Jingshi, Luoyang.

"It's so financially difficult." Dong Zhuo looked at the music in his hand with teeth, quite a toothache.

Dong Zhuo's army is in the process of expanding its armaments, and his scale has exceeded 150,000 people, not only that, but also the Bingzhou soldiers, although they are only organized into an infantry brigade at present, but for the sake of appeasement and the need to win over, this Bingzhou infantry brigade still needs to be expanded. Even if it becomes an infantry division, in that case, the number of soldiers will exceed 12,000, and the armament will be greatly increased. And after these, there is the use of a large number of weapons and equipment. And that's a lot of money. For Dong Zhuo, this is really a problem within a problem.

"My lord, it's not just that, some of the bank's loans are about to expire. If we renew the contract, we will need to give a certain amount of new collateral. But at the moment, it seems, it doesn't seem to be. Li Dao also said helplessly that he himself had no way to do this, and that he had expanded his armaments and warfare too much. But the Luoyang they got was not a rich place.

"Where did all this money go? There is none in the treasury. Dong Zhuo said anxiously.

In the past, the cost of fighting was not so much, and he personally did such a thing purely for revenge, and later he had greater ambitions. Yes, there is ambition. And that's what happened. But a lot of things have become very different. For example, he has already ordered someone to arrest Huangfu Song, an old thief. But the old thief committed suicide. This made Dong Zhuo not have the pleasure of revenge at all.

On the contrary, he is still very depressed, there is no money, many places need money, what he knows is that Luoyang has money, but when he really held Luoyang in his hands, he suddenly found that there was nothing. Moreover, he also has a butt of debt. This annoyed him a lot, and there were so many things to worry about.

"The palace, it must be the palace, don't those banks need collateral?" Dong Zhuo sneered at the huge palace and said.

"Give them something, take out some things in the palace, mortgage them to the Republican Army, and let them make the right choice." Dong Zhuo said.

"This. Be. Li Dao felt that it was inappropriate at first, but when he thought of their expenses, if they didn't have them, the devil knows what would have happened. Those soldiers don't care about this, and they will inevitably indulge in the end. Rather than waiting for the moment of the final crisis, it is better to win over as soon as possible. In this way, their situation can be much more powerful.

"What's going on with the IRA? They're businessmen, savvy businessmen, and they're not going to get tangled up with us over the interest on our debts. They definitely have a bigger Dong Zhuo. Otherwise, we wouldn't have done anything more beneficial. Dong Zhuo asked.

"My lord, there is indeed news from the Republican Army, they want to expand our trade quota, and at the same time, they also hope to order more surrounding areas to trade with them, and open up some places to become their trade markets, all of which are around the Republican Army." Li Wei said.

"Well, that's true, and it should be let go. Only such conditions can satisfy the appetite of the Republican Army. They are never satisfied. Dong Zhuo said.

Li Wei is also very helpless, they are currently very dependent on the Republican Army, if the Republican Army does not provide them with weapons and financial help, they can certainly achieve so much, but if they want to do so much, they still need to spend more time to do it. This is probably the last thing they want to face.

"However, in this matter, we can also test the attitude of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and take the opportunity to transfer it, if they can agree, it will show that we still have more opportunities." Dong Zhuo said with a smile. Li Dao suddenly understood Dong Zhuo's thoughts.

Dong Zhuo supported King Chen as emperor. This move was dissatisfied with many ministers of the DPRK and China. Especially for Dong Zhuo's status, they are very opposed. This made Dong Zhuo very jealous, he wanted to find something and take the opportunity to kill some people who opposed him. In this way, he has a greater chance of having a say. Perhaps this is the best opportunity of all. In this regard, he himself is very willing to see it.

Inside Cao Cao's residence.

"This republican army is the most important force to fight for, don't you see, those Dong Zhuo can only maintain the situation by relying on the republican army, otherwise why is this so, if we continue to oppose negotiations with the republican army, what will be the result, we will push the republican army to the opposite side, Dong Zhuo goes, the situation will be even more unfavorable." Cao Cao said.

Dong Zhuo's power is very strong, and he inevitably controls the situation between the DPRK and China, and many civil and military officials oppose it, but Dong Zhuo has no choice but to be powerful. Cao Cao suggested that he should make friends with the Republican Army, cut off Dong Zhuo's logistical supplies and financial support, and as the support of the imperial court, the Republican Army should be recognized as an independent state. And give a certain amount of friendship. For example, open up more markets, borrow more bank loans, and so on.

