Wang Jian committed suicide.

Of course, this news reached the ears of Li Mu, who had not long left, as soon as possible.

Li Mu, who returned to the room, looked at Wang Qian's corpse in front of him and was silent.

A group of women and children hurriedly stepped into the room, and the room suddenly cried and shook the sky.

Li Mu walked out of the room silently.

Pang Xuan, who arrived after hearing the news, also had a look of surprise and regret on his face, and finally couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity." ”

As a general who once suffered losses under Wang Qian, Pang Xuan's regret is very real.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "After all, he is an old Qin man. ”

Pang Xuan nodded and said, "What about his family?" ”

Li Mu thought for a while and said: "Judging from Hu Yiwei's information, his sons are not bad, I just went to see it, there is a kid named Wang Ben who has a tiger head and a tiger brain, I like it very much." My third son is now the same age as Wang Ben, and it would be a good thing if he could be a playmate. ”

Pang Xuan said: "It is a blessing for that kid to be able to get the professor of the Grand Governor, maybe the responsibility of revitalizing the Wang clan in the future will fall on his shoulders." ”

Li Mu shook his head and said suddenly, "This city seems to be very unpeaceful. ”

Pang Xuan said with a smile: "After all, this is Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, although many people have fled, but those who stay may not necessarily really want to surrender." ”

Li Mu thought about it and felt that Pang Xuan's words were very reasonable.

So Li Mu continued: "I heard that from the beginning of entering the city to the present, the soldiers of our army have been assassinated many times in this city. ”

Pang Xuan said: "Yes." Although there is no large-scale Qin rebellion in Xianyang City at this moment, there are many sneaky assassinations, and many of them have succeeded. ”

Li Mu said: "The assassins have all been caught? ”

Pang Xuan said: "Some were caught, and some were not." ”

Li Mu was silent for a moment, and said: "Let those hundred Qin people near the assassination site participate in the report, if the report is invalid after three days, one out of ten will be killed." ”

After a pause, Li Mu changed his mind again: "Five draws and one kill." ”

Pang Xuan paused for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "General, if this is the case, I'm afraid it will arouse the rebellion of the Qin people." ”

Li Mu turned his head and looked at Pang Xuan very calmly: "Harboring criminals is a kind of rebellion in itself. Since there is resistance, then I will destroy it. ”

Pang Xuan was silent.

After a while, Li Mu continued: "How is the battle situation in other aspects? ”

Of course, it is impossible for Li Mu to keep his more than 300,000 troops in Xianyang City in vain, in fact, as early as the day he entered the city or even earlier, Li Mu had already sent a number of troops to dispatch, the purpose was to pacify Guanzhong as soon as possible.

Pang Xuan replied: "The messenger of Yiqu Sheng has just arrived, and Qin Wang Chu led 30,000 remnants of the defeated army and fled into the Baochuan Road. ”

Li Mu frowned, looking obviously not satisfied with this result: "Yiqu Sheng actually missed such a good opportunity?" ”

Pang Xuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yiqu Sheng is more than brave and scheming, so he will be deceived by Qin Wang Chu's plan to abandon his son." ”

Li Mu shook his head and said, "A mistake is a mistake." After passing the order, Yiqu Sheng was demoted by one level, and still led the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to atone for his crimes. ”

Pang Xuan did not object to Li Mu's words, but said another thing: "Dadu Governor, Yongcheng has also been surrounded, according to intelligence, there are only thousands of defenders in Yongcheng now, and it is only a matter of the past few days to conquer it." ”

Yongcheng, the former capital of the Qin State, is located in the upper reaches of Weishui, the westernmost part of the Guanzhong Plain, and also the junction of Guanzhong and Longxi, and its geographical location is very important.

If you take here, then it means that the entire Guanzhong has fallen into the hands of Zhao Guo.

Li Mu pondered for a moment and said, "Since Yongdu is about to be taken, it is time to continue south." ”

For this battle to destroy Qin, taking Guanzhong is undoubtedly a crucial node, but taking Guanzhong alone does not mean that the Qin State is destroyed.

After all, the Qin State is a vast country, and after taking Guanzhong, Li Mu still needs to continue to go south to conquer Hanzhong and Bashu, which are still under the control of the Qin State.

Regarding Li Mu's opinion, Pang Xuan expressed his agreement and said, "Not bad. It's just that now that summer is coming, the rugged climate of this road in Shuzhong is hot, and I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble. ”

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, since you can go to the bitter cold land of Liaodong, then what is the way to Bashu?" As soldiers under the command of the king, we should conquer the world for the king, how can we stop because of this local climate? General Pang Xuan, let's discuss the next route of the march. ”

A moment later, the two of them came to a small palace nearby, which was also the temporary headquarters of the current Zhao State to attack the Qin army.

A huge map was placed in front of the two of them.

If you want to enter Bashu, you must first take Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is located south of the Qinling Mountains and north of Bashan, and is a complex plot of land that gathers plains, hills, mountains and other terrains.

In ancient times, there was a country called Bao Guo, and the queen of the Western Zhou Dynasty, who was strongly criticized by historians, came from this country.

In history, this is also the birthplace of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and it was from here that Liu Bang went north to destroy the Three Qins and occupy Guanzhong, so that he later established the hegemony of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, as Liu Bang's "ancestors", Li Mu and Pang Xuan naturally didn't know about this character, and the main point they were concerned about at the moment was how to win Hanzhong.

From Guanzhong to Hanzhong, there are three roads.

After some deliberation, Li Mu and Pang Xuan decided to divide their troops.

Li Mu said: "I will lead the main force to take the slope." ”

Bao Chuan Road is the road dug by the Qin State in order to go south, connecting Guanzhong, Hanzhong and Bashu, and the Golden Bull Road together form the most important traffic artery between the Qin State and Bashu.

Pang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Governor Dadu, I can lead a detachment of teachers to follow the old path." ”

Therefore, the road is located on the westernmost side of Guanzhong, going south from Yongcheng, first southwest and then southeast to reach Guanzhong. This road is more remote than the ramp, and it is not so suitable for the army of people compared to the ramp.

It is worth mentioning that this old road was later also known as Chencang Road, that is, the route taken by Han Xin, the general of the Han army, when he led his army to the north to attack Guanzhong in the "Ming Plank Road Darkness Chencang".

The two discussed and finally decided that Li Mu would lead the main force of 150,000, Pang Xuan would lead 50,000 troops, and the rest of the army would guard Guanzhong and guard against changes in Guanzhong.

After the discussion, Li Mu let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly said: "I don't know what Zhao Kuo's situation is now, if Zhao Kuo can succeed, then our army may be able to pacify Hanzhong, and maybe we will be able to spend less effort and feet." ”

Pang Xuan frowned, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Governor Dadu, to be honest, Zhao Kuo...... It's still a bit risky. ”

Li Mu laughed.

"It's okay, I have a lot of confidence in him."