After Cao Rui's death, Xiahou Xuan, Guo Huai, Chen Tai, Sima Wang, and Deng Ai served as generals on the western front of Wei, responsible for the war against Shu. In this article, we will introduce the first four, and Deng Ai will talk about them later.

【Xiahou Xuan】

Xiahou Xuan was hated by Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming and demoted to Yulin Jian because of his displeasure when he sat with Empress Mao's brother Mao Zeng earlier. After Cao Shuang took power, as the son of Cao Shuang's aunt, he was a close confidant of Cao Shuang, and was promoted to a free cavalry attendant and a middle guard. Sima Yi once talked to him about current affairs, and Xiahou Xuan proposed political systems such as "selecting judges and selecting people", "removing heavy officials", and "changing the uniform system", which were approved by Sima Yi.

Xiahou Xuanhou rose to prominence, served as the general of the expedition to the west, and was in charge of the military of Yongzhou and Liangzhou together with Guo Huai, Xiahou Ba and others, and once supervised the army to repel Jiang Wei. In the first five years (244), Xiahou Xuan and Cao Shuang fought together against Hanzhong in the Battle of Luogu, which was a great disappointment and ridiculed by the people of the time.

After the coup d'état of Gaopingling in the tenth year of Zhengshi (249), Xiahou Xuan was deprived of military rights and transferred back to Luoyang to serve as the Great Honglu, and soon migrated too often. At that time, Xiahou Ba persuaded him to surrender to Shu together, but Xiahou Xuan did not agree, and he was suppressed by the Sima family after returning to Luoyang, and he was very unhappy.

In the sixth year of Jiaping (254), Li Feng and Zhang Ji conspired to murder Sima Shi, and replaced him with Xiahou Xuan as a general, but they were discovered by Sima Shi, and Xiahou Xuan was killed.

As the first generation of generals to conquer the west after Cao Rui's death, Xiahou Xuan stayed in the west for almost ten years, but he did not have obvious achievements, but had the humiliation of the defeat of the Battle of Luogu.

【Guo Huai】

In the tenth year of Zhengshi (249), after Sima Yi came to power, he soon asked Guo Huai, who was close to him, to replace Xiahou Xuan as the general of the expedition to the west. Guo Huai was a famous general of the Wei Dynasty, he had already emerged in the west when Liu Bei sent troops to attack Xiahou Yuan in Hanzhong, and after Xiahou Yuan's death, Guo Huai and Du Xi gathered and scattered their pawns, and recommended Zhang He as the commander to stabilize the situation. After Liu Bei took the opportunity to attack, Guo Huai lured the enemy deep and tried to attack him halfway, but Liu Bei was suspicious, did not attack, and led his troops to retreat.

In the first year of Yankang (220), Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, and Guo Huai went to Beijing to congratulate, but he was late because he was sick on the road. Cao Pi feasted the ministers and reproached Guo Huai and said: "In the past, Dayu was in Tushan to meet the princes, and the wind came late, and he was killed. Now the whole world is celebrating, but you are late, why? Guo Huai replied: "I heard that the five emperors first used virtue to enlighten their subjects. In the later Xia period, the government declined, and only then did it begin to be punished. Now that I was born in the prime of Tang Yu, I knew that I would not be killed like Feng Feng. Cao Pi was very happy after hearing this, and promoted Guo Huai to the history of Yongzhou Assassin and sealed the Marquis of Yang Pavilion.

Guo Huai thus became one of the main responsible persons and generals of Wei on the Western Front, and stayed here for more than 20 years. Zhuge Liang made several Northern Expeditions, and Guo Huai basically participated in them. During the first Zhuge Liang Northern Expedition, Guo Huai led his troops to feint to attack Liucheng, repelled Gao Shen, and added General Jianwei to Tang Fan, a Qiang man in Caohan; During Zhuge Liang's third northern expedition, Guo Huai led troops to rescue Wudu and Yinping two counties, but was blocked by Zhuge Liang and forced to retreat; When Cao Zhen launched a large-scale crusade against Hanzhong, Guo Huai was defeated by Wei Yan of the Northern Expedition; During Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition, Guo Huai offered advice to appease the Qiang people, and applied both grace and power to solve the urgent need for military food, and then turned into a general of Yangwu; In Zhuge Liang's last Northern Expedition, Guo Huai had a very outstanding performance, he predicted Zhuge Liang's early offensive move in time, and helped the Wei army hold the Northern Plains and Yangsui.

