 His troops were to march out of the city on the morning before the mutineers were to receive their back pay at New Carthage.The mutineers felt confident then they had the upper hand, since Africanus' army would be gone and only their own Sucro army of some 8,000 troops would be there to confront the pale sick general alone.Africanus instructed his seven loyal tribunes to find out who the ringleaders were; each of the tribunes was to turn in five names.