Immediately, the tasks of the alliance were handed over to the intelligence services, and the IRA still did not have a very formal foreign office. This may have a lot to do with the legitimacy of the Republican Army to establish a state, because until now, the imperial court still only recognizes that the Republican Army is only a local government, not a country, and that it only has such an advantage in a certain area. In other areas, there is no advantage at all.

So, the intelligence services have a certain degree of the Republican Army's diplomatic mission, and maybe they can do something better. The intelligence services are indeed suitable for such a task.

Kamatsu Ferry. On this side controlled by the Republican Army, there are a lot of businessmen gathered here. They were followed by caravans. They are all going to Xihe to do business, and Dong Zhuojun needs a lot of logistics materials, from food, use, to medicine, the demand is very large. If it is possible to transport directly to the front line. In that case, they will earn more, but the merchants on the side of the Republican Army, they prefer to have a stable bridgehead. Or rather, now they are waiting for something.

"Wouldn't it be that so many people have gotten the news?" A middle-aged businessman said anxiously that he bought a batch of cloth from a cloth factory, which was specially transported to Dong Zhuojun to make military uniforms. Because the manpower in Guanzhong is cheaper, this business is easy to make money.

But now it seems that such a thing makes them feel that something is wrong.

"Well, the newspapers say it. You see, the big newspapers have written about it. It's hard to even wonder. One businessman shook his head as well.

I don't know when, some words came from Hedong, saying that Dong Zhuo had abandoned Xihe and allowed the Republican Army to establish a so-called commercial stronghold in the land of Xihe, that is, the Heping Zone. This means that they have all the powers of the Republican Army except for the formal right to garrison them. This news is reflected in the fact that it is usually the hottest place for trade. Because the IRA is usually constantly involved in the hot spots in various regions. For example, where there is war, there are greater opportunities for trade. It is this kind of trade recovery that the state is relying on. Hedong, which has reached a certain stage of development, will never give up such an opportunity.

Hearing such news, many businessmen have taken action, and they even mortgaged their factories, shops, and goods to expand the scale, in order to occupy an extremely advantageous position in the next business action. Such an action is extremely advantageous. There are even a lot of practical benefits that can be addressed, and such a situation is extremely beneficial for anyone.

But now it seems that many people know about this news, because more caravans continue to gather here, and even the ferries on the Yellow River have become extremely nervous.

"Well, I've heard that. There was no garrison there. Safety cannot be guaranteed. The middle-aged businessman said with ulterior motives that he hoped that such remarks would make some businessmen discourage some of their actions to enter there, or at the very least, let them give up some such things to do such things.

"There is no guarantee, but there is a militia, not only the militia, but most importantly, there are also police, the police also have weapons, some places in Hexi, it is by relying on the police and militia to resist the attack of the nomadic cavalry, I think, our police and militia can also do this, besides, behind the Yellow River, there are many, many pontoon bridges, our army can launch an attack in a very short period of time, which is very advantageous for us, is it not that there is no confidence in our army?" Everyone said. When the middle-aged businessman heard this, he didn't dare to say it anymore. Because this involves the military, if there is something unfavorable to the military, it will be dealt with as a spy, and the spy will not enjoy any judicial protection.

"The most important thing is that it is a duty-free area, and in order to expand some of the most advantageous situations there, the taxes are free, or in other words, the operating expenses are very low, which is an advantage in itself, and this advantage can expand the scale of our operation to a large extent, knowing that you get the order, you can develop to a great extent." Other businessmen said.

The newspapers have reported the attitude of the Republican Army towards the Xihe Free Trade Zone, that is, tax exemption, tax exemption in a wide range of fields, this tax stimulus, can quickly gather more commercial resources to gather, which will meet their business development to the greatest extent, this is the most advantageous point for them at present, such a situation for them, this is an unprecedented benefit. In the face of such a benefit, more businessmen will gather here to do more such things, which is an important reason why businessmen gather here.

