After Zhuge Liang quelled the rebellion in Nanzhong, he recruited local barbarians and formed a brave and good war force, which became the main force in the offensive battle in the late Shu Han Dynasty, and could be called the ace army of the late Shu Han Dynasty. However, the first commander of this unit was actually illiterate, or a Cao Wei general, and it was this person who became a mainstay in the late Shu Han Dynasty, which lacked talent, guarded Hanzhong for many years, and protected the northern frontier of Shu Han, and this person was Wang Ping, the Marquis of An Han.
Wang Ping (王平), courtesy name Zijun, was a native of Gongqu County, Yizhou (present-day northeast of Qu County, Dazhou, Sichuan). For some reason, Wang Ping was raised in his grandfather's house since he was a child, so he was also called He Ping, and later returned to his original surname.
Wang ping
After Cao Cao occupied Hanzhong, Pu Hu, the king of the seven surnames of Bashi County, and Du Hao, the leader of the Qiren people, led their troops to surrender to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao, in order to stabilize the situation, made the two marquises, and added Pu Hu as the Taishou of Badong County, and Du Hao as the Taishou of Bashi County. As a member of the people of Bashi County, Wang Ping was later moved to Luoyang with Du Hao and Pu Hu and became an acting lieutenant.
Attributed to shu han
During the Battle of Hanzhong, Wang Ping accompanied Cao Cao's army to Hanzhong to support, and it was during this period that Wang Ping surrendered to Shu Han. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes Wang Ping as Xu Huang's second-in-command at this time, but surrendered to Zhao Yun due to discord with Xu Huang. However, this statement has not found a basis in the canonical history.
Xu Huang
It is now unknown why Wang Ping surrendered. But judging only from Wang Ping's origins, his surrender may be understandable. On the one hand, Wang Ping was originally an indigenous resident of Bashi County, who was migrated from the southwest by Cao Cao to the far north, and Wang Ping was probably not without complaints in his heart. On the other hand, in ancient times, the relationship between han and ethnic minorities was still relatively hostile, and in Cao Cao's army dominated by northern Han chinese, he was also likely to be discriminated against and ostracized from the barbarian land. The defeat of the Wei army was also another opportunity. After Wang Ping surrendered to Liu Bei, he was appointed as a general of the Tooth Gate and a general of Qi.
Show your edge
Wang Ping is best known for the Battle of Jieting as the vanguard of Ma Mo. At that time, when Zhuge Liang was on the first Northern Expedition, the three counties of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding responded to the rebellion of Wei, and Zhuge Liang had his army ma Mo garrisoned at the key place of Jieting, and stationed Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi as suspected soldiers in Jigu Valley, falsely claiming to march from Xiegu Road. Cao Wei was shocked, and the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui personally came to Chang'an to supervise the battle, sent the general Cao Zhen as the governor of Yu County, and ordered the right general Zhang Guo to go to the street pavilion to rescue.
Zhuge Liang
At the street pavilion, Ma Mo stationed his troops on a mountain far from the water source, and Wang Ping felt that this move was too dangerous, and repeatedly advised. Ma Mo had advised Zhuge Liang many times, and was deeply valued by Zhuge Liang, and he was also quite confident in his military theory, plus this was also the first time that Ma Mo personally commanded the battle, and he was eager to express himself, so he could not listen to Wang Ping's suggestions at all. Wang Ping had no choice but to prepare for the worst, leading more than a thousand of his soldiers to camp at the foot of the mountain in case of the unexpected. As soon as Zhang Hao arrived at the street pavilion, he seized the key point of Ma Mo's army and directly cut off Ma Mo's water source, ma Mo was defeated, and Wang Pingjun "sounded the drum to hold on to himself", making Zhang Hao think that there was an ambush and did not dare to attack. So Wang Ping took the opportunity to clean up the remnants and return them safely.
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Because of this outstanding performance, Wang Ping was worshiped by Zhuge Liang as a soldier and became the first commander of the Shu Han's ace army, Wudang Feijun, and also took the position of general of Kou and the Marquis of Fengting.
In the ninth year of Jianxing (231 AD), Zhuge Liang sent Wang Ping to garrison the Southern Siege during the Fourth Northern Expedition. Sima Yi led a large army to attack Zhuge Liang, and then sent Zhang Gao to attack Wang Ping, but under the insistence of Wang Ping and his Wudang Fei Army, Zhang Gao could not win.
The town guards Hanzhong
After Zhuge Liang's death, he succeeded Wei Yan as the Taishou of Hanzhong and assisted the che general Wu Yi in garrisoning Hanzhong. After Wu Yi's death, he was enfeoffed as the Marquis of An Han and replaced Wu Yi as the governor of Hanzhong.
Hanzhong is the northernmost part of Yizhou, is the gateway county of the northern Shu Han, can be attacked, retreat can be defended, it is not only the front line base of the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han Cao Wei, but also the first target of Cao Wei's attack on the Shu Han, so the defense of Hanzhong is of great importance to the Shu Han. The first governor of Hanzhong was Wei Yan, who had made remarkable military achievements, and the second governor was Wu Yi, the brother of Empress Liu Beiwu, and the great general Jiang Huan also stationed in Hanzhong for more than six years after opening the palace, which shows the importance that Shu Han attached to Hanzhong.
Wei Yan
And Wang Ping could not write, knew no more than ten words, and was once a general of Cao Wei, and was able to succeed him as the third governor of Hanzhong, which was indeed not something that ordinary people could do. The later Battle of Xingshi also once again verified Wang Ping's military ability.
In the seventh year of Yanxi (244 AD), the Wei general Cao Shuang led more than 100,000 infantry to prepare to attack Hanzhong from Luogu (in present-day southwest of Zhouzhi County, Xi'an, Shaanxi), when the Hanzhong defenders were less than 30,000, and due to the disparity in strength, his subordinates suggested abandoning Guan Pass to hold han and Le'ercheng and waiting for reinforcements from Fucheng to arrive. However, Wang Ping believed that fucheng was too far away, and it was too risky to let the enemy army enter the pass, and Liu Min should be allowed to defend the situation and take it as a backup, even if the enemy divided his troops in the golden city, he could also go to support, and could support the arrival of reinforcements from Fucheng. Sure enough, the Wei army was blocked by the rising momentum, and the reinforcements of the Great Sima and the great general also came one after another, repelling the Wei army.
Xingshi geographical location
From then until Yanxi's death in the eleventh year (248 AD), Wang Ping was guarded in Hanzhong. Wang Ping, along with Ma Zhong in ZhenshouNanzhong and Deng Zhi in Zhenshoujiang prefecture, was known as the "Three Marquises of Ping'an" in the late Shu Han Dynasty.