Jingshi, Luoyang.

"I've already killed a few captains, what else does the Republican Army want to do?" Dong Zhuo looked at the telegram of the Republican Army with great dissatisfaction. It was several similar telegrams he had seen. He didn't know the specifics, anyway many times. The IRA was like a fly, protesting incessantly. In response to such protests. And get more military loans from the Republican Army. Dong Zhuo ordered the killing of several captains.

But is the captain really willing to die? The answer was no, and they immediately brought in more scapegoats. found a few subordinates, or they were not used to killing the head to deal with the matter.

Originally, they thought that the IRA would accept this. But in reality, the IRA saw through this errand at a glance.

The IRA news media unceremoniously debunked this little trick. And they also have a special report. Cite the analysis of professionals to illustrate the situation. So. The opposition of the IRA population is getting louder and louder.

This nonchalant attitude. Much to the annoyance of the Republican Army. It's coping, and this attitude makes it difficult for them to accept.

If the real culprit is not punished severely. Well, something similar will happen again. The Republican Army would not be able to complete its investment in Luoyang. The future investment environment, as well as the development of the market, will become more difficult. Therefore, the IRA must face such an outcome, and this outcome must be faced clearly.

But Dong Zhuo didn't know this, and he didn't know these intentions, he just thought that the Republican Army had become extremely difficult, which made him very unhappy.

"If it doesn't work, kill a few more." Dong Zhuo thought for a while and said. After all, he also needs to import some ammunition.

The Guanzhong Arsenal refused to deliver. The investors of the factory actually armed themselves against Dong Zhuo's army. They asked Dong Zhuo to pay for the last batch of goods before they could take the goods. Otherwise, they'd rather blow themselves up. Nor are they willing to do so.

And Dong Zhuo has long been in a state of broken funds.

The front-line soldiers are not at all interested in the paper money and bonds issued, and many soldiers use them to wipe their buttocks. Fortunately, the paper used for banknotes, and the paper size is relatively large. Otherwise, they find it inconvenient.

Some of the collections in the palace have long since been sold out. For, people ** exchange funds. It can barely keep the elite troops running. More troops, in fact, are already out of control. Looting in the city is constantly happening. Order in Luoyang has long since collapsed. Many things are more than they imagined. This is an extremely detrimental outcome for anyone.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo still hopes that he can mobilize the Republican Army and provide more funds, otherwise, it will be difficult for him to run such a big stall.

Dong Zhuo has Dong Zhuo's difficulties. And Li Dao also has his difficulties.

Guo has shown that they may no longer be able to defend the three lines of defense outside the Bishui Pass. They were no longer able to attack, and more than two-thirds of their ammunition was used. The remaining ammunition was no longer able to sustain them for defense. This leads directly to a serious consequence. That is, Amen can only defend passively, and cannot carry out a local counterattack. Counterattacking means that their ammo consumption will become larger. This is unacceptable to anyone. Faced with such a situation, they simply can't afford such a situation, so the only solution is. Shrink the line of defense, passive defense.

However, the Kwantung coalition forces have made new progress, such as their use of explosive weapons as a means of assault, digging trenches for confrontation. All of this is effectively turning war into a different model.

In addition, the Kwantung Coalition Army had more money, and Yuan Shu provided more money and food, so they could buy and manufacture it on a large scale. This poses a great threat.

The war is moving in a direction that Dong Zhuojun is not favoring. At this time, the Republican Army will cut off the source of funds, and the situation will become extremely unfavorable, and even, in an extremely bad state, which will seriously make Dong Zhuojun shrink his strength. Most likely, Luoyang will not be saved. Li Dao already had plans to give up Luoyang. After all, this way you can take the initiative.

For the Republican Army, they are contradictory, they are extremely dissatisfied with the change in the attitude of the Republican Army, but they dare not offend too much, the reason is very simple, because many times. They don't know what kind of situation they will encounter, and it will be extremely bad for them. Even, it will be in an extremely unfavorable situation.

They were disgusted, but they used the IRA. Because the IRA still has a lot of value, they can't do without that. This is simply a big disaster for them. The situation of the war made them very disadvantaged. If that can change.

