In fact, Shang Wu was thinking about such a question. Long before that. Li Tie, chief of staff of the Independent Brigade, had already submitted an operational plan.

In this battle scenario. He believes that the enemy's combat effectiveness is on the same level as that of the Yellow Turban Army. And they are all rogues, that is, they will fight on the go, which is not conducive to the Republican Army to completely exterminate them and directly eliminate them. Because once the army attacked directly, they would all at once flow to other areas. And the army needs to be stationed at the border. And for such rogues, only by giving them a great blow can this situation be solved. That's exactly what happened. Li Tie believed that they should form a large encirclement on the periphery to block their way and return. Then squeeze slowly. Put them all away completely. In the end, a greater degree of victory was formed.

So. Shangwu needs more troops. Therefore, Shang Wu is considering a question, whether to add more troops to fight.

"You want to add two brigades. That is, the strength of an infantry division to conduct operations? Cao Cao looked at Shang Wu and asked.

"Yes. Just let a brigade do something like that. It's not enough, although the number of enemies mentioned in the telegram is not clear, but I think that their number is not enough, we either don't fight, or we will give them a big one. In that case, let them know how good we are. Shang Wu said.

"I think it does." Jia Xu said.

"There are plenty of troops. But how to conceal it? There is also how to get the Black Mountain thieves to gather so many troops into our preset circle. What I know is that this is a very difficult thing, and if we don't do it well, it may cause us a lot of trouble. Cao Cao said.

"Hmm. I think that at present, this problem is relatively easy to solve, and we can surround some of them and let them come to the rescue on purpose. "Shang Wu came up with a way to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

"Not good." Jia Xu shook his head and said.

"Most of the bandits are selfish. If we really surround some of them and let them come to the rescue, I don't think it will make their situation any better. Jia Xu said. He knew too well what was going on with those Black Mountain thieves. It is difficult to achieve such an effect by only encircling them partially.

"But we don't seem to have many good solutions to solve the problem at the moment." Cao Cao looked at the map and said. Rogue combat is extremely flexible. It may be okay to lure them into attacking the town, but it seems impossible to lure them to break the siege. And Shangwu made a battle plan based on the previous battles of the Republican Army, and what battle plan was the most feasible, that is, to encircle the point and send reinforcements. In this way, the situation of the Black Mountain thieves will be unfavorable, and their situation will be in a favorable state. In such a situation, this is perhaps the most advantageous situation.

"If it doesn't work, let's go to the front line?" Shangwu asked.

"It's better for us to put the troops in order first. How many combat troops to put in, these are the things that should be done at the moment. Jia Xu reminded. Shang Wu nodded. Throw in an infantry brigade, an infantry division. The strength of three brigades. In total, more than 27,000 people participated in the battle. It's still very difficult for them. If you can't cooperate with the command in battle, you will be in great trouble. Although Shang Wu can command here, it is a bit far away after all. Shangwu is still very aware of this. The only feasible way is to establish a forward command on the basis of the 4th Infantry Division and conduct unified command. This is for Yang Lin. It's not easy.

Handan, Wang Ming's economic department meeting room.

"Lao Wang. I'm really having a hard time, even though I'm running for mayor. But. It's too hard to do. Businessman Zhang Yun said distressedly. He was a Luoyang grain merchant. The food here was constantly rising, and he had been collecting grain from the south before the war. Shipped here made a lot of money. Man. Once he had money, he began to think about some other soldiers, and he Zhang Yun was also such a person. In Luoyang, he was a grain merchant. Don't look at how much he made this time, but if he didn't know a powerful person and no one covered him, he would be nothing. When it comes to bankruptcy, it's an immediate matter.

Zhang Yun also knew this very well, so he began to think about how to be an official. If you have money, you may not be able to become an official, this is a certain truth. In a place like Luoyang, you have to have relationships, sometimes. You don't necessarily have such a relationship if you have money, and there are people who want to climb the relationship. Zhang Yun spent a long, long time without getting the slightest relationship. In desperation, he felt that he should find another way. Or rather, a shortcut. He decided to burn the cold stove. He decided to go to the Republican Army in Handan to have a look, maybe someone would give him such an opportunity. He threw himself down at once.

