Jiang Wei is a stubborn person. Although he has been defeated repeatedly, he still has been defeated repeatedly. For the sake of his obsession in his heart, Jiang Wei has never given up.

But at the same time, Jiang Wei is also a pragmatic person. It is his usual style to preserve his strength. Even in previous Northern Expeditions, Jiang Wei rarely makes a bet. The way of killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred himself has never been praised by Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei used troops frequently and was criticized by the ministers of Shu Kingdom. He believed that Jiang Wei was a powerful military force, working hard to injure money, and consuming national strength. But in fact, Jiang Wei was very cautious every time he used troops. Only when he preserved his strength would he choose to launch an attack. Sometimes he knew that this was a battle that could be won, but because the losses were estimated to be greater, Jiang Wei would rather give up.

This is also closely related to the national strength and manpower of Shu. Shu is located in the southwest corner, with poor people and weak soldiers. Under such conditions, the kind of battle of consuming has never been what Jiang Wei wanted. Wei is strong and has a large population. No matter how many or the losses are, they can quickly replenish them.

But Shu Kingdom really doesn't have the strength and is in deficit. It is difficult to replenish whether it is manpower or material resources. Therefore, due to the situation, Jiang Wei had to make careful calculations when using troops, and wanted to spend a penny in half, and treat one person as two envoys.

The Battle of Xiling left endless regrets for Jiang Wei, which is also the closest place to the Revival of the Han Dynasty. If he could defend Xiling, Shu Kingdom would be equivalent to having a springboard extending to the Central Plains and a bridgehead that could advance and attack and retreat. When the situation in the world changes in the future, Jiang Wei might have the opportunity to roar out and take the Central Plains directly.

But this final hope was not realized in the end. The Shu army retreated sadly in Ma'anshan, just as they were defeated from Yiling forty years ago. The land of Jingzhou once again had no chance with them.

However, Jiang Wei did not fall into a slump. For Jiang Wei, failure has long been common. He has experienced countless failures in his life, so many that he himself can't count them. If he regretted and despaired because of one failure, Jiang Wei would have long become a useless person.

In fact, Jiang Wei's heart is much stronger than others. Whether it is good or bad, Jiang Wei can be calm. In the eyes of many people, the failure of this battle of Xiling is a pity. After all, Shu Kingdom missed an excellent opportunity to enter the Central Plains, and such an opportunity is probably not to be found again in the future.

However, Jiang Wei was not worried about gains and losses. What he lost was lost and could not force it. In other words, what he had done was yours after all, and what he was not yours could not force it to come no matter what. If Xiling lost it, it proves that Xiling was not yours. What Jiang Wei had to do now is to forget the past, face the reality, strengthen Yong'an's defense to deal with the attack of the Wei army.

Since Cao Liang can swallow Wu, it proves that Cao Liang's ambition is not just a Wu Kingdom. He is also drooling towards Shu Kingdom, and his desire to destroy Shu is always there.

Especially after the Battle of Xiling, Cao Liang had cleared the obstacles to march into Shu. Next, he was likely to mobilize a large army to launch an attack on Shu.

Don’t think that with Yong'an’s fortress, you can stop Cao Liang’s ambition to unify the world. The people of Wu thought so at the beginning. The Yangtze River was so dangerous, but now the grave of the Emperor Sun Xiu of Wu is probably three feet high. Therefore, Jiang Wei believes that nothing in the world can stop Cao Liang’s ambitions, and Yong'an’s great pass can also not resist Cao Liang’s progress.

If the Shu Kingdom's border is safe and sound, the Shu army must correct its attitude, strengthen its defense, unify its thinking, prepare for war seriously, and take strategic defense as a top priority. Only in this way can there be a possibility of success.

There are basically two feasible ways for the Wei army to attack Shu. One is the road from Guanlong to Hanzhong, and the other is the road from Xiling to Yong'an. From various signs, it is impossible for the Wei army to only fight a single road, but may use a two-pronged approach and launch an attack from Hanzhong and Yong'an at the same time.

In the direction of Hanzhong, Deng Ai's left army was already ready to fight, prepare for the attack.

However, Jiang Wei was not too worried about Hanzhong's defense. After all, Hanzhong's defense line was built by him. Although the right general Yan Yu served as the governor of Hanzhong had a certain impact on Jiang Wei's plan, the Hanzhong generals Jiang Bin, Wang She, Fu Qian, and Jiang Shuke were all from Jiang Wei, and they were all people who held real power in the local area and were fully capable of undermining Yan Yu.

Although Yan Yu got his wish and became the governor of Hanzhong, this person was not based on his real talent, but on speculation and flattery and licking the eunuch Huang Hao's ass, so that he could make his way to the sky.

However, Yan Yu's actions are mostly despised by others, so Jiang Bin and others naturally look down on Yan Yu. As the son of Grand Marshal Jiang Wan, Jiang Bin comes from a famous family and has a lot of prestige in Shu. Although Yan Yu is his immediate boss, he dare not question Jiang Bin. In addition, Jiang Bin, Wang She, Fu Qian, Jiang Shu and others are in the same mood, Yan Yu's life in Hanzhong was not easy.

Although Jiang Wei is not in Hanzhong, he knows the situation in Hanzhong well through his ears and eyes. Yan Yu is afraid that he will regret it at this moment. If he had known that Hanzhong was a solid piece, he would not come to Hanzhong to death. It would be great to be the governor of Yong'an. If the wind is windy and rainy, why should he be so cowardly in Hanzhong?

It was a huge mistake for him and Jiang Wei to switch to the defense zone. Jiang Wei's Hanzhong Defense Zone has been in operation for many years. All the officials and generals are Jiang Wei's confidants. Here they cannot be inserted into needles and water cannot be poured in. As a Hanzhong governor, he was completely a bare-headed governor and no one could command it.

On the contrary, after his base camp was occupied by Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei took control. The generals under the command of the Yong'an Governor, except for Badong Prefect Luo Xian, all Yan Yu's confidants were washed away by Jiang Wei. The Yong'an Defense Zone had become Jiang Wei's world.

Luo Xian, the only one who stayed in office, was originally a person who was not as good as Yan Yu. This time he was valued by Jiang Wei and completely defected to Jiang Wei.

Yan Yu was deeply regretful at this time. He was not going to lose a lot of rice when he was stealing chickens. Especially the surrender of the Wu army in Xiling made Yan Yu regret it. Why was it not his turn to such a good opportunity? If he had not changed the defense zone with Jiang Wei, wouldn't this great contribution fall on his head in vain?
Chapter completed!