At the same time as Li Wen acted, Liu Wei and Ma Wei also started to act a long time ago.

After a heated discussion, they agreed that Li Wen's main force would attack from the Lianyun Plank Road and the Qishan Ancient Road, and the Baochuan Road was also one of the most likely routes, and the most unlikely was Luogu Road and Meridian Valley.

The terrain of Luogu is too steep, it is okay to take a business trip, and the large team of people is purely looking for unhappiness, and I don't know how many people will die.

Meridian Valley is the same, it's very difficult to walk, and if it's blocked, I really don't know how to escape.

So Mawei sent people to focus on the renovation of Baocheng.

Baocheng is the necessary place of Baochuan Road and Lianyun Plank Road, and there are Hutou Pass and Jitou Pass in the north of Baocheng, both of which are important checkpoints and need to be fortified.

Ma Wei sent people to set up the artillery of the army on it, preparing to use the advantage of the firepower of the Zhennan army to block Li Wen's army layer by layer.

As for the enemy troops that may come from the Qishan Ancient Road, it is necessary to set up defenses in Luoyang, Yangpingguan and Chuxian, and Luoyang can resist for a while and then give up, the purpose is to lure the enemy into depth, and Yangpingguan needs to be heavily armed, as for Chuxian, it must not be lost.

Both Ma Wei and Liu Wei were in favor of abandoning some less important places, not going too deep to garrison the northwest of Hanzhong, but choosing to garrison in the dangerous terrain close to Hanzhong.

In this way, the dispersion of forces is reduced, and the already small army is not dispersed again, increasing the risk of being defeated by each other.

Second, to reduce food loss, although they have a lot of food in their hands, but it is not so much that they can waste it wantonly.

Third, it can lengthen Li Wen's supply line, increase his transportation loss and transportation pressure, and speed up the consumption of his limited military rations, and the consumption of manpower and material resources faster.

Regardless of the gains and losses of one city and one pool, but concerned about the final annihilation of the enemy and the decisive battle, it is necessary to give full play to the combat advantages of the Sichuan army and the Zhennan army in the rugged mountainous terrain in the continuous defense and movement warfare, offset the numerical superiority of Li Wen's troops, and maximize the probability of victory.

Moreover, in the Zhennan army, the ratio of firearms is very high, and today's firearms are obviously more suitable for defensive operations than field battles out of the city, and the large number of artillery and bird guns that are constantly transported are very suitable for defense.

In contrast, the number of firearms in Li Wen's department was much less, mainly cavalry and field infantry, and in the mountains, it was obvious that Liu Wei and Ma Wei's department had a greater advantage.

And just when Ma Wei and Liu Wei were in full swing to strengthen the defense of the military strongholds around Hanzhong, on October 28, Deng Zilong came to Hanzhong with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and joined this battle that was destined to be a huge scale with a smile.

Obviously, Deng Zilong is not here to make soy sauce, although he came in the name of delivering food, but who needs to use 20,000 elite soldiers to escort food to deliver food?

He just smelled the smell and came to ask for favors.

Of course, the benefits were really for him.

If it weren't for the fact that the enemy they faced was too strong, Liu Wei and Ma Wei were really unwilling to give the credit to Deng Zilong, but Deng Zilong came here, and brought 20,000 elite soldiers and Xiao Ruxun to allow him to go north, and he was also good at mountain warfare, as soon as the two of them combined, forget it, let him join!

There was just a shortage of soldiers and horses, and after Deng Zilong's 20,000 soldiers joined, Xiao Ruxun's army in Hanzhong had 60,000 people, and 60,000 soldiers were obviously more confident than when there were 40,000 soldiers.

Deng Zilong was also quite happy when he learned that there would be a big battle here, and he could be regarded as catching the last train.

"Xiao Dashuai's side is going very well, and he is about to hit Wuchang Mansion, as long as Wuchang Mansion is defeated, the army will arrive in Nanjing along the Yangtze River and meet the sailors in Nanjing, is Yangzhou a problem? Yangzhou will soon be taken, and Shen Cheng is not far from death. ”

Deng Zilong told Liu Wei and Ma Wei the latest information he knew, Liu Wei and Ma Wei looked at each other, and realized that their preparation was to catch the last train, otherwise, they really wouldn't be able to share the fattest piece of meat.

As soon as the three of them were combined, they immediately entered a state of embarrassment, discussing how to use more professional means to trap Li Wen to death.

At this moment, Li Wen did not know the specific situation of Hanzhong, and did not know that Hanzhong's defense had been strengthened again.

He hurriedly dispatched Ningxiawei's army to Guyuan within a five-day time limit to rendezvous, so on the 2nd day of November, the Ningxia army finally rushed to Guyuan under the leadership of Niu Bingzhong and joined Du Tong's department, totaling more than 70,000 main soldiers.

The main army was formed, and Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Wen immediately inspected the army, arranged the distribution of some necessary materials, and then ordered Du Tong and Niu Bingzhong to prepare, so that their troops could be divided into two routes, Du Tong went to Tianshui and attacked Hanzhong by the Qishan Road, while Niu Bingzhong was personally led by him to Baoji in the south, and took the Lianyun Plank Road to drive directly to Hanzhong and face the rebels.

At the same time, he also ordered Li Ruzhang again, asking Li Ruzhang not to go to Xi'an, but to directly lead the troops to Meixian, take the Baochuan Road into Hanzhong, and let Xi'an speed up the delivery of grain and grass to Meixian County for Li Ruzhang to spare, and at the same time find out the path as soon as possible, there must be no mistakes.

On the fifth day of the first day of November, after Li Wen straightened out Niu Bingzhong's soldiers and horses, he ordered the whole army to set off, Du Tong led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Tianshui, and Li Wen directly led 40,000 soldiers to Baoji, preparing to go south to Lianyun Plank Road.

At the same time, Li Ruzhang led the army to Sanshui, and after sending spies, Li Ruzhang ordered the army not to advance for the time being, and to rest on the spot for a day.

In this regard, Deputy Chief Soldier Jun Song expressed puzzlement.

"Commander-in-chief, the governor asked us to arrive in Meixian before November 8 to prepare for the invasion of Shu, now we still have a distance, if we don't move forward, it may delay the journey, when the governor asks, how do we respond?"

Li Ruzhang looked at the light rain outside.

"It's raining, the roads are muddy, we have to walk hard, and we have to be a day or two late, isn't that okay?"

Juniper was full of question marks, and looking at the drizzle outside, he felt that it should not have reached the point where he could not march.

"Chief soldier, it's not at the point where you can't march right now, is it? In case the Governor asks......"

"Let's just say that the weather is cold, and many soldiers are sick, so we have to slow down and treat those soldiers, so we delay a little time, right?"

Li Ruzhang looked at Juniper angrily.

Juniper now understands that Li Ruzhang doesn't want to march because of cold weather or rain, but purely because he doesn't want to march and doesn't want to march?

Cowardice?

No, when guarding Yulin Town, Li Ruzhang was also very brave in battle, and it was not false to go to the battlefield or something, how could he be cowardly?

Why is that?

Juniper couldn't help but ask Li Ruzhang.

"Chief soldier, why don't you join the army?"

Li Ruzhang looked at Juniper, a pure military general with a head full of battles, and sighed helplessly.

He couldn't say that he was shaken by receiving Xiao Ruxun's secret letter, so he could only use some other reason to deceive this stupid boldness.