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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

Mikpilus, with less than four hundred cavalry, abandoned the pebble-and-stone battle and quickly withdrew in the direction of Juguda; As for the infantrymen who were still fighting, Mikpilus had no choice but to abandon them.

In Mikpilus's view, it was almost impossible for the infantry to escape the pursuit of the Numidian army, and even less to keep up with the pace of their own retreat; Rather than take them slowly, let them stay and delay the enemy's footsteps.

The reason why Mikpilus chose to retreat in the direction of Jugurdah was because although Mikpilus had seen the six or seven thousand cavalry of Numidia reinforce their vanguard cavalry, Mikpilus still felt that Jugurdah would have the advantage in battle.

According to the calculations of time, the overwhelming superiority of the cavalry of Juguda should have inflicted heavy damage on the four thousand vanguard cavalry of Numidia before the Numidian reinforcements arrived; Even though the Numidian reinforcements were large, Jugurdah also had infantry legions under his command.

In general, Juguda's forces still have an absolute advantage, and Numidia's cavalry reinforcements should not be able to change the established situation of the battle, and the worst outcome for both sides is just a scorching battle, and their own side still has an advantage.

Mikpilus did not expect that Jugurdah's army would mutiniate on a large scale, let alone that Jugudah's battle was on the verge of end; This unexpected battle wiped out all the hole cards of the Juguda forces.

At this time, Juguda is trying to break through by all means; However, the absolute superiority of cavalry under Salah and a large number of defective troops gave Juguda and his remnants no chance to break through.

You know, Juguda's cavalry and infantry were in the core of the battle; Coupled with the large-scale defection of the Gaturian army, Juguda's army was directly surrounded by the Numidian army and the rebels, and there were dense enemies on all sides.

In such a situation, even the firm-minded Juguda was spared a trace of despair; Zhu Guda knew that it was impossible for his own soldiers of less than 2,000 men to fight such a heavy encirclement, and the suspense of the battle was completely gone.

However, Zhu Guda also understood that in addition to breaking through, he only had one way to die in battle; With the experience of the last war, it is impossible for the Kingdom of Numidia to accept its surrender, and its fate is irretrievable.

After all, Zhu Guda is a heroic figure on one side, he just knows that his defeat is certain and he has no power to return to the sky, and he also wants to burst out with unprecedented passion in his final battle, so that this last tragic song will become the end of his life!

Jugurdah, who had regained his will to fight, was terrifying, and he began to personally draw the short sword at his waist to join the battle, and every enemy who came close to Juguda, whether it was the Numidian cavalry or the Gaturian rebels, would be slashed by Juguda's sword.

As Jugudah fought to the death, the soldiers of the Saharan Kingdom once again summoned up the courage to follow his beloved King Majesty and fight to the death. All of a sudden, the Numidian side, which had an absolute advantage, was brutally suppressed.

Although the Jugurdah army at this time broke out with unprecedented combat effectiveness, the army on the Numidian side was completely suppressed in terms of momentum; However, Salah was not nervous or anxious, he just continued to command the army to surround the enemy army.

In Salah's view, the current Juguda army is already at the end of its power; At this moment, the sudden increase in combat effectiveness is just their last return to the light, as long as their own army holds on a little, the remnants of Zhuguda will completely lose this battle.

In fact, Salah was quite right; In this kind of death battle regardless of casualties, Zhuguda's army only relied on its own fighting will to persevere, and once this fighting will was released, Zhuguda's army was completely finished.

However, the development of things is always not subject to the will of man; Just as Salah relaxed the siege of Djugurdah's army, waiting for the remnants of Djugurdah to run out of will to fight, Mikpilus' cavalry returned.

Mikpilus now had only about 400 cavalry under his command, which was not enough to affect the battle on the entire battlefield; However, Salah's loosening of the encirclement gave Mikpilers a chance to save the remnants of Jugudah.

Upon returning to this fierce battlefield, Mickpilus was immediately shocked by what he saw; The army of one's own side, which should have been in absolute superiority, turned out to be only one or two thousand men left, and it was still surrounded by the Numidian army.

What made Mikpilus even more incredulous was that the cavalry and infantry, dressed in their own uniforms, were besieging the remnants of Juguda's own army with the Numidian army; In such a situation, Mick Pillus figured out the cause and effect after a little thought.

