In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Wang Ping appeared more often to guard the street pavilion with Ma Mo, who did not listen to Wang Ping's advice and was corrupted, and Wang Ping was instead appreciated by Zhuge Liang. In real history, Wang Ping was also a very capable general, and when zhen defended Hanzhong, he defeated Cao Shuang's army of 100,000 with less than 30,000 troops.
Illiterate general
Wang Ping (王平), courtesy name Zijun, was a native of Tangqu County, Dazhou, Sichuan Province. Because he was raised in his grandfather's family when he was a child, he was also called He Ping, and later changed back to his original Wang surname. In the 20th year of Jian'an (215 AD), the seven-surnamed Yi king Of Bashi County, Pu Hu, the Marquis of Yi, Du Haoju, and cóng, were attached to Cao Cao, and Wang Ping was moved to Luoyang with Du Hao and Pu Hu (hence Wang Ping or Hanhua Renren) and was appointed as an acting lieutenant.
Due to his poor family and growing up in the ranks, Wang Ping could not write, and he knew no more than ten words, but he could dictate and let others write books on his behalf, which was meaningful. Wang Ping let people read a series of books and biographies of history and Han, and he listened to them on the sidelines, so that he could understand its great righteousness and would not lose its main purpose when he talked. Wang Ping abides by and fulfills the law, never jokes when talking to people, and can sit upright from morning to night.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219 AD), Liu Bei's subordinate Huang Zhongyu killed the Cao general Xiahou Yuan at Dingjun Mountain, and Wang Ping accompanied Cao Cao to lead a large army to fight for Hanzhong, but was defeated by Liu Bei, and it was at this time that Wang Ping surrendered to Liu Bei and was appointed by Liu Bei as a general of yamen and a general of Pei.
Zhen shou Hanzhong defended against Cao Shuang
In 228 AD, during Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, Wang Ping came to prominence and was appreciated by Zhuge Liang. After that, Wang Ping accompanied Zhuge Liang on the Northern Expedition many times, and in 234 Zhuge Liang died and Wei Yan was killed. Wu Yi was in charge of guarding Hanzhong, Wang Ping was promoted to houdian army and general of An Han, and the auxiliary cavalry general Wu Yi was stationed in Hanzhong, and concurrently served as the Taishou of Hanzhong. In 237, Wu Yi died, and Wang Pingjin was enfeoffed as the Marquis of An Han and replaced Wu Yi as the governor of Hanzhong.
In the sixth year of Yanxi (243 AD), Jiang Huan became seriously ill and the Hui army was stationed in Fu County. Ren WangPing was the former superintendent of the army and the general of Zhenbei, commanding Hanzhong. In the seventh year of Yanxi (244 AD), Cao Shuang, in order to obtain military merit, led more than 100,000 infantry to attack Hanzhong, the forward was already in Luogu, at that time the Hanzhong garrison was less than 30,000, the generals were shocked, some people said: "Our troops are not enough to stop the Wei army, we should abandon Guan Pass to hold Han and Le Ercheng, after the Wei army enters Hanzhong, as soon as the reinforcements from Fucheng arrive, they can snatch Yangping Pass back." ”
Wang Ping said, "No, Hanzhong went to Fucheng for more than a thousand miles, if the Wei army gets Yangping Pass, it will become a disaster, we should send Liu Hujun and Du to join the army to build up the situation, I will refuse, if the Wei army divides its troops to attack the Golden City, I personally lead the troops to the rescue, and then the rescue troops in Fucheng will just arrive, this is the best policy." ”
Only the protector Liu Min agreed with Wang Ping's opinion, so he acted according to Wang Ping's plan. Sure enough, because Wang Ping occupied a dangerous position in advance, although the Wei army was numerous, it could not break through the momentum. The long-term attack was fruitless, and the transportation of Guanzhong and Qiang and Qi could not meet the needs of the march, so that the local and military forces were short of materials and food.
The fucheng armies and the general Fei Yi arrived from Chengdu one after another, cao shuang had no choice but to withdraw his troops, but it was already Fei Yishi's advanced troops to guard the rear road of the Wei army, Cao Shuang was able to evacuate after a bitter battle, there were many casualties, the cattle and horses he brought to transport were almost exhausted, the military supplies were captured by the Shu army, Qiang, Hu and other places complained about him, and Guanzhong was also greatly wasted, everything was just as Wang Ping had expected.
At that time, Ma Zhong was in Nanzhong, guarding against Nan man; Deng Zhi garrisoned Yong'an to guard Eastern Wu; Wang Ping was in Hanzhong, guarding against Cao Wei; The three men each guarded one side to ensure the peace of the Shu Han Dynasty, and the prestige of the Three Marquises of Peace began at this time. In the eleventh year of Yanxi (248 AD), Wang Ping died, and his son Wang Xun inherited the title. References: Notes on Pei Songzhi in romance of the Three Kingdoms, And Lu Simian in History of the Three Kingdoms