He Tengjiao's decision to send troops was not too much of a problem for the Sichuan Ming army.

The last campaign to exterminate Sun Kewang took seven months to prepare, but the whole process lasted less than four months before it was over. The Ming army still has a large number of grain and grass materials that have not been used up, and the remaining materials are enough to support the Ming army to fight another big war.

The reason why the Ming army delayed for so long and did not attack Chengdu was because the Ming army had eaten too much territory this time, and although Sun Kewang was defeated, there were still many stragglers in the local area, as well as many bandits and powerful armed forces, which dragged down the pace of the Ming army.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty also suffered a lot of losses in the battle, such as Wang Guangen's 10,000 people, which were basically reimbursed, and the army needed to rest, and there were tens of thousands of Western Army soldiers, this unstable factor was there, so it has been dragged down.

Now, a few months have passed, the imperial court has sent a large number of officials into the southwest, the administrative system has been established, the local area has gradually stabilized, tens of thousands of Western troops have been sent to farm in addition to being strong, and the Ming army has no worries, He Tengjiao gave an order, and the army drove out.

Many high-ranking officials and generals in the southwest discussed for three days in Sanhua Mountain, and then decided on a plan to recover the whole Sichuan.

Many generals immediately left Sanhua Mountain and returned to the camp to make arrangements, but many civilian officials continued to stay in Sanhua Mountain and held a month-long discussion on the future economy of the southwest, Tusi, and the resumption of communication with Tibetan areas.

Wang Guangtai, who was in Jiading Prefecture, and Wang Deren, who was stationed in Hezhou, left first, and the two of them were left and right, one was responsible for cutting off the Jinniu Road, and the other was responsible for controlling the Micang Road, and they wanted to lock the Jin army in Sichuan in Chengdu and annihilate it in the Chengdu Plain.

Both of them were holding back their anger in their hearts, especially Wang Deren, who fell for Wu Sangui's strategy, causing Haoge to be rescued by Wu Sangui, which made the southwest generals dislike him and have no good face.

Wang Deren was not originally from the Chu faction, he was not easy to mix in the southwest, and he was ranked behind the other people in terms of supplies and personnel, so he could still fight, but now he went to fight, and he was scolded back by a word, "Let go of Haoge, and I'm embarrassed to resupply." ”

In the face of the southwestern officialdom's difficulties for him, he was very wronged and had bitter words, so he could only hope to win a battle to change the status quo.

After Wang Guangtai and Wang Deren left, Ma Jinzhong and Li Dingguo also prepared to return to the army and set out with troops and horses. They are the middle route army, which will go straight to Chengdu, still dominated by Ma Jinzhong, supplemented by Li Dingguo, and Sichuan Fufan Yixuan personally supervised the logistics for them.

This attack on Chengdu, to say that the entire southwest is full of confidence, because the strength gap is there, but He Tengjiao is still a little uneasy, for fear that the Ming army will hang the chain at a critical moment.

The last time he trapped Haoge, He Tengjiao was so happy that he didn't sleep for three nights, and he dreamed that Haoge was captured, and he was named the king of the county because of his merits. At that time, his victory and the prison car where Haoge was imprisoned were ready, but who knew that it was empty joy, and let him scold Ma Jinzhong to the blood.

The Middle Route Army is now stationed in the Ziyang area, Li Dingguo was appointed as the vanguard first, Ma Jinzhong was the last to go, and He Tengjiao personally sent him off.

In the north of Luzhou City, Ma Jinzhong led the horses, stopped and said to He Tengjiao: "Supervisor, you don't have to send it, this time Jinzhong must no longer expect to conquer Chengdu City!" ”

Since he left Haoge last time, Ma Jinzhong has felt very guilty in his heart, and He Tengjiao can personally send him, he is still very moved.

"Let's take a few more steps!" He Tengjiao shook his head slightly and said casually.

Last time, He Tengjiao handed over the task of ambush to Ma Jinzhong and left Li Dingguo in Luzhou to guard the surrendered army, just to give Ma Jinzhong a chance to make meritorious contributions, so that he could be crowned a prince of the country, but he didn't want Ma Jinzhong to mess things up in the end, and even his county king hat flew away. This left a shadow on He Tengjiao's heart, and he was not very relieved about Ma Jinzhong.

In the past few days, although Ma Jinzhong has done a lot of introspection, his character is too easy to be "ambitious", and if he wins a few battles, his tail will be lifted to the sky, but He Tengjiao is not very relieved.

It should be easier to take Sichuan this time, Li Dingguo and Wang Guangtai, He Tengjiao is not very worried, he is afraid that Ma Jinzhong will make a mistake and make jokes.

He Tengjiao was not easy to say, for fear of hurting the heart of the henchman, the two of them walked forward, and the soldiers of the rear team led the horses to accompany them, and after a while, He Tengjiao still couldn't hold back, stopped his steps and said: "Jinzhong!" This attack on Chengdu, if you succeed, you are very likely to be the prince of the country, this governor will hand over this matter to you, you have to be careful, don't make mistakes again. ”

Ma Jinzhong's old face turned red, and he realized that He Tengjiao sent him because he was worried that he would have problems again.

This made Ma Jinzhong more ashamed, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, the last general must be cautious and cautious this time, not arrogant or impatient, and he will definitely fight Chengdu City and live up to the expectations of the superintendent." ”

He was telling the truth, last time He Tengjiao obviously helped him fight for merit and gave him the opportunity, but he didn't grasp it, and it was inevitable that he would be laughed at, this time He Tengjiao continued to let him be the commander of the Middle Route Army, if he missed again, it would really become a mud that couldn't support the wall.

He Tengjiao saw that his face was red, and he solemnly clenched his fists, knowing that he had listened to his words, he nodded and said: "Jin Shenghuan and his ilk have all been crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and this governor has made great contributions to the imperial court, and you have all made great contributions to the imperial court, so you can't be lower than them." You are my confidant, I will give you the task of collecting Chengdu, you should know my intentions. Don't blame me for talking too much, you have to behave well this time. ”

When Ma Jinzhong heard this, he raised his head and said: "Jinzhong has been supported by the superintendent over the years, and last time he lived up to the trust of the superintendent, walked Haoge, and lived up to the trust of the superintendent. Moreover, this time there is also Li Dingguo with him, and the superintendent only has to wait for news in Luzhou, and the general will definitely sweep the Jin army. ”

He Tengjiao was relieved at this time, nodded and said: "Okay, the governor won't say much, just wait for news in Luzhou." ”

At the moment, the two didn't say much, Ma Jinzhong turned over and got on the horse, saluted He Tengjiao, and then clamped the horse's belly and led the deployment away. He Tengjiao returned to Luzhou and continued to preside over the meeting.

In early February, after the various units of the Ming army had made preparations and replenished the grain and grass equipment, Wang Guangtai of the garrison in Jiading Prefecture led 20,000 horses and horses to Meizhou southwest of Chengdu, and after detouring to Chengdu from the west, Wang Deren of the garrison in Hezhou also led 20,000 troops, went north to Shunqing Mansion, and attacked Guangyuan County, Baoning Prefecture, cutting off the connection between Chengdu and Hanzhong.

Ma Jinzhongshen's army of 25,000 people, and Li Dingguo's Zhongyi Town of 6,000 people, a total of 31,000 Ma Bu's army, invested in Yang, attacked Jianyang, and approached Chengdu.