In 263, Sima Zhao, who held the power of Cao Wei, officially launched the Battle of Wei to destroy Shu. In this battle, Sima Zhao mobilized 180,000 troops and sent three generals. Among them, Deng Ai of the Western Road attacked Jiang Wei in Tuntian, the Middle Road Zhuge Xu was responsible for cutting off Jiang Wei's rear road, and the East Road Zhong Hui army was mainly attacking the Hanzhong Zhucheng. After jiang wei engaged Deng Ai in puzhong, he defeated Zhuge Xu and went straight to the east to resist the main force of the Wei army. After occupying most of the strongholds in Hanzhong, Zhong Hui's army advanced to the outside of the Jianmen Pass, it was blocked by the Shu army that returned to reinforcements, and the stalemate was held.
Deng Ai, on the other hand, adopted a pedantic strategy, and when the main forces of the Wei and Shu armies were facing each other at Jiange, he led his elite troops to detour through Yinping (northwest of present-day Wen County, Gansu), crossed more than 700 miles of desolate and uninhabited areas, chiseled mountains and opened roads, and surprised Jiangyou (江you, in present-day Northern Jiangyou, Sichuan). In the hinterland of the Shu Han Dynasty, Mianzhu broke through Zhuge Zhan, captured Fucheng (涪城, in modern Mianyang, Sichuan), and marched into Chengdu.
Later Lord Liu Chan surrendered to the Wei army because Deng Aibing was approaching the city. After the fall of the Shu Han, Deng Ai was unjustly killed, Zhong Hui was also killed by the rebels, and only Zhuge Xu did not die. From this, it is very obvious that two of the three main generals of the Shu army were not allowed to die well. So, the question is, there are 66 main generals in the army of destroying Wu, after the destruction of Eastern Wu, what is the end of them?
Specifically, in 265 AD, after Sima Zhao's death, Sima Yan took the throne. On this basis, Sima Yan replaced Cao Wei and established the Western Jin Dynasty. In November 279, Sima Yan adopted the plan drawn up by Yang Hu before his death, and sent 200,000 troops to attack Eastern Wu in six routes:
1. The general of the Zhen Army, Sima Ling the Prince of Lang, marched from Xia Pi (present-day southern Pi County, Jiangsu) towards Tuzhong (present-day Chu River Valley, Anhui);
2. The Andong general Wang Hun marched from Yangzhou (in present-day Shouchun, Anhui) to Jiangxi (in the direction of present-day Anhui and County), and out of the Hengjiang Ferry;
3. The Jianwei general Wang Rong marched from Yu Prefecture (豫州, in present-day southeast of Xuchang, Henan) towards Wuchang (present-day Ezhou, Hubei);
4. The Pingnan general Hu Fen marched from Jingzhou towards Xiakou (present-day Wuchang, Wuhan);
5. The zhennan general Du Pre marched from Xiangyang to Jiangling (present-day Hubei), and then went south to the Yangtze River and south of Xiangshui, reaching Jiaoguang;
6. The general Wang Hao (王濬), the general of Guangwu and the overseer of Badong (郡治 in present-day Fengjie, Sichuan), descended from Bashu to the east of the Shun River and headed straight for Jianye.
By 280 AD, with the surrender of Sun Hao, Eastern Wu was officially on the verge of extinction. As for the six main generals who made military achievements, they naturally also received the western Jin Dynasty's reward.
1. Sima Ling
In February of the first year of Taikang (280), Sun Hao sent the emperor Xi Shou to Sima Ling to surrender, which meant the destruction of the state of Wu. Upon hearing this news, Sima Yan issued an edict of commendation and made Sima Ling's two sons the Marquis of Ting, with 3,000 households each and 6,000 silk horses. Soon, sima Lingdu was ordered to supervise the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou, add the costumes of the attendants, and enter the general and the Kaifu Yi tongsan division. As a result, Sima Ling, as the emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, held great power after the fall of Eastern Wu and held a very prominent position.
In the fourth year of Taikang (283), Sima Ling became seriously ill, and Sima Yan rewarded him with various items and sent attendants to inquire about his condition. On the first day of May (June 12), Sima Ling died at the age of fifty-seven, with the posthumous title of Wu. On his deathbed, he wrote to him, asking for his burial next to the tomb of his birth mother, Princess Fu, and requesting that the feudal state be distributed to his four sons, and Sima Yan allowed it.
2. Wang Hun
After the fall of the State of Wu, Wang Hun was transferred to the post of General of the Eastern Expedition and guarded Shouchun. In the third year of Taikang (282), Wang Hun was summoned to the dynasty and served as Shangshu Zuo's servant and Jiashan's regular attendant. In the first month of the first year of Taixi (290), Wang Hun was promoted to Situ. After the death of Sima Yan, the Emperor of Jinwu, Sima Wei, the King of Chu, launched a mutiny, intending to seek Wang Hun's support, but was sternly refused. After the death of Sima Wei, the King of Chu, he was reinstated as Situ and Lu Shangshu. In the seventh year of Yuan Kang (297), Wang Hun died at the age of seventy-five, with the posthumous name Yuan. The Tang HuiJiao is revered as one of the "Eight Gentlemen of Wei and Jin".
3. Wang Rong
Beginning in 282, Wang Rong successively held official positions such as Shizhong (侍中), Guanglu Xun (光禄勋), Shangshu (吏部尚書), Prince Taifu (太子太傅), Zhongshu Ling (中書令), and Shangshu Zuo (尚書左仆射). In the seventh year of Yuan Kang (296), he was promoted to Situ and ranked third duke. Wang Rong believed that the world would be chaotic, so he ignored the world and took pleasure in playing in the mountains and rivers. When Sima Lun, the King of Zhao, launched a mutiny, Wang Rong was implicated and dismissed from office. Later, he was used as a Shang Shu Ling and then moved to Situ. After the right general Zhang Fang kidnapped Emperor Hui of Jin and entered Chang'an, Wang Rong fled to Shaanxi County. In the second year of Yongxing (305), Wang Rong died at the age of seventy-two, with the posthumous name "Yuan".
Fourth, Hu Fen
In the last year of the Tai Dynasty, Hu Fen's daughter Hu Fang was elected to the harem and was made a nobleman by Emperor Wu of Jin. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Jin had great trust in Hu Fen, and successively paid tribute to Zuo Shujie, the General of the Zhen Army, and the Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division, and let him participate in the Jin Campaign against Wu. In the ninth year of Taikang (288), Hu Fen died, and he was posthumously awarded the general Che Riding, with the title of Zhuang.
5. Du Pre
After the Battle of Wu in the Jin Dynasty, Du prebuilt a school and supervised water conservancy, and was called "Father Du" by the people of the time. After being conscripted into the dynasty, He was a lieutenant colonel and died of illness in December (early 285) of the fifth year of Taikang, at the age of sixty-three. He was given the title of Grand General of the Southern Expedition and Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division, with the courtesy name "Cheng". In addition, Du Pre had annotated thirteen articles of "Sun Tzu" and wrote "Spring and Autumn ZuoShi Biography Collection" and "Spring and Autumn Interpretation". He was the only person before the Ming Dynasty who entered both the Temple of Literature and the Temple of Wu.
6. Wang Mao
In the sixth year of Xianning (280), Wang Mao led his troops down the river, melted down the Chain of Hengjiang, conquered Danyang County, took the lead in capturing Shicheng, accepted the surrender of Sun Hao, the late Emperor of Wu, and completed the great cause of unifying the world in the Western Jin Dynasty. For his meritorious service, Wang Mao was made an auxiliary general and infantry lieutenant by Emperor Wu of Jin, and was made the Marquis of Xiangyang. In order to avoid suspicion and indulge in indulgence, he moved to the special advance, the general of the Fu army, the kaifu yi tongsan division, the scattered riding regular attendant, the general of the rear army, and so on. In December of the sixth year of Taikang (January 18, 286), Wang Mao died at the age of eighty, with the nickname "Wu", and was buried in Baigu Mountain.
In general, for the six main generals in the Battle of Jin and Wu, none of them suffered the fate of "cunning rabbit death, good dog cooking, bird exhaustion, and good bow hiding". In this regard, in the author's opinion, this is because Sima Yan has established the Western Jin Dynasty, and he is not very worried about his subordinates. Correspondingly, when Sima Zhao destroyed Shu Han, he was still only a powerful vassal and did not replace Cao Wei, which prompted him to be very suspicious of Deng Ai and Zhong Hui. Therefore, for Wei Wan, who eliminated Deng Ai and Zhong Hui, not only was he not punished, but he became a minister of the Western Jin Dynasty.