"I think that's all there is to it." Jia Xu nodded in agreement. Although it is a matter of two peoples, killing cannot promote the integration of the two peoples, and from the perspective of the problem solved by Shangwu, Shangwu intends to accelerate this national integration, killing is one way, and national integration is another way. And these Hun prisoners of war must first remove the elements that cannot be integrated in them.

Hard labor is obviously a good way to go. In this way, they can become extremely docile.

"After digging coal, is it possible for us to provide the cavalry units with some of the necessary men, and what I know is that in many places these soldiers can make a big difference. You know, in a situation like this, a lot of things are actually going in our best direction, and a lot of things that we have can actually make our situation much more favorable. Jia Xu said. Although the battle reports provided by the Republican Army indicate that the Republican cavalry exerted amazing combat effectiveness and that they could constantly attack the Hun tribes, this is not an explanation. The cavalry units of the Republican Army were very strong in combat, they had no shortcomings, they did not have some special conditions that were discovered, on the contrary, there were many, many more, and in such a situation, many things actually happened in extremely unfavorable circumstances for them. If you want to change such a situation, the most direct way is to directly bring these Huns up and supplement them to the fighting units of the Republican Army, so that they will have a great future for development. This is an unprecedented new attempt for the IRA, but at the same time it is a new situation that they will inevitably develop.

"Hmm. These Hun prisoners of war, they still have something that can be directly praised in many places, for example, their riding skills, can become a good instructor for our cavalry, and their tactics follow, after our weapon reform, there can be greater development, and the soldiers provided can also allow us to fight, but first of all, let them be loyal to us. We don't want someone who doesn't have loyalty to do something like that. You're right. Shang Wu said.

"Well, such a thing is settled. Although we didn't kill more prisoners of war, these prisoners of war will cause us some new problems, and I hope they will understand what we are using. Jia Xu said.

"Still. The second thing Ma Heng said looked confusing. Shang Wu handed the telegram to Jia Xu. Jia Xu has already seen it.

"Yes, it's a dog-tooth crossing. There are forces on all sides. There are local forces in Hedong, and the power of the imperial court cannot manage the local at all, which is different from us, we can go down to the locality, but at the same time, the local has a certain degree of autonomy, in short, this is the power relationship between the central and local governments, and we are currently dealing with it well, but we also need to pay attention to the local forces, such as this Zhoujiazhuang, they are the local big clans. Relying on the power of the clan, a kind of independent small kingdom was formed in the local area. Despite the militia that they themselves created, this is a big trouble for us. In addition, there are the White Wave Army, the imperial court, and our base areas, which are intertwined with each other, and even some local organizations have appeared spontaneously formed by the people, and they look like militias. The situation seems complicated. Jia Xu said.

"For specific problems, we should analyze and treat them differently, and we should organize them as much as possible, such as the simplest militias, so that we can attract them to us. As for those clan powers, it seems to be the hardest, because their economy is independent and closed. Shang Wu said.

The reason why clan power can exist for a long time is because of the characteristics of an agrarian society, in such a state, they naturally form a circle of their own, but the republican army does not want such a small circle to exist, because if it does, it will affect the security of the local area and the needs of central security, and it is also not conducive to expansion.

"We can't look at this issue concretely, we should think about such a thing from a higher perspective." Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. You're right, I just saw this as a general problem, and I didn't expect such a distant view. It seems that you are looking at the long term. Shang Wu nodded and said.

"This is not my long-term view, but many problems need our own attention, otherwise, many of our situations will undergo great changes, these local forces, there are in various places, we can not concentrate a lot of energy to think about the problem in this way, we should think about such a problem from a broader perspective, that is, macro, strategic perspective, we should form a momentum. If we completely reverse such a situation, then many of our situations will have greater development, which is the situation that we should develop the most, and if we can solve such a situation, it will be of great help to our development. Jia Xu said.

