But General Ma Ge sent it not "reinforcements", but his family background. He brought three thousand cavalry, two thousand light infantry, and a huge team of pack horses. In other words, the general swept all the money from the southern city of Dio from the warehouse and came to Port Hippo to take refuge. This really made Hitius both contempt and funny. △↗

But Mago explained with a heavy face, "The city of Dio is located in the south and is on the edge of the desert. A few days ago, many Gatulian barbarians came to harass them. This is a signal of a large-scale invasion of the desert barbarians - it may be that the entire Kingdom of Mauritania has been colluded with the enemy. The city of Dio is absolutely unavailable, and the capital of Kilta is also very dangerous, so we should stick to the port of Hippo, watch the enemy's actions, and then make a decision."

"How can we say such words? The city of Kilta was the capital of the country before. Selene, the widow of King Yuba, still lives in the palace. The financial officer Otakilius, who was originally housed here, set sail from Egypt to find the Seris Empire, has not returned yet, so we must at least organize the defense of the border and strive for the orderly evacuation of Kilta." Xitius flatly rejected General Mago's intention to escape east, which made the other party so anxious that he scratched his head. "The eastern part of this province is directly under the Romans, so he can do so.

The ceremonial officer is the Celeste stationed in Vaga City, so we have no choice but to decide on the defense." After saying that, General Mago even held Hitius's hand humbly, "It would be better if we take the cavalry to Kilta and leave all the infantry and armed immigrants in the Port of Hipo, which has a huge advantage. That is, if the number of enemies is too large, we can not evacuate from the inland. Instead, we will take the widow of King Yuba to the Port of Hipo on a fast ship, go to Utica, or go directly to Lilibi, and meet with the respected high priest."

This method is good, you can advance or retreat, and Hitius thought again. Now, in the entire western part of Numidia, I am the only one who is with this long-legged and capricious Phoenician general. If there is no match for the formation, it may ruin all his subordinates.

So Hitius asked Mago to take all the cavalry to the palace of Kilta, but the general refused very happily, "It was my betrayal that caused King Yuba to be defeated and died, and Queen Selene became a widow. I dare not go to the palace without any face."

Faced with this straightforward and honest shameless man, Hitius had nothing to say. He could only bring 1,500 light-packed Hitius cavalry, mostly Yiscon soldiers recruited from the desert. He left the Port of Hippo and handed over his garrison mission to General Mago, leaving twelve light ships, and he ran towards the city of Kilta the next day.

Along the way, Hitius saw the fleeing camel caravans, mules and horses and the merchants with water bowls on their heads, instinctively realized the seriousness of the situation. "We must speed up, maybe the enemy's cavalry is not far from us." After saying that, Hitius called a cavalry captain from Gaul and ordered him to take four hundred cavalry to guard the flank direction, and he led the rest of the cavalry to gallop directly towards the palace.

You should know that Queen Selene and the Caesar Party have a grudge for killing their husbands after all, so she cannot be put into the hands of the Pompeii army. "If the other party has any act of disobedience and resistance, they will be executed on the spot."

When the cavalry rushed to the arch of the palace, Selene sat on his shoulder with a trance, and there was a wing of Roman cavalry around him, all of whom were stationed by Libida by King Yuba after the defeat of King Yuba. "Dear Queen, I am the monarch of the four-point leader of the north, Geojo. Koomenus Hetius, I now ask you as the representative of the Republic, where is the whereabouts of this team?"

Selene was panicked and his speech was not clear, and he kept asking Hitius and the cavalry behind him, "Is anyone able to speak Greek?" In the chaos, her escort cavalry captain shouted to Hitius, "We are going to the Tara Palace in the southwest, where there are complete barriers and plenty of drinking water."

"There are fifty Romans away here. You will definitely be ambushed by the enemy on the way - now follow me to the port of Hippo in the north and prepare to leave here by boat." As soon as Hitius finished speaking, there were violent horse hooves and shouts of killing outside the city. "You must stay in place and don't move, I will fight back the enemy!" Hitius said sternly to the cavalry captain next to the carriage.

The short bushes outside the city (the whole of Numidia were full of this plant), constantly pouring out the enemy's cavalry like springs. It was hard to believe how they had sneaked in that place before. Hitius shouted, and with his subordinates, he galloped up to a hill next to the city, and then ordered everyone to dismount and bid against the javelins with the enemy's cavalry.

After a while of fighting, the invading enemy dropped the bodies of several people and horses and suddenly retreated like a whirlwind.

At this time, the four hundred cavalrymen who were originally responsible for the breaking of the rear came to meet. The leader of the Gaul cavalry said that he had been attacked by enemy scattered soldiers just now, "Is it the same?" Hitius pointed to the body lying on the ground and asked.

The enemy's corpse was only wearing a short shirt and holding a rough javelin in his hand. The cavalry captain pulled it out, looked at the sounding round holes at the top, and nodded, saying that in this outfit, the horses they rode had no bridles or saddles at all.

"This is not a cavalry from Spain, but the Getulias. They were originally just barbarians who maintained the bad habit of cannibalism. Later, in order to fight against the Republic, Juguda ran to their tribe, lined up and followed the flags and other tactics, and this group of people learned the ability to fight. It seems that the kings of Mauritania and Getulia should have colluded with the remnants of Pompei." Thinking of this, Hitius's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly asked all the cavalry to enter the city, "organize armed immigrants to defend the city of Kilta, and the port of Hippo cannot go. The enemy was preparing to ambush us halfway, not to be fooled - we directly escorted Queen Selene at night, rushed to the city of Vaga, and went to meet with the envoys."

Hitius is worthy of being an old corpse who is mingling throughout the Mediterranean. He guessed nothing wrong. After nightfall, the Gatulian cavalry, who was skilled in operating under the night, passed through the forest and set up on both sides of the road in the northeast corner of Kilta, and waited for a whole night with murderous aura - but did not wait for the target.
Chapter completed!