"Let's go ask the king! The king's wisdom is unparalleled! The decision to exchange you for the famous barbarian city of Nessos was made by the king against all odds! Let's talk about the problem to him, maybe he will have some different ideas." The Prime Minister pondered.

The Prime Minister did not say this in a moment of rashness.

When he went to the king's bedroom in the morning and planned to ask the king to take command of the battle, the prime minister was deeply impressed by what the king said.

Wang had never been involved in the specific work on Greek fire and had never even seen a model.

However, Wang clearly pointed out that before exchanging Archimedes, he knew how powerful Greek fire was!

This kind of foresight is simply incredible!

What’s even more exaggerated is that the king seemed to know that as long as the Greek fire was opened, it would be able to force back the Macedonian army.

That's why he remained calm and handed over the command of a battle that should have been extremely important to a civilian like himself.

Considering this, the king paid quite a lot of attention to Greek fire.

Tell the king about the problem at hand and listen to his opinion. There may be unexpected changes.

What?

Let Wang participate in invention?

After hearing the Prime Minister's advice, Archimedes curled his lips.

King Stobi was indeed very kind to him, and Archimedes always remembered this.

However, as a king, his main job must be to manage state affairs.

How could Wang be so obsessed with inventions?

This is simply not doing your job properly!

What's more, who am I, Archimedes?

Can my core invention be understood by those amateur inventors?

Ask the king? I'd rather think about it myself.

Noticing Archimedes' absent-mindedness, the Prime Minister smiled helplessly and had to leave Archimedes behind while he went down the city wall alone.

When we entered the palace, the sun was already setting.

Arriving before the king, he briefly reported on the battle situation today. Seeing the king's absent-mindedness, the prime minister quickly got to the point.

"May I ask you, Your Majesty? There is a copper pipe in my kitchen with flames burning inside. How can I cool it down to prevent it from deforming due to burning for too long?" the Prime Minister asked tentatively.

The king has made it clear not to ask him about the war.

In order to circumvent the king's words, the prime minister could only express himself in metaphorical ways.

He believed that given the king's interest in Greek fire, he would understand what he meant.

What?

The inside of the copper pipe used for cooking is easily deformed after heating and needs to be cooled?

After hearing this, Xia Zhe was too tired to complain.

You are such a traitor, you have such a big heart!

You only have a few days left to live, and you are still so concerned about food!

As expected, he is just a piece of trash who doesn’t even know how to rebel!

But then I thought, I had also been eating and drinking to my heart's content on the terrace all day.

Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you!

Forget it, I won’t bother with you!

"What's the point of cooling down? Can't you just change one?" Xia Zhe answered casually.

Change one?

The Prime Minister was delighted to hear this, but then shook his head.

If it is really a copper pipe in the kitchen, it is of course easy to replace.

But Greek fire is a sophisticated design, and the main gun barrel needs to fit perfectly!

It is too late to change at the last minute.

"Can't change? Then learn the Maxim heavy machine gun!" Seeing the Prime Minister shaking his head, Xia Zhe answered casually.

"Maxim heavy machine gun? What is that?" The Prime Minister was stunned and asked.

Hearing this, Xia Zhe came to his senses and realized that he had said the wrong thing.

This was the era of the ancient city-state. Not to mention heavy machine guns, there were no ordinary firearms at all.

Of course the Prime Minister didn’t understand what he meant and could only explain it again.

I'm going to die anyway, so I don't care if it arouses suspicion.

Thinking of this, Xia Zhe became excited and asked Lillian to get a piece of charcoal and explained it in detail to the Prime Minister on the ground.

"What an ingenious water circulation cooling system! This concept is absolutely epoch-making!" the Prime Minister exclaimed.

Being well-read, the Prime Minister was able to quickly understand Xia Zhe's meaning.

The simplest way to cool the gun barrel is to wrap it with a layer of circulating water.

There is a ready-made template for reference, which is the heavy machine gun barrel cooling system that Xia Zhe, a time traveler, has heard of.

"Your Majesty's wisdom is unparalleled, and I, your humble servant, am sincerely convinced!"

After saying this, the Prime Minister bowed deeply and ran away.

Xia Zhe became more and more confused.

The only explanation is that this person is desperate and is eager to go home to enjoy his last good days.

The Prime Minister hurried back to the city wall, and only a trace of the setting sun remained in the west.

Archimedes was still there, deep in thought, as if he had turned into a statue.

"A water circulation cooling system! Oh my god! Why didn't I think of that? Moreover, they've even provided a complete set of solution details!"

After listening to the Prime Minister's gesticulating introduction, Archimedes understood it immediately.

It's incredible!

There is such a great inventor in this world!

If I were to design it myself, even if I could think of similar methods, it would be impossible for me to consider them so thoroughly at once!

Is this really what the King of Stobi came up with?

What kind of person is this king?

Only then could he solve in an instant a difficult problem that he, a self-proclaimed super genius, had been thinking about for a long time but still couldn't solve!

It seems that in Stoby, the right thing to do is to keep a low profile!

Just do it!

In the following days, Archimedes designed the plan himself, and the Prime Minister coordinated and directed the plan.

All Greek fires are equipped with a water circulation cooling system.

Seeing this terrifying weapon successfully upgraded again, everyone involved in the project was filled with confidence!

Come on!

Macedonians, come on!

This time, we will make sure that you will be completely destroyed before the city of Stobi!

From now on, the world in the Great North will never allow Macedonia to dominate the world with one hand!

The news that the city of Stobi was surrounded by heavy Macedonian troops soon spread to the surrounding cities.

After receiving this shocking news, everyone took action.

As the strongest team of Stobi, Achilles' Myrmidon Heavy Infantry Legion, under the personal command of Achilles, gathered south to rescue Stobi.

After a period of expansion and intensive training, the Murmidong Legion has grown to 30,000 people.

At the same time, the tactical level requirements have been greatly improved compared to Lilith's description of the Silver Shield Spearmen.

In fact, in order to boost Macedonia's morale, Lilith's description deliberately exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Silver Shield Spearmen!

She knew it very well in her heart.

The combat effectiveness of the Murmidon Legion is no less than that of the Silver Shield Spearmen.

However, neither Achilles nor his generals knew this.

As for the Little Madame, Odysseus has his own approach.

He did not recruit heavy infantry, but instead recruited a large number of light cavalry unique to the barbarians.

In just a few days, Odysseus recruited a total of 70,000 light cavalry!

He distributed 100 kilograms of dried meat to each person as rations.

Order these light cavalry to head south separately to harass Macedonia’s small garrisons and disrupt Macedonia’s logistical supplies!