Don't panic, don't be afraid, don't hurry but don't delay, never panic, never frustrate, never force a smile, never lose your temper or be suspicious.

- Marcus Aurelius (the only philosopher-emperor in Western history)

No matter how strong the Holy Order legions were, they couldn't change the weakness of the remaining three legions; The Armica infantry legion that confronted the Numidian army was pure recruits, and the two cavalry legions of Kelias and Gisken that had been reinforced were also civilians who had just mounted their horses, and these people were not yet capable of fighting, and Hannibal needed to train them first.

One thing Hannibal is certain, though; As long as the main Numidian army led by Zuguta cannot capture Tapsus on the southern front for a while, then without knowing that he is back, Zuguta will definitely order the Numidian army on the western front to launch an active attack.

This is because, although Numidia's Western Front army was only a partial division, it had 30,000 recruits and 5,000 elite combat strength; Even among these 30,000 recruits, there are 10,000 javelin cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is naturally stronger than that of ordinary armies. The corresponding Carthaginian defenders were not numerically inferior; But after all, it was a complete army of recruits, and it was basically impossible to resist the attack of the Numidian army.

Unfortunately, there are three necessary conditions for this to happen: first, Hannibal has not yet returned to Carthage, and the commander of the Carthaginian army on the Western Front is just an ordinary general; Second, the Carthaginian garrison on the Western Front was composed entirely of new recruits, and there was no elite army to sit in; Thirdly, the generals of the great army of Numidia were united in their efforts to fight the enemy.

Obviously, two of the three specific conditions that must be specific at the same time are no longer met; Hannibal had quietly returned to Carthage and assumed the supreme commander of the Carthaginian garrison. Moreover, the most elite and mysterious Legion of the Carthaginian Kingdom also joined the ranks of the Carthaginian defenders at this time; These two alone could have shattered the idea of Tulguta.

When Hannibal decided to wait for the Numidian army to attack first, he ordered his Amikas infantry to begin training alone; The 5,000 Libyan spearmen in its establishment were drawn by Hannibal to serve as a personal guard. for Hannibal was to train them himself, and would be with the shield riders; Hannibal wanted to turn these 5,000 spearmen into a weapon against the cavalry.

As for the garrison of the barracks and the vigilance of the front, Hannibal was entirely handed over to the Legion of the Holy Order in Sakarb; The infantry of the 5,000 Holy Order was responsible for garrisoning the barracks, and the cavalry of the 5,000 Holy Order was responsible for the guard of the front line. In order to be able to obtain the movement of the Numidian army in time. Hannibal even ordered the scout cavalry of the Holy Order cavalry to go to reconnoiter near the Numidian barracks; As soon as the Numidian army walked out of the barracks, Hannibal would get the information.

Just when Hannibal was accelerating the training with his army, what was the Numidian army on the opposite side doing? The two henchmen appointed by Zunguta, Abdeshim and Gillen, were not only not conducting intense drills in the barracks at the moment, but were discussing how to solve Jubal's problem. Not bad. It's to solve Jubal!

The cause of this incident begins with three days ago, when the Commander of Jubal had been the commander of the garrison of the province of Numidia, and was also a veteran of the Kingdom of Numidia with no less seniority than General Ahmed; Here's the problem, just because he's no less qualified than Ahmed doesn't mean he's less capable than Ahmed, otherwise he wouldn't be just a garrison commander today.

But. Jubal is not a novice on the battlefield who doesn't know anything; At the very least, she is also a veteran of the Numidian Kingdom who has experienced the test of war and fighting. When five new legions of recruits were formed in Zuguta, Jubal was confident that he would definitely be the commander of one of them; His two generals, Abbaskantas and Masiwa, even congratulated Jubal in advance.

The complacent Jubal did not expect that Tulguta would make his five henchmen who had no military exploits at all the commanders of the five legions, which meant that Jubal's illusions were directly shattered; Although Djuguta still appointed Djubar as the supreme commander on the Western Front, the gap in strength is there, can Djubar command the following Thuguta's henchmen and generals?

Gaia and the others before the change of heart are the current Abdhims and Gillen; In front of Thuguta, Gaia and the others did not take Ahmed, the powerful and famous man of Megatron Numidia, in their eyes, could Abdhimhim and Gillen take Juball in their eyes? They simply ignored Jubbar's presence, and they didn't even go to Jubhar's order to hold a military meeting.

Who can stand such a subordinate who does not respect his superiors, and a general who does not obey orders like this? At least Jubal can't stand it. That night, Jubal and his two confidants discussed how to justifiably regain control of the two recruit legions. without being blamed by the Tsuguta; At this time, the heralds sent back by Turguta to order the Western Front army to attack Carthage arrived.

The orders brought by the herald made Jubal even more irritable, and he could not even control the military power, so how could he launch an attack; However, Jubal's think tank, Masiwa, came up with a very good chance to regain military power on this order. Masiwa suggested that Jubal summon Abdeshim and Gillen back to the governor's palace in the name of convening a military council to convey Tulguta's orders, and that Jubal himself drag the two men; Masiva himself went to the military with Abbascantas to take military power!

The feasibility of this idea is actually very large, because ordinary soldiers do not understand the open and secret battles between the upper generals; Not only did they know that their commanders were Abdhimme and Gillen, but they also knew that Jubal was their supreme commander. What's more, after all, Jubal is a general among the Numidian kings, and his prestige in the army and among the people is far from being comparable to that of their army commanders.

