"The problem is, we don't have anything to pledge at the moment." Cao Cao said with some frustration.

Money, the war has become an economic war, if they don't have enough money, naturally they can't fight more wars, which is extremely fair for all people, but it is also extremely unfair, because they can't get more financial help in a short period of time, so that they can completely solve such a problem.

Dong Zhuo could sell many, many powers to get such funding. The Republican Army can get more benefits, it is said that Yuan Shu of Yangzhou, he can achieve his goals through more other material exchanges, compared to Cao Cao's lack of resource advantages. Because he has almost nothing. Cao Cao didn't know what to do.

"I have a good idea, but I don't know if the lord will be able to adopt it." Xi Zhicai seemed to have some embarrassment. He didn't know whether to say it or not, but considering the problems they were encountering and the things that needed to be solved in the future, he decided that it would be better to say such things, otherwise many things would become very difficult.

"Let's talk about it. Perhaps, it can really solve some of these problems. Cao Cao seemed to have no hope in saying that in his opinion, many things actually had little to do with him.

"Tomb robbing." Xi Zhicai said. Cao Cao looked up and just glanced at it. But did not immediately show his attitude.

"There are a lot of treasures in the royal tombs, if we can take these out, it will be of great benefit to us, we can mortgage them, or we can sell them directly, these are all treasures." Xi Zhicai said. There is no way to do it. Because there seems to be only one way to raise more military spending in a short period of time. Relying only on the support of the Xiahou family, it seems that they can't expand the size of the army, they don't have much armor, and most importantly, there are few firearms, most of them are equipped with spear-like weapons, and the size of the army is less than three thousand people, what kind of battle can be carried out on such a scale. The situation can be imagined.

"Doesn't seem right." Cao Cao hesitated or objected. After all, he is still an idealist. He tries to solve problems, but at the same time, he will find ways to solve a lot of problems that he can't deal with, and only then can he solve more practical problems to deal with.

"Lord, those treasures are wasted in the tomb. Besides, the engineering units we have formed, they are good at these, and we can use them to do such things. Xi Zhicai suggested directly.

In fact, when Cao Cao's army was in great financial difficulties, Xi Zhicai had already proposed such a method. He privately made suggestions to some important generals in the Xiahou family. They all agree with this approach. At the same time, they also wanted to see how amazing the engineering unit really was. And Cao Cao is still hesitating, the shortage of military spending is on the one hand, he is more concerned about the dignity of the royal family, and Xi Zhicai is really disrespectful to the royal family by doing this.

Cao Cao still shook his head. After all, Cao Cao believes that there are other possibilities, and even they can't reach the original point, for example, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Chan and others have already expressed their participation, Han Fu, Bao Xin They are also actively involved, it can be said that the establishment of the coalition is very promising.

Cao Cao also had great illusions, he believed that once the coalition was established, it would be able to completely solve the problem, and the actual needs of politics and the entanglement of interests behind it. Cao Cao didn't think about it a lot, it can be said that Cao Cao still had great political fantasies at this time. Then, his illusions will be shattered completely.

Outside the Yanmen Gate.

"All into the position, don't panic, get into the position. Follow the shift and get into your place. Listen to the word and don't panic. Zhang Liao shouted loudly. The interpreters on the side were constantly translating, and some Confederate soldiers could understand the orders, while others, completely incomprehensible, they just did what others did.

They enter their positions with arquebuses, or flintlock firearms, anxiously waiting for the next instruction, their faces with all sorts of expressions, dazed, nervous, overwhelmed, fearful, worried. No one knows what those soldiers will think. They all stood in the trenches, nervously waiting for orders. In front of them, there were three layers of barbed wire, the last obstacle to the advance of the cavalry, and in front of them there were various traps. Obstacles, etc., seem scattered and don't seem to be able to do much.

The officers and non-commissioned officers shouted loudly, the gendarmerie, those who had come out of the training course for officers and non-commissioned officers, they were like hounds to expel the panicked Confederate soldiers into their combat positions, and from time to time they used their own words to intimidate each other. They are performing their own hounds.

