Gray Riders wrote:I was actually joking about blaming Jiang Wei for Fei Yi's assassination, though looking back at the post it doesn't come across very well. It was kind of a "Jiang Wei gets blamed for everything may as well blame him for this, too" kind of thing.
Jordan wrote:I like the idea that Jiang Wei was completely toxic to Shu-Han though. Seems funny to me.
Habast wrote: I'd say he was a loyal and competent commander who tried his best with what he was given,
Elitemsh wrote:I think this guy, Wei Yan and Guan Yu were all in the same category. All three were quite skilful in the right circumstances but they couldn't control their inflated egos. Zhuge Liang used Wei Yan cleverly but Guan Yu and Jiang Wei were given way too much power. I think someone said once that Wei Yan was good so long as he was kept on a leash. I think the same should be said of Guan Yu and Jiang Wei. Useful potentially but they were very risky assets to have.
Dong Zhou wrote:I would agree with that. Had Jiang Wei never made it as CIC, he would probably be remembered as a very skilled Shu general. It was just he was poorly suited to be CIC
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