After conquering Hanzhong on October 25, Liu Jing and Ma Wei went out to capture the city and territory everywhere. All surrounding cities such as Chenggu, Mian County, and Bao County were captured.

The resistance encountered during the attack was very weak. After all, the Hanzhong garrison had been basically defeated before this. Some of these remote counties had no two or three hundred soldiers. Facing the elite Sichuan Army and the elite Zhennan Army who were so angry that they had no will to resist.

Important areas of Hanzhong Prefecture were quickly taken down, and a large number of military rations hoarded in Hanzhong were also included. Liu Jing and Ma Wei quickly arranged the army to occupy various military key points, and then began to rectify themselves and arrange military garrisons. At the same time, they connected Sichuan, Yunnan and Myanmar headquarters to consolidate the grain route.

After Yunnan was taken down, Deng Zilong was not willing to be lonely. He didn't want to stay in Yunnan to guard the rear. Then when the event was successful, he could only make a small contribution. So after Yunnan was roughly pacified in mid-September, he couldn't help asking for troops to lead north to Sichuan to assist in the attack. Sun Li couldn't stop him and asked Xiao Ruxun for instructions, Xiao Ruxun allowed Deng Zilong to go north.

So Deng Zilong led 20,000 troops to Sichuan, and began to consolidate the results of Liu Jing and Ma Wei along the way. He also picked up some bargains, which was considered a small contribution, but he was not satisfied and followed Liu Jing and Ma Wei. Although he advanced with all his strength, Ma Wei and Liu Jing made too fast and he could not keep up.

By the time he arrived in Chengdu on October 17, Chengdu had already been taken down. Liu Chengsi, who was temporarily appointed as the general of Sichuan by Tan Xisi, received Deng Zilong and informed Deng Zilong that Mawei and Liu Shi had gone north to attack Hanzhong.

Deng Zilong was very unhappy and kept his deputy general to guard Chengdu, and then forcibly took Liu Chengsi as a guide and went north.

While Deng Zilong was rushing to go, Liu Jing and Ma Wei were gathering in Hanzhong to discuss the next strategy of action.

Although Xiao Ruxun gave them the task of guarding Hanzhong and controlling the Northwest Army, the two agreed to have no satisfaction after occupying Sichuan. The local officials and troops in Sichuan did not fight with them at all, and surrendered in a few strokes or simply avoided the war. They were very dissatisfied.

Moreover, they have won all the battles along the way and made great progress. They are now full of confidence and want to make big news.

It is not their usual style to just defend and wait for the enemy to fight. Neither Liu Dadao nor the Ma family generals like to defend. They all thought of the option to continue attacking and make achievements, but the two have not completely decided how to fight and whether they really want to fight.

Liu Zhen tends to take the initiative, while Ma Wei is hesitant.

"The general told us to stick to Hanzhong and not to go north, just restrain the troops of the four towns in the northwest, but I always think this is not enough. We fight smoothly and sharply, and it is a time when we are full of morale. If we don't continue fighting at this time, we have to stop. Isn't it a waste of morale?"

Liu Jing is a firm pro-war faction.

Ma Wei had some doubts about this.

"This is true, but the command of the general is an order, not allowing us to continue fighting north. It is also the soldiers and horses of the four towns. If the soldiers and horses of the four towns are really mobilized, there will be at least 100,000 people. We have only 40,000 soldiers in total, which is not easy to fight!"

Liu Jing shook his head repeatedly.

"We have taken down the Sichuan soldiers more than 100,000?"

Ma Wei shook his head and said, "Most of Sichuan soldiers are local garrison troops. The troops in the four towns have been fighting with the Northern Barbarians for many years. The elite soldiers and horses are not the same. If they really want to fight, they may not be worse than us. We do not have an advantage in terms of military strength, and we cannot draw conclusions rashly."

Liu Jing pointed to Guyuan Town on the map and said, "Do you have to wait for Guyuan's three-sided governor Li Wen to mobilize troops to attack us? It is precisely because we have few soldiers and horses that we cannot show our timidity. We must take the initiative to attack and in turn shock Li Wen. Otherwise, when their troops are approaching, we will passively respond? Do you make sure that those surrendered little girls will not take the opportunity to make trouble behind us?"

Ma Wei suddenly felt that what Liu Shi said made sense.

It is precisely because the Zhennan Army has been in a state of great success since the Northern Expedition that it has shocked the fence-leading officials and the army. Because of such a strong force, they dare not resist or do the right thing, but once they show their timidity, they may be defeated even once, instability may be caused in the rear.

They have not established a solid rule in the local area, and Sichuan is not their rear, and it can even be said that Yunnan is not. It is just that most people are just waiting and watching. Once a conclusion is drawn, the situation may reverse again.

This is probably the reason why the Zhennan Army must keep attacking northward and not stop.

Only by continuing to create a strong and invincible image can the existing foundation be consolidated.

And what is more important is another reason that Liu Dou said.

"Brother Ma, are you really willing to wait for the Grand Marshal to take down the capital and go directly to the capital? You plan to stop here? Think about it, the people who are following Grand Marshal are undoubtedly the greatest contributions. When the time comes to the capital, they will be the first to be awarded.

They followed the Grand Marshal and made the greatest achievements in combat, and we stopped here and stopped moving forward, and we did not go to the Grand Marshal. We would definitely not have as much reward when we were awarded. We would miss a great opportunity in vain! If we took down Northwest and Guanzhong, and then took the initiative to lead our troops to the capital to meet the Grand Marshal, how much credit would it be?"

It makes sense...

As the chief general of one of the four major camps of the Zhennan Army, Ma Wei was valued by Xiao Ruxun and was able to command a team of troops alone to take charge of one battlefield. He himself believed that his ability was definitely not bad, otherwise Xiao Ruxun would not value him like this.

However, if he did not arrive when he conquered the general of the Great Seal of the Capital and failed to get the first taste of the trouble, he might be squeezed out by those who later came.

He doesn't want to encounter such a thing.

Stop?

Ma Wei thought for a while and felt unable to stop.

Not only can you stop yourself, but the army cannot stop either. The soldiers of Zhennan Army must continue to maintain their strong fighting will. If they stop and turn to the defensive, then good morale and fighting will be wasted.

So the two of them wrote a letter to Xiao Ruxun and began to discuss how to attack the next step.

Then the two of them stared at each other.

How to fight?

There are now five ways to attack Guanzhong from Hanzhong.

Either walk on Qishan, or take Chencang Ancient Road to Lianyun Plank Road, or take Baoxi Road, or try to go to Luogu or Ziwu Valley.

It's not easy.

Well, indeed, it is not easy to attack Longyou and Guanzhong from Hanzhong.

Since ancient times, there have been too many wars in this area. The strategies and tactics that should be used have been used almost all. The battle examples are easy to use and it is not difficult to predict at all. Therefore, compared to playing tricks, strength is actually more important. Haven’t you ever realized your plan even after seeing Zhuge Wuhou die?

After thinking about it, Liu Jing and Ma Wei felt that taking the initiative did not seem to be a good choice, because they predicted that Li Wen might quickly attack Hanzhong and recover Sichuan in the future. The reason was no different, for food.
Chapter completed!