 Syphax sent envoys to Hispania to get the approval of the Roman commanders and to persuade the Numidians in the Carthaginian army to defect to Rome.Statorius set up troops based on the Roman model and taught them entrenchment work and other military tasks.The Carthaginians sent envoys to Gala, the king of the Massylii of eastern Numidia to ask for his help.