The battle outside Bishui Pass was extremely stalemate, the Kwantung Coalition Army could not occupy the first line of defense, and Dong Zhuo's army continued to kill and injure the Kwantung Coalition Army through the first line of defense, and the casualties on both sides continued to rise, but the entire front did not move at all. Many people are extremely disgusted by such battles, but they are reluctant to participate in them.

"That's a huge murderous millstone." Liu Bei said to Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei felt very annoyed when he saw such a battle, he took the initiative to ask for a battle, Liu Xuande's headquarters only had a total of nine hundred people, if this person really attacked, it would be quite dangerous, and he might suffer considerable losses at once, Liu Bei was resolutely not allowed, he had already seen that if they really attacked like this, maybe their corpses would soon fill the ravines there, I really don't know what such a war is.

"Ugh." Zhang Fei was in a hurry, stomped his feet and left. Such a battle is really annoying to watch. has the ability to be empty, but he can only watch the front line fight like this.

The new battle brought huge casualties, such casualties, so that many generals feel very worried, if the number of casualties is large, it will seriously drag down their strength, for example, as the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, hurriedly sent his two generals, Yan Liangwen Chou, to the rear to escort grain and grass, so that in the first round of consumption of strength, excessive, early loss of their strength. Cao Cao, on the other hand, took the attitude of defending first and kept digging trenches. In this way, it can be regarded as avoiding the ferocious loss of strength in this section.

Inside Luoyang City.

A checkpoint outside Dongdaemun stopped the convoy carrying supplies and demanded bribes.

"Give it to them. Don't get too away from it. A middle-aged man stopped the young man and said.

And several Dong Zhuojun soldiers were noisily about checking it, and as they spoke, they dragged down a few bags of grain and forcibly searched them. If this were to be done, it would be extremely detrimental to the food supply of the Republican Army.

"Give them quickly, quickly, isn't it just some food." The middle-aged man hurriedly intercepted it. The convoy consisted of thirty ox carts, all of which were filled with many, many grains that were life-saving food for many people. Although there is a big secret agreement between the Republican Army and Dong Zhuo.

However, there is a big difference between the policy above and the attitude below. The difference lies in the soldier's eating card.

There is a hair on the top, but they still have to live on their own, and the banknotes issued are small to wipe their buttocks. They don't usually have enough to eat, let alone have other needs. Guarding a place as big as Luoyang, they really have their own difficulties.

But the Republican Army is extremely wealthy, and they dare not do anything to the Republican Army in peacetime, because the Republican Army has firearms, but they dare to do anything about this large-scale operation. Because both sides have complaints in it, it will naturally not grow on a large scale.

"Hmph. What can you eat if we don't have enough to eat? The soldier said. They seem to be used to it. They are extremely satisfied with this, and even feel that they can do a lot of things, and they are in a state of doing it.

Soon a group of soldiers began to pick out their favorite things, those supplements transported from the east of the river, especially things like compressed biscuits, they threw them directly on the ground, because of this thing, they ate on fire, constantly nauseated, sour water, very unpalatable, and their mouths were full of bubbles. The point is that this thing, I don't know what it's made of, is harder than floor tiles. It has to be boiled in boiling water for half an hour. It tastes weird, and the only good thing about this stuff is to fight hunger. I didn't want to eat for a full day.

But it's just unpalatable. They are extremely disgusted with this food, and many people are extremely relentless about this food, and they need meat, alcohol, and especially milk powder.

Their superiors were particularly fond of this thing. Sweet, but don't know how to drink it well. In short, this is an extremely strange thing.

An intelligence observer stood on a high spot with a telescope and watched the scene.

The military strength of the Republican Army is still being assembled, and the change in the situation is not too obvious, so the Republican Army has not sent troops on a large scale, and the military strength is far from reaching such a place, which is a very unfavorable situation for them. Therefore, the Republican Army can only endure some of the practices of some low-level officers.

In fact, Dong Zhuo secretly acquiesced in this, and they encouraged the junior officers to do so, constantly creating some trouble for the Republican Army, and they could also get some benefits. After all, Luoyang no longer has much good oil and water to interest them.

