Li Jiazhuang, inside the War Department.

"Our people are already on the move, but we need more and more support, mainly in material support. Without a lot of material support, they may not be in a good situation. Xu Dou said to Shangwu.

"Hmm." Shang Wu nodded.

"But it's obviously not enough to rely on smuggling channels to complete the deployment of supplies. We need a new channel to get there, so that we can be in a very favorable situation. Shang Wu said.

"Yes, it is difficult to accomplish such a thing with such a passage alone, so we still need other passages to complete such a situation, and we initially estimate that we plan to transport it from the mountains in the Shangdang area, but if we go this way, it will take some time, and the consumption of materials will also cause great trouble." Xu Dou said.

"Is there any benefit to this?" Shang Wu asked.

"The terrain is complicated, and there are all kinds of armed forces in the northern mountains, and they are holding each other down, which can give us some opportunities. At the same time, we are constantly being harassed in the northern mountains, and sooner or later we will take control of it. Otherwise, it will be a great disaster for us. Xu Dou said.

"It's not just that, we need some opportunities to be able to get some of the things going on there, so that we can take some steps to get the most out of it." Xu Dou said.

"If they can, they can do their activities there, provide the necessary cover, and as far as I know, it's the Fen River Valley, with mountains on both sides, and we can be stationed there. This is the best way to do it if you can connect it. Shang Wu said.

"Yes, sir. This is the only option we have at the moment. Xu Dou said.

The intelligence department organized some officers and non-commissioned officers to enter the Bingzhou area to form guerrilla units, which belonged to the state behind enemy lines, and it was difficult to establish guerrilla units there, and one of the first difficult problems they faced was the shortage of materials, food, ammunition, medicines, and so on, which could not be satisfied at all if they simply relied on smuggling, in particular, the intelligence department estimated that there would be a large period of development, and the material gap was quite large, so large that it was difficult for them to deal with it, and in such a situation, they could not cope with many things.

The intelligence services in particular needed a channel for large-scale resupply.

The Shangdang region where Luzhou is located is actually incomplete, and there is still a large power vacuum in the mountainous areas to the north, first of all, there are a large number of mountainous areas in the north, the terrain is complex, and there are only a very few plain areas, which belong to the area controlled by the imperial court, and in the mountainous areas, there are a large number of displaced people, as well as strongholds composed of inherent bandits, they each have their own territory, and with the development of Luzhou, it has become a potential threat. Because some of the goods entered the north from the passage from there, and at the same time entered the area controlled by the Wuhuan people.

But the large and small forces there seriously hindered the development of the Republican Army.

Xu Dou's suggestion is to start from the two directions of Hedong and the northern mountainous areas of the Shangdang region, and then put their situation in a very favorable situation, so that their situation will be in a very favorable situation. This is one of their most favorable developments.

The IRA needs supplies, a lot of supply channels, they need to open all kinds of gaps, and their state is in the most favorable situation.

Shangwu also hopes to open such a channel. After all, entering Bingzhou from the Fen River Valley, although the passage there is the best and the terrain is not complicated, it is a key defensive area, and the Republican Army needs to pay a lot of money to break through. The front continues to provide more intelligence and the state is not indifferent. They adopted an aggressive defensive strategy, building a large number of trenches. With all the above-ground fortifications underneath, their condition is far more complicated than at any other time, and in such a situation their condition will be much more detrimental to any of their states.

If you enter from the northern mountains, their advantage may be a little better. Thinking of this, Shangwu agreed to such a plan.

Jingshi, Luoyang, Nangongnei.

Emperor Han Ling seemed to have a premonition of something, and he felt as if his life needed some precious medicine to make him better. Therefore, he ordered all kinds of elixirs to be paid tribute everywhere. He tried to prolong his life in this way.

"Five-hundred-year-old ginseng. 100-year-old reishi. Firefox was stunned. In such an era, it is estimated that only the emperor can mobilize such resources.

Of course, there are also some things that make people feel very bad, for example, some old Taoists are offering some pills.

The box containing the elixir is extremely beautiful, and it looks very valuable.

