After Sima Zhao was pit by Jia Chong, in order to save his political influence, he made a bold decision to cut down Shu. In fact, the original purpose was not to destroy the country, but to obtain Hanzhong, obtain a certain amount of political capital, and lay the foundation for usurpation.
And this time, the process of cutting Shu is wonderful, and the three famous generals: Deng Ai, Jiang Wei, and Zhong Hui each present their own tricks. Mixed with Sima Zhao, who lived above the temple, the result of the peak duel between this group of conspirators was an arrangement that no one could escape from fate.
In August 263, the 180,000 Wei army marched south in three ways: the Western Route Army, led by more than 30,000 people led by Deng Ai, went out of Di Dao to directly attack Jiang Wei at Gansong and Puzhong; the Middle Route Army, led by Zhuge Xu, led more than 30,000 horses, cut off Jiang Wei's rear road from Qishan to Wujie and Yinping Bridge; and the Eastern Route Army, led by Zhong Hui, led by more than 100,000 people, marched into Hanzhong from Xiegu and Luogu in two ways.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" >, helpless Jiang Wei, the lone warrior</h1>
1. Jiang Wei's coping strategy
The three-way army cut down Shu. Jiang Wei let go of the entrance to Hanzhong in Guanzhong. Let the three-way army drive straight in. This is the new strategy proposed by Jiang Wei: open the entrance to Hanzhong, wait for most of the enemy to enter Hanzhong, and hold the passes around Hanzhong. And send rangers to harass the enemy army. There are heavy guards guarding the pass in front of the enemy, and then there are harassing rangers. Over time, nature cannot support it.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 44, Shushu XIV, Jiang Wei's Biography of Jiang Wei, suggested that although it was in line with the meaning of Zhou Yi's "heavy gate", it was appropriate to resist the enemy and not gain great profits. If the enemy is not heard, all the besiegers gather their troops in the valley, and retreat to the two cities of Han and Le, so that the enemy will not be allowed to enter the peace, and the town will be guarded. On the day of trouble, let the rangers march together to serve the void. The enemy is unable to conquer the key problems, the wild is not scattered in the valley, and the grain in Qianli County is naturally tired. On the day of retreat, and then the cities come out together, fighting with the rangers, and this art of annihilation is also.
The strategy is beautiful, but the reality is harsh: the gap between Wei and Shu is too big. This time, the State of Wei dispatched an army of 200,000 troops, while the State of Shu had only a few tens of thousands of men and horses. And even so, the State of Wei only dispatched more than 1/3 of the entire country's army. You know, at that time, the total army of the Wei state exceeded 500,000.
This time, the three-way army cut down Shu, and any one of them could force Jiang Wei to go all out. Jiang Wei himself could be loyal to the martyrs, but he could not guarantee that the people around him would be loyal, not to mention, since Liu Bei, the contradiction between the foreign warriors in Jingzhou and the local warriors in Yizhou had never stopped. The local warriors of Yizhou had long since turned away from the Shu kingdom.
The Shu army in Hanzhong all retreated to the second city of Hanle as planned. Zhong Hui sent Li Fu to attack Wang Han and Xun Kai in Lecheng to attack Jiang Bin in Seoul, while he himself led troops to attack Yang'an Pass and sent Hu Lie to attack the city. Wei Xing Taishou Liu Qin was sent out of the Meridian Valley to meet the main force of the Wei army. The Wei army advanced in an all-round way.
Under the full pressure of the State of Wei, traitors did indeed appear within the State of Shu.
The Guancheng defender Fu You was betrayed by the general Jiang Shu when he went out to fight. Fu You fought and died. Seki Castle is lost. At this time, in addition to the Golden City and the Second City of Hanle that Liu Yin insisted on, many data points in Hanzhong had been captured. Zhong Hui heard that the Wei army had taken the important town of Guancheng and obtained its treasury grain, so he left 20,000 troops to surround the second city of Hanle, leading the East Road army to drive straight in, straight to the Sword Pavilion. Zhong Hui also issued a "Moving Shu General Officials and People" to persuade the soldiers and civilians of Shu to surrender.
2. Jiang Wei's divine operation saved the gate of Yizhou
In the face of the loss of Hanzhong, Yizhou may also be unprotected, and the Shu state is likely to fall into the unfavorable situation, and Jiang Wei, who is trapped, has in fact become a lone army, which may be annihilated at any time, and at worst, it is besieged.
