"According to insider information, this weapon is called Greek fire, and it was invented by a strange man in Treae. In order to get this man, King Stobi even gave Nessos, the largest city in the Metari region, to Treae!" Alexander beside him answered carefully.
Alexander was extremely concerned about Stoby and collected a lot of intelligence in advance.
Alexander naturally knew about the city exchange agreement between Trey and Stoby.
However, as a normal person, Alexander's thoughts were actually similar to those of the Stobi ministers at the time.
It is simply crazy to exchange a famous city that was obtained by our own soldiers after a thousands-mile expedition and bloody battle for an idea that cannot even be produced.
Therefore, in Alexander's judgment, this transaction was the only mistake Stoby made recently!
But who would have thought that Greek fire would be so powerful?
Stoby didn't suffer any loss at all, he made a huge profit!
If he had known this would happen, Alexander wouldn't have even frowned even if he had offered ten cities in exchange for that weirdo!
"A weirdo from Treae? Treae! Send someone to Treae immediately to find out!" Philip roared upon hearing this.
"Yes, Father!"
Hearing this, Alexander agreed without any hesitation.
He immediately sent his capable men to Treae with a large sum of money to try to find out the weakness of Greek fire.
Given that there are many such terrifying weapons on the top of the Stobi city wall.
Before figuring out the situation, the Macedonian army could only suspend the siege and stay there.
They were in a stalemate with the Stobi army in the city.
"The Macedonian army dares not come up!"
"Great! Stoby held on!"
"Long live my king! Long live Greek fire!"
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The movements of the Macedonian army were soon noticed by the defenders of Stobi.
The troops all cheered, and the sound resounded through heaven and earth.
The Prime Minister and Archimedes on the big clock tower, as well as the generals who went to various towers to command, all had knowing smiles on their faces.
Only Xia Zhe was completely frightened by the power of this new weapon.
That's not right!
Xia Zhe clearly remembered that in the game, a simultaneous attack of four Greek fire cannons could only kill three to five hundred people at most.
Moreover, this weapon has many blind spots.
The enemy just needs to launch a quick charge.
Even if you risk being burned a few times, as long as you rush to the bottom of the city wall, you can avoid the attack of Greek fire.
Therefore, Greek fire is indeed very effective when dealing with one or two armies that do not quite understand the characteristics of this weapon.
But if the command is proper, it is not impossible to capture the city where Greek fire is deployed.
However, the Greek fire on the top of Stobi City is far more powerful than that in the game.
Not only the range and intensity of the flames far exceed the settings in the game.
Moreover, there are no blind spots for attack!
The 20,000 Macedonian troops were burned to death, leaving them with nowhere to hide!
Xia Zhe was dumbfounded by this spectacle.
However, even so, Xia Zhe is still not optimistic about the final outcome.
Because he knew that the biggest drawback of Greek fire was not the many blind spots for attack, but that it could not be fired continuously!
If you are forced to fire continuously for various reasons without waiting for the barrel to cool down, the Greek fire will explode!
At that time, this weapon would become a powerful weapon for the attackers, helping them to blow up the city walls.
In the game, Xia Zhe often uses this method.
The defenders were forced to use Greek fire continuously, and with the help of the Greek fire's self-explosion, they won the victory.
The Macedonian army attacking the city now has 200,000 soldiers.
The Stobi army defending the city numbered no more than 10,000 people.
Xia Zhe knew that as long as the Macedonian army figured it out, by just maintaining the attack at one or two points, they could force the Greek fire to fire continuously.
By then, the Greek fire will explode and destroy the city of Stobi!
And that would be his own end!
"Alas! Dying a few days early or late doesn't make much difference! Better to enjoy life while you can!"
Thinking of this, Xia Zhe sighed and continued to sit there eating and drinking.
It was not until the sun was about to set and the Prime Minister came to visit again that Xia Zhe reluctantly stood up.
Although the Macedonian army had suspended its attack in the morning, the Prime Minister and everyone else were not idle that day.
The generals and soldiers were busy arranging long-term garrison to prevent a surprise attack from Macedonia.
The Prime Minister has more important things to do.
Together with Archimedes, the Prime Minister climbed up the south wall and inspected the four Greek fire missiles that had just been launched.
"Except for the blackening of the pipes, there seems to be nothing unusual."
The Prime Minister said with satisfaction as he looked at the Greek artillery barrel that had just been fired today.
"Of course! The Prime Minister has faithfully implemented my improvement request! I am very satisfied! I have just checked carefully, and the enhanced flame has not caused any damage to any part of the Greek fire! Not even the slightest damage!" Archimedes said with a smile.
Archimedes was very happy that the weapons he invented and improved could produce huge effects in actual combat, killing more than 10,000 people at once.
When Archimedes first conceived of Greek fire, he only calculated that the flame would be ejected fifty meters at a time, and the width of the flame would be only one-quarter of its current size.
Moreover, in its early conception, Greek fire was very inflexible in its rotation.
There will be a lot of blind spots for shooting.
However, these problems have been solved one by one in my new improvements.
In order to increase the force of the flame jet, Archimedes used ten times the amount of gunpowder, greatly enhancing the power of Greek fire.
In order to make the gun barrel rotate flexibly, Archimedes introduced a large number of gear transmission structures.
Of course, the Greek fire attack ultimately achieved perfect results with no blind spots, and Archimedes knew that this was also due to the support of King Stobi.
It was King Stobi's request for large-scale construction on the city walls that allowed the Greek fire machines to support each other and make up for the blind spots that would inevitably result from a single machine or a small number of deployments.
"Then, can the problem of not being able to launch continuously be solved?" the Prime Minister asked solemnly.
At the beginning, Archimedes was extremely excited when he heard that Stobi could make steel.
It was the upgrade of basic materials that really allowed Archimedes to dare to make improvements.
In his original design, Greek fire was made of copper, and the better quality of steel was not considered.
With today's actual combat, the Greek fire showed its power.
The Prime Minister would like to know whether the biggest shortcoming can be solved by improving the materials.
If the problem of not being able to send messages continuously can also be solved.
The Prime Minister believes that Stoby will win this battle!
"In theory, steel gun barrels are more resistant to high temperatures. However, a cooling system is still needed to be safer. However, I haven't figured out a good way to quickly cool the gun barrel yet." Archimedes replied apologetically.
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