Just right. Shangwu allowed merchants to be officials, although it was not known how big an official the mayor was. But he Zhang Yun felt that it was good to give such an official, so. He quickly stepped forward and did such a thing. He knew many merchants, and here, he mobilized merchants to create a momentum for himself, and in order to show his willingness to become an official, he also donated 100,000 stone of grain. This is not a small number, but in order to be able to become an official, he gave it up. As a result, he got his wish.

However, after this became an official. He just knew. This official is not as comfortable as his own businessman.

"Brother Zhang, I know you have difficulties, but this official is not so easy to be a good person, you look at me, the Minister of Economy, I can't sleep every day, and I can't eat well. Busy. Wang Ming said with a smile. He knows. Many businessmen want to be officials, why, their status is low. Even if they have money, you can't stand up to others who have more power than you because you have money. If you have power, you can make yourself safer, and if you have money, you may not be safe.

"But it's too hard. There are so many people in Handan, they can't be taxed at will, there is no money in this treasury, there are many things, and now a large amount of food is needed to support the front line, this thing is very difficult to do. Zhang Yun said embarrassedly. After a group of businessmen like them became officials. You must know that the competition is quite fierce, and many businessmen are determined to win it, so it is not easy to get to such a step. But after becoming officials, they found out. This official is not easy to be, because there is a big hole behind the official, and they have to constantly raise food and money, and at the same time they cannot raise taxes. Because the tax increase must be approved by the parliament, although the parliament is also in the election, you can't raise the tax arbitrarily, otherwise you will have to step down. Isn't this playing with people? Some people thought about quitting, but they finally became this official, and quitting like this made them really unwilling, and the only way was to find a way to solve such a thing. This is the kind of situation they want to do. Zhang Yun also thought about giving up. But he eventually gave up. After all, it's not easy to become an official, but it's still too difficult to solve such a problem.

"I want to ask you, do you want to be a man?" Wang Ming asked the other party.

"This official, if you want to be a person, keep being it. Don't regret it. I can tell you how to do it. Wang Ming looked at the other party and said.

"Since there's a way, tell me quickly. I'm good at solving things like this. Zhang Yun said. In fact, so many people are actually here for the sake of finance, and finance is the root cause of all their problems, and in such a situation, as long as the financial problems are solved, all problems will be solved.

"This is mainly a financial problem, and on the one hand, the local government is solving this problem through another method, mainly issuing bonds. In this way, you can get some financial support in a short period of time. Wang Ming said.

"But that still doesn't solve the problem." Zhang Yun said anxiously.

"Don't worry, and, actually, a lot of things can still be solved, for example, I think things like this can be solved. For example, if you have a business relationship, and you encourage more businessmen to invest and build factories here, if they make money, they will pay more taxes. Although the tax rate is very low, if the number is large, it is also very significant. Wang Ming said.

"This." Zhang Yun felt that this time was too long. It would be best if it could be fast, after all, he lacked a lot of money to solve a lot of things.

"Is there a faster one, you know, there are a lot of things that need a lot of financial money to solve such problems, and if you don't have so much money, many things can't be solved." He said.

"Hmm. Another option is to set up a business transaction tax. It is natural to encourage merchants to come here to trade, and the transactions generated can become transaction taxes. However, we don't charge a lot, and this is mainly made up for by the advantage of quantity. What do you think of this? Wang Ming said.

"We can set up a market, if one doesn't work, multiple, anyway, with so many markets, many things can be solved." Wang Ming said.

"Hmm. In that case, I'll give it a try. This may be the only way we can do it. The other party said. In such a situation, he also has no good way to solve such a thing. That's all there is to it. But it would take a lot of trade to do that.