To the east of the river, Ma Heng took the time to inspect the border area in the southeast of the river, and the location here is very important. He didn't want anything to be unfavorable for the Republican army to fight on the border here, after all, such a situation was very unfavorable for them to fight in the north, and if there was an accident here, the situation would become extremely unfavorable. Ma Heng could not let such an accident happen, because this would inevitably affect the overall layout of the Republican Army.

"How?" Ma Heng took the binoculars and looked at the positions arranged by the imperial court officers and soldiers on the opposite side, they were also on the side of the Republican Army, digging trenches and building defensive barriers, and they built three lines of defense like the Republican Army. There are also all sorts of obstacles in front of them. They hoped that such a defense would provide maximum resistance to the Republican offensive.

"Report sir, the other side has built a defensive front following our example. About two infantry battalions were stationed on the opposite side. Not much, that's not the biggest threat to us. A captain officer reported directly. The general line of defense, Ma Heng is already very clear. The IRA has established three lines of defense, and the opposite side is also, but relatively speaking, the positions of the IRA are more threatening. Because they have firearms, they will also be equipped with more cannons, in order to avoid these cannons, the opposing imperial army is at least two miles away from the other party, because only in this way can they barely avoid the artillery bombardment of the republican army.

It turned out that the creation of traditional camps was no longer able to defend against artillery attacks, traditional defense strategies. It can only deal with cold weapons, but for artillery, it is a live target, and digging trenches and arranging various obstacles can dodge the opponent's artillery attack, and at the same time, it can be more advantageous to deal with the Republican army's firearms attack.

Defensive tactics are also improving with the advancement of weapons, after all, if they continue to build camps in this way, the result is predictable, and their situation will be extremely disadvantaged.

"Sir, are we going to send out the repeaters and them?" The captain said as if he was in a hurry.

"Nope. No way. Ma Heng put down the binoculars and said resolutely. The defense of the officers and troops on the opposite side is also relatively tight, at least their trenches are still densely built, although it seems to be disorderly, but after all, they have established a defensive front in front of them, and it is still possible to stabilize the situation.

"Why?" The captain looked at his commander in puzzlement, the front-line grassroots officers and soldiers, who had formed the situation of the republican army in the world, in their opinion, as long as they dared to attack, the other party would have no choice, and even they would collapse directly. This momentum directly caused the Republican soldiers to have an extremely strong fighting mood.

"There is a war going on in the north, and a lot of war materiel has been mobilized there. Although we have constant contradictions with the imperial court, after all, in terms of the situation, we are still in the state of an ally, and we cannot fight with the imperial army. Both sides just maintain such a posture and listen to my orders. Only when the other side attacks us, we can't take the initiative to attack the other side, and at the same time, we must maintain such a high degree of vigilance and not let the other side sneak attack. Ma Heng said.

"Yes, sir." The officers said one after another. They don't have to salute, it's on the battlefield.

"Alright. Heighten your vigilance to prevent unnecessary trouble. Ma Heng said this, and then went to check the situation on other fronts. Only in this way can they avoid a bigger war, Ma Heng knows very well that neither side wants to fight, the officers and troops on the opposite side can't fight, but the republican army can't fight, maybe the confrontation is the best situation.

Jingshi Luoyang, Nangong.

In response to the confrontation between the border and the republican army, Emperor Ling of Han also did not have a good way to deal with it.

"Your Majesty, the confrontation with the Republican Army in various places has been fruitless, and the Republican Army is also constantly conducting military exercises in response, Your Majesty, we should take the initiative to withdraw our troops. In this way, we can reduce the expenditure of money and food. Yuan Kui stood up and said.

"Hmm. I see. "Emperor Han Ling's current situation is also very troublesome. Why, because he also knew that they could not form an effective blow to the Republican Army at all, and their offensive pressure was also very limited, and in such a situation, it was obviously impossible to achieve such a situation by conducting all kinds of operations, and if they wanted to accomplish such a situation, they still had to do some other advantageous things.

But another piece of bad news came at once, money and food.

Money and food are very tight in various places, and most of the soldiers in the confrontation are improvised local armed forces, and their enthusiasm for combat is not high, and their requirements for supplies are also very high. Their condition is really not very good. Such a situation still has a great impact on them.

