Shang Wu tried to use the methods of banks and advisory groups to expand the influence of the IRA, as these were once methods that Shang Wu was familiar with.

"I don't know how far this will go, but what we do know is that our current impact is still very limited, and it will take a lot of time to turn this trend around, and I don't know if there will be enough time for it." Jia Xu said. Jia Xu has become accustomed to these ways of martial arts. How to say. Completely different from the people of the Central Plains, Shangwu's methods are too practical, and they regard every action as an investment and a business. If the cost is lost, or even if the expected situation is not good, their situation will become very bad, and they feel that this situation still has a big impact.

"Sir, this is the situation map we have just made based on intelligence in the direction of the annexed states. Sir, please take a look. A staff officer came over and reported. Shang Wu and Jia Xu temporarily stopped the intelligence discussion of the relevant parties, and the battle in Hexi was basically over. The next target is to merge the states, as they need to level their defenses and dent a large chunk. This was an extremely unfavorable situation for the Republican Army, and Shang Wu was anxious to repair such a parallel section of the defensive line. So, they must have some knowledge of the state.

The intelligence services have also stepped up their reconnaissance efforts in this area.

The military academies of the Republican Army, the non-commissioned officer corps, provided a large number of intelligence officers in this area. In order to better detect such information. The intelligence services recently submitted a new report. They hope to be able to expand the intelligence classes that they have established on an ad hoc basis and to expand them into intelligence schools in order to specialize in the expansion of the intelligence needs. Otherwise, the intelligence side will still continue to pull their hind legs, this, but Shang Wu is the last thing to see, so, Shang Wu did not hesitate to approve such a plan, and gave the most generous financial support, after all, it has been shown many times that the lack of intelligence in the Republican Army has led to many of their situations can not be carried out smoothly, this is because of the strong combat effectiveness of the Republican Army, once such a thing enters a state that is difficult to solve, for example, Encountering some of the battles they are unwilling to face, the lack of intelligence will directly lead to their situation in a very losing state, and they don't want to encounter such a situation. So the support provided by Shangwu is still very strong.

In some of these cases, the situation of their development is also extremely favorable.

The intelligence department first set up an intelligence class, they recruited more than 70 students in each class, most of the students were from the military, of course, there were some people recruited from the society, they originally thought that they were applying for commercial schools, because these schools are very popular, but after coming in, they only knew how different their situation was, in such a situation, many of their situations were in an extremely unfavorable situation.

With a lot of money spent, it became extremely important to establish an intelligence system. The intelligence squad recruited a large number of people, most of them were young people, of course, special talents were also recruited, including some businessmen. Most of them are some bankrupt businessmen. But they are bold and eager to have a bigger business of their own, and the intelligence services support them in doing so, and the intelligence mostly needs the identities of these businessmen for cover.

The work of the intelligence services is carried out in such a situation, and most of them rely on the identity of merchants, because whether it is Luoyang in the south or a few nomadic tribes in the north, they need more commercial resources. This is exactly what they need. There's a lot of intelligence gathering, and usually they collect it through details, so that they can verify each other. It's also part of intelligence gathering.

Maps are carried out by a dedicated cartographic staff officer, and maps are also a type of important intelligence.

"Bingzhou was originally a very large area, with Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen, Taiyuan, Xihe, Shangjun, and a part of Shangdang County that we occupied." Jia Xu said. Shang Wu looked at the map and nodded. He knew that.

Shangdang County is now changed to Luzhou, in fact, this is just a cover for the fact that the Republican Army did not safely occupy Shangdang County, because there are still some areas that are not occupied. The reason why it was not occupied was entirely because of the development of the situation, the republican army first developed to the west, and had no intention of developing to the north, because the terrain to the north was more complicated and the combat was more difficult, while to the east, it could provide sufficient food supplements. Solving the food crisis is the first thing that Shangwu should consider.