Jiang Wei was facing Deng Ai's three-sided attack, and Zhuge Xu, a large army in the middle of the road behind him, had already inserted himself from Qishan to the head of the Yinping Bridge, cutting off Jiang Wei's retreat. What is even more tragic is the loss of Guancheng, Jiang Wei himself is difficult to protect, and the yizhou portal is open.
At this time, Jiang Wei showed the style of a generation of famous generals, and he carried out a divine operation:
Jiang Wei did not stalemate with Deng Ai, directly retreated, and led his army from Konghan Valley to Zhuge Xu's rear, making a false attack. Zhuge Xu was afraid that his back road would be cut off, and hurriedly retreated thirty miles, and Jiang Wei took the opportunity to turn back and cross the Yinping Bridge. When Zhuge Xu realized that he was on the spot, he was already a day away from the Shu army and could not catch up. Jiang Wei then made a full-scale breakthrough and successfully entered the Sword Pavilion. Block the Zhong Hui army under the Sword Pavilion.
Although the gap in strength was too large and Hanzhong was lost, Jiang Wei still did his best to keep the gateway of Yizhou, the Sword Pavilion. After all, he only had tens of thousands of people on hand, and if he fought seriously, he could only block the Way Wei Army.
And he underestimated Deng Ai's obsession. Deng Ai is worthy of being a famous general with the same name as Jiang Wei, and he is stunned to turn the tables under the impossible situation.
Looking at Jiang Wei's performance in the battle to destroy Shu, it can be said that he did his best, but the strength of the whole country was helpless, not to mention that the people of the Shu kingdom and Liu Chan himself had abandoned the Shu state, and the figure of his efforts was like Tang Jikuide rushing to the windmill, tragic but meaningless.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="58" > second, Deng Ai - a phoenix man who wants to prove himself all his life</h1>
1, Deng Ai, is a phoenix man
Deng Ai, from a ruined family, was once a large clan in the Xinye area of Nanyang, but Deng Ai's family lineage can no longer be examined in detail. Deng Ai lost his father at an early age and was relocated with his mother to become a Tuntian household. Deng Ai was born as a cowherd. I didn't have a chance to show my talents.
Deng Ai's nobleman was Sima Yi, who discovered his talent and promoted him vigorously. In return, Deng Ai did his best to serve the Sima family, whether it was the two Huai Tuntian or the rebellion of Zhuge Wenqin, who was loyal to Cao Wei, whether it was defeating Jiang Wei's attack and suppressing the rebellion of Zhuge Wei, who was loyal to Cao Wei.
Despite his outstanding achievements, Deng Ai could never be accepted by the mainstream of society that valued family lineage at that time, which was also the pain of Deng Ai's life. To explain in today's words, Deng Ai is a phoenix man, and his lifelong knot is to prove himself.
After initially completing the goal of this expedition, Zhong would be blocked by Jiang Wei's army under the Sword Pavilion, but most of Hanzhong was already in the hands of Wei Guo. But Deng Ai, who was only a partial teacher to restrain Jiang Wei, was not satisfied. He was desperate to prove his talents through a big gamble.
2. Supporting his obsession with smuggling Yin Ping is to prove himself
So he chose to smuggle Yin Ping.
Wei Sui led to the east and also guarded the Sword Pavilion. Chung will attack Wei Unable to conquer. Ai Shangyan said: "Now that the thief is broken, it is advisable to take advantage of it, from Yinping from the evil path through Hande Yang Pavilion Fun Fu, out of the Sword Pavilion West Hundred Miles, to Chengdu for more than three hundred miles, the strange soldiers rushed to his heart." If the defenders of the Sword Pavilion will return to Fu, they will advance in all directions; if the army of the Sword Pavilion does not return, the soldiers of Fu shall be outnumbered. The military spirit has a saying: 'Attack them unprepared, surprise them.' 'Now cover up its emptiness, and break it. ”
This move, I personally think, can not make Deng Ai a famous general, because it is no different from Wei Yan's Meridian Valley adventure. The only difference was that the Wei state had a national army of 500,000 at that time, and this time the Shu dispatched nearly 200,000 troops. The rich family supported Deng Ai to take a risk. And if Wei Yan's adventure failed, the consequences would be unbearable for the weak Shu state.
