Wang Jing

Wang Jing

Wang Jing? Yanwei, born in Qinghe County, Jizhou, was a minister of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period. There is no biography of the Three Kingdoms.

Wang Jing was born as a farmer and was promoted to an official position because he was appreciated by his fellow countryman Cui Lin. His mother said that it would be unlucky for him to get ahead too soon, but he made a smooth progress and successively served as governor of Jiangxia and governor of Yongzhou. In the second year of Zhengyuan (255), when Jiang Wei, a general of Shu, invaded Longxi County, he led his army out of didaocheng to meet the Shu army, but he was defeated. Surrounded by the city, in a desperate situation. Thanks to the help of General Chen Tai and Deng AI, Jiang Wei was defeated with joint efforts. After that, he was recalled by the court. Soon after that, he moved to Sili Xiaowei and Shangshu.

In 260, Emperor Cao Mao summoned Wang Shen, Wang Jing and Wang Ye to propose a plan to attack Sima Zhao. Wang Jing advised, but Cao Mao did not listen; Wang Shen and Wang Ye told Sima Zhao, but Wang Jing did not. After Sima Zhao killed his monarch, Wang Jing was arrested and executed together with his mother for not reporting to him.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Wang Jing is a native of Qinghe, Jizhou (now Southeast of Qinghe, Hebei). Both Wang Jing and Xu Yun are well-known scholars in Jizhou. They are farmers. Wang Jing was promoted to be an official because he was appreciated by his fellow countryman Cui Lin. At first, he was appointed as a sheriff. His mother said to him, "you are a farmer's son. Today, you are an official of two thousand stones. It's too much. It's not lucky. You can stop here." The king did not listen.

During the Zhengshi period, general Cao Shuang asked Wang Jing to take 20 pieces of cloth and silk with him to trade in the state of Wu. Wang Jing did not open it, so he abandoned his official and returned home. When his mother asked him why he had returned to his hometown, Wang Jing told him the truth. Wang Jing's mother thought that Wang Jing was in charge of the army, but she left without permission. She sent him to Yousi and blamed him for 50 years. After hearing about this, Cao Shuang did not blame Wang Jing any more.

The defeat of Taohe River

In July of the second year of Zhengyuan (255), Jiang Wei, a general of Shu, decided to take advantage of the new death of Sima Shi, the great general of Wei, and his younger brother Sima Zhao's control over the government of Wei, and his foundation was not stable. The scale of the invasion was one of the largest in Jiang Wei's previous northern expeditions, with tens of thousands of people, led by Xia Houba and Zhang Yi. In August, Jiang Weijun went to Wuhan and marched into Didao.

At that time, Wang Jing, the new governor of Yongzhou, immediately told his superior General Chen Tai that the Shu army launched an attack from Qishan, Shiying and Jincheng at the same time, and proposed to meet the enemy from these places. At the same time, he proposed to lead the enemy troops to Jincheng and Weishan. Chen Tai thought that the intelligence was unreliable, so it was unlikely that the Shu army would gather such a large army to deal with Wang Jing. However, the size of the Shu army was so large that Wei Shoujun was not enough to divide the troops. Once the Wei army of Liangzhou was transferred to other places for combat, the region was strange, so it could not be used as much as possible. Chen Tai therefore returned to Wang Jing, because the enemy should not be able to divide their forces and advance, they must further analyze Jiang Wei's trend, and the Wei army must gather its troops to gain complete numerical advantage. He ordered the king to enter tundi road to avoid meeting the enemy and wait for reinforcements. At the same time, Chen Tai personally led the army to Chencang.