However, Jubal feared that the love of the over-the-top Tulguta would anger the king of Tulguta. What if King Zuguta settled accounts for this in the future? To this, Masiva gave the answer: Jubal only transferred troops for unified command because of the war, and the rest of the army was still in the hands of the two army commanders; Moreover, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and it is normal for the two legion commanders who have just arrived on the battlefield to have some accidents.

Masiva's plan was too dark. But Jubal agreed; In Jubal's view, as long as he won the war on the Western Front, he could not be punished by Zuguta when he returned with a great victory, so this method was implemented. Abdhishim and Gillen naturally didn't expect that there was a big conspiracy waiting for them, and they stupidly came to the military meeting in Jubar with their personal guards in high spirits!

At a military meeting. Jubal not only conveyed the orders of Thuguta. He also praised the two corps commanders for their young and promising abilities; even retained the two legion commanders to attend the banquet together, and the two fluttering legion commanders who were touted naturally did not refuse Jubal's kindness. At the same time, Masiva and Abbascantas also drew away all the 10,000 javelinmen and 6,000 desert infantry of the two legions in the name of Jubal; All that was left were three thousand slingers and two thousand javelinmen and two thousand archers, who were low in combat effectiveness!

When Abdeshime and Gillen returned to the barracks top-heavy. As soon as the generals who stayed behind in the barracks, General Jubal, sent people to draw troops, the two of them completely sobered up from their wine. Among the 30,000 troops of the two legions, the most elite were the 10,000 javelin cavalry, followed by the 6,000 desert infantry with the most well-armed weapons; All of them were taken away by Jubal at once, so how can they still fight?

After drinking, the two people, who were controlled by anger, immediately rushed towards the barracks of Jubal with their personal guards and the rest of the army; Because the Jubal Legion was originally the garrison of the province of Numidia. Its military camp was also located near the city of Numidia, the capital of the province of Numidia. What's more, the city of Numidia is also the capital of the Kingdom of Numidia!

The two captains, controlled by wine and rage, completely ignored the prohibition against leading their troops to the capital, and swaggered towards the city of Numidia with an army of fourteen thousand; When Jubal heard the news, he simply laughed and ordered the news to be reported to the governor of Numidia, Siphax.

Although Siphax was completely ignorant of the contradictions and struggles between Juball and Abdhim, he would not allow anyone to threaten the capital of the Kingdom of Numidia; Moreover, with Sifax's family power and personal prestige, even Zuguta had to maintain enough respect when he saw Sifax.

When the furious Abdeshims and Gillen met Siphax, with a large number of nobles, three miles outside Numidia, they knew that the problem was serious; Sure enough, after Sifax scolded the two legion commanders for their heads and faces, they could only return to the barracks with the army and personal guards.

They can offend Jubal and even ignore him; But you can't be disrespectful to Siphax. Otherwise, without the presence of Turguta, they would be cleared out by the entire nobility of the Numidian Kingdom, which is the energy of Siphax. Although Abdeshim and Gillen, who were driven back to the barracks in disgrace, did not dare to do anything to Sifax, they really couldn't swallow this resentment from Jubal!

However, in terms of the big picture and the name; As the commander of the Numidian army on the Western Front, it was only natural that Jubal wanted to draw troops and troops, and it was absolutely impossible for Abdhimme and Gillen to attack Jubal or cry to Zuguta because of this, otherwise they would only be reprimanded.

Moreover, by order of Thuguta; The Western Front was about to launch an attack on the Carthaginian defenders, and it was not a good thing to stir up infighting among the Numidians at such a juncture. Therefore, Abdeshim had to discuss with Gillen in the military tent how to settle Jubal and regain control of the army; Of course, this solution can only be carried out quietly on the battlefield.

After very rigorous discussion and conspiracy. Abdeshim and Gillen finally decided to present Jubal with a plan to divide their forces into two lines; Abdhimme and Gillen were to lead their weak armies into Carthage from both flanks of the Carthaginian defenders, while Jubal himself led an elite 10,000 javelinmen cavalry, 6,000 desert infantry, and 5,000 standing elites in a frontal assault on the Carthaginian defenders.

The idea of the two is to let Jubal fight the frontal battlefield, and then the two return to the battlefield at a critical moment to pick up peaches and solve Jubal in one fell swoop; In the eyes of the two. After a hard battle, the Jubal army will definitely suffer casualties, and there will be few of the 5,000 loyal elites under his command. The other 14,000 armies were once their armies after all, and they should not resist resuming their formation.

With this in mind, the two of them made this seemingly reasonable suggestion to Jubal in a vain manner; How could the thoughts of the two newborn calves be hidden from the cunning Jubal. However, Jubal agreed to the suggestion of the two men and promised them to divide their troops and march into the army; The reason is simple. Jubal has his own way of taking the opportunity to completely solve these two people.

In Jubal's view, once the army was divided, as long as his main army attacked in a big way, the defenders of Carthage would definitely temporarily avoid the retreat of the front; At that time, these two legions, which were scattered and weak, would become the target of the Carthaginian legions to break one by one. As long as they come out to clean up the mess when they are about to be defeated, not only will the soldiers who escaped death be grateful to Dade, but their two so-called army commanders will also have accidents in the chaotic army.

What pleased Jubal the most was that this plan was proposed by Abdeshime and Gillen to satisfy Jubal with any relationship, and Jubal himself just agreed to the plan because he thought it was good; When it came to the end of the war, it was just that Zuguta didn't care about these things, and it had nothing to do with Jubal himself! (To be continued.) )