The problem that the Republican Army considers is very practical, that is, how to maximize their trade, this problem is still very big at present, first of all, the surrounding places are not cooperative, they have nothing to do, and they stand on the commanding heights of what they consider "moral" to attack the Republican Army, and they think that the Republican Army is all businessmen. The status of a businessman should not be given a higher status.

This made the trade expansion of the IRA extremely troublesome, passive, and even difficult to carry out many things, which became very difficult for them. But they still have to face this problem.

Therefore, Shang Wu and Jia Xu each thought of a southward strategy and an eastward strategy. Shang Wu's idea was to rely on the development to the east, open up the sea to the sea, and conduct overseas trade. Expand the market, but first they have to open the market in order to develop, and this, they can't do it yet. On the other hand, Jia Xu has become very realistic, he knows what the Republican Army needs, and it has become very realistic to move south.

First of all, their first target was Luoyang, which has a dense population. The market potential is huge. Second, his position is also very important, occupying Luoyang, can occupy a very important crossroads, whether it is to the east, or to the west, to the south. The Republican Army can develop very well. Occupying such a place will bring great development and convenience to the Republican Army, this is Jia Xu's view, but from a long-term point of view, after occupying Luoyang, there will be great difficulties in continuing to develop, first of all, if you contact various places, it is bound to need more developed transportation. But the development of the railroad requires a lot of investment to operate, and the Republican Army has now invested more money in the railway. It seems impossible to expand investment in railways, which makes it difficult to develop potential in the future.

At the same time, the investment in the railway is too large, the cost is very large, and whether they can get enough demand in the end, they are not very clear, this is unknown for the Republican Army, and the unknown will become extremely unstable, and even many uncontrollable factors will appear, and these factors will become extremely difficult for the Republican Army. This is definitely not something that the IRA can solve.

Jia Xu's plan makes the current strategy of the IRA workable, but in the future, they will fall into another dilemma, but for the sake of current interests. Again, they had to do it.

Outside the Yanmen Pass, the battle is underway. For the things that the War Department thinks, it is not something that they can involve and take into account. They still have a lot to do.

For example, sneak attacks.

"They're doing a great job. This is the right way to use cavalry. Zhou Cang took the binoculars to check the firelight in the distance. It's the darkest time before dawn, but it's also the time when sneak attacks are most likely to succeed. The Confederates attacked well.

Their grenadiers, in particular, played a big role. The steppe nomadic soldiers seem to be inherently terrified of this kind of explosive weapon, and they are not yet accustomed to the shock of such a huge explosion.

The camp that was careless was easily infiltrated by the grenadiers, and then they threw their hands everywhere, and the explosions kept coming in the camp, and then the camp suddenly fell into great chaos, if the Republican Army took the opportunity to attack, it would definitely reap great results, but unfortunately, the cavalry units of the Confederates refused to attack, they believed that the grenadiers trained by the League did not cooperate with them to fight, and at the same time, they themselves would have all kinds of contradictions, under such contradictions, They simply can't expand their gains, and that's the problem they're having right now.

But the results are already very good. Judging by the chaos of the other party's camp. Zhou Cang believes that at least more than 2,000 people will be killed on the other side, and they will not die from the attack of the hand **, but the riot of their own people, which is difficult to stop. The only thing you can do is let the riot go on and then he'll calm himself down. This is the disaster that chaos brings. Fear spreads at a rate that is unbearable for all of us.

Zhang Liao asked the grenadiers to infiltrate into the opponent's camp as a ranked unit, and then fight according to the squad, each of them carried at least thirty hands**, and they could blow up the target they saw as the most valuable. Of course. There was also more than a company of firearms on the periphery, and archers were waiting. They are responsible for the reception.

The attack went smoothly, and the explosions kept coming, completely plunging the opponent's camp into great chaos, which was also a kind of smoothness. This victory. It's a very good time.

