On this day, the Dionian troops who had landed on the territory of Palermos were busy until evening, except for the defense of the southern mountain and coastal paths, as well as the construction of camps and the carrying of baggage transported by cargo ships.

The night was uneventful.

On the second day, Leotizides did not rush to attack the city of Palermos, but continued to build a camp for the more than 10,000 soldiers. The Third Fleet, which had been guarding the convoy in the nearby sea yesterday, did not reappear, and the lively camp did not return to calm until the evening.

However, it was not calm in the mountains south of the camp of the Dionian army, the Carthaginian army was blocked in the mountain road leading to the territory of Palermos, and the strong attack was not necessarily successful but would cause heavy casualties, but Hasdruba did not give up, he knew that once the Dionians occupied Palermos, it would further reduce the space for the Carthaginian army's movement, not to mention that he was not a person who easily bowed in the face of difficulties. Now that time was running out, he feared that the outnumbered Palermos would not be able to hold out for a few days, so he repeated his old trick and sent 4,000 Lusitanian warriors over the mountains to support Palermos and repel the Dionian army.

The Iberian army led by Hasdruba had been stationed in Palermos for several months, and was familiar with the terrain there, and after going east at the southern entrance of the mountain road, and after climbing over several tall mountains, the streams on the surrounding mountains converged into a small lake, which flowed to the low-lying land to the east, and gradually formed a small river, which flowed eastward for ten miles, and then turned northward, and zigzagged all the way into the sea, and where it flowed, it formed a narrow valley, although it was difficult to walk. But through it is possible to enter the territory of Palermos.

The Lusitanian warriors trudged through the valley of the mountains throughout the day, and it was not until dusk that they saw the small river leaving the mountains and flowing into the flat territory of Palermos, which was located more than 10 miles east of Palermos, more than 10 miles from the city of Palermos. The Lusitanian warriors stopped their advance, they hid in the wooded mountain forest, and after eating the rations they carried, they lay down on the grass to rest in order to regain the strength they had expended during the day.

In the middle of the night, the warriors, who were still asleep, reluctantly got up at the urging of their leaders and walked out of the mountain in a daze.

As they marched eastward, they gradually regained their consciousness, especially by the moonlight, when they saw the vague outline of the Ionian camp in the distance, and many of the warriors began to get excited.

This time they came to Sicily to conquer Seedium, and then slaughtered Agrigento, Ekonom, and Gera, plundered a lot of booty, enjoyed Greek women, and killed many Greek men...... However, they did not suffer many casualties themselves, mainly because Hasdruba never allowed them to participate in hard siege battles, such as the attack on Enna and the attack on Palagonia, they were all on the sidelines, and only once in a frontal battle, and they were still facing the soldiers of the Greek city-states on the south coast, and they did not feel much pressure.

Although Hasdruba once said, "The Dionian army is a formidable enemy!" "But they didn't take it too seriously, on the contrary they were eager to defeat the Dionian army and cut off the heads of the Dionian soldiers to prove their strength, and now is the opportunity.

Carthaginians, Greeks...... These so-called civilized people are afraid of the night, and they are not afraid, on the contrary, they like to use the night to cover their whereabouts, quietly approach the enemy, and then launch a deadly attack. In Iberia, this is how they dealt with the Carthaginians, which eventually forced the Carthaginians to sign a peace agreement, and now they were going to apply this tried-and-true attack to the poor Dionians, and thinking that they would soon be able to taste the blood of the Dionians, the Lusitanian warriors clenched their daggers and quickened their pace.

But on the march, almost no one made a sound except for footsteps, and 4,000 men silently approached the Dionian camp.

The great Dionian camp was also very quiet, with a flaming torch erected at intervals on the wooden fence to illuminate the surroundings, but there were no sentinels patrolling it, and the sentinels could be seen from the towers behind the wooden fence, but they were all asleep.

The Dioonians thought that they had blocked the mountain road, and they could rest assured that they could boldly attack the city of Palermos, and that there would be no more enemies threatening them, and that they could attack the city of Palermos with confidence, and the vigilance of the camp would be so lax! …… The Lusitanian chiefs were overjoyed to find that the situation before them was in their favor, and they led their soldiers to no longer hide and to approach the camp in a loose formation.

Due to the time constraints, the Dioonians had not yet set traps around the camp, so the Lusitanians easily approached the trench at the east gate of the camp, and then some warriors carefully climbed over the trench and came under the wooden fence.