Hounds are a kind of "elegant" name for them, behind the back. Many Confederate soldiers would disdain to call them dogs.

Zhang Liao tried to build a more extensive and authoritative military officer, but in reality, it seemed unlikely that he would do so. Because of the time, the nomadic tribes came very quickly, and the vanguard of more than 5,000 cavalry had already arrived in front of their positions, and what they had to do now was to complete as many positions as they thought they could defend, and other things, they were unlikely to be able to complete smoothly.

"It's an extremely complicated thing to fight." Zhang Liao said.

Although the soldiers who had been temporarily conscripted had combat experience and did not seem to be nervous, now they had to be nervous because they were very unconfident in the weapons in their hands. Although the Republican Army provided a lot of ammunition to ensure that they were able to use the weapons in their hands skillfully, it was too difficult for these nomadic soldiers. The weapons made by the Central Plains people are too complicated, and the operation steps are complicated, and if you get one wrong, it will be very troublesome, and in addition, there are many other factors that can lead to the situation.

For example, the firearms themselves. The loud noise still couldn't get the soldiers used to it, and there was still too little time for training. They can't get used to it all at once, which directly leads to their situation in a very troubled state, which is not a very good thing for them, if they can deal with these problems properly, it will inevitably form a very favorable situation for them, but unfortunately, this situation does not seem to change all at once.

Zhou Cang took the binoculars and observed what was happening on the front line at the Yanmen Gate, to be honest, he himself did not know that those hastily established Allied soldiers would resist. If they can't withstand it, I really don't know what will happen, they will directly face the attack of those nomads, and if that happens, their defensive pressure will be much greater at once, which many people do not want to see.

Especially in the current situation, the headquarters does not want to increase the military allocation here, what is needed here is peace, and they can withstand such a pressure on themselves.

"Sir, the offensive has begun." A lieutenant on the side reminded.

Zhou Cang reluctantly stopped all kinds of thoughts and observed the possibility of the other party attacking.

The attack of the nomads on the opposite side seemed to be confident, and they were divided into three lines. Attack, the old trick of the nomads, the frontal attack is just a feint, the two flanks are the focus of their attack, if they can break through the flanks in advance, they can crush all the allied forces at once.

"Bang bang." A cacophony of voices came.

"Damn it. Before the enemy could get closer, they opened fire. None of the artillery fired. Zhou Cang scolded. Probably because they were too nervous, as soon as the cavalry on the opposite side attacked, the Allied soldiers opened fire themselves, and you should know that the artillery had not yet fired, which means that the opponent was far out of range. As a result, there was a riot in front of the position. Officers, gendarmes cursed loudly, with batons, leather whips it took some time to stabilize the shooting. The shooting provoked a cascade of reactions from other positions. Fortunately, the Republican Army knew their problems and provided sufficient ammunition, but Zhou Cang was worried that those ammunition would be useless before it was used.

In the midst of the riots, the artillery opened fire quickly, and the IRA provided as much fire support as possible, which was the only thing the IRA could do. They can only hope that the heavy artillery will kill more people and relieve them of more pressure, otherwise, once the impact comes, it will cause them more trouble, and such a situation will make their situation extremely unfavorable. That's the problem they're having right now.

The attack soon reached the front of the position. Trapping the horse pit, the obstacle has played a certain role, but the role can be ignored. The biggest losses came from barbed wire. The shock horses seemed to want to get over, but the Republicans had laid out three barbed wires, and the density was also very large, and they knew the impact of the cavalry. The enlarged barbed wire made it more difficult for the cavalry to assault, and many horses lost their speed and energy when they entered the barbed wire.

They cursed loudly and screamed. Cry. Because they could not move, the impact from behind exacerbated the difficulties ahead. Their current situation is very bad, they are a live target, and now, their allies can shoot as much as they want.