Only the surviving Carthaginian sailors of the Carthaginian flagship were not driven overboard, and they were evenly distributed to the decks of the ships, where the crews who had been captured by the Carthaginians and were lucky enough to survive were armed with sticks and whips to return all the humiliation they had suffered to the enemy.

And on the flagship left only two captive Admika and the boatswain of the Carthaginian flagship.

Midorides avenged his commander by having his captive captain's men stab the boatswain to death with spears in hand.

When Midorades turned his gaze to Ademica, the former commander of the Iberian fleet and a member of the Magonid family, although his face was haggard, his expression was calm: "Do it." ”

Midorades smiled: "You are the biggest trophy of this naval battle, how can I let you die so easily." ”

As he spoke, he asked his subordinates to take a helmet, asked the crew to pee in it, and then brought it to Admika, and said in a cold voice: "Either drink the urine inside, or cut off what you pee, choose." ”

Ademika's face finally changed dramatically.

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In this day's naval battle, the new Carthaginian fleet lost a total of 70 ships and nearly 13,000 sailors; The 3rd Dionian Fleet lost 56 ships, 7 more ships were damaged to varying degrees, and did not capture a single enemy ship.

After Anobas fled back to the port of Saros, he was busy reorganizing the ships that had fled, and did not lead the fleet out to meet Admirica. Mainly because, he was mainly responsible for the failure of this plan, and for a time he did not know how to face this Iberian admiral who seemed to be his subordinate, but was actually his rival, and simply turned out of sight and was not distracted.

At night, news suddenly came: the Dioonians had defeated the fleet led by Admika, and even Ademika himself had been captured.

Anobus was shocked: he had received the news that the Dionian fleet had returned north to Alenia. Unexpectedly, these terrible Dionians would dare to return and engage Ademika's fleet!

If last time he could blame the storm for the destruction of the fleet, this time he had to face up to the terrible fighting power and exuberant fighting spirit of the Dionian navy.

For the next few days, the remnants of Carthage's new fleet cowered in the harbor, no matter how the Dionian fleet provoked, never fighting.

The route from Sardinia to Carthage was again cut off.

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Davers' army left Gera and continued westward along the coastline, camping in Econum and Agrigento, both of which were destroyed by the Carthaginians, who left enough time for the soldiers to build their camps, and the Carthaginian army never appeared.

On the fourth day, the army reached Minoa, and the city, built on a hill, was even more devastated.

"Your Majesty, it seems that we can only build a camp on the flat land across the river." Tolmid suggested.

Davers stood on a hill overlooking the lowlands to the west, and although the fields had been harvested by this time, the vision was still golden.

He asked, "This is the last time Prosous led his army to defeat the Carthaginians?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tolmide pointed to the north: "It is said that the camp of the commander of Prosous was built over there. ”

Davers turned to look at him for a moment, then turned to look ahead again, and asked, "How far is Selinus City from here?" ”

"About a hundred miles." Tolmide replied.

Davos thought for a moment and gave an order: "We will camp on the mountain, inform the engineers to quickly survey the terrain, let the troops speed up the march, and hurry up the mountain to clear the city of Minoa......"

"Yes!" Although Tolmid was slightly disapproving of Davers's caution, he knew that Davers had made up his mind, so he did not make any other objections.

Just as they were about to turn back into the ruined city of Minoa, a group of Dionian scouts galloped across the Pletany River to the foot of the hill on the western flats, and shouted eagerly: "Report! The cavalry of Carthage is coming! There are many, many! ”

When a soldier heard this, he immediately reported it, and everyone was shocked when they learned about it.

Davers groaned, "It seems that the Carthaginians finally can't take it anymore. ”

"Your Majesty, I will go and inform the troops who have already gone up the mountain to prepare for defense immediately."

Davers nodded, and Tolmid turned to leave.

Davers looked around, then pointed to the large section of the city wall to the west of the city of Minoa, which was still erected in front of him, and said, "Let's go to the city to check on the enemy." ”

Martius, the chief of the palace guard, immediately dissuaded: "Your Majesty, the city of Minoa is seriously damaged, and the city wall is probably not strong and prone to danger. ”

"Send someone to make sure." Davers didn't give up.

Martius had no choice but to send a group of guards up the wall to investigate, and after a while he reported: "That part of the wall is still relatively strong. ”

Davers immediately hurried towards the walls, and the others could only follow.

Standing at the head of the city and looking west, the field of vision is even wider.