"I remember, it seems that the pill has not been found in later generations, if I treasure one, will I be rich. You must know that the ancient pills were still very valuable, because there were no such burial goods in the tombs of princes and nobles. Firefox said excitedly.

As everyone knows, Emperor Han Ling will make his condition worse by doing this, his body is already extremely weak, the advice of the imperial doctor is to slowly warm up and recuperate, maybe in this case, it will prolong some time, but unfortunately, Emperor Han Ling seems to be unable to bear such a long wait, he needs to get better as soon as possible, instead of wasting so much time a little bit of himself, which is very unbearable for him.

As everyone knows, it was these tiger and wolf medicines that killed him, because these drugs would overdraw his little vitality, and finally when the yang energy was exhausted, it would be the end of his life.

"How can Your Majesty be like this? Consume the medicine of the tiger and wolf. Cao Cao said worriedly. Hearing about such a thing, Cao Cao was very anxious, he was very worried that Emperor Han Ling would enter the most unfavorable state. For example, Shou Yuan is about to die, once he dies, some things have not been dealt with well, Jian Shuo continues to pull his own troops, and the general delays as much time as possible, both sides are waiting, waiting for a change, and the opportunity for the great change is the death of His Majesty the Emperor.

"That's what I'm not worried about." Xi Zhicai said with a bill.

"My concern is, what would happen if we didn't have a consistent source of income?" Xi Zhicai said worriedly.

The amount of money spent by Cao Cao's army is quite medium, but the problem is that the size of his army is not very large, and a lot of money is scattered, which directly leads to a consequence, that is, they now have a debt of 50,000 yuan, which is borrowed from merchants, although the interest they give is fair, but the problem is that they are compound interest. It is not easy to borrow money from merchants.

"This." Cao Cao looked at the bill and didn't know how to deal with it.

"Brother Zhicai, does he have a solution?" Cao Cao asked. There is too much military spending, which makes it difficult for him to do it.

"Well, it's all trade. Doing business is the only way to go. Otherwise, I can't afford to pay back the money like this. Xi Zhicai said. In terms of military expenses, he had to do it.

"Well, the question is what kind of business?" Cao Cao asked.

"Of course what makes money and does what? Otherwise, we won't be able to do this money. Xi Zhicai said. Whether it's the copper money business, or getting some goods from the Republican Army to sell, they have to do something, otherwise they can't do a lot of things like this.

"Well, I'm well aware of this, but the question is, how do I do it." Cao Cao was a little embarrassed.

Cao Cao's concern is that these businesses are all illegal businesses, which are difficult to do and not very effective.

But Xi Zhicai thinks that Cao Cao is still too restrained.

"As far as I know, Yuan Shao is also doing some business like this in private, and they rely on some trade with the Republican Army to obtain money and expand equipment, otherwise, the income from those lands, even the fourth and third dukes, will be difficult to maintain." Xi Zhicai said.

"Oh?" Cao Cao was puzzled. Xi Zhicai explained.

Don't look at the extremely incorruptible members of the court, their moral character is very noble, but the family behind them is not like this, for example, the Yuan family behind Yuan Shao, they are like this. Some of the goods from the Republican Army have become monopolistic products, first of all, they are in great demand, for example, alcoholic beverages. The value of this kind of business is very large, how can they give up such an opportunity.

Although they resist on the surface, they have privately sent people to take over this business, and the wine industry is a very monopolistic industry, and they do this to put their interests in a very favorable situation, which is their most favorable change and development.

Cao Cao just didn't know.

The landlord Haoqiang will not let go of such an opportunity for development. Wherever there is a profit, they will gather a large number of people, and then continue to expand the scale of their business, from which to make huge profits.

In contrast, Cao Cao was much more cautious.

Xi Zhicai did this after doing some investigation, he just hoped that Cao Cao would not continue like this. After all, raising soldiers is not a simple matter, which needs to be built on a large part of the financial strength, and without such a financial ability, it is quite difficult to make a big difference.

Under the persuasion of Xi Zhicai's side, Cao Cao decided to do so. After all, he couldn't watch his forces suffer a lot of losses, which was very bad for him.