vrcanaries Chapter 733 Jiang Wei
Chapter 733 Jiang Wei
The 170,000 Sichuan troops located in the northern part of the Chengdu Basin immediately held an emergency meeting after receiving the order from the court.
Li Yu was the commander-in-chief of the army and Jiang Wei was the deputy commander-in-chief, but this time the two were separated and Jiang Wei became the commander-in-chief.
Li Yu is a man who likes to show off, is arrogant, irritable and easily angered. He usually looks down on Jiang Wei.
Because Jiang Wei is from Qin.
As early as twenty years ago, there was a battle between Sichuan and Qin. After being captured, Jiang Wei was personally received and persuaded to surrender by the Emperor of Sichuan. Moved by this, he surrendered to Sichuan. With his excellent fighting skills, he quelled the rebellion of the Nanman in Nanzhong, surpassing the chieftains in the southwest and making great military achievements.
With his military achievements, intelligent mind, humble and sociable character, he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief.
But because he was a Qin person and a surrendered general, the Sichuan generals still excluded him. It was just that because Jiang Wei had a good personality, the others did not show it on the surface.
Today, Jiang Wei became the commander of a 50,000-man army. Li Yu felt unbalanced and said sarcastically,
"Jiang Wei, Marshal Jiang, congratulations! After all these years, you finally got your wish and became the Marshal.
He can be considered the first Qin commander-in-chief in our Sichuan country."
Looking at Li Yu's half-smile, Jiang Wei, who was already in his forties and had dedicated half his life to Sichuan, smiled bitterly in his heart.
It has been twenty years, and Sichuan still hasn't accepted me.
Think about the State of Yan. It rose from a small and insignificant country to its current state. Most of the central army in the country were surrendered generals and soldiers, including people from Yan, Kun, Qi, Liang, Qin, and Chu. They were able to integrate so many surrendered soldiers and generals together, and make them serve Dayan wholeheartedly.
They certainly won't exclude or oppress the surrendered soldiers and generals.
If this were to happen, the Yan army, most of whom were surrendered soldiers and generals, would probably rebel immediately and destroy the Yan State.
The Yan people only took two years to win over most of the world.
It took me twenty years to integrate into the Sichuan government's top leadership.
He understood it in his heart, but his face remained calm and he smiled.
"I still want to thank General Li for speaking well of me in front of His Majesty. If it weren't for General Li's help and recommendation, I'm afraid I would never have become a head coach in my lifetime.
Although I am the commander-in-chief this time, I am serving as a secondary commander in Jiange, while Li Shuai is the main commander in Nanjiang. I am only fighting in conjunction with Li Shuai."
Hearing Jiang Wei's tactful words, Li Yu had no way to vent his sarcasm. He rolled his eyes and said,
"Let's discuss military affairs."
He pointed to the map and said,
"According to the intelligence from the scouts, the Yan army has already set out from Hanzhong in two groups. The group attacking Jiange is relatively small, consisting of only one legion, the Wushuang Army, led by Su Wuan, a young man from Yan.
Since he took command of the army, this man has never commanded a battle alone. He has always relied on the command of the Yan army commander Guan Shouchang. He has never fought in a battle at all and must be a fool.
Moreover, Jiange has a steep terrain and is the only way to go along that route. Our army is in a dominant position and will definitely be able to defend Jiange.
Marshal Jiang, this time I got this credit for free."
Jiang Wei smiled awkwardly and said,
"I will do my utmost to stop the enemy at Jiange, no, to defeat them."
"Defeat? Humph, the Yan army has destroyed several countries since they marched south and has been invincible. Can you defeat them?
Even I dare not say this."
Li Yu said something sarcastic, then pointed to the east route and said,
“Here, the main forces of the Yan army gathered, including the Yan army’s White Horse Army, Mighty Tiger Army, White Robe Army, and the 100,000 Qin troops led by Bai Wuan himself.
Everyone has heard of Bai Wuan's reputation. He is also an invincible commander. The Qin people are brave, and with Bai Wuan's command, this battle is bound to be difficult.
But our army is not a pushover either.
With the advantage of terrain, I will definitely be able to stop the Yan army and defeat it severely.
But in order to defeat the enemy, I have to mobilize elite troops.
Let’s put it this way. I will lead the 1st to 7th Corps of the 5th Corps and the 1st to 5th Corps of the 6th Corps, a total of 120,000 people to fight.
How about Marshal Jiang lead the 8th to 10th Corps of the 5th Army and the 6th and 7th Corps of the 6th Army into battle?
The Chuan State had six legions, and the first four were driven by Xiao Lei to the south of the Qin State's Xianyang City and were completely annihilated by the Yan army.
Jiang Wei was startled when he heard this and said,
"Marshal Li, these five regiments are all old and weak."
Li Yu waved his hand and said,
"Didn't I tell you that you are facing only one army corps of the Yan army, and you also have the advantage of Jiange. Let alone 50,000 men, even if there were 10,000 men defending, the Yan army would be unable to get through even if they broke their heads.
I have to fight against the Yan army's 350,000 strong army. You can imagine the pressure. But the emperor has only given me 120,000 men. Shouldn't I draw some elite troops?"
Hearing this, Jiang Wei was also indignant, but he could only sigh helplessly.
"Indeed, there are only 50,000 central troops left in Chengdu. The capital cannot be lost, and we also have to worry about rebellion in the South."
"That's right. Alright, Marshal Jiang, go pack up some food and supplies. We'll set out north today."
"Yes!"
Jiang Wei nodded, called the generals of the five corps to his presence, told them the weapons, food, and supplies they needed to bring, and asked them to prepare them.
Half a day later, the Sichuan Army split into two groups and headed north to garrison the two places.
They were already in the northern part of Sichuan, so they advanced quickly and arrived at their respective defense zones after a few days.
On the middle route, after passing Guangyuan, there are endless mountains with steep terrain and difficult mountain roads.
(Guangyuan City is set to be located in the south of Jiange. After all, there are too many mountains in the current Guangyuan urban area. It is easier to build a city in the south where it is flat. Thank you for your understanding.)
Fifty thousand old and weak Sichuan soldiers, carrying weapons and pulling baggage, climbed the mountain with difficulty.
Looking from the sky, they were lined up in a row on the mountain road, crawling on the road like ants, climbing up with difficulty.
On the top of a towering mountain, there stands a majestic pass, which is Jiange.
After a long mountain road, they finally arrived at Jiange.
Jiang Wei stood on the north wall of Jiange, looking at the endless mountains and steep mountain roads in the north, and sighed,
"With this fortress, the Yan army will find it difficult to fly up even if they have wings."
A general said quickly,
"Yes, Marshal, we can hold off the Yan army this time. It won't be long before the Yan army runs out of food and grass and withdraws of their own accord.
It's difficult for us to transport food on this mountain road, let alone the Yan people.
Even if they attacked by force, how could they possibly get here?
How many people can come up this mountain road at once? We are at a high vantage point, so we can kill as many as come."