Jia Xu's statement gave Shangwu a lot of inspiration, Shangwu just saw him as a general problem at first, but this problem is universal, more than 2,000 years of feudal history, why is it divided for a long time must be combined for a long time. The reason is that the central economy can not integrate the local economy to a certain extent, and when the local economy develops to a certain extent, it will inevitably need greater integration, and such integration does not happen, on the contrary, because of the inherent closure of the feudal land system, which directly leads to the formation of their own small economic circle, and in the small economic circle, and then forms an independent political and military culture, which is the basis for the warlord separation.

Shang Wu knew very well that they would have to face such a foundation next, although they could complete the annexation in the same agricultural way, but after all, such a way of the same level, the attraction would naturally not be able to rise to a higher level, which would naturally not allow the Republican Army to have a greater advantage.

"Well, since you can think of such a point, you should have a countermeasure, otherwise, you wouldn't have reminded me to do it." Shang Wu said.

"Actually, we're already doing it ourselves. In your words, it is called the development of urbanization, the development of commercial trade, which accelerates the flow of people. The peasants, who had been attached to the land in the past, were now not in the factories and in the field of transportation, but also in the merchants, and the exchange of people was far greater than before, and the movement of hundreds of thousands of people was already a regular occurrence in the territory controlled by the Republican Army. Even in a city like Handan, when urbanization was developing rapidly, it had grown rapidly from tens of thousands of people to 300,000 people, or even more, and where did these people come from, the countryside. A large number of rural people, those who are attached to the land and rely on the land relationship for the rural people, have their own freedom, they have more relational choices, the relationship between the peasants and the land with the land as the link, the relationship between the peasant land and the landlord has changed greatly, and the gate valve will inevitably suffer a huge impact, because we need a stranger to the relationship of the city. The rapid development of urbanization will disrupt all relations and merge all relations, and the development of industrialization and urbanization will make this land relationship as a link to the land disintegrate by itself. Or weakened. Because they could not keep up with the path of industrialization. Jia Xu said.

"That's right, we're already doing it ourselves." Shang Wu really didn't think of such a point, but Jia Xu knew such a point, he was a person from the old system, if it wasn't for a complete comparison with the new system of the Republican Army, he didn't know these things, but now, he suddenly understood such a situation, this is a kind of progress for him, such a progress can make them develop faster. This contrast is very huge, because with the rapid development of industry and urbanization, industry needs people, and industry inevitably forms a confrontation with agriculture-based gate valves, but the gate valve is obviously unable to resist the confrontation of this behemoth power brought about by the rapid development of industry and urbanization. They have formed their own system from all sides, and their fate is to surrender and then be annexed, and this is the situation they are currently experiencing, and such a situation will only make their situation more unfavorable, so, in such a situation. Their development will have a big impact. That's where they come in.

"It seems that we have to build our own industrial system in the Hedong region." Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"I propose to build a fourth arsenal and attract a large number of people to the plant. At the same time, we will build a series of factories related to ironware and cement, implement a parliamentary system, and include the White Polish army and various local forces, so that our situation can be greatly improved. Jia Xu said.

"But it takes money, a lot of money." Shang Wu said.

"We have banks, and we have money, and we can issue more banknotes, and those banks issue bonds, stocks, and we can buy a lot of them through the banking unions, or more banking departments, and so on. The speed at which they will develop will be faster. Jia Xu said. In fact, it is very simple, they can directly copy the successful experience of Handan and Luzhou construction, which does not have too much burden at all, and they will naturally do a lot.

"Good. In doing so, we give the banks, five places, to get them listed. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm." Jia Xu recorded it. Then Shang Wu sent out an article he had written, which was the best way to crack down on military exercises on the imperial border.

Giant deer. Zhu Jun was very concerned about the Republican Army's exercise on the northern border, and the purpose of this exercise was to show the Montenegrin Army and let them know that the gap between them was very large.

The Republican Army's northern exercise invited the Black Mountain Army, the Youzhou Army, and Julu Zhu Jun to send a large number of Sima to observe, because the Republican Army had to use some new weapons for this exercise.

