Favoring eunuchs, ignoring political affairs, and eventually having to bow down to their subjects. Source: Screenshot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1994
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In 263, the Wei general Zhong Hui led an army of 100,000 men to attack Hanzhong, first capturing Southern Zhengguan. When attacking this pass, Xu Yi, the son of the general Xu Zhu, as the vanguard, charged weakly and was beheaded by Zhong Hui.
After capturing Southern Zhengguan, he immediately attacked Yang'an Pass, and the Western Shu generals guarding the pass were Fu You and Jiang Shu. Jiang Shu advocated holding firm, while Fu You believed that the Wei army was tired from afar and should confront them head-on to take advantage of the opportunity. Therefore, Fu You ordered Jiang Shu to guard the pass, and he led his army out of the pass to engage the Wei army. After a great battle, without winning or losing, he wanted to return to his camp, but Guan Ai was presented to the Wei army by Jiang Shu, and Fu You was furious, scolded Jiang Shu, and then turned around and continued to fight with the Wei army, dying in the rebellion.
Wang Han of Lecheng and Jiang Bin of Seoul both surrendered to the Wei army when they saw that the Wei army was strong, and hu Ji, the defender of HanshouCheng, saw that Hanzhong had been occupied by the Wei army, and the situation was quite unfavorable to Western Shu, and fled back to Chengdu for help.
At this time, the Western Shu dynasty was in chaos, and Liu Chan trusted the eunuch Huang Hao. The Wei army suppressed the territory, and their monarchs actually went to the wizards to calculate the situation, and did not take any effective measures to meet the enemy, resulting in the Zhong Hui army breaking through the bamboo and successfully taking Hanzhong.
The Wei state of Shu divided the army into two roads, Zhong Hui took Hanzhong, and Deng Ai dragged Jiang Wei in The middle, he deployed several large armies, first led Jiang Wei out, and then used a road to intercept his way back, Jiang Wei was surrounded, there was no way to go, had to lead the army to occupy the Sword Pavilion, in an attempt to fight again.
Although Jiang Wei guarded the Sword Pavilion, Liu Chan, the lord of Shu, was too angry. Source: Screenshot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1994
Zhong hui took Hanzhong, Deng Ai entangled Jiang Wei, and the war came to an end for the time being.
The Wei general Zhuge Xu was reprimanded by Zhong Hui for failing to intercept Jiang Wei, causing him to occupy the Sword Pavilion. Zhong would escort him to a prison cart and take him to Luoyang, where he would be disposed of by Ma Zhao of the Jin Company.
Zhuge Xu was originally a general under Deng Ai, and Zhong would dispose of it at will, causing Deng Ai to be dissatisfied. Deng Ai went to the camp of zhong hui, and instead of his theory, the bell would list hundreds of warriors in the tent, and waited in a strict position, and Deng Ai did not dare to make a mistake. The two talked about the strategy of cutting shu, deng Ai proposed a strategy of "smuggling yinping", and Zhong Huikou said that it was a good plan, but he did not think so in his heart.
General Zhenxi and General Zhengxi were not convinced by each other. Source: Screenshot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1994
When Deng Ai left the camp, he knew in his heart that Zhong would look down on his own plan, and he made up his mind that he must put the "smuggling yinping" plan into practice, capture Chengdu, and grow his own ambition.
The Wei army wanted to cut down Shu, and Yinping City was a very important and dangerous pass. Zhuge Liang attached great importance to this place before he was born, and now the Wei army was blocked here.
Deng Ai's so-called "smuggling into Yinping" is to bypass Yinping City, march in the lofty mountains behind Yinping, capture Jiangyou, and then raid Chengdu. Although this road was theoretically feasible, it did not have a ready-made road, it required climbing mountains and mountains, the road was extremely difficult, and if the Shu army set up ambushes at any place on the way, it could easily block the Wei army. Because of this, Zhong Hui felt that such a march was not feasible.
Deng Aigan took a strange risk, swore an oath, led 20,000 soldiers, and began to bypass Yinping and march from the lofty mountains.
Fortunately, there was no Shu army to stop the way, and it was not until the Sky Ridge that it encountered the greatest difficulties. There are cliffs ahead, and there is no way out. Deng Aihuo went out, took the lead, wrapped the felt on his body, and rolled down the mountain. The rest of the people saw that the general was still like this, so those who had felts rolled down the mountain in imitation of General Deng. There was no felt, clutching the grass, climbing the trees, climbing down the mountain, all crossing the skyscraper, of course, many sergeants buried on the cliffs, never to be able to fight on the battlefield again.
Finally arrived at Jiangyou City, at this time the Jiangyou City defender Ma Mi Cheng's peace for a long time, the soldiers' combat readiness was lax, coupled with Liu Chan's fainting, and the group of subjects left Germany, Ma Mi already had plans to surrender to the Wei soldiers.
Deng Ai's army raided Jiangyou City, and although there were only about 2,000 people, Ma Mi surrendered to the Wei army without the slightest resistance.
