Several soldiers excitedly opened an ice surface and filled it with icy Yellow River water, indicating that they had reached the Yellow River.

But it was only a small detachment of IRA scouts. Their large army was still more than a hundred miles away. At a position of 100 miles, there were constant attacks going on.

The actual force of the IRA will still take some time to advance further afield. But that's enough.

The news of the advance of the Republican scouts to the Yellow River has not yet reached Luoyang. But Dong Zhuo was already very annoyed by this.

Jingshi, Luoyang.

"Kill, cut off the heads of those officials." Dong Zhuo scolded loudly in annoyance. Some generals had to bow their heads.

Li Dao felt very helpless. The news of the Republican Army's dispatch to Hanoi was only known earlier, but when it was known. Republican forces have occupied six counties. And the front of the army pointed directly at the Yellow River. This means that the strength of the IRA can directly participate in the current war.

From the flank, the Republican Army threatened the security of Luoyang, the capital division, and in such a situation, the situation took a sharp turn for Dong Zhuo.

Negotiations with the IRA will be in a huge passivity. Because the strength of the republican army has reached the vicinity of the Yellow River. The next step in the military posture is already very obvious.

Li Dao is also very clear that the current Dong Zhuo's military strength is no longer able to draw corresponding troops to deal with such a situation. Even if it is withdrawn, the defense line of Bishui Pass will quickly collapse. Not only that, but even if they are drawn out, how to fight, the consumption of ammunition is already very serious. In the absence of ammunition, firearms are burning sticks, which are not at all effective, which simply cannot withstand the attack of the republican army.

The bad things are still going on. Because Dong Zhuo has lost all his chips. It seems that there is only one way to deal with such a situation. Giving up Luoyang seemed to be the only feasible way, and he really couldn't think of any other way to deal with such a situation.

Dong Zhuo was very annoyed by this. He wanted to kill people very much right now. Why, in the first days of the Republican offensive on Hanoi, there were no such reports at all. When the republican army occupied more county towns at once, it attacked the banks of the Yellow River in a big way. They only realized such a problem. But killing is no longer a matter of making amends.

Hanoi's military is extremely weak, with only newly recruited security regiments. Vigilante groups. The combat effectiveness is quite low, and it is simply not possible to deploy a larger-scale combat force.

The situation is developing into the most unbelievable one.

Luoyang, Dongcheng, in the area controlled by the Republican Army.

There is already a boom in the area after the initial development of industry and commerce. Workers commuting to and from work walk around each other on the streets. Not only that, but there are also all kinds of small vendors, who exchange their home-made goods for some daily necessities. Or food, non-staple food or something.

The crowd didn't look nervous at all.

The IRA invested in more factories here, and large and small workshops were set up because they were tax-free, which attracted some businessmen to invest boldly. Not only that, but many people have also bought raw materials and processed them at home according to the requirements of workshops and factories. Clothes, fabrics, daily necessities. More about arms production, bullets, spare parts. Just spend money on some parts, or raw materials. It can develop rapidly.

Everything here is a family workshop, because it is more possible to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the labor force, and the salary is calculated according to the number of processing. The more you work, the more you get paid, and of course make some improvements, and the pay will be recalculated. This has allowed a large number of workers who have lost their assets to find suitable jobs. The number of employed persons is gradually increasing. As more and more people are employed, the stability of society becomes more and more stable.

Colonel One-Eyed. But looking down worriedly, the colonel once again asked for an increase in the number of militias, and the number of personnel quickly expanded from the initial few thousand to more than 20,000. But that's not enough. He had to expand the number of militias again, the number of militia was close to 30,000, and the number of firearms and equipment quickly reached 8,000. But want to have the ability to fight. It's still not enough.

The militia in Luoyang City can only conduct defensive operations and want to attack. Basically impossible. The rapid expansion of the number of soldiers means a rapid decrease in the quality of the soldiers. This kind of reduction is an extremely troublesome thing in offensive operations, so in the telegram sent by Colonel One-eyed, he once again explained some of his views, he believed that the possibility of playing the role of the militia in the Luoyang operation, which had been emphasized by the intelligence department several times in the past, was very low, and he suggested that the current control area should be defended, because the militia simply could not have too much strength to do things.

