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The Second Punic War (III)

Upon entering the Alpine passes 3000 Carpetani deserted. Hannibal, not to demoralize the army, he pretended that he had fired. Also licensed to other 7000 whose enthusiasm had waned to a transaction of this magnitude.
In Hispania, Hannibal had left his brother Hasdrubal, with the fleet and an army made up mostly of African mercenaries. Africa was another surprisingly strong garrison composed by Iberian mercenaries. Thus, Livy tells us, "Africans were serving in Hispania and Hispanics in Africa, with the greater zeal as that, being far from home, few others would, in a sense, hostages concerned. "To maintain peace conquered lands north of the Ebro, Aníbal Annon left in front of another crowd Army Corps. In Sagunto, converted in prison city, were the sons of the Iberian leaders as hostages for securing the fidelity of their own. Hannibal, about 50,000 men and 9,000 cavalry, continued his march through Gaul. With diplomacy marinated rich presents, won the wills of the Gallic chiefs, leaving him free passage through their territories until reach the Rhone, where he found the first serious obstacle. An army of Gauls, possibly instigated by Massalia, expected to Hannibal stationed on the opposite bank of the mighty river.
By then Rome had reached the alarming story of over Ebro Senate ordered the consul Tiberius Sempronius returned to Italy. Pubic Cornelius Scipio went to the Massalia with 60 ships, thinking head off the Carthaginian general when he passed the Pyrenees, but suddenly he heard that Hannibal was crossing the Rhone.
In fact, during the night, Hannibal had sent up the river a cavalry division that crossed the stream and down the opposite bank to stand behind's of the Gauls, who were thus between the river and them. When the envoys warned Hannibal, by fire signals agreed to advance that all was ready, the bulk of the Carthaginian army was ordered to cruar the river, in the euphoria of the Gauls, who expected them to be killing soldiers without even time to leave the water. At this very moment, the Carthaginian cavalry attacked from the rear and burned their camp. The Gauls fled in disarray and Hannibal crossed the river without further setbacks.
When Scipio came to the place where he hoped to find Hannibal, the trinchers found only empty the ashes of the campfires. The Carthaginian, several days ahead of the Romans, moved right to the Alps. And that's when Scipio Carthaginian understood plans. Accordingly, he gave his command of Gnaeus Heran much of the army and sent to Spain, whose importance as a supply base of the Carthaginian army was obvious. He returned to Italy with the rest of his troops, to leave you the way to Hannibal as soon as it appeared by the Alpine bridges.

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