Speaking of the destruction of the Shu Han Dynasty, the first credit should be Deng Ai, so in later generations, Deng Ai's status was no less than Guan Yu, Zhou Yu and Lu Xun and others, and together with them, he ranked among the sixty-four generals in ancient times, and was also one of the seventy-two generals.
Although he is a famous general of the Wei State, Deng Ai is from a real poor family, and it is said that he has a stutter, and in the early days, he was just a junior civil servant, and he went to Tuntuntian to open up the wasteland if he had nothing to do.
I worked like this for almost 20 years, until I met Sima Yi to inspect the work and found that this kid was a talent, so he took it with him, but Sima Yi appreciated him not because of the military, but because of agriculture and water conservancy.
Sima Yi thinks that this is the foundation of rejuvenating the country, and it happens that Deng Ai is also good at it, and he can also give a lot of opinions and suggestions, so the two chatted together, and Sima Yi also gave Deng Ai room to exert his ability.
It can be said that Wei has always maintained its strongest strength in the pattern of the Three Kingdoms, which is inseparable from Deng Aixing's policy of repairing agricultural water conservancy and storing grain in Tuntian.
Under the cultivation and care of Sima Yi, Deng Ai first engaged in agriculture, and then jumped to the army, all the way from an officer to a assassin and a general, and soon became a feudal official with real power.
Of course, it's one thing to have someone above, you have to fight for it yourself, otherwise how to block the mouth of Youyou, fortunately, in the Guanlong area, Deng Ai has experienced a lot of wars and has also made a lot of achievements.
Therefore, Sima Yi can be promoted by the way, so Deng Ai's promotion does not depend entirely on brushing his face, but on his real personal ability, but Sima Yi can still be regarded as a grace and reinvention for Deng Ai.
After all, when Sima Yi found him, Deng Ai was already forty or fifty years old, so Deng Ai, like Huang Zhong, is a typical representative of a late bloomer.
As for the battle to destroy Shu, it was purely an accident, why?Because at that time, the Sima family had already initiated the Gao Pingling Rebellion and was gradually replacing the Cao family's regime.
Originally, after Sima Yi's death, it was Sima Shi who was in charge, and his ability was no worse than Sima Yi, and he successfully let the Sima family survive the most dangerous period smoothly.
It's a pity that Sima Shi died of illness after quelling the second rebellion in Huainan, and it was Sima Zhao's turn to appear.
However, Sima Zhao was incapable, Sima Shi once asked him to fight Dongwu, the purpose was to brush up on military merits, but not to mention the failure, Sima Zhao did not dare to take responsibility, which greatly damaged the prestige of the Sima family.
The second is to kill the emperor on the street, although he killed a substitute ghost afterwards, but the impact of this incident is still very bad, so it is basically impossible for Sima Zhao to usurp the throne, so in order to brush up his reputation, Sima Zhao is ready to send troops to Shu Han, but he didn't expect to have many big results, thinking that he could take Hanzhong and thank God.
This can be seen from the strength of the army, Wei only sent a total of 100,000 troops, and Deng Ai only divided 30,000 troopsI want to laugh when I say it.
And Zhong Hui is still Sima Zhao's descendant, even if there is really such a good thing of dropping pies, it can't hit Deng Ai's head, so Deng Ai is actually separated from Zhuge Xu Bing, and he assists Zhong Hui as a flank.
Originally, after taking Hanzhong, Zhong Hui was ready to go home, after all, the task had been completed, and how could Shu be so easy to attack, and there was no point in continuing the stalemate.
Who knew that Deng Ai had an idea, that is, to make a detour from Yinping, go straight to Jiang Wei's rear, and then see Jiang Wei's reaction, this is the famous Yinping raid in history.
As for why it is famous, the main reason is that it is too difficult, everyone knows that Shu Road is difficult, not only to pass through a large area of no man's land, but also to involve logistics and supply lost and other issues, it can be said that if there is a little mistake, this army will be explained there.
So Jiang Wei didn't think about guarding this place at all, after all, it was so difficult, there were too many people to be unrealistic, and few people were not enough to make their own tooth sacrifices, Zhong Hui naturally knew this, but he didn't mind Deng Ai going to send people's heads, as a result, Deng Ai played a super god, chiseled mountains and opened roads, repaired trestle bridges, and unexpectedly arrived at Jiangyou.
Shu Han, who heard the news, was taken aback and hurriedly sent people over to intercept him, including the main general Zhuge Zhan, that is, Zhuge Liang's son, and Zhang Fei's grandson Zhang Zun and others.
At this time, Deng Ai's troops were less than 20,000 people left, and as a result, they were stubborn, they couldn't fight, and they retreated to Mianzhu, and finally all of them died in battle.
The battle of Mianzhu can be said to be the last battle of Wei to destroy Shu, with this defeat, the hearts of the people in Chengdu have been completely dispersed, so under the advice of Qian Zhou and others, Liu Chan surrendered to Deng Ai, and the Shu Han regime that was established for 43 years was declared extinct, ending the situation of the Three Kingdoms.
In this battle, Deng Ai expanded the results without authorization, won the first merit with only 2, laid the groundwork for the tragic end of the future, and completely broke with Zhonghui.
Subsequently, Deng Ai was awarded the title of Tai Lieutenant and became the commander-in-chief of Cao Wei by virtue of his great contribution to destroying Shu, reaching the peak of his life, and then Deng Ai began to float.
Not only did he appoint officials in the name of the Son of Heaven without authorization, such as Liu Chan, who was named a hussar general by him, but he was not ready to go back, and wanted to continue to destroy Eastern Wu, saying that "the generals will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected".
This can make Sima Zhao angry, you are learning from me, and you are even more arrogant than me, plus there is a bell in the middle to add fuel to the fire, so Sima Zhao arrested Deng Ai and his son on the grounds of being proud of his achievements, arbitrarily disobeying commands, and losing his integrity.
However, a funny scene appeared, I don't know if Deng Ai would rebel, but Zhong Hui reversed first after getting all the troops, but unfortunately it failed quickly, and Deng Ai's father and son were still in the prisoner car at this time.
So the failed Zhong Hui took the lead and killed Deng Ai's father and son, and it was not until many years later that Deng Ai was rehabilitated by the imperial court and praised him for his loyalty and integrity.
However, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Chen Shou still combined Deng Ai with Zhuge Dan, Zhong Hui and other anti-ministers into one biography, the difference is that in addition to Deng Ai, several other people really raised troops to rebel, and I don't know whether to say that Deng Ai was wronged.