Jingshi, Luoyang. Cao Cao was annoyed because he couldn't buy the Xindao Bao he liked to read. Not only that, but there were all kinds of errands on the streets who arrested and sold newspapers, and after they were caught, they were occasionally beaten and then imprisoned, and after the newspapers were confiscated, they were burned on the spot, and Cao Cao could not see the newspapers at all.

"Stop, stop." A group of messengers pounced like tigers and wolves. A young man selling newspapers ran away desperately, and his shoes fell off. I can't take care of it. Because if you catch it, you may be sent farther away, and that's the worst thing.

I don't know when, in Luoyang, Beijing, selling newspapers can also become a means of supporting the family, and many wealthy families will buy newspapers every day.

The newspaper went from a fifteen-day circulation cycle to seven, five, and three days. With the advent of the telegraph, the republican army secretly installed a dark line, on the one hand, the need to provide intelligence, on the other hand, the need for newspapers, otherwise, it is impossible for newspapers to be printed on a large scale, outside Luoyang City, there are two newspaper printing points, as long as the content of the day is sent, and then printed under the start of the printing press, the newspaper is divided into two parts to complete, and finally, the two printing is completed, and it becomes a newspaper for sale.

Newspapers contain a lot of information, stock prices, customs, short stories, as well as all kinds of advertisements, literary works, etc., which greatly enrich the needs of all kinds of people, provide the latest information and consultation, and so on. The newspaper has gradually been accepted by the people of Luoyang. And the demand for selling newspapers has become more and more, from the first few people, to hundreds of people, but now, the imperial court has ordered a ban on newspapers, which has brought them a lot of trouble, and even, in many cases, their situation is very unfavorable, they don't know what such a situation is, but in short, it is not very good news for them.

"Damn it." Cao Cao scolded. Losing the newspaper means losing the source of information, which makes Luoyang people unaccustomed to it all of a sudden, they were not used to reading newspapers before, but now they are not used to reading newspapers. Such a situation made them feel very uncomfortable, and Cao Cao was like that.

"Sir, do you read the newspaper? The latest issues of the newspaper are available. Just when Cao Cao gave up his plan to read the newspaper, I don't know when, a little guy appeared next to him, and the other party asked with a smile hunched over. It looks like the other party is very obscene.

"Do you have a newspaper?" Cao Cao asked impatiently.

"Sir, look." The little guy opened his clothes as he spoke, and there was a special gown inside, on which were all newspapers, the latest issue was available, and the little guy looked at Cao Cao eagerly.

"Bring me some of the latest ones." Cao Cao said impatiently.

"This, sir, you also know that this newspaper is not easy to come by, and the most difficult thing is to check it very strictly, and it is not easy for us, so this newspaper, twenty big dollars, one copy. You see, do you think it's appropriate for this price? The other party asked with a smile.

"It's suitable, it's suitable, bring it quickly." Cao Cao impatiently took out the coin and handed it to the other party. Then a few newspapers were carefully sent to Cao Cao, Cao Cao looked left and right, there was no one, so he put the newspaper into his arms. Reading newspapers is also addictive. The same thing happens to many people, who are used to the presence of newspapers, and suddenly they feel very uncomfortable without newspapers to read, because they feel that something is missing, and newspapers provide the necessary information support. For example, the war situation in the north, the latest orders of the imperial court. dynamics and so on. Lacking that would make their situation empty.

That's a demand, and under such a demand, and it's strong, that's a market.

When the imperial court uses improper methods to suppress, there must be some people who will use another way to meet such a demand, for example, illegal high-price sales, or through other ways to circulate, because they find that even a newspaper in the past can be easily sold at a high price, such a high profit, naturally stimulates more people to take risks, in their opinion, such a thing, for them, is very simple, and very easy, because they can easily complete such a thing.

Newspapers have also become a sought-after commodity, and all of this was caused by Emperor Ling of Han himself. No one can complain about this.

