As for the Prime Minister, he was not idle either.
Accompanied by Archimedes and a group of craftsmen, the Prime Minister quickly arrived at the new capital, Botaitia.
After that, they hid in the shipyard near the port and never came out again.
Upon hearing that the king was going to develop ironclad ships capable of ocean voyages and to form a powerful fleet, Archimedes was extremely excited.
Without any urging, Archimedes immediately threw himself into the research with great enthusiasm.
With the help of the craftsmen left by Hector, Archimedes encountered almost no difficulties in his research.
Soon, an ironclad sea ship that could carry thousands of people and several tanks of Greek fire was trial-produced.
In order to overcome the wind and waves at sea and maintain sufficient sailing speed, this kind of ship is not made entirely of iron, but is just a wooden shell wrapped with iron sheets.
But Archimedes' design was ingenious. Not only were the iron sheets extremely defensive, they could also be assembled and disassembled freely.
After a naval battle, the damaged parts can be replaced with spare iron plates and the ship can be put into actual combat again soon.
It is even possible to replace protective plates while fighting in a naval battle!
Thus, an ironclad ship was no use to a moving castle.
Finally, the Prime Minister and everyone discussed it and decided to name this ship "Sea Fortress".
After several experiments off the coast of Botaitia, Archimedes improved many of the performance features of the sea fortress.
As the sea fortresses became more and more complete, the Prime Minister began to draft a report on mass production.
I plan to submit it to the king for decision after the capital relocation work is completely completed!
During this period, the relocation of the capital of Stobi was also proceeding in an orderly manner. The person in charge of this matter was Yina.
She made good use of the remaining soldiers at hand, making them lay down their weapons and become laborers.
All the important facilities of Stobi were moved to Botaitia with great efficiency.
At the same time, the urban construction of the new capital of Botaitia is also in full swing.
As a result, Yina had to run back and forth between cities every few days and had to neglect Xia Zhe.
Fortunately, Xia Zhe's mind was not on her.
Xia Zhe is very busy these days.
He captured a group of palace servants and focused on building a new world map sandbox in the new royal city of Botaitia.
This sandbox is dozens of times larger than the original one.
What is surrounded by land is no longer the Aegean Sea, but the entire Mediterranean Sea!
In addition to Greece, there were other major powers along the coast, including Rome, Persia, Egypt, Phoenicia, and Carthage.
The border of the map extends northwards to Gaul and the Teutoburg Forest.
The south reaches the Sahara Desert.
To the west, it reaches the islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
To the east, it reaches Persepolis on the Iranian Plateau.
Looking at this magnificent map, Xia Zhe's gaming addiction reached an unprecedented high.
He looks forward to the day when the sandbox will be completed so that he can play bigger and more fun games!
A few days later, on the walls of Pella, the capital of Macedonia.
More than one million troops of Eubia have gathered at the gates of Pella.
Looking at the endless black army in front of him, Alexander felt both happy and worried.
The good news is that if such a large-scale army attacks Stoby, they will definitely catch them off guard!
Meeting at the city of Treae should be just a small stage task.
With so many troops, it would be no problem to sweep across the entire Stobi and its garbage vassal states.
The worry is that it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away.
Since he chose to open the northern entrance of Mount Olympus, the number of Eubia's troops entering Macedonia has already exceeded Alexander's expectations.
Not to mention supplying food and other daily necessities to so many troops, Macedonia was already suffering terribly.
These troops themselves have posed a huge hidden danger to Macedonia's national defense.
Hippias appeared to be honest and loyal, but Alexander had no idea what he was really thinking.
What if he suddenly didn't want to fight Stobi anymore and instead launched attacks directly in various parts of Macedonia?
I am afraid that it will be Macedonia rather than Stobi that will be swallowed first.
"Report to my king. According to the reports from our spies lurking in various places in Stobi, the Stobi army was not attracted to the north by my northern expedition troops. They have been dispersed to three places. One of them is blocking the direction of attack planned by our ally Eubia! Should we inform Eubia?" Seleucus whispered.
"What do you think?" Alexander asked instead of answering.
Seleucus had long expected Alexander's attitude.
Hearing this, he smiled slightly and whispered again.
"I reported this situation to the king alone and did not mention it in the alliance meeting this morning. How could the king not understand what I meant?" Seleucus said.
After hearing what Seleucus said, Alexander nodded in satisfaction and then continued speaking in a low voice.
"You think the same as I do. With so many Eubia troops stationed in Macedonia, they pose a huge threat to us. At this moment, we must not provide them with unfavorable information that will cause them to hesitate. Otherwise, if they have concerns about attacking Stobi, they may very well attack Macedonia!"
"Immediately report the victory to Hippias. Tell him that our northern expeditionary force encountered an overwhelmingly superior force from Stobi, suffering heavy losses. We are currently retreating south of the Vardar River for defense as planned. We have successfully drawn the enemy's main force. Don't miss this opportunity!"
"yes!"
Seleucus nodded in response and immediately started to leave.
At the same time, in the main tent of the Ubia military camp.
Hippias, who led the expedition in person, was discussing the next plan with Hipparchus.
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