In the late Three Kingdoms period, between the three regimes of Wei Shu and Wu, there was less direct dialogue between large armies and more local battles between cities and pools. There is less heroic characters galloping on the battlefield, and more mutual games within the group. The most typical case in this regard is the fight between Yang Yi and Wei Yan. The two men were deeply contradictory and unconvinced of each other, which triggered the famous Wei Yan conspiracy case. We start with the details and explore the truth.
Zhuge Liang
The Wei Yan conspiracy occurred in the last of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, and Zhuge Liang had already felt unwell before the battle began, but he insisted on trying again and fighting for Shu Han again. Unexpectedly, during the Northern Expedition, his illness worsened and he died in the army. Before Zhuge Liang died, he arranged the last military order, calling Yang Yi, Jiang Wei, and Fei Yi. The content of the military order is: The army is slowly withdrawing to Hanzhong, if Wei Yan is not willing to withdraw, you should leave him alone and withdraw on your own. This military order was very common, and the purpose was to allow Shu Han to retreat safely and abandon the Northern Expedition. If there is an internal contradiction, do not intensify it.
Fei Yi inquired about Zhuge Liang's aftermath
However, something went wrong, and Fei Yi went to the front camp to meet Wei Yanhou. Wei Yan said at that time that the Northern Expedition was a big event, and how could he give up because of the death of a person, which meant that he was unwilling to withdraw his troops. Fei Yi had no choice but to say that I also supported the continuation of the Northern Expedition, but Yang Yi did not agree, so I went back to persuade him. Fei Yi took the opportunity to walk out of the camp gate and quickly returned, and the main force of Shu Han immediately pulled back and ignored Wei Yan. If the main force of the Shu Han Dynasty had successfully retreated, this internal contradiction would have ended here, but Wei Yan had caused trouble.
Wei Yan
When Wei Yan heard that the main force had retreated, he was furious. He was very dissatisfied with Yang Yi and immediately ordered the army to quickly pull out and retreat. Moreover, on the way to the rush to retreat, he burned the bridges and roads that the main force was going to pass through to return, which was very dangerous, and those who did not understand the contradictions between the two could easily think that Wei Yan had committed treason. At the same time, Wei Yan also wrote to Chengdu to accuse Yang Yi of plotting rebellion. When Yang Yi heard about it, she quickly wrote a letter to explain, and at the same time denounced Wei Yan for plotting rebellion. For a while, it was difficult for Chengdu to distinguish between true and false. Liu Chan had no choice but to ask Jiang Huan, and Jiang Huan said that Yang Yi was just a student with no power to tie the chicken, and I didn't quite believe that he was plotting rebellion. As for Wei Yan, it was difficult for me to judge. If you look at it from the chengdu side, it is true that Wei Yan seems to be "more likely" to rebel.
Yang Yi
Now the question arises, why did Wei Yan rush to evacuate one after another, and also took the initiative to intensify the contradiction. Before explaining this matter, it is necessary to explain the grudge between Wei Yan and Yang Yi. These two people actually did not have any conflict of interest, it was entirely a matter of personality, Wei Yan had a lot of merit, often looked down on the literati, and most of the civilian officials took the initiative to give in. Yang Yi has been by Zhuge Liang's side for many years, his learning is relatively high, and his heart is also very crazy, and he refuses to give in. Wei Yan felt that Yang Yi was very disobedient, and the two often quarreled openly. Therefore, these two people are completely a dispute of wills, and they are typical of the martial arts who are not accustomed to each other. Zhuge Liang couldn't do anything about this, he could only try to say peace.
Now that there is no middle reconciliation of the prime minister, the two will openly fight. But Wei Yan was a bit stupid, he burned the roads and bridges, which could easily be interpreted by the Chengdu side as obstructing the return of the army. Wei Yan's purpose of rushing back was not easy to judge, whether to withdraw first or to lead the army to rebel? There are various explanations. In fact, Wei Yan could not rebel, if he really wanted to rebel, he could directly rebel on the front line and join Cao Wei. Why should he retreat and rebel at the same time, and write a letter to Chengdu. Later, Wei Yan's army disintegrated on its own, and Yang Yi killed Wei Yan and his three tribes, stepping on his head with his feet. In fact, Yang Yi has always been dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang, because Zhuge Liang designated Jiang Huan to replace the chancellor, not him, and finally Yang Yi was also deposed.
Yang Yi and Wei Yan pushed themselves to the land of right and wrong because of the dispute between wills, and no one had a good result. For themselves, it is a loss of future, for Shu Han it is a waste of talent, and it is essentially an internal volume.
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