When the western expedition to Chang'an, Liu Xie's army only had 100 sets of sunset crossbows, and Li Guo's 150,000 Xiliang army was defeated, and after a year and a half of rapid development, the whole army had 5,000 sets of sunset crossbows, and it was no longer possible to let the westward expedition to Chang'an be the same day.

Gunpowder-powered weapons have not yet been developed, and although scientific and technological materials are available, there is no sound basic industrial system after all, so relatively primitive cold weapons still need to be used.

However, according to the current speed of mastery of science and technology, at most, Liu Xie's Royal Manufacturing Division will create gunpowder-powered weapons, in that case, then he will be powerful.

Even so, Liu Xie's 5,000 sets of sunset crossbows are also very powerful weapons for this era.

Although gunpowder was used in the military at an early age, it was rarely used in this period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, let alone as efficiently as Liu Xie. When the former was conquering Chang'an, the power of the Sunset Crossbow's standard ammunition, Fire Arrows and Fire Meteors, could be seen.

However, it was said that Liu Xie led a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses, including 5,000 archer cavalry, 4,000 archer infantry, and 1,000 instrumental soldiers.

Liu Xie's Han army, including Ma Teng Han Sui's 100,000 Liangzhou army, Jia Xu's 100,000 Chang'an army, and 150,000 Luoyang defenders, combined to attack the 350,000 army, from cavalry to infantry, and every equipment soldier, must be equipped with medium and long-range weapons: bows and crossbows.

Liu Xie knows the importance of the first strike in the battle of the army, the bow has a long range and high damage, but it is inconvenient to carry and use, so it is basically equipped with long-range soldiers.

Both cavalry and infantry have ranged soldiers, and one of the standard equipment of ranged soldiers is the bow.

There are also melee soldiers, and one of the standard equipment of melee soldiers is a crossbow.

Cavalry archers are just a general term for cavalry that uses a bow or a crossbow, and the same goes for infantry archers.

In addition to the bow and crossbow, each soldier has his own individual melee weapon, either a sword, or a long weapon, a sword and a gun.

Therefore, when Liu Xie's Han army fought, it was very flexible, and when the large army was in a melee, first of all, the equipment soldiers used the sunset crossbow to carry out a "cannon fire covering" of the place, which could directly destroy the opponent's will to fight, and then the long-range soldiers fired a bow and arrow round.

Finally, there is the charge, and at the same time, the close-rangers, whether cavalry or infantry, will use this delicate and small weapon of loyalty: the crossbow.

When engaging with the enemy, collect the crossbow and draw the sword.

Liu Xie relied on his advanced weapons to not be afraid of the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and set out with 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight against an enemy ten times his size.

Of course, he has a more important magic weapon, that is, the existence of a small dictionary, which can help him analyze the weather, moon phases, battlefield terrain, and the attributes of the opponent's generals in real time.

However, it was said that Liu Xie led the soldiers and horses of 10,000 people, walked for a day, and came to the boundary of Gongxian County, in front of which was Xuanyuan Pass, which was still far away from the Yellow River, so Liu Xie ordered the whole army to camp at Xuanyuan Pass to rest, and cross the river tomorrow.

Call Qin Fu, the general of Xuanyuan Pass, to inquire about the matter.

Qin Fu saw the emperor and said: "There is the Yellow River blocking it, and the yellow turban has not been able to come over for the time being." There are ten ferries ready at the Gongguan ferry in front, each of which can carry a hundred people......"

Liu Xie said: "Why are there only ten ships? I let the county commander of Gong County be responsible for building the warship, what has he done to eat in the past year and a half? ”

Seeing Liu Xie's anger, Qin Fu immediately knelt down again and said: "Your Majesty, Gong County has few people and poor land, no money and no food, so the progress of the project is slow, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

"I don't care about any objective reason," Liu Xie said, "Hurry up and let people call this county order!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Fu said that he retreated.

In the Chinese military tent, Chen Gong saw that the little emperor was so big, so he said: "Your Majesty is angry, this series of wars, the people are miserable, plus this Gong County is on the edge of Luoyang, and on the edge of the Yellow River, it has already suffered turmoil, and from time to time there are Baibo Army and Southern Xiongnu to harass and plunder. Therefore, it is not easy for this county order to survive in this crack. ”

"Southern Huns?" Liu Xie asked, "Gongtai, you talk to me." ”

Chen Gong said: "The Xiongnu were originally a nomadic people, scattered relatively widely, and later due to the intensification of internal contradictions, they were divided into several tribes, among which the Northern Xiongnu and the Southern Xiongnu were the most powerful.

"The Northern Xiongnu have now migrated to the Western Regions, and there is still a long way to go from Ma Teng.

"As for this Southern Xiongnu, it was originally in the Northern Desert area, due to the turmoil of our Han Dynasty over the years, they took advantage of the chaos to invade all the way south, and after the sphere of influence of the Baibo Army, it was the Southern Xiongnu.

"Shan Yu Fuluo, Liu Bao, the king of the left sage, and Hu Chuquan, the king of the right sage, they have always been in contact with the Bai Bo army. Your Majesty......"

"Yes."

Chen Gong said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Southern Xiongnu clan, the ministers think that it is better to be appeased than to be suppressed." ”

Liu Xie walked back and forth, pondering, and asked, "Who is this Liu Bao?" Am I Han? ”

Chen Gong said: "No, Liu Bao is the son of Yu Fuluo, the Xiongnu clan, just a Chinese name, Hu Chuquan is Yu Fuluo's younger brother." ”

Chen Gong didn't understand why the little emperor was so interested in Liu Bao, but he didn't know that in the original history, Cai Yan was taken captive as a slave for 12 years by King Zuoxian of the Southern Xiongnu and gave birth to two children, and this Liu Bao was King Zuoxian.

Liu Xie thought to himself: I want to see what kind of virtue this Liu Bao is!

Liu Xie praised Chen Gong for knowing so much. Chen Gong said: "As a minister, you need to keep abreast of all kinds of important news, so that you can better assist Your Majesty." ”

Huang Zhong was also called to discuss the crossing of the river tomorrow, and Liu Xie was worried that the Bai Bo army would wait for work on the other side and rob and kill them. Hearing that there were only ten ferries, Huang Zhong also said with a sad face: "There are too few boats, and only one thousand people can be crossed at a time." There are more than 100,000 Baibo troops, as long as there are 20,000 or 30,000 waiting on the other side, it will be difficult for us to pass. ”

Liu Xie said: "I am also worried about this matter. ”

Huang Zhong said: "Otherwise, we will cross the river overnight while the Bai Bo army has not yet noticed!" ”

Chen Gong said: "No, the Yellow River is turbulent, we are mostly cavalry, and we have a lot of baggage, and it is very dangerous to cross at night, even if there is no enemy army to block it, it is very unfavorable to our army." ”

Liu Xie said: "Lao Huang is right. Wait a minute, wait for the county order to come. ”

Liu Xie's army notified Gong County when it started in the morning, so the county order of Gong County rushed here immediately after receiving the news at noon to welcome the holy driver

So Liu Xie asked Qin Fu to look for it, and he came soon.

As soon as the county commander Qin Wei came in, he knelt on the ground and bowed: "Minister Qin Wei participates in Your Majesty, long live Long live......

"Okay, you are the county commander of Gongxian County, I asked you, I asked you to supervise the construction of warships more than a year ago, how many have you built?"