Introduction: The Three Kingdoms period was an era of division of the masses, and it was precisely because of social turmoil that many heroes emerged. During the three kingdoms, that is, Liu Bei's Shu state, Sun Quan's Wu state and Cao Cao's Wei state. To say that marching to fight a war is certainly something that the generals are very good at, but to say that the platooning and deployment to win the battle depends on the military division.
For example, Liu Bei, before Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, he experienced wars of all sizes, which basically ended in failure, and later after he asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain, he did not fail. It's just that the Shu kingdom also slowly declined after Zhuge Liang's death, because after Zhuge Liang's death, Shu Han basically had no talent, except for a god of war.
1. General Wang Ping surrendered to Liu Bei
Wang Ping was originally from Yizhou, but before Liu Bei first occupied Yizhou, the lord of Yizhou was Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang was the Yizhou Mu who was personally enthroned by the Han Emperor, and the only Han courtier at that time with the same surname as Liu Bei. In the years he has ruled Yizhou, he has been faint, indulging in singing and dancing every day, and has not played out the advantages of Yizhou at all.
Once the hanzhong next to him wanted to attack Yizhou, he could not hold out. Wang Ping was a fierce warrior, and he was angry with lords like Liu Zhang, so he ran to Luoyang and worshiped under Cao Cao's door. If you want to occupy Xichuan and Yizhou, Hanzhong is also a very important pass, and cao Cao wanted to take Yizhou, and the first step was to capture Hanzhong.
Wang Ping was originally from Yizhou and was very familiar with the terrain and mountains of Yizhou, so he followed Cao Cao to attack Hanzhong, but was defeated by Liu Bei and surrendered to Liu Bei. General Wang Ping was also not a greedy man who feared death, and he surrendered to Liu Bei mainly because. Liu Bei was bent on taking Yizhou at that time, and he was also a Hanchen, and he had more kingly ability than Liu Zhang. Wang Ping has not been reused in the Cao army, and liu Bei, who surrendered, also wanted to follow him in his meritorious career and support the Han dynasty.
Second, the ability of the great general Wang Ping
Because Wang Ping was a surrendered army, he was not reused after surrendering to Liu Bei. Until Liu Bei died in the White Emperor City, three of his five tiger generals also died, and the Shu state was the time to employ people. As a military master, Zhuge Liang had the ability to understand people, and he could see that Wang Ping was an extraordinary general.
Although he has not made any great achievements, he is talented. Therefore, during the Northern Expedition, there was a very important battle, the Battle of Jieting, and he was sent as a deputy general, and at that time, Ma Mo was the vanguard. In the Battle of Jieting, Ma Mo was the vanguard, but he supported the army and respected himself, so he had to let the army go up the mountain to garrison, but he was unexpectedly besieged by Sima Yi's army.
In fact, when Ma Mo wanted to go up the mountain to garrison the army, Wang Ping risked his life to advise him not to do so. He also listed the reasons for not wanting the Tun Army to be on the mountain, but he did not expect that Ma Mo used the excuse of following The Minister for many years as an excuse, and he was eager to make meritorious deeds, and did not take Wang Ping's words seriously at all. So in the end, although the Shu army failed at the Battle of Jieting, Wang Ping was not punished, and Zhuge Liang beheaded Ma Mo to show the public, and he himself was demoted to the third rank as a chancellor.
Third, Wang Ping became the god of war in the Shu kingdom but was not reused
Before Zhuge Liang's death, the Shu kingdom did not have many generals and warriors to use. At that time, Wei Yan also supported the army and respected himself, and won the hearts of the people in the three armies, and Zhuge Liang was afraid that Wei Yan would rebel after his death, so before he died, he asked Tomadai to kill Wei Yan. Once Wei Yan died, there was no one who could match the General of the Shu Army.
After Zhuge Liang's death, his Northern Expedition plan also came to an end, all the armies returned to the Shu state, and general Wang Ping remained in Hanzhong ever since. Soon after, the third emperor of the State of Wei, Cao Rui, also died of illness, and after Cao Rui's death, his youngest son Cao Fang became emperor.
He also imitated Liu Bei's entrustment of Zhuge Liang in the White Emperor's City, and entrusted Cao Fang to Cao Shuang and Sima Yi. After Cao Rui's death, Cao Shuang wanted to make a contribution, so he sent a large army to attack the Shu state. When Wang Ping was garrisoning in Hanzhong at that time, there were only 20,000 people around him, but he was facing 100,000 Wei troops.
Wang Ping used 20,000 people and 100,000 people of Cao Shuang to mediate in Hanzhong, held out for a month before waiting for reinforcements, and finally ended with the failed evacuation of the Wei army. Logically speaking, Wang Ping was the victor of this war, and if it were not for his persistence, Hanzhong would have been lost long ago. However, he was not reused, and even though he had made such a great contribution, in the end, it was Fei Yi, who came to the rescue, who was rewarded.
Conclusion: In fact, after Zhuge Liang's death, Shu Han basically went downhill. They did not dare to attack the Northern Expedition, so they could only close the door and refuse to defend, but they waited for the Attack of the Wei Army. Wang Ping can also be regarded as a great war god in the Shu Kingdom after Zhuge Liang's death.
When he faced the 100,000 Wei troops brought by Cao Shuang, he did not have the slightest fear and panic. Instead, he used only 20,000 Shu troops in his hands to fight them, although in the end he also won the victory with the reinforcements brought by Fei Yi. However, if he had not led his army to resist and wait for reinforcements to arrive, Hanzhong would have been lost long ago.