This incident soon spread to Shu. At this time, Jiang Wei was on the front line of Chang'an and quickly got the news. He heard that Sima Zhao had killed Cao Mao and appointed Cao Huan. He was very happy and said, "Now I will go to attack Wei." The country has a name again." So he sent a letter to the State of Wu, asking the State of Wu to also use this crime, that is, Sima Zhao killed the lord of the Wei State, which was the crime of killing the king. At the same time, he also sent someone to report the crime to Yu Chengdu. Yi reported that 150,000 troops had been raised this time, and many resources were put on the carts. He sent Liao Hua and Zhang Yi as vanguards to attack Weinan and Jingyang respectively, and the two groups of troops moved towards Luoyang to surround them.
At that time, Deng Ai was training soldiers and horses in the Weinan camp. When he heard that the Shu army was attacking in three directions, he gathered everyone to discuss it. Wang Guan, who joined the army, said: "I have an idea that I can't express directly, so I wrote it down here. I hope it can be submitted. Show it to the general."
Deng Ai took it to look at it and laughed and said, "This strategy is very clever. I'm afraid it won't be hidden from Jiang Wei."
Wang Guan consoled him, "Don't worry, general. I'm willing to give up my life and complete the mission myself."
He replied: "You are very determined in your ambition. I think you will succeed." So he was assigned 5,000 troops and horses.
Wang Guan led his soldiers and horses all the way out of the Weinan camp. He happened to meet the soldiers and horses of the Shu army who came to explore the road. He shouted: "I am the surrendered soldiers of the Wei State. I can report this situation to your commander."
The outpost told Jiang Wei about the situation, and he asked his soldiers and horses to stop other Wei soldiers and only let the leader come to see him. Wang Guan knelt on the ground and cried: "I am Wang Guan, Wang Jing's nephew. I saw him recently. Sima Zhao killed the monarch and wiped out all my uncle's family. I hated him so much. Fortunately, the general came to investigate the crime. I am willing to surrender with my five thousand soldiers and horses. I hope that I can obey the dispatch and wipe out the evil women. My uncle takes revenge."
Jiang Wei was very happy after hearing this and said to Wang Guan: "Since you surrender sincerely, why can't I be sincere to you? What our army is worried about is just the transportation of food. Now there are thousands of cars and the food is all in Chang'an. , you can transport it to the front line so that I can attack the Weinan camp."
Wang Guan was very happy after hearing this. After all, the task of transporting grain was still very critical. He thought Jiang Wei had fallen into the trap, so he happily accepted the task.
Jiang Wei smiled and said: "Since we are transporting grain, there is no need to bring five thousand people. Three thousand are enough. The other two thousand will serve as sentries to attack the Weinan camp."
Wang Guan was afraid that if time went by, Jiang Wei would become confused and ask more questions, which would lead to the revelation of the matter, so he left with three thousand soldiers and horses without looking back. Jiang Wei asked Fu Qian and two thousand Wei soldiers and horses to be at his disposal at any time. .
At this time, a soldier reported that Xiahou Ba had arrived. Xiahou Ba asked: "How could the governor listen to Wang Guan's words? When I was in Wei State, although I didn't know the details of this person, I had heard about him. Wang Guan is Wang Jing's business. There must be fraud in this, I hope the general will notice it clearly."
Seeing Xiahou Ba's nervous look, Jiang Wei couldn't help laughing and said, "I have determined that Wang Guan is pretending to surrender, so I divided the five thousand soldiers and horses he brought with him in order to use his plan."
Xiahou Ba was very surprised after hearing this and asked, "How could the Governor know?"
He replied: "Sima Zhao is as cunning as Cao Cao. Since he killed Wang Jing and destroyed three tribes, how could he let his enemy's nephew lead troops around Luoyang? So he knew it was a false surrender. Your suggestion is the same as mine. ." So Jiang Wei stopped his plan to move forward and sent people to ambush on the roadside, hoping to find evidence that Wang Guan was collaborating with the enemy.