Jiangyou had been lost, Chengdu was in danger, and Liu Chan urgently summoned his ministers for consultation. The secretary Lang Haozheng (郎郤正), zhuge Zhan (zhuge zhan), the son of Zhuge Liang, defended against the Wei army. Liu Chan urgently summoned Zhuge Zhan, and at this time, in addition to Jiang Wei's generals, only Zhuge Zhan was still able to fight.
The Wei army approached the city, but Liu Chan was helpless. Source: Screenshot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1994
Zhuge Zhan was ordered to lead the army to meet the enemy with his son Zhuge Shang, and it should be said that their father and son were also good, and once killed Deng Ai's army. However, he still lacked actual combat experience, and finally won Deng Ai's plan.
Zhuge Zhan won a battle first, and fought again, but Deng Ai was defeated, lured the Shu soldiers in pursuit, and led them into an ambush circle. Then the left and right sides ambushed the soldiers and defeated the Shu soldiers.
The Shu soldiers retreated to Mianzhu, and Zhuge Zhan wrote a book to ask for help from Eastern Wu. Eastern Wu Sun Xiu ordered the veteran general Ding Feng to lead the army to rescue him, but the water could not quench the thirst of the near.
Zhuge Zhan felt that it was not a good idea to hold the city, and the leader took the initiative to attack, and was shot dead by Wei Bing with an arrow. Zhuge Shang saw that his father was killed, led the army to fight, and also died in the army, and died in the line of duty for the country.
Zhuge Zhan died on the battlefield, loyal to the country, worthy of being a descendant of Wu Hou. Source: Screenshot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1994
Mianzhu fell and the gate of Chengdu opened, Liu Chan listened to the advice of Zhou Zhou and other ministers, sacrificed the city, surrendered Deng Ai, and Western Shu perished.
Poor Liu Bei struggled all his life to establish the Shu Han Dynasty, he only served as emperor for three years, and the empire he created single-handedly lasted only two generations before it collapsed.
Zhuge Liang's "six out of Qishan" took seven years, and Jiang Wei's "Nine Cuts to the Central Plains" took thirteen years, but they all returned without success. And Sima Zhaofa Shu only took less than a year to destroy Shu Han, but it is a pity!
Liu Chan's fifth son, Liu Chen, was made the King of the Northern Lands and was very skeletal. When the group of ministers discussed surrender, he scolded everyone, saying that there were still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Chengdu, which could still be held, and that the army of the great general Jiang Wei was stationed in the Sword Pavilion, and it was completely possible to wait for them to come to the rescue and must not surrender.
Liu Chen, the king of the Northern Lands, martyred himself. Source: Screenshot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1994
Liu Chen's suggestion has a certain rationality, at this time Deng Ai's army is not many, only his own sergeant 30,000 people, the rest are all demotion, the combat effectiveness is not strong, not to mention that he is fighting deep into the enemy's territory, grain and grass supplies, logistics support are very problematic. If the Shu army in Chengdu insisted, Jiang Wei held out with Zhong Hui at the Sword Pavilion, and the Eastern Wu friendly army came to the aid, the situation was really unknown.
However, Liu Chan had no fighting spirit and hurriedly surrendered.
Liu Chen could not bear the humiliation, made up his mind to commit suicide and martyrdom, his wife was also good, seeing that her husband would rather die than yield, vowed to coexist and die with her husband, she first hit the pillar and died, and left before her husband.
Liu Chen cried in front of the spirit of his grandfather Liu Bei, killed his three children, and then killed himself, leaving with the overthrow of Shu Han.
Liu Bei had a spirit in heaven, and when he saw this scene, he didn't know how to feel. Source: Screenshot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1994
Deng Ai accepted Liu Chan's surrender and really made a Gestapo gong, very proud.
He wrote to Sima Zhao, suggesting that Liu Chan be treated kindly, that he be made the King of Fufeng, that he should temporarily live in Chengdu, and that he should set an example for Eastern Wu, so as to break up Eastern Wu's fighting spirit and prepare for the conquest of Eastern Wu.
Sima Zhao received a letter from Deng Ai and made Deng Ai a lieutenant in the name of the Wei lord Cao Yi (曹奂), and was given a heavy commendation. However, the matter of canonizing Liu Chan required him to wait for the Holy Order, and not to make decisions without permission.
Deng Ai actually disobeyed the orders, acted arbitrarily, and wanted to make up his own mind, Sima Zhao, seeing that Deng Ai was not obedient to the jurisdiction and was suspected of rebellion, so he sealed the Zhenxi general Zhong Hui as Situ and wrote a secret letter to the supervising army Wei Ou, ordering him and Zhong Hui to supervise Deng Ai and prevent his rebellion.
"Cunning rabbits die, lackeys cook", the Shu state is destroyed, Sima Zhao's next step is to prevent the generals Zhengxi and Zhenxi from supporting their own self-esteem, threatening their own rule, and starting to deal with Deng Ai and Zhong Hui.
Resources:
Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Yuelu Book Club, 2004.