"Woo! ...... "When Hasdruba heard the high-pitched trumpets of the Ionian defenders coming from behind, he was asking his generals to gather their troops as soon as possible and retreat in a better order. If it weren't for the city wall, they would have been killed a long time ago, and they would still dare to attack us?!

"General, if the Dioonians really come out to fight back, that's a good thing! As long as we defeat them, we can seize the opportunity and storm the port without a hitch! An Iberian army general preemptively reminded.

This was immediately agreed by the others, and Hasdruba immediately changed his order: "Go back at once, let your men slowly retreat, lure the Dionian defenders out, and then launch a counterattack." ”

No sooner had the generals taken their orders than Hasdruba received an order from Margo.

"The Numibians have rebelled in the camp?!" Hasdruba was taken aback, looking at the few black clouds of black smoke that suddenly rose in the northwest direction, he now understood why the Dionian defenders suddenly attacked, it turned out that they wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot!

Like Margo, he thought that the Numbian rebellion would soon be put down, so he did not want to obey Margo's orders and lead the army back to the camp, because due to the "stupidity" of the Dionian defenders, a great opportunity to capture the port was in sight.

He was hesitating when he received another order from Margo.

The Dionian army is closing in on the camp?! …… Hasdruba was taken aback again, and now he finally understood the reason why the Selinus defenders had taken the initiative: they were trying to hold back the siege army I led and prevent me from returning to the camp!

Of course, Hasdruba could tell the difference between the camp and the city of Selinus, and the fact that the camp had the food, grass and baggage on which the army depended was enough to make him make up his mind: "Go and inform the leading generals and lead the troops back to the camp immediately!" ”

Not long after, the heralds returned one after another, and told Hasdruba the shocking news that the Dionian defenders were outnumbered and were attacking the Carthaginian forces.

Are the defenders of Ionia trying to hold us back? Or is it really on the offensive? …… Hasdruba was so dizzy by this flurry of news that he finally couldn't sit still and decided to go to the front to see what was going on?

Before attacking the inner walls, Marco not only appointed Hasdruba to command all the attacking troops, but also emphasized that Hasdruba could not charge forward and experience the battle as before, considering the high risk of besieging the city.

Hasdruba, who commanded such a large army for the first time, complied, and sat in the rear all the time, and when the battle was going well, he did not feel that there was anything wrong, but once the battle situation became complicated, he could not keep abreast of the battle situation in front of him.

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After the trumpet of the attack sounded, the left, center, and right gates of the city wall were wide open, and the Ionian legionnaires lined up in columns and rushed out quickly, while the Carthaginian army deliberately retreated to give them relatively ample time and space, so that the Dionian attacking troops boldly lined up in front of the city wall.

As a result, the soldiers of the Carthaginian army were amazed to see the enemy rushing out of the city gate in a steady stream, and then moving left and right in an orderly manner under the city, and soon formed a continuous array.

The Carthaginian generals were uneasy, and they began to prepare to give the order to attack. Just then, Hasdruba's heralds arrived, demanding that their troops return to camp immediately.

The generals were dumbfounded, it was taboo to retreat in front of the enemy, but Hasdrogba's orders were resolute and severe, and it seemed that something more important was happening.

Some generals carried out the order, while others refused to carry it out on the grounds that "Hasdruba was completely stunned by two completely opposite orders in such a short period of time", such as the Lusitania and Celtic leaders.

The inconsistency in the execution of the orders of the Carthaginian army caused some troops to retreat, others to attack, and before the battle began, the whole army was in disarray.

Seizing this favorable moment, the various legionnaires of Dionya immediately attacked, and the legionnaires, shouting the name of Hades, rushed towards the enemy like a tidal wave.

Although the view was blocked by the soldiers, the thunderous shouts startled the Hasdruba who had caught up, and he immediately realized that what the herald said was true, the attacking Dionians were not only numerous but also high morale, but now the two sides were already fighting together, and it was too late to change the order.

