Nanjing officials, who had completely changed their mentality, took this opportunity to unite around Xiao Ruxun and were willing to contribute to Xiao Ruxun's Northern Expedition.

At the same time, book a generous package for the future redistribution of power.

So after Xiao Ruxun led them all to Yangzhou, they told Xiao Ruxun that they had familiar friends or teachers and students in a certain place who were officials, and they could contact them together anyway, and the progress of the army would be smooth sailing, and there was no need for the army to contribute more at all.

There are also people who are willing to persuade their protégés, old people, juniors, students, etc., to come to Xiao Ruxun's army to do things for him, saying that these people are talented, but unfortunately they are not appreciated, and now they are willing to work for Xiao Ruxun, and ask Xiao Ruxun to accept.

Xiao Ruxun welcomed this, hoping that they could write to their friends, teachers, or students, and persuade them to join the rebel army, abandon Shen Zheng's court and the little emperor, and unite with Xiao Ruxun to crusade against Shen Yiyi.

He welcomed.

Although he couldn't guarantee that those who wanted to write letters to his clansmen, students, and the like to work for Xiao Ruxun would succeed.

After all, Xie He's progress is quite smooth, the Ningbo Mansion has been cleared, he is actively expanding the business of other state capitals, and has obtained a huge amount of gold and silver treasures and various antiques, which are more than enough for military expenses, and the land that has completed the autumn harvest also provides sufficient food for the Northern Expedition army.

The autumn harvest is over, the farming is slack, the peasants have finished their work, and they can carry out more vigorous action.

Xiao Ruxun will get more things.

But......

Probably quite a few people died, right?

It doesn't matter, by the time they know, it will be months away.

And at that time, it's time for a showdown.

The soldiers are in my hands, and the land is in my hands, what can you do?

Oppose?

Look for death!

Hum!

On October 25, Xiao Ruxun ordered the naval division to divide into two routes, let Jiang Dahai lead large sea ships to carry part of the army directly by sea, drive directly to Tianjin Wei, and land at Tianjin Wei to threaten the flank of the Beijing division, while the ships with small tonnage took the canal and the main force on the same road.

At the same time, let Zhang Wu stay in Nanjing, and began to vigorously infiltrate and control Nanjing, using Nanjing as the center of activities in Blackwater, cleaning up the rebellions that might emerge after he left, and monitoring the families of those officials who stayed in Nanjing.

In particular, the Wei Mansion had to be strictly monitored, and in particular, they were not allowed to leave Nanjing too far to go to certain places where they could not go.

Xiao Ruxun once again thanked this era of no telegram, no telephone, no mobile phone, so that the spread of information is so easy to control.

The rebel army officially set off to the north, the target, Jingshi, Shen consistently!

On the same day, Liu Wei and Ma Wei's troops on the Sichuan side defeated the resistance army and occupied Hanzhong.

Three days earlier, Liu Wei led the army to defeat the resistance army of 3,000 people sent by Liu Guangguo, the governor of Shaanxi, beat them to the ground, killed more than 1,000 people, and captured all the rest, and then accelerated the advance, taking Hanzhong in only three days, and directly threatening Xi'an, an important town in the northwest where Liu Guangguo was stationed.

Prior to this, Liu Guangguo had taken in Tan Xisi and the King of Shu, and he was shocked to learn that Sichuan had been captured by the rebels.

In a panic, he sent people to the imperial court to report the news, and on the other hand, he sent people to the Guyuan Trilateral Governor's Mansion to ask the trilateral governor Li Wen for reinforcements, and at the same time sent his own soldiers and horses to Hanzhong to guard, so as not to further look at Xi'an after the rebels captured Hanzhong.

But he still miscalculated, he didn't expect his troops and horses to be defeated so quickly, three times five divided by two was cleaned up by the "rebels", and Hanzhong was lost, Liu Wei and Ma Wei immediately cleaned up the surrounding area after occupying Hanzhong, completely occupied the surrounding area, and directly stationed 40,000 troops in Hanzhong, looking at Xi'an, vigilant Guyuan.

