In fact, Hua'an has already discovered from Li Guang's words that Pasir County is not far from Zitong and Jianwei County, and the Fangren first appeared from Brazil County, and then spread to Zitong and Jianwei County, which is enough to show that the direction of Fangren's attack is from east to west.

Brazil County is the largest county in Liangzhou, where the mountains and rivers are crisscrossed, the population is sparse, and it is likely to be the nest of the fangs, but it is not excluded that the fangs migrated to Brazil County from afar, and then spread to the adjacent Zitong and Jianwei counties.

It is difficult for Hua'an to make an accurate judgment whether Brazil County is the lair of the fangs or the advance base of the fangs' invasion of Shuzhong, but in any case, it is an indisputable fact that the fangs first appeared from Brazil County.

Hua'an really wanted to immediately lead the army to Pasir County, so as to check the true thoughts of the matter, but at present, it is the top priority to destroy Shu as much as possible, so Hua'an decided to temporarily put aside the problem of the Fangren's lair, and steadily march to Chengdu, and then slowly solve the problem of the Fangren after the destruction of Shu.

The main army led by Hua An soon arrived on the main road, and joined the baggage battalion and the pro-soldier battalion waiting here, and the follow-up men and horses also drove the cattle and sheep slowly.

Half an hour later, the last 1,000 men and horses who had cleaned up the battlefield also arrived on the main road.

At this time, there were less than two hours before dawn, Hua'an asked the team to camp on the main road to rest, and after resting for three hours, they would march to Fucheng.

Just when Hua'an led the army to fight with the fangs at the mouth of the valley, in the direction of Fucheng, the 5,000 cavalry and 4,000 Shu troops of the thunderstorm also encountered the fangren's team and caught the fangs off guard. He made a lot of gains, but with his agility, the fangs burrowed into the dense forest and disappeared without a trace.

The cavalry of the thunderstorm department could not enter the woods to pursue, and the Shu army was afraid of being ambushed, and did not dare to venture into the mountains to pursue, the two armies only sent some scouts to the surrounding mountains to inquire about the situation, and the main force all withdrew to the vicinity of Fucheng to wait for the main force behind.

Early the next morning. After breakfast. Hua An ordered his men and horses to continue to march towards Fucheng, and for fear of any more fangs, Hua An let the 2,000 infantry under Tie Niu's command walk at the back of the line to protect the baggage in the rear.

The distance of more than ten miles. It's really nothing. A few hours later. The main force led by Hua'an arrived in Fucheng.

The defender of Fucheng led all the officials in the city to surrender, and Hua'an was surrendered. So he entered the city with a few men and horses, including the pro-army camp, as well as the generals of the various armies.

Due to the small area of Fucheng, the main force was all stationed outside the city to listen to Hua'an's orders at any time.

"Big brother, the fangs are very cunning, they hid in the woods as soon as they fought, and our cavalry couldn't pursue them at all, so they could only watch them run away." As soon as he entered Fucheng, the thunderstorm reported the situation to Hua'an.

"Oh, are fangmen really cunning? You've seen them. Hua An asked casually.

Thunderstorm hurriedly said: "Of course I have seen it, we have just arrived to the south of Fucheng, and it is convenient for a group of nearly a thousand fangs to encounter, our army rushed over, and killed a lot of fangs, the fangs saw that the shape was not good, all of them got into the dense forest, our cavalry could not pursue at all, they were afraid of ambushes, and did not dare to pursue." Thunderstorm said and looked at the Shu army general next to him.

The general of the Shu army lowered his head and did not refute.

Hua An smiled and said: "The fangs are just a rabble, there is nothing remarkable, yesterday night, Tie Niu and Wang San have killed more than 3,000 fangs, and by the way, they have captured twelve fangs." ”

"Big brother, did you meet the fangs yesterday? He also killed more than 3,000 fangmen and horses? "The thunderstorm looked very surprised.

Seeing this, Tie Niu took a step forward and said loudly: "Big brother can still lie to you, the battle last night was really thrilling!" Our department of 7,000 people, divided into two ways, Wang San led 5,000 men and horses as the main soldiers, and I Lao Niu led 2,000 elites as surprise soldiers. ”

Wang San smiled slightly, and said softly: "What Tie Niu said is right, in the battle last night, our army killed more than 3,000 fangs and captured 12 people, and only 65 people were killed in the soldiers and horses of our Northern Expedition. ”

Hearing this, Thunderstorm hurriedly asked for the details, Tie Niu 1510, explained everything that happened yesterday, and told the details of how the fangs robbed the cattle and sheep of the Northern Expeditionary Army, how the men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army's baggage battalion looked for the fangs' nests, how Hua'an deployed troops to attack when he arrived near the fangs' nests, and how he and Wang San fought bloody battles with the fierce fangs.

Thunderstorm and the generals of the Shu army beside him, after listening to the iron bull's story, they were all dumbfounded, now, they just killed dozens of fangs, but let the main force of the fangs escape, and Tie Niu and Wang San have killed more than 3,000 fangmen warriors, compare with each other, it can be seen that the gap between the two sides is not ordinarily large, thunderstorm suddenly felt very faceless, and the generals of the Shu army next to him felt even more embarrassed.

