Inside the War Department. Ma Heng was making a series of reports to Shang Wu, and he was going to report to Shang Wu what he saw in Hedong, Hexi, and Bingzhou, and tell him what was going on there. Shang Wu held a notepad and wrote and drew on it from time to time, while also asking some key questions, after all, Shang Wu had not been to the field to check the situation.

Ma Heng emphatically mentioned the militia system on which the Republican Army is based, in the annex state, some militias are in a state of proletariat, although the military salary will be given to a part, but it will definitely not make them a state that can feed the family, which will exacerbate the collapse of the militia's morale. Such a thing had happened to the army of the imperial court, and Ma Heng did not want such a thing to happen to the republican army, after all, the republican army defeated the army of the imperial court, and if such a thing happened to them, this situation would be really bad.

In addition, there is also the treatment of soldiers, Ma Heng believes that the treatment of the army is too low. Compared with the remuneration of workers, merchants, and even peasants, the salary of soldiers is too low, and the lowest private, only one-sixth of the salary of a junior worker, obviously has no future as a soldier. In this regard, there is also a reluctance to serve as a soldier in some areas, although in the end it is treated as deserters, and the treatment of families is also greatly implicated. But this is definitely not an individual case, because many things will happen, and in such a situation, their state will naturally not develop to a greater extent.

"So there is such a thing." Shang Wu listened patiently, it seemed that Shang Wu didn't want to speak, on the contrary, what he said was still very favorable.

"Not only that, but I found that the combat effectiveness of some units in Bingzhou has decreased a lot, and we only rely on discipline and superiority in weapons to maintain such a situation, but if we don't have such an advantage, the situation is very unfavorable for us." Ma Heng said.

"I'll notice what you say." Shang Wu said.

"We're looking for ways to change that." Shang Wu continued.

"So, I would like to ask, what do you think of the situation in the south? Especially the dynamics in Luoyang? Shang Wu asked.

"Well, I've thought about this question, but at present, it's still immature for us to send troops, I don't recommend that we send troops first, although the preemptive strike is very advantageous, but the preemptive strike is very bad for us, and it will make us a target. I don't recommend a preemptive strike, at least until our military power becomes advantageous before we can do such a thing. Ma Heng said.

"You mean to say that we're going to strike backwards? Is that right? Shang Wu asked.

"Well, yes, that's probably what it means." Ma Heng said. Shangwu nodded, and then let Ma Heng rest. And Jia Xu came over to discuss some things.

"The military academy is basically divided into two factions, one group believes that we should take active action to seize the main passes, and then take the opportunity to send troops to occupy favorable county towns and expand our influence. The other faction is the late strike, but on the one hand, the latter seems to have received much support. Jia Xu said.

"Oh? Why? Shang Wu asked.

"Because they are worried that if we strike later, we will lose a lot of opportunities, and our Republican Army has already won a lot, and taking advantage of such a good opportunity to expand it in a big way is definitely a good opportunity for us." Jia Xu said.

"The idea of preemptive strikes is good, but I personally prefer to strike later because we are not well prepared." Shang Wu said.

"We have launched several attacks in a row, the soldiers are still very tired, the troops need to be reorganized, so that the combat effectiveness can be improved, Ma Heng pointed out that there are many problems, there are no suitable soldiers, it will seriously hinder us from getting a morale boost, we need elite soldiers, not those teams with low morale to fight, in that case, it will seriously affect our next military operation." Shang Wu said.

"The other is the main pass, in Nakajo Mountain, although there is good news, we have taken bribes to obtain the opening of an important passage. But what we need to see is that the entire Taihang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain's road to the south has not been fully opened, and the initiative in the choice of our southward passage is still in the hands of the other party, which is stuck in our logistics supply channel. We can go on the offensive boldly, but the price we pay will be huge. And we can't afford to consume it internally. Shang Wu said worriedly.

"That's true, there are a lot of problems, and we need to be aware of them as well. That is, some of the enemy's situation seems to be extremely unfavorable to us, the enemy is not chaotic, the bad thing is that their situation seems to be in an extremely favorable state, in such a bitter situation, we rashly launched an active attack, the preemptive strike is certainly beneficial to us, we can get good results, but the preemptive strike, will also make Luoyang feel a great threat, under our squeeze, they will form a favorable fist, this fist smashed over, extremely unfavorable to us, So, we have to let go and make their situation feel very favorable and think that we are not too threatening. Jia Xu said.

"Well, what you say makes a lot of sense, but what do we do about it?" Shang Wu didn't expect this, Jia Xu's thoughts would always bring him a big surprise. This is also an important point that Shangwu attaches great importance to Jia Xu.

"Loans, taking advantage of our bank advantages, lending money to the generals, providing funds, weapons support, we don't need too much, about 300,000 yuan or so to achieve such a purpose. This is also a type of bribery. In this way, they can increase their strength. At the same time, there will be a greater degree of development in their situation. Jia Xu provided.

"Personally, I think that the power of the Great General seems to be too great. If we bribe them, it will make them despise us very much, and given the specific factors of the eunuch group, I think we can support them, and at the same time, in terms of intelligence, we will be developed to a greater extent, what do you think? Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"Well, yes, but for the generals, we also have to take some measures, which is to make them think that we are not capable of attacking. In this way, their situation can be relaxed to a large extent. Jia Xu said.

"Agree to do so." Shang Wu immediately nodded down. The IRA needs to paralyze each other. Because only in this way can the Republican army make the enemy first chaotic in the following rear strike, otherwise they will have no chance, and Shangwu agrees to do so.

In this way, the Republican Army initially formulated a strategy of preemptive strike, because only such a strategy can make their situation more favorable, otherwise, the whole situation will be in an extremely bad situation.

And the state, business here has become more and more easy to do.

Get bank funds from Handan, as long as you can borrow money, the whole business can be done, the Wuhuan people in the north, the Huns need all kinds of materials, they can't fight, everything is missing. Weapons, armor, and constantly put forward all kinds of logistical supply requirements, as long as you have enough courage and can buy such materials, business, it must be easy to do.

On the other hand, a large number of nomadic prisoners of war were escorted down. They were all sent to the coal mine. This is the only place that needs such people.

Whips, sticks, will make the temper of those nomads become sheep-like. Then they began to go into the mines, laboring like crazy.

A lot of coal has been excavated, but there are some problems at present, that is, a lot of coal is excavated, but it seems that there is some possibility that it cannot be sold.

"This coal, heaping high. The old is high. In the beginning, I could make some money, but now, this coal is no longer burned. It is only used for cooking and fire. This. How long has it burned? Boss Wang said anxiously. He was a local landowner, and he followed the advice of a merchant from Hedong to open a small coal mine nearby, which was good at first and made money. Because they needed to heat up at that time, many people had to hoard coal in a hurry, so business was easy to do. But the year passed. The situation is starting to turn unfavorable.

The first is that the weather is getting warmer. The demand for heating is decreasing, followed by the fact that every household is hoarding, the demand has been excavated, and the last terrible thing is that it doesn't take much to cook on the fire, but Boss Wang bought nearly a hundred prisoners of war in one go, and the output has increased a lot at once. This made him very anxious, but there was no way, no way, such a situation was completely impossible to deal with such a situation.

"What should I do?" Boss Wang is very anxious about this.

In terms of time, there are many people in the same situation as Boss Wang. Because they produce too much, but the need for heating and cooking can be great, so this situation is not too favorable for them, and even, such a situation will only make their situation much worse. To accomplish such a situation, they also need new requirements.

In fact, the biggest demand for coal comes from iron smelting. Because they need a lot of coal.