"Withdraw half of the troops temporarily. Then, slowly withdraw the troops. Emperor Han Ling said helplessly, the republican army is getting bigger and bigger, and they also hit the north, the Huns don't seem to dare to provoke them, it was still a good opportunity, but the Huns didn't dare to move them, and the court naturally couldn't fight further.

Emperor Han Ling waved his hand helplessly, and everyone could retreat. Thinking of this, he was very irritable. He didn't know why, he was suddenly very stuffy, and his body was very hot. In short, you can feel as uncomfortable as you want. Emperor Han Ling felt that there was something wrong with his physical condition.

In the North Palace, the fire fox came out of the Tai Hospital, she came to grab the medicine, the Tai Hospital is still good, at least people like her are still qualified to go to the Tai Hospital, and the ordinary maids, Xiao Huangmen, they don't have such good treatment. If you get a headache and brain fever, and your master is not good to you, a small cold may become a fatal illness.

"This is ancient times, a small cold can kill people, hehe, fortunately, I came out with something." Firefox smiled and patted his inner bag, it was a rare opportunity to go to the Royal Hospital to see a doctor, if he didn't go along with something, he was really sorry for his name, if he returned to the future, let alone that he hadn't been, this needs to be proven.

Hehe. Firefox came out of the Tai Hospital with two good ginseng roots at once, and it seems that it should be more than a hundred years old. Or longer, you know, the ginseng in the Northeast has not been mined. Resources there should be the most. In this way, Firefox felt that he had made a lot of money all of a sudden. It's life-saving.

In contrast, Firefox also overheard some whispers from the imperial doctors, and it is estimated that they also felt very aggrieved here.

Although he didn't know what they meant, what camp guards, qi and blood, yin and yang or something, but the fire fox knew that Emperor Han Ling's condition seemed to be a little bad. It seems that there are already some bad things going on. Firefox can't be cured. I can't care about such a thing.

Modern medicine requires a lot of equipment, and ancient Chinese medicine is based on experience, although there are many famous miracle doctors, such as Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo in this era, but the palace here, people like them generally will not let them into such a place easily. Originally, His Majesty the Emperor's illness was highly classified by the state, and they ordinary people didn't need to know too much, because the more they knew, the faster they died. For such news, Firefox still naturally chose to shut up, otherwise, many of their situations would be in an unfavorable situation, and it would be quite remarkable to be checked by the other party all of a sudden. Firefox is better off avoiding such dangers.

But she is familiar with history and feels that there are still some things that must be arranged in advance, after all, if Emperor Han Ling's condition deteriorates, there will be some accidents, for example, sudden death, if the time of death is advanced, there will be many, many unpredictable results, for example, Dong Zhuo brought troops in, or or, the general He Jin's dissatisfaction with the eunuchs, and then Luoyang underwent huge changes. Oops, thinking of this, Firefox felt that her situation seemed to be dangerous, and she had to find a way to get out of here, the question was, where would it be safe to go?

Maybe the place where the Republican Army is located is where she should go, after all, they are also from their hometown, and when they see their fellow countrymen, they have tears in their eyes. They came here from the future, and naturally, they were fellow villagers. Thinking of this, Firefox hurried to leave here, stole other people's ginseng, and it was better to leave here quickly.

Lijiazhuang. War Department.

"The situation on the border is better, and the imperial court seems to be unable to further confront us, first of all, they did not send the Xiyuan New Army from Luoyang to participate in the battle, and at the same time, there is no sign of mobilization of the large army in the Guanzhong area, all kinds of circumstances show that their situation seems to be in a situation where they cannot fight." Shang Wu said.

"The intelligence department has also analyzed the situation of grain reserves in various places, and the situation of grain reserves in various places is very bad, and it is simply impossible to support more troops for continuous operations, and if the imperial court insists on doing so, it will inevitably cause greater trouble." Jia Xu said.

The War Department analyzes all kinds of favorable and unfavorable conditions from all sides, and conducts operations by comparing favorable conditions, so that their situation will be in an extremely favorable situation. This is the basic method of analysis, and such an approach will have a very significant impact on them, and such an impact will be an extremely favorable situation for the IRA, and it is conceivable that such a situation will allow the IRA to analyze more favorable and unfavorable conditions, and let them make a variety of choices. Shang Wu was very satisfied with this.