Zhang Liao did not know the casualties of the other side, but their casualties were not very large, three grenadiers were killed, five were wounded, and one was missing, as for the specific situation? Zhang Liao is not clear, but it can be proven that the Allied soldiers can also exert superhuman combat effectiveness under the condition of certain training and equipped with certain weapons, for example, grenadiers, they have the courage to enter the opponent's camp. At the same time, using their advantages, a large number of explosive weapons to inflict great damage on the opponent, creating more chaos, if in a war, they are indispensable surprise soldiers. Zhang Liao believes that they can do a lot of things that they have never done properly before. This is a very important point for them.

As long as the Republican Army gives these allies some opportunities and suitable conditions, Zhang Liao believes that they will inevitably do very well. This is Zhang Liao's view, but their superiors' opinion of the Allied Army is not too high, they believe that the Allied Army is only suitable for defensive tasks, and for offensive tasks, they are still not suitable, and they still cannot hold out great hopes for expanding their greater combat effectiveness.

Jingshi, outside the gate of Luoyang Palace.

Angry, Wang Yun tore the banknote in his hand to shreds. And then walked away.

Some officials have followed suit. Dong Zhuo still needs civil and military officials, but he really has no money, and Dong Zhuo is now secretly doing some ulterior business.

For example, some of the artifacts in the palace were secretly shipped out in batches and sold to the Republican Army antiquities dealers. They hope for these things, think that these are all good things, Dong Zhuo has been doing this, it can be said that in order to raise military spending, this matter, he has done a lot of things.

But for the civil and military officials. Dong Zhuo always used new banknotes to deal with it, and the denominations were all very large. An official's money was actually handed out with only two banknotes. And Dong Zhuo also pretended to be generous and distributed more.

Many officials were very angry about this, because these banknotes could not be spent at all. Of course, you can spend it, but if you do that, you need to become a bandit like Dong Zhuojun. What is the difference between forcibly buying things in the hands of others and oppressing the people? Dong Zhuo is forcing them to oppress the people, which is even more shameful.

Therefore, after Wang Yun got the banknote, he tore it off directly. He protested in such a way, but this approach simply did not solve the fundamental problem.

In order to show his care for his soldiers, Dong Zhuo immediately issued the second batch of military salaries. This exacerbates their situation in a most difficult state, in which they will be in a state of total calamity, a situation that will completely plunge them into a total calamity.

Luoyang was in the midst of a huge currency crisis, and the turmoil caused by paper money was not the most terrible.

"What we are most worried about is that after Luoyang suffers such an economic chaos, the economy may enter an unprecedented depression, a large number of people will be lost, and at the same time, it will be very difficult for the economy to re-establish." Local intelligence officials wrote worriedly. They hope that they can use some diplomatic means to force Dong Zhuo to alleviate some of these practices, so that their situation will be better.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"In the Hexi region, there is a garrison of Dong Zhuo's army, and although their number is three thousand, they cannot pose a threat to us for the time being, but this is an attitude. It shows that Dong Zhuo has taken great precautions against us. It's going to be a big bad situation for us. Jia Xu said.

Shangwu nodded in agreement.

Because Dong Zhuo did not express the possibility of garrisoning troops nearby. But now, suddenly with a force of 3,000 people, in Shangwu's view, there may be follow-up actions, and these actions are all indicating a signal, Dong Zhuo expressed a kind of protest and dissatisfaction with the Republican Army's practices, he believes that any actions of the Republican Army will bring them great trouble, and in such a situation, he will not allow such a thing to happen.

"Should we also actively increase our troops, and, I think, Dong Zhuo, with the strengthening of his power, has already expressed some dissatisfaction with us, and these dissatisfaction will pose a great threat to us to the greatest extent." Jia Xu said.

"Let's not provoke each other for a while. If we are drawn into a war too early, it is not us, nor Dong Zhuo, who will benefit the most, but the Kwantung coalition army. Shang Wu said.

"Although their military power is weak, they are huge, and we must be the last to attack, otherwise it will be very bad for us." Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu nodded in agreement, after all, the Republican Army did not want to get involved too early.