Jiang Wei stood on the bow of the boat, facing the cold river breeze, but there was also a trace of regret in his heart.

This time, only himself and his own banner stood on the westward fleet, and no army brothers followed.

In fact, according to Jiang Wei's meaning, this time he should really let himself enter Jingzhou with at least 20,000 soldiers.

The reason why he did this was because he had confidence, and this confidence had already been explained to Zhuge Liang in the discussion with Zhuge Liang.

But Zhuge Liang refuted his suggestions and plans, the reason for this is that Zhuge Liang's caution is one thing, in fact, the whole battle situation also made Zhuge Liang unable to move, and he did not dare to make excessive military moves.

Jiang Wei's analysis is right, now Jingzhou is empty, and the people have not really attached to Sun Quan, and since the first time Liu Bei set foot on Xinye, his name of benevolence has been constantly praised by the people of Jingzhou, otherwise after Liu Biao's death, the people and gentry would not have written to Liu Qi and asked him to give Jingzhou to Liu Bei.

Although Guan Yu is proud, but what he offends is only an official, Guan Yu is arrogant, but he cares for the soldiers and people at the lower levels, so Liu Bei and Guan Yu are still well connected in the hearts of the people of Jingzhou, as long as they send a team of 20,000 soldiers to themselves under the banner of Liu Bei, Jiang Wei thinks that he will definitely be supported by the people of Jingzhou, and turn an army without backup into an iron army with a foundation, and directly hollow out Jingzhou, which is surrounded by iron barrels outside, in this way, The war between the Sun and Liu families in Jingzhou was completely over.

But Zhuge Liang rejected Jiang Wei's suggestions, and the reason for this was that Zhuge Liang did not have many troops in his hands.

When Zhuge Liang faced Lu Su, although he used the method of fire attack to completely burn Lu Su's naval army to ashes and solve his worries, but in the face of Lu Meng, the strength of the two families was still equal in terms of strength, and his side had no advantage at all.

And once the division of 20,000 troops, in the water division that took away 20,000, then there is a huge disparity between himself and Lu Meng in terms of strength, 60,000 against 100,000, in case Lu Meng huddles into a group, so that he has no chance to take advantage of the situation, he will use his stupid strength to fight against himself, Zhuge Liang has absolutely no certainty of winning, in case he is defeated here, Lu Meng will turn around and besiege this lone army that has been deeply trapped in Jingzhou, 100,000 against 40,000, he thinks that Jiang Wei will definitely not be able to resist, this is an adventure.

Another point, although Lu Su's naval army was completely defeated by himself, it does not mean that Sun Quan has no power to send, and now in Stone City Jianye, Sun Quan still has a 70,000 Praetorian Guard, which is the most loyal Sun Quan's power, and Sun Quan is not incompetent, the tiger father has no dog, this is a genetic problem. At the same time, Sun Quan can reach today's point, which also shows that he has a very strong ability, once he breaks the cauldron and comes to a so-called royal expedition to boost morale, then Zhuge Liang will once again fall into the dangerous situation of being attacked by the enemy.

He has 60,000 horses in his hands, 100,000 troops of Lu Meng in front, and 70,000 dead soldiers of Sun Quan in the back.

This risk could not be taken, so he did not hesitate to refuse Jiang Wei's further request, his purpose was to use Jiang Wei's strategy to transfer Ling Tong's sailors out of the turtle shell, and then annihilate him on the Yangtze River, cut off one of Lu Meng's arms, open the balance of power between the two armies of Chaisang, and take down Chaisang.

Jiang Wei is different from Ma Yan, Jiang Wei is a simple person, he is obedient to his superiors, and he will never take a step beyond Lei Chi, and if it is Ma Jian who leads the troops this time, maybe he will really dare to quietly transport thousands of his own soldiers, and then encourage Chen Dao, who is in charge of this water division, to drive directly into Jingzhou.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang did not send Ma Jian on the ship, Zhuge Liang not only has outstanding performance in strategy and governance of government affairs, but also has a vision in observing people.

For example, the two people he chose were ready to be his successors, and at the same time, they were also the reason for his dilemma, Jiang Wei was not enterprising enough, but he was willing to be obedient (in fact, Jiang Wei in later generations was able to attack the Central Plains several times, not that he really wanted to forge ahead, but that he wanted to complete the last order left by Zhuge Liang, and a person obeyed the orders of his boss and reached the point of unswerving to death, which is actually a kind of pedantic sorrow) So Zhuge Liang thinks that if he can't sweep the world for him, but in Jiang Wei's hands, There is absolutely no problem in holding on to the existing foundation.

But Ma Tan is an enterprising character, he is good at attacking, and there is absolutely no problem in expanding the territory, but this kind of person has a fatal problem, that is, he is easy to act recklessly, (for example, the street pavilion does not listen to Zhuge Liang's dissuasion, and finally spoils Zhuge Liang's big thing) Maybe he will mess up the foundation he has laid in a blink of an eye. This is one of the reasons why Zhuge Liang is in a dilemma.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, this time the naval division was led by Jiang Wei, and the army's heart-to-heart battle was handed over to Ma Yan.

Looking at his old partner Wu Ban, with a team of sailors, surrounded Wu Jun's water village, Chen Dao, who was a step away from Jiang Wei, asked Jiang Wei respectfully: "Five miles ahead, it is the first iron cable of Dongwu to cross the river, should we really chisel those iron locks?" ”

In terms of the length of time they have followed Liu Bei, Wu Ban and Chen Dao are old qualifications, and they are far higher than Jiang Wei in terms of qualifications.

But now Jiang Wei's identity is special, everyone knows that he is the personal disciple of Zhuge Liang, the second person in the Han Dynasty, and the future is promising, and the two of them will not surpass this Jiang Wei in the future promotion in any case, and the two of them are still self-aware, so as soon as Jiang Wei got on the boat, Chen Dao naturally handed over the command of this naval army to him, and he became his deputy.

Jiang Wei is a strict person, he has the virtue of respecting the elderly, hearing Chen Dao ask, he immediately turned around, and replied with a slight salute: "General Chen is polite, I am just an observer of the navy, and you are still in command of the affairs of the navy." ”

Chen Dao said in a consultative tone: "I don't think it's better to do this, we continue to march westward and make enough momentum to force Ling Tong to send troops, so we still have to smash the iron lock." ”

Jiang Wei nodded: "The old general is right, although there will be some losses, but in order to lure out the enemy, we must do this, then ask the old general to command." ”

Chen Dao immediately issued an order to his subordinates, and the army marched westward at full speed, preparing to cut through the iron rope of the Hengjiang River and force Ling Tong to send troops.