The most important thing is that Dong Zhuo represents the situation of people from the bottom background, and the Republican Army likes people from the same background as them. For those civil and military officials in the Luoyang court. They believe that they are incompetent. Because they won't do much to come up.

The situation is so delicate.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"The situation in the north is terrible. Our people are organizing officer corps, non-commissioned officer corps, but there are too few people who can speak our language among the nomads. There were also some other problems with the training of soldiers, who were of low intelligence. They don't like the weapons we provide, they think, it's too cumbersome. Interestingly, those soldiers were even scared when they were training to shoot. They will drop their weapons, and as a result, they will misfire. There is also a certain cost of casualties. Ma Heng was very helpless to talk about the situation encountered in the north. These situations are all encountered by Zhang Liao, if he can properly handle these things, he will inevitably complete such situations properly, and it will be a lot more difficult to complete such things.

"Looks bad." Jia Xu said.

The purpose of the IRA is simple, it is to reduce the cost and let the IRA organize nomads against each other. In this case, the Republican army will become advantageous, they don't have to send too many troops, as long as they provide more supplies, they can hold on.

"It's really bad. According to some minutes passed by the state legislature, the state legislators also noticed what happened in Yanmen, and their hope is to be able to participate in it. But on suspicion, they didn't find too good projects to operate. The chaotic situation in the north, as well as the lack of stability, do not bring many opportunities, which is extremely unfavorable for the next military operation. In this regard, many people are extremely worried, they are worried that it will bring us more trouble, once the investment is not very much, what will be the result? Shang Wu said.

For Shang Wu, the matter of investment was far worse than the situation brought about by a defensive operation in the north.

Those capitalists who have been converted from landlords, they need to invest even more. At present, they are only investing in iron works, but the trade brought by the iron produced by the iron factories has not brought much benefit to their land. For example, the nomads in the north, their consumption of iron for war is still very low, and their economic situation means that they cannot afford to buy more iron products, such as armor for defense, etc. They can only use weapons on their weapons, which is a very bad thing for them.

You know, the production capacity of the iron plant will be large. Without these, it would be a big problem.

"I have a thing to work out." At this time, Ma Heng spoke.

Shang Wu nodded in permission. And encourage the other party to speak up and say some of their ideas, after all, everyone is equal. Sit on the couch and discuss things. This means that both sides are on an equal footing. And there is no such restraint as the court's unique monarchs and ministers reply.

"Logistics, the north needs a lot of materials, they are worried that they will not be able to defend, and use materials as soon as possible to calm down, which leads to the expansion of logistics and transportation problems. In addition, a considerable part of the carriages flowed to the Luzhou area. This has directly led to a decrease in vehicles in the vicinity of Yanmen. That's not a good thing. It's a huge logistical strain on us, and we can't imagine what will happen if this continues. Ma Heng said.

Ensuring sufficient supplies is the greatest support for the front line, after Ma Heng as chief of staff, he has been concerned about this issue, after all, he knows that the republican army fights, and what it is fighting is actually logistics supply, although the operation has many factors that are restricted, such as weapons and equipment, and the will to fight, but if the logistics supply cannot be fully guaranteed, the battle will definitely not go too smoothly, and there are too many factors that are contained. This puts them in a very unfavorable situation.

"I think that's a good thing." Jia Xu said suddenly. Ma Heng looked at Jia Xu with some dissatisfaction. He didn't know why the other party would say such a thing.

"We can build trains, railways, and then we can improve our transportation situation dramatically, and at the same time increase more investment, and we can invest in such things, or we can participate in them." Jia Xu said.

Ma Heng nodded, and the dissatisfaction he had just raised completely dissipated. He was satisfied with the railway. When he first saw that kind of series of vehicles in Handan, he was very interested, fast and pulling a lot of things. On top of that, it will take a lot less distance, and the soldiers will be able to sleep on it. Then they maneuver to where they need to go to fight, and this is definitely an advantageous place for them.

"And on the part of state legislators, aren't they lacking investment in projects? There is more iron produced, and if we use it to build railways, the iron resources simply cannot meet our needs, how can such a thing not be a good thing. Jia Xu said.

"Well, that's true, that's the one thing we need to do the most. But the problem is, money. Where does the money come from, you know, we have built such a railway in Luzhou. However, if we go to Yanmen Pass to build such a railway, it will be much more difficult than we thought in terms of distance and difficulty of construction. This is definitely a situation that is beyond our control. Shang Wu said.

Yes, they don't have such money financially, but Jia Xu wants them to do such things themselves, where does the money come from? They don't have that much money to support some of these situations.

"Mobilize local councillors. They have more money behind them, and if they can bring more benefits, they can even pay for the war in the north. Our problem is how to mobilize them. Jia Xu said. The purpose of this is actually that there is only one favorable incentive to do it, and that is to expand the scale of printing money, and only in this way can more investment needs be met.

Those investors are artificially something, of course, for more wealth, money. If they can make money, they will naturally be willing to do so.

"We need to do something financially, otherwise we might have bigger problems." Shang Wu said helplessly. Printing more banknotes can bring inflation. But it's unavoidable, after all, there's a lack of money everywhere, and without these things, they simply can't be satisfied with doing such a thing.

However, Jia Xu believes that this is a good opportunity, and the Republican Army cannot afford to miss such an opportunity.

Just then, the assistant knocked on the door, and an update letter came in.

The intelligence comes from Luoyang, the main place of concern of the Republican Army, but at present, Luoyang is actively expanding their sphere of influence and collecting intelligence from the surrounding areas in order to provide broader intelligence support to the Republican Army.

Intelligence said that more people responded to Cao Cao's initiative to hold a rebel army. They planned to form a larger coalition army. Jia Xu said, and then handed over the information to Shang Wu, who quickly read it and handed it to Ma Heng.

"It looks like there's a lot going on." Shang Wu said.

"Yes, the situation has gotten out of hand." Ma Heng said. He knew that the IRA would inevitably get involved, after all, they would have a greater military force to deal with the situation. However, when and how to send troops, this is not a situation they consider.

"But that's not what I care about, that's what matters most to us." Jia Xu took the telegram and pointed out that the situation explained below was the most important thing for them.

"Arms business?" Shangwu asked. Jia Xu nodded. Ma Heng got up and said that he was leaving, after all, this is no longer in the category of military affairs. They were in charge of military command, operations, and the formulation of plans, and they really didn't want to say much about what was happening in the rear and how to mediate diplomatically.

"Yes, both Yuan Shu and Cao Cao have intentions in this regard. Moreover, at the moment we are only investing in Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo can certainly meet our needs, but in your words, we are too concentrated. Keeping your eggs in one basket allows you to concentrate on it, but the risk becomes even greater. It's so big that we can't handle the risk. Jia Xu said.

Shang Wu nodded. If the oligarchs are against the oligarchs, it is easy to be eaten to death by the other party, so that the other party will not give them a greater chance to deal with such a situation.

"What should we do?" Shang Wu asked after thinking about it.

"Quite simply, we take immediate steps to deal with such a situation. We can support Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and we can disperse some. In this way, after Dong Zhuo has a problem, we can move to another side and obtain our greater benefits. As long as we can maintain such a strategic balance, it will give us a greater advantage. Jia Xu said.

Shang Wu nodded, agreeing with such an opinion.

It's true, putting all the chips on Dong Zhuo is easy to have problems, and it will be difficult for them to deal with it, after all, there may be a greater degree of battle in the future, and Dong Zhuo's strength has suffered a lot of losses, so how can the lost Republican Army make up for it, this will lead to a greater crisis, but if there is a better receiver, the situation will be very different.