Thirty miles north of Lijiazhuang. There is an inconspicuous village, and most of the people in this village are attracted to Lijiazhuang. There are factories, markets, towns, and living facilities, and many people have taken the initiative to abandon their old houses in the village and move there. There, their living conditions will be better. On the contrary, in some nearby villages, there are fewer and fewer people. It is said that within 60 miles of Handan, there have been evacuated villages, and most of the people have moved to Handan en masse, or closer to their places of work.

Such a relocation was unacceptable to people before. But now the situation is for them. This is an acceptable situation, such a situation for any of them. are all advantageous pathways. After all, such a situation is the most convenient for them. More pay and improved remuneration made them decide to relocate, which is also an impact of urbanization.

But some villages will still remain, at least they will keep some ancestral halls. so that the young people who have gone out may come back to pay their respects to their ancestors. This is also a fundamental need for the village to not exist.

Urbanization inevitably brings about such a situation, but with the development of the economy. This may become more and more intense, but then they will tend to go in a peaceful and advantageous way. After all, when urbanization reaches a certain level, their situation will become much more favorable. Then it gradually affected the surrounding towns and villages, and then the rural areas, and the development of anti-urbanization continued. It's an inevitability.

However, all this is not a matter of concern to Xu Dou, he is very busy with his work, especially the intelligence dynamics that their intelligence department has mastered, which is very much.

In order to avoid not interfering. They chose such a place. Externally, they claim to be a research base for an agricultural college, but in reality, it is the intelligence center of the Republican Army. A lot of cables are buried in the underpass here. There were also a lot of plainclothes gendarmes nearby. Guard. In short, the martial law here is even more terrifying than that of Lijiazhuang, because the intelligence and espionage systems themselves cannot be expressed openly, and most of them operate secretly. After all, this is espionage.

Ancient espionage was also available, but most of them were not recorded. But they are real. Plus the underdevelopment of communications in ancient times. To be able to reach such a level is already good.

The advent of the telegraph made the transmission of information more rapid, but it also brought another trouble, the processing of information, which did not have a central processing unit. There are also no large computers. Everything depends on them for analysis.

The collection was divided into different areas, which were collected according to different objectives. For example, in the north, there are annexed states. Montenegrin Army, as well as the three regions of Youzhou. As for Xianbei. Wu Huan, the Republican Army has not yet come into contact. After all, they've only just begun, and they haven't been around for long. Expanding there all at once is simply not realistic.

The Republican Army is constantly developing its own intelligence system in accordance with its own intelligence direction. Divide different areas for collection, which can solve the problem of intelligence collection to a greater extent.

It is very time-consuming to set up an intelligence station, and it is necessary to establish an intelligence station first, which requires the selection of loyal and reliable. Flexible and reliable intelligence officers. They have been selected through layers of selection, and even, because of their confidentiality, they have established secret files, which are not public, and only core figures such as Shang Wu, Jia Xu, and Xu Dou can access them.

After a period of training, most of them arrived as businessmen or witch doctors, and then they set up initial intelligence stations, and then through some of their own connections, they developed downlines. This may seem primitive, but it is very limited. Businessmen develop rapidly through the expansion of their commercial interests, and most of the intelligence they collect is peripheral information, which needs to be analyzed. Witch doctors can obtain this information through the treatment of some patients, which can be regarded as a way to do this. There are also some that go directly into the enemy's interior, for example, among the Black Mountain thieves, there are a large number of intelligence officers who enter it. They joined in as local bandits. But no one knew that they were IRA intelligence officers.

Most of them are hidden, and they are not actively engaged in intelligence work, but they first set up their own intelligence network. Then there is the deepening of the information, and the intelligence is only a secret collection, albeit trivial. But it's very effective.

In other words, it will take some time for these intelligence networks to develop in depth.

The main direction of response in the south is Luoyang. The palace is a separate line, which only the War Department can open and read. Others simply don't know about such a situation.

As a large amount of information was collected and then transmitted through the telegraph relay station, the information was slowly sent here, and the amount of intelligence suddenly became a lot. A large number of clerks were hired to come in. They classify sensitive information. For example, if it is political, economic, cultural, or personal, as long as it is considered important, it is necessary to establish a file, and then analyze it according to the important situation through preliminary classification.

For example, there are archives such as Ding Yuan and Lu Bu established in the north, but their content is still relatively small. Just knowing some of their deeds, if you want to get some specific situations, it seems that it still takes some time to reach such a situation.

However, there are more and more information analyzed, the appearance of paper, telegrams, and the appearance of clerks, Xu Dou has more and more analysts here. However, Xu Dou followed the strategic intentions of the War Department to collect intelligence.

It's a pity that they have intelligence about Hexi and the Huns. Most of them are blank. They only knew a few tribes, and these tribes were obtained from the interrogation of prisoners of war. Such a situation made them feel very disappointed. But there is no way.

First of all, it is at war, and secondly, the identity of a businessman is useful, but the problem is that without an introducer, it is difficult to get involved in the other party's intelligence line. On the surface, Xu Dou was not in a hurry, but he had been observing the situation there. After all, intelligence is far behind. This is where he was derelict in his duties.

In fact, a lot of Xu Dou's work has been carried out very well. In this regard, Shang Wu also performed as much as possible. Because Shang Wu knows very well that the intelligence network cannot be established all at once, and it may take two or three years to solve some such things. In comparison, their current progress is quite remarkable.

Xu Dou knew it in his heart, but he knew too well the situation of such a thing. However, he was not very satisfied with this kind of comfort, because if the intelligence work is not done well, many things will be dragged down, which will seriously drag them down. Such a situation for them. This is a very unfavorable situation.

Intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, and the conclusion that this is the current intelligence system of the Republican Army, it seems that their system is still very weak, but over time, they will definitely develop and grow, in this regard, Xu Dou is very confident, because their intelligence funds far exceed the expenditure of the imperial court, not only that, but the amount of intelligence they collect and analyze is far more than the other party. That's where they get their advantage. This point is far from being comparable to the imperial court.

Inside the War Department. Shang Wu and Jia Xu looked at some of the information that came out of the intelligence department. Most of the information is classified in nature, which also allows Shang Wu to know a lot of information about this era in many ways, and this information is very useful to him.

"Hexi's intelligence is still blank, which is very unfavorable for us, but there is no way, the intelligence department can not establish everything at once." Jia Xu said. Obviously, he is also dissatisfied with the affairs of intelligence work, but there is no way, their situation is like this, and it is useless to be anxious.

"Well, I can't help it, but things have come to this point. There's nothing we can do. Shang Wu said.

"What is the specific situation in Hexi, we can only do this. Either way, go on the offensive before autumn. That's the best thing, you know, we don't have winter clothes. Winter combat consumption is greater. Shang Wu said.

Although some of the preparations had been underway for some time, Shangwu still felt that the preparations were not sufficient, and if this situation lasted long enough, it would be very detrimental to them.

"Okay. This has come to the point. Either way, it's still good to make some choices. Jia Xu said. Shang Wu nodded. He felt that it would be very good to do so, at least their situation would be much more favorable.

Subsequently, Shangwu gave the order to attack. Ma Heng will choose to attack at the most opportune opportunity for himself. After all, if they continue to procrastinate, they will only become more and more disadvantaged. They must spread the flames of war to each other's territory, and only then can they divert most of their attention. This is the most advantageous situation for them.

Ma Heng received such a telegram and appeared extremely calm. It seems that he has been waiting for such a moment for a long time. He was very calm, and then began to study various situations, and then did some analysis of some of his own situations in combination with some current reconnaissance situations, and then began to move troops.