Zhuge Liang captured Meng at the Seventh And pacified the southern region of the Shu state. At this time, The former Xiaozuo in Luoyang sent information. The above-mentioned Wei emperor Cao Pi fell ill and died, and his son Cao Rui took the throne, and Sima Yi submitted to Cao Rui and asked him to train soldiers and horses in Yongzhou and Liangzhou for Emperor Wei, and to guard Yongliang.
Zhuge Liang was astonished to hear this, he was well aware of Sima Yi's military talents, and if this person was reused by The Wei Emperor Cao Rui, he would certainly bring greater difficulties to his unification plan. Therefore, at the suggestion of the military staff Ma Chen, a counter-plan was implemented, Cao Ruizhong was calculated, and Sima Yi was deposed.
Zhuge Liang thought that the opportunity had come, and immediately played the famous "Table of Teachers" to the Shu Emperor Liu Chan. He personally led an army of 300,000 and ordered Zhao Yun and Deng Ai to lead a vanguard army to attack the State of Wei.
Zhuge Liang was after the more than 200,000 Wei troops led by the Wei general Xiahou Shu . He also sent people to impersonate Xiahou Shu's general Pei Xu, and successively outwitted the three counties of Anding, Nan'an, and Tianshui.
In Tianshui County, Zhuge Liang's strategy was discovered by the Wei general Jiang Wei, and the plan was put in place, and the Shu army was ambushed and defeated. After Zhuge Liang heard that Jiang Wei had seen through his own plan, and after listening to the detailed inquiry and getting Jiang Wei's intelligence, he immediately became fond of talent. Zhuge Liang's divisive tactics succeeded in making The Taishou Mazun of Tianshui Commandery suspicious of Jiang Wei, and then led an army to besiege Jiang Wei, who became resentful of the State of Wei and surrendered to the Shu army.
After Zhuge Liang subdued Jiang Wei, he accepted him as his student and taught Jiang Wei all he had learned in his life. From then on, Jiang Wei was full of gratitude to Zhuge Liang and determined to be loyal to the Shu kingdom.
During Zhuge Liang's reign (Shu Cheng Xiang), a total of six times before and after the army went out to Qishan to attack the State of Wei, but unfortunately they were not successful. The last time The two armies of Wei and Sima Yi fought, sima Yi could not hold out. The Shu army garrisoned in Wuzhangyuan, and due to the long years of conquest, Zhuge Liang had to be personally involved in things, and he became ill with overwork and died of illness in Wuzhangyuan. Du Fu praised in the poem: "Before he was born, he died before he was born, and the hero was filled with tears." ”
Before his death, Zhuge Liang gave Jiang Wei the twenty-four thousand and one hundred and twelve words of his book, which contained the eight precepts, the six fears, and the five fears, and gave Jiang Wei the manufacture and use of "crossbow arrows".
And when Liu Chan heard the news, he hurriedly sent envoys to offer condolences to the opportunity: "I am unfortunate to be lost in the middle of the way, to waste the major affairs of the country, and to offend the world." After my death, I proclaimed my allegiance to the Lord. The old system of the state cannot be changed, and those I use must not be abolished lightly. All the martial arts of wu were taught to Jiang Wei. He is able to carry on my ambition and contribute to the country. My destiny is already on the eve, and immediately there is a posthumous watch to play the Son of Heaven also. ″
So why did Zhuge Liang insist on handing over the military power of the Shu state to the Wei general Jiang Wei instead of handing over to one of the former Shu generals Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Ma Dai, and other generals? Why did Liu Chan, the Lord of the Shu Dynasty, believe in Jiang Wei so much?
In fact, Zhuge Liang's transfer of the military power of the Shu state to Jiang Wei was deliberate. First of all, Jiang Wei was a military talent he had recruited from the State of Wei, and his connections in the State of Shu were not so deep, so there was bound to be no basis for supporting the army to stand on his own feet and add his body to the yellow robe. After Jiang Wei surrendered himself, he poured his heart into Jiang Wei, and Jiang Wei must contain gratitude and would not rebel.
After Jiang Wei gained military power, among the former veteran generals of the Shu Kingdom, there were bound to be many people who disobeyed Jiang Wei, and after Jiang Wei received the military power, only by quickly moving closer to Liu Chan, the lord of the Shu Dynasty, in order to show loyalty and gain Liu Chan's support, could he balance the disobedience of the old generals of the Shu army and thus stabilize his position in the army. And if the veteran general Wei Yan and others in Shuzhong have military power, coupled with their own personal resources in Shuzhong, it is very likely to rebel and enter the yellow robe. It turns out that Zhuge Liang's choice was quite correct.
Zhuge Liang had made a famous "Longzhong Policy" with Liu Bei before he left the mountain, and after decades of hard work, he had basically realized the political strategic intention of the "Longzhong Strategy". After his death, he naturally hoped that there would be a capable person who would continue to act according to his strategic intentions, thus ensuring the stability of the Shu kingdom. Once the State of Wei changes and the timing is favorable, it will then carry out a grand plan to cut down Wei and plot against the Central Plains to achieve national reunification.
Moreover, Jiang Wei was the Tianshui of the place where shu and Wei must contend, and he was quite familiar with the terrain there, and he always had the advantages of heaven, place, and people in the art of war, so as to stand in an invincible position in the war. Moreover, Jiang Wei was born in the Tianshui County family, where he also had certain connections and popular foundations, and after occupying this strategically contested place, he could quickly win the hearts and minds of the people and maintain the existence of the Shu state regime.
The Shu Emperor Liu Chan was certain to support Jiang Wei's ascension to the throne. Jiang Wei was an outsider, let him lead the military power, he can only be loyal to himself (Liu Chan) to ensure his position in the army, otherwise if Liu Chan suspects that Jiang Wei has different intentions, using the xenophobic heart of the old ministers in Shuzhong, Jiang Wei will soon die at the hands of Liu Chan.
The historical proof is indeed so, and after Jiang Wei received military power, his loyalty to Liu Chan reached the extreme. Although he had failed in the nine consecutive attacks on the Central Plains, he never had any intention of rebellion, and even under the exclusion and suppression of Liu Chan's trusted eunuchs, he only chose to find a remote area to avoid trouble.
After Deng Ai led the Qi soldiers to take the Sword Pavilion, they killed all the way to Chengdu, and Liu Chan surrendered without holding out for long. Jiang Wei, who was on the front line of the garrison, was furious. Subsequently, Jiang Wei used a divisive strategy to deceive Zhong Hui, in an attempt to take a chestnut in the fire between Zhong Hui and Deng Ai, and restore the Shu kingdom. Unfortunately, the plan failed, and Jiang Wei shouted from the sky in the chaotic army: "If my plan is not successful, it is the destiny of heaven." "Then he drew his knife and killed himself."