Meng De's report to Shang Wu was about further threats to deter the Black Mountain thieves, and his idea was to attack the real position directly. The way to do this is to adopt encirclement tactics, that is, to use the iron pincer tactics that the Republican Army is good at to quickly encircle there. This required the use of the forces of the 2nd and 4th Infantry Divisions, a separate infantry brigade. Just besiege, not attack, force the other side to make concessions.

"Mengde's ideas are still relatively advanced, that is, Mengde has his own strategic views. But how do we do that? I don't think it's enough to rely on negotiations alone, at the very least, we have to put a lot of military pressure on the military. I think Mende's idea is feasible. Jia Xu looked at Meng De's report and said.

"Huh. If you do this, you will offend the Black Mountain thieves miserably. Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Nope. I think that we can't be merciful to the Black Mountain thieves, these people, after all, are bandits, what kind of people are the bandits? Plainly. As you said, they are all people who bully the weak and fear the hard to solve such a thing. Those bandits, that's the kind of people, they want to talk to us, if we accept such conditions, they will become very passive, because very simply, they think we will compromise on such things, and next time, they will definitely attack, and if we knock them down this time, I think, this kind of thing will solve many, many things. Jia Xu said with a smile.

"I think you and Meng De are about to figure out human nature." Shang Wu said after listening to this. The bandits are like this, they bully the weak and fear the hard. If it hurts. They'll be obedient, but if you can't beat them, they'll become very passive.

"That's a truth, you can see, if the court can defeat them, the situation will be different. So, in such a situation. We must not be like the imperial court, to become extremely passive, to the conditions of the bandits. We must not agree so easily. Gotta fight. Play the conditions we need. Jia Xu said to Shangwu.

"You're all getting bigger." Shang Wu said with a smile.

"This is not a problem of human spirits, this is the relationship between the interests of our actual situation, these bandits, they are cleaned up like this, otherwise, our situation will not become more favorable." Jia Xu said. Shang Wu nodded. Agree with him to do so.

"Then let the Second Infantry Division attack, Lao Mu's injuries are almost healed. No, you can't move on a stretcher. The 2nd Infantry Division, which secretly entered the theater of operations, formed an iron pincer with the 4th Infantry Division. Hold on to the strength of their Zhending region. Shang Wu gave the order.

Jia Xu nodded. Write it down as a command.

"One more thing." Jia Xu said after writing the order and finally handing it over to a staff officer outside.

"What's the matter?" Shangwu asked.

"Zhu Jun, Zhu Jun, this old guy. Very shrewd. He took note of our telegram. I hope that we can communicate through trade and build such a telegraph situation. Jia Xu said.

"Huh." Shang Wu laughed after hearing such a thing. He knew that things like telegrams would definitely not be hidden from people like Zhu Jun, after all, they had a strategic vision to look at the problem, and under such circumstances, many of their things could be carried out. Therefore, he was very attentive to the matter of the telegram and was able to understand the great significance of the telegram. They are the people that the country really needs, and alas, they will not be in such a position and will not make the right choice.

"They can buy it. But I have to ask them, do they have money in the first place? Shang Wu asked.

"When you ask like this, Zhu Jun really doesn't have any money in his hands, after all, if he has money, they will be the ones who sent troops this time." Jia Xu said.

"So, we have to find a way to solve this problem. Find ways to get some benefits out of them. Otherwise, such a thing as a telegraph would not have been given to them. Shang Wu said.

"Huh. I found out that you are a person who really knows how to do business, but Zhu Jun is a gentleman, a gentleman has no money, and when a gentleman encounters something like you, I think the situation is very bad. Jia Xu said.

"There's no way. We all need money for food and drink here, so it's better for us to be more practical. If Zhu Jun is willing to do business, he has to exchange things for more things, such as food, or other things, in short, this is his business, let's not worry too much. Shang Wu said. Shang Wu needed a lot of things, and just now, he saw a telegram. In commodity trading, the price of food they buy has risen a lot. Because of the influence of the Republican army on the war against the northern Montenegrin bandits, the price of grain has risen, which greatly stimulates more grain merchants to reach them. Food prices remain high, which is very bad for them. If they continue like this.

"The only way to solve the food problem is to have food arriving here on a large scale, but where does this food come from? Delivered to us? Shang Wu asked.

"We have almost drained the grain in Luoyang, the capital division, and the Sili area. The food there has risen a lot. We have also paid a big price, and the situation must wait until the beginning of spring, and there will be at least four months before it can fundamentally improve. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. After all, there are many things that we can't solve if we want to solve them, and there are some things that we need to pay careful attention to in order to change such a war situation. Shang Wu said. The only way to bring about a massive drop in food prices is to have sufficient supplies. There are large reserves of grain. At present, the Republican Army has established several large military granaries such as Handan, Lijiazhuang, Sheguo, and Shangdang. The purpose of these granaries is to hoard a large amount of grain, in addition to suppressing the high price of civilian grain, the biggest important reason is. In order to meet military needs, which have always been strong. Many grain merchants themselves understand this very well, so they continue to raise the high price of grain. Let the IRA buy food at a higher price. Shangwu must solve such a food problem, otherwise, the problem will become even bigger.

