In hac fuga Numidae qui simul cum eo ex acie excesserant insidiati sunt ei, quos non solum effugit, sed etiam ipsos oppressit. Hadrumeti reliquos e fuga conlegit, novis dilectibus paucis diebus multos contraxit.
In the course of retreating, the Numidians who had departed from the battleground alongside him laid a snare for him; nevertheless, he not only avoided them, but also defeated the conspirators. Upon reaching Hadrumetum, he gathered together the remaining members of the retreat and, through enlisting new individuals, he assembled a considerable amount of troops in just a matter of days.