Only the Carthage sailors who survived the Carthage flagship were not driven into the sea. They were evenly distributed on the decks of each warship, and the crew who had been captured by the Carthaginians and lucky enough to survive, holding wooden sticks and whips, and returned all the humiliation they had suffered to the enemy.

And only two prisoners were left on the flagship - Admika and the sailors of the Carthage flagship.

Midolades asked the captain's men to stab the sailor to death with a spear, avenging his commander.

When Midolades turned his gaze to Admika, the former commander of the Iberian fleet, the Margonid family, although he looked haggard, looked calm: "Go on."

Midolades smiled: "You are the biggest spoils of this naval battle, how could I let you die easily?"

As he said that, he asked his men to take a helmet and asked the crew to pee in, then brought it to Admika and said coldly: "Either drink the urine inside, or cut off the things you pee, choose."

Admika finally changed his face.

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During this day's naval battle, the new Carthage fleet lost a total of 70 warships and nearly 13,000 crew members; the 3rd Fleet of Dionia lost 56 warships, and 7 warships suffered varying degrees of damage, and no enemy ships were captured.

After Anobas fled back to the port of Saros, he was busy reorganizing the fleeing warships and did not lead the fleet out to pick up Admika. The main reason was that he was the main responsibility for the failure of this plan. For a while, he didn't know how to face the Iberian naval general who seemed to be his subordinate but actually his competitor, and he simply didn't see it.

Unexpectedly, at night, news suddenly came: the Dionians defeated the fleet led by Admika, and even Admika himself was captured.

Annobas was shocked: the news he had received before was that the Dionian fleet had already headed north to return to Alenia. Unexpectedly, these terrifying Dionians dared to return and fight with Admika's fleet!

If he could have blamed the storm for the destruction of the fleet last time, this time he had to face up to the terrible combat power and vigorous fighting spirit of the Dionian Navy.

In the following days, the remaining new fleet of Carthage shrank in the port, allowing the Dionian fleet to provoke it and never go out to fight.

The route from Sardinia to Carthage was cut off again.

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The army led by Davers left Gera and continued to march west along the coastline, sleeping in Econum and Agrigento, both of which were destroyed by the Carthaginians. Davers had enough time for the soldiers to build camps, and the Carthaginian army had not appeared.

On the fourth day, the army arrived in Minoa, and the city built on the hill was even more severely destroyed.

"Your Majesty, it seems we can only build camps on the flat ground across the river," Tormid suggested.

Davers stood on the hill overlooking the lowlands to the west. Although the fields had been harvested at this time, the field was still golden in sight.

He asked, "Is this the battlefield where Prosous led his army to defeat the Carthaginians?"

"Yes, your Majesty." Thormid pointed to the north: "It is said that the camp of the commander of the Prosous legion was built there at that time."

Davers turned around and looked forward for a while, then turned around and asked, "How far is the city of Selinus?"

"About a hundred miles." Thormid replied.

Davers thought for a moment and issued an order: "We are camping on the mountain and informed the engineers to quickly survey the terrain, so that the troops can speed up the marching, and go up the mountain to clear Minoa City..."

"Yes!" Although Thormid disagreed with Davers' caution, he knew that Davers had made up his mind and did not make any other opinion.

Just as they were about to turn back into the destroyed city of Minoa, a team of Dionys scouts rushed over on the flat ground to the west, crossing the Pretani River, and rushing to the foot of the mountain, and shouting anxiously: "Report! Carthage's cavalry are here! There are many, many!"

Some soldiers immediately responded after hearing this, and everyone was shocked when they learned about it.

Davers pondered, "It seems that the Carthaginians can't help it."

"Your Majesty, I will inform the troops who have already climbed the mountain to prepare for defense immediately."

Davers nodded, and Thormead turned and left.

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

Martius, the chief escort of the palace, immediately dissuaded: "Your Majesty, Minoa City is seriously damaged, and that wall may not be solid and may be prone to danger."

"Send someone to confirm." Davers did not give up.

Martius had no choice but to send a team of guards to the city wall to investigate, and after a while he reported: "That section of the city wall is relatively solid."

Davers immediately walked towards the city wall, and the others could only follow.

