The Republican Army in Hedong is undergoing reorganization, and they are to be reorganized into the First Republican Army. The First Army had three infantry divisions under its command. Each infantry division has two brigades, and each brigade has two infantry regiments, in addition to this, each infantry division must also organize corresponding independent combat units, such as artillery, engineers, field hospitals, communications companies, etc. These need to be matched accordingly, and the total strength of each infantry division is about 12,000 men. Or even more.

At present, the First Army has not yet completed its overall reorganization. It is precisely under such a circumstance that the cavalry troops will enter Hexi on a large scale and gain the initiative in negotiations through battles and raids, so that their situation will become much more favorable. That's their main advantage right now. This advantage will make their situation even more favorable.

On the one hand, they will carry out all sorts of reorganizations. On the other hand, a bold offensive would provide more favorable military conditions for the Republican army. This is the main purpose of the strategy of attacking Hexi. Now, the Republican Army will achieve such a goal by annexing the territory of the White Polish Army, and such a situation will be very beneficial to the Republican Army. This is also what Shangwu would like to see very much.

North of Guanzhong, somewhere, the army of the imperial court stopped again, they had to face an extremely cruel reality, that is, their logistics supply was extremely unsmooth, and now the summer grain was being harvested, they hoped that such a situation could be improved.

In Dong Zhuo's marching team, they were slowly pursuing the Xiliang rebels, and the two sides opened a distance of fifty miles, which was deliberately maintained by the Xiliang army, the kind of pipe that could spray tongues of fire. Such a pipe is a great disaster for them. They didn't know what a weapon it was, and in a state of fear, they had to keep fifty miles away, and perhaps it was a way for them to comfort themselves. After all, they don't know what kind of benefits such a situation is.

"Lord, lord." Li Dao ran over quickly. Dong Zhuo's carriage stopped.

"Childish, what's the matter?" Dong Zhuo asked with a smile. After the cavalry units used firearms. Dong Zhuo's combat effectiveness has suddenly increased a lot. This made Dong Zhuo very happy, could he not be happy? In this case, his situation will become much more favorable.

"My lord. This is not the place to talk. "Li Dao is still very careful.

"The whole army stopped, and camped on the spot." Dong Zhuo ordered very decisively. Soon, the two of them, under the escort of their own soldiers, found a very hidden place.

"My lord, this is a letter from the Republican Army." Li Dao took out the letter as he spoke. Dong Zhuo was very surprised. Because the Republican Army actually took the initiative to contact him. Dong Zhuo quickly read the letter, and then handed it to Li Dao.

"Childish, what do you think about this?" Dong Zhuo asked cautiously. The stakes are very high. Dong Zhuo can also know that the combat effectiveness of the republican army is very strong, but the strong combat effectiveness always makes the imperial court feel jealous, and if they also deal with such a situation, it is still very tricky.

"Lord, the Republican Army is right, the Han family is in decline. It's good for all of us. We can take the opportunity to develop and grow, and when we have the strength, we can also divide one side, and when the time is ripe, we can enter the capital and control the Son of Heaven is unknown. Li Dao said. In this way, it is quite a big rebellion. But Dong Zhuo thought about such a question in this way.

They all come from the grassy and have no support from local tyrants, so it can be said that their roots are the most shallow. The imperial court was basically divided into two factions, one was the eunuchs, and the other was the relatives, that is, the generals, who were behind the support of the landlords. And Dong Zhuo is not in the stream, and he is not optimistic about either.

"Lord, we have no foundation, the republican army is powerful, and now the battle in Hedong has gained a firm foothold, and the republican army will inevitably become a big disaster for the court in time. If I have the support of the IRA, firearms, money will come. At that time, I waited for the change of the Beijing master before I could become the master. Li Dao said.

This sentence suddenly went to the depths of Dong Zhuo's heart. Yes, what are they, grandma doesn't hurt, uncle doesn't love it, they don't have the support of landlords in the local area, and they are naturally unsatisfactory, in the center, eunuchs and landlords fight each other. And they, if they do well, may still have some opportunities, but if they don't do well, they are victims. They will fight the IRA to the death.

