 soldiers in the Dionian army, and nearly 100,000 people chasing and fighting in the city of Selinus. The whole city was like a boiling water tank, filled with dust and fog, and the noise was shaking the sky.

The screams from behind made the Carthaginian soldiers run away desperately, and even push each other. The numerous residential ruins in the city and the view blocked by dust made their hearts even more panic, and people kept falling and trampling...

When Ma Ge went to the camp, there were some soldiers on the outer wall of Selinus. When the earth shook and the sound surged, thousands of soldiers approached, they were all stunned. Even at this time, there were shaking black figures everywhere in the city. They would throw a javelin and shoot an arrow, and they would not miss the target. It was an absolute opportunity to kill the enemy, but no one chose to do so. They only felt like a small boat, facing the huge storm that was about to come. If he hesitated, the ship would be destroyed and people would be killed. Therefore, the soldiers in the city chose to escape without hesitation.

At this point, Ma Ge spent nearly two months, exhausting countless manpower and making considerable sacrifices to capture the city of Selinus. The Dionian army took all of them back in just over half an hour. They did not stop there, but continued to pursue.

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When Mago returned to the camp, he immediately climbed the walls of the outside of the camp and observed the army of Dionys that were approaching the camp. He saw the two flags of the Kingdom of Dionys shining in the sun, and immediately realized that King Dionys was probably in this army. Moreover, as the army of Dionys got closer and closer to the camp, Mago, who had rich war experience, realized that something was wrong with this army. At least half of the soldiers of Dionys did not act like elites, which suddenly made him have a strong thought in his heart: Why not go out to the camp to meet the enemy? This may be a great opportunity to defeat the King Dionys and turn the entire battle situation around!

At this moment, he received the news that "Dionia's defenders attacked at the port of Selinus, and Hasdruba's army could not return soon."

At this time, the Numibian cavalry, who had rebelled in the northwest of the camp, found that the army led by Sticamo was coming in a hurry and did not dare to fight with it. They quickly fled from the camp. Sticamo did not pursue it, but led the soldiers to extinguish the spreading fire.
Chapter completed!