There is a distance of 800 miles between Luoyang and Chang'an, and it takes at least three days and three nights to reach Chang'an.

Besides, it is still early in the afternoon, and it will be dark soon, so it is inevitable to camp in the wilderness along the way.

On the way to the march, Liu Xie consciously asked: "Little dictionary, you are omnipotent, omniscient, you tell me now, where is the right place to camp ahead, and where will not be ambushed." You must know that this is my first battle, and I can't afford to lose it, otherwise everything will be over. ”

The small dictionary replied: "About 100 miles west of Luoyang, there is a small village, called Shangniuzhuang, where the garrison can camp, and the surrounding area is open and not easy to ambush." ”

Liu Xie nodded and said, "Okay, I'll believe you, you have to understand, if I hang up, you won't be able to live, you understand." ”

"Yes, master," replied the little dictionary, "if the master dies, the little dictionary will have no purpose in existing." ”

"You're smart."

Liu Xie said to the generals: "We have to speed up, there is a village a hundred miles ahead, where we can bury pots for cooking and camping!" ”

The soldiers began to rush forward, and the black box wagons were slow and full of strength to catch up behind.

Yan Er asked in a low voice, "Is Your Majesty consulting the little roundworm in your stomach again?" ”

"yes, it told me the way, hehe." Liu Xie replied that he was afraid that Yan'er would not understand what a computer was, so he said that the system computer "encyclopedia" in his brain was a small roundworm.

After marching for more than three hours, they finally came to Shangniuzhuang, and when they came to this village, all the soldiers and generals were shocked, only to see that the whole village had become a ruin, and there were corpses of villagers everywhere.

Liu Xie scolded: "It's all my fault, I came one step late, and let these villagers suffer from seedlings!" ”

Zhao Yun said: "Your Majesty has to blame yourself, this is all done by the two thieves Li Wei and Guo Yan, and the crime is not Your Majesty." ”

Lu Bu also said: "Yes, what Brother Zilong said is true, and we are in a hurry, how can we catch up with such a violent army?" ”

Yan Er said: "Yes, Your Majesty, don't blame yourself. ”

Liu Xie looked around and said, "Okay, seeing that it's getting dark, let's camp on the spot, Lao Lu, tell everyone to go down, let everyone camp and guard, and bury the pot to cook." Xiao Luozi, you take a few people to look around, if there are any alive, bring them over. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yan'er hugged Liu Xie off the horse and found a clean place to sit down.

Xiao Luozi took a few soldiers and searched around, and sure enough, he found two living people, and when he saw Liu Xie, he immediately knelt down and cried: "The grass people see His Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty will be prosperous for a thousand years!" ”

Liu Xie said: "Let's all get up, let's talk about it, what's going on here?" ”

The two men wept and stood up and said, "In the afternoon a large group of soldiers came and killed anyone they saw, and took the young woman captive when they saw her. The two of us found out early and hid, otherwise they would have killed them too. ”

Subsequently, the two described in detail what the rebels were wearing, and Liu Xie said: "Sure enough, it is Dong Zhuo's old department, it is Li Dao Guo Yan's men and horses, these bandits!" ”

The two expressed their willingness to join the imperial army, go to war with the army, and avenge their relatives, and Liu Xie incorporated the two of them into the team.

The Han army was stationed in Shangniuzhuang, buried the pot to make rice, after dinner, as soon as the sky was dark, Liu Xie summoned the four fierce generals, Yan'er and Xiao Luozi to have a meeting together.

For camping so early, Zhao Yun said that he didn't understand, why didn't he speed up the pursuit and camp later.

Liu Xie said: "Within a radius of dozens of miles, it is relatively easy to set up camp here, and it is not suitable to set up ambushes, and you have also seen that the rebels are going westward and plundering all the way, and their minds are not at all how to defend against the pursuers, but to wantonly collect their property and quickly reach Chang'an, so as to form a long-term confrontation." We'll rest early and leave early tomorrow, the weather will be cooler and just right for the march. Once we catch up with the rebels, our army can also be one enemy and three. ”

Zhao Jun was convinced: "Your Majesty really has foresight, and the minister is not as good." ”

Liu Xie said again: "Li Dao Guo Yan, the market is small, there is no need to be afraid, what I am most worried about is Jia Xu." ”

"Jia Xu?" Everyone asked curiously, because in the original history, Jia Xu was not famous during this time period, so everyone didn't know who Jia Xu was.

Liu Xie said: "Jia Xu is smarter, and he is better than Zhuge Zhou Yu, which should not be underestimated." ”

Looking at everyone's bewildered looks, Liu Xie said: "Forget it, you don't know if you say it, in short, you just need to know that Jia Xu is very powerful, and when you see him in the future, you must not hurt him, I will keep him for reuse!" ”

Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu have not debuted at the moment, no wonder everyone is confused, and they don't know what Liu Xie is doing.

"Little Luozi."

"The minions are here."

"You take out the drawings and show them to the generals."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Xiao Luozi took out a large drawing and spread it out in front of everyone. (Note: Papermaking technology existed as early as 105 AD, but the technology was not very mature, so at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, paper and bamboo slips were used side by side.) ）

"Tell them about it," Mr. Liu said.

"Yes, Your Majesty," said Xiao Luozi, pointing to the drawings, "generals, please see." ”

It turns out that this drawing is used to show how to use the machinery in those black wood boxes.

In fact, this is a compound crossbow that can fire two weapons: a flaming arrow and a fiery meteor.

Liu Xie gave it a very domineering name: Sunset Crossbow.

The sunset crossbow is cross-shaped, the horizontal axis is one meter long, the longitudinal axis is two meters long, and the two shafts are made of stainless steel and bamboo and cowhide, so the whole crossbow is very firm, and it is also very heavy, weighing 150 pounds, and when it is used, it takes five people.

The crossbow string is made of thickened beef tendon and silk, which is particularly durable and has super good elasticity.

One hundred dark wood chests, each containing a Sunset Crossbow, as well as equipped Flaming Arrows and Fire Meteors.

After introducing the Sunset Crossbow, Xiao Luozi began to introduce "ammunition" again:

Flame arrow, although the material is made of ordinary materials, but the arrow body is one meter five long, and the arrow shaft is very thick, the power is huge, the damage is high, and the front half of it is also tied to a thin cylinder, which is filled with gunpowder and iron balls.

The fuse is ignited before the fuse is fired, and after it is fired, it will detonate the gunpowder in the bamboo barrel and burst out of the iron ball, causing a greater area of damage.

Another weapon is the Fire Meteor, the so-called Fire Meteor is actually a bomb wrapped in gunpowder and small iron balls.

The Sunset crossbow is expanded by a trigger to accommodate two different weapons, just like an assault rifle with a grenade mounted in modern weapons, which can fire both ordinary bullets and grenades, but the operation is different.