It's a pity that it is almost impossible to change the situation of the battle at this time; At present, there are less than 1,500 Juguda's troops on the battlefield, while Salah still has nearly 5,000 cavalry, and the betrayed Gaturian army is as high as more than 6,000.

In such a situation, even if Mikpilus threw himself into battle without hesitation, it would be impossible to save the remnants of Jugudah's army, let alone change the situation on the battlefield; So, Mikpilers decided to hide and join the fight at a critical moment.

The scorching battle on the battlefield continued, and the infantry under the command of Jugurda was soon wiped out, and there were less than a thousand cavalry left; At this time, the last vestiges of the fighting will of the soldiers under the command of Zhu Guda were almost exhausted.

If one were to stand above the warring sides and observe now, they would have found out; The last remnants of the army led by Juguda were already on the edge of the battlefield, with Salah's cavalry on the left and right of the front three, and only the rebel infantry in the rear.

Even so, it was impossible for Juguda to break through the encirclement with his cavalry; Not to mention that the army under Salah is all cavalry, even the more than 3,000 Gaturian infantry in his rear are not so easy to break through.

If Juguda's cavalry had not been through such a long battle, they might not have been able to break through the line of more than 3,000 light infantry; It's just that after the battle has reached now, Zhuguda's cavalry has long been at the end of the crossbow, and there is no combat power to break through.

Seeing that Juguda's cavalry was about to lose their last will to fight, Salah's face also showed an irrepressible smile; This expedition to Gaturia was so smooth that Salah felt easy.

Originally, Salah thought that he was going to fight a protracted war with Juguda's army; Unexpectedly, only in the first round of confrontation, the two sides fought a decisive battle, and they did not expect that Zhu Guda was attacked by the army under his command and lost the entire war.

Although Salah himself is not a person who values power very much, the competitive mentality with Ahmed will not go away; For Salah, after easily winning the war against Juguda, he deserved to become the first general in Numidia, which is what excites Salah, and it is also the highest pursuit of Salah's life!

Just as Salah was about to order his cavalry to launch another full-scale assault, Mikpilus finally got into action! Mikpilus led his 400 cavalry and rushed from behind the rebel infantry behind Jugurdah.

The rebel infantry lacked weapons and equipment, and their will to fight was not firm; Under Mikpilus's forcible sneak attack, they quickly collapsed, exposing a huge hole in the rear of the entire encirclement.

Mikpilus followed this loophole and rushed all the way to Juguda's side, and after Jukuda found Mikpilus who had broken through the encirclement, he didn't say anything, but immediately took the cavalry around him and began to flee towards the gap.

Salah certainly won't sit idly by and watch Jugurdah and his remnants flee the battlefield; Salah then ordered all the javelinmen under his command to immediately pursue the remnants of Juguda's army, leaving the slower camel cavalry to build the battlefield and watch over the rebels.

The combined cavalry of Jugurdah and Mikpilus was only about a thousand, and it was impossible to withstand Salah's pursuing cavalry; What's more, Juguda's cavalry had already consumed almost all of their physical strength in the battle, and they couldn't run at all.

Human potential may be unlimited, especially under the condition of survival, and it can explode incredible potential; However, the horses' physical strength was limited, and they were no longer enough to support Juguda's cavalry to continue to flee.

Of course, at such a critical juncture, there will always be some generous and sad people who stand up and are willing to sacrifice themselves for the safety of their leaders; Under the command of Zhu Guda, there will naturally be no shortage of such brave warriors.

In order to resist the approaching cavalry, the more than 300 cavalry under the command of Zhu Guda, who were completely unable to run, resolutely chose to stay and block the pursuers, in exchange for the escape time of Zhu Guda and others.

Seeing his most loyal warriors stay and die like this, Zhu Guda's heart ached like a knife; But without saying a word, he led Michypsa and Mikpilus, along with the last five hundred cavalry, to flee eastward.

Juguda knew that even if he fled back to the Sahara Kingdom itself, it would be impossible for him to reach the strong attack of the Numidian Kingdom, let alone gather strength for revenge; Rather than this, it is better to withdraw to the Kingdom of Carthage and Libya in the east, so that you can exchange your identity for a chance to take revenge in the future, and you will not bring the flames of war to the Saharan Kingdom. (To be continued.) )