I drove on to the next town,中的drove on能改成drove to吗

I drove on to the next town,中的drove on能改成drove to吗
句子：
I drove on to the next town.
与句子：I drove to the next town.
意思相同吗?
原句为：After I had left a small village in the south of Franch,I drove on to the next town.