Juniper is a fierce general who is very brave and brave as long as there is a battle, and his brother Du Tong, both of them are brave generals and good generals among the border generals, and they have made meritorious contributions many times, but limited to qualifications and knowledge, Juniper is obviously not as clear as Li Ruzhang on many issues.

Li Chengliang's political wisdom was more or less imparted to his children, and Li Ruzhang began to waver after receiving Xiao Ruxun's secret letter.

Not to mention that Xiao Ruxun's spies can already go deep into these places to carry out intelligence spying work, but the facts expounded by Xiao Ruxun are very convincing.

He can now be sure of his final victory, and the struggle of the Northwest Frontier Army is meaningless, the Sichuan and the Grand Canal under his control have cut off the grain routes of the Northwest Frontier Army from two aspects, and if the Northwest Army cannot surrender to him, there will be no food to eat.

Is Li Wen important alone, or is the grain route of the entire Northwest Army important?

There is no food, no matter how strong the army is, it has no combat effectiveness, not to mention that the army under Xiao Ruxun has always been the most effective army in the Ming Dynasty, forcibly fighting with Xiao Ruxun, or fighting in the mountainous and rugged places of Hanzhong, the power of cavalry cannot be developed at all, what advantage does he have?

Besides, isn't Li Rusong's statement enough for him to refer to?

Li Ruzhang understands that he is far inferior to his brother, and he doesn't even dare to participate in the matter, but he still dares to participate?

After thinking about it, Li Ruzhang decided to work with Li Wenxu and the snake, did not contribute to the work, and used various methods to delay the marching time, anyway, Li Wen asked Li Ruzhang to lead the troops to take the Bao ramp Road, so as long as he entered the Bao Ramp Road, how to go, how to advance, isn't it his own business?

Li Wen took people to Lianyun Plank Road by himself, can he still remotely control himself?

Li Ruzhang quickly decided the direction of his actions in this war.

Juniper obviously didn't understand Li Ruzhang's thoughts, he just wanted to fight, and to explain to him that some things were a bit complicated now, it was better to wait until he entered the praise slope, and fool him now.

"This battle, we need to enter the Baoxie Valley Road to fight with the rebels, our army is mostly a horse army, good at horse warfare but not good at mountain warfare, if you suddenly enter the mountain battle, I am afraid that the army will have a lot of unaccustomed places, so I think, we can go slower, so that the soldiers can adapt to the rugged terrain more, which is more conducive to combat."

Juniper frowned, he didn't understand what Li Ruzhang meant, and felt that this explanation was a bit far-fetched.

However, when he saw Li Ruzhang's impatient expression, Juniper wisely did not continue to ask more.

He can still understand this atmosphere a little.

On the eighth day of November, Li Wen led Niu Bingzhong and 40,000 troops to Baoji, consolidated the city defense and took away the grain, and then continued south to Dasanguan.

On the same day, Li Wen's vanguard army had arrived at Dasanguan and entered the Chencang Ancient Road, and they were to take the lead in entering the valley road to make some preparations for the main force, such as seeking the enemy and the like, although the spies went further, but at the moment they did not know whether they were ambushed in the way forward.

Their route is to cross the Sanguan and take the Chencang Ancient Road to Fengxian, then from Fengxian to the Lianyun Plank Road, after passing the Waste Hill Pass and Chaiguan to Liuba, and then from Liuba to the south to Hanzhong.

The roads were steep, it was difficult to walk, and it was difficult to transport grain, so Li Wen could only do his best, such as ordering each soldier to carry three days' rations to reduce the burden on the carriages and horses, and the military horses were also responsible for carrying food and water.

In contrast, Du Tong's route was a little easier, although the distance was farther, but there were many rivers along the way that could be used, and boats could be used to transport grain, which greatly reduced the burden on the army, and maybe they could walk a little faster.

As for Li Ruzhang's Bao ramp road, starting from Meixian County to the south, it is also necessary to pass through Liuba, simply put, after arriving at Liuba, you can follow the same road along the Lianyun plank road to the south, although the difficulty is not small.

For the Northwest Frontier Army, which was good at steppe conquest and horse warfare, this was indeed a great test.

It's just that Li Wen has no other way but to hope for the relatively strong body of the border army.

After all, the army is short of food at the moment, if you don't capture Hanzhong and recover Sichuan as soon as possible to get food, it is difficult to say whether the army will continue to be obedient, after all, as the old saying goes, the emperor does not send hungry soldiers, does not feed the army, and the army will not starve to death like those homeless people.

Of course, the homeless people will not necessarily starve to death.

On November 10, Li Wen led his army to Sanguan, and after a little rectification, he personally led the main force into the Chencang Ancient Road and began to advance towards Fengxian, and on the same day, Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu received a letter from Mawei.

Ma Wei hoped to rely on the assistance of the white pole soldiers who were familiar with the terrain and good at mountain warfare, so he hoped that Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu could lead their white pole soldiers north to Hanzhong to assist them in resisting the invasion of the trilateral governor Li Wen.

Ma Wei promised the benefits of money, and at the same time said that he could ask Xiao Ruxun for a reward for them, as long as they came and made military achievements, they could get better military positions, such as asking the emperor to appoint Ma Qiancheng as the chief soldier of Sichuan.

The letter also said that Xiao Ruxun had now blocked the food sources of the Northwest Army and the imperial court, and that both the imperial court and the Northwest Army were already facing a situation where there was no food available, and as long as they carried through this last wave of madness from Li Wen, Shen Zheng's imperial court would inevitably fall.

Everyone is a meritorious person.

After Ma Qiancheng received the letter, he immediately discussed with Qin Liangyu.

"Shall we go?"

Qin Liangyu looked at the letter for a long time, and said: "Xiao Ruxun's progress, in fact, I also sent people around to inquire about the news, and the news I got was almost the same, Xiao Ruxun has taken the advantage, and the Sichuan and Beijing-Hangzhou canals are connected, and the imperial court is facing the dilemma of food shortage, and the harvest in the north has been very poor in recent years, and the imperial court must be short of grain without Jiangnan and Sichuan."

Therefore, what Ma Wei said is not a lie, as for what Xiao Ruxun will do after defeating Shen Yi and entering Beijing, we can't predict, but if we support Xiao Ruxun to win the battle, we will definitely get some benefits, the current court is in decline, even if we support the court, it will not help, but whether to wait and see or support Xiao Ruxun, husband, it depends on how you decide. ”

Qin Liangyu still respects her husband's opinion, and Ma Qiancheng is not a little man without opinions, so he took out Ma Wei's letter and read it for a long time, slightly hesitating.

"Over the years, the court has treated me well......"

As soon as these words came out, Qin Liangyu already knew her husband's thoughts.

If you wait and see, you can only stay here all the time, without merit or fault, and there will be no major development in the future, but if you desperately help Xiao Ruxun's army, if you win, you can also have a big breakthrough in terms of merit and deeds at that time, right?

The imperial court treats me well, which is the last psychological obstacle for Ma Qiancheng.

"No matter what choice your husband makes, I will support your husband."

Qin Liangyu expressed her support for her husband with a clear attitude.

Ma Qiancheng then made a decision.