Jingshi, Luoyang, and Wang's shopkeeper spent a day in a tense atmosphere.

In the morning, a large number of officers and soldiers suddenly appeared, and all the people who were ready to open the door quickly closed the door of the shop, followed by an explosion, and then there was a fierce exchange of fire, the sound was very intense, and it sounded terrifying. The king's shopkeeper didn't know what was going on. But he knew that it was right to close the door. This must be something big happening in the imperial court.

The streets were full of troops, and the footsteps were very loud. For ordinary people like them, it is important to ensure the safety of their lives and property, and they do not know what is happening.

But for intelligence officers, it's going to be necessary to figure out what's going on.

The sound of a fierce exchange of fire was only for a while, and it sounded as if it was coming from the palace. It could be that something big happened in the palace. But what it was, they couldn't figure it out at all.

Anyway, they have been in a state of martial law, and ordinary people are not allowed to go out on the streets. Otherwise, you will be killed. This makes intelligence officers like them feel very helpless.

But what happened in Luoyang was still passed on by the intelligence officers of the Republican Army, and it was quickly transmitted to the core of the Republican Army, Lijiazhuang, along the telegraph cable.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"What will happen, you say?" Shang Wu asked after handing the telegram to Jia Xu, the Ministry of Intelligence could not get more accurate information, they could only send out the things that happened in Luoyang in time, but what was the specific matter, they still need further spying, which will take time.

"Imperial Palace, I am sure that His Majesty the Emperor has died. Otherwise, there would be no such thing. Jia Xu said after reading it.

"Tell me?" Shang Wu didn't quite understand, after all, he didn't quite understand how much His Majesty the Emperor meant.

"If His Majesty the Emperor can't die, depending on the situation, it should be the general outside the city who mobilizes troops to enter Luoyang City, at least some troops in the city enter the battle. This is first of all a runaway performance, and secondly, it is an attack on the palace, which is a big crime that ordinary people simply cannot bear. In the end, the only explanation for why the general dared to attack was that His Majesty the Emperor was gone. There is a lack of such a deterrent, so this is the formation of such a situation. Jia Xu said.

"However, I read the news sent by the telegram later, it seems that it happened very quickly, and the general quickly took control of the situation, no matter how fast we reacted, I am afraid that we will not be able to do anything." Jia Xu shook his head and said helplessly, it seemed that they had lost a big opportunity.

"Well, I'll order the intelligence department to continue to collect some relevant intelligence, so that we can make a more favorable judgment." Shangwu nodded and said this, it seems that Shangwu is not annoyed at all, after all, they have been alerted to such a thing before, but because they don't know what will happen, they can't react, on the contrary, in many places, they don't know the situation very well, and the deployment of the army also takes time. So, a lot of things don't happen all at once, and it requires them to adjust and accomplish some of the things they can accomplish in order to do that.

"However, I don't think it's that simple, although I don't know exactly what happened, but with the power of the emperor and the power of the relatives, plus the imbalance between the eunuchs, I think something will happen sooner or later." Jia Xu thought about it and said this, and Shangwu nodded in approval of such a thing. Because that's how history goes. Because the power between the eunuchs and relatives is not very balanced, Zhang Rang's defection only exacerbated the outbreak of this contradiction, because there is a great contradiction between the two. It's irreconcilable.

"Regardless of these contradictions? We should actively increase our military strength, and the current military struggle has become very small, but we should also pay attention to the fact that we must actively take a series of other measures to strengthen our defensive line. At the same time, we should strengthen the level of management of internal affairs, so that our situation is in an extremely favorable situation, and only in this way can we become extremely advantageous and put us in a very flat state. Otherwise, everything will be in a very bad situation, and the more this happens, the worse it will be for us. Shang Wu said.

In contrast, Shangwu cares about strength, which is the core of all competition, if your strength is not good, it is to encounter no matter how good the conditions and opportunities are, you can't seize them, and you are always ready. Opportunity is provided to those who are prepared, and those who are opportunistic do not have the opportunity to do such a thing in themselves.

