"Report to the Grand Prince! Our army has completely occupied the Persian camp, but has not found their commander! The interrogated prisoners of war confessed that the Persian commander Seleucus has personally led the reserve troops to attack the Byzantine city!" A personal soldier came to report anxiously.
Seleucus!
The commander of the Persian army turned out to be the ruthless Seleucus!
He is already heading towards Byzantium!
In this way, all our efforts have been meaningless!
Both Antigonus and Hector felt a pang of regret in their hearts.
In desperation, the two men had to try their best and commanded the army to turn north immediately, hoping that they would still have time to catch up with Seleucus from behind.
In fact, at this moment, Seleucus was more painful than Antigonus and others, and was on the verge of heartbreak.
The fresh troops under his command performed well at the beginning and quickly broke through the five lines of defense of the Greek coalition forces.
Behind it is the lonely city of Byzantium!
Seleucus smiled secretly when he realized that the Greek coalition's reserve troops were not coming towards him, but were attacking the Persian army's headquarters.
When it comes to using troops to fight a war, you may not be the strongest one, but you will definitely be the ruthless one.
Out of a hundred generals, ninety-nine would defend their home base. But I, on the other hand, was the one who would even abandon my home base for victory!
Five million miscellaneous troops are given to you!
I will also give you the headquarters of my Persian army!
I only want the city of Byzantium!
With this city, I can control the narrowest part of the strait and receive a large amount of supplies from Asia Minor across the strait. Perhaps even a large number of new troops!
In this battle, the final victory will still be mine!
Seleucus had even begun to imagine that after Xerxes' army arrived, the Persian king would give him a high-level reward.
Then, the two sides joined forces and wiped out the Greek coalition forces under the city of Troy in one fell swoop, cutting the annoying King Stroby into pieces!
"Commander! Look across! On that wall, there are many new weapons that can rain down stones!"
A personal soldier suddenly spoke up to remind him, interrupting Seleucus's intoxication!
Turning his head and looking at the city of Byzantium, Seleucus took a breath.
What's going on?
How come so many towering wooden supports suddenly appeared on the Byzantine city walls overnight?
Seleucus was deeply impressed by this thing. It was the super weapon that annihilated his own Persian guard archers yesterday!
"Psychological warfare! This must be King Stobi's psychological warfare! It's impossible to build so many things overnight! Many of them must be fake! Even all of them are fake! Fake! The plan remains unchanged, charge and take the city of Byzantium!" Seleucus screamed hysterically.
His decision to storm Byzantium was a spur-of-the-moment idea. Not only the Greek coalition forces, but even many of his own people were unaware of his true objective.
King Stoby is not a worm in his stomach, so how could he predict and make arrangements in advance?
Seleucus could not accept this fact at all and could only hope that those wooden shelves were fake.
He knew in his heart that the main base had been lost to the Greeks, so he could only advance with all his might and capture the Byzantine city.
If you hesitate, your entire army will be wiped out!
The bugles sounded and the drums beat.
After receiving clear instructions from the commander, the Persian elite who had just broken through the Greek coalition's defense line immediately rushed towards the Byzantine city without rest.
Although the city walls on the strait side were built very high and exaggerated, the defenses on the other three sides were not much stronger than those of an ordinary city.
Seeing that there were not many defenders on the city wall, two million Persian elites were full of confidence!
Many of them had participated in the battle to capture Byzantium from the Trojan army and were well aware of the city's defensive shortcomings.
Now it seems that those shortcomings still exist. The only difference is that there are rows of inexplicable wooden racks on the city wall.
The soldiers had no access to Seleucus's intelligence channels and did not know the purpose of the wooden racks.
Their commanders and their core staff were terrified, but the ordinary soldiers were full of confidence.
Shouting various slogans, the vanguard of the Persian army quickly entered the range of the front-row catapults.
"First row, fire!" Archimedes ordered decisively.
Archimedes was extremely excited because he had never expected that the newly assembled catapult would have the opportunity to show its power so soon.
He really wanted to show off his new invention and make it famous in history!
The 100,000 strong men under Archimedes were also convinced by this Frankenstein.
No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of a kitchen knife.
Everyone on the battlefield yesterday felt deeply the power of this new weapon.
Now the number of trebuchets has increased tenfold, and with the city walls protecting them from high ground, everyone is eager to create a miracle!
Whoosh whoosh…
With the continuous firing of the catapults, a large number of stones were smashed hard on the heads of the charging Persian elite.
Although these soldiers were all outstanding, they were no more capable than ordinary soldiers in carrying the huge rocks falling from the sky.
Seeing the huge rocks falling like raindrops, the morale of the Persian soldiers, which had been high, instantly dropped to freezing point.
They had no choice but to risk their lives and rush forward, hoping to get close to the defenders as quickly as possible so that the catapults would be hesitant and dare not fire indiscriminately.
Despite this, by the time they reached the city wall, the Persian elite army had still lost a full 300,000 troops.
Even Seleucus himself was almost hit by the stone and died.
While feeling relieved, the fantasy in Seleucus' heart was finally shattered.
At this point, there is no doubt about it.
The catapults on the Byzantine walls are all real!
The Persian army lost a full 300,000 men and was unable to climb the walls of Byzantium.
It is really hard to predict whether we can win the battle today!
"Stop firing the front-row trebuchets. Throw barrels of Greek fire toward the city immediately!"
Seeing that the Persian army had entered the blind spot of the catapult attack, Archimedes issued a second order.
Originally, the Byzantine city garrison had a commander appointed by Xia Zhe.
Archimedes and his 100,000 strong men arrived only last night.
However, on the battlefield, everyone will naturally obey the command of whoever is better at fighting.
Seeing the Persian army in disarray, the commander of the Byzantine city decisively handed over the command of the city's 300,000 defenders to Archimedes.
Archimedes was also extremely excited to have the opportunity to lead the defense of the famous city of Byzantium as the best commander.
He doesn't understand much about strategy and tactics, he only believes that technology is king.
Without any nonsense, he immediately deployed the defenders on the city wall and threw a large number of Greek kerosene barrels down to the city.
These large wooden barrels, filled with kerosene, fell from the city walls with a force comparable to that of boulders, injuring many Persian soldiers.
But the defending army would use battering rams, and the attacking Persian soldiers were mentally prepared.
Instead of being intimidated, they ridiculed the Greek defenders, saying that they were at their wit's end.
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