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。 Many wagons and much grain had been lost; and the Plank Trail had been destroyed。 Jiang Wei led his army into Hanzhong。

Deng Ai made his way back to Qishan。 From there he reported his defeat to the Ruler of Wei and asked for degradation as a penalty。 However; Sima Zhao saw that Deng Ai had rendered good services; so he did not degrade the general; but; on the other hand; sent him magnificent gifts; which Deng Ai distributed to the families of the soldiers who had been killed。 Sima Zhao also sent him fifty thousand troops as reinforcement lest Shu should attack again。

Jiang Wei set about the restoration of the Plank Trail ready for the next expedition。

Repair the roads for marching feet to tread;

The strife will only cease when all are dead。

The next chapter will tell who won。

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Romance of Three Kingdoms … by Luo Guanzhong … Chapter 115

Chapter 115

Listening To Slander; The Latter Ruler Recalls His Army;

Living In Farms; Jiang Wei Avoids Disaster。

In the autumn of the fifth year of Wonderful Sight; in Shu…Han calendar (AD 262); Jiang Wei was occupied with preparations for the renewal of an attack: Mending the hill roads; gathering stores; and mobilizing his boats on the waterways of Hanzhong。 These things done; he memorized the Throne; asking permission to go again to the attack:

〃Although I have not been wholly victorious nor acplished great things; yet I have put fear into the hearts of the Wei armies。 Our soldiers have been long under training; and they must now be used; or the army will go to pieces for lack of exercise。 The soldiers are ready to die; the officers prepared for all risks; and I am determined to conquer or perish。〃

The Latter Ruler did