Some of them stacked people and climbed up; Some took out the lasso, threw it onto the wooden wall, accurately lassoed the stake at the top, and then grabbed the rope and climbed up...... In a few moments, a dozen warriors climbed over the wooden fence and soon opened the camp gates.

The Lusitanian warriors, who were waiting outside the camp, rushed into the camp with a terrifying roar, and slaughtered the tents, but the warriors who rushed into the tents found that the tents were empty.

Just as he was feeling the alarm, a high-pitched military trumpet suddenly sounded in the camp, and there was a black surge in front, and countless Ionian soldiers armed with long shields and bayonets appeared in the passage between the tents, and they lined up in dense queues, forming a shield wall, and pressed towards the Lusitanian warriors.

The Lusitanian people's first reaction was not to step forward to engage in battle, but to realize that they had been fooled, and "if the sneak attack fails, retreat immediately, and come back next time" is their traditional tactic, so the Lusitanian leaders immediately shouted: "Withdraw the team!" Let's get out! ……”

The soldiers turned around and tried to run outside the camp gate.

However, the previous trumpet sound was not only for the Ionian soldiers to block the sneak attack of the enemy in the camp, but also to inform the troops who had been ambushed outside the camp in advance to take action, so when the Lusitanian soldiers rushed out, they found that countless Dionian soldiers in black helmets and black armor also appeared outside the camp gate, completely blocking their way back. At the same time, soldiers poured in through the passages inside the wooden fence, cutting off their last access to the outside.

"Your Excellency, we have completely surrounded the enemy!" Tagru, who was standing on a sentry tower in the camp and observing the situation in the camp, said excitedly.

Although Leotizides did not speak, there was a little more relaxed expression on his face, he and Zantiparis had long expected that the Carthaginians might send mountain races to support, so he sent the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance team in both legions to closely observe the anomalies in the surrounding mountains.

Specially trained scouting soldiers were evenly scattered in the southern mountains, and as a result, at noon someone found the Lusitanian army trudging through the mountains, and they did not startle the snakes, but sent people to continue to follow and watch, and at the same time sent people back to the camp to inform Leodichides, so the Lusitanians thought that they were secretive, but they did not know that their movements were completely under the control of Leotizides, and they had already formed a net, waiting for their ignorant moth to collide.

Seeing that there was no hope of retreating, the Lusitans decided to fight their way through the force of force, and they used their wooden shields to block their Ionian shield wall with all their might, and then used the Fakara short sword to stab the Ionian soldiers who exposed the gaps in their defenses.

The Dionian legionnaires, on the other hand, did their best to maintain a dense formation, using their bayonet guns to force the enemy to come closer, while at the same time, with the strong support of their teammates in the rear, used their long defensive shields to press the enemy inward.

The real killers were the light infantry behind the Dionian hoplites, who threw rounds of arrows and javelins at the encirclement.

Most of the Lusitanian warriors had no protection other than helmets and wooden shields, so Dionia's ranged attacks took a toll on them.

But the warriors who were constantly falling by arrows inspired the blood of their companions, who, like wounded beasts, violently slammed into the shield wall of the Dionian soldiers, with wooden shields, with short swords, with fists, with teeth...... Use all means at your disposal to kill and injure enemies who stand in their way.

Thus, although Dioonia surrounded the Lusitanians with nearly four times the superior force, the battle continued.

The Palermos were awakened by the commotion outside the city, and went up to the city to look at it one after another, only to see the Dionian camp brightly lit and the sound of murder in the sky.

Excited by the arrival of reinforcements, they feared for their safety, and almost all of them prayed to the god Melekat at the head of the city, but they never thought of sending troops out of the city to support.

Of course, even if they had the courage to send troops out of the city, the 1,500 light armor soldiers reserved by Leotizides would be useful.

The prayers of the Palermos did not work, and at dawn the sound of fighting from the Dionian camp gradually faded away, 4,000 Lusitanian warriors were killed or wounded, but none of them surrendered, the east gate of the camp was littered with corpses, and the Dionian army paid nearly 600 dead and wounded.

Early in the morning of the second day, Hasdruba led his army to the wooden village at the exit of the mountain road with anticipation, and instead of opening the door to greet him, he was shocked to see the heads of hundreds of Lusitanian warriors forming a small mountain, and Hasdruba and his men were all terrified.