During the national period, Wei Yan, Liu Bei's general, was a controversial figure. He fought bravely and did not lose to the five tiger generals, but later rebelled and was killed. However, many people were suspicious of Wei Yan's rebellion, because Wei Yan only shouted a few words "Who dares to kill me" in front of the battle, and he was confirmed by Ma Dai in the name of rebellion. In fact, there was another sentence before this sentence, which really killed Wei Yan.
According to the statement in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when Wei Yan first joined Liu Bei's camp, Zhuge Liang originally didn't want to use him, on the grounds that Wei Yan "has a backbone in the back of his head", and Zhuge Liang thought that he would definitely rebel in the future. Liu Bei felt that Wei Yan was very strong and talented, and he should be reused.
Although Zhuge Liang agreed for the time being, he was always uneasy about Wei Yan. Later, Wei Yan followed Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to make great contributions to the establishment of the Shu State, and was named the general of Zhenyuan and the Taishou of Hanzhong, and guarded Hanzhong for ten years. After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang sent troops to the north to attack Wei and always took Wei Yan with him.
Until the last Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang was seriously ill and was about to die, he guessed that after his death, Wei Yan "must rebel", so he secretly called Ma Dai and told him to kill Wei Yan by surprise when he shouted. As for why Zhuge Liang knew that Wei Yan would shout, because he gave Yang Yi a bag and ordered him to induce Wei Yan to shout, "Who dares to kill me?" and cooperate with Ma Dai.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan was really fearless, holding heavy troops in his hands, burning the plank road to prevent the Shu army from returning. Yang Yi and Ma Dai beheaded Wei Yan in accordance with the strategy set by Zhuge Liang before his death. The anticipation and arrangement of Wei Yan once again reflected Zhuge Liang's vast supernatural powers.
However, we know that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a novel that exaggerates Zhuge Liang's "supernatural powers". In history, Wei Yan did burn the plank road to prevent Yang Yi's gang from returning to Chengdu, but it was not necessarily for rebellion. The reason is very simple, Wei Yan is a strong person, and it is very simple to make meritorious contributions in wars, but his interpersonal relationships are very poor.
He relied on his own merits and was more arrogant, and everyone also held him, and the only one who looked down on him and did it against him was Changshi Yang Yi. The two people are in the same position and hate each other. Wei Yan does have real skills, Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, he once offered a plan, invited himself to lead 5,000 troops, take Chang'an directly from the Meridian Valley, and then join Zhuge Liang Tongguan.
But Zhuge Liang was very cautious and didn't want to play this kind of risky operation, so he didn't approve it. Wei Yan has been unhappy because of this. Therefore, before Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, he was not very at ease with Wei Yan, who disagreed with him, so he ordered that after his death, Fei Yi and others would retreat first, and let Wei Yan break off, if he didn't go back, you would retreat first.
This is obviously to exclude Wei Yan, Wei Yan wanted to continue the Northern Expedition, but Yang Yi and the others did not agree, and directly left him to leave first, Wei Yan was furious, and took a small road to burn the plank road in front of them to prevent them from going back. Yang Yi and Wei Yan both thought that the other party was rebelling, but Yang Yi was skilled.
He said, the prime minister knew that you would rebel before his death, and let me guard against it, but now that the prime minister has just died, you are like this, and you don't take the prime minister in your eyes! If you dare to shout three times in front of the battle, "Who dares to kill me," I will respect you as a man and surrender to you. When Wei Yan heard this, he laughed and said, when Zhuge Liang was here, I was indeed afraid of him, but now that he is dead, what am I afraid of?
After saying this, Wei Yan shouted "Who dares to kill me", and then was killed by Ma Dai's sneak attack. If you want to say that the last sentence is the evidence of Wei Yan's rebellion, no one dares to say it, and if you say it, it means that you have a different heart after the death of the prime minister! Yang Yi and Wei Yan's performances are both suspected of rebellion, but Wei Yan can't fight Yang Yi's scheming at all. Wei Yan, a famous general, was killed by the group he worked for.