People who have read the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" know that there are many capable people who appear in the Three Kingdoms, such as Wei Yan is one of them, he is a talent with courage and strategy, and his military achievements are outstanding. When Liu Bei was alive, he received Liu Bei's weight, was promoted out of line, and served as the general of Zhenyuan, Zhenshou Hanzhong, who was also a great general who was independent, and Liu Bei was also very fond of him.
Later, Liu Beibai Emperor Was entrusted with isolation, Zhuge Liang was in charge of the Shu Han regime, Nanping Barbarians, and Northern Expedition Cao Wei, who also trusted and relied heavily on Wei Yan. Wei Yan also lived up to the trust of The Chancellor, and during the Northern Expedition, he made remarkable military achievements, relying on his own military achievements, brave and strategic, with a big plan in mind, and gradually became the most powerful general of the Shu Han Dynasty.
Why did such a Wei Yan, who had made great contributions to the Shu Han Dynasty, end up with the destruction of the Three Tribes after Zhuge Liang's death?
(New Three Kingdoms Wei Yan stills)
Some people say that Zhuge Liang does not like Wei Yan, and some people say that Wei Yan has an anti-bone heart. In fact, in the eyes of the senior, he blamed himself. Why? Please see senior analysis!
Wei Yan was not born as a general at first, he was just a small soldier feeding horses in Liu Bei's tent camp, but despite this, Wei Yan's heart was ambitious.
First, he followed Liu Bei into Sichuan, and because of his military achievements, he was promoted to general of Yamen. During the Battle of Hanzhong, he ignored Cao Cao's surrender and fired an arrow at Cao Cao, hitting him in the middle of the shot, but was killed by Pound. In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, that is, in 219, Liu Bei claimed to be the king of Hanzhong, so he needed people to guard Hanzhong.
For this position, at that time, everyone thought it must be Zhang Fei, and even Zhang Fei himself felt that this position was none other than himself. In the end, however, Liu Bei chose Wei Yan, who was promoted again and became the General of Hanzhong Taishou and Zhenyuan. This shows that Wei Yan's ability is still there, there is no doubt about it!
Some people say that Zhuge Liang doesn't like Wei Yan?
In 221, Liu Bei declared himself emperor and established the Shu Han Dynasty, and Wei Yanjin was made a general of Zhenbei. Two years later, Liu Beibai's emperor was entrusted with isolation, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, and Zhuge Liang prepared for the Northern Expedition. During the Northern Expedition with Zhuge Liang, Wei Yan had destroyed Fei Yao and Guo Huai in Yangxi, and later came up with a clever plan to imitate Han Xin's story and meet With Zhuge Liang at Tongguan, but was opposed by the cautious Zhuge Liang.
Because this time the offer was not accepted by Zhuge Liang, he said that Zhuge Liang did not like Wei Yan, which was too arbitrary. In fact, Zhuge Liang is relatively speaking, and he is also very heavy on Wei Yan. Wei Yan followed Liu Bei for many years, when he reached the position of Taishou and Zhenbei general. However, after following Zhuge Liang for a few years, he sat in the positions of Sima Xiang and Liangzhou Assassin Shi, and was also given the title of Marquis.
Zhuge Liang did not adopt his strategy, mainly because he considered the overall situation. At that time, Chang'an was an important town in the northwest of the State of Wei, and it was also in the Guanzhong Plain, and even if the State of Shu took it for a while, it could not be defended in the rear, and it would be surrounded and suppressed by the strong troops of the State of Wei. As the commander of the three armies, Zhuge Liang shouldered the heavy burden of the Shu state, and naturally considered the overall situation. Wei Yan was different, he was just a general who led his troops to fight, he would only consider how to fight this battle, and he would not consider the strategy of the whole situation.
(Zhuge Liang stills)
Some people say that Wei Yan has an anti-bone heart?
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang said that Wei Yan had a backbone behind his head, which was entirely to reflect Zhuge Liang's need to anticipate things like gods! Zhuge Liang was only a strategist, not a god. If Zhuge Liang really knew that Wei Yan had an anti-bone heart, he would not have left Liu Bei when he was alive, and during the Northern Expedition, he was also entrusted with a heavy responsibility, which obviously does not make sense.
Moreover, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other relevant historical records, zhuge liang did not arrange to kill Wei Yan at all, if Zhuge Liang really wanted to kill Wei Yan, there was no need to work so hard. With Zhuge Liang's influence in the Shu kingdom, he wanted to kill Wei Yan easily.
So why was Zhuge Liang killed after his death?
In the final analysis, it was because of Wei Yan's arrogance and arrogance, and he blamed himself. When we look through the relevant literary and historical records of the Three Kingdoms, we can see from several points:
First, the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms adds to the Wei Luo record: "During Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, Wei Yan made a proposal at the military council, because the Chang'an general Xiahou Shu was timid and unscrupulous, he was willing to ask for five thousand elite troops to take Chang'an directly from the Meridian Valley, and thought that Xiahou Shu would definitely abandon the city and flee, and Zhuge Liang thought that this plan was in danger and not used. Therefore, Wei Yan often said that Zhuge Liang was timid and hated his own talents and could not be fully utilized.
Second, when Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was seriously ill and dying, a secret meeting of "retiring soldiers in front of the bed" was held, and Zhuge Liang left behind, after his death, do not continue the Northern Expedition, all withdrew to the Shu state, and when evacuated, let Wei Yan cut off, followed by Jiang Wei. And he said, "If you delay or do not obey, the army will spontaneously." "This means that if Wei Yan disobeys the order, you should leave him alone, and the army itself will be pulled out." After Zhuge Liang's death, the secret was not mourned.
Yang Yi ordered Fei Yi to go and figure out Wei Yan's intentions. Wei Yan replied:
"Although the prime minister is dead, but there is still me, how can the world be wasted because of the death of a person?" Besides, who was Wei Yan, and how could I be at the mercy of Yang Yi and be a general after the break? ”
He obviously did not obey Zhuge Liang's arrangement and did not obey the will of the imperial court.
The large armies all withdrew one after another with Yang Yi's orders under Zhuge Liang's orders, and Wei Yan fell well, furious, and rushed ahead of Yang Yi's army day and night, burning down all the places he had walked. And led the army to attack Yang Yi's army, which led to a big mistake, and there was no room for recovery. So Yang Yi wrote to Liu Chan, saying that Wei Yan had rebelled. Wei Yan's army knew that the fault was with Wei Yan, so the birds and beasts scattered, leaving only Wei Yan and several of his sons to flee to Hanzhong.
Sun Quan once commented on Wei Yandao: Although Wei Yan's humble pastor is also a small person, although he has tasted the benefits of barking and barking for the sake of current affairs, he has already done so, and the momentum is not light. If there is no Zhuge Liang in the dynasty, it will be a disaster.
Chen Shou, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, once commented on Wei Yan: Yan was both good at raising soldiers, brave and fierce, and high in temperament, and he avoided it at that time. Wei Yan took up his duties with courage and was salty and valuable. Look at its measures, trace its rules, invite disasters and blame, all of them themselves.
After Wei Yan fled to Hanzhong, Yang Yi sent Ma Dai to catch up with Wei Yan and behead him, offering his head to Yang Yi. Yang Yi trampled Wei Yan's head with his foot and scolded, "Yongnu! Can you do evil again? So he exterminated the Three Tribes of Wei Yan.
Therefore, from a comprehensive point of view, Wei Yan's ending actually has a very big relationship with his own personality's behavior, even if he has made outstanding military achievements, but he does not obey the instructions of the imperial court, generally speaking, the end will not be good!