Cao Cao stood in a hidden observation post, holding a telescope to check the situation on the front line. Equipment such as telescopes should be standard for every officer. Cao Ren: They have it all. But the funny thing is that Yuan Shao didn't. Very many high-ranking generals will privately equip some, such as Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and others. They'll all buy some privately. But Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, did not. He seemed to be extremely disdainful of this new thing, and what came from the Republican Army, and in his opinion, such a thing was extremely unfavorable to the court, and he did not want to see such a situation happen. Therefore, in such a situation, he himself is not equipped.

Some people are very stubborn, and some people are paranoid about what he sees, for example, Yuan Shao, he has great pride and prejudice against everything produced by the Republican Army, this prejudice has always existed, and no one can change this situation very well, which is really sad. Perhaps, Yuan Shao's character has doomed him to some unfavorable situations in the future, but he himself does not have such and such a perception, and these things are not too important to him. Importantly, he noticed something that he hadn't noticed at all.

"It's not going to be good for us. Pan Feng estimated that he couldn't stand it. Cao Cao said worriedly. His binoculars didn't mean to be lowered at all.

Inside his telescope, what he saw was that a lot of people were being blasted out. There were more and more deserters, and they jumped out of the trenches to escape. But before they could escape, they were shot with firearms. They all have their backs to the enemy. This is only the case when you run away.

"Lord, this, this is the war of firearms?" Cao Ren took the telescope and watched what was happening on the front line, and his telescope magnification was not as good as Cao Cao's. But it is also very clear.

The soldiers fled in panic. Then he was hit by a flying bullet. Then they fell to the ground, and in such a situation, they simply could not cope with such a situation.

"Yes. This is the war of firearms, Dong Zhuojun should have used something explosive like a cannonball. Thrown in the trench, as soon as it exploded, it caused a lot of casualties, they rushed out, and the people had not yet reacted from the shock just now, and then there was an assassination, normal people could not withstand it at all, and the armor on their bodies did not work at all. Cao Cao explained. Cao Ren watched as those black things were thrown into the crowd, and then a group of people suddenly bloomed like flowers, they fell to the ground, and many people couldn't get up. Even in armor, he saw a general with his own eyes who had armor even better than he wore. It can be seen that it must be a lot of money. But even then, he was hit by bullets with several bloody holes.

Something that flew over could be something like a cannonball. This kind of thing hurts a lot. Cao Ren's first feeling was like this. Cold sweat began to break out on his back, and he felt that the war was still very cruel. Xiahoudun and the others shouted on the side, scolding the soldiers on the front line for being stupid and not exposing their backs to other people's firearms, otherwise there would not have been such a big casualty. In such a situation, the impact is simply too great.

Dong Zhuojun and the Kwantung coalition formed a tug-of-war earlier today. Some of Dong Zhuojun's troops launched a counterattack, and at the beginning, under the bombardment of artillery, the Kwantung Coalition Army, which had never seen artillery bombardment, was defeated. Taking advantage of this situation, two regiments of Dong Zhuojun, about two thousand people, launched an attack, and at the forefront were some special soldiers, who were holding shells. That's right, yes, the shells, lit and thrown into the trenches of the Kwantung coalition forces, after a bombardment. There were many holes in the defensive line held by the Kwantung coalition soldiers, and the battle that jumped in was even more brutal, with muskets, spears, and swords constantly fighting.

The Kwantung coalition forces could not withstand it at all, and they had no heart to hold on to it after a fierce artillery bombardment, and under such a rapid attack by Dong Zhuo's army, the Kwantung coalition forces, which had occupied the capital for less than a day, quickly abandoned the first line of defense they had snatched. They failed.

And it caused a lot of damage.

"It's a pity, love general Pan Feng." A voice came from the center. Pan Feng was directly killed in the trench.

This is where they are now, the losses are very large, and there is no result, everything is back to the original point again.

Yuan Shao's mood was very bad.

"The war is at an impasse. We need artillery. Artillery. Cao Cao said so. The war has changed. They have to make a big change.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"According to the latest intelligence, the two sides suddenly entered a stalemate, but to speak, Dong Zhuo has more than enough defense, and the Kwantung coalition army is not enough to attack." Jia Xu said this to Shangwu.

"Hmm." Shang Wu nodded.

"What our military observers have seen is that the Kwantung coalition forces are seriously underofficiating, and Dong Zhuojun, who is in a relatively chaotic state, can use favorable counterattack fortifications for defense, which is simply a huge disaster for them." Shang Wu said.

"Militarily into a state of chaos, compared to military issues, what I am concerned about is that the problem of Luoyang's population, our preparation is seriously insufficient, Dong Zhuo for money, greatly stuffed more people to us, at present, more than 100,000 people have entered the area under our jurisdiction, and the location in the east outside Luoyang City has also been given to us, but so many people, how to manage, and how to settle them at once, as well as provide the materials they need, this is a very big problem for us, If we were to rely on us for help, it would be very big. Shang Wu said worriedly.

"The finances will not be able to bear such a lot of losses." Jia Xu said. In his opinion, gathering such a large number of people, and only relying on their own bailouts, this means huge financial support, the Republican Army has to fight the war, pay off debts, if you add rescue, and post-war reconstruction, the cost will be very terrifying, so, on the whole, in a state of extreme loss, maybe the Republican Army will not launch an attack and expand again for at least ten years. Jia Xu has his own estimate for this, after all, such a thing is very likely to happen.

"We must not wait passively like this, if we do this, Dong Zhuojun will inevitably get involved, they will use all kinds of methods to make trouble for us, and those civilians will create even more trouble for us. This is an extremely difficult thing for us to do. Shang Wu said worriedly.

"If the best way to solve such a problem is to organize them and put them into production as soon as possible, if they move some, it is the best." Jia Xu said. Jia Xu first migrated out a part, after all, most of them were extremely dragging.

"For the rest, we just need to reduce the minimum material supply." Jia Xu said. These are some of the methods in ancient times, which can only be dealt with passively, but it is definitely not a good way to be active. At most, a few people starved to death, leaving them in a situation that looked good.

Shang Wu understands Jia Xu's approach very well, this approach is the most common and reasonable approach, death is inevitable, so it is a very good choice to be able to do it to such an extent. But Shang Wu believes that they should not do this, at the very least, they should not make things so complicated and bad.

"I think we can't do this, at the very least, should not passively deal with such a situation, Luoyang's dilemma lies in the organization, if we can effectively organize, may enter the post-war reconstruction work in advance, for example, they can do some work, so that the human resources have reached the best and most powerful state, which is a great help for us to occupy Luoyang in the future, on the contrary, if we do not organize ourselves effectively, It can lead to a very unoptimistic situation for us, a lot of things that we are not prepared for, in a situation in this line, how do we deal with the difficulties that may arise, obviously this is definitely not a good situation for us, if this state of affairs is very unfavorable for us, it will be very bad for us. Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu thinks it makes sense.

"How do we do this?" Jia Xu asked. In contrast, this is what he is most concerned about.

"It's close to the war zone, and I think it's best to have them recover some of the products and some of the supplies they need for post-war reconstruction, and of course it's very advantageous to provide some necessary financial assistance." Shang Wu said.

"Well, it seems that we do need to do that, and it's a very important situation for us." Jia Xu said.

"For example, we offer some assistance projects, very labor-intensive, textile manufacturing, construction, or a lot of labor technology upgrades, and so on. In short, you must make things for them to do. They can't be left with nothing to do. Let them form a habit and become a paid service. This will be very important to us. Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu recorded it. It seems to be a little difficult to do this, but they are still willing to accept such things, after all, there are challenges to do such things.