But the bridge on the ease can no longer meet such a demand, and perhaps at this time, they realized that pontoon bridges and ferries alone could not meet their situation, and they should build a bigger bridge over the Yellow River. But the problem is that in this section, although the Yellow River is gentle, it is a very natural ferry, but it also causes the width of the Yellow River to increase, and it is basically impossible to build such a long bridge, unless it can be done in some sections of the upper reaches, but to such a degree. It's really impossible.

"Perhaps, Iron Bridge can do that." One of the merchants in the caravan said.

The Republican Army's bridge construction was also developing rapidly, for example, from stone arch bridges to iron bridges, which were built faster and materials were easier to obtain. Compared with the stone, his speed is fast, and the cost is cheaper than the stone arch bridge, and the important thing is that the length of the iron bridge far exceeds the stone arch bridge. The stone still needs to be transported, and the cost of transportation is very high, and the iron bridge can be dismantled to many, many stages to transport, and most importantly, it can be processed and built as needed. It's convenient. However, the iron bridge has a big disadvantage, that is, the length is also limited, once it exceeds this limit, it is still unable to play such an effect. Therefore, the future development needs of the Republican Army are steel bridges. They needed better steel bridges to meet such a demand. In that case, the demand for steel will increase to a new level.

Jingshi, Luoyang, Dong Zhuojun's third line of defense.

"Those who have weapons go this way, those who don't have weapons go this way, and the officers, non-commissioned officers, all stand up. The soldiers were all in the back. The officer shouted loudly from the high platform. A large number of routs moved numbly. Many people have sloppy clothes and numb expressions.

Not surprisingly, Luoyang's second line of defense also completely collapsed. Lu Bu's "assault team", which assaulted the second line of defense, completely disrupted Dong Zhuojun's second line of defense, and a large number of routs fled in a collapsed manner. They were then recontained on the third line of defense, but their formation was completely disrupted. The compilation is completely non-existent. Some start running from the first line of defense. And the soldiers on the second line of defense were completely blinded. Many people could not find their commanders, and their commanders could not find their soldiers. If they are allowed to do so, the third line of defense will collapse on its own.

Guo Yan ordered that all the defeated troops should be contained and reorganized, and the new unit numbers would use words such as reorganization. Officers and non-commissioned officers will be reused, and of course, those who lead the way will be executed as an example. Even so, the rout soldiers were still very worried, most of them discarded their weapons, especially the other party's kind of assault, which made many people feel afraid, it can be said that Dong Zhuojun's courage was not much beaten. Many of the routs were insecure, and they became frightened birds. This is very detrimental to defense.

Perhaps the reorganization could give them some benefits.

Fortunately, Lu Bu's attack was also very limited, and the five hundred people they assaulted reached the time to break through the second line of defense. There were less than one hundred and twenty people left, most of whom were killed. Many people were seriously injured, and I am afraid that it is impossible to go to war again. At this moment, the strength of the state soldiers to attack became exhausted.

In contrast, Dong Zhuojun constantly shrank his defense line and strengthened his vigilance, and their strength increased a lot compared with the three defense lines. The increase in strength is huge. This may be a big and big advantage change for them. Such advantages can amplify their advantages to a greater extent and change is.

"Hurry, hurry, use all those barbed wire, don't save it." Guo Yan scolded loudly.

Although the soldiers had lost the possibility of attacking, they could not make a further breakthrough in strength. After all, there are so many elite soldiers. But this undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Dong Zhuojun. Under such pressure, more resources are tilted towards defense.

For example, barbed wire, this kind of thing used to be a very chicken thing for Dong Zhuojun, because his persistent craftsmanship is not very difficult, but you can't produce it on a large scale without machinery, even so, the price is very expensive, so Dong Zhuojun just bought a part of it, and usually doesn't use it easily.

And the first, the second line of defense was breached. It proves that barbed wire can effectively prevent the other side from breaking through. In the past, the wooden obstacles took a lot of time to make and consumed a lot of manpower, but the barbed wire could make up for this shortcoming, and in this case, they had to use such a part to be used.

And all of this is caused by the fact that the other party's power is too strong, and the deterrent effect is too great, if they can use it earlier, they may be able to avoid such a situation.