In fact, Wang Jing had no military experience and seriously underestimated the Shu army. He mistakenly thought that the Shu army would be tired after a long journey. He had better not give it a chance to recuperate and take advantage of the early commander to defeat it. Wang Jing was confident that he could win because his army had a number advantage, the supply line of Shu army was too long, and his army was on the defensive without logistics problems. Therefore, Wang Jing ignored Chen Tai's order that he should stay at Didao, and instead led his army to venture out of Guguan in the upper reaches of Taohe River. Wang Jing planned to annihilate the Shu army, which he thought was demoralized because of fatigue and lack of supplies. In August, the two armies fought each other on the West Bank of the Taohe River, and the Wei army suffered a tragic defeat: more than ten thousand soldiers drowned in the Taohe river when they fled, most of Wang Jing's troops disappeared, and tens of thousands of people died. Wang Jing had to lead more than ten thousand remnant troops to cross the Taohe River, withdraw to Didao on the south bank, and reorganize under the protection of the city wall. This battle on the West Bank of Taohe River (also known as the battle of Taoxi), also known as the battle of Guguan,

After the victory of the first battle, Zhang Yi accurately realized the supply problem faced by the Shu army and suggested that Jiang Wei withdraw. Jiang Wei wants to take advantage of the victory to occupy Di Dao. He angrily vetoes Zhang Yi's suggestion and encircles Di Dao. The news of Wang Jing's going out to fight Jiang Wei is known by Chen Tai. Chen Tai immediately accurately foresees that the Wei army will be defeated. He orders cavalry to rush for help and leads infantry to follow. At the same time, Wei Ting was in a hurry and asked for reinforcements. When the news of the defeat spread to Luoyang, the capital of Wei, the imperial court worried that Chen Tai could not save the situation alone. Deng AI, the new captain of Changshui school in Luoyang, was appointed as general Dai Anxi and was sent to help Chen Tai. As soon as Deng AI left Luoyang, Sima Zhao sent his uncle, Tai Wei, Sima Fu, to Guanzhong as a backup.

Stick to Didao

When Chen Tai led his troops to Shangying, the reinforcements led by Deng AI, Hu Fen and Wang Mi also arrived. During the military consultation, Deng AI pointed out that after Wang Jing's tragic defeat, which led to the annihilation of the elite in the area, the soldiers of Shu were extremely high and their morale was low. The reinforcements were hastily gathered after the defeat, so it was difficult to win the enemy at that time. Therefore, it is wise to sacrifice some local interests to save the overall interests. It is better to let Wang Jing defend himself and launch a counter attack when the Shu army is tired and slack. Everyone else agrees with Deng AI's proposal, but Chen Tai opposes it. Chen Tai reasoned that Jiang Wei had no supplies to deal with the long-term stalemate due to logistics problems, and the benefit was to make a quick decision. Once the Shu army ran out of food, its morale could not last. Everyone agreed with Chen Tai's idea.

Chen Tai then divided his troops into three routes to Longxi, bypassed Jiang Weijun, and rushed to the mountains southeast of didaocheng that night. Then he set off a bunch of beacon fires and ordered the soldiers to sing together. When the soldiers in Didao city saw that the rescuers had arrived, their morale was greatly boosted.

At the beginning, Jiang Weiqi thought that the officers who came to save his subordinates must gather all the troops before they could send out their troops. At this moment, when he heard that the Wei army had already been killed, he thought that there had been an unexpected change or that the enemy had planned, so the whole army was shocked and panicked. The Wei army's journey to Longxi was very dangerous. Chen Tai expected that the Shu army would set up an ambush on the way, so he disguised himself as a soldier from the South Road. Jiang Wei sent troops to ambush for three days. As a result, the Wei army marched secretly and finally escaped the ambush of the Shu army. Jiang Wei then led his troops around the mountain to chase them. After a fight between the two armies, Jiang Wei retreated and returned to the camp.

At this time, the Wei army of Liangzhou had arrived at woganban from Jinchengguan. Chen Tai and Wang Jing secretly agreed on a date and planned to attack the passage for Jiang Wei's troops to return. When Jiang Wei and others heard the news, they fled in a hurry, and the soldiers in Didao city were finally rescued. Wang Jing sighed: "the food supply is less than ten days, the attack direction is not right, and the whole city is almost destroyed." On the one hand, Chen Tai comforted the officers and soldiers, on the other hand, he dispatched troops to guard the dangerous pass, and speeded up the renovation of the fortress. Then he led his troops back and still stationed in Shangluo.

