Li Jiazhuang, Ministry of Intelligence.

"There are only 120 special operations personnel, which is not enough, we need to send more, you know, Luoyang is a big city, and its population size is 700,000 people. If you add the population of the nearby suburbs, the density of the population is very large, 120 special operators are far from enough, and they need more weapons support. We've got to speed up. Xu Dou said this to an intelligence director behind him after reading the report.

"But, sir, our passage is not yet able to meet such a large transportation for the time being, and if we expand the transportation of more personnel and materials, we will rely on local forces, which will become extremely dangerous for us." The intelligence director said worriedly.

Shang Wu ordered to invest more special operations personnel, on the one hand, they will have more special tasks on this trip, and on the other hand, they will provide more information to Lijiazhuang's side, and strengthening their operational power is also one of the main purposes.

"Not enough. It's still not enough, what I know is that the commander asked us to send at least 450 or so special operations personnel, and there are also supplies they need, and in addition to that, there are many more intelligence officers coming in. Attention was unprecedentedly focused, but time gave us less than three months. Xu Dou said worriedly.

"This." The intelligence director also wants to say something, because the local situation is indeed a bit complicated, ruffians and hooligans, and underworld organizations have existed in ancient times, especially in a place as big as Luoyang, many businessmen have a relationship with these people, the reason is that they can easily get more benefits, and the smuggling channels are also directly related to them. The IRA intelligence department has only established these two secret lines of communication.

However, in a short period of time, transporting so many people into it, especially Luoyang, has also strengthened the inventory of checkpoints, which is bound to increase the difficulty of transportation. But it is not without problems to want to transport, for example, with the help of local people, a large number of people and materials can also be transported into it in a short period of time, but the risk will be very large, the reason is that those personnel are not credible.

"We need to bring in more people, and as for the passage, we will gradually build it up, and the difficulty will be reduced little by little." Xu Dou said.

"Okay, but I think we should try to protect the lives of those intelligence officers as much as possible, after all, they are important to our future plans." The intelligence chief said.

Xu Dou nodded, and the Republican Army once again increased its attention to Luoyang, for example, the newly established special operations personnel were continuously dispatched there. And some combat units were sent there after only receiving initial training as the current backbones. Out of professional sensitivity, Xu Dou believes that things are far from as simple as he thinks.

Luoyang, Beijing.

"The IRA seems to be involved." Xi Zhicai said worriedly.

"It's not that it seems, but already, what I know is that Zhang Rang and others in the palace have wantonly transferred money to the Republican Army. Even, they are encouraging the Queen Mother to do this. Cao Cao looked at the letter from his eldest son, Cao Anglai. Draw some important parts from time to time.

"The worst part is that some informants have come to report recently. The IRA has added more of what they call spies. The telegraph line doesn't seem to be a single one anymore. It can be seen that the Republican Army has shifted its attention to us, and they seem to want to seek a breakthrough from us. Cao Cao said worriedly. In his letters, Cao Ang also recorded some of the Republican Army's concerns about Luoyang in the south, for example, the newly published civilian maps of Luoyang in Beijing seem to be much larger, which is no accident, because he knows that when the Republican Army used troops in certain areas, the maps there seemed to be richer.

On top of that, there are the private business forces, who are more sensitive than ever. There was a restlessness between the parliamentarians and the representatives of the merchants, who seemed to be desperately in need of a bigger war to stimulate their commercial profits, and they wanted the war to be much larger even if the Republican army was not fighting.

Obviously, they shifted their attention to the side of Jingshi Luoyang. And in the case of Jingshi Luoyang, there are indeed too many unstable factors, Yuan Shao's stupid decision has brought a lot of unstable factors, Ding Yuan took only more than 8,000 people to the south, their speed is relatively fast, but they need to detour.

And Dong Zhuo in Guanzhong seems to be ambitious. His strength had increased considerably, and he seemed eager to take the plunge.

"The situation in the DPRK and China is not very optimistic either." Cao Cao said.

