"Boyue! Why have you come so late?!"
When Jiang Wei bound himself, opened the gates of the pass, and came out to surrender, Zhuge Dan had yet to speak before Zhong Hui could not resist running over.
Jiang Wei looked in surprise at the young man before him.
Zhong Hui was about to help him up when he heard Chen Qian begin clearing his throat.
Zhong Hui froze, then could only rise helplessly and return to Zhuge Dan's side.
Zhuge Dan was truly seething now.
Which of us is the commander here?
Even if the emperor sent you, you cannot run ahead of me to accept the surrender of their Grand General, can you?
You simply have no regard for an old man like me!
Of course, Zhuge Dan did not lose his temper. He walked unhurriedly up to Jiang Wei and lowered his head to study the "heavenly calamity" before him.
To Wei, Jiang Wei really was no different from a natural disaster. He struck once every few years, and whenever he did, the local people were plunged into misery.
Even the ministers had grown accustomed to the times when Jiang Wei appeared.
Yet now, this Harm of Great Wei stood before him, submitting in surrender.
This gave Zhuge Dan immense satisfaction.
The War of Shu's Destruction had gone exceedingly smoothly, even more smoothly than many had imagined.
Of favorable timing, advantageous terrain, and popular support, the Shu Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom had only advantageous terrain left. They possessed neither of the other two.
Perhaps even Deng Ai had never imagined things would go so smoothly.
When Zhuge Dan learned that Deng Ai had taken Chengdu, his face was blank with bewilderment. Zhong Hui and the others were the same. They all felt that Deng Ai's move had