However, even if Wu and Shu reconstructed the old, and for the next few decades, the two sides maintained an extremely stable relationship, it did not mean that the Shu people could forget the pain they had before.

Especially the Shu Kingdom has always been dominated by the forces of the Jingxiang faction. Like Jiang Wei, they all have a complex of loving their hometown. Restoring Jingzhou and returning to their hometown has always been the biggest dream of Jingxiang people.

If they have the chance, they will never give up easily.

Jiang Wei went to Yong'an this time because he thought that this opportunity might come.

Although the Shu-Wu alliance is still continuing, Jiang Wei is unlikely to betray Zhuge Liang's strategy of joining Wu to fight Wei, and take advantage of the Wu State's difficulties to stab him in the back, if the Wu State is destroyed, will this alliance still be effective? Will the Shu people still need to abide by it?

This is obviously not a problem. If the Wu Kingdom really perishes, then the territory of Wu Kingdom will be owned by Wei Kingdom. At this time, Jiang Wei sent troops to Jingzhou again, and fought with the Wei army and took Jingzhou back from the Wei army, which is not considered as breaking the alliance and abandoning the agreement.

Of course, how could a person who engages in politics be bound by a covenant? If Jiang Weizhi was trying to seize Jingzhou, he would definitely choose to take action when he thought it was the most appropriate, rather than having to wait for the destruction of the Wu Kingdom.

There is no question about morality or not here, and Jiang Wei is not a pedantic person. Political struggles always have only the word "interest" in terms of interests. The so-called benevolence, righteousness, and so-called credit are always ranked below interests.

If there were no strong enemies like Wei, Shu and Wu might have met each other long ago, and Jiang Wei came to Yong'an in person, in fact, was waiting for the most appropriate opportunity.

The front line in Hanzhong is far away from Wu. Even if something happens, it is beyond reach. Only when Jiang Wei is in Yong'an, the closest to Wu, can he grasp the changes in the situation in a timely manner and strive to maximize his interests.

Yong'an is located in the easternmost part of Yizhou, also known as Baidi City. There is also a palace in Yong'an City. That is, during the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was defeated and fled to Baidi City. Until he died of illness, he never left Yong'an Palace again. Perhaps it was because Liu Bei felt guilty and had no face to face the elders and ministers of Chengdu. Perhaps it was Liu Bei's attachment to Jingzhou. Although there was no hope of regaining Jingzhou, he was able to stay nearest to Jingzhou and be closest to his two sworn brothers who died was also his greatest wish when he was dying.

Guan Yu died in Maicheng. Although Zhang Fei died in Langzhong, his head was brought to Eastern Wu by the rebel general Fan Qiang Zhang Da. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had a friendship with Liu Bei. He followed Liu Bei for decades, and was loyal to him. Liu Bei kept his life and was in a low position. When he died, he was angry. It can be seen how precious the friendship between the three brothers was in his heart.

Yong'an is the rush to the throat of Jingzhou entering Yizhou. When Liu Bei entered Shu, he took this road and entered it openly, so it was not difficult. If he really attacked this fortress, even if he had ten times the strength, it would probably be in vain.

Yong'an is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River at the mouth of Qutang Gorge, adjacent to Kuimen in the east and next to the Eight Formations in the west. It is surrounded by water on three sides and occupies a key water and land. It is against the high gorge and facing the Yangtze River in front. It is very majestic and magnificent. It really has the momentum of one man as a pass and ten thousand man cannot open it.

There is the danger of Jiange in the north of Yizhou and the hero of Kuimen in the east. It can be said that it has occupied all the advantages of the local area. Therefore, the Shu Han was the weakest among the Three Kingdoms, but it has always been safe and sound. It is obviously inseparable from these two dangerous passes.

Jiang Wei came to Yong'an this time with 20,000 people. It turned out that there were about 10,000 people stationed in Yong'an. When Yan Yu left, he did not take away any soldiers and soldiers, and all of them were left for Jiang Wei. As a result, Yong'an's defenders suddenly increased to 30,000. This was the first time that this scale of configuration was used to guard Yong'an.

In the past, there were usually only a few thousand troops to guard Yong'an. Perhaps the Shu Han court believed that it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Too many people were sent to guard it, which was just a waste of money and food, so it repeatedly cut down the defenders.

It was not until Sun Chen was in power that the Wu Kingdom was in chaos, and the governor of Jingzhou Shi Ji was willing to borrow the troops of Shu Kingdom to deal with Sun Chen, so Liu Chan added 5,000 troops to Yan Yu, so that Yong'an's defenders had more than 10,000 troops. However, later Sun Chen was executed, and Shi Ji's plan was miscarried, but Yong'an's defenders had maintained a scale of 10,000 people without any change.

Now this army belongs to Jiang Wei's command. After Jiang Wei arrived in Yong'an, the first thing he did was to find Luo Xian, the prefect of Badong, and learn about the situation in Yong'an and Wu from him in detail.

Luo Xian worked in Badong for longer than Yan Yu, so he was familiar with Yong'an's situation than anyone else, including news about Jingzhou in Wu Kingdom. Luo Xian was very well-versed.

Jiang Wei talked with him for a few days and nights, and admired Luo Xian very much. Jiang Wei had been in Hanzhong before and did not know much about the personnel situation in Yong'an. Although he knew that Luo Xian was the prefect of Badong, he had never been able to meet. This time, he was able to have a long talk, which made Jiang Wei sigh that Luo Xian was indeed an outstanding general with courage and knowledge. Unfortunately, he has always been under Yan Yu's command and cannot display his ambitions and talents.

Shu Kingdom has a small territory and a sparse population. Since the death of famous generals such as Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Ma and Huang, they have all had the stars of generals, but there are many talents in Wei Kingdom, and there are many generals. Jiang Wei is also helpless in this situation. The base of the population determines the number of talents. Shu Kingdom obviously cannot compete with Wei Kingdom in this regard.

Jiang Wei has been deliberately promoting some young generals over the years, giving them the opportunity to hold important positions, such as Fu Qian, Jiang Shu, Jiang Bin, Wang She and others. However, the talent of Shu Kingdom has withered and the situation of lack of successors has not been improved.

Now that Jiang Wei has arrived in Yong'an, he discovered Luo Xian's extraordinary military talent. He couldn't help but sigh. However, there is no war at present and no merits can be made. Jiang Wei cannot promote Luo Xian out of thin air. He just awarded Luo Xian the title of general to join the army, allowing him to participate in the military management while serving as the prefect of Badong, and became Jiang Wei's right-hand man.

Luo Xian also believed that offense was the best defense. If there was a change in the Wu Kingdom, the Shu army should not stick to the alliance and take the initiative to attack. Only by taking Jingzhou can we completely reverse the situation of Yizhou being self-conquered.

It is true that the heroes have similar views. Jiang Wei sighed and referred to Luo Xian as his confidant, which is because they regretted that they met too late.
Chapter completed!