Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"I didn't expect this Dong Zhuo to come quickly." Shang Wu looked at the telegram from Handan and said. The contacts sent by Dong Zhuo finally played some role in Handan.

"Hmm. Much faster than we thought. Jia Xu said.

"We should provide them with some of these weapons as planned, and I think they should be deployed from the Hedong area, so that we can conduct reconnaissance." Jia Xu said. In fact, Jia Xu did not agree too much with Shangwu's choice to attack the Hetao area. He believes that occupying the Guanzhong area seems to be a better choice.

"Well, I agree, but most of the weapons given to them can only be some arquebuses, too advanced weapons, we still need further cooperation, cooperation, and should also be divided into different stages, only in this way, some of our situations can become much more favorable, otherwise, if many things suddenly develop towards our unfavorable situation, we will not even have a chance to react." Shang Wu said.

"Well, I also agree with this, but it's better to do this kind of thing in a more covert way, after all, a large number of arms transactions can easily cause dissatisfaction in the imperial court. In some such things, this still has a big impact on us. Jia Xu said cautiously.

"This, I understand, I have already thought about the situation to deal with, after all, such a situation we need to be cautious." Shang Wu said.

Dong Zhuo, who has no foundation, has become the only choice for Shangwu, after all, Dong Zhuo has shown his advantages and sincerity. For example, he can take the initiative to find the Republican Army, which is not simple, you know, the predecessor of the Republican Army, but he ambushed him, which is an extremely faceless thing, but people like Dong Zhuo can actually put it down. It can be seen that Dong Zhuo is also a hero.

The military situation in Guanzhong is very bad. Because of the lack of enough food, the situation has formed a confrontational situation, which is very unfavorable for them. In order to strive for a favorable situation, Dong Zhuo planned to expand the scale of his cavalry equipped with firearms, and he hoped that in this way, he would increase the intensity of the offensive and form a kind of cavalry elite, thus forming a breakthrough on the battlefield. Such a breakthrough. It's also a kind of innovation. Therefore, he needs firearms, and he hopes that in this regard, the Republican Army can reach a certain agreement with him and help him solve some problems, but after all, the two sides have just cooperated, and such a thing still needs a certain foundation to be further developed.

"Luoyang also sent some telegrams. However, there are some telegrams that are irrelevant to us. Jia Xu said.

"Didn't you put forward our conditions in the callback?" Shang Wu asked.

"Presented. However, in Luoyang, they also put forward their own conditions. Jia Xu said with a smile.

"Hehe's funny, they actually put forward their own conditions, I want to see what kind of conditions they can put forward." Shang Wu said dissatisfiedly. The differences between the two sides are still very large. Therefore, a stalemate has been formed on the issue of the ownership of Hedong.

"Huh. His Majesty's request from the Emperor was that our telegrapher, when sending a telegram, should first greet us. At the same time, the ritual of kneeling and prostration. Not only that, but this must also be done when sending telegrams. Jia Xu said.

"What kind of bullshit condition is this?" After hearing this, Shang Wu thought it was incredible.

"This His Majesty the Emperor is like that. You can't do anything about it, maybe he sees the benefits of the telegram, but the telegram also gives us some advantages, which is that we don't have to do too much in etiquette. Jia Xu said. Shang Wu is concerned about the situation of the conditions of the republican army, and if you are not satisfied, the two sides can also talk about it. Shangwu said practical things, but Emperor Han Ling cared about etiquette.

He found that those little yellow doors were very casual when they sent telegrams, not only that, because they were sending telegrams, and who knew if the people who sent telegrams at that time were very respectful.

"It's just vexatious." Shang Wu said after he understood.

"But there's no way around it. We talked to people well, but they corrected us that our etiquette was wrong, and sometimes, we really couldn't figure it out, such a situation. Jia Xu also said helplessly. Speaking of which, it was still a very unintentional move. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sent and received a lot of telegrams, and the content of the telegram was generally simplified if it could be simplified, after all, if it was sent too long, it would affect the efficiency of communication, which was not a good thing for telegraphs. So, most of it is simplified. Even the code. For example, most of the departments use numbers too much. This is equivalent to the address.

