As soon as Zong Yu left, Jiang Wei received an urgent report from the Qiting. The Wei army dispatched tens of thousands of troops from both sides of the river and land to attack the Qiting.

What should come will come in the end. Jiang Wei was shocked and calm, showing that he had already judged that the target of the Wei army's first attack must be the 未ting, so he was not surprised at all.

The 文版 is located in the southeast of Xiling. The terrain is particularly dangerous, with mountains and ravines. After crossing the 文版 Mountain, it is a vast Jingchu Plain. Lu Xun set up the last line of defense in the 文版, successfully curbing Liu Bei's attack. He took advantage of the opportunity of the Shu army's slackness to burn hundreds of miles of the camp, defeating Liu Bei in one fell swoop, and winning the Battle of Yiling.

The Yiling of that time was the current Xiling. After Sun Quan defeated Liu Bei, he changed Yiling to Xiling. The place of the 陈癈的 has been a place that must be fought for by military strategists since ancient times.

Whether from Jiangling to Xiling, or from Xiling to Jiangling, the 未 Pavilion is always an unavoidable fortress. Therefore, among the Western Front Defense System constructed by Jiang Wei, the 未 Pavilion is the most important place. At the earliest, Jiang Wei sent Ning Sui to garrison here. After Sima Lun arrived, Jiang Wei took down Ning Sui and handed over the defense of the 未 Pavilion to Sima Lun.

Although Ning Sui has always served as Jiang Wei's deputy general and is the confidant that Jiang Wei can rely on, his personal abilities are really average. Ning Sui is obviously unable to handle tough battles like guarding the Qiting. However, Jiang Wei had just retreated from Jiangling to Xiling at that time, and he lacked major generals under his command. At that time, he was not very familiar with the leadership ability of the Wu army generals, so he temporarily handed the Qiting to Ning Suilai to guard.

Later, with the return of Lu Kang and the arrival of Sima Lun, there were more generals under Jiang Wei's tent, so Jiang Wei handed over the defense mission of the singting to Sima Lun, which is naturally a recognition of Sima Lun's ability by Jiang Wei.

Although Sima Lun was young, he had rich combat experience. Among the Shu army, he was the person who fought the most times with the Wei army and the only person who had wiped out an infantry battalion of the Wei army. This is the only thing that no one in the world can match.

The generals of Shu Kingdom have fallen and talents have withered over the years. It is obvious that there is no successor. Jiang Wei himself is already nearly 60 years old. Veterans like Zong Yu Liao Hua have even gone straight to Ba Zhang. If they lose this battle, there is nothing to say. They will follow Shu Kingdom together to be buried, but if they win by chance or get a draw, the next years will be the key to the survival of Shu Kingdom.

The competition between countries is ultimately a competition of talents. It is not much time left for Jiang Wei's generation, and it is imminent to cultivate the next generation of leaders in Shu.

Sima Lun is the person Jiang Wei is optimistic about. Jiang Wei has always regarded Sima Lun as his successor. This battle at the Bingting was also a test for Sima Lun by Jiang Wei.

Whether Sima Lun can bear the important task of protecting Shu Kingdom and restoring the Han Dynasty is the best touchstone.

At the same time, this battle in Xiling is also the key to whether Shu can establish himself in Jingzhou and compete with the Wei army.

The Wu Kingdom has been destroyed. Although Jiang Wei knew that Lu Kang was still thinking of restoring the country, in Jiang Wei's view, this was an unrealistic fantasy, because even if they could win the Battle of Xiling this time, they could only defend Xiling and the last piece of land in Jingzhou.

It would be so difficult to counterattack and recover the entire Jingzhou, let alone to fight Jianye and recover Yangzhou.

The most pragmatic approach is to defend Xiling, first gain a foothold in Jingzhou, and when there is a chance that the world will change in the future, then send troops to the Central Plains, attack Cao Wei, and restore the Han Dynasty.

This seems to be back to the famous Longzhong match when Zhuge Liang first appeared. Before Zhuge Liang could leave, he had already determined the pattern of three parts of the world. Zhuge Liang also tailored a complete strategic plan for Liu Bei, first taking Jingzhou and then Yizhou. After gaining a foothold, he went out of Jingzhou and directly taking Wanluo, and all the troops went out of Hanzhong and directly taking Guanzhong. In this way, the world could be settled and the Han Dynasty could prosper.

Unfortunately, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Although Liu Bei successfully won Xichuan and Hanzhong with the assistance of Zhuge Liang, Jingzhou was lost, and Zhuge Liang's strategy of flying both wings was finally ruined. Even though Zhuge Liang spent his whole life, worked hard to launch a northern expedition for five times, the solo flight after breaking his wings still could not stand up for the overall situation. In the end, he returned with a defeat and the great cause of restoration was wasted. Even Zhuge Liang himself died in Wuzhangyuan.

Jiang Wei inherited Zhuge Liang's will. Although he sent troops to the northern expedition many times, Jiang Wei was unswerving. Now Jiang Wei has obtained such an excellent opportunity, that is, to retake Jingzhou. Even if the territory he obtained is only one-tenth of Jingzhou, it is an opportunity to change his destiny. If he can gain a foothold in Xiling, it would be equivalent to Shu Kingdom having a new attack bridgehead.

Moreover, compared with Hanzhong, Xiling is more suitable as a springboard for attack. Crossing the Mount of Yanting, it is the vast Jingchu Plain with no danger to rely on. As long as Jiang Wei can defend Xiling steadily, he will always find a good opportunity to send troops in the future.

This is Jiang Wei's strategic consideration for sending troops to Jingzhou this time. Even if Lu Kang took the entire Jingzhou to surrender, Shu may not have such great strength to accept this gift. Now the Wei State's military is powerful and strong, and Jiang Wei has no strength to compete with it at all. So even though Jiang Wei has arrived in Jiangling, after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to give up Jiangling and retreat to Xiling.

After all, although Jiang Ling is good, the difficulty of defense is too great. If not, the army brought by Jiang Wei will be completely deducted in Jiang Ling. Such risks are unaffordable by Jiang Wei, so Jiang Wei would rather choose to give up and never take such risks.

Xiling is different. The terrain here is mainly mountainous. Such terrain conditions are similar to those in Shu, which is also Jiang Wei's favorite combat environment.

In such a combat environment, the advantages of the Wei army can be reduced to the greatest extent, making the Wei army's cavalry difficult to move forward, and the most powerful catapult cart has no use.

After hearing the news that the Wei army had launched a large-scale attack on the Liting, Jiang Wei's face showed a calm and calm expression. If the Wei army's attack was one or two months in the morning, Jiang Wei would be really hard to deal with, but now he has made sufficient preparations and all the defenses are ready. When the Wei army attacked at this time, it was exactly what Jiang Wei wanted, so he naturally had nothing to worry about.
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