But Zhu Jun has already learned some of these new weapons through some internal intelligence.

"The rate at which muskets fire is increased is so that there is no need for arquebuses." Zhu Jun looked at the spy report in his hand and said.

Zhu Jun finally discovered a shortcoming of the Republican arquebus, he found that the arquebus was extremely bulky because it was made of cast iron. Therefore, the weight of the arquebus is a defect, and in Zhu Jun's opinion, the arquebus made by the imperial court could not be called an arquebus at one time, but should be called an arquebus. Because they make a larger caliber.

The arquebus, on the other hand, is very convenient for fighting in wet weather, and is not conducive to ambushes, because the arquebuses need to be lit. But the Republican Army's new flintlock pistols were greatly reduced in weight, not only that, but the rate of fire was also much higher, and the size of a large number of pikemen was abolished, and the size of the musketeers was expanded, and the musketeers were also equipped with another new type of equipment, the bayonet. These changes in weapons made Zhu Jun even more jealous.

He knew that a weapon upgrade would mean a large-scale increase in the Republican Army's combat effectiveness. With the current situation of the imperial court, I am afraid that it can only draw with the two infantry divisions of the republican army, but the problem is that the republican army has four infantry divisions in general, and the equipment is extremely advanced, which is not at all something they can resist.

Just a flintlock pistol isn't the end. The most terrible thing is that there is a new development in the artillery of the republican army, they have new artillery. The weight of the artillery was reduced by more than two hundred catties, especially the appearance of a large number of light artillery, which gave great support to the infantry. The reason why artillery can be reduced quickly. Largely because they used the new cast iron technology, a large amount of iron appeared, giving them such convenience, the emergence of cast iron gun mounts, especially the use of die casting technology, they can achieve the strength of solid cast iron through geometric mechanics, in this way, their gun weight, mobility greatly improved.

Think about it, the infantry and cavalry units supported by artillery need to be cautious, this is the most terrible place, and this is what he is most worried about. The more Zhu Jun studied, the more he felt that the development of the Republican Army was more terrifying. Many times, he doesn't know it himself. Why are you so scared?

In Pingyang County. A large number of Xiongnu prisoners of war were escorted out of the city. The inhabitants of the city began to retaliate frantically, and they continued to attack the dejected Hun prisoners of war with stones, and many of them were beaten and bloodied.

The RA gendarmes kept blocking it. And they strengthened the republican soldiers, but this still could not stop the anger of the people. Many of them took sticks and hit the heads of the Hun prisoners of war.

"Stop fighting. Stop it. This is not a skill, retreat, retreat. The Republican military police shouted loudly and anxiously. But the angry crowd could not persuade them to leave.

"Back off. No hands. No hands. The gendarmes shouted loudly. However, some of the Republican soldiers sent to maintain law and order released the water one after another. They deliberately made a gap and let the people beat hard. Many Hun prisoners of war were beaten to the head and bled out. Many are also life-threatening. But the Republican soldiers did it on purpose. Because the Republican army also paid the price of more than 500 casualties, especially some of the troops that blocked the attack, more than half of them were killed or wounded. Those who have been beaten into the formation have no combat effectiveness. This annoyed the Independence Brigade, who had never suffered such a big loss. So, they took their anger out on these prisoners of war.

"Bang. Bang. The gunshots rang out continuously, and the Hun prisoners of war trembled with fear. More IRA soldiers were sent in to isolate the angry populace. The whole scene was extremely chaotic. Zhou Cang was very angry about this.

"Phew. Let you brutes dig coal, and it will be cheaper for you. Pei Yuanshao scolded.

"Lao Pei, okay. Don't make another fuss. This kind of thing can be handled well. There is no need for such a big fire. Zhou Cang persuaded.

"You think I'm willing, damn it, our chief of staff, our independent brigade, the two chiefs of staff surnamed Li before and after. They're all fucking dead. I. Alas. Pei Yuanshao squatted on the ground, this is the reason why he didn't like the Hun prisoners of war, he hated them. Every Han hate. After the Huns arrived, most of their families were ruined. Everyone has hatred. If it weren't for such a situation, they wouldn't have such a situation at all, but now their situation has happened.

