Carthaginians - The Defection of the Numidians

The carthaginian senate hoped that this army from the east would turn out to be the miracle they had prayed for. The spartan general, xanthippus, set to work immediately by interviewing carthaginians present at the battle of aetis. He was shocked to hear how badly the cartha nian generals had mucked things up and concluded quickly that there was nothing wrong with the carthy nian army itself, just its leadership. So as regulus settled in for the winter and dreamed of the triumph he would receive when the carthagin as finally came to their senses, the greek army arrived. And, though Regulus did not realize it yet