Standing at the top of the city and looking west, your vision is wider.

The Carthaginian cavalry came very quickly, and they poured into the flat lowlands like a tide, and their vanguards had galloped across the Platany River.

"There are so many cavalry in Carthage. I think there are no less than 5,000 cavalry!" Heniporis next to him exclaimed.

"To be precise, those alien cavalry should be recruited from Carthage. The real Carthage cavalry may only account for a small part." Davers opened his eyes wide and pointed at the Carthage cavalry troops under the dust and mist at the foot of the mountain, and said seriously: "Look, the cavalry with very simple equipment but the largest number of people should be Numibians, who are good at projecting javelins; and there... the cavalry with leather helmets and long swords should be Iberians; as for the Carthage cavalry... Oh, I finally found them, and they were wearing shiny armor; I heard that Mago also hired some cavalry from Mauritania, but the Mauritanian cavalry and Numibian cavalry were dressed similarly, so it was difficult to distinguish..." Davers said as he knew it.

"It seems that Carthage's cavalry is all made up. Although our cavalry corps are smaller, it should not be inferior to them, right?" Heniporis, who did not know much about military affairs, was very confident in the kingdom's legions.

Davers was silent for a moment and said frankly: "In terms of cavalry, we must be weaker than the Carthaginians."

In the previous battles, several cavalry corps suffered varying degrees of loss of troops, and they were not well supplemented afterwards. After all, cavalry and infantry are different. They consume too much and are not easy to cultivate. But even if the four cavalry corps of Dionia are full and gathered together, Davers did not think they were sure to defeat these enemy cavalry at the foot of the mountain. If the cavalry wants to win, they mainly rely on riding, quantity and training. In training, the Dionian cavalry is naturally stronger than the opponent, but in the other two points, Dionia does not have the advantage.

After hearing this, Heniporis choked and said comfortably for a moment: "It's nothing. Our Dionys army mainly relies on the infantry army, 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 here too."

Davers did not speak, staring at the battlefield intently: in the distance, teams of Carthage infantrymen entered the lowland plain from the west, and the originally empty fields were filled with Carthage troops...

Davers held the cracked battlement in his hand and whispered thoughtfully: "It seems that Brother Ma is really ready to fight us here."

Heniporis blinked when he heard this and asked curiously: "Here? We are on the mountain, and they are at the foot of the mountain? This is not a good choice. Why don't they fight again when we march to this lowland at the foot of the mountain?"

Davers did not answer, but looked at Printols.

Printols understood that this was King Davers' exam for his school, and thought for a while and said, "If the Carthaginians allow us to enter the lower land below, we can send troops to block the coastal road to the west, and it is easy to organize defenses, and it is more troublesome to attack the Carthaginians, and their superior forces cannot be deployed."

"Then why didn't the Carthaginians just occupy the city of Minoa? In this way, they had the advantage of defense and our army would be in trouble." Facing Printols, Henipolis' question was more direct and bold.

Printols' answer was also very quick: "If that were the case, I think your Majesty, you will not march towards Minoa at all, but will retreat to Agrigento and even Gera. In this way, the Carthaginians should be anxious. I think the reason why they gave up these towns on the South Coast and then retreated to the west was to lure our army to attack westward, so that they could not only facilitate their combat and their supply of military rations..."

Heniporis said with a sudden realization: "The Carthaginians chose this place as a battlefield because he felt that we and them were acceptable?"

Davers smiled faintly and continued, "I heard that Ma Ge is a decisive person, a determined person, but not meticulous and patient enough. It is rare that he thought so thoughtful and took care of our feelings very carefully!"

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

Davers glanced at Printols with a solemn expression and said softly: "It's a pity that I don't plan to act according to the script edited by Ma Ge."

Henipolis said "Oh".

At this time, several senior generals such as Amintas, Matonis, Olivers, Trotiras hurriedly ran under the city wall and shouted breathlessly: "Report to your Majesty, the First Legion is ordered to arrive!... The Second Legion is ordered to arrive!... The Fourth Legion is ordered to arrive!... The Sixth Legion is ordered to arrive!... The Roman Preparatory Brigade is ordered to arrive!..."
Chapter completed!