In the late Three Kingdoms period, the Western Route Army led by Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping, and the soldiers approached the city, and the Shu lord Liu Chan surrendered, and the Shu Han perished. It can be seen that the lost palace of Han Zuo is directly related to Deng Aibing's presence in Chengdu. At that time, the great general of the Shu state was Jiang Wei, who had a heavy army in his hands and was the commander of the shu state's military. In other words, Deng Ai defeated Jiang Wei. So, what is the truth of history? Deng Ai and Jiang Wei, who is more powerful?
In the autumn and August of 263, the Wei general Sima Zhao mobilized a total of 180,000 troops from 3 roads to take Chengdu. At that time, in the Shu kingdom, the soldiers and horses were only 100,000, and the great general Jiang Wei had about 80,000 in his hands. Zhong Hui led the Eastern Route Army of 130,000 men and divided his troops into three routes to attack Hanzhong in the Meridian Valley, Xie Valley, and Luo Valley. Zhuge Xu led 30,000 soldiers and horses on the middle road, mainly responsible for garrisoning Qishan WuJie and Yinping Bridgehead, with the purpose of cutting off Jiang Wei's retreat. The 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Western Route Army, led by Deng Ai, attacked the Shu state from Tuntian in Puzhong. Deng Ai Zi Shi Zai (邓阿字士載), a general of the State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, was an official to a lieutenant. He was well versed in martial arts, familiar with the art of war, and was an outstanding military expert.
The attack of the 130,000 troops led by Zhong Hui was not smooth, and was blocked by Jiang Wei in the Sword Pavilion, and could no longer make progress. Soon, the Wei army had food, and Zhong would want to withdraw. At this time, Deng Ai offered a plan to Sima Zhao to smuggle himself into Yinping, and after obtaining Sima Zhao's consent, Deng Ai led 30,000 soldiers and horses through Yinping. However, the Yinping Road is indeed difficult to walk, the mountain road is rugged, the mountains are steep, and there is no one. Along the way, there were countless illnesses, deaths and injuries, especially when they reached the Skyscraper Ridge, which was surrounded by cliffs and cliffs, and the soldiers' mentality was broken and painful. In order to encourage morale and achieve victory, Deng Ai led by example, wrapped his body in felt, and rolled down hundreds of cliffs, and the soldiers followed suit when they saw it. After many difficulties, Deng Ai's 30,000 soldiers and horses were only more than 2,000 people left, and many soldiers fell to their deaths from the mountains, which showed their tragic situation. If Deng Ai did not have amazing perseverance and excellent military talent, he would not be able to successfully pass through Yin Ping.
After a little reorganization, Deng Ai led his army to attack Fucheng, and the shu defenders saw the Wei army descending from the sky and fell without a fight. The Shu lord Liu Chan panicked and sent Zhuge Zhan's father and son to Zitong to block Deng Ai, where was Zhuge Zhan's father and son deng Ai's opponent? Deng Ai designed to lure Zhuge Zhan into an ambush circle, successfully killed him, and occupied Mianzhu. When the news of the defeat reached Chengdu, Liu Chan was frightened and followed Jiao Zhou's advice and surrendered to Deng Ai.
At this time, Jiang Wei was still facing off against the Zhong Hui army in the Sword Pavilion. He could not have imagined that Deng Ai would be able to smuggle across Yinping, let alone that the Shu lord, who had 20,000-30,000 soldiers and horses, only suffered a defeat and surrendered to Deng Ai, who was only two thousand soldiers and horses, and was exhausted. After Zhuge Liang, did the Shu Kingdom really have no powerful characters? In fact, this was not the case, and there were still many powerful generals in the Shu kingdom, such as Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, Xiahou Ba, Liao Hua, and so on. The demise of the Shu kingdom was for another reason, not the fault of Jiang Wei alone.
First of all, the Shu kingdom has been conquering for many years, and its national strength has declined; the second is that the Shu lord does not think of making progress, is weak and incompetent, and only knows how to enjoy pleasure. The third was the eunuch Huang Hao, whom Liu Chan reused, who persecuted Zhongliang and was unpopular. Huang Hao single-handedly covered the sky and ruled with dance power, and when Deng Ai's soldiers and horses were already approaching Chengdu, the ministers and the people of the DPRK did not even know what was going on. However, the traitors naturally did not have a good end, and Huang Hao was executed by Sima Zhaoling, which was also an explanation to the shu state. The Shu kingdom originally had few villains, first Zhuge Liang's five cuts in the Central Plains, and then Jiang Wei's nine cuts on the Central Plains. The Shu state, which was not strong in the first place, became more vulnerable, causing resentment inside and outside the Shu Han Dynasty.
Since Jiang Wei turned to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang has trained him as the number one person and taught him what he has learned throughout his life. Jiang Wei was also a rare general, and he deeply felt the kindness of The Minister of Justice for him, and painstakingly studied the martial arts passed down to him by Zhuge Liang for more than 20 years. Although Jiang Wei learned Zhuge Liang's tactics, the Shu state was really too weak to be compared with the powerful Wei state, so Jiang Wei did not achieve any significant results.
For the demise of the Shu state, Xiaobian believes that it is not that Deng Ai's military ability is stronger than Jiang Wei's. The key lies in the fact that the Shu lord Liu Chan has no virtue, and even the villains have gained power, and Zhongliang has been killed. It is not surprising that the Shu kingdom, which was originally in the inferior position in the Three Kingdoms, was destroyed by Deng Ai under the continuous years of poverty and weakness.