Even recently, he had received news that two of the Republican Army's infantry divisions had advanced to Hanoi, and there was still no guarantee that they had too much strength to do such a thing, after all, it required too much responsibility, which was an extremely unbearable outcome for them.

There are too many problems with the militia. Their organization is still relatively poor, and this directly leads to a relatively large restriction in combat effectiveness, and the continuous occurrence of this situation is an unacceptable result for anyone, and in such a situation, it is simply impossible to achieve a greater degree of development.

There is also a shortage of weapons, and although there is no shortage of ammunition, the production of firearms has been subject to a certain amount of production, and the latest batch of spare parts has not yet arrived, but their production capacity has increased considerably. In the case of insufficient raw materials, especially pipes, it is really difficult for them to mobilize more forces to launch large-scale operations. Colonel One-Eyed is in a very anxious situation right now. Because their strength is seriously at odds with their mission. This is an unbearable outcome for either side.

Outside of Bishui Pass, it doesn't look like a war, because the two sides are just facing each other, but there is no killing of each other. The soldiers of the two armies calmly hid in the trenches. Soldiers on both sides are hungry for a variety of food. As for the offensive, neither side has any combat posture to deal with.

"Lord, big thing." Xi Zhicai took a piece of paper and anxiously looked for Cao Cao and said.

"What?" Cao Cao put down the telescope in his hand and asked helplessly, the offensive on the front line has entered a huge stalemate, in such a situation, helpless attrition has become the main way of war, it depends on who can hold out to the end.

"The Republican Army advanced to Hanoi, and I don't know how many troops there were, but at least more than one infantry division." Xi Zhicai said.

"Are you sure?" Cao Cao asked rhetorically with a note. This news did come as a bit of a surprise, mainly in the direction of the troops. But something had happened, and Cao Cao was quickly thinking about how to deal with the situation.

"Sure, very sure, this is news from the Handan stock market of the Republican Army, and the Republican Army may have been sending troops for several days. Because the stock market has been massively rising for several days. Only in the event of a war will there be such a rise, and not only. Some of the information we have recently received from Dong Zhuo has confirmed this. Xi Zhicai said.

Cao Cao nodded fullly, he suddenly understood what was going to happen. In such a situation, the situation is already very clear. That's what they have to face.

"It is extremely advantageous for us for the Republican Army to send troops, they threaten Dong Zhuo from the flank, and it is impossible for Dong Zhuo to be replenished by the Republican Army's materials, although it is not clear why the Republican Army is doing this, and it is rumored in the securities market that it is because the Republican Army Bank has borrowed too much money, and the Republican Army needs Dong Zhuo to repay all the principal and interest. The specifics are not clear, but they are enough to show that the problem is quite serious. Xi Zhicai said.

The IRA may not even be aware of it. The securities market became Cao Cao's first source of information.

The securities market itself is extremely sensitive to news, and many large market makers without technical support rely on the advantages of information asymmetry to buy and sell stocks, and the stocks themselves will make some reactions, so it is easy to attract the attention of some people, in such a situation, their situation will naturally develop rapidly, and in such a situation, the speed of their situation development is naturally favorable.

The speculation of the securities market, as well as some public opinion guidance, can become the speculation of intelligence, at such a point, Xun Yu has been ahead of the republican army, if it is not for the republican army not to cooperate, if they pull a cable, Cao Cao may get the news in time, judge the seriousness of the matter from the news, and so on. Unfortunately, the IRA refused to do so because of insecurity.

But that's enough. Because Cao Cao was the first to know about this. Knowing this, Cao Cao believed that he could use the advantages brought by this news to make progress in other aspects, for example, taking advantage of the Republican Army's safety of Dong Zhuo on the flank defense line, forming a frontal squeeze, and then attacking Bishui Pass, so that occupying Luoyang would be very successful. Cao Cao was very happy with this idea.

However, the drama on the side did not see it this way, and he believed that the success of this move was not very high, because the entire Kwantung Coalition Army adopted an extremely negative posture to deal with such things.