Sima Yi, Sima Shi, and Sima Zhao, through more than ten years of operation, eventually usurped the power of Cao Wei, and Sima Yan ascended the throne as emperor and established the Western Jin Dynasty. The Sima clan became the top family in the world, originally just a local Hao clan, and now it has become the master of the world. The following small editor will introduce an important figure in the Sima clan - Sima Wang. He was Sima Yi's nephew and Sima Fu's son, and because he was unwilling to betray Cao Fu and requested to leave the border of the town, he fought against Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, and later led the Chinese army against the Northern Expedition of Eastern Wu.
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Sima Shi was a large surname in Hanoi, Sima Yi's father Sima Fang served as Jing Zhaoyin, and there are historical records that Cao Cao's northern lieutenant of Luoyang was recommended by Sima Fang, who was the official position of Shangshu Right Cheng at that time. Sima Fang had eight sons, known as "Bada", namely Sima Lang, Sima Yi, and Sima Fu、、、、、, because they all had a "Da" in their characters. For example, Sima Yi is the second oldest, that is, "Zhongda". Sima Wang was the son of Sima Lang from the patriarchal system, but he was the son of the elder Sima Fu, who was passed over by Sima Fu to his eldest brother Sima Lang.
Sima Wang's family lineage is like this, and his career is naturally not worrying. First, he worked as a shang ji official in Hanoi County, who was often able to go to the political center of the capital, which was a springboard; then he held up filial piety and was a subordinate of the three dukes to accumulate seniority; successively as a TaiShou, a general of Diannong Zhonglang, a general of the escort army, and a regular attendant of the jiaguan scattered horses. The general of the protector was responsible for the election of low-ranking military attaches, and the scattered attendants were close to the emperor. Sima Wang's career is bright. However, he also had a distress, that is, he was caught between Cao Xi and Sima Shi.
Since the "Gaopingling Revolution" in the tenth year of Cao Wei's reign (i.e., 249 AD), Cao Wei's power gradually passed into the hands of Sima Shi. The emperor at that time was Cao Fang, who was not as skeletal as Cao Fang, but was also dissatisfied with Sima Shi's control, and participated in the "Jiaping Rebellion" planned by Xiahou Xuan, Zhang Ji, Li Feng and others in the sixth year of Cao Wei Jiaping (that is, 254 AD), trying to overthrow Sima Shi. As a result, the coup failed, and Cao Fang was deposed by Sima Shi and replaced by a more backbone Cao Fu.
Cao Xian really wanted to work against Sima Shi, and he didn't even want to taoguang and cultivate obscurity. He wanted to gain power from Sima Wang, Wang Shen, Pei Xiu, Zhong Hui, Xun Yan, Cui Zan, Yuan Liang, Zhong Yu, Yu Song, and others were all objects of Cao's solicitation. Cao Xian treated Sima Wang very well, and over time Sima Wang could not stand it. From the moral level and the general righteousness of the country, Sima Wang should stand in the position of Cao Huan in the matter of eating the king and worrying about the king; but from the perspective of family interests, Sima Wang's tendency to usurp power has become very obvious, and Sima Wang, as a disciple of Sima Zhao and a cousin of Sima Zhao, is not good enough to betray Sima Shi.
Therefore, Sima Wang chose not to help each other, and asked to go out as a general and stay away from luoyang's power cultivation field. Sima Wang's request at least showed his attitude of not participating in Sima Shi's usurpation of power, which was actually more correct than that of his father, Sima Fu, the "Great Wei Chunchen". It just so happened that Chen Tai, the governor of Cao Wei Yong Prefecture and Liang Prefecture, fought a major defeat against Shu Han, which was known as the "Battle of Taoxi", so Chen Tai was transferred to the central government, and Sima Wang left Zhenyong and Liang, becoming a town on cao Wei's western front.
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Sima Wang's confrontation with Jiang Wei
Soon after Sima Wang's arrival, he was threatened militarily by the Shu Han. In the second year of Cao Wei and the twentieth year of Shu Han Yanxi (that is, 257 AD), almost the largest war in the history of the Three Kingdoms broke out- the "Three Rebellions in Huainan". The governor of Cao Wei and Yangzhou, Zhuge Shi, rebelled against Sima Shi in Shouchun, and Zhuge Shi gathered more than 100,000 Tuntian soldiers in the Huaishui area and recruited another 40,000 people; Eastern Wu, as An ally of Zhuge Shi, also sent 30,000 forward troops into Shouchun, and larger reinforcements were also rushing to the front. In order to eliminate Zhuge Zhi, Sima Zhao mobilized the armies of Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Yanzhou, and Guanzhong, plus a total of 260,000 Chinese troops, to besiege Shouchun on the one hand and deal with reinforcements from Eastern Wu on the other.
