Jiang Weizi Boyo was the highest military commander in the late Shu Han Dynasty. After Zhuge Liang killed Wuzhangyuan, Jiang Wei took over the military power of the Shu state from his hand and became a great general of the Shu state. It can be said that in the main history of Jiang Wei, his commanding ability is very strong.
After all, at that time, the gap between the military strength of the Shu state and the Wei state was very large, and Jiang Wei relied on this far lower than the enemy's strength, and he won two big victories, three small victories, four times, one big defeat, and one small defeat in the eleven times of the Northern Expedition. It can be said that Jiang Wei's military talent should still be affirmed by everyone, after all, this record is really not black. So after Jiang Wei's attempt to restore the country failed, he only killed five or six soldiers before he was killed, did he not fully show his strength?
First of all, let's talk about Jiang Wei's description of force in the main history.
In fact, in the formal process, Jiang Wei's martial arts are not superb, and it is completely a commander template. After all, many people are attracted to the stories in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and confuse the novel with the main history. This led to many jokes, according to the history books:
In the spring of the nineteenth year, he was made a great general. He also straightened out his horses, and met with the Zhenxi general Hu Jiqi, who lost his oath, so Wei was broken in Duangu by the Wei general Deng Ai, and the stars were scattered, and many people died. The crowd was resentful, and Long Hadi was also restless, and Wei Xie was too negative to seek self-depreciation. For the rear general, do the general's work.
From this point of view, Jiang Wei has not been a vanguard warrior who has been charging into the battlefield. Moreover, when he generally appeared, he also appeared as a Confucian general, and Jiang Wei can be said to be quite accomplished in literature. As a commander-in-chief, he obviously did not need to charge the front, after all, the story of the single challenge before the battle was basically invented by the interpretation. The real battles between the two armies are real knives and real guns, swinging their horses and horses to the dry, where will they fight in front of the generals, so as to decide the victory or defeat?
It can be said that Jiang Wei, as the commander, is definitely better than the ordinary soldiers, but it definitely cannot reach the level of Zhao Yun's single-handed breakthrough of 100,000 enemy troops like in the rendition. After all, this is almost impossible in the real world. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms Chronicles records:
Jiang Wei led the battle left and right, killing five or six people by hand, and the crowd was fighting to kill the meeting.
Secondly, to talk about the situation of the demise of the Shu state at that time, it really caught Jiang Wei off guard.
To say that the demise of this Shu kingdom is indeed caught off guard. Mainly because the State of Wei was strategically deceiving the State of Shu, Pai Zhong would attract Jiang Wei's main force on the front line of the Sword Pavilion. The other way is to send Deng Ai to take the mountain road to sneak attack, it can be said that it is this two-pronged operation that makes Jiang Wei unable to take care of each other.
After all, what we need to know is that according to the description in the history books, the Wei state had as many as 500,000 or 600,000 soldiers and horses, and the shu state's military strength at that time was much smaller, only 12,000 people. It can be said that the gap between national strength is too big. If we follow this comparison of strength, the final defeat of the Shu state can be said to be obvious. Moreover, the northern region occupied by the State of Wei at that time was much stronger than the Yizhou area of the State of Shu, and it can be said that it is very normal for the State of Shu to lose in a mess. And Jiang Wei's military talent was only able to prolong the life of the Shu state.
Finally, looking at it again, Jiang Wei has seen through that there is no hope of restoring the country, which is also a big reason why Jiang Wei has no intention of fighting again.
The main reasons are the following. The first is because the strength of the Shu state itself is far inferior to that of the Wei state, in addition to the problem of military strength, the main thing is the people's strength. After all, everyone knows that the Shu state relies on small countries and widows to resist the orthodox behavior of the Central Plains. After all, according to the situation at that time, the Yizhou area belonged to a remote place. And what's more, in addition to the alluvial plains in the Chengdu area, the Yizhou area is basically mountainous.
The impact on the production and life of the people at that time was still relatively large. It can be said that the per capita productivity of the Shu state is far lower than that of the Wei state, which also leads to the Shu state's inability to face the Wei state. However, because the Shu state was remote, there were fewer wars, and the people's hearts were still OK. This can be said to be a favorable condition, but the gap in strength is still relatively large.
The second is the mistake of Jiang Wei's strategy, and his choice to cooperate with Deng Ai is a mistake. It should be known that the soldiers and horses under Deng Ai are all authentic Wei people, and their families are in the northern region. If you follow Deng Ai to rebel, the family will definitely be implicated. This also led to the rebels and the main general Deng Ai not working together, it can be said that once Deng Ai was killed, these people would surrender. And in history, this is indeed the case, after Deng Ai's death, only the relatives resisted, and the other soldiers chose to surrender.
In fact, if Jiang Wei chooses a guerrilla strategy, the possibility of success is still there. After all, the Shu state had a light tax burden at that time, and there were few wars. The people's hearts are more inclined to the Shu Han regime, and Jiang Wei, as the supreme military commander, can be said to have a high prestige and can pull up an army. Moreover, the high mountains and deep forests of Yizhou are conducive to guerrilla warfare.
So what do you think about this?
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