The whole process also proved the uncontrollable nature of this action - Deng Ai led his army to climb the trail, dig the mountain to open the road, build the trestle bridge, and the fish rushed forward, crossing the dangerous area of more than 700 miles of uninhabited people. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and they are extremely difficult. On the way, the grain shipment did not continue, and he was in trouble many times. When the troops reached Mage Mountain, the road was cut off, and for a while they could not retreat, and Deng Ai, as the commander-in-chief, had to take the lead and roll down the hillside wrapped in felt.
It can be said that if there is a slight difference in the pool, it will not succeed and will destroy the army. To be able to support Deng Ai, who is in his sixties, to make such a crazy move, in addition to repaying Sima Shi's favor, I am afraid that it is to prove his obsession.
The subsequent battle with Zhuge Zhan's Mianzhu is where Deng Ai can be called a famous general. After the whole army had no reinforcements and was logistically unstable, there were large armies in the front to defend according to danger, and it was indeed not easy to succeed in one battle. Unfortunately, there are not many records of the history of this war. I can't know the details.
3, Deng Ai's arrogance is more like an outbreak after a long period of repression
Subsequently, Liu Chan led the crowd to surrender, and completely achieved Deng Ai's prestige. The destruction of the country in this war made Deng Ai a man destined to be famous in history. It also allowed him to prove himself completely.
After proving himself, Deng Ai urgently needed the affirmation of others. Liu Chan satisfied him first. Although Liu Chan was unable to bridge the contradiction between the local scholars of the Shu kingdom and the warriors of Jingzhou, he eventually lost the country. But he still had a set of ways to protect himself, he tied himself up, carried the coffin to the military camp to meet Deng Ai, and his attitude was extremely low. It greatly satisfied Deng Ai's vanity.
In the face of great victory, he arbitrarily followed the previous practice of the Eastern Han general Deng Yu and appointed a large number of officials in the name of the Son of Heaven. He worshipped Liu Chanxing as a general on horseback, the prince of Shu Han as a lieutenant of Fengche, and the kings as a lieutenant of horses; for the Shu Han courtiers, according to their status, they were either appointed as officials of the imperial court or let them receive the positions of his subordinates.
Deng Ai appointed Shi Lu and Lingyi Prefecture Assassin History, and Longxi Taishou Qihong and others to concurrently lead the counties in Shuzhong. Send people to mianzhu to bury the soldiers who died in the battle with the dead of the Shu soldiers, and build a high platform as a jingguan to promote their martial arts.
Deng Aijian was deeply proud of this great achievement, and often boasted of the people around him, which he was proud of.
Deng Ai also wrote to Sima Zhao, indicating his merits and putting forward his own views on the next step of the Wei state to destroy Wu.
4, Deng Ai's mistake is that he did not recognize his own position
Is Deng Ai wrong with this? If zhong hui, a high scholar clan, did all this, it would not only be right, but it would also be a beautiful thing that could be passed down to future generations.
But Deng Ai couldn't do it, he was from the Han clan, and building this great achievement would inevitably cause the jealousy and suppression of the shi clan. At that time, in the era of popular family lineage and bloodline, Deng Ai, a cowherd, could destroy the country in one war, which was to tell the world that there were heroes in the cold door and humiliated the family's behavior according to the family's determination.
If this Deng Ai can be cautious in his words and deeds, act in a low-key manner, and give the credit to Zhong Hui and Sima Zhao, he may still be able to escape a disaster, and the family can use Sima Zhao and Zhong Hui to be clever and strategic, and they can attach gold to themselves, but Deng Ai acts so high-profile that Zhong Hui imagines that he has done a lot of trouble after he entered Shu.
What do you let the clock do?
He is your nominal commander in this operation, he painstakingly annexed Zhuge Xu's army, commanded 150,000 people, worked hard to pin down the enemy head-on, and finally gave you a hand, to see you a cold disciple scenery that you usually look down on?
The bell will inevitably fight back.
However, after Zhong Hui framed Deng Ai to commit suicide, Wei Badger, who controlled the situation with him, chose to hunt down and kill Deng Ai's father and son for the first time, proving that killing Deng Ai was not a decision made by Zhong Hui alone, but also the interests and needs of the entire Shi clan group.
Deng Ai, proving his obsession supported him in this great achievement, but also prompted him to perish.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" >3, Zhong Hui - Jealousy makes people crazy</h1>
After Jiang Wei received Liu Chan's edict ordering him to surrender, he had no choice but to surrender to Zhong Hui. Do you think Jiang Wei just confessed his fate? No, Jiang Wei's whole life has paid tribute to his idol, Zhuge Liang. This situation is exactly what Zhuge admired as "bowing down and dying after death". He was looking for a chance to turn the Jedi upside down.
