"Look at the ones who do the business. Better than us. Pei Yuanshao said a little unwillingly.

It took them a lot of effort to fight in a stalemate with the Wuhuan cavalry. But the merchants who followed later easily turned these difficult Wuhuan cavalry into obedience to their orders. Many Wuhuan tribes have moved to areas controlled by the Republican Army. The Republican Separate Infantry Division also expanded a range of one hundred to one hundred and twenty miles to the north.

"Forget it. Don't look at it. Let's put our own military forces in order. Pei Yuanshao said a little angrily.

The Wuhuan people have no money, but they have the advantage of their own resources, that is, they are brave, extremely brave in scattered battles, and they are good cavalry mercenaries.

The poor Wuhuan people can't afford to fight any war. The cold winter has come, but the Wuhuan people have nothing to gain in this battle. On the contrary, they also pay a significant cost. There are many contradictions between the tribes. But fortunately, trade with the Republican Army was opened. It's the only thing they're happy about.

But to their sad discovery, they had no money. And they can't afford the necessities they desperately need. Grain, salt, iron pots, cloth, even iron tools, etc., as long as the Republican merchants provided something, they lacked, and many Wuhuan people could only watch those things arrive. But they can't afford it.

"Come on. It's okay. Come on. Come here, just mortgage the tribe, your tribe as a mortgage, and the men as good cavalry. To Hexi Prefecture, or to the north, capture the Huns. Xianbei people. Or someone else, as long as they can bring slaves. You can all borrow money, and with money, you can buy many, many things. A bank clerk shouted loudly. A man from a nomadic tribe shouted loudly in Wuhuan dialect. Many tribal leaders paused, and then stepped forward to inquire. Some tribal leaders boldly borrowed money and mortgaged their tribes to the Republican Army. Then hold a thick piece of paper. The staff told them that the pieces of paper could buy the food, salt, iron pots, cloth, iron, and even weapons they needed.

When the first purchase is successful. More and more Wuhuan tribal leaders are joining them. They tasted the sweetness. Although the price to pay can be dangerous.

The Wuhuan people have no money, but they have military power. The Republican Army needed these Wuhuan cavalry. But in return, the Wuhuan tribe needs to mortgage their entire tribe, after all, the Republican army has lent them a sum of money. With this money, they can buy all kinds of daily necessities to support their tribe through the difficult times. At the same time, they also need to repay the loan, as well as interest. The interest is not very much. But how to repay becomes a difficult problem for them.

The Republican Army Bank gave a target, to the north to sneak up on the Huns, the Xianbei people. They only want these prisoners of war, and if there are other trophies, they will accept them.

The Wuhuan people in a low-end state want to keep their tribe alive, this is the only way.

The Wuhuan people who pressed the money began to spend.

There are a lot of goods that they need to buy. Grain, forage, medicine. In particular, iron tools, as well as well-made weapons, were their preferred commodities. Because they need this, and without that, they will have a hard time getting through. That's where they are at the moment.

The banks borrowed, the Wuhuan people had money to buy, and a large amount of money went into the merchant's pocket again through exchange, and in this way trade was driven, production was driven, and everything was good. All Wuhuan people pay is to repay interest. This is just the beginning of a pit. It turned out to be as simple as they thought.

Tribesmen, women, and children were held hostage and had to enter the Republican Army's controlled areas.

This is a combat mission that the Republican Army has not completed. But the businessman did just that. This made the officers and men of the independent division feel very helpless.

Because merchants' goods are more useful than their bullets and shells.

However, now the independent infantry divisions are not in a position to do this, because the independent infantry divisions are in the process of integrating guerrilla units. The number of personnel was re-maintained at about 12,000. Suitable to stay. If it is not suitable, it will be arranged in a new place. Resume. They will issue land bonds. A lot of people sell their land bonds and go to the county seats, or big cities, and they become the new labor force. There is a lot of manpower needed. Because the trade has begun. This is where it is extremely beneficial for them. As long as you have hands, you don't have to worry about having no work to do, and there is no danger.

The problem of merging states was thus solved. It was easy to solve, and a lot of people got enough benefits.

Hedong. Inside Ma Heng's headquarters.