After the death of Zhuge Liang, the Northern Expedition of Shu Han was basically based on Jiang Wei, the scale of Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition in the early stage was relatively small, so it was also easy to deal with, and later Cao Shuang and Xiahou Xuan attacked Shu, Guo Huai led the army as the vanguard, at that time Guo Huai because of early preparations, the Wei army was not defeated, and afterwards, Guo Huai faked the festival.

Around the eighth year of Zhengshi (247), the Qiang in the Yong and Liang areas united to make a rebellion, Jiang Wei also went north to support, Guo Huai first led the troops to rescue Xiahou Ba who was attacked by Guo Huai, and then quelled the rebellion of the Qiang people.

In the first year of Jiaping (249), Guo Huai began to serve as the general of the expedition to the west, and the Liangzhou Assassin was replaced by Chen Tai.

According to the records of "Shiyu", after Wang Ling's rebellion failed, he was ordered by Sima Yi to Yi clan, and Guo Huai's wife Wang was also implicated because she was Wang Ling's sister. Guo Huai had silently accepted such an arrangement, but before Wang left Yongzhou, the five children were extremely sad, begging Guo Huai to save their mother's life, and kowtowed until their faces were bleeding. Guo Huai couldn't bear it, so he asked Sima Yi to be extrajudicial and gracious. After thinking about it for a long time, Sima Yi agreed to the amnesty.

In the fifth year of Jiaping (253), Guo Huai, Chen Tai and others lifted the siege of Nan'an and repelled Jiang Wei again.

In the second year of Zhengyuan (255), Guo Huai died and was posthumously awarded the title of general, Marquis Zhenzhen, and succeeded by his son Guo Tong. After Guo Tong's death, his son Guo Zheng succeeded him. In the first year of Xianxi (264), a fifth-class title was set up, and because Guo Huaigong wrote the previous dynasty, he was renamed Fenyangzi.

【Chen Tai】

Chen Tai took over the post of general of Zhengxi after Guo Huai's death, he was the son of Chen Qun, attacked the Marquis of Yingyin, and successively served as a loose cavalry waiter, a guerrilla general, and a state assassin Shi, Shangshu, etc., and made great achievements in the local government.

After Cao Rui's death, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi fought for power, Chen Taibei was co-opted, and he remained neutral, and then during the coup d'état in Gaopingling, he was sent by Cao Shuang to contact Sima Yi, and persuaded Cao Shuang to surrender after returning, so he was valued by the Sima family. In order to avoid the struggle in the imperial court, Chen Tai took the initiative to ask to go out to serve. He was transferred to the Yongzhou Assassin History, replacing the original Assassin Guo Huai, and was on the front line of the battle against Shu.

After serving as the assassin of Yongzhou, Chen Tai helped Guo Huai repel Jiang Wei and forced the landing of Ju'an, Li Xin and others. In the fourth year of Jiaping (252), the Shu people instigated some ethnic groups in the west to rebel and attack the counties. In the process of mobilizing, the army of Bingzhou mutinied because he was unwilling to go on an expedition, and as a result, Chen Tai had to lead the army alone, which was also a great success. Later, together with Guo Huai, he led troops to lift the siege of Nan'an.

After Guo Huai's death, Chen Tai replaced him as the supreme military governor of Wei's Western Front. In the same year, the king of Yongzhou assassin Shi Jing did not listen to the order, and as a result, he was defeated by Jiang Wei on the front line and was besieged in Di Dao. Chen Tai vetoed Deng Ai's strategy of cutting the risk to protect himself, personally led his troops to rescue Wang Jing, avoided Jiang Wei's ambush, and finally repelled him.

In the first year of Ganlu (256), Sima Zhao transferred Chen Tai back to the imperial court and appointed Shangshu's right servant to be responsible for electing and appointing officials, so Chen Tai only served as a general of the expedition to the west for one year. After Sun Jun of Wu sent troops, Sima Zhao immediately transferred Chen Tai as the general of the town army, the false festival, and the governor of the Huaibei military. When Sima Zhao crusaded against Zhuge on his birthday, Chen Tai was in charge of the stage.

In the fifth year of