Even later, although Wei Yan fought everywhere for Shu Han, he never got Zhuge Liang's trust. After Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan really rebelled and was beheaded by Ma Dai arranged by Zhuge Liang before his death. Seeing this, we can't help asking, is Wei Yan really a born traitor in history? Let's see what kind of person Wei Yan is from the perspective of official history!
Wei Yan-stills
In real history, on the eve of Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan, Wei Caiyan also joined in. He is brave and extraordinary, and has repeatedly made meritorious military service after following Liu Bei. After Liu Bei completely occupied the land of Hanzhong, Wei Yan was named General Zhenyuan and Governor of Hanzhong by Liu Bei, who was responsible for guarding Shu Han, an important town in the throat. This shows that Liu Bei valued Wei Yan.
It is worth mentioning that in Liu Bei's military commander camp at that time, apart from Guan Yu, Wei Yan was the only general who could be independent. What's more, Guan Yu also lost Jingzhou, and the land of Hanzhong is as good as ever under the control of Wei Yan.
Then the question is, since Wei Yan's ability is so strong, even stronger than that of Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others, why did he suffer a catastrophe after Zhuge Liang's death? Is it really Wei Yan who wants to rebel? Of course not. In fact, the reason why Zhuge Liang wanted to kill Wei Yan was mainly due to the personnel structure of Han Shu regime.
In the novel, we can see that Zhuge Liang is a clever "strategist", and he can basically win by surprise in the battles he commands. But in fact, Zhuge Liang in history was not good at fighting, but good at logistics management. In the following six northern expeditions, we can see that in fact, these six northern expeditions have not achieved any substantive results. Of course, this is also related to the national strength of Shu. But in a word, it is a failure!
The most important point is that during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, many generals in the Shu-Han military commanders' camp were basically dead, and Wei Yan was the only general who could get shot at that time. It can be said that he was the second person besides Zhuge Liang in the Shu-Han army at that time. But it is under such a special relationship that the relationship between them has gradually changed.
Wei Yan-stills
As we all know, Zhuge Liang has two typical characteristics: first, he is cautious and does things steadily; Second, in terms of employing people, I only like to use people I am familiar with.
First of all, as far as caution is concerned, during the first Northern Expedition, Wei Yan suggested to Zhuge Liang that he personally led an Indiana Jones from the Meridian Valley to Chang 'an, the rear area of Cao Wei, which had a better chance of winning. However, this suggestion was immediately rejected by Zhuge Liang. Later, Zhuge Liang appointed Ma Su, whom he trusted most, and urged him to be a pioneer and let him guard the street pavilion. And the final result is-"Masu Lost Street Pavilion". Jieting is a strategic place for the Shu army. When it was lost, the first Northern Expedition came to an end!
In 234 AD, Zhuge Liang launched the sixth Northern Expedition, which will be his last one. However, this time Zhuge Liang asked Wei Yan to be the pioneer, but according to Zhuge Liang's intention, he set up a forward base area first, and then chose to attack after ensuring logistics supply.
Although there is some truth in what Zhuge Liang said, it is absolutely humbled for Wei Yan, because after listening to Zhuge Liang's words, he could not give full play to his specialty of being good at attacking and boldly using troops. So from time to time, I show my dissatisfaction with Zhuge Liang. But there is no way. Zhuge Liang is the boss of the Shu-Han army. Besides, there is no way to change it, so he can only hold it back.
Masu-stills
In August of the same year, the army of Shu and Han reached Wuzhangyuan. At this time, the armies of Wei and Shu confronted each other across the Weihe River. It was here that Zhuge Liang, who was hands-on, finally fell ill. He felt that he was dying, so he called the generals of the Shu and Han armies to hold the highest military meeting to discuss the arrangements after his death.
Embarrassed, Wei Yan, the "second-in-command" of the Shu-Han army, was not called to the highest military meeting where Zhuge Liang started the war. Attending the meeting are all close friends of Zhuge Liang, such as Yang Yi, Jiang Wan and others. Of course, there is also a newcomer Jiang Wei whom Zhuge Liang trusts very much, but there is no Wei Yan.
After Zhuge Liang's death, the army of Shu Han was commanded by Yang Yi, and Wei Yan's task was to break through. On his deathbed, Zhuge Liang also stressed that if Wei Yan disobeys orders, you don't have to wait for him, just let others go.
Zhuge Liang-stills
Wei Yan was very angry when he learned about it. He refused to let Yang Yi withdraw. The reason given by Wei Yan is that we have finally arrived and are now withdrawing troops. Isn't that halfway? Besides, I'm sorry for the legacy of the Prime Minister!
At this time, Yang Yi naturally labeled Wei Yan as a rebel, saying that he was up to no good and wanted to rebel. Wei Yan had no choice but to flee to Hanzhong, but was killed by Ma Dai who caught up with him. Wei Yan, as a famous soldier of Shu Han, was wronged and died. Many people say that Wei Yan really wants to rebel, but Wei Yan really wants to rebel and will not wait until now. In the previous Northern Expedition, Wei Yan actually had many opportunities.
Ma Dai-stills
Generally speaking, Wei Yan was killed mainly because Zhuge Liang himself was not interested in him. Zhuge Liang didn't pay attention to Wei Yan because he was wary of him everywhere, because Zhuge Liang himself didn't want to use people outside Jingzhou's old headquarters or people outside Zhuge Liang's trust.
In addition, Zhuge Liang Ming knew that the relationship between Yang Yi and Wei Yan was tense and wanted Yang Yi to be the commander-in-chief of the Shu army before his death. Isn't this equivalent to letting two angered bulls go and let them fight freely? Therefore, Wei Yan's death is really wronged!