Conquest of Shu by Wei 魏滅蜀漢之戰

Because Jiang Wei repeatedly harassed the frontier, Sima Zhao judged that Shu was a small state with an exhausted people and wished to raise a great army; seeing that only Zhong Hui thought Shu could be attacked, he worked out the terrain together with him. In the winter of the 3rd year of Jingyuan (262) Zhong Hui was made General Who Guards the West and Commander of All Military Affairs in Guanzhong, and ships were built in various provinces as if to attack Wu. An edict of the 5th month of the 4th year (263) ordered Deng Ai to advance on Gansong and Tazhong to pin down Jiang Wei, the Inspector of Yong Province Zhuge Xu to attack him from front and rear together, and Zhong Hui to attack Shu by way of the Luo Valley. That autumn, by edict, Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu set out with over 30,000 men each, Zhuge Xu going to cut off Jiang Wei's way back, and Zhong Hui, with over 100,000, entered by the Xie Valley and the Luo Valley in separate columns, repairing the roads, and when a horse's hoof broke through a bridge he beheaded the General of the Standard Xu Yi. Records, Wei 28 §102–103Records, Wei 4 §124–125

Hearing that Zhong Hui was training troops in Guanzhong, Jiang Wei submitted a memorial proposing that Zhang Yi and Liao Hua be sent to guard the mouth of Yang'an Pass and the bridgehead at Yinping, but the eunuch Huang Hao, who trusted in spirits and shamans, said the enemy would not come and had the Later Ruler shelve the matter. Only when Zhong Hui was about to enter by the Luo Valley and Deng Ai by Tazhong were Liao Hua sent to Tazhong and Zhang Yi and Dong Jue to the mouth of Yang'an Pass. The Later Ruler changed the era name to Yanxing. Records, Shu 14 §43–44Records, Shu 3 §43

Shu had its various garrisons avoid battle and fall back to hold the two cities of Hancheng and Lecheng. Zhong Hui had Xun Kai besiege Hancheng and Li Fu besiege Lecheng, went out west by the Yang'an pass mouth, sent men to sacrifice at Zhuge Liang's tomb, and with Hu Lie and others in the lead broke the pass fort and obtained the grain in its storehouses. At the pass fort Jiang Shu opened the gates and came out to surrender, while Fu Qian fought and died. Zhong Hui attacked Lecheng but pressed on without taking it. Records, Wei 28 §104–105Records, Shu 14 §45

Jiang Wei at Tazhong, under attack by Wang Qi (王頎), Qian Hong and Yang Xin, sent by Deng Ai, withdrew on hearing that Zhong Hui had already entered Hanzhong. He was defeated by Yang Xin at Qiangchuankou, and when Zhuge Xu blocked the road, he entered the northern road from the Konghan Valley as if to come out behind Yong Province, making Zhuge Xu fall back thirty li, and then passed the bridgehead. At Yinping, hearing that the pass fort had fallen, he fell back to Baishui, joined Zhang Yi and Liao Hua, and held Jiange. Zhong Hui attacked Jiange but could not prevail, and since his grain transport was far extended, discussed going back. Records, Wei 28 §67–69 · 105Records, Shu 14 §45–46

Deng Ai reported that if he went from Yinping by a byway through the Deyang Pavilion of Han and came out at Fu (涪), he could stab the enemy in the belly at a point 100 li west of Jiange and some 300 li from Chengdu. Zhuge Xu declined his proposal to go together, saying it was not his original order, and joined Zhong Hui, but Zhong Hui secretly reported that Zhuge Xu was afraid and would not advance, had him recalled in a prisoner's cart, and took over his troops. In the 10th month Deng Ai went by the Yinping road through more than 700 li of uninhabited land, cutting through mountains and building bridges and plank roads, and he himself wrapped his body in a felt blanket and rolled down the slopes. When he reached Jiangyou (江由), the Shu garrison commander Ma Miao surrendered. Records, Wei 28 §69 · 71 · 113–114

Zhuge Zhan led his troops to Fu and stopped there, but when his vanguard was broken he fell back to Mianzhu and drew up his ranks. When Deng Ai sent a letter promising to have him made Prince of Langya if he surrendered, Zhuge Zhan beheaded the messenger. Deng Ai sent his son Deng Zhong and Shi Zuan out on the right and left, and when they came back saying the situation was unfavorable he was about to behead them; the two fought again and crushed the enemy. Zhuge Zhan died on the battlefield, and his eldest son Zhuge Shang and the Master of Writing Zhang Zun (張遵) and others died with him. Records, Shu 5 §60–61Records, Wei 28 §71–72

When Deng Ai came over Jiangyou (江由), Chengdu was thrown into great confusion, and the ministers' counsel was divided between fleeing to Wu and fleeing to Nanzhong. Qiao Zhou proposed surrendering to Wei, saying that no one had ever become Son of Heaven by relying on another state, and the Later Ruler followed his plan and had Zhang Shao (張紹), Qiao Zhou and Deng Liang carry the imperial seal and ribbons to ask for surrender. That day Liu Chen, Prince of Beidi, grieving at the fall of the state, killed his wife and children and then himself. When Deng Ai reached the north of the city, the Later Ruler came out to the camp gate bound, with a coffin carried along, and Deng Ai untied him, burned the coffin and, acting on imperial authority, made the Later Ruler General of Agile Cavalry. The Annals of the Three Young Emperors record that in this month Liu Shan, ruler of Shu, surrendered to Deng Ai and Ba and Shu were all pacified. Records, Shu 12 §67–69Records, Shu 3 §43 · 45–46Records, Wei 28 §73Records, Wei 4 §127

Hearing that Zhuge Zhan had been defeated, Jiang Wei and the others went east into Ba and advanced toward Guanghan and the Qi road to see how matters stood, but on receiving the Later Ruler's order they laid down their arms and surrendered to Zhong Hui at Fu. The officers and men were all so enraged that they drew their swords and hacked at the rocks. In the 12th month Wei made Deng Ai Grand Commandant and Zhong Hui Minister over the Masses. In the 1st month of the following year (264) Deng Ai was summoned in a prisoner's cart, and Zhong Hui rose in revolt at Chengdu and died. This was Zhong Hui's Rebellion. Records, Shu 14 §47Records, Wei 28 §114–115Records, Wei 4 §127–128