Zhong Hui Wei's youngest son, Zhong Xuan, who was born in his seventies, was very fond of this young son Zhong Xuan, but because of the age difference between father and son, zhong Xuan, who was old and heavy, died before he could educate his young son, which also led to Zhong Hui's lack of father's teaching since childhood, so that he later lost a mess in political and people's speculation.
During the Jingyuan Dynasty, Jiang Wei went to Tuntian to avoid trouble because he had offended the eunuch Huang Hao, and Sima Zhao believed that Jiang Wei had been unsuccessful in his war for a long time, and the manpower and material resources of the Shu state had long been exhausted, so he took advantage of his illness and asked him to die, and ordered Zhong to go to Shu for the general of Zhenxi.
Zhong Hui and Deng Ai marched into Shu in two ways, and Deng Ai smuggled across Yinping and led an army to attack Mianzhu and kill Zhuge Zhan's father and son. Jiang Wei and others heard that Zhuge Zhan had been defeated, and led his men to the east in the direction of Ba County. Zhong Hui immediately led a large army to Fu County, and at the same time sent Hu Lie, Tian Xu, and Pang Hui to pursue Jiang Wei. Deng Ai led his troops to Chengdu, Liu Chan led the people to surrender, and the Shu Han was officially destroyed.
After Deng Ai successfully destroyed Shu, he began to be proud and rewarded the surrender of the Shu state on his own, and Zhong Hui and Deng Ai had a disagreement, so they took the opportunity to secretly report to Ma Zhao, the Jin company. It was said that Deng Ai had a rebellious heart, and Deng Ai's men also felt that Deng Ai's actions were disobedient, so Sima Zhao ordered Zhong to arrest Deng Ai's father and son and send them back to the capital for interrogation.
Zhong Hui's credit for destroying Shu after removing his rival Deng Ai was attributed to him, so he also began to become conceited, he thought that now most of the troops were in his own hands, and the Shu kingdom had been destroyed, he could still sit in natural danger, Sima Shi could take charge of Cao Wei's world, why couldn't he replace it, so he prepared to send an army to rebel. But the coup failed in just a few days. In the end, Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei died in the mutiny. Regarding the failure of the Zhong Hui mutiny, Sima Zhao had long anticipated it.
When Zhong Hui had just led a large army to cut down Shu, a minister told Sima Zhao that Zhong Hui would support the army and respect himself after destroying Shu, and that he was ambitious and high-minded, and he was afraid that he would rebel. Sima Zhao said, "Even if Zhong Hui rebels, he will not succeed, and after the Shu kingdom is destroyed by Zhong Hui, the people of Shu will be torn apart because of the fall of the country, just as the so-called defeated army general is not brave enough, the doctor of the subjugated country cannot try to survive, even if Zhong Hui rebels, the Shu people are not willing to help him, and after our army is victorious, people will return to their hearts, let alone follow Zhong Hui to rebel." In this way, how can the bell succeed. ”