At that moment, the turmoil in Jiang Wei's heart defied description.
He stared blankly at the young man in the distance, unable to speak for a long time.
Wen Yang did not pause. He roared again and led his men charging at Jiang Wei.
"Protect the General of the Guards!!"
The Personal Guards roared, sheltering Jiang Wei in their midst as they fought back with all their strength.
Jiang Wei could not possibly fight Wen Yang himself, quite apart from whether an old general past fifty could withstand this fierce young warrior in the full vigor of youth.
Even if he could, Jiang Wei could not step forward.
He was not a battlefield fighter, but the commander of the army. If matters reached the point where the commander had to enter the fray and fight an enemy warrior himself, that army had probably reached its final hour.
Jiang Wei quickly calmed down and began directing his troops again.
The enemy had not laid an ambush. The terrain here was flat, entirely unsuited to one, which was also why Jiang Wei had dared to march here in such haste.
The enemy had made no attempt to conceal their movements, simply shooting down the Scouts sent ahead. When no Scouts returned, Zhang Yi quickly concluded that enemy troops lay ahead.
Zhang Yi's vanguard was the first to suffer the assault.
Jiang Wei's army had come a long way without resting. Neither their strength nor their morale was what it had been when they first entered Wei.
In truth, Jiang Wei had no fear of meeting the Yongliang army head-on in the open field.
After Guo Huai's death, the Yongliang army's morale had become unsettled. Jiang Wei was very confident that he could defeat them in the field, so he had repeatedly tried