Acsimet - Magical victory over the enemy

During the ancient Greek period, war was often between small countries, and Acsimet in a very small country called Syracuse could not avoid it. Even at the age of 73, he still participated in fighting to defend the country.

The enemy's forces were very powerful, their customs commander was a arrogant and evil man who commanded 60 boats and marched martial arts into Syracuse.

Acsimet soon prepared to fight, he calculated the design of a shotgun , which is like a catapult slingshot today but it could fire rocks weighing hundreds of kilograms.

Upon seeing the enemy approaching, Acsimet ordered: "Shoot!" So each big stone rushed out and fell on the enemy's boat, many of the ships were destroyed, and the enemies were terrified. Having lost them, they had to retreat, then discussed how to fight again. Some of them proposed to fight at night, not to light the lamp, not to blow the trumpet, quietly proceeded, waiting for the success of Syracuse at that time, the weapons of Simsimet could not be used anymore.

The enemy leader laughed: "Let those obnoxious rocks fall into the deep sea, scare the fish, we will stand at Syracuse palace tomorrow."

The night has come, the whole night is still quiet, only to hear the sound of the waves hitting the rocky shore, the enemy's boat battle is quietly coming outside the city.

At this time, the enemy soldiers set up the ladder, carrying the hammer to prepare to destroy the gate.

From the top of the enemy's head was a "safe" sound, on the wall it seemed to have a mobile silhouette. "Not afraid, the big stones can't shoot at us," the commander thought. Though I thought so, the enemy still felt worried.

The "safe safes" still resonates regularly, the echo is getting bigger and bigger. I wonder what Acsimet is doing? Acsimet is still commanding soldiers to prepare a catapult , only this time is another. He tied a board with a thin, wide head on the beef ribs, one end of it filled with big stones asking all kinds, these beef tendons were connected to a rotating crank, when the fibers The ribs are twisted tightly, let go of the hand, the head of the board pops up strongly, the stones shot straight up into the sky and fall straight down, hitting the ships that are approaching the shore and the soldiers, there is a stone hit the commander's head right.

Frantic enemies must accept defeat once more. But still refusing to commit failure, they launched a third attack.

A thought flashed in Acsimet's mind: "Yes, use this way, the sun becomes a god, hope you can help me save the good Syracuse people". He ordered decisively, asking every woman to bring her mirror to the beach.

The enemy saw many women wearing white robes standing on the beach, the commander was a little skeptical. "Why don't they go hide? Stand there for what?" But he saw these women who did not hold weapons immediately reassured them to command the ships to advance and prepare to fight.

Suddenly, a blinding light came from the port. Then each column of light moved and finally gathered at one point, the bright spot was bright, burning hot. It shines into the large sail of the flagship. The sail emitted a slight smoke, from nowhere, it gave off a burning smell. While people were feeling strange, there was a cry of panic: "Oh, the fire is burning, the sail is burnt!"

Everyone on the boat wanted to extinguish the fire, but could not reach it, the sea breeze blew softly, the red fire danced to the wind, and for a moment the whole fire flames, the fire burned in the wind. Then the mast also caught fire, the deck of the ship was on fire, the ship became a fire boat, the soldiers on the boat could only jump into the sea to escape.

The spotlight from the shore shone down to the cell to find the boats, then the second and the third warship also caught fire, they became a sea of ​​fire. From the commanders to the horrified soldiers, the arrogant commander had only a way to order the soldiers to withdraw.

Little Syracuse was defeated by the enemy again, they did not have to use any weapons, no soldiers were injured. They were deeply adored and respected Acsimet, the wisdom of Acsimet was the pride of the people of Syracuse.

Give me a fulcrum, I'll have the whole earth
---- Acsimet ----
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