In the army, it is most taboo to waver. And Yuan Shao's attitude directly led to the fact that the Kwantung coalition army was in an extremely embarrassing situation, retreat was not, Luoyang's final victory was just around the corner, advance was not, they could not open the gap, the gap in weapons made them unable to further exert their numerical advantage, in this case, it was a huge pressure for anyone. Faced with such a situation, the Kwantung coalition forces are directly stationed here, and the stalemate on the battlefield may bring them even greater disasters.

Some sensitive generals are already aware of this.

For example, Jaw added patrols around his camp. Various sentinels. Liu Bei arranged his soldiers and horses to the rear of the camp. Although Cao Cao did not move, he still strengthened his vigilance. Yuan Shu was in the name of arranging grain and grass, far away in the rear. Grain and grass are also in a state of flux. The morale of the army has been weakened. The military goal of capturing Luoyang is no longer likely to be achieved.

At a time when the Kwantung coalition forces were distracting themselves. Shang Wu secretly inspected the front line and listened to the views and suggestions of various officers on the front line.

The subsequent series of personnel appointments and dismissals made people feel very puzzled, and the military chief officer was transferred to take up military logistics work. Zhang Liao was urgently appointed as the chief of staff of the front, and the temporary military rank was also raised to the rank of brigadier general. The number of troops is constantly increasing. Supplies became extremely abundant. Because Shang Wu said that the militia could not wear the clothes of the people to participate in the battle, the military uniforms should still be consistent.

As a result, the rear began to adjust the transportation of military uniforms. Many militias began to have their first real uniforms. This raised the morale of the front.

"Our commanders are born with the courage of a soldier. He frowned as he listened to the defensive strategy of our military commander, which, I think, was a sign of dissatisfaction with the defensive strategic plan. Despite the various difficulties highlighted by the military commanders, the military discipline of the militia could not be maintained. At the same time, their level of training is poor. There was a lack of veterans, officers, etc., but our superiors denied each other's difficulties one by one. Zhang Liao wrote in his diary. He was still in the middle of the situation, and he decided to record everything he saw that day, so as to satisfy them as much as possible about what they would know about the chief in the future.

He said that at present, the Republican Army has the initiative, and the defense cannot defeat the enemy, although we do not demand a complete annihilation of the enemy, because he believes that the conditions in all aspects are really insufficient, and our forces on the southern front are still in a state of being cut off from the supply line. Although we have recruited a large number of militiamen, they are still poorly trained, and the backbone of the army has become extremely unclear. This is the disadvantage of not being able to annihilate the enemy's large-scale living forces, but it should be noted that the republican army is also in a danger, and Luoyang is the fruit of this military victory of the republican army, and if the republican army does not take strong measures, it will be suppressed by the offensive posture of the other side. And then if you want to open up the situation, you will become extremely passive, in such a situation, they must not allow such a thing to happen, in such a situation, the only way to complete such a thing is to attack. Launch a larger offensive. Only then can more be accomplished. Zhang Liao wrote.

"So, after seeing that the military commander was passive and defensive, and did not come up with the "crisis consciousness that he should have." "Our commander decisively arranged for him to be involved in military logistics." Zhang Liao wrote excitedly.

Just by virtue of this, Zhang Liao has a high opinion of Shangwu, because their commanders are always full of crisis awareness, and for those officers who are full of crisis, they naturally carry out various promotions, on the contrary, the officers who do not see the current problems, he directly believes that it is not only the poor performance in ability, but more importantly, the lack of strategic awareness.

"And I myself, because I came up with a bold plan for a two-flank offensive, to attack directly at the rear of the Kwantung coalition forces. At the same time extremely powerful fire preparations were carried out on the front, and under such a blow, although we could end up surrounded by a pitiful number of enemies. The time for artillery fire to prepare for an attack on both flanks is mainly to relieve the pressure on our attack on both flanks. When the enemy retreats, it is extremely advantageous for some of us who only have new recruits. It seems that we can only fight the act of rout. ”

"But we've made the most of our strengths, what our strengths are, and the answer is that we have a very strong military. I am very confident that there is ample artillery, and that my commander has subsequently provided me with a new weapon, which can be used to great effect, and which will greatly strengthen our military superiority, and which I myself am very confident will mean that we can launch a larger attack. The reason, Zhang Liao wrote, is simple. Shang Wu provided *** to Zhang Liao. The parameters of this weapon Zhang Liao felt very amazing. If you really say that according to the parameters, the situation will become extremely favorable.

