With the victory of one battle after another, even directly into Mexican territory, Zachary Taylor's reputation in the country became more and more famous, and at the end of June, when Zachary Taylor was leading troops to fight in the Mexican border region, he received a new appointment from the president and was officially promoted to major general.

In July, Zachary Taylor was honored by Congress for his service to the war.

However, all this did not affect Zachary Taylor's actions in the slightest, and he still led his troops deeper and deeper into Mexico.

Victor and James also have no feelings about Zachary Taylor's promotion, and still regard him as an old man who leads them into battle, as for awe, worship or something, I am afraid that only Chen Mo has this qualification in this world.

Although Zachary Taylor led them to victory after victory, the two didn't think that Taylor was so powerful, in their hearts, if Chen Mo led them, they would definitely be a hundred times stronger than this sloppy old man.

Although the two of them had some blind worship of Chen Mo, they were right, if Chen Mo led the team, it would not be a hundred times stronger, but at least they could find the enemy's accurate situation in advance from more than ten kilometers away, make preparations in advance, and deal with it calmly.

Moreover, Chen Mo often led the special combat team to go deep behind enemy lines to carry out assaults and encirclement in the world of "Captain America", with rich combat experience, developed brains, quick thinking, and superhuman learning ability, Chen Mo also has strong ability in tactics and command.

However, Chen Mo is not interested in these wars, he does not need to improve his strength through combat like Victor and James, and fighting with ordinary soldiers can no longer help him improve his combat skills and strength, only opponents of the same level or stronger than him can stimulate his potential and improve his strength.

So instead of participating in the Mexican-American War with Victor and James, he stayed in the West for the time being, steadily developing his many ranches while continuing to accumulate funds and waiting for new opportunities to come.

Chen Mo's ranch has become the best place for pioneers to go to the west, with stable jobs, good pay, and most importantly, no risk, much better than they go to the wasteland to farm or graze on their own.

If they do it themselves, they cannot afford to suffer losses in the event of a natural or man-made disaster, a reduced crop yield, a sick livestock, a wild beast that is killed or stolen by a cattle thief.

Under Chen Mo, it was different.

Nowadays, who does not know that all the large ranches in the west are all owned by the same mysterious rich man with strong financial resources, it is said that the wealth he holds has long surpassed that of the richest man in the United States, and the amount of money is simply immeasurable, he not only has a large number of pastures in the west, but also has a huge area of farms in the east, and in addition to this huge agricultural and animal husbandry empire, he also has many more profitable industries, even if there is really any natural and man-made disasters, it cannot shake his foundation at all, so the work in the ranch can be said to be extremely stable, very secure, being able to become a cowboy of Chen Mo's ranch is a good thing for many people to break their heads.

With the development of pastures, more and more livestock are raised, and the demand for cowboys is also increasing, and a large number of pioneers have joined Chen Mo's ranches.

Moreover, this number is still increasing with the increase in the number of immigrants who came to the west to pioneer and the continuous development of the pastures in Chen Mo's hands.

While developing his own ranch, Chen Mo also paid close attention to the war situation in the south at any time.

At the end of September, Zachary Taylor led his troops in an attack on Monterrey, an important city in northern Mexico.

After three days of fierce fighting, the Mexican defending generals gave in and asked Zachary Taylor for an eight-week ceasefire to allow the Mexican army to retreat.

Zachary Taylor, in view of the heavy casualties of his American troops, and the fact that their supply lines have been stretched long as they continue to advance into Mexico, it is very easy to be cut off by the local government and become a lone army.

Zachary Taylor believed that the conditions proposed by the other side were the best possible outcome for both sides at the time, so in the end, Zachary Taylor agreed to a truce.

Two months later, when all the defenders of Monterrey were evacuated, Zachary Taylor led his troops into Monterrey and captured the important town of northern Mexico without bloodshed.

Although Zachary Taylor's operation avoided a large number of casualties among American soldiers and finally succeeded in capturing Monterrey, his action still attracted the dissatisfaction of many people.

Needless to say, Victor and James, who are eager to fight, the two little guys have given Taylor old man a roll of his eyes in the past two months, and Zachary Taylor is also deeply helpless for these two extremely belligerent boys, and every time he glares back angrily.

In addition to Victor and James, two extremely belligerent and disgruntled beasts, Zachary Taylor's actions also drew a lot of criticism in Washington.

President Polk was very dissatisfied with his self-assertive style, but in view of his successive victories since the Mexican-American War, which made him increasingly popular in the United States, he had already become a war hero in the eyes of the people, and was likely to become a future presidential candidate of the Whig Party. Four-fifths of Taylor's elite trained troops and war materiel were transferred to General Scott.

And this news was quickly learned by the Mexican side.

Zachary Taylor, who entered Mexico from the disputed area between the United States and Mexico, has long been a thorn in the side of Mexico, and has repeatedly transferred troops to encircle and suppress him, but in the end it has ended in failure, and every time he fights, the Mexican army has suffered heavy casualties, and even among the last surviving soldiers, there is gradually a rumor that the soldiers of Zachary Taylor's troops are devils, no matter how their bullets and bayonets attack, they cannot be killed.

Moreover, this rumor increased with the battle with Zachary Taylor's troops, and many soldiers were convinced of this, and when they heard that they were going to fight Zachary Taylor's troops, all of them were cowardly before fighting, and their morale was greatly damaged, and they were not Zachary Taylor's opponents.