Ney did not show the slightest hint of joy from the great victory; instead, he frowned and spoke in a cold voice: "That reckless... Why did he act without permission?"
The courier replied nervously, "The Algiers Army has lost the will to counterattack, so the Commander wanted to take advantage of Mitidja's unpreparedness..."
Ney waved him off, then thought for a moment and called him back, writing a brief order for him to deliver to Zemir.
Once the courier departed, Ney immediately summoned several senior officers and instructed, "The Tunisian Legion has unexpectedly broken through Mitidja. This has seriously disrupted our deployment. We must hurry.
"Major Aliji, you will lead an infantry regiment and an artillery battery to the Toso Mountain in the northeast and eliminate the remnants of Kurulu there."
Indeed, though there were still 13,000 Algiers troops near Toso Mountain, Ney regarded them as mere remnants.