"Lord, don't hesitate, lord, do you remember the previous prison disaster?" Li Wei asked. The last time he was defeated in Shangquyang, Dong Zhuo was thrown into prison, if it weren't for the tight war here, Dong Zhuo might have to sit in prison for the rest of his life. This is definitely an unbearable thing for Dong Zhuo.

"If we maintain close ties with the IRA, we will not only be able to grow, but we will also be able to avoid such a prison sentence. Otherwise, we will be doomed. Li Dao said.

"." Dong Zhuo finally made up his mind. Yes, if they don't do a good job, they will be thrown into prison, when they are so mean today, the eunuchs are like vicious dogs, and the landlords are strong and strong, and they don't have the support of local heroes and strong military forces, which are simply inferior to pigs and dogs. This made Dong Zhuo very annoyed, and he made up his mind, he decided to find a way of his own, that is, a chaotic minister and thief, and he would do it too. And just like that, they collaborated with the IRA.

In fact, the idea of a military general like Dong Zhuo is very simple, that is, self-preservation. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty's indiscriminate approach made a military general like Dong Zhuo feel very chilled. At the same time, their background determines that their position is not very high, and they have no future, so they have to give it a go and make some bold moves. This may also be their most helpless choice in the end.

Lijiazhuang. Shang Wu and Jia Xu walked between the farmland.

"This year's wheat is growing well, and our food crisis has been solved." Jia Xu said with a smile.

"Well, with something to eat, we can basically stabilize. But that's not enough. Shang Wu said.

"We still need to expand more food production areas to ensure that our food supply will not have problems, and we now have to think not only about simple food rations, but also about our diet, but the current situation is that we can only solve our food ration problem first, and then we can solve a series of other problems." Shang Wu said worriedly.

"It seems that the Huns in Hexi must attack. It's a pity that the Hetao can't be beaten down all at once, the Huns are not made of paper, we can't expel them all at once, we need to use at least one army to achieve such an effect, and we need to divide it into several stages, we can't eat too much at one time, otherwise, our difficulties will be very great. Jia Xu said.

"Yes, that's what I'm worried about, but unfortunately, it's useless for us to be in a hurry at the moment, because a lot of things have already decided that we can't do this, and if we do, it means that our military operations will be extremely risky, and losing a lot of troops will make our situation worse." Shang Wu said.

"So, if we can achieve such a situation through trade, or use trade to annex some of his land at once, then it will also be much more beneficial to us." Jia Xu said.

"You say, how about we occupy Hexi? In the form of war blackmail. Shang Wu asked Jia Xu. This is a thing that suddenly comes to Shangwu's mind.

"War blackmail?" Jia Xu asked.

"Yes, on the one hand, we threaten them with force, which requires our cavalry regiment to fight the enemy to cry wolf. On the other hand, we have to trade with them, let them know that trading with us can get greater development and benefits, but we need some land, or in other words, we need a new way of development, for example, if we need trade, we need a trading platform, we can not guarantee that we will garrison there, we can come secretly, but there must be a middle ground, or a small number of garrisons. Shang Wu said.

"I don't understand what you mean." Jia Xu said.

"My idea is, lease, we lease that land, that is, after we harass Hexi, we don't leave. Negotiating with the Huns, we leased the place. They can trade with us, but we have to occupy that place and do business with them, we can have garrisons, but the number of troops is very limited, so that they don't feel threatened, and when the time comes, we can attack. Take this as an incident to provoke a war again and launch an offensive. Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Lease, good lease. In this case, we have taken a big step forward at once, but the military operations of the cavalry regiment are very important. At the same time, we need to fight defensively, let them know that they want to expel us. That's very bad, but my concern is that the Yellow River, you know, our logistical supplies need to be crossed, and if they attack us all at once, it won't be good. Jia Xu said worriedly.

"It's an engineering problem, and it's up to the engineer." Shang Wu said with a smile. Jia Xu nodded in understanding.