According to Xiao Ruxun's strategy, after Liu Wei and Ma Wei captured Sichuan, they could lead their troops north to Hanzhong to occupy favorable terrain, contain the soldiers and horses of the four towns of Guyuan, Yulin, Ningxia, Gansu, and contain the elite of the Northwest Army, so as to gain very valuable time for Xiao Ruxun.

Liu Wei and Ma Wei faithfully followed this strategy, and after taking Sichuan, they garrisoned Hanzhong to threaten the northwest and maintain a strong offensive state, showing that they could attack Xi'an or Guyuan at any time.

And long before that, Xiao Ruxun had already instructed Zhang Wu to arrange for Heishui's men to infiltrate the four towns, contact the general soldiers of the four towns, and strive for their neutrality or even a counterattack.

However, the Ming court still attaches great importance to the important towns of the nine sides, and there are governors in the important towns of the nine sides, and there are also three governors in Guyuan to control Ningxia and Yulin in Gansu, in such a situation, it is not easy to fight for their counterattack, but if you can fight for their neutrality, let them work without contribution, it will be the best.

Therefore, the four people of Gansu General Soldier Dayun, Ningxia General Soldier Niu Bingzhong, Guyuan General Soldier Du Tong and Yulin General Soldier Li Ruzhang, and Xiao Ruxun have their own arrangements.

For Dayun, Xiao Ruxun is not familiar with it, so there is not much wooing, just to explain the facts, please Dayun think carefully, if you can maintain neutrality, then it is best, don't be hostile, if you insist on hostility, he can't help it, but the location of Gansu is relatively far away, and it is not a big problem.

Ningxia General Niu Bingzhong is Xiao Ruxun's old acquaintance, he fought side by side in the Battle of Ningxia, and Ningxia is Xiao Ruxun's hometown, Xiao Ruxun has the confidence to persuade Niu Bingzhong to work hard, not to be hostile to himself, and Ningxia Governor Zhu Zhengse is a good man, gentle temperament, this is what Ye Mengxiong told him at the beginning, it is not difficult to deal with, for the senior Niu Bingzhong, there should be a lot to do.

Guyuan General Du Tong estimated that it would be difficult to win over, and Guyuan was also the residence of Li Wen, the governor of the three sides, and it was not easy to break ground on Tai Sui's head, so he could only try his best.

Yulin General Li Ruzhang is Li Rusong's fourth brother, the Li family has always been shrewd, Xiao Ruxun only needs to explain Li Rusong's attitude to him, and he can say that Li Ruzhang will not contribute to work, and even secretly communicate with himself.

Therefore, when Liu Wei and Ma Wei captured Hanzhong Mansion and shook the northwest, except for Da Yun, who led the troops to leave before this and did not receive Xiao Ruxun's letter, the other three town commanders all received the letter, knowing Xiao Ruxun's progress, and each had their own ideas.

But the only thing that was the same was that none of the three reported the receipt of the letter to the superior governor.

It can only be said that Niu Bingzhong's ideas are a little more, and he is silently preparing to put them into practice.

Li Ruzhang also has a lot of ideas, and he constantly weighs the pros and cons.

Du Tong was not without ideas, but the strong Li Wen was close in front of him, and he didn't dare to make any superfluous moves.

While the three were weighing, the news that Xiao Ruxun's army had captured Hanzhong and Guanzhong and the northwest reached them respectively, and Li Wen, the governor of the three sides, asked for the mobilization of troops and horses.

Du Tong was in Guyuan and was directly ordered by Li Wen to mobilize troops to prepare for war.

Niu Bingzhong, the chief soldier of Ningxia, also received an order to transfer troops, asking for the mobilization of troops to Guyuan.

The order of Li Ruzhangjie, the general soldier of Yulin, was to lead his troops south to assist in the defense of Xi'an, and accept the control of Liu Guangguo, the governor of Shaanxi.

Li Wen's reaction was very fast, and he directly prepared to transfer troops to besiege Hanzhong and recover Sichuan.