"The contradiction between the Huns and our fortress is very acute, and there seems to be no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides. In the demilitarized zone, the Huns attacked every day, and one of our fortresses would suffer more than five hundred people a total of three times a day. This number has never been seen in the past, and the harassment of 100 people has reached an astonishing 700 times. And this trend is increasing day by day. The operational staff officer said with great concern.

Compared with the improvement of the situation in Hexi Prefecture, the contradiction between the Republican Army and the demilitarized zone in Hexi Prefecture can be described as quite bad.

Because of counterfeit and shoddy products. The Huns wanted an explanation. Because the Huns felt that the republican army had deceived them, that is, they had deceived them. They need compensation. A compensation price of up to 30 million dollars was proposed. This condition was simply not acceptable to the Republican Army.

What little trust there was between the Huns and the Republican Army was broken. The Huns couldn't swallow a breath and had to challenge every time. And the IRA demilitarized zone resolutely resisted. And secretly increase military power. The civilian military originally had more than 1,200 policemen. But in the month that followed, the IRA grew dramatically to more than 5,000 police officers. Not only that, but the militia has also increased considerably. Some of the various armed forces recruited from Hedong joined the police patrol force. The tension between the two sides has not been fundamentally alleviated, on the contrary, the two sides have become more and more severe. This has led to the development of the situation towards a highly uncontrollable situation.

"Sir, a big war may not be avoidable. At this time, if there is a fight. There may be some disadvantages for us. The operational staff officer said. It was difficult for the Republican Army, which lacked the necessary mobile forces, to cope with the situation, and they had only one cavalry regiment and currently lacked a cavalry battalion. Although the cavalry has also expanded somewhat, it is basically a cavalry company, and it is difficult to expand to a larger scope again.

"Well, we lack cavalry, which makes our ability to take the initiative to strike is very limited, and we can basically only huddle in a very limited place. It doesn't seem to be very big to take the initiative and inflict a blow on the other side. Ma Heng said helplessly. The demilitarized zone is the buffer zone. The Republican Army can only squeeze each other through defense. This is very bad for the Republican Army.

Ma Heng also wanted to attack the other side by taking the initiative again and again, but they lacked such military strength.

"Well, sir, what if we use some new technology? I heard that in Handan, there is already a small train that uses coal to drive a steam engine. Although the number of troops brought is not very large, if it is equipped with artillery and firearms, it is estimated that a platoon should be fine. Plus protection. There should be no problem, we lay the rails, advance slowly, we march step by step, and we have followers in the rear. The train can not only provide supplies, but also launch an attack, and make an iron box on the outside with firearms inside, and I think that even ordinary people can not cope with such a situation. The operational staff officer said.

"It's a very good idea." Ma Heng applauded. He thought the idea was good.

"But, money. I know, this thing just appeared, absolutely expensive, so used on it, and besides, the rails, those Huns will definitely rip off our rails. It's also very bad for us. Ma Heng said.

IRA staff officers are beginning to think of other ways to solve the problem, and they may be the first to try to use technology to solve the problem.

New things come up, and they always want to use them to their advantage, and in this way, their situation will become much more advantageous.

"This. There seems to be something unlikely. The operational staff officer thought for a moment. That's true. First of all, there is the question of money. Expansion of some cavalry battalions could not be done. With the reduction of military spending, it is obviously impossible to do such a thing.

Not only that, but there are other things, like, they have many other things that need to be done.

Laying railroad tracks, the Huns were short of iron tools. If the railroad tracks were laid, one situation would be that the Huns would most likely rip off all the rails and drag them away, and they still lacked such things.

In this way, the idea of using a train of new things to fight does not seem to be feasible.

"That's a good idea, let's think of something else. Maybe there are some other ways to make up for it. Ma Heng encouraged.

This kind of thing can't be so absolute, like the firearms they use. There had never been a firearm before, and they had won in some ways like this. Maybe it's not a mature idea, but they can still try, but it costs some money.

They were extremely lacking in mobile forces, which was really extremely disadvantageous, and the Republican Army had to think of such an idea. This is also an extremely helpless thing, after all, this situation is also a relatively difficult situation for them to accept. New things can help them solve their problems.