Jiang Wei only got the exact news when he withdrew his troops in Ma'anshan. It turned out that the highest commander of the Wei army in Jingzhou was not Du Yu, but the Emperor Cao Liang of the Wei Kingdom.

Cao Liang had already arrived in Jingzhou as early as the Battle of Pengze Lake, and then participated in various battles in Jingzhou, including the Battle of Xiling. However, the news of Cao Liang's arrival in Jingzhou was always secret. The Wei army was limited to senior generals and senior generals and soldiers, so no one knew about the Shu army.

Of course, this is also the dereliction of duty of the Shu army intelligence personnel. The Emperor of Wei was so serious that the Shu army had always known nothing. It cannot be said that this is not a shame for the Shu army's intelligence department.

Moreover, due to the misjudgment of Du Yu as the supreme commander of the Wei army, Jiang Wei may experience fatal deviations when formulating strategies and tactics, because everyone's command style is different. If Jiang Wei only formulates a plan for Du Yu, but his real opponent is Cao Liang, the consequences may be something Jiang Wei doesn't want to see.

In fact, the final result of the Battle of Xiling also proved this point. Many of Jiang Wei's plans were lost, but the only flaw was captured by the Wei army. The Shu army eventually failed, which made Jiang Wei a little puzzled. After all, this kind of magical stroke of using the navy to attack Xiling with the navy was not something that ordinary people could do. Even Du Yu, who claimed to be Du Wuku, might not have such ability.

Now that Jiang Wei knew about the originator behind this incident, he suddenly realized that it was Cao Liang who had always controlled everything behind the scenes, so that Wei Jun could have such a surprise move.

In military command, Cao Liang is called a rare genius in a thousand years. In key battles, Cao Liang often has a magical hand, which is surprising and amazing.

Not to mention the distance, just talk about the battle between the Wei army and the destruction of Wu. The Wu Kingdom had the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and the distance between dragons and tigers was separated by no one in the world. However, Cao Liang had a sudden idea and developed a giant catapult cart. In the blink of an eye, the powerful Wu Navy was destroyed in ashes, and the solid Jianye City collapsed like a paper-paste rack.

This is exactly the magic of Cao Liang. Everything can be done, there is nothing that cannot be done, only unexpected things. If Jiang Wei really knew that his opponent was Cao Liang, he would definitely be able to deal with it seriously.

It is not that he would not be serious if Jiang Wei's opponent is Du Yu, but that Jiang Wei would definitely formulate different response plans for different opponents. If he knew that Cao Liang came to Jingzhou, Jiang Wei would first make corresponding adjustments and deployments based on Cao Liang's military use characteristics, killing all possible dangerous situations without leaving any hidden dangers.

Only Cao Liang could do this incredible method of sneak attacking Xiling, which was consistent with Cao Liang's usual combat style. When Xiling was attacked, Jiang Wei had actually noticed something was wrong. This high-end method was really not something that generals like Du Yu, Shi Bao, and Liu Jing could think of.

At that time, Jiang Wei had some doubts whether Cao Liang had personally fought for Xiling, but there was no evidence at that time, and Jiang Wei was just suspicious.

After arriving in Ma'anshan, the news came, and it was finally confirmed that Cao Liang was indeed in the Wei army, and he had always been there. The entire battle in Jingzhou was commanded by Cao Liang.

When the Shu army heard this, everyone was upset. The Wei Lord hid so deeply. Other emperors went to war, and they were surrounded by three thousand ceremonies, fearing that others would not know. Cao Liang was undoubtedly very low-key, vanishing his voice, and hiding his depth, no one could know.

After hearing this news, Jiang Wei's face suddenly turned ashen. The enemy was dark. I was in the dark. No wonder I was defeated. After all, all Jiang Wei's strategies were put on the surface, and Wei Jun could see through it at a glance.

However, Cao Liang's methods were all shameless and hidden tightly. If they didn't make a sound, they would make a big splash. This battle in Xiling was Jiang Wei's conspiracy that was defeated by Cao Liang. Originally, Jiang Wei retreated to Ma'anshan and was preparing to continue to deal with the Wei army based on the dangerous terrain of Ma'anshan. However, when Jiang Wei heard that the leader was Cao Liang, he simply gave up his plan to stick to and led his army to Yong'an.

It’s not that Jiang Wei does not have the courage to fight Cao Liang, and Cao Liang’s methods are often unpredictable. Although Ma'anshan is dangerous, it is also relative. The Shu army has been deeply involved in the eastern defense line of Xiling before, and the importance of the Ma'anshan defense line is insufficient.

Although all the people gathered in Ma'anshan, how could the defeated general dare to speak out again? The momentum was first lost. In addition, Ma'anshan did not have a perfect defensive position, and Qian Hong's army was operating behind it. Various unfavorable factors, coupled with Cao Liang's personal expedition, Jiang Wei did not dare to take any risky moves and decisively ordered the withdrawal of troops.

Only when he returned to Yong'an and Jiang Wei's most familiar defense line could he dare to deal with Cao Liang. After all, the shadow left by the Battle of Longxi has been difficult to disperse.

These two fights with Cao Liang can be said to be the two most tragic failures that Jiang Wei experienced in his life. In the past, Jiang Wei's previous Northern Expeditions, although he had not gained any land, he had won several small victories. Even if he couldn't win, he could escape unscathed and suffered minimal losses.

However, in the last battle of Longxi and this battle of Xiling, Jiang Wei not only suffered a defeat, but also suffered a heavy defeat. Not only did he lose the city and land, the losses of soldiers and horses were very huge. Such failure made Jiang Wei a little doubtful about his life. Is there any hope for this Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to restore the Han Dynasty?

Logically speaking, these two expeditions were the two closest successes for Jiang Wei, because Jiang Wei had both received the support of third-party forces. Last time in Longxi, Sima Lun brought 100,000 people to surrender, and the five counties on Longshang were at their fingertips. Such a great opportunity undoubtedly made the people of Shu feel in front of him, believing that there was hope of restoring the Han Dynasty.

But after the Battle of Longxi, the Shu army was defeated back to its original form. The five counties in Longxi that had just been obtained and were lost again in a blink of an eye. Jiang Wei also experienced the first crushing defeat in his life.

This failure hit Jiang Wei's self-confidence very seriously. Before this, Jiang Wei had great confidence in inheriting Zhuge Liang's will and restoring the Han Dynasty. Since he took over the military power, he has launched countless troops to fight in the north, but he has not been as depressed as he is now.

At the same time, he also made him recognize Cao Liang, a terrible opponent. Jiang Wei couldn't help but feel endless emotion. Since he was born, why did he live in Liang?
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