The three mountain towns in the northeast that were newly incorporated into Stobi also received the news.
The people of these three cities were originally quite dissatisfied with the fact that they were easily traded to other city-states by King Treae as bargaining chips.
However, the managers sent by Stobi did not drain the pond to catch fish, but instead gave benefits to the people in every way.
This made the people of the three cities feel quite fortunate, glad that they had finally joined a good city-state.
Upon hearing that the city of Stobi was in trouble, they, who already hated the Macedonians, gathered tens of thousands of people and intended to head west to strengthen their momentum.
However, before the troops set out, five barbarian mercenary groups from the northern Damatoli region had already arrived to join them.
These five legions were sent from the five cities of the Stobi Federation.
The leaders of the team were all new kings of the city-states who were personally appointed by Achilles.
In order to repay the kindness of King Stobi and Achilles, they all fulfilled their promise without exception and brought out all the strength they could.
After these five forces joined forces with the citizen legions of the three cities, they reached a total of 100,000 people!
Many of them are veterans who have experienced many battles.
Led by five barbarian kings, an army of 100,000 men advanced steadily westward.
We will arrive at the city of Stobi soon.
Of course, the generals in Stobi City were not idle either.
During the days when the Macedonian army stopped attacking the city, all the generals, whether retired or not, spontaneously went to various parts of the city to recruit soldiers.
The citizens of the city signed up enthusiastically to respond.
In just three days, the number of Stoby's troops returned to 100,000.
Of course, these people were poorly trained and their weapons were varied.
In a one-on-one fight, they were no match for the Macedonian regular army.
But at least it is possible to shoot a few arrows from the top of the city wall, or help the soldiers operating the Greek fire move things.
A large-scale battle involving hundreds of thousands of people on both sides is about to break out.
In the southern suburbs of Stobi, in the tent of the King of Macedonia.
"Report! The person who went to Treae to investigate is back!" The messenger's shout sounded from a distance.
After several days of truce and waiting, Philip and Alexander finally heard the new news and stood up at the same time.
"Report to my king! The people who went to Treae to investigate have obtained detailed information about Greek fire!" Stepping into the tent, the messenger reported loudly.
“Read!” Philip replied.
Without wasting any time, the messenger immediately opened the secret letter in his hand and began to read it.
The intelligence agent sent by Alexander to Treae was very careful in his work.
Although when he was in Treae, Archimedes had never actually made Greek fire, and didn't even have a model.
However, the intelligence agent still collected a lot of information through numerous visits to relevant personnel, even including the four sketches that Archimedes had discarded!
Details determine success or failure!
From this information, the intelligence officer drew conclusions.
Greek fire is a defensive weapon that can spit out huge flames.
The effective range is fifty meters, and it can be rotated within a small range to adjust the attack angle.
The biggest disadvantage is that it cannot be moved and there are too many blind spots.
Also, it cannot fire continuously.
Otherwise, the barrel will explode, causing heavy losses to the user.
"Fifty meters? The flames that day were at least a hundred meters away! Also, the intelligence said that Greek fire can only rotate in a small range. But that day, there was no blind spot for attack at all! Our 20,000 people couldn't find a place to hide! Is this intelligence accurate?" Alexander questioned.
“It should be accurate!”
After a moment's hesitation, Philip spoke.
"Fifty meters is the effective range. With a tailwind and sufficient altitude, a range of a hundred meters wouldn't be surprising. As for blind spots, that's for a single Greek Fire. Now that the Greek Fires are connected on top of Stobi City, it's not impossible for them to fill in some of the blind spots!"
Philip's words are logically impeccable.
Hearing this, Alexander could only nod in agreement.
"So, there is only one best way to break through the city of Stobi! That is to attack one point continuously, forcing the defenders to overuse Greek fire and destroy this weapon! If we are lucky, this weapon will explode and blow down the city wall, which will be even more beneficial to our army! As long as we break into the city, everything will be easy!" Philip said confidently.
In the battle a few days ago, Philip fought very unhappily.
He swore in his heart that he would massacre Stoby and restore the morale of the entire army!
Therefore, he could go against his usual practice, set up camp, and patiently wait for the information that Treye would bring back.
Now, the weakness of Greek fire is known.
In Philip's mind, the city of Stobi had been wiped off the map.
Macedonia’s ideal is always to dominate the world!
Little Stoby is just a chicken to scare the monkeys!
Early that morning, Xia Zhe on the terrace and the prime minister on the bell tower discovered the unusual movements of the Macedonian army almost at the same time.
Both of them understood that a new round of siege had begun.
Philip carefully selected a section of the city wall with the least Greek fire and deployed the first legion of 10,000 people.
Each of these 10,000 people had a white scarf wrapped around their head with the words "Dare to Die" written in blood-red.
Not daring to be careless, the Prime Minister and Archimedes immediately ordered the three nearest Greek fire engines to burn towards them.
Ah…, ah…
Terrifying flames streaked across the land, and the army of tens of thousands of people collapsed in an instant.
Less than two thousand people were lucky enough not to be burned, and they crawled back to the Macedonian camp.
Without any hesitation, Philip waved his hand, and another legion of 10,000 people rushed towards the same location.
"It's over! Macedonia figured out the flaws of Greek fire so quickly! I'm afraid there's nothing we can do to that traitor. We can only resort to hand-to-hand combat!"
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