But Emperor Ling of Han did not think so, believing that this was an unreasonable act of the Republican Army. Despite Zhang Rang's explanation, Emperor Ling of Han still demanded it strongly, believing that the telegram was simplifying, and it could not be simplified to such an extent, which was a very rude act. In this way, such a question was caught by Emperor Han Ling.

And when the Handan telegraph operator saw such a telegram, he was about to explode. It's really annoying that if they send it in this way, they'd rather close it than accept something like this. They won't care about your Han Ling Emperor's etiquette.

"Damn, this problem, they hold on, in that case, we are not in a hurry, let's let them solve the problem like this. We should step up the economic construction of Hedong, so that many things can enter a new stage of development. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. I agree to do so. Jia Xu said. Since Emperor Han Ling grasped the issue of etiquette and entangled in this issue, Jia Xu still wished that the other party would do so, their strategy was to delay, and they could delay for a long, long time, wouldn't it be good? In short, in such a situation, the situation is developing towards an unfavorable situation for the imperial court, after all, it is the imperial court that is entangled in such a matter. It's not something they do.

In the Meiyang area, in Dong Zhuo's military camp, if the republican army imports a large number of weapons and equipment, they may wait for a long, long time, Dong Zhuo does not have such patience, and the rebels on the opposite side do not have such patience, the rebels have reached the apex of the attack, but they don't want to retreat, they want to enter Chang'an, and on the side of the official army, they want to attack. But their logistical supplies are not smooth, and the grain and grass that originally belonged to them were not smooth. Sold to the Republican Army, they could only curse the greed of the eunuchs. But there's no way around it, because if you want to do something like that, you can do it, but the question is, who's going to do it. In such a situation, Dong Zhuo put his hope on firearms.

He recruited a large number of craftsmen in the local area and began to imitate three-god pistols in batches, the level of craftsmen was very limited, and seven of the ten produced were scrapped. But even so, Dong Zhuo still encouraged production, and he knew that whether he could win the next battle or not would depend entirely on such weapons to win. So, in such a situation, they still have a lot to do.

"It's better to produce faster, I can't wait." Dong Zhuo looked at the weapons that had not been manufactured much, and said anxiously.

"My lord, I can't rush such a thing. I'll just have to be patient. Li Dao persuaded.

"Ugh." Dong Zhuo sighed. He had to sigh, there was no way, if he could handle such a thing properly, he would solve the problem like this, but the problem was, he couldn't solve such a problem, such a thing would be a major disaster for him, and such a thing would only make their situation difficult to deal with.

"The situation of the war has developed to such a point. I wait. I can only wait. Li Dao said. Dong Zhuo nodded. They had already made two preparations, but helplessly, without sufficient food and grass, they could not go to war further, and this situation only made them more disadvantaged, but the situation was like this. They can only wait for such a situation.

The situation of the war will make it difficult for them to continue, but it is an indisputable fact that if they want to change this situation, they must have some increase in strength to change.

Handan, Telegraph Office. It receives a large number of telegraph services every day, and the telegraph service is one of the businesses of the Republican Army, of course. Private individuals can contract some, but must pay a certain fee, and at the same time, lay the cables. This kind of business is basically a sure thing. So, some businessmen banded together to plan such a business, which in their opinion was very good.

"Damn. There is no way today. A telegraph operator put down the charcoal pen in his hand.

"What's wrong?" One of the next to him asked. They need to translate a lot of paper tape, and as long as it's an agreed code, they can translate it quickly. A lot of it can be known without looking through the dictionary.

"The telegram from Luoyang was cut off again. This is the twelfth time in seven days that this has happened. I really don't know how Luoyang maintains it. The telegraph operator said. Then I was ready to pack up my things and leave work. Because it's not a way to wait like this, such a thing will only make them more disadvantaged, and it's better to get off work early.

"Hey, it's really unreliable to spread such a line." The telegraph operator next to him began to get busy, and the work of sending and receiving telegrams was very busy, as long as there was a place for telegraphs, such things were very busy, and ordinary people really couldn't do it.