Changan. North. More than 11,000 people in Huangfu Song are slowly advancing. This army is old, weak, sick and disabled. Only before the expedition did they have a full meal. It's a joke that such an army goes out to fight. And most of them were infantry troops, generally armed with spears, and the axemen lacked weapons and shields. Armor is also insufficient. Suffice it to say, this army is terrible. A lot of things can't be solved at all. But even so, Huangfu Song still ordered the army to advance.

"Spare your life, spare your life. We don't dare anymore. Don't dare. A veteran fell to his knees and cried loudly. Many deserters like him are like this, and as a result, they are all tied together.

"Escapees. Chop. A military academy shouted loudly.

"Poof." The head of a deserter was cut off at once. The composition of this army is very complicated, and many of them are temporary recruits who have not fought in battle. There are also those who were originally on the subject of conscription, but were temporarily seized for military service, and they were only carrying weapons. By the time they got here, many of the soldiers had started to run away. Because if you don't run away, you will be killed. But there were too many deserters in the army. A lot of them were caught overnight, and if they were not severely punished, the number of deserters would have increased to an incalculable level.

"Wait." At this time. Huangfu Song's car stopped to the side. Huangfu Song shouted loudly. The military school heard the order.

"General." The military academy and other soldiers saluted.

"General, general, I can't wait. Don't dare anymore. The deserters said. Huangfu Song looked at it helplessly.

"General." The military academy asked.

"Let them go. After that, all such executions were stopped, and the seizure was changed to twenty military sticks, and there was no need to kill. If you don't catch it, forget it. Huang Fu Song said.

"This." The military school was puzzled. Sima next to him thought that this was very inappropriate. Because such a thing will lead to a complete collapse of military discipline, and such a thing will inevitably lead to a large-scale defeat in the end.

"I know. No more talking. This battle is bound to be lost. Let's be able to walk one by one. Huang Fu Song said. Sima was shocked when he heard this. Because in this case, it will completely disturb the morale of the army, and the morale of the army will completely collapse. Failure is inevitable. What he wanted to know was that Huang Fu Song already knew such a thing, why did he do this.

"General Xie. General Xie. The deserters were excitedly grateful. They finally get a new chance to live, something like that, for them. It's so advantageous. But they noticed such a conversation. They know. This expedition must be more than lucky. It would be very advantageous to be able to escape from here.

Giant deer. Zhu Jun looked at the official document sent by the imperial court.

He learned that His Majesty the Emperor had forcibly ordered Huangfu Song to attack, and Zhu Jun was very worried about the fate of Huang Fu Song, because the infantry had no chance of winning against cavalry. In such a situation, launch such an offensive. It will put them at a great disadvantage. If this is the case, they will be in a very disadvantageous position.

"I really don't know what to do? If there is this telegram. So I sent it all night, and I also wanted to stop the army. Zhu Jun said helplessly. He knows. Such a dispatch was not his intention at all.

Speaking of telegrams. Zhu Jun shook his head helplessly. He doesn't know how to do business, but the IRA can send a telegram, but he has to do business, and he needs a lot of food. How could he possibly give so much food, and if the problem could be solved, he would not have done it.

That's a painful question. Telegram is really good and can send messages in a timely manner. But he needed to exchange food, and he didn't have that much food.

Thinking of this, what he knew was that the imperial court would have such a lot of food. He may request to do so. So Zhu Jun quickly picked up the pen and wrote a piece of music and handed it over.

Kettle off. Command of the 3rd Infantry Division.

"These businessmen are really capable. They were able to get so much food, and this was without raising taxes. Ma Heng looked at the report and said. Three counties plus one district continued to develop commerce, and merchants from the state side came here to do business. The same is true in Hedong, where they import a large amount of grain in exchange for some of the munitions, **, paper, glass and other daily necessities they need. These are all good things that businessmen do.

"Yes, sir. These businessmen are really capable, and they do things that we can't even think of. Sometimes, I really can't understand how these businessmen can manage more than the county order. A staff officer said. Because the county magistrate of the Republican Army is competitive, many businessmen dare not make too many huge profits for themselves privately, because this matter is very simple. That is, many businessmen will look at them, and the only way is to obtain benefits through the project, or to get a certain amount of tax deduction and exemption. These are allowed. After all, they are businessmen.

And the conditions of the Republican Army are also very favorable. Merchants will also do their best to solve all problems.

"But sir, we must report this to the sir, these merchants have asked us to send some patrols and sentry guards to protect their caravans, and if we don't protect them, they won't continue to provide us with more supplies. Isn't that a big problem for us? A staff officer said.

"yes. Sir. It's not good for us to do that. A staff officer also complained.

"In this matter, we must also cooperate in this way. They have provided us with so many supplies, and they also have their own difficulties, so what's wrong with us? Ma Heng said.

"If you don't want to use it, you can find a way to solve such a thing yourself. Think for yourselves, do you have what it takes? "If not, don't do it. Anyway, we still need to do such things ourselves. You can't do anything like that. Ma Heng said.

"Merchants have their own plans, and if we can't keep them safe, how much we lose in the end. This would cost us quite a bit of power. We can't do this kind of thing. Ma Heng said. He could understand the mood of the merchants, after all, their situation was not very favorable either. If safety is not guaranteed, the loss of their belongings will be very, very large. In that case, the situation will be even more unfavorable. So, Ma Heng had to do it. That's the best thing they do.