In the ancient history of our country, every dynasty will have more or less uprising movements, these uprisings of the people have caused great headaches to the rulers at that time, some insurrectors and even the spark of the stars can burn the plains, such as Chen Sheng Wuguang during the Qin Dynasty, their uprising can lead the whole body, trigger great turmoil, and completely change the dynasty. What we want to talk about today is the process of a great general's uprising, he is Zhong Hui, Zhong Hui will have the help of Wei Ou, with 200,000 troops in his hands, but he was defeated and died in three days of the uprising.
During the crusade against the Shu state, Zhong Hui, Deng Ai and others jointly defeated Zhuge Zhan and destroyed the Shu state. At that time, Zhong Hui had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and Zhuge Zhan's soldiers and horses were also annexed by him, plus the soldiers and horses that the Shu kingdom finally surrendered, Zhong Hui had about 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, so Zhong Hui began to be proud of his achievements and wanted to rebel, but Zhong Hui did not do a good job for several reasons.
First, the work of secrecy of the rebellion has not been done well
Zhong Hui was born in a wealthy family, he was smart and studious since he was a child, people saw him said that he would become a great instrument in the future, and sure enough, Zhong Hui grew up and was proficient in various skills, especially good at metaphysics, he joined the imperial court in 245, and then continued to be promoted as an official in the imperial court, after the convenience of Gao Pingling, Zhong Hui gradually became a confidant of the magnate Sima Zhao and others, and was very valued by them.
Therefore, Zhong Hui felt that Sima Zhao and others were very relieved about him, and he could unknowingly complete his great cause of rebellion, who knew that the news that Zhong would have a different heart had long been told to Sima Zhao. After Zhong Hui went out on the expedition, he once wrote to Sima Zhao that Zhong would have a different heart. And Wei Wan, as the overseer of zhonghui, Deng Ai also told Wei Ou the news, but Wei Ou revealed it to others, so that Zhong hui had not yet rebelled, and Sima Zhao had already prepared everything to clean him up.
Second, too anxious to be prepared
At that time, Zhong Hui had just decided to start a rebellion, so he began to mobilize troops, and the result was bound to be failure. It should be known that rebellion is an extremely complicated matter, such as Sima Zhao's rebellion, which took decades for Sima Yi and Sima Zhao's father and son to work together to take down the State of Wei. Cao Cao wanted to rebel, but he also first cleaned up all the princes who were making trouble inside and outside before he dared to rebel, and even so, Cao Cao did not wait for the day when the State of Wei was founded, it was also two generations.
And Zhong Hui wants to rebel without making any preparations, naturally begging for food. Before the rebellion, Zhong Hui took Hu Lie and other generals into custody, but his trusted confidant Wei Wan was not his side, so Wei Hui told the news to Hu Lie's generals, and the flame of Zhong Hui's rebellion was extinguished before it could be burned.
In the end, the 200,000 troops that zhong would rely on were actually not his own personal soldiers, but a miscellaneous army pieced together from the east, such a force did not belong to his own command, he did not have the core command, and what about rebellion?