Wang Jian committed suicide.

Of course, this news reached Li Mu who had left for a while.

Li Mu, who returned to the room, looked at Wang Jian's body in front of him and remained silent.

A group of women and children hurriedly stepped into the room, and the crying sounded shook the sky.

Li Mu walked out of the room silently.

Pang Nuan, who arrived after hearing the news, also had a look of surprise and regret on her face, and finally couldn't help but sigh: "What a pity."

As a general who had suffered losses under Wang Jian, Pang Nuan's regret was very real.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "He is an old Qin man after all."

Pang Nuan nodded and said, "What should he do with his family?"

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "From the information of Hu Yiwei, his sons are pretty good. I just went to see it. There is a boy named Wang Ben, who is very fond of me. My third brother is now about Wang Ben. If he can be a playmate, it would be a great thing."

Pang Nuan said: "It is a blessing for that kid to be able to get the professor of the Grand Commander. Perhaps the important task of revitalizing the Wang clan in the future will fall on his shoulders."

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

Pang Nuan smiled and said, "This is Xianyang, the capital of Qin State. Although many people have escaped, the people who stayed may not necessarily really want to surrender."

Li Mu thought about it and felt that Pang Nuan’s words were very reasonable.

So Li Mu continued: "I heard that since entering the city, our soldiers have been assassinated many times in this city."

Pang Nuan said: "Yes. Although there is no large-scale Qin people's resistance in Xianyang City at this moment, there are many assassinations that have been touched quietly, and many of them have succeeded."

Li Mu said: "All the assassins have been caught?"

Pang Nuan said: "Some caught, some failed."

Li Mu was silent for a moment and said, "Let the hundreds of Qin people near the assassination site participate in the report. If the report is invalid in three days, you will get ten draws and kill them."

After pausing for a moment, Li Mu changed his mind again: "Five draws and one kill."

Pang Nuan was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but say, "General, if this is the case, it may arouse the Qin people's resistance."

Li Mu turned his head and looked at Pang Nuan very calmly: "Holding criminals is a kind of resistance in itself. Since there is resistance, then I will eliminate such resistance."

Pang Nuan was silent.

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

Of course, Li Mu could not have stopped his more than 300,000 troops in Xianyang City for nothing. In fact, Li Mu had already sent several troops to pacify Guanzhong as soon as possible.

Pang Nuan replied: "Yiqusheng's messenger had just arrived, and King Chu of Qin led 30,000 defeated soldiers and fled into the Baoxie Road."

Li Mu frowned, looking obviously not satisfied with the result: "Yi Qusheng actually missed such a good opportunity?"

Pang Nuan shrugged and said, "Yi Qusheng is more brave and scheming, so he is deceived by the Qin King Chu's plan to abandon his son."

Li Mu shook his head and said, "Wrong is wrong. If you pass the order, Yiqusheng will be demoted to one level and will still lead the troops and generals in the headquarters to atone for their sins."

Pang Nuan did not object to Li Mu's words, but said another thing: "Grandmaster, Yongcheng, has also been surrounded. According to information, there are only thousands of defenders in Yongcheng now, and it will take only a few days to conquer him."

Yongcheng is the ancient capital of Qin. It is located in the upper reaches of the Wei River and the westernmost part of the Guanzhong Plain. It is also the junction of Guanzhong and Longxi. Its geographical location is very important.

Taking this place means that the entire Guanzhong has fallen into the hands of Zhao.

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

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

After all, Qin was a vast country. After taking Guanzhong, Li Mu still needed to continue to move south and conquer Hanzhong and Bashu, which are still under the control of Qin.

Pang Nuan agreed with Li Mu's opinion and said: "It's good. But now summer is approaching, and the rugged and stuffy roads in Shuzhong will probably cause a lot of trouble."

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, since you can get to the bitter and cold land of Liaodong, then what's the point of Bashu? As soldiers under the command of the king, we should conquer the world for the king. How could we stop because of this mere climate? General Pang Nuan, let's discuss the next route of march."

After a while, the two arrived at a small palace nearby, which was also the temporary command center of the Zhao army attacking Qin.

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

If you want to march into Bashu, you must first take Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is located south of the Qinling Mountains and north of the Bashan Mountains. It is a complex plot that combines plains, hills, mountains and other terrain.

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

In history, this place was also the founding place of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang. It was from here that Liu Bang went north to destroy the Three Qins and occupied Guanzhong, which led to the hegemony of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, as Liu Bang's "ancestors", Li Mu and Pang Nuan naturally did not know this character. The key point they were concerned about at this moment was how to win Hanzhong.

There are three roads in total from Guanzhong to Hanzhong.

After some discussion, Li Mu and Pang Nuan decided to split their troops.

Li Mu said: "I will lead the main force to walk on Baoxia Road."

Baoxie Road is a road dug by Qin to go south, connecting Guanzhong, Hanzhong and Bashu, and together with Jinniu Road, it formed the most important transportation road between Qin and Bashu. This was the road he took when the Qin general Sima Cuo went south to destroy Shu.

Pang Nuan thought for a while and said, "Grandmaster, I can lead a group of partial teachers to the old path."

Therefore, the road is located on the westernmost side of Guanzhong, heading south from Yongcheng, first southwest and then turn southeast to Guanzhong. This road is more remote than the Baoxi Road, and is not so suitable for passing through the army compared to the Baoxi Road.

It is worth mentioning that this old path was later called Chen Cang Road, which is the route taken by Han Xin, a general of the Han army, when he led his army north to attack Guanzhong in the "open construction of a plank road and secretly crossing Chen Cang".

After some discussion, the two finally decided to lead 150,000 main force, Pang Nuan led 50,000 troops, and the remaining army guarded Guanzhong to guard against changes in Guanzhong.

After the discussion, Li Mu let out a long sigh and suddenly said, "I don't know what Zhao Kuo is doing now. If Zhao Kuo can succeed, then our army will pacify Hanzhong and may be able to take less trouble."

Pang Nuan frowned, thought for a while and said, "Governor, to be honest, Zhao Kuo... is still a little risky."

Li Mu laughed.
Chapter completed!