sentences:  Trusting such information, Belgrano moved towards Paraguay with two possible goals—to guarantee loyalty for the junta in Paraguay or promote a new government that would stay on friendly terms with Buenos Aires.Belgrano headed north with nearly 200 men, expecting to gather more soldiers on his way to the Paraná River.Soldiers from the Blandengues regiments of San Nicolás and Santa Fe did join him "en route", and later the junta sent reinforcements of another 200 soldiers.