"Well, we're doing that better than ever." Jia Xu said.

"Influenced by the purchase of land, we purchased some unexpected key points of Yanmen Pass from the Huns and Wuhuan respectively, and set up a series of fortresses on the periphery, and the defense of Yanmen Pass was further strengthened. In addition, in other areas, we are also going through a series of transactions to get what we want, and if there are many places that can buy it, I suggest, don't be stingy with money, it is much more cost-effective than using the army to attack. Jia Xu said.

Buying is a very advantageous strategy. The situation in the north, in particular, is very bad.

The war between the Wuhuan and the Huns entered an unprecedented stalemate, and the two sides were basically fought in the form of tribal battles, not large-scale battles, which led to extremely chaotic battles, which gave the republican army a greater chance.

The war is extremely fair for both sides, for no other reason, when the Wuhuan people attacked the Huns, the Huns were also attacking the Wuhuan people, the war continued to escalate, in order to win the other party, the Wuhuan people needed weapons, needed supplies, these all needed money, the cold weather did not freeze the determination of the two sides to fight, on the contrary, the battle is further escalating.

Both sides want to put the other to death, and at the same time they want to be able to get rich from each other, prisoners of war are money, cattle and sheep are also money, what is money, it is a lot of resources, with resources, it means that their tribe can survive and become strong, but if you want to do everything like this, you must have money, sell land, nomads don't care about their land at all, they are nomadic in the first place. It's not going to stay in one place for a long, long time. That's what they're going to be in right now, and they need to do that. As for the rest, they don't care.

As a result, a large amount of land is being traded, which leads to a constant downward trend.

A place the size of a county seat. The Republican Army only paid 6,500 dollars to buy it back. You must know that to seize such a county town, the republican army needs to use at least one regiment of troops and spend at least about 150,000 military expenses to take it. And six thousand five hundred dollars is only equivalent to two infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, one battle, about two combat ammunition bases. The Republican Army easily bought these places back.

I have to say, it's very cheap. Therefore, it is much better to buy than to use military power and use military means to seize it, and most importantly, the money spent, the Republican Army can quickly earn it back through trade. Such a purchase policy, on the contrary, is beneficial to the Republican Army.

"In addition to the north, there are also some officials in the south, which is where we will set up Zezhou in the southern region of the Shangdang in the future. The local officials there, influenced by the officials who had surrendered before, were also secretly contacting us, hoping to get some guarantees of their rights and then withdraw. In exchange for the greatest value. This is their most basic condition. Jia Xu said.

"What do you think we should do?" Shangwu asked.

"No matter what the conditions, we have to agree, the southern mountainous area, the battle is extremely unfavorable, we need to use the military force may be larger, not cost-effective, the most important thing is that there are strategic points, important passes are there, if we can't get such some favorable opportunities in time, what will be the result? It will pose a great threat to us, and once there is a change in Luoyang in the future, for example, this time, we will not have time to react at all. Make advantageous moves to come. Jia Xu said.

"Well, I agree to do so." Shang Wu nodded and said, this is the biggest constraint on the Republican Army, if there is no such constraint, their situation may not be too favorable.

"Also, if there is really a change in Luoyang in the future, we should also actively make preparations and occupy important exits, which will be of great help to us, and when necessary, we can hold there and form a great deterrent." Jia Xu said that this is completely considered from the perspective of occupation.

"It is very disadvantageous to use military means, we cannot mobilize more military forces, and if we use them, it will take a long time, and we are currently in a state of cultivation. For war, I personally recommend that it is better not to use such situations too much. Jia Xu said.

"I completely agree with it, and take the countermeasure of bribery. Whatever they need, we will give them whatever they need, official positions, status, you can do it. Shang Wu said.

In such a situation, the buy-in seems to become more advantageous, which is an extremely favorable development for them, after all, it is a good development for them, and in order to develop to such an extent, they can only make some necessary sacrifices.

Jia Xu nodded, in this way, it is much faster than them using pure military deterrence, and money is also a favorable weapon.