Hexi, on the position of the wolf regiment, an engineer battalion was added to help them, they gradually built a defensive point here, the sappers helped them expand a new direction, and at the same time established more fire points with sandbags, the artillery can be transferred back and forth through some channels, and the fire shooting will be more flexible, and these are geometric learning things, because the two fire points are easier to exert more firepower, more barbed wire is arranged, not only that, the sappers have also built fire watchtowers, Artillery can be placed on it, and the coming-and-hand will be placed there, which will become the best shooting point, and the open offensive area will become their shooting range, and any running Huns will be their best target. The coming-and-a-hand people are very excited, and the number of such firepower watchtowers is constantly increasing. There is also an infantry gun on it, the caliber is not large, but the threat posed will be very large. The republican army is building this place into a strong fortress, and the cavalry troops will provide more flexible support in the back, and this has become the front line, and the Huns on the opposite side have not built too solid camps at all, they are just constantly strengthening patrols and sentinels, I don't know if they are not suitable for this, or very careless, in short, the two sides have different ways of fighting.

"That's the situation here for now. The rear can provide more supplies to the rear, and we have to defend these points, but we don't know how long this situation will last and when it will end. Zhang Zhen put down the binoculars in his hand and said, they didn't have to worry about the attack of the Huns, because they couldn't come through here at all.

"It's better for us to be careful, after all, the two sides still haven't ended the war, be vigilant, better than anything else." Zhao Laosan said. The above seems to pay attention to this and gave them an engineer battalion, obviously, they think that the defense here is still not enough, Zhao Laosan also guessed such a situation, so he continued to strengthen this defense, in this way, their ability to become much more advantageous. But that's not enough to make their situation better, and they still have a lot to do.

Lijiazhuang. In the war department, Shang Wu shook his head helplessly and put down the telegram in his hand.

"I really don't know what these Huns think, the conditions we gave are already very fair. They should be well aware of our capabilities, and if we are on the defensive, they will not be very good if they take the initiative to attack. Even they themselves would have lost a lot, and what would they want to do in such a situation? Shang Wu said this, he really couldn't figure out such a situation.

Logically speaking, the Huns would not do such irrational things, but sometimes, things are just like this, so, in such a situation. Shang Wu is a little incomprehensible.

"Our conditions are good, but the Huns are not too receptive to such a situation, because they often think that what we are doing is good for us, and they still don't believe us, and Tarn's own self-esteem is of their own making. If you want to negotiate peace, it seems that you have to let the other side cross to such a step on your own. Jia Xu said.

"Well, I don't care about that, they have their own reasons, but what I care about is how they can sign the contract for me. Because only by signing such a contract can our situation become much more favorable, otherwise, our situation will become very unfavorable, and we naturally do not want to see such a transfer. Shang Wu said.

"First, in the Hexi region, we must strengthen our defense, stabilize the current state of defense we have established, and let the Huns feel that they have kicked the iron plate. Let them feel the pain. Jia Xu said.

"Second, send out our cavalry and continue to harass the other side, so that the other side is tired of coping and cannot pose a great threat to us, in such a situation, the possibility of our victory will become very great." Jia Xu continued.

"We don't have a lot of cavalry to harass each other, but what will happen to them if they lose more and more supplies and they can't do anything about us?" Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Okay, let's do it, and we need to make our cavalry more powerful, so that we can make things better." Shang Wu said. Jia Xu began to draft the order.

Since the Huns did not accept the terms of the republican army's peace talks, they had nothing to say. There is nothing to say about the war, because only by constantly developing, their situation can become more powerful, this is an inevitable choice, in such a choice, the Huns have to accept the conditions of the republican army, perhaps, the republican army can set the conditions more harsh, this is not impossible.

When Shang Wu thought of this, he felt funny, obviously he gave the other party a good choice of path. But why does the other party choose like this, sometimes, I really don't understand.