This made them even more full of hatred.

Zhou Cang held back tears. There is no way, he is also distressed by the loss of a chief of staff, but this is war, and the matter of death is for these people. It's too ordinary. In war, how can there be a reason for immortality, they all understand such things. But when it really happened to me. Many of them are a little reluctant. In the midst of the noise, the Hun prisoners of war were escorted out. They have to be sent to Luzhou, or some nearby areas, mainly, where there are minerals, they will be sent there, or sent to build roads, anyway, a lot of things need to be done by themselves. In such a situation, they have to do their thing. That's the most important thing they should be doing. In such a state, they can only come up in such a state. to make their situation more favorable.

Jingshi, Luoyang. Inside the South Palace.

"I didn't expect these Republicans to be able to fight like this?" Emperor Han Ling looked at the report in his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, the 3,000 people of the Republican Army dare to attack three times the enemy, and the combat power is quite strong, if we can't deal with it in time, it will inevitably become a big trouble for us in the future." Jian Shuo said sincerely. Zhang Rang's face was expressionless. But in fact, I hated him more in my heart. Jian Shuo met more and more often, and he also held the power of the soldiers and horses. This caused Zhang Rang's dissatisfaction even more. But he didn't have a good way to dismiss the other party. He still needs to wait, but, watching Jian Shuo be reused day by day. Many of Jian Shuo's words were reused by Emperor Han Ling. He was very anxious, but unfortunately, it was useless to be anxious, and the more anxious he was, the more useless it was, and he didn't have a good way to deal with such things.

"I also know this, but helplessly, the Republican Army can fight like this." Emperor Han Ling said helplessly.

In fact, the republican army could not fight without the support of Emperor Ling of Han, if there was no large number of grain exchange telegrams. If firearms and production technology were exchanged, the supply of the Republican Army would have been cut off long ago. Naturally, the IRA did not have the basis to do so much. All this was only with the help of the imperial court that allowed them to ease up.

And all of this is the credit of Zhang Rang. Eunuchs, the clan of scholars. and imperial power. A certain balance is formed. The rapid development of eunuchs is largely due to the support of imperial power.

Shangwu, on the other hand, took advantage of this, and they were the only military organization that took the initiative to cooperate with the eunuchs.

And Shangwu also received the greatest convenience from the support of the eunuch group, for example, a large amount of money, they could enter the bank, and through the bank to buy a large amount of paper money, they got the initial gold reserves. This provided a solid foundation for the next step in the development of the Republican Army, and in addition to this, there were many things that the eunuchs were able to do, a lot of trade, and the local officials of the imperial court were extremely oppressive of commercial taxes. But there was nothing to do about the eunuchs' trade, and the bulk commodities were basically done among them. Grain, copper mines, iron ore, and arms sold by the Republican Army. Most of the daily necessities and industrial supplies are sold through them.

These have the shadow of eunuchs, it can be said that the eunuchs used Emperor Han Ling, but the eunuchs were used by the republican army, and Emperor Han Ling was extremely dissatisfied with the rapid development of the republican army. This is an extremely complex triangular relationship.

And now, Jian Shuo wants to deliberately break this triangle. He hoped to use military force to completely break the balance between the three. In this way, their situation will develop even more.

"I know that, too, but the IRA is very powerful. I think it's safe to see how the Yecheng military exercises are, if the Republican Army reacts aggressively, they will be afraid, and if there is no overreaction, I feel that I still need to test and probe. Emperor Han Ling said. In fact, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was unwilling to have too many greater contradictions with the republican army, but helplessly, the continuous development of the republican army, especially on the issue of Hedong, their development has seriously threatened the safety of the capital Luoyang. Emperor Han Ling's head hung with a sharp sword all the time. This is a huge threat to Emperor Han Ling, and this threat is too great.