Xi Zhicai felt that the entire imperial court was in a state of extremely multi-party power competition, and such a chaotic situation gave people too many opportunities. It seems that I don't know where to start.

Maybe it's best to accumulate some strength on your own, but in such a situation, how can you accumulate more power? He didn't know much about this himself.

Maybe the situation is really as chaotic as I thought.

Handan. The merchant community is also discussing various business activities, and it seems that the current business activities and political activities have been unconsciously mixed together. This seems like a bad idea when discussing business activities away from politics.

"The north is in a state of chaos, and the tribes are inseparable. At this time, it's really hard for us to intervene, there are not many cavalry in the republican army, they are all artillery and infantry, although they are very powerful, but this march still relies on two legs. It's really inflexible to fight. I think the north can't fight. Unless more cavalry units are built, it will not be easy to fight at all. A merchant spoke in the lobby of the tavern. Although the trade in the north was developed. But there are really not many people involved, because if you are not strong enough, it is easy to be killed by the nomads in the north, so all kinds of caravans were born, and most of the caravans were formed in the local area, for example, Hedong. The local merchants in Yuci and Yanmen Pass in Bingzhou, etc., they are all carried out in groups, in this way, they can hire armed forces, plus the amount of goods is huge, and the ** department will focus on protecting its safety and interests. So, it's hard for businessmen who aren't in general to get involved.

Those scattered small businessmen naturally wanted to look for such money-making opportunities, and through the exchange of information in the newspapers, they gradually discovered the doorway, that is, the IRA was concerned about it, and there must be great business opportunities there. Therefore, those who want to make a fortune must keep up with the footsteps of the Republican Army, and only in this way can they earn more money. So, they have to keep up with what the IRA will focus on in the future.

"In this way, this Luoyang must be the key point of concern in the future, because there is no key point of attack in the north, to the west, there is Dong Zhuo's army to suppress, and the profits in Guanzhong are not very large, only the south, especially the recent republican army has frequently spent money to buy the important Taihang Mountain passage to the south, so that the south will be the focus of our attention." Other businessmen have said that people feel that the analysis is correct.

"It's just that if this Jingshi Luoyang can be taken, this is the capital of a country after all. If you take Luoyang, the capital division, doesn't it mean that you want to raise the whole country's troops? A businessman said worriedly.

Thinking of this, many people are also worried, yes, since the south has been determined, but how can we take the capital Luoyang, should they attack directly? Many people think that this is an unthinkable thing, because if you do this, it will inevitably bring great consequences, and this kind of result is definitely not something they can figure out.

Thinking of this, many people are more worried.

But this kind of thing is not something that can be figured out all at once, because no one can predict what will happen later, after all, this is a big, big thing, and if such a thing is done wrong, there will be no opportunity to make money in the future.

Lijiazhuang.

"Now in the newspapers, most of them can guess that our main target is in the Luoyang area in the south. But how to get to this big city is still full of unknowns. Jia Xu said.

"Well, the main function of this city is trade, and it is more about people. If the huge population advantage is lost, Luoyang's advantage will be gone, and it will be very difficult to recover. So, in control, as well as intact, without any destruction of the acceptance of the city, becomes a big problem. It's really hard to deal with. Shang Wu said. Shang Wu and Jia Xu were taking a walk, and they were discussing some other key issues.

"Well, no matter what, I think that the strategy we made to preemptively strike is correct, because we are not clear about many situations, and the most important thing is that our strength is not enough to deal with all the suppression of forces, and the power of the center of the court is still there, and it is true that there is a very good reward for rushing to the front, but at the same time, we will also pay a great price, and our development is too fast. You can't give someone another chance to attack. We must learn to protect ourselves and use our last strength in places where others cannot use it, which will form a great protective measure for us, and this is the main point we should pay attention to at present. Jia Xu said this, and Shangwu completely agreed with what Jia Xu said. The IRA must first succeed strategically, or they will be in a very disadvantageous position.