Archimedes was a workaholic.
Once I have a new idea, I don’t care about eating or sleeping, I just want to see the results immediately.
Yesterday evening, after receiving Wang's approval, he immediately asked Lillian to arrange the venue and manpower.
The foundations for forty counterweight catapults were laid overnight.
As soon as the sun rose today, Archimedes immediately began to assemble the catapults, having them brought from the warships and firmly attached to the foundations one by one.
Realizing that there was a problem on the front battlefield, Archimedes did not dare to neglect it and rushed to speed up the progress. By noon, all the catapults were finally installed.
Originally, Archimedes remembered the king's instructions and planned to send someone to report to the king first before opening fire.
However, time was of the essence. The enemy had already launched an attack on their third line of defense. If this line fell, wouldn't the trebuchets they had painstakingly built be handed over to the Persians?
After much hesitation and thinking, Archimedes felt that it was more important to preserve his hard-earned invention than to preserve his own head!
Without missing the opportunity, he quickly ordered an attack on where the Persian archers were concentrated.
A round of volleys stunned the enemy!
Two volleys and the enemy archers ran away!
After three volleys, the enemy infantry also ran away!
Archimedes finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But soon, he became nervous again, remembering that he had violated the king's instructions and ordered the firing without permission.
As soon as he saw Xia Zhezhen rushing over, Archimedes hurriedly explained that he hoped the sentence would be lighter when he was convicted.
Archimedes kept thinking about these things, and his voice was trembling.
Xia Zhe was stunned when he heard this, and he had no idea what was going on.
I'm just reminding you that if the range is not enough, don't fire, so as not to hurt your own people.
Do you need to be so scared?
Could it be that you've been so absorbed in research all day that you've become too shy to interact with others? But when you were so commanding just now, how could you be shy at all?
Of course, Xia Zhe only thought about these things in his mind and did not say them out loud.
He stretched out his hands to help Archimedes up, and then patted his shoulders vigorously. Xia Zhe spoke again happily!
"You are really amazing, you are so good at hiding your talents! Your new weapon is very creative! I will send you 100,000 people tomorrow! I will install these catapults on all defense lines! Even on the city walls!" Xia Zhe said.
"No problem, no problem! Archimedes will try his best to arrange the strongest catapult array for our army!" Archimedes answered excitedly.
Very good!
Apparently, the king liked his new invention very much, so he did not ask for the prosecution of the unauthorized firing.
Since the king was in high spirits, in order to further dilute his guilt and to allow the trebuchet he had designed to gain new merit, Archimedes immediately patted his chest and promised to expand the trebuchet tenfold as soon as possible.
This answer made Xia Zhe very satisfied.
Without hesitation, he sent Lilian back to the city wall to pass on the order, instructing Antigonus to quickly prepare 100,000 laborers for Archimedes, as well as a large amount of wood and stones.
After making all these arrangements and seeing that the Greek coalition had recaptured the first line of defense, Xia Zhe felt completely relieved.
Suddenly feeling a little tired, he got into the car and ordered to return to the city.
Seeing that the king was about to leave, Archimedes and the soldiers operating the catapults shouted "Long live the king" three times.
The lively scene was no less exciting than the atmosphere Xia Zhe had experienced in the Great North, Athens and Crete.
In contrast to the high morale of the Greek coalition forces, Seleucus was extremely depressed at this moment.
So miserable!
Today's battle was so tragic!
Seleucus was quite proud of himself because he had successfully tested the tactics of the Greek coalition with less than 80,000 men yesterday.
Relying on rich practical experience and brainstorming, Seleucus once believed that the attack plan finally decided yesterday afternoon was impeccable!
This morning's battle also proved this!
The Persian army had a range advantage and was not afraid to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Greek coalition, which really put the Greeks in a dilemma.
The moment he marched towards the third line of defense, Seleucus seemed to have seen the goddess of victory waving at him!
However, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse!
A huge rain of stones shattered Seleucus's dream!
Only then did he realize that the retreat of the Greeks in front of him was probably just a trap set long ago!
Just to lure the elite of the Persian army - the Persian Guard Archers - into a trap and destroy them all!
With the almost complete annihilation of the Persian guard archers, the morale of the other legions of the Persian army also plummeted to freezing point.
Forget about fighting, even the army couldn't stay still and maintain their formation!
In desperation, Seleucus had to give up all the defense lines he had gained in the morning, run behind the fleeing soldiers in advance, and organize a supervisory team to enforce strict battlefield discipline.
After killing more than 10,000 deserters, Seleucus was able to barely stabilize the morale of the Persian army.
We did not let this defeat lead to the collapse of the entire army.
Still in shock, Seleucus couldn't help but sigh inwardly. King Stobi's deployment of troops was truly unexpected!
Against an opponent like this, time is not on your side. Winning is almost impossible!
However, Seleucus had no chance to back down.
He knew very well in his heart that if he did not attack and capture the Byzantine city, the only fate waiting for him would be death!
He is not a Persian, but was promoted by Xerxes as an exception to put out the fire!
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