Some of Guanzhong's troops were transferred, which also brought Jiang Wei the opportunity of the Northern Expedition. In fact, at this time, Jiang Wei was a little embarrassed, although he achieved a huge victory that Zhuge Liang had never had in the "Battle of Taoxi", he also suffered a disastrous defeat that Zhuge Liang had never suffered in the "Battle of Duangu" the following year, and the prestige of the brush in the "Battle of Taoxi" was fully reimbursed. However, when cao Wei 's "three rebellions in huainan" occurred, it was indeed a good opportunity for the northern expedition. So Jiang Wei led tens of thousands of people to attack Guanzhong from Luo Dao. At that time, there was a lot of grain in Guanzhong, but there were very few soldiers, and it was a little overwhelmed to face Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition.
Sima Wang and Deng Ai adopted a defensive strategy and confronted Jiang Wei with the help of fortifications. Jiang Wei challenged several times, but Sima Wang and Deng Ai could not leave the camp and chose Sima Yi's strategy of confronting Zhuge Liang. Having just experienced the defeat of the "Battle of Duangu", Jiang Wei could not experience another defeat. Although Guanzhong had fewer troops, Jiang Wei did not dare to attack strongly. The two sides confronted each other until Zhuge Tian's mutiny failed, and Jiang Wei had no choice but to retreat.
Sima Wang's war with Eastern Wu
In addition to Jiang Wei, Sima Wang also had the experience of confronting Eastern Wu. Sima Wang returned to the court eight years after Guanzhong, and was promoted to wei general, general of the Hun Horse, and Situ, and led the army in the middle of the collar, until Sima Yan was made the King of Yiyang after he replaced Wei, changed to a lieutenant, and led the army as before. The leader of the middle guard is a high-weight official position, the middle guard army is subordinate to the middle leader, Sima Wang's previous guard general is actually the one with deeper qualifications in the middle guard army, and the person with deep seniority in the middle leader is the leading general, and the authority is actually similar. It can be seen that Sima Wang's position at the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty was ranked as the third duke and had real power.
In the fourth year of the Western Jin Dynasty and the third year of the Eastern Wu Baoding (i.e., 268 AD), sun Hao, the lord of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, launched a number of large armies to attack the Jin Dynasty, including Jiangxia, Xiangyang, Hefei, Dongguan, and Jiaozhou. Sima Wang led 20,000 Chinese troops to Longpi to defend the town and support Jiangxia and Xiangyang at any time; after the Jianghan battlefield was settled, Sima Wang rushed to the Huaishui area to fight against Sun Hao, and finally forced Sun Hao to retreat; in addition, in the seventh year of the Western Jin Dynasty and the third year of Eastern Wu Jianheng (that is, in 271 AD), Sun Hao again attacked the Western Jin Dynasty, and Sima Wang continued to lead the Chinese army against Sun Hao, but this battle did not collide. The Soldiers of Eastern Wu were very dissatisfied with the Northern Expedition, and there was a mood in the army that "when the enemy was encountered, they would turn against each other", and finally Sun Hao had to withdraw his troops.
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All in all, Sima Wang, as an important figure of the Sima clan, once chose to leave the town because of the irreconcilable contradictions between Cao Huan and Sima Zhao, and after Cao Huan was killed by Sima Zhao, Sima Wang finally obeyed the family interests. It can be seen that Sima Wang was not loyal to Cao Wei, but only maintained in Cao Wei's personal body. Sima Wang resisted Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition in the Guanzhong region, and twice against Sun Hao's Northern Expedition, both as the main generals of the First Army. Although no fierce war broke out, it can also be judged that Sima Wang should have a certain military ability.
Sima Wang died in the same year of his last confrontation against Sun Hao, seven years after Tai Shi, at the age of sixty-seven. Sima Wang's official residence was in Jin, and he was also the Western Jin Dynasty, and economic prosperity was certainly not a problem. On the other hand, Sima Wang's personality is miserly and frugal, and he keeps his wealth as his life, "after his death, the gold is overflowing", just like the sketch said: People die and the money is not spent. Sima Wang was thus ridiculed by the people of the time. However, Xiaobian believes that these are all diseases of ringworm scabies, not a serious problem.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Jin