"Big brother, I have sent scouts to the direction of the dense forest to investigate, as long as I find the traces of the fangs, I will lead all 5,000 men and horses to exterminate them, the road is not easy to walk, let all the soldiers dismount and go on foot." Thunderstorms loudly show determination.

Hua An smiled and said: "Don't be so anxious to deal with the fangs, last night's battle, the fangs have been taught a great lesson, I think, in a short time, they don't dare to be presumptuous anymore, the main goal of our army is Chengdu, only by quickly capturing Chengdu, the plan of the western expedition can be completed smoothly." ”

"Yes, big brother." The thunderstorm was a little unhappy.

After returning to the Chinese army's big tent, Hua'an began to deploy the next step of the marching plan.

Since Zitong County has been completely controlled by Hua'an, the next step is naturally to enter Xindu County, and there are only two main cities in Xindu County, namely Mianzhu in the north and Yuxian in the south.

Mianzhu and Yuxian are the last two cities leading to Chengdu, as long as these two cities are obtained, Chengdu will open its gates, and there will be no more dangerous places to defend.

But Xindu County already belongs to Yizhou, Yizhou is under Li Shi's direct control, and the guards of Mianzhu and Luo County are also Li Shi's confidants, and Li Guang's order no longer has much appeal for them.

In case the Mianzhu guards refuse to surrender, they will launch a strong attack on Mianzhu, and the price of the strong attack is naturally relatively heavy, and the casualties will definitely not be less.

For this reason, Hua'an decided to let the surrendered Shu army follow him to Mianzhu and march towards Mianzhu, counting the 1,000 Shu army in Fucheng, at this time, the Shu army in Hua'an's hands has been as high as 5,000, as long as these 5,000 men and horses attack Mianzhu, it will greatly reduce the casualties of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

After considering the plan to march into the army, Hua'an did not plan to march towards Mianzhu immediately, because a large number of fangs appeared near Fucheng, and these fangs harassed the people and caused great harm to the nearby people.

Hua'an marched into Shuzhong, naturally to get the hearts of the people to do things, if you leave in a hurry, it will leave a very bad impression on the people in Shuzhong, and it will be very difficult to repair it in the future.

But Hua'an was also unwilling to delay too long on the issue of the fangs, after all, the whereabouts of the fangs were uncertain, and if it dragged on indefinitely, the plan to destroy Shu would be interfered with, which was not a good thing for Hua'an.

After thinking about it again and again, Hua'an decided to stay in Fucheng for two days, within these two days, as long as the fangs dared to come out to make trouble, or Hua'an found their nests, Hua'an would unceremoniously send a large army to exterminate them, but if the fangs were hidden and the Northern Expeditionary Army could not find them, Hua'an would not spend too much energy to find them, and completely leveling the fangs would be the first thing Hua'an would do after destroying Shu.

A day later, the Northern Expeditionary Army still did not find the nest of the Fangren, and the Fangren seemed to have known that the Northern Expeditionary Army was looking for them, and never showed up again, so to speak, disappeared without a trace.

In fact, coming and going without a trace is the biggest feature of the fangs, and the nests of the fangs are naturally not so easy to find.

As for the last time Hua'an led the army to exterminate the fangs hiding in the valley, it was because the fangs were greedy and robbed the thousands of cattle and sheep of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the large amount of fresh manure left by these thousands of cattle and sheep along the way became a clue for the Northern Expeditionary Army to find them.

"Big brother, our army scouts have been looking for a whole day, and still no trace of the fangs has been found, have they all disappeared from the world? It's weird. Thunderstorm walked into the big tent, looked at Hua'an, and said loudly.

Hua An smiled and said, "Thunderstorm, don't worry, if you can find him, you will kill him, and if you can't find it, you will talk about it later, and you are not in a hurry to kill the fangman." ”

"Big brother, I'm afraid that once the main force of our army leaves Fucheng, these hateful fangs will come out to harm the people again, so I want to wipe out these hateful fangs before the army leaves, so as to give the people in Shu a stable life!" Thunderstorm spoke truthfully what was in his heart.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, and said: "Thunderstorm, your idea is very good, however, the fang people have been rampant in Shu for two whole years, and the people naturally have some ways to deal with them. ”

Hearing this, Thunderstorm nodded and said, "Big brother, I understand, destroy Shu first, and then exterminate the fangs." ”

"Haha! Is that right? Hua An smiled and patted Thunderstorm's shoulder, and walked out of the big tent with Thunderstorm.

"Big brother, there is news from the Jingzhou Legion, their men and horses have broken through Jiangzhou and are heading towards Jiangyang City, counting the time, they should have arrived in Jiangyang City by now." As soon as Hua An and Thunderstorm walked out of the camp, Wang San hurriedly reported the situation of the Jingzhou Legion. (To be continued......)