At the end of the Three Kingdoms Era, many famous generals of Wei, Shu and Wu passed away one after another, but there were also many military wizards who rose, and Deng Ai of Cao Wei was an outstanding general of the new generation, he was born poor, but he repeatedly made battle achievements in large and small battles, and became the first person to eliminate Shu Han.
However, Deng Ai, who had made a miraculous contribution, was eventually executed on charges of "treason", and ended up with a miserable ending. Is Deng Ai really rebellious? Or framed by a despicable villain? This article will take you back to the story of this legendary celebrity...
Deng Ai's origins were not good, his family was poor in childhood, he was dependent on his mother for his life, he suffered from stuttering, and he lived a difficult life and herded sheep for a living. When he grew up, he was recommended as an official, but because of the stuttering disorder, Deng Ai eventually only found a position as a rice field manager.
However, Deng Ai has always embraced the dream of conquering the battlefield and making meritorious achievements, every time he goes to mountains and lakes, he likes to measure and draw local terrain with his bare hands, and even study the art of war and simulate the situation on the battlefield.
After serving as a local official for more than ten years, once Deng Ai was ordered to go to the capital Luoyang, Sima Yi, who was in power at that time, saw the hero and saw the potential of Deng Ai, who would surely become a generation of famous generals in the future, so he took him under his command and vigorously promoted him.
In 204 AD, the State of Wei built a large number of construction projects and prepared to expand a large number of tuntian fields along the Huai River to provide the food needed for the war. Deng Ai, who had gone to inspect the progress, proposed to Sima Yi the TunTian strategy:
"Once broke the Yellow Turban, because tun tian, Ji Gu Yu Xu du to make four squares." Now that the three corners have been decided, the matter is in Huainan, and each large army is requisitioned, more than half of the troops are transported, and the merit is huge, thinking that it is a big battle. Between Chen and Cai, the soil is under the field liang, and the rice fields around Xuchang can be saved, and the water flows east. Twenty thousand people in Huaibei Tun and thirty thousand people in Huainan, twelve minutes of rest, often forty thousand people, and the field and guard. Shui Feng often collected three times as much as the west, counting the public expenses, and at the end of the year, five million Huo thought it was military funds. In six or seven years, 30 million can be accumulated on Huaishang, and this is a five-year food for 100,000 people. In this way, take advantage of Wu, and there is no way to go. ”
Deng Ai believed that the accumulation of grain in Tuntian was the basis for fighting wars, and if he could follow his dispatch to reclaim the land in the Huai River area, he could accumulate five years of grain for 100,000 soldiers and horses, and then conquest of other countries would be unfavorable. After Sima Yi's death, Deng Ai was still highly valued by the Sima family, serving as the Taishou of Runan, and the Assassin of Yanzhou, and under his leadership, the agricultural production of the State of Wei flourished.
Not only in agricultural production, Deng Ai was a rare military genius on the battlefield, he and the Shu Han general Jiang Wei clashed several times, and repeatedly let the Shu army from afar eat the closed door soup, just like "Jiang Weixing", and thus won the importance and trust of the Sima family.
In 263, Sima Yi's son Sima Zhao decided to attack Shu Han and sent several of his generals to attack in separate ways, and Deng Ai, the "Jiang Weixing", was again ordered to lead 30,000 people to duel against his old enemy, while other generals such as Zhong Hui and Zhuge Xu were responsible for attacking the Shu Han town of Hanzhong and cutting off Jiang Wei's route of defense.
In order to break through the battle line, Deng Ai proposed to Zhong Hui the strategy of "smuggling yinping", he personally selected elite troops, copied the trail from Yinping to march, they crossed the mountains and passed through many dangerous sections, and finally unexpectedly raided the rear of the Shu army. The defenders were shocked to see Deng Ai's troops, they never expected that the Wei army would suddenly emerge. Deng Ai seized the opportunity to quickly attack the city, first killing Zhuge Liang's descendant, Zhuge Zhan's father and son, at Mianzhu, and then attacking Chengdu, forcing the later lord Liu Chan to surrender, and stealing the first step in eliminating Shu Han.
Deng Ai, who had just defeated shu Han and made unprecedented feats, began to think very highly of himself, and without waiting for the orders of his boss Sima Zhao, he actually worshipped Liu Chan as a general on horseback without authorization, and also restored the position of Shu Han official and let them return to their old posts. Deng Ai also made a big fuss to the Shu Han civil and military officials: "You have today's treatment because of me, if you meet others, you will have perished a long time ago!" He added: "Jiang Wei of Shu Han is only a hero for a while, and when he encounters an opponent like me, it is no wonder that he will end his way." ”
The news soon reached the ears of his colleague Zhong Hui, who had a bad relationship in the past, and at this time there was a competitive relationship for battle merit, so Zhong Hui secretly made a small report to the boss Sima Zhao, alluding to Deng Ai's intention to rebel, deepening Sima Zhao's suspicions, so Deng Ai and his party were quickly arrested.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Hui, who denounced Deng Ai's rebellion, soon after, first joined forces with the old Shu army to rebel, and when the war was chaotic, Deng Aibu would want to rescue the lord, but it was too late, and Deng Ai and his son had been killed on the way to Chang'an.
The famous Cao Wei general Deng Ai not only showed his talents in agricultural production, but also a military wizard rarely seen in a hundred years, and he was deeply used by the Sima family, perhaps believing that he had fully won the trust of the Sima family, so after the destruction of the Shu Han, he regarded himself very highly, was good at making claims and did not care, and finally was framed and executed, which can only be blamed on his lack of political acumen.
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