But Zhang Liao is already very satisfied. At his age, to be able to hold such a position, he thinks that his advantage will become very great.

Although the chief of staff is not very large, and sometimes the suggestions put forward are not very important, but the people who can serve as the chief of staff are not ordinary people. They need to think at all times and have a sense of crisis, and only such people can be transferred to work in the general staff. Zhang Liao believes that he still has a lot of opportunities.

Just when Zhang Liao was very excited. Shang Wu was a little distressed.

"These northern nomads really don't stop for a moment." Shang Wu looked at the telegram in his hand and said.

"Unless we have a strong line of defense at home, we can't solve this problem at all, and besides, our situation is really very unfavorable at the moment. Our situation has determined such a point. We must prioritize the Kwantung coalition forces in the south and then force negotiations with them. But in the event of a war with the North, we are unlikely to commit too many troops. Jia Xu said.

While the Republican Army was turning its attention to the south, the nomads of the north were not idle, and although the Republican Army encouraged some small tribes to buy and occupy some pastures, conflicts were inevitable. In particular, the scuffle in the steppes, and the rivalries within the various tribes, inevitably went south, and they lacked everything, and, moreover, were more powerful than the tribes to which they depended, so that, in such a situation, the Republican frontier was harassed from time to time. This is extremely unstable for the stability of the border.

The border has come up with some untrustworthy plans, for example, to bury a large number of **. Establish a wide range of minefields. Barbed wire. But after all, defense requires more people, and nothing can be done without people. This is not desirable.

But the Republican Army really can't draw more troops out, and the current main force and main energy are in the south. This made Shang Wu feel that things in the north were as disgusting as swallowing a fly.

The IRA also has no way to devote a large number of defensive weapons to it, because the establishment of extensive minefields will still be very difficult to manage the future Republican Army and solve practical problems. Coupled with the fact that the attention of the Republican Army is now in the South, many things will naturally be in great trouble to deal with. In such a situation, they are in a much more disadvantageous position.

It would be very troublesome for them to accomplish such a thing. This can be extremely detrimental to anyone's things, changes.

"Looks like we're going to have to think of another way to deal with this." Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"How to fix it? Passive defense, we can only do this, and active offense, can not solve such a problem. Jia Xu said.

"Then provide firearms, and arm the cavalry that has organized itself. Let them take the initiative to harass them, the strength is mutual, in terms of weapons, we do not lack, what is lacking is the people who fight, as long as we do this, the rest is not very important to us. Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu nodded and could only agree with this way.

The so-called cavalry armament is horse thieves, rogues, and armed mercenaries, they are full of adventure, attacking and attacking the other tribe, as an important opportunity to make a fortune, at the same time, it is also the result of the stimulation of criminal trade, the labor gap in the north is still very large, the reason is that the development of the mining industry has entered a very favorable period, near Yanmen, a number of coal mining areas have been discovered. What coal means, everyone is clear, but the lack of population.

Human trafficking cannot solve the problem of huge demand at all, and the only way is to bring a large number of prisoners of war from the war in the north, and only in this way can such a problem be completely solved.

As a direct result of this stimulus, more people are involved in capturing captives.

And Shangwu completely liberalized the restrictions on firearms, because some nomadic herdsmen were unwilling and could not buy firearms, once liberalized, they would have a greater advantage, firearms, and natural cavalry. Their harassment on the steppes will become more advantageous, and this is the most terrible thing about the Republican Army, in such a situation, they will completely solve a series of problems in the north.

Jia Xu believes that this can only be the case at present.