General Wei, beginning in the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Han succeeded to the throne from the Acting King, and set up a member of the Wei General, with his close confidant Song Changren as his leader, who led the northern and southern armies of the capital, with a golden seal and purple silk, and a second grade. In the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Wei generals, the hussar generals, and the cheri generals all opened the mansion (that is, set up the general's mansion), placed officials and subordinates, and controlled the forbidden soldiers. From this, it is very obvious that General Wei is obviously in a high position of authority because he is in charge of the Forbidden Army in the capital, and can even be compared with the General of hussars and the generals of the cavalry. So, the question is, there are four "Wei generals" in the three kingdoms: in addition to Sima Zhao, who are the other three?
1. Sima Zhao
Sima Zhao (211 – September 6, 265), courtesy name Shang (子尚 in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms), was a native of Wen County, Hanoi (present-day Wen County, Henan). During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei was a powerful minister and one of the founders of the Western Jin Dynasty. He was the second son of Sima Yi, emperor of Jin, and Empress Xuanmu, Zhang Chunhua, the younger brother of Sima Shi, emperor of Jinjing, and the father of Sima Yan, emperor of Jinwu.
In the second year of zhengyuan (255), Yuqiu Jian and Wen Qin raised troops in Huainan to serve the king, Sima Shi led a large army to the east, and Sima Zhao concurrently served as the leader of the central army, staying in Luoyang. During this period, Wen Duan led troops to attack the camp, Sima Shi was overly frightened, coupled with the fact that there was a tumor disease on the eye, often bleeding pus, causing the eyes to shock out of the eye socket, when he was seriously ill, Sima Zhao went from the capital to Xuchang Province to ask questions, worshiped as a general of Wei. In this regard, in the author's opinion, Sima Shi promoted his younger brother Sima Zhao to the rank of Wei general, and was already preparing for the transfer of power. As mentioned earlier, General Wei was in charge of the forbidden army in the capital, and his position was very important. In Sima Shi's view, once he died, Sima Zhao could rely on the official position of Wei general to quickly control The capital of Cao Wei, Luoyang, and avoid forces loyal to Cao Wei from taking advantage of the situation.
Soon after, Sima Shi died, and Emperor Cao of Wei ordered Sima Zhaozhen to guard Xuchang, and ordered Shangshu Fu Gao to lead the sixth army back to the Beijing Division. Sima Zhao used the strategy of Fu Gao and Zhong Hui to lead his army back to Beijing. After arriving in Luoyang, Sima Zhao was promoted to the position of grand general, and he was appointed as a servant, supervising the internal and external armies, recording Shang Shushi, assisting the imperial government, and carrying a sword through the palace, but Sima Zhao resigned. From then on, after being promoted to the rank of general, Sima Zhao successfully succeeded Sima Shi in taking over the military power left behind by Sima Shi, and also frustrated Cao Xian's plan to regain power.
In the fifth year of Ganlu (260), the Cao Wei emperor Cao Huan was killed, and Sima Zhao established Cao Huan as emperor. In the fourth year of Jingyuan (263), Sima Zhao sent zhonghui, Deng Ai, and Zhuge Xu to destroy Shu Han and was made the Duke of Jin. The following year, he was promoted to the throne. In the second year of Xianxi (265), Sima Zhao died of illness at the age of fifty-five and was buried in Chongyang Mausoleum. A few months later, his son Sima Yan proclaimed himself emperor of Wei and established the Jin Dynasty, posthumously honoring Sima Zhao as Emperor Wen and taking the temple name Taizu.
2. Cao Hong
Cao Hong(?) –232), courtesy name Zilian, was a native of Peiguo County (沛国谯县, in modern Bozhou, Anhui). During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei was a famous general and brother of Emperor Cao Cao of Wei.
Chen Shou recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms that Emperor Wen ascended the throne as a general of Wei, a general of Qianqi, the prince of Jinfengye, the thousand households of Yiyi, and the first 2,100 households; later the Marquis of Duyang.
In the first year of Yankang (220), Cao Cao died, and when Cao Pi ascended the throne, Cao Hong served as a Wei general. He was transferred to the rank of General of the Hussars, entered the Prince of Fengye, entered the Thousand Households of Yi, and the first two thousand and one hundred households. Later, he was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Duyang. In the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty (226), Cao Hong's family was rich but miserly, and Cao Pi had borrowed money from him when he was young and did not get it, so he held a grudge and used Cao Hong's protégé to break the law and put Cao Hong in prison and put him to death.
In this regard, the group of ministers went to intercede, but it did not work. Under the persuasion of Empress Bian and Empress Guo, Cao Pi dismissed Cao Hong from being a shuren and stripped him of his official title, title, and title, which also meant that Cao Hong lost the official position of Wei general. In 226 AD, Cao Pi died, and the crown prince Cao Rui took the throne, and Cao Hong was made a general, and he was renamed the Marquis of Lecheng and a thousand households. In the fourth year of Taihe (230), Cao Hongfu paid homage to the general Hussars. In the sixth year of Taihe (232), Cao Hong died and was posthumously honored as Marquis Gong. He was the Marquis of Cao Fu (曹馥嗣侯).
Third, Jiang Wei
Jiang Wei (202 – March 3, 264), courtesy name Boyo, was a native of Ji County, Tianshui County (present-day Gangu County, 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.
Chen Shou recorded in the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and The Biography of Jiang Wei" that for ten years, the general Qian Wei recorded Shang Shushi with the general Fei Yi. It was the year, Wenshan Pingkang rebelled, and Wei led the crowd to discuss it. He also went out of longxi, Nan'an, and Jincheng, and fought against the Wei generals Guo Huai and Xiahou Ba in Taoxi. Hu Wangzhi wu dai and other tribes descended, and Wei would return to peace.
In the tenth year of Yanxi (247), Jiang Wei was promoted to the rank of Wei general and recorded Shang Shushi with the general Fei Yi. In the spring of the nineteenth year of Yanxi (256), Jiang Wei was promoted to the rank of general. Jiang Wei straightened out his troops and horses, and sent troops with the Zhenxi general Hu Ji to meet at Shangyi, but Hu Ji did not come, resulting in Jiang Wei being defeated by the Wei general Deng Ai at Duangu, Jiang Wei was killed and wounded a lot, the people complained about Jiang Wei, and Longxi was restless. Jiang Wei then requested that he be demoted to a rear general and do great general duties.
In the sixth year of Jing Yao (263), Jiang Wei heard that Zhong Hui would rule Guanzhong, and Liu Chan sent Zhang Yi and Liao Hua to guard Yang'an Pass and Yinping Bridge respectively to prevent trouble. However, Huang Hao told Liu Chan that the enemy army would not come, and the Shu Han Qunchen did not know about it. In the Battle of Wei and Shu, although Jiang Wei blocked Zhong Hui, Deng Ai smuggled his troops from Jinggu Road to Mianzhu, broke Zhuge Zhan, liu chan surrendered Kaesong, and ordered Jiang Wei to surrender. Jiang Wei's sergeant each drew his sword and slashed a stone to vent his anger, but there was nothing he could do, Jiang Wei led his army to surrender to Zhong Hui. After Jiang Wei surrendered to Zhong Hui, he knew that Zhong Hui would have the intention of rebellion, so he persuaded Zhong Hui to try to kill the Wei general, Zhong Hui on the one hand framed Deng Ai, on the other hand, prepared to rebel, but the matter was revealed, Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui and shu general Zhang Yi were all killed, and Deng Ai was also killed by Tian Xu.
4. Zhuge Zhan
Zhuge Zhan (227–263), courtesy name Siyuan, was a native of Yangdu County, Langya County (present-day Yinan County, Shandong Province). During the Three Kingdoms period, he was a chancellor of the Shu Han Dynasty and the son of Zhuge Liang, the chancellor of the Shu Han Dynasty. In the fourth year of Jing Yao (261), Zhuge Zhan served as the acting capital protector and the general of Wei, and together with the auxiliary general Dong Jie , he took charge of the affairs of Shangshutai , that is, he took charge of the government of Shu Han. However, at that time, the eunuch Huang Hao was in power, and the ministers of the DPRK and The Chinese ministers all accommodated and sheltered him, and no one came out to correct this drawback. As a Wei general of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Zhan had no battlefield experience, which was the main reason why he eventually lost to Deng Ai.
In the winter of the sixth year of Jing Yao/Yanxing (263), the Wei general Deng Aiqi attacked Yinping (present-day Wen County, Gansu) and attacked from Jinggu Province, and Zhuge Zhan led Shangshu Zhang Zun (Zhang Fei's grandson), Shangshu Lang Huang Chong (Huang Quan's son), and Yulin's right governor Li Qiu (Li Hui's nephew) to lead an army to resist, but Zhuge Zhan did not advance after reaching Fu County. Faced with this situation, Shang Shulang Huang Chong repeatedly advised him to quickly seize the dangerous terrain and not let the enemy enter the plain, Zhuge Zhan hesitated and did not adopt his opinion, and Huang Chong wept bitterly because of Zhuge Zhan's mistake.
Soon after, Deng Ai drove straight in, the Shu army forward was defeated, Zhuge Zhan retreated to Mianzhu, and Deng Ai sent a letter to lure Zhuge Zhan down: "If you are willing to surrender, I will definitely declare you the King of Lang Evil." Zhuge Zhan was furious, beheaded Deng Ai's emissaries, and led his army into battle. In this battle, Zhuge Zhan was defeated and killed. After defeating Zhuge Zhan, Deng Ai's army successfully attacked the Shu Han capital Chengdu, forcing the Later Lord Liu Chan to give up resistance. Therefore, from this point of view, the two Wei generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, namely Jiang Wei and Zhuge Zhan, both needed to bear unshirkable responsibility for the demise of the Shu state. What do you think about that?