These measures will undoubtedly reduce some of Dong Zhuo's strength and increase his own strength, which is the best approach, but unfortunately, both the civil and military are opposed, and regard Cao Cao as an outlier, they think that Cao Cao's move is extremely rebellious. Cao Cao couldn't get angry, so he could only come back and laugh and sarcastically. But there was nothing to be done.

"Neither the court nor the Chinese nor the martial arts can conspire with the son." Xi Zhicai said so.

Cao Cao agreed, but there was nothing he could do, because many things were no longer beyond their control. Under such circumstances, Cao Cao believed that assassination was the only way to do it.

Most of the Chinese military's views on the Republican Army were based on the one-sided views of others, such as Yuan Shao, even though he had gone out to serve as the Bohai Taishou. But the view of the IRA is still extremely unfriendly. He is even extremely biased, believing that the Republican Army is an army of mud-legged businessmen who are forgetful of their interests and cannot take on great responsibilities at all.

It is precisely under this view that the public is directly misled, and their views of the Republican Army are generally unfriendly, and this situation continues to this day. Cao Cao alone knew about the Republican Army, but he had no way to deal with more different opinions, which made him very passive, and even, became extremely difficult, which made him very disadvantageous, and if such a situation continued, he himself did not know how to deal with it.

"Ugh." Cao Cao sighed. Dong Zhuo's strength is too great. It can only be coped with with the help of the Republican Army. But it was too difficult to draw the IRA to its side.

Luzhou. A military exercise is underway,

The 3rd and 5th Infantry Divisions conducted a confrontational military exercise.

Things seem to be going wrong with the 3rd Infantry Division.

"According to the rules of the exercise, you have been ambushed, and the terrain is very unfavorable to you, and under normal circumstances, you should pay attention to such terrain that is conducive to enemy ambushes." One lieutenant said this with a notebook. Then the number of people was counted, and they were killed.

"Damn." Cao Ang scolded. This is the first time they have participated in such a large-scale military exercise, but the situation does not seem to be too good. Second Lieutenant Cao Ang led his platoon and followed his captain and company commander to attack in a roundabout way, and when Cao Ang advanced, he objected to advancing from the bottom of a small valley in this way, because it would be easier to suffer from the vicinity, and besides, tactically everyone was the same, he suggested taking a wider road, and advancing in a cordon formation, so that they would not be ambushed.

But his company commander didn't think so, he thought that Cao Ang was still a rookie in the military academy and was not bold enough. Never been on the battlefield.

Their commander, the company commander, was a retired officer who had fought in many battles, the early Battle of Handan, and the Battle of Hedong, when he was discharged from the army and re-drafted for active duty, he was the local police inspector.

The military experience of the commander is important, but yes, the new batch of combat officers of the Republican Army has basically been disconnected to a certain extent. In addition, most of the previous officers were promoted from the bottom, and their level of education was very limited, and some of them did not know all the words, but they had combat experience. As for the cadets drawn from military academies, most of these officers look down on them, because they believe that the officers who fight are really good officers. As for the officers taught in the school, most of them scoffed.

But new tactical modes, as well as advances in weapons, are changing, plus changes in communications, and so on, all of which are changing some of the rules of engagement.

For example, their company commanders still use arquebuses when they fight, but now they have used some first-class weapons, and their combat efficiency has been greatly improved. Communications are also improving. Combat has become more flexible. Some combat experience turned into poison on the battlefield.

There is nothing wrong with the kind of roundabouts that emphasize boldness in the past, but they also need some investigative support. Avoid bigger losses.

But these experienced officers simply could not undertake such reconnaissance tasks. They will not take the initiative to put forward such views, so it has caused such unfavorable situations.

Cao Ang's company was killed by 85 percent of its personnel at once, and the captain was still arguing. But Cao Ang was indignant, they originally planned to do a big job, but as a result, the whole company was reimbursed all at once. It's a pity.

Advances in weapons have caused a lot of damage. But in the opinion of those officers, it is impossible to inflict such casualties, at most only a third, but this is large enough.

Many soldiers believed that Cao Ang could serve as their commander if their company commander was killed.