The battle outside the Bishui Pass. It's still ongoing. The intensity of the intensity was greatly reduced, and the casualties of the soldiers were reduced slightly. But even so.

Wounded soldiers are still at high risk of being on the list of the dead.

The inefficiency of the Kwantung coalition forces. It was simply impossible to build a near-modern field hospital. Their conditions are poor. The level of treatment is also very low. Many disinfection methods are simply the use of plant ash to stop bleeding. Or maybe they're holding makeshift pincers and looking for a bullet to hit. Shrapnel.

A lot of times, when looking for bullets. A lot of the wounded will not die. Nine times out of ten, they won't survive.

And that's not all. Wound treatment is also very difficult. The wounds from firearms simply could not be done in the same way they had dealt with stab wounds. The wound was large, both front and back, and the caliber of the bullet was very large. Most of them are around the point five caliber. This large bullet. It's hard to survive a hit. Even if you can survive. Treat the wound. It can also become a disability. This is also a big problem for future survival. A disabled person is a disabled person. It's simply not going to survive.

Screams continued to be heard from the wounded barracks. Corpses are constantly being brought out. This is definitely the most unlucky place for the entire Kwantung coalition army. Many soldiers were reluctant to come near here. Because this is the closest place to death.

Backward field treatment system. Let the casualty number continue to increase. The only way to change this situation is to find an IRA field hospital to do something like this. But Yuan Shao refused to do so. The reason is still his own narrow prejudice.

Cao Cao is also powerless. Because he simply didn't have much money to do such a thing, the only thing he hoped for was that the IRA would be able to provide him with more aid. Otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to do such a thing.

Lijiazhuang. War Department.

"Dong Zhuo is constantly causing trouble for us. We have more than 250,000 people under our control. This requires a lot of supplies. If Dong Zhuo uses this as a threat, there is nothing we can do about it. Jia Xu said to Shangwu extremely helplessly.

"That is, we simply can't do anything like that, right?" Shang Wu asked Jia Xu like this.

"Yes." Jia Xu nodded and said.

"It's really a nuisance." Shang Wu said. In order to get more funds, Dong Zhuo stuffed a large number of personnel into the control area of the Republican Army, which is a very big trouble for the Republican Army, and this trouble will lead to the Republican Army being in a very unfavorable state, and in such a situation, many things will be in an extremely troublesome matter.

The control of the Republican Army there was relatively weak, and although there were tens of thousands of militiamen, they could not lack and had no combat experience. If the battle is launched, there is a high probability that there will be a big carnage.

"Until things change completely, we need to de-escalate." Shang Wu said.

"Even though it's a big hassle. It may be an important means for the other side to deal with us, but we have to admit that this is very effective. Shang Wu said.

The IRA dignitaries, because the role of people will be very large. The aim is to get more people. This is the benefit that is actually seen.

Coupled with the fact that the IRA was not well prepared, they needed to de-escalate the other side.

"We also need to provide more supplies to those areas, especially some of the parts that we need, weapons. Without that, it's a big threat to us. If we can reach some kind of agreement with Dong Zhuo and transport those materials in, I think it will become much more advantageous. Jia Xu said.

Dong Zhuojun's material situation is also very unfavorable, if the two sides threaten each other, the result is that the Republican Army will not get benefits, more benefits, and Dong Zhuo's side will also create more trouble for the Republican Army.

"Negotiations are not about being tough. Although diplomatically, there may be some détente, but we should note that, in practice, we should see more. Otherwise, it will cause us more trouble. Jia Xu said.

Jia Xu's view is that temporary concessions are not permanent concessions, they are just waiting for their strength to reach the end and expand some of their views. That's all.

"Well, I think so." Shang Wu also thinks that the contradiction needs to be eased, after all, it is too tough, and Dong Zhuo himself can't stand it. Since both sides can't stand it. Naturally retreating will bring greater benefits to yourself, so in such a situation this is the most advantageous choice.

As for the diplomatic aspect, Shang Wu believes that such a thing can be carried out in the name of the investigation team, after all, this kind of thing is very acceptable to them. That's the thing about war.

The competition of strength is the reason for the moderate advance and retreat in diplomacy, and only an appropriate retreat can benefit both sides.