And this opportunity is the Bell Society.
1. Why did Zhong Hui rebel?
In the eyes of ordinary people, Zhong Hui would never be able to rebel against Sima Zhao.
Because his relationship with the Sima family was too deep. From the beginning of Sima Shi, he has been advising the Sima family. Whether it was to quell the three rebellions in Huainan or to support Sima Zhao's seizure of the throne, they all made great contributions. The Sima family never treated him badly, and in more than ten years, he went from being a disciple of the Shi clan to a high position of general in Zhenxi, false festival, and governor of Guanzhong. After learning of the destruction of Shu, he was worshipped as a Situ and given the title of Marquis of County. The three dukes in their forties, what is not satisfied?
I think the clock will be jealous. Jealous of Sima Zhao. From my last article, it can be seen that Sima Shixiong is very talented, and Zhong Hui is honest and honest when he is under him, and does not dare to act rashly. However, after Sima Zhao ascended the throne, he was able to fail Sima Shi. But his luck was better than Sima Shi's, and the Sima family's generation of Wei was gradually becoming clear in his hands.
As a family origin, Zhong Hui's foundation is actually not shallower than That of Sima Zhao. His father, Taifu Zhongxuan (太傅钟繇), was no less powerful than Sima Yi, and he himself, from the Yingchuan Zhong clan, was talented and proficient in metaphysics. The weak crown entered the world, and the situation in the world was stirred up by him several times. People at the time were known as Zhang Liang.
Zhong Hui, on talent, on family lineage, which one can not compete with Sima Zhao? In Zhong Hui's eyes, Sima Zhao only came to this day with the light of his father and brother. And why can't the Zhong family be compared with the Sima family? It is because they are too weak in the military. Never touched the military. If he was given the opportunity to meet zhonghui, why wouldn't he want to become the next Sima Shi?
It was also this kind of psychology that Zhong Hui unconditionally supported Sima Zhao.com. In fact, cutting down Shu is an excuse, and controlling the army is the real purpose. Sima Zhao could not understand Zhong Hui's psychology, but instead gave this ambitious man military power.
Zhong Hui, who had obtained military power, actually thought that he had finally returned to the sea and began to stir.
2, Zhong Hui's advantage allows him to easily clean up Deng Ai
In the process of cutting down Shu, Zhong Hui's performance can only be said to be decent. His main goal was to gather military power,
Why did he use the excuse of Zhuge Xu to retreat and not advance, and seize his military power? It is to collect zhuge Xu's soldiers and horses.
Why did he take in Jiang Wei's entire army, and go out with Jiang Wei and enter the same car as he collapsed? It was to bribe Jiang Wei and his subordinates to surrender the hearts of the Shu state.
What did he want so much military power for? Ambitions are clear.
At this time, the Shu kingdom had been destroyed, and the only thing that could constitute his obstacle in the entire western region was Deng Ai and his army.
This time, the real bloom was Deng Ai. If he hadn't smuggled yin ping, Zhong Hui would have been able to only hit the sword lord in the face and return in vain. It can be said that the merits of the destruction of the country are owned by Deng Ai.
And Zhong Hui this person, since childhood is extremely intelligent, which also causes his eyes to be higher than the top, self-esteem is very high, how can he allow a cowherd to steal his limelight? Coupled with the need to collect military power, Deng Ai naturally became a thorn in his eye.
Deng Ai can fight a war, but playing bad wrist clock in politics will be too far away. He was secretly changed by Zhong Hui, and coupled with the fact that the Jingzhong family was not accustomed to his exploits, they attacked him en masse, and were soon ordered by Sima Zhao to drive into Luo.
Zhong will beat Deng Ai, more because of the crushing of the family lineage and the wrist of politics.
After Zhong Hui used Wei Ou to solve Deng Ai, he took advantage of the situation to annex Deng Ai's army, and at this time, Zhong Hui held more than 200,000 troops. Finally his fangs were about to be revealed.
3. The only one who can understand Zhong Hui is Jiang Wei
Zhong Hui's continuous centralization of power allowed Jiang Wei to see the clues. He was also in a position of being suspected by the emperor, which made him better understand Zhong Hui's ambitions and worries. He made a slight attempt, and was immediately introduced by Zhong Hui as a confidant. And Jiang Wei is also taking the Zhong Hui as an opportunity to restore the Shu kingdom. The two hit it off right away.
