The Republican Army, the Office of the Chief of Defense of Hexi, is not only the center of Hexi's defense, but also a center for the management of law and order by the Republican Army Police Department.

Lieutenant Colonel Li Yun sat in his position with a sad brow, looking at the information in his hand.

Recently, Dong Zhuojun's transfer is very abnormal. A few days ago, the garrison on opposite them suddenly increased to three thousand people, and Hexi. The total number of troops they could mobilize was only more than 300 people. The security police force consisted of only 50 men, plus more than 200 militiamen, and officers who had been temporarily transferred from various places. This is an important military force in Li Yun's hands. They did not have a single artillery, only individual firearms with plenty of ammunition.

Considering the importance of their geographical location. After all, this is an important bridgehead for the Republican Army to enter Guanzhong. The Republican Army has stockpiled large quantities of weapons and ammunition here. More than fifteen thousand firearms. and an ample half a million rounds of ammunition. However, there was no artillery, not a single cannon. There is a serious shortage of military power in their hands. They can only hold a large amount of ammunition empty. But there are not enough people to deal with possible crises.

The geographical location of Hexi is very important, and Li Yun understands this very well, but there are too many people in circulation here. There are less than 2,000 people living here. This was after the Republican occupation of the area, and the people of the neighborhood gathered here because of the light taxes here. But his circulating population is as high as about 100,000. The trade in customs clearance has allowed this place, which seems to be only the size of a small town, to develop rapidly.

The problem with the huge floating population is that they are unable to recruit more militias and armed forces in time. According to the relevant agreement, the Republican Army can only station police and militia forces here, and there are two infantry companies nearby, but the infantry company belongs to the Hedong Military District, not him.

Bad things are still happening, according to the intelligence provided by the merchants they have bribed. Multiple businessmen have proven a point. On the surface, Dong Zhuojun only had 3,000 troops stationed here, but in several nearby areas, more troops were secretly stationed, and the estimated data ranged from 5,000 to 10,000 people, and it may even be more.

In this way, Li Yun's defense pressure is very great, because it is impossible for him to rely on 300 people to repel the attack of more than 10,000 people on the other side, and the other side may also be equipped with artillery, but they do not have a single artillery. Can they just give up here? No, that's obviously not going to be possible. It was an important bridgehead and an important distribution center for supplies, and merchants from Hedong built too many warehouses here. If it is lost, the losses will be heavy. You will face a great disaster. But how to deal with such a serious threat. This made Li Yun feel very tricky.

Take into account the pressure of your own defense. Li Yun decided to send a telegram to his boss. He wanted to build a battery nearby. Or the need to increase his defense forces. These are all important ways to deal with the current crisis in Hexi.

However, most of the telegrams sent by Li Yun did not receive a clear response, and the General Staff only said that they knew. In this regard, Li Yun had no idea what their role was here.

The General Staff is still very clear about what happened in Hexi, but in order not to provoke Dong Zhuo, the Republican Army did not clearly transfer troops to Hexi, and Hexi still maintained its apparent calm. Perhaps, calm is the greatest weapon of destruction.

In the Hedong Military Region of the Republican Army, two infantry divisions were stationed here, and a cavalry battalion was attached to it. There are also a lot of artillery units, more than five artillery battalions are attached here, and they are equipped with five-inch guns. It was very powerful, and each battalion was equipped with a tall number of twenty-four guns. The number of artillery equipment is also very impressive, except for the 120 heavy guns here. There are also more than one hundred and fifty three-inch caliber infantry guns, and not only these, but three engineering battalion units are also stationed here. Apparently, the IRA is waiting for a signal. Once Dong Zhuo launched the attack first, they could reinforce them in time at any time. The IRA is waiting for a suitable opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the other side.

Jingshi, Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo lived in the mansion of the former general. It's nicely decorated. For Dong Zhuo, who enjoys material things, it is also a good choice.

"Money, money, money." Dong Zhuo looked at Guo Yan in distress.

The scale of Dong Zhuo's army was very fast, and the number of troops expanded rapidly from 100,000 to 220,000. The number of troops has expanded considerably. But the weapons and equipment did not keep up in time.

Like what. Infantry regiments numbered after two hundred, each regiment had only five hundred men, and according to the normal establishment, an infantry regiment should have at least two thousand men. But there were really no more soldiers in the vicinity. And an infantry regiment of 500 people like this is not just this one, but as high as more than 20, but the number on their roster is better, more than 2,000 people, but some regiments only look like 300 people.

