Jiang Wei (202 – March 3, 264), courtesy name Boyo, was a native of Ji County, Tianshui County (present-day Gangu County, Tianshui City, Gansu Province). During the Three Kingdoms period, he was a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty and the son of Cao Jiang Ran of Tianshui Gong.
He was Zhuge Liang's successor, several times the Northern Expedition, poor troops, resulting in a great loss of national strength in the Shu state, then forced to surrender Jiang Wei, why would he be so loyal to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang chose Jiang Wei as his successor, and in the end is right, history records that Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition was more than Zhuge Liang's, a total of 11 times, but the first two were only partial divisions, so now we have to call Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition the Nine Central Plains in literary works.
Although Jiang Wei lost his father at an early age, he was brilliant and originally joined the army in Tianshui County, Wei. In 228 AD, during Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, he was forced to surrender to the Han Dynasty, and since then he has been deeply valued by Zhuge Liang, and has always praised him as a sergeant of Liangzhou.
In 234 AD, Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, and after Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Wei gradually took sole control of the military and successively undertook the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei nine times.
In 247 AD, Jiang Wei moved the Wei general to record Shang Shushi with the general Fei Yi, and in the same year, the QiangHu rebellion in the Longyou region rebelled against Wei and surrendered to Shu, Jiang Wei's troops went out of Longyou to respond, and launched a fierce battle with Guo Huai of Yongzhou, and finally Jiang Wei was outnumbered, so he had to move the surrendered tribes back to Shu, the first Northern Expedition failed, two years later, the Wei state broke out the Gaopingling Rebellion, Sima Yi, who had endured for many years, led three thousand dead soldiers to complete the Jedi counterattack, seized the power of Cao Wei's military government, and sat in Guanzhong's general Xiahou Ba, who surrendered to Shu.
Jiang Wei took the opportunity to launch the Second Northern Expedition, the army pointed directly at Yongzhou, Guo Huai seized the weakness of the Shu army's logistical difficulties, cut off the transportation and water source of the Shu army in the city, forced Jiang Wei to lead the army to break the siege, and finally Jiang Wei was defeated by the Wei army and had to withdraw.
In 250 AD, taking advantage of the opportunity of the war between Wu and Wei, Jiang Wei began the Third Northern Expedition, which was the farthest of all the Northern Expeditions of Jiang Wei, the soldiers rushed out of Hanzhong all the way, killed to Xiping County, although they returned again without success, but they recruited the Wei general Guo Wei, it was this Guo Wei who later assassinated Fei Yi, so that the power of Shu Han officially fell into the hands of Jiang Wei, 3 years later, Wu Guo's taifu Zhuge Kexing division wei, the powerful Jiang Wei took the opportunity to lead tens of thousands of people to start the fourth Northern Expedition, and the result was that the long-term attack could not be overcome and finally ran out of grain and retreated.
In 254 AD, sima shi of the State of Wei had just taken power in a state of chaos, Jiang Wei took the opportunity to start the Fifth Northern Expedition, Wudang Fei army showed its might, and successively attacked Lintao and other places in Hejian, but with the arrival of winter, the Shu army once again faced the problem of supply difficulties, seeing that I had to return to Hanzhong with all the people, a year later Sima Shi died of illness, Jiang Wei took the opportunity to launch the sixth Northern Expedition, Deng Ai lin was ordered to cause Jiang Wei to withdraw, but this time the Northern Expedition Jiang Wei did not completely withdraw, but led the army to Zhong Ti to wait for the opportunity again.
In 256 AD, Jiang Weibing divided into two roads and began the Seventh Northern Expedition, in Duangu Jiang Wei encountered Deng Ai's main force, the two sides fought a fierce battle, because the other Shu army did not arrive according to the prescribed time, Jiang Wei was independent and eventually defeated, a year later, Zhuge Wei raised an army in Shouchun, betrayed the State of Wei, and Sima Zhao, who was anxious to put down the rebellion, had to draw troops from Guanzhong to the south, Jiang Wei took the opportunity to lead the army to launch the Eighth Northern Expedition again, Deng Ai led the army to block Jiang Wei, and the two armies faced each other across the water in Mangshui and launched a confrontation. Since the Wei army could not hold out, after learning the news of Zhuge Zhi's defeat, the Shu army had to retreat.
Jiang Wei Northern Expedition
In 262 AD, Jiang Wei's ninth Northern Expedition invaded the territory of Taoyang, Deng Ai seized Jiang Wei's lone army to go deep, the characteristics of difficult supplies to seize the favorable terrain, in order to wait for the defeat of the Shu army, Zhuge Zhan and others wrote to demand that Jiang Wei be stripped of his military power, Jiang Wei could only flee away from Hanzhong in order to avoid disasters, and the Northern Expedition ended.
Jiang Wei's nine Northern Expeditions caused the Shu state to be excessively depleted, and coupled with his departure, it gave the Wei state a good opportunity to unify the world.
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