Deng Ai's ending verifies that sentence, that is, if you don't die, you won't die.
During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many famous generals who died on the battlefield, and there was a saying that "the crock pot is not broken from the well, and the general will inevitably die before the battle", since he is a military general, this is also an end that cannot be escaped.
However, looking at the entire Three Kingdoms, there is only the death of one warrior, which makes people feel uneasy whenever they read it.
Of course, this intention is not to say that this person died unjustly, on the contrary, this person not only died unjustly, but also an inevitable result.
This person was Deng Ai, the outstanding general of the State of Wei who had destroyed Shu with a surprise army and forced the later lord Liu Chan to surrender, and his end was purely a good death by himself.
The reason why I say this is because deng Ai has done several things that have pushed him into the abyss step by step.
Deng Ai was born very low, and the reason why he was able to make a fortune was because of Sima Yi's promotion in that year, when Deng Ai was still a small official, Sima Yi saw that he had performed well in his work, and only then did he pull him up.
It is reasonable to say that Deng Ai, who was deeply known by the Sima family, should have followed Sima Shi's lead, and in fact, Deng Ai did this when Sima Yi was alive, or even when Sima Shi was alive.
There are many records in the history books that Deng Ai spoke to Sima Ai's father and son at that time, which shows that Deng Ai's overall position was at least stable at that time, plus he often had battle records, so he could still speak in front of Sima Father and Son.
However, after Sima Zhao ascended to the throne, Deng Ai's position began to undergo some subtle changes.
Sima Zhao's purpose for Deng Ai was that the official position should be promoted as it should be promoted, but there was one point, that is, he no longer regarded Deng Ai as a confidant, so Deng Ai basically had no right to speak at that time.
At this time, clear-eyed people can see that the leader has deliberately been cold to Deng Ai, but Deng Ai does not know it, and has done a thing that blatantly opposes the leader's opinion.
In the third year of Jing Yuan, Jiang Wei began the Northern Expedition, and the vanguard troops were defeated by Deng Ai, who was stationed here, at Lintao, and a few months later, after sima Zhao's several operations, Cao Wei decided to send troops to conquer Shu.
The strategy of conquest of Shu, the decision-making power lies with Sima Zhao, in other words, this is something that Sima Zhao has decided, and there is no possibility of change on the board.
According to the custom, Sima Zhao sent people to find Deng Ai and ask for his opinions and opinions on Zheng Shu.
The reason why Sima Zhao would ask Deng Ai for advice was actually very simple, at that time, Deng Ai was stationed in western Xinjiang, and at the same time, he did not deal with the Shu army, so it was reasonable to consult Deng Ai's opinion before going out.
It should be noted that Sima Zhao had come to consult Deng Ai to see what good strategies he had for cutting down Shu, rather than listening to his objections.
But how did Deng Ai do it? He strongly objected on the spot, believing that Shu could not be cut.
Deng Ai's reason was not unreasonable, he believed that the Shu state occupied a natural danger, it was very difficult to attack, coupled with the worry of grain and grass, so he opposed the cutting of Shu.
However, Sima Zhao did not listen to Deng Ai's opinion, and not only that, but also sent someone to reprimand Deng Ai.
Here we need to talk about why Sima Zhao insisted on cutting down Shu, as we all know, after the "efforts" of Sima Yi and Sima Shi for two generations, Cao Wei has basically been elevated by Sima Shi, and the entire court has become the world of Sima Shi.
However, due to the sudden death of Sima Shi, Cao Wei saw a chance to resist, but because Sima Zhao reacted quickly, he finally did not let Cao Wei's plan to eliminate Sima Shi succeed.
However, although Sima Zhao said that he was on the throne, he was morally untenable (of course, he did not care), so he had to do some great deeds to stabilize his position.
And cutting down Shu has become the best and only way, so the Shu kingdom must be cut, it must be cut.
However, Deng Ai did not understand this and openly opposed the orders of his superior Sima Zhao, so he also invited a reprimand, to put it bluntly, this is the consequence of his failure to speculate on the leader's intentions.
In the end, Sima Zhao arranged for Zhong Hui to serve as the supreme commander of The Shu Dynasty, and Deng Ai could only obediently shut up and obey orders.
Of course, not figuring out the leadership intentions was not the ultimate cause of Deng Ai's death, at most Sima Zhao alienated him, but the few stupid things that Deng Ai did in the process of cutting down Shu were the direct causes of his killing.
