The season passed, and Muttines ordered his men to march on. The Egyptian reinforcements hadn't arrived at Alexandria yet, however, if Muttines was to lay siege to Alexandria now, he would be attacked by the combined strength of the Egyptians. Fortunately he sent out an small intercepting force to delay the reinforcing Egyptians. With that, he would be able to take apart the Egyptians piece by piece.
The truce was an facade to allow Spain to send its troops via boat to the Numidian mainland. The leader of the Iberians was truly a clever one.
Meanwhile, Gisgo was preparing to finally crush the Carthagenian resistence in the mainland. Ordering the army to hide in forest, he had an small unit of soldiers begin to harass and pillage the surrounding villages and farms. If the Cartheginians took the bait, they would walk right into the hands of the Numidian leaders.