The Carthaginian cavalry came quickly, and they poured into the flat lowlands like a tidal wave, and their vanguard had galloped across the Platani River.

"There are so many cavalry in Carthage, I think there are at least 5,000 cavalry!" Henipolis next to him exclaimed.

"To be precise, those should be foreign cavalry recruited from Carthage, and the real Carthaginian cavalry probably only accounts for a small part of them." Davers' eyes widened, and he pointed to the Carthaginian cavalry troops at the bottom of the mountain, which were shrouded in dust and mist, and said seriously: "You see, those cavalry with very poor equipment, but the largest number of cavalry, should be the Numibians, who are good at throwing javelins; And over there...... The cavalrymen with leather helmets and swords in their arms were supposed to be Iberians; As for the Carthaginian cavalry...... Oh, and they have finally been found, and there they are the ones in the shining armor; I heard that Marco also hired some cavalry from Mauritania, but the Mauritanian cavalry and the Numibian cavalry were dressed similarly, so it was difficult to distinguish them......" Davers said.

"In this way, the cavalry of Carthage is all pieced together, and although our cavalry corps is smaller, it should not be inferior to them, right?" Henipolis, who did not know much about military affairs, was confident in the legion forces of the kingdom.

Davers was silent for a moment, and then said calmly: "In terms of cavalry, we are weaker than the Carthaginians. ”

In the previous battles, several cavalry regiments suffered varying degrees of loss of troops, and they were not well replenished afterwards, after all, cavalry is different from infantry, it is too expensive and not easy to cultivate. But even if the four cavalry regiments of Dionya were fully formed and gathered together, Davers did not think that they were sure to defeat these enemy cavalry under the mountain, and the cavalry mainly relied on horsemanship, number and training to win, and the Dionian cavalry was naturally stronger than the opponent in training, but in the other two points, Dionya did not have an advantage.

When Henipolis heard this, he choked for a moment, and after a moment he said comfortingly: "It's nothing, our Dionian army mainly relies on infantry legions, and they are much stronger than Carthage. ”

At this time, Printols, who was also watching the enemy's situation, said in a deep voice: "The infantry of Carthage is also coming. ”

Davers did not speak, but stared intently at the battlefield: in the distance, a group of Carthaginian infantry was entering the lowland plains from the west, and the originally empty fields were being filled with Carthaginian troops......

Davers held the somewhat cracked battlements in his hand and whispered thoughtfully, "It seems that Margo is really preparing for a decisive battle with us here." ”

Hearing this, Henipolis blinked his eyes and asked curiously, "Here?" We're on the mountain, they're under the mountain? It's not a good choice. Why don't they go to war when we march to this lowland at the foot of the mountain? ”

Instead of answering, Davers looked at Printors.

Printors understood that this was King Davers's test for himself, thought for a moment and said: "If the Carthaginians let us enter the lowlands below, we can send troops to block the coastal road to the west, and it will be easy to organize defenses, while the Carthaginians will have trouble attacking and their superior forces will not be able to deploy." ”

"Then why didn't the Carthaginians simply occupy the city of Minoa? So that they have the advantage of defense, and our army will be in a difficult situation. In the face of Printols, Henipolis was more direct and bold in his questioning.

Printors' reply was also swift: "If that is the case, I think Your Majesty you will not march to Minoa at all, but will return to Agrigento, or even Gera." In this case, the Carthaginians should be in a hurry, and I think that the reason why they abandoned these towns on the south coast and withdrew to the west was to lure our army to attack westward, so that it would be convenient for them to fight, and for their military rations......"

Henipolis suddenly realized, "The Carthaginians chose this place as a battlefield because they think we and they can accept it?" ”

Davos smiled faintly and continued: "I heard that Margo is a person who is decisive and resolute, but not meticulous and patient enough, it is rare that he is so thoughtful and takes care of our feelings!" ”

"Your Majesty, are we going to fight Carthage here?" Henipolis immediately became excited.

Davers glanced at the solemn Printors, and whispered, "Unfortunately, I'm not going to act according to the script made up by Margo. ”

Hennipolis let out an "oh".

At this time, Amyntas, Matonis, Olivers, Trotilas and other high-ranking generals hurriedly ran under the city wall, panting and shouting: "Report to Your Majesty, the First Legion has been ordered to arrive!" …… The Second Legion was ordered to arrive! …… The Fourth Army was ordered to arrive! …… The Sixth Legion was ordered to arrive! …… The Roman reserve brigade was ordered to arrive! ……”