How to raise such a large number of people. The answer is empty pay. For example, two hundred regiments. There were only 500 people in their regiment, but there were more than 2,000 people on the roster, and the remaining 1,500 people turned out to be part-time. They came from other fraternal units. If there is an inspection, or when there is a war, they will run over from other regiments to order it. In this way, the number of people is sufficient for the time being. How clever it is. And there are many such regiments.

The infantry regiment was divided into three, six, nine and so on. A, B, C, D. The worst thing is their T-shaped group. And even on the excellent A regiment. Empty pay is also a frequent occurrence. For example, it is disabled. The first regiment was later replenished. According to the strength of the force, they should have 5,000 men, artillery, sappers, infantry should be neatly equipped, but alas, their actual strength is only 3,000 people. Relying on "part-time", his strength once reached 4,500 people.

This is the disparity in strength. And the gap in weapons is even greater.

The first-class regiment has the strongest strength and better weaponry. For example, the first regiment was equipped with flintlocks, and by purchasing, looting, and financing, the weapons and equipment were very good. But the number of artillery was much worse, they were supposed to have an artillery battalion with twenty guns. Built in accordance with the artillery battalion of the Republican Army. But even a shrunken twenty guns. It turned out to be only nine guns. To raise artillery. The West Park Arsenal had to step up its casting. But they forged heavy iron cannons. Not to mention bulky, not very powerful.

And two levels of ethyl and d. Their situation was much worse, and they were using the arquebus. Even, take out the guns of the Xiyuan New Army and equip them. This huge weapon became the mass killer of their regiment. But even so, infantry weapons were still scarce, with an average of one for five people.

The worst of all is the T-group, and their condition is at its worst. They did not have firearms, and they used obsolete cold weapons. And the soldiers ate the worst. You even need to solve the problem of food supply by yourself. Military discipline can be imagined, in order to eat, they will definitely adopt all kinds of methods.

Soldiers extorted, robbery was frequent. However, their commander has lived in Luoyang City for a long time. For his subordinates, he is like herding sheep.

Dong Zhuo is ambitious, and ambitious. But his weaponry is in terrible condition. The number of artillery pieces at the second and second levels is in single digits, and some regiments have only one artillery, and it is rusty, so whether it can be fired or not is another option. Guo hopes to change that. Therefore, the only solution at the moment is to add money. Fix this. Very simple.

But for Dong Zhuo, it's a headache.

"My lord, the Republican Army will not recognize the legitimacy of our banknotes, they refuse to accept our banknotes. They accept metal currency, or other goods in exchange, in short. To a large extent, our arms imports come from this. Guo Yan said.

Dong Zhuo had a headache. Paper money only solves some problems in the country. For example, circulation, and the salaries of soldiers. However, in terms of trade with the Republican Army, the banknotes issued by Dong Zhuo are still a piece of waste paper, and they cannot play the role of currency at all.

The IRA has made it clear that it rejects this waste paper-like currency. As a result, Dong Zhuo is still in the predicament of disaster when it comes to importing weapons.

"You go down first." Dong Zhuo waved his hand to signal Guo Yan to arrive. He's having a headache right now. I didn't know how to solve this problem at all, and Li Dao came in at this time. He came to report on the printing of the banknotes, and they began to print large denominations of banknotes with a face value of more than a thousand. But Dong Zhuo still did not think that he could meet the current situation, and he decided to issue a larger denomination. 10,000 dollar notes.

It's just crazy to do it. Li Wei hopes to stabilize the current situation.

"Look at it, everywhere and asking me for money. How did the money come from? Am I going to sell the concubines in the palace? Dong Zhuo said impatiently to Li Dao. He is complaining to Li Dao, and at the same time complaining, he also has his own difficulties.

"Lord, this, this matter is not easy to do." Li Dao also said helplessly.

Dong Zhuo shook his head and said he couldn't accept it.

"That's right. This banknote can be printed, can this bond like the IRA be printed? Dong Zhuo suddenly asked. Dong Zhuo felt that his brain was very good and very smart, because no one had ever thought of such a question.

"Yes, surely." Dong Zhuo said excitedly. And Li Dao has not yet answered. He didn't even know how to deal with such a dilemma.

"Sure, sure. In this way, our financial problems have been completely solved. Dong Zhuo said excitedly.