Wang Mai 王買

In the autumn of the 4th year of Jingyuan (263), Wei issued an edict having Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu each command more than 30,000 men from the various armies: Deng Ai was to advance on Gansong and Tazhong to pin down Jiang Wei, and Zhuge Xu was to advance on Wujie and Qiaotou to cut off Jiang Wei's road home. Zhong Hui, at the head of a host of more than 100,000, entered by separate routes through the Xie Valley and the Luo Valley. Records, Wei 28 §102–103

Wishing to take sole control of the army, Zhong Hui secretly reported that Zhuge Xu was fearful and would not advance, so that Zhuge Xu was summoned back in a cage cart, and Zhong Hui took command of all his troops. Zhong Hui attacked Jiange but could not take it and withdrew, while Deng Ai reached Mianzhu and beheaded Zhuge Zhan. Hearing that Zhuge Zhan had been defeated, Jiang Wei and the others led their host east into Ba, and Zhong Hui advanced to Fu County and sent Hu Lie, Tian Xu, Pang Hui and others in pursuit of Jiang Wei. Records, Wei 28 §114

When Deng Ai advanced on Chengdu, Liu Shan surrendered to Deng Ai and sent envoys ordering Jiang Wei and the others to surrender to Zhong Hui. Jiang Wei, on reaching Qi County in Guanghan Commandery, had his soldiers lay down all their weapons, sent his tally and passes to Hu Lie, and then went by the eastern road to Zhong Hui and surrendered. Records, Wei 28 §115

Zhong Hui submitted a report stating the following. When Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, Liao Hua, Dong Jue and the others fled to escape death and tried to make for Chengdu, he sent the Major Xiahou Xian, the Army Protector Hu Lie and others by way of Jiange out to Xindu and Dadu to cut off their path, had the Army Adviser Yuan Jing, General Gou An and others follow on their heels, and had the Army Adviser Huangfu Kai, General Wang Mai and others go out south of Fu County to strike at their middle, while he himself held Fu County as a support for the forces to the east and west. Records, Wei 28 §115

Zhong Hui went on to report that the 40,000 or 50,000 foot and horse led by Jiang Wei and the others had headed west, head and tail linked over several hundred li, but that he had Xiahou Xian, Huangfu Kai and others divide their forces and seize the strategic points, converging from all four sides, so that the enemy had no ground to flee or hide in; and that when he wrote letters in his own hand showing them a way to survive, they took off their armor, threw down their spears, bound their own hands behind them and gave themselves up. This report is the only place in Chen Shou's main text where Wang Mai's name appears, and his courtesy name, his origins and what became of him afterward are not recorded. Records, Wei 28 §116–117 · 115