After the war, Wang Jing, as the cause of the initial defeat and subsequent destruction of the Wei army, was recalled to the capital for another appointment. The post of Yongzhou governor was filled by Deng AI and Zhuge Xu. After Wang Jing returned to Beijing, he successively served as the commander of Sili school and the minister, and was favored by Cao Mao, the emperor of Wei.

Righteousness does not sell

Seeing that his power was weakening day by day, Cao Mao felt extremely resentful. On the night of the sixth day of may in 260 A.D. (the fifth year of Ganlu), he ordered his redundant servants Li Zhao and Huang men's subordinate officer Jiao Bo to deploy Jiashi in lingyuntai, summoned Wang Jing, Wang Shen and Wang Ye, and said to them, "Sima Zhao's ambition is known to the pedestrians on the road. I can't wait for the disgrace of being deposed. Today I will personally go out with you to fight against him. "

Wang Jing said: "in ancient times, Duke Lu Zhao left because he couldn't stand Ji's dictatorship and failed to crusade. He lost his country and was ridiculed by people all over the world. Now power has been in Sima Zhao's hands for a long time, and it is not a day for the officials of the imperial court and the four sides to serve him regardless of the reason of disobedience. What's more, the guards in the palace are vacant and the troops are very weak. What does your majesty rely on? Once you do this, don't you want to get rid of the disease, but make it worse? I'm afraid it's difficult to predict the disaster, so we should study it again in detail. " Cao Mao then took out the yellow silk imperial edict from his arms and threw it on the ground, saying, "it's already decided. Even if he dies, there's nothing to be afraid of, let alone not necessarily die!" Then he went into the inner palace and told the Empress Dowager. Wang Shen and Wang Ye ran out to tell Sima Zhao that they wanted Wang Jing to go with them, but Wang Jing couldn't.

After that, Cao Mao was killed by Cheng Ji appointed by Jia Chong, a confidant of Sima Zhao. Wang Jing and his family were arrested and handed over to Tingwei for disposal because he didn't report to Sima Zhao. Wang Jing apologized to his mother. His mother's face remained unchanged. She replied with a smile, "who can not die, but I'm afraid that there is no place to die. Why should we all die together for this matter? " On the day of being killed, the official Xiangxiong wept bitterly for him, and his sadness moved the whole market.

After Sima Yan usurped Wei Jianjin, he issued an imperial edict, saying: "although the late Shangshu Wangjing was involved in criminal law, his adherence to his ambition is worthy of commendation. Now that his family has disappeared, I often feel pity and give the grandson of Wangjing as a doctor."

Character achievement

Wang Jing and Jiang Wei were defeated in Taoxi. But after that, he stuck to didaoduo and waited until Chen Tai's reinforcements arrived to avoid the total annihilation of the army.

Character evaluation

Sima Zhao: he was honest and unfaithful to me, so he was punished.

Sima Yan: it is commendable that Wang Jing, the book of history, kept his ambition though he was involved in the law.

Yuan Hong: Wang Lie's life is determined by his death. The pursuit of benevolence is not far away, and the hope lies in loyalty and filial piety.

Xue Ji: "if the synonym change force, the ancients in the request, then Jixin lie item to avoid the king, the king cut his neck to relieve the country."

Li Ye: if Shen and ye regard Xie Mou as a traitor, then the king will not let it out and believe that he is a loyal minister of Wei. Zhao was killed by hating the Scriptures, and the thief killed Wei's loyal ministers. If the husband's loyal ministers died of the thief, he died of the king's affairs. At that time, the kingdom of Wei was like a Diao, and the leader of Wei was like Wei Qiu. He was too busy to select the dead people. However, he did not write a biography of Dong Huzhi to persuade later generations

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