"Judging from the map, our current situation is still relatively favorable, how can we take part of the southern part of Xihe County, and most of the upper county is in our control area, except for a northern area occupied by the Huns." Jia Xu continued.

"And Taiyuan, some areas of Yanmen, are occupied by the Wuhuan people, and it is more difficult to fight. If we directly attack and merge the state, we will be ready to face the Qingkukang of the Huns and the Wuhuan people, and most importantly, the Wuhuan people and part of the Huns will control the Hetao Plain. It's not a small difficulty. Jia Xu said worriedly.

"In this way, we need at least two cavalry divisions to conduct a skirmish." Shang Wu said. Infantry can be used to attack and state. But guarding against the nomadic cavalry has become difficult to attack and merge the state, because they can completely threaten them from the flank of the battlefield, and most importantly, the state army has always been the front line of resistance to the Huns, and it is still more difficult to stab the back in such a thing. Shang Wu also felt extremely complicated by this.

"At present, the state army is mainly garrisoned by Ding Yuan. Their defensive line is still very stable, at least the northern defense line is stable, for the south, our situation here is very bad, the two sides are staggered here, part of the White Polish army has established a base in this kind of area, and some local bandits are concentrated, the officers and troops have nothing to do with them, plus their main logistics supply line is cut off, they can only supply to the east, which is very difficult. The situation is also extremely unfavorable for them. Jia Xu said. In fact, the Republican Army was in a semi-encircled situation, and the situation in the annexation of the states was not very good, unless they could reach some agreement with the minorities in the north to relieve the pressure on the northern defensive line. Then they went south to fight the Republican Army.

"War is never simply about military affairs. From a military point of view, it is unlikely that we will proceed according to the pattern of the past. After all, this may still have a relatively large impact on us, and in such a situation, we must use a new way to complete the formation of such a situation. For example, we can do it in a whole new way. It is carried out in the form of trade, partial military strikes, division and disintegration. Otherwise, the financial situation of the entire republican army, as well as the accumulation of our military forces, will be very problematic. Shang Wu thought for a moment and said. What kind of strategy to adopt to seek the annexation of the state. This is a big problem, and the situation in the annex states is extremely complicated from the map, first of all, most of them have actually been occupied by a small number of nomadic tribes, who may be enemies or allies. It all depends on the price offered by the IRA and something in action that can impress the other side. Without this, it would be difficult for the IRA to carry out the relevant military operations. This is a relatively difficult thing for Shangwu.

"Well, there are many kinds of enemies there, and each has its own needs, if we can take some diplomatic measures to solve such things in a timely manner, the situation may be more favorable to us, otherwise, many things will actually be very unfavorable to us." Jia Xu said.

"Yes, that's what we need. In this way, our situation will be much better, and what we need to do is change the situation to make our situation more favorable, but we need more trade, more bold merchants, and more diplomats. Only by developing such situations can we make our situation much more favorable, otherwise, we will not be able to open up such a situation if we think like this. Shang Wu said.

The downside is that the IRA lacks some of the necessary diplomats, which is not a good thing for them, because the lack of such a number of diplomats makes it difficult for them to open up such a situation, and if they adjust the situation in time, change such a strategy, or if they have the relevant talents, they can do so.

"We can recruit and we can use other ways to solve things like this, and then our situation will be extremely favorable." Jia Xu proposed. Jia Xu hopes to train diplomats by establishing a diplomatic school.

"Hmm. I agree to do this, and at the same time we also need to set up observers, embassies, and permanent presence in some tribes, and at the same time ensure that the relevant communication is in place, through different commodity prices, to fight and win over each other, so that our goal can be achieved. Shang Wu said.

The nomadic tribes of the north are very practical, which is a great characteristic of them, and such a characteristic is destined to fight for some profit. Instead of alliances, fights for the sake of some unnecessary alliances, which gave the Republican Army the possibility of division and disintegration. It's also a strategy.