The left, center, and right three lines of charge and battle are at the forefront of the Ionian Legion that has not yet fought in Sicily, such as the Third Legion, the Fourth Legion, the Sixth Legion, the Lucaglia Reserve Legion, etc., after they landed in Sicily, they have been staying in the barracks, in addition to training, that is, they heard the news of victory after victory kept coming, and envied the friendly troops fighting on the front line, so when the order to attack was given, these legionnaires who had been recuperating for more than a month roared like thunder, ran like the wind, and charged like tigers, After the crash, the shield was broken, the spears were broken, the Carthaginian soldiers were either stabbed or knocked down, and most of the Carthaginian troops were crumbling due to the constant change of orders, and only the Lusitanian and Celtic warriors barely withstood the charge of the Dionian legionnaires.

Under this wall in front of the port area, at a distance of nearly a mile from east to west, there was not a single place where the Carthaginian army was not attacked, and everywhere was surging black, and everywhere was filled with deafening sounds of fighting.

"Quick! …… Tell Kisgow! We need support here, let him come with the army immediately! ......" Hasdruba yelled anxiously at the herald.

After saying that, he rode his war horse and galloped back and forth to the rear of the battle array, and together with his men, he loudly encouraged the morale of the soldiers, motivating them to keep fighting, and reinforcements would soon arrive.

Correspondingly, many Dionian soldiers in the rear, according to the plan, also shouted in unison in Carthaginian: "The Numibians are rioting!" They are burning your camp, so flee! Otherwise, you're going to be surrounded! ……”

The soldiers of the Carthaginian army heard the enemy's shouts clearly, and their hearts became more and more panicked, because they did see black smoke rising from the rear before, and they had wondered what was happening, and their physical strength was almost exhausted after fighting for most of the day, even the Phoenus infantry, which was known for their stubborn fighting spirit, did not have the heart to fight anymore at this time, and their morale dropped sharply, and the soldiers began to retreat.

Only Lusitania and the Celtic warriors were still fighting stubbornly, but when the neighboring allies began to flee and the enemy began to attack their flanks and prepare to surround them, the fierce Iberian natives had to put down their pride and turn and flee.

This large-scale blitzkrieg lasted less than 20 minutes, and the winner was decided. The Iberian army was completely defeated, and the Dionian army was in hot pursuit.

More than 40,000 soldiers of the Carthaginian army, more than 50,000 soldiers of the Dionian army, and nearly 100,000 people chased and fought in the city of Selinus.

The incessant screams from the rear caused the Carthaginian soldiers to flee desperately, even pushing each other, and the ruins of the city's many dwellings and the view obscured by the dust and fog made their hearts more and more panicked, and people kept falling and being trampled......

When Margo went to the camp there were some soldiers on the outer wall of Selinus, when the earth shook, the sound surged, and thousands of soldiers approached, they were all stunned when they stood on the city, even at this time there were shaking black figures everywhere under the city, and if they threw a javelin or shot an arrow, 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 that they were like a small boat, facing a huge storm that was about to hit, and if they hesitated, the ship would be destroyed and killed, Therefore, the soldiers of the city chose to flee almost without hesitation.

So far, it took Marco nearly two months, countless manpower, and considerable sacrifices to capture the city of Selinus, and it only took more than half an hour for the Dionian army to recapture it all, and they did not stop there, but continued to pursue.

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Margo returned to the camp and immediately climbed the wall on the outskirts of the camp to inspect the Dionian army approaching the camp, he saw the two banners of the Dionian kingdom shining in the sun, and immediately realized that the Dionian king was most likely in this army, and as the Dionian army got closer and closer to the camp, Margo, who was experienced in war, sensed that something was wrong with this army, at least half of the Dionian soldiers did not act like elites, This made a strong thought suddenly arise in his heart: why not go out of the camp to meet the enemy? This could be a great opportunity to defeat the King of Dionya and turn the tide of the battle!

It was at this moment that he received the news that "the defenders of Dionya in the port of Selinus are attacking and that Hasdruba's army will not be able to return soon."

At the same time, the Nummibian cavalry, who had rebelled in the northwest of the camp, found that the army led by Sticamo was in a hurry, and did not dare to fight it, and quickly fled the camp. Instead of pursuing, Sticamo led the soldiers to busily extinguish the spreading fire.

Kisgow had already led his army to the Numibian camp southeast of the camp, where the unrest was being quelled, and the entire Carthaginian camp had largely regained stability.