The IRA can protest, but the protest will have no obvious effect, and on the contrary, it will be deliberately retaliated against. Dong Zhuo had already seen the shortcomings of the Republican Army's inability to receive military support, which is why they so secretly acquiesced in allowing this situation to develop further. The Republican Army had no choice but to reduce as much as possible the things in the supplies that were not of interest to the lower-ranking officers and soldiers.

For example, they observed a food product. Compressed biscuits. Dong Zhuojun was very appreciative of this kind of food at first, after all, this thing, when they are full, they can maintain their physical strength for a long, long time. But I don't know when, maybe it will be a large-scale aid, after all, this thing, the Republican Army still has a lot of stocks, mainly to deal with possible disasters, as well as war mobilization.

The IRA used to make half of the year's harvest into this emergency food. Because of its long shelf life, it is necessary to cope with possible disasters, such as sudden wars, and possible droughts. During the Xiaoice period, the Republican Army continued to import grain to the greatest extent possible to make this food.

As a result, the Republican Army has developed steadily, and the preservation of this food is quite large, and it may take five years for the Republican Army to distribute all this food for war. Because there are a lot of other things involved, for example, wheat bran. It's a hard thing to digest. Plus some dairy products from the north, or meat products. The chewiness is greater. Even gnawing can't move.

The shelf life is very long, usually three years. There are even some people who have done some experiments and this thing has survived in extremely humid environments. It's just that there's some rot on the surface.

It can be seen that in some special periods, this is definitely good food, but in some special periods, under certain conditions, it is definitely a disaster.

The loss of transporting large quantities of grain is very serious, and the calories are different.

Many Luoyang people have gone bankrupt, they have nothing, and if they want to survive, the only way is to rely on relief. But the food problem is still a big problem, coupled with the harassment of Dong Zhuojun's soldiers. Deaths of starvation continue to occur in the IRA-controlled security zone.

Because part of the grain is consumed to the greatest extent.

How to reduce such a kind of loss. The plan given by the IRA intelligence department was to bring in a large number of compressed biscuits, because this kind of food Dong Zhuojun soldiers would not be interested, they could not even destroy it, and they could burn it with fire, unless it was specially burned. And if it is destroyed, it will take a lot of effort to do it, and it can be seen that this kind of food has become the worst material existence, in the eyes of Dong Zhuojun's soldiers.

But this kind of food is good food for the people of Luoyang who are waiting for rescue. They felt like they had never eaten anything so delicious.

Although the boiling time is very long, almost an hour, but after an hour, the taste, coupled with the feeling of fullness after eating, makes those Luoyang people feel full of happiness. For Dong Zhuojun's soldiers, this is a disaster food, but for more Luoyang people, this is a good thing.

Handan, in the securities market, Li Li was eating while reading the economic reports in the newspaper, as well as related analysis, the newspaper gossip is unbelievable, but if you don't even read the economic situation, it's really bad.

In Handan, he can also know what happened in Luoyang.

The Republican Army decided to create a safe area there to help the people of Luoyang tide over the difficulties, but how to get through such difficulties, as well as some reports written in the newspapers.

There are a large number of victims in Luoyang, who are bankrupt, have no property, no source of food, and no income to speak of.

Newspaper reports suggest that it can be done by exchanging food for work, and that a large number of factories can be relocated there, and then workers can be recruited to carry out the work. And in return, they just have to provide food. This will prevent a bigger catastrophe.

That's what the IRA did in the past.

It's a great way to do it, and there are a lot of advantages.

First, there is a large number of cheap labor in Luoyang, and they are very cheap, even if they only need to provide food, without providing remuneration. You must know that Handan's treatment has improved a lot, and the labor cost has risen rapidly.

Second, that is industrial upgrading, many factories have a great demand for cheap labor, but the rise in labor costs has overwhelmed them, and this kind of enterprise can only be transferred out, otherwise, they will go out of business. This is the only way out.

Third, it is the demand for trade, and Luoyang's location is very important, at a crossroads. Trade is very convenient. But what about the product? If you set up a factory in the local area, you can avoid this problem to the greatest extent, which is a very beneficial thing for them, and in such a situation, it is a new development for them. That's what they're best able to do right now. But how long can this last? They don't have to think about it for a while.