In the mountainous area north of Shangdang, there are many mountains here, and the combat conditions are extremely harsh, and such terrain conditions give the local mountain bandits a good living environment. Now, however, the IRA has decided to remove such obstacles. In response, the Republican Army requisitioned three guard infantry battalions that were good at mountain warfare, and they were all Luzhou reserve military forces. They were ordered to assemble here and launch a larger attack on the mountain bandits.

Of course, the special forces that have just finished the last operation in Hedong will also be quickly mobilized here, and in order to strengthen the firepower of mountain operations, the Republican Army has mobilized two field artillery battalions to strengthen here. Such a large number of troops will put a lot of pressure on the mountainous areas in the north of Shangdang.

In the third battalion of the mountain battalion, Sergeant Li Shan sat on the ammunition box, holding a knife he made and sharpening a wooden block, which may be his hobby, or it may be the best way to relieve stress.

They all belong to the guard corps, the so-called guard corps, in fact, the reserve forces of the republican army, they all have a certain amount of military experience, or some soldiers promoted by the local militia, they cannot join the active duty army, after all, the active duty force is more demanding. But in some cases, they are also requisitioned. However, the combat enthusiasm of the Guard Corps has decreased significantly compared to that of the active troops. The reason is that a lot of people have begun to get used to their civilian life.

For example, the sergeant, Li Shan, he was a worker, he worked as a worker in the Luzhou Iron Works, processing some parts, for example, pouring the wheels. Or make some other carriage parts and so on. In short, their salaries and salaries are good, and Li Shandu is in his thirties. Such an age seemed unlikely to marry in the past. But his experience in the army has made him grow a lot. He was retired as a sergeant in a mountain infantry division. Fought bravely, but unfortunately he was too old and was eliminated.

When he returned home, he didn't know that he had a large amount of money in his bank account. After joining the army, having money in his account, and a reliable and stable job, he found a wife who was more than ten years younger than him. His father-in-law was only two years older than him. Sometimes, that's how it goes, and there are a lot of situations that they don't even think about. I really don't understand why some of these situations are happening.

However, Li Shan was recruited again. He joined the guard because, supporting him in doing so, his wife, who is from the northern mountains. Many people have fled here, the mountainous land is barren, and they have been in a state of not having enough to eat for a long time, once they encounter a famine year, the results can be imagined, and the worst thing is that the situation controlled by the imperial court has become extremely chaotic, coupled with the complex terrain of the local area, the mountains and forests are dense, giving some bandits a lot of room to live. Their presence has caused a lot of harm to the local area.

His wife strongly urged her husband to join the guard. For revenge.

Speaking of escaping from the northern mountains, every family has a book of suffering, blood and tears. When Luzhou's economy was developing rapidly, it attracted the people there to flee and enter Luzhou, but recovering it and stabilizing the economic order there has always been the most urgent hope of the local people. Now the IRA is going to do it.

"Be careful. Clumsy. Li Shan looked at Private Daniel Zhang and said. More than 30 percent of the veterans in the mountain battalion are veterans, they have fought, many of them have made war achievements, but most of the rest have never fought, many of them want to enter the army, but the competition is extremely fierce. So, some interested soldiers joined the guard. The number of recruits in the guard is still very large, and such a proportion of recruits can only be used for guard operations at most. But the commanders of the IRA believed that such troops were sufficient.

"Attention, there are enemies." The sentry shouted nervously, the vigilance of the recruits is very high, but unfortunately, they do not have much experience, which requires veterans to lead them, only in this way can the combat effectiveness rise to a favorable position in a relatively short time. For the most part, the guards maintain a certain combat effectiveness in a way that brings the old with the new.

"Don't worry, it's our own people, don't worry." A lieutenant colonel shouted loudly with a telescope in his hand.

"It's the bandits who have surrendered nearby, and they have laid down their arms. Just be vigilant. The lieutenant colonel said.

The veterans have relaxed, only the recruits are still a little nervous, and the recruits are generally inexperienced, which is a matter of no choice, after all, such a situation will have a great impact on them. It is only through something that they can grow.

But even so, the discipline of the Republican Army will maximize their combat effectiveness. Compared with the guards of the Republican Army, there is still a big gap between the bandits, and many bandits are not substantive bandits, most of them are self-preservation, and they are forced to helpless under certain political conditions. They will still choose to surrender on a large scale, and only a very small number will resist based on the difficult terrain, which is extremely unavoidable.

Dong Zhuo's tent in the Chinese military camp.

Dong Zhuojun and the Republican Army formed a confrontation along the Yellow River, but at many important crossings, both sides tacitly chose to abandon the confrontation, because both sides relied on trade between the two sides, because only in this way could the two sides maintain this state of confrontation.

Dong Zhuo needs money, a lot of money, because he has a huge plan to expand the armament war, the basis of this plan is a large amount of money, although part of it can be completed by borrowing, but they must maintain a certain economic prosperity, and tariffs as collateral, if the tariffs can not prosper, the result will be very troublesome, in desperation, Dong Zhuo can only accept the advice of the Republican Army, and adopt a low tariff method to stimulate the increase of border trade.

"Tariffs can be reduced to five percent, so that taxes may be lowered, but the size of trade can be increased, so that we can make money, and at the same time, in order to stimulate large-scale purchases by merchants on the part of the Republican Army. We reduce or eliminate tariffs on their goods, which is more beneficial to us. Li Dao said.

Dong Zhuo doesn't know anything about the economy, not just Dong Zhuo. Li Wei can't say why, he just knows that doing business with the Republican Army, although they may be at the end of a trade imbalance, but these are not important, the important thing is that their tariffs will bring a large part of the income, because the commercial trade volume will increase rapidly, although only five percent, but these five percent can bring great benefits, because his scale has become much larger, this is a very advantageous point, with such a point, A lot of their business can actually be launched, and in such a situation, many of their reactions are extremely favorable. Therefore, in such a situation, Dong Zhuo sees the benefits after trade liberalization, and they really don't know anything about the economy.

"According to preliminary estimates, our income will exceed one million dollars, and these funds can ensure that we can reorganize fifteen infantry battalions and replenish the equipment of three artillery battalions. Li Dao said.

In fact, the trade in the switch is very beneficial to Dong Zhuo, in addition to the Xiliang trade, they also have a great advantage in that the Western Regions, the Western Regions' demand for Central Plains commodities far exceeds Dong Zhuo's expectations, reducing tariffs, and encouraging trade measures, will greatly increase the supply of commodities in the Western Regions, coupled with the appropriate development of trade, which is an extremely favorable situation for Dong Zhuo, and this situation will meet their various needs to the greatest extent.

"Are these all from the IRA's Economic Advisory Group?" Dong Zhuo asked.

"Yes, my lord." Li Wei replied.

"Very good, just do it, it seems that it is still good for us for us to have some diplomats stationed here, but their military advisory group, watch them, don't attack our troops, weapons can be imported on a large scale." Dong Zhuo said.

The Republican Army sent a military advisory group of 150 people, in addition to the Economic and Diplomatic Advisory Group, and in addition, in Chang'an, there was a long-term presence of the Republican Army's diplomatic ambassadors. These were the beginnings of modern diplomacy, but none of them aroused Dong Zhuo's great interest. In his opinion, those were just one of their irrational actions. In this regard, there are many things, and he doesn't have to pay too much attention to such situations.

"My lord, the IRA will solve most of our problems." Li Dao said. Dong Zhuo considered such a question very practically.

"Yes, we're thinking about a practical question, and if we can't do something like this, what's the point." Dong Zhuo said.

"With the Republican Army, we still have a lot of benefits." Dong Zhuo said. Ignorant of the economy, they began to develop positively in other directions. Perhaps, they could have been more helpful in other directions. Dong Zhuo's economic behavior is completely unconscious.

The IRA's trade needs a relaxed environment, tariff reduction, and other things that are fully in line with the IRA's requirements, and if these needs are met, their approach will be greatly developed. Loose economic policies are conducive to the further development of trade, and this is the practical situation that they need the most, so that their situation can be in the most favorable state.