But what Jiang Wei didn't expect was that Zhong Hui was still too anxious. He frequently concentrated his military power, which made Sima Zhao, who was originally plotting against the family, suspicious.
It should be known that Sima Zhao himself participated in the whole process of his father and brother's uprising, and was very sensitive to the mobilization of soldiers. As Zhong Hui took out Zhuge Xu and Deng Ai and accepted Jiang Wei's surrender, Sima Zhao had already discovered that Zhong Hui would begin to lose his tail.
Just in case, Sima Zhao sent Jia Chong out of the Xie Valley and personally commanded the army to garrison Chang'an. This made Zhong Hui start to fidget.
4. The weakness of the Bell Society
Zhong Hui is exceptionally intelligent, and he himself is proud of it.
Since Huainan, I have painted everything and know it all over the world.
However, the clock will have a huge weakness: the eye is high and the hand is low. Everything he did was an achievement on the platform of the Sima family. With his back to this big tree, he achieved it very easily, which made him obviously overestimate his abilities.
Similarly, he came from a famous family and had a smooth career, all of which gave Zhong the illusion that everything was in his own hands.
In fact, the commanders are no better than playing games, nor are they too good to go through. Be gracious and give. There is no general who has not struggled for several years to obtain an army with a dead heart.
Zhong Hui's large army had a complex composition, including the army of Zhuge Xu and Deng Ai, the central army directly under Sima Zhao, and even the Shu army of Jiang Wei.
To twist these people into a rope, it is impossible without three or five years. Zhong Hui, on the other hand, naively thought that he could take out Empress Guo's edict and make the generals obey.
5. Zhong Hui did not know what the low-level soldiers wanted
You must know that this large army, after nearly a year of conquest abroad, has exhausted its soldiers and established a great achievement in destroying the country. All the generals and soldiers wanted to return home to be rewarded. And you say we're going to rebel.
What is rebellion? If you lose, you will destroy the Nine Tribes. Sima Shi had been preparing for sixteen years, and only three thousand dead soldiers had been produced. Hundreds of henchmen around you can accompany you to play with your life, but is it realistic that a group of arrogant soldiers who have already achieved fame and are homesick and urgently need to return to china will rebel with you?
You have only been our leader for a year, but the Sima family has raised us for more than ten years, who do you say we listen to?
This is why Zhong Hui is not grounded, he does not understand the thoughts of the low-level soldiers. Thinking that with a great righteousness can drive others to rebel, I do not know that the lower the bottom, the more important it is to return in time. Which people do you see concerned about the emperor's surname Cao and Sima Surname? They only care about whether they will be able to eat enough tomorrow.
Therefore, even if the bell will press the gold of the human hair now, it will be more effective.
Righteousness and pie are for the upper echelons.
Therefore, all the generals invited by Zhong Hui to the Shu Palace were silent, and Zhong Hui was helpless and imprisoned them separately. Among them, Hu Lie, took advantage of the loophole and released a rumor: Zhong Hui would kill all the Wei generals.
When this rumor was known to the soldiers outside the palace, they immediately became agitated and were instigated to attack the Shu Palace immediately.
Under the combination of the inside and the outside, Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei had no way to escape and were killed.
Zhong Hui's family origin is both his strength and his weakness. The family gave him a superior origin and a faster career, and also made him ignore the ideas of low-level soldiers and generals.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="121" >5. Reflection and inspiration</h1>
Deng Ai broke Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui captured Deng Ai, and Jiang Wei pinched Zhong Hui. Although the three of them are all heroes of the moment, they all have their own weaknesses, and no one can escape the fiddling of fate:
The inferiority brought about by Deng Ai's family lineage made him care more about the approval of others. Arrogance is inevitable after the achievement.
Jiang Wei was the most helpless, he lived in the shadow of Zhuge Liang and devoted his life to the revitalization of the Shu kingdom. However, he did not have the ruling talent of the idol Zhuge Liang, and could only watch the decline of the Shu kingdom and be powerless, and finally was suddenly destroyed by Deng Ai, but the obsession of being loyal to the country made him choose to take a risk. In fact, the people of the Shu kingdom and Liu Chan had already abandoned the Shu kingdom, and only he had fought all his life for Zhuge Zhao's instructions. He was a lone warrior.
Zhong Huicheng also lost his family lineage, and he can only say: The prince of the family does not understand the hardships of the bottom.