First of all, the first thing he did that people despised was to build the "Jingguan".
What is "Jingguan"? This is a very inhumane way to show off the merits of battle, which is roughly to cut down the head of the enemy army captured in the battle and pile it into a wall to achieve the effect of deterring the enemy.
In history, it is not uncommon for generals to build "Jingguan", but Deng Ai did a move that basically no one did.
The "Jingguan" he built, in addition to the corpses of some defeated and captured Shu soldiers, also a large part of it, came from his own soldiers.
"Let Yu Mianzhu build a platform as a capital view, and use the merits of the battle, and those who die as soldiers and soldiers are buried together with the Shu soldiers." --- Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Deng Ai Biography
That is to say, Deng Ai was taking the corpse of his own brother as a capital to show off his military achievements.
If nothing else, just to say that throughout the Three Kingdoms era, Deng Ai was the first and only general to use his own soldiers to be a Jingguan general, whether there were ancients before or not, but definitely no one came after.
We all know that Chinese attaches great importance to the matter of funerals, from the high-ranking officials and nobles to the peddlers and pawns, and the soldiers in the army are no exception, and this kind of behavior that is built as part of the "Jingguan" will be considered impossible to reincarnate in the eyes of the ancients.
And Deng Ai did this, the most direct consequence is to make his subordinates cold.
Hard work to follow you on the battlefield, whether you can go back alive or not, not to mention, now after death, you will be stuffed into the pile of corpses, suffering from wind and rain, such a general, in exchange for anyone, will be full of complaints, even hatred.
So why did Deng Ai do this? Leaving aside the so-called reason of deterring the enemy army, in fact, he did so, to put it bluntly, a kind of pathological psychology of squeezing the people at the bottom.
As mentioned above, Deng Ai was born very low, and it was because of Sima Yi's appreciation that he was able to constantly climb up, and then he was in a high position, of course, he did have a certain military ability.
But in the process of climbing up, Deng Ai encountered an embarrassing fact, that is, he could not integrate into the high-level circle at all.
Even if Deng Ai's military merit was high and his ability was strong, at that time, in the Wei and Jin dynasties where the monopoly of the shi clan door valve was the mainstay, he was born in a humble place and was still out of place.
Moreover, his stuttering problem made him ridiculed by his colleagues, so he could only find ways to keep his position.
But the method he adopted was to abuse and squeeze the people at the bottom, and the reason why he used it was to show his loyalty to the upper echelons, and second, to vent the repressed emotions in his heart that his self-esteem was hurt.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that he has made such a move as building a "Jingguan", and only by treating his subordinates as consumables can he show his ability.
We don't know whether this kind of behavior of his has won the favor of the upper echelons, but it is an indisputable fact that he is hated by the military and the people at the bottom.
In addition to using his own people to build the "Jingguan", when Deng Ai attacked Jiangyou, in order to achieve his strategic goals, he issued a death order, that is, to ask the whole army to jump off the cliff on the Yinping Trail.
At that time, There was Deng Ai's subordinate Tian Xu, who did not want to die, so he refused Deng Ai's order.
Of course, the strategy of attacking Jiangyou from the Yinping Trail seems to be a brilliant plan today, but don't overlook one point, that is, a large group of Wei soldiers, under very reluctant circumstances, were forced to jump off the cliff by Deng Ai.
Tian Xu, who refused Deng Ai's order, although he was not executed, was severely punished by Deng Ai, and the two formed a vendetta.
This incident was an inconspicuous little thing in the whole process of cutting down Shu, but no one expected that it was this small matter that cost Deng Ai's life.
Moreover, the stupidest thing Deng Ai did was the move he made after he attacked the Shu Kingdom.
After Liu Chan surrendered, Deng Ai wrote a report to Sima Zhao, the general content of which was an analysis of the current situation, a recommendation to cut down Wu, and, and most importantly, to reward Liu Chan and the former Shu Han.
For example, Liu Chan was made the Prince of Fufeng, Liu Chan's son was made a duke or marquis, and so on.
At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this report, but the key is that Deng Ai came to cut first and play later.
As for Deng Ai's self-assertion, at first Sima Zhao still gave him more face, and he ordered the overseer Wei Wan to bring a message to Deng Ai, telling him that everything should be reported first, and he should not make his own claims.
"Everything must be reported, and it is not advisable to do it." sima zhao, ---
Usually speaking, when the leader says this sentence, the meaning is already very obvious, that is, there is dissatisfaction with what you have done before, but it is only hindered by the situation and does not want you to get off the stage, so verbally warn.
But Deng Ai didn't know whether his brain was confused or too inflated, and he actually wrote back to Sima Zhao to defend himself.
In his letter, there are three general meanings, one is that I arranged the expedition, so the power is also given by you, and since the power is given, I should be given a certain freedom of judgment;
The other, the correspondence is too slow, if you wait for you to recover, it will delay the fighter;
In the end, Deng Ai moved out of the Spring and Autumn Period, believing that as long as it was a strategy that was beneficial to the country, he had the power to act arbitrarily.
Speaking of which, the central idea expressed by Deng Ai to Sima Zhao can be summed up in one sentence: I Deng Ai did the right thing and did not accept your criticism from Sima Zhao.
In addition to not accepting Sima Zhao's criticism, Deng Ai also told the Shu officials that if it were not for his "benevolence", I am afraid that these people would not see the sun of tomorrow.
What's more, he also ridiculed Jiang Wei, saying that even if Jiang Wei was a party Haojie, but when he met me Deng Ai, he could only "go unsatisfactorily".
And Deng Ai's various acts of death made Zhong Hui, who had been very depressed since he was a soldier, see the opportunity to put him to death.
Zhong Hui was Sima Zhao's confidant, and it was he who strongly recommended that Sima Zhao personally lead the army back to Luoyang, so that the Sima family could continue to hold great power, so for Sima Zhao, Zhong Hui was definitely a person who could be trusted.
The appointment of Zhong Hui as the supreme commander of the Shu Dynasty is the best proof.
However, after the Expedition of Fa Shu, Zhong Would be very depressed, why? Soon after he came out, he was blocked by Jiang Wei in the Sword Pavilion, and it became a hopeless thing to defeat the Shu Kingdom.
But unexpectedly, just when Zhong Hui was depressed, Deng Ai made a strange move and sneaked up on Jiangyou from the Yinping Trail and achieved the greatest credit.
This made Zhong Hui inevitably a little unhappy, and he watched very reluctantly as Deng Ai took away the first skill.
However, Deng Ai's arbitrary behavior made Zhong see the opportunity, he knew that Sima Zhao was already somewhat dissatisfied with Deng Ai, and he could completely break Sima Zhao's trust in Deng Ai as long as he added another fire.
Zhong Hui's method was very simple, that is, he intercepted Deng Ai's letter to Sima Zhao, tampered with it slightly, and then sent it, so that what Sima Zhao saw was an arrogant and arrogant Deng Ai.
And Sima Zhao's reply, Zhong Hui also made changes before giving it to Deng Ai, after his modification, what Deng Ai saw was Sima Zhao's full of suspicion of him.
In this way, Deng Ai was eventually accused by Zhong Hui of having a "conspiracy to rebel", and Sima Zhao, who was not at ease with Deng Ai himself, ordered that Deng Ai be taken back to Luoyang for trial.
The evil consequences planted by Deng Ai completely bloomed at this moment.
When he came to Deng Ai's camp, he was worried that Deng Ai would resist, so he secretly informed the generals under Deng Ai that as long as Deng Ai's father and son were caught, no one else would be blamed.
And these generals, invariably, all came to Wei Ou to report, and none of them informed Deng Ai.
In the end, while Deng Ai was still asleep, Wei Ou only sent an emissary to easily capture Deng Ai, and even Wei Ai was surprised by the degree of success.
And the person who personally killed Deng Ai was Tian Xu, who was forced by him to jump off the cliff, and Wei Ou only said a word to Tian Xu, and he was "happy to go".
And the rebuke continued, which is said: "You can repay the humiliation of jiangyou." "--- "Zizhi Tongjian"
A generation of famous generals died in Mianzhu in this way, and the place where he died was exactly where he took his men's heads to build the "Jingguan", and after his death, the whole family was cursed, and no one in Wei and Jin was wronged for him.
Therefore, Deng Ai's death has no other reason, it is completely his own hand, do not speculate on the intentions of the leadership, arrogant and arrogant, and do not regard the people below as people at all.