A few days later, the soldiers sent by Wang Guan to report the information were indeed captured. They also brought a letter to Deng Ai. Jiang Wei asked for the details. On August 20, as agreed in the book, grain was delivered from the trail to the Weinan camp. , and asked Deng Ai to send troops and horses nearby to meet him. Jiang Wei immediately killed the person who sent the message after reading it. He also changed the meaning in the book and changed the time to August 15th, where he made an appointment with Deng Ai's army to camp in Weinan. At the same time, he sent someone dressed as a liaison officer of the Wei army to deliver the message to the Wei army camp. He also sent someone to empty out all the grain in the existing transport vehicles, replaced it with something easy to burn, covered it with cloth, and sent Fu Fu Qian took two thousand Wei troops who had surrendered, and under the pretext of transporting grain and grass, Jiang Wei and Xiahou Ba each took a thousand men and horses to ambush in the valley, allowing Jiang Shu to leave Chang'an, and Liao Hua and Zhang Yi came from different places. Attack Weinan.
Besides, Deng Ai was very happy to receive Wang Guan's letter. He quickly sent someone to write a reply and report that on August 15th, Deng Ai would lead 5,000 elite troops to wait near the Weinan camp. He saw many soldiers from a distance. Shu soldiers were transporting grain vehicles, one after another, moving forward slowly.
After getting closer, Deng Ai looked again and found that the soldiers who came were all dressed as surrendered Wei troops, and he was very happy.
Zuoyouhui reported: "It's getting dark now, so we can quickly get Wang Guan over."
Deng Ai said: "The terrain in front is not good, and there are mountain roads blocking it. If there are Shu troops and horses around, it will be difficult for us to retreat. We can only wait here."
While they were talking, two cavalrymen suddenly arrived and reported: "General Wang has crossed the border to transport grain and grass, and there seems to be a Shu army chasing behind him. I hope to respond as soon as possible." Deng Ai was very surprised after hearing this and sent his troops forward.
At the first watch of the hour, the moon looked like daytime. Deng Ai only heard shouts from behind the mountain and thought it was Wang Guan who was leading his soldiers to fight with the Shu army. When he came to the back of the mountain, a group of people appeared behind the woods, and the leader was none other than Shu. Fu Qian, the general of the army, rode up and shouted: "Deng Aipifu! You have fallen into the trap of our governor, why don't you dismount and surrender earlier!"
Deng Ai was very surprised. He turned back and left, only to find that the fire in the car started to burn. The fire turned out to be the agreed signal. The Shu army came out twice and killed the Wei army in all directions. He only heard people shouting from the mountain: "Can we Anyone who catches Deng Ai will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households."
Deng Ai had no choice but to abandon his helmet and armor, walk with the ordinary soldiers, lose his horse, and climb the mountain to escape with the ordinary soldiers.
Jiang Wei and Xiahou Ba could only go to the general on horseback to find Deng Ai. Unexpectedly, Deng Ai had already escaped. Jiang Wei led the victorious troops and horses to meet Wang Guan's grain cart. Besides, Wang Guan secretly made an agreement with Deng Ai to prepare the vehicles for transporting grain and grass first, and then start trouble from them.
Suddenly, someone close to him came to report that the matter had been leaked. General Deng Ai was killed and defeated, and his life was unknown.
Wang Guan was very surprised and sent people to investigate again. Suddenly soldiers came to report that all three groups of soldiers and horses had been killed. Suddenly he saw dust flying behind him and there were no roads in all directions. Wang Guan ordered to set fire to the existing grain. All the vehicles were burned down, and soon the fire started. Wang Guan shouted: "The matter has become urgent, we can only fight to the death!" So he led his soldiers and horses to the west and killed them. Jiang Wei chased him three ways behind him. Wei thought that Wang Guan would find a way to fight back if he was anxious, but he didn't expect that Wang Guan would actually fight in the direction of Chang'an.
Wang Guan knew that he had few troops and was afraid of pursuers, so he burned all the food passages from Chang'an to the front line. Jiang Wei was afraid of disturbing Yuyi and putting Chang'an in danger, so he did not pursue Deng Ai and went to the side overnight. Find a small road to chase Wang Guan.
