During the Three Kingdoms period, the official positions of military generals were mainly divided into two types: heavy generals and miscellaneous generals. Among them, the heavy generals include the generals of the generals, the generals of the hussars, the generals of the cheri, the generals of the Wei, the generals of the four sides and other military generals. Although the status of the heavy general is very prominent, the number of these official positions is relatively limited, and it is difficult to be crowned to many military generals who have made military achievements. Therefore, the establishment of relatively flexible miscellaneous generals was widely canonized during the Three Kingdoms period. For example, Guan Yu's general Lang Kou, Zhang Fei's general Zheng Yu, and Zhao Yun's General Of Yijun all belong to the scope of miscellaneous generals.
For the auxiliary generals that I want to talk about today, it began in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Xian of Han made Empress Fushou's father a general of the Auxiliary State. After this, there were two auxiliary generals in the history of the Shu Han Dynasty, one with the same name as Zhuge Liang, and the other was a compatriot of Wei Yan.
One
On the one hand, as far as Dong Yun is concerned. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Yun followed his father Dong He to Yizhou. After coming to Yizhou, Dong He became a subordinate of Liu Zhang, and held official positions such as county commander. In 214 (the nineteenth year of Jian'an), after Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, he recruited Dong He as the general in charge of the army, and together with the military general Zhuge Liang presided over the affairs of the left general and the Great Sima Prefecture. From this, it is very obvious that Dong Yun's father, Dong He, was highly valued by Liu Bei. However, around the time liu bei became emperor, Dong He died of illness.
Dong Yun became famous at a young age and had a good relationship with Fei Yi. In 221, after Liu Bei made Liu Chan crown prince, he appointed Dong Yun and Fei Yi as crown princes. Prince Sheren, an ancient official name, was originally set up in the Qin Dynasty, and was in charge of the Eastern Palace Guards, and later also served as a secretary and a servant. In ancient history, although the official rank of the prince's sheren was not high, because of the assistance to the prince, the prospects of the prince's sheren were still relatively broad.
In 223, after Liu Bei's death, the crown prince Liu Chan took the throne, and Dong Yun and Fei Yi were both promoted to The Yellow Gate Attendant. It is precisely because he has been following Liu Chan for a long time that Dong Yun is deeply trusted by the former. In 227 AD, Zhuge Liang stated in the "Table of Renunciation" that Dong Yun was upright and clearly distinguished between right and wrong, so he entrusted him to handle the affairs of the palace. It was precisely because of Dong Yun's existence that the eunuch Huang Hao did not dare to cause trouble to the government.
Two
In 234 AD, Zhuge Liang, the Shu Han chancellor, made the Fifth Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. In this battle, the Cao Wei army led by Sima Yi was on the defensive, which left Zhuge Liang with no choice. Therefore, in the autumn of this year, Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan. After Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Huan, as his heir, began to take charge of the Shu Han Dynasty. In 243, Dong Yun was made an auxiliary general by the empress dowager Liu Chanjia. In 244, after Jiang Huan became seriously ill, Fei Yi began to take charge of the Shu Han Dynasty, and Dong Yun became Fei Yi's deputy and was promoted to Shangshu Ling. In this regard, in the author's opinion, it was precisely through the efforts of Jiang Huan, Fei Yi, Dong Yun and others that the national strength of the Shu Han was restored and persisted until 263 AD.
Therefore, Jiang Huan, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, and Zhuge Liang were called the Four Phases of Shu and Han, thus gaining a high evaluation in history. In 246, Dong Yun, a minister, died of illness. In this regard, in the author's opinion, the departure of Dong Yun, a pillar, is naturally a major loss for Shu Han. After Dong Yun's death, the eunuch Huang Hao began to interfere in imperial politics, and the second auxiliary general, Dong Jue, did not play a role in suppressing Huang Hao.
Three
For Dong Jie, it was a Yiyang person, that is, he and Wei Yan were fellow villagers. Of course, Dong Yue's age was significantly smaller than Wei Yan's, that is, he only emerged in the late Shu Han Dynasty. In 223, after Liu Chan ascended the throne, Dong Yue held official positions such as the Chief Bookkeeper of the Chancellor and received praise from Zhuge Liang. However, Dong Yue's performance after that was obviously inconsistent with Zhuge Liang's praise. In 234, after the death of Zhuge Liang, the chancellor, Dong Yue was gradually promoted by the later lord Liu Chan to be a servant of Shangshu.
Shang Shu (尚書仆射), qin shizhi (秦始置), was a subordinate official of Shaofu, who helped Shangshu Ling manage Shaofu archives and documents, and was a low-ranking official. In the fourth year of the founding of the HanCheng Emperor (29 BC), there were five Shangshu people, one of whom was a servant. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, ShangshuTai was placed, and the chief official was Shangshu Ling, and the Shangshu servant was his deputy.
In 259, after the death of Shang Shuling Chen, Dong Jie took over this official position. During the Three Kingdoms period, Shang Shuling was very close to the official position of Chancellor, and before that, Ministers such as Jiang Huan, Fei Yi, and Dong Yun had held this official position. In 261, Dong Jie was made a great general of the auxiliary state by the later lord Liu Chanjia, and together with Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan, he took charge of the imperial government.
However, both Dong Yue and Zhuge Zhan ignored Huang Hao and allowed him to frame Zhongliang, for example, in 262 AD, it was under Huang Hao's frame that Jiang Wei was forced to stay in Tuntian, that is, did not dare to return to Chengdu. Therefore, the same auxiliary general, Dong Yue and Dong Yun, compared with Dong Yun, can only be said to be unworthy of the name.
Four
Finally, in 263 AD, Sima Zhao, who held the power of Cao Wei, mobilized 180,000 troops and officially launched the Battle of Wei and Shu. In this battle, Sima Zhao sent Zhong Hui, Deng Ai and other generals. In this regard, Jiang Wei retreated to the Sword Pavilion in time and blocked the more than 100,000 troops led by Zhong Hui, which prompted Zhong Hui to have a plan to withdraw. As for Dong Wei, the minister, he also led an army from Chengdu to the Sword Pavilion to support Jiang Wei. In the eyes of Liu Chan and others, as long as they could defend against zhong hui, they could defuse cao Wei's offensive.
However, taking advantage of the stalemate between Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui, Deng Ai smuggled into YinPing and unexpectedly came to the hinterland of Shu Han. At Fucheng and Mianzhu, Deng Ai defeated Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan and successfully besieged Chengdu. Because Chengdu had no soldiers and horses to continue to resist, coupled with the fact that the local warriors of Yizhou such as Yu Zhou advocated surrender, this prompted the later lord Liu Chan to finally give up resistance. On this basis, the Shu Han Dynasty officially went to extinction in 263 AD.
After the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, Dong Yue and Liu Chan came to Luoyang together and were appointed by Sima Zhao and Sima Yan's father and son. After the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, Dong Yue also held official positions such as Xiangguo's army and scattered horseman. Of course, Xiang Guo's participation in the army and the scattered riding of changshi were obviously inferior to the official positions held by Dong Yue in the Shu Han Before, that is, he did not have too high status and performance in the Western Jin Dynasty, which contributed to his specific ending.