Jiang Wei

姜維
Courtesy name: Boyue (伯約)
Jiang Wei
Source: Koei Wiki (Fandom)
Born
202
Died
264
Ancestral home
Ji County, Tianshui (Southeast of Gangu County, Gansu)
Book mentions
443
Roles:
general
Factions:
Cao Wei Shu Han (primary)
Appears in 28 chapters:
  • Chapter 92 — Zhao Zilong Slays Five Generals; Zhuge Liang Takes Three Cities.
    Jiang Wei; first major appearance. Young, brilliant, filially devoted (refuses to abandon his mother), serves under Ma Zun the Tianshui prefect. Reads Zhuge Liang's plans like an open book and undoes them - the first man in many chapters to outwit Zhuge Liang on a single field.
  • Chapter 93 — Jiang Wei Goes Over To Zhuge Liang; Zhuge Liang Reviles Wang Lang.
    Jiang Wei; the chapter's centerpiece. Zhuge Liang takes Tianshui by a complex feint that uses Xiahou Mao to denounce Jiang Wei to Ma Zun as a traitor; cornered, Jiang Wei surrenders to Zhuge Liang weeping. Zhuge Liang takes his hand and declares: 'Now I have an heir.' The transmission begins.
  • Chapter 94 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.
    Jiang Wei; with Zhuge Liang's expedition; rising as protege.
  • Chapter 95 — Ma Su's Disobedience Causes The Loss Of Jieting; Zhuge Liang's Lute Repulses The Army Of Sima Yi.
    Jiang Wei; with the Shu expedition; commands a wing of the retreat covering Zhuge Liang's withdrawal.
  • Chapter 96 — Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
    Jiang Wei; with Zhuge Liang's army.
  • Chapter 97 — Sending A Second Memorial, Zhuge Liang Renews The Attack On Wei; Forging A Letter, Jiang Wei Defeats The Northern Army.
    Jiang Wei; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 98 — Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death; Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory.
    Jiang Wei; takes Yinping with Wei Yan.
  • Chapter 99 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Wei Army; Sima Yi Invades The West River Land.
    Jiang Wei; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 100 — Raiding A Camp, The Shu Soldiers Defeat Cao Zhen; Contesting Array Battles, Zhuge Liang Shames Sima Yi.
    Jiang Wei; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 101 — Going Out From Longshang, Zhuge Liang Dresses As A God; Dashing Toward Saber Pass, Zhang He Falls Into A Snare.
    Jiang Wei; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 102 — Sima Yi Occupies The Banks Of River Wei; Zhuge Liang Constructs Mechanical Bullocks And Horses.
    Jiang Wei; with the expedition; rising in command authority.
  • Chapter 103 — In Gourd Valley, Sima Yi Is Trapped; In Wuzhang Hills, Zhuge Liang Invokes The Stars.
    Jiang Wei; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 104 — A Falling Star: The Prime Minister Ascends To Heaven; A Wooden Statue: The Commander-In-Chief Is Terrified.
    Jiang Wei; receives Zhuge Liang's final transmission of the strategic notebooks; the chosen heir of the Hanzhong-restoration project. Will carry the burden through the next several chapters.
  • Chapter 105 — The Lord of Wuxiang Leaves A Plan In The Silken Bag; The Ruler of Wei Removes The Bronze Statue With The Dew Bowl.
    Jiang Wei; the inheritor of Zhuge Liang's military project.
  • Chapter 107 — The Ruler of Wei Hands Over The Power To Sima Yi; Jiang Wei Is Defeated At Ox Head Hills.
    Jiang Wei; mounts a Northern Expedition with the briefing from Xiahou Ba on Wei's internal divisions; attacks at the western frontier. Defeated by Guo Huai and forced to withdraw - the first of Jiang Wei's many campaigns.
  • Chapter 108 — In The Snow, Ding Feng Wins A Victory; At A Banquet, Sun Jun Executes A Secret Plan.
    Jiang Wei; named in passing.
  • Chapter 109 — A Ruse Of A Han General: Sima Zhao Is Surrounded; Retribution For The House Of Wei: Cao Fang Is Dethroned.
    Jiang Wei; mounts another Northern Expedition, the second. Engages Sima Zhao at Tiehlung Mountain - the famous boxed-in encounter where Sima Zhao is trapped on the height by Jiang Wei but escapes via the well-water prayer that produces a miraculous spring.
  • Chapter 110 — Riding Alone, Wen Yang Repulses A Brave Force; Following The River, Jiang Wei Defeats The Enemy.
    Jiang Wei; takes advantage of the Wei rebellion to launch yet another Northern Expedition. Defeats Wang Jing at the Tao River.
  • Chapter 111 — Deng Ai Outwits Jiang Wei; Zhuge Dan Battles Sima Zhao.
    Jiang Wei; mounts yet another Northern Expedition - defeats Deng Ai at Duan Gu; presses west. Sustained tactical wizardry, decreasing political support back home.
  • Chapter 112 — Rescuing Shouchun, Yu Quan Dies Nobly; Attacking Changcheng, Jiang Wei Mobilizes.
    Jiang Wei; the western expedition continues. Wins more battles; the eastern coordination with Wu collapses. Eventually withdraws.
  • Chapter 113 — Ding Feng Makes A Plan To Slay Sun Chen; Jiang Wei Arrays A Battle To Defeat Deng Ai.
    Jiang Wei; the chapter's Shu side - yet another Northern Expedition. Defeats Wang Han at Houhe; clashes with Deng Ai. Sustained tactical brilliance, no strategic gains.
  • Chapter 114 — Driving To The South Gate, Cao Mao Plunges Into Death; Abandoning Stores, Jiang Wei Defeats The Wei Army.
    Jiang Wei; another Northern Expedition; defeats Deng Ai near the Tao River.
  • Chapter 115 — Listening To Slander, The Latter Ruler Recalls His Army; Living In Farms, Jiang Wei Avoids Disaster.
    Jiang Wei; the chapter's centerpiece. After his Houhe campaign Huang Hao's eunuch faction at Chengdu drives him from the capital - Liu Shan summons him to court, then plots his execution; Xi Zheng warns him; Jiang Wei flees to Tazhong on the western frontier to plant the famous *tuntian* (military-farming) colonies. The career's irreversible turn: from offensive Northern Expeditions to defensive retreat; the Hanzhong-Sword-Pass cordon that will be Shu's last line.
  • Chapter 116 — On Hanzhong Roads, Zhong Hui Divides The Army; In Dingjun Mountain, The Martial Lord Shows His Apparition.
    Jiang Wei; at Tazhong; intercepts the Wei thrust; falls back through Sword Pass to hold the Jianmen line. The chapter's chief Shu hero.
  • Chapter 117 — Deng Ai Gets Through The Yinping Mountains; Zhuge Zhan Falls In The Battlefield Of Mianzhu.
    Jiang Wei; holds Sword Pass against Zhong Hui - irrelevantly, since Deng Ai has gone around him. The chapter's tragic structural irony.
  • Chapter 118 — Weeping At The Ancestral Temple, A Filial Prince Dies; Marching To The West River Land, Two Leaders Competes.
    Jiang Wei; receives the news of Liu Shan's surrender while still holding Sword Pass. Tears off his armour and weeps; orders his men to surrender to Zhong Hui - but secretly plots with Zhong Hui to use him as the lever against Wei: 'if Wei falls, perhaps Shu rises again.'
  • Chapter 119 — The False Surrender: A Wit Scheme Becomes A Vain Plan; The Abdication: Later Seeds Learn From The Ancient.
    Jiang Wei dies. Pushed Zhong Hui into rebellion as his lever for a last Shu restoration. When the mutiny breaks Jiang Wei tries to break out; struck down; his death cry: 'My plan failed because of Heaven, not for lack of skill.' Cuts his own throat. The cause Zhuge Liang inherited from Liu Bei finally dies with him.
  • Chapter 120 — Recommending Du Yu, An Old General Offers New Plans; Capturing Of Sun Hao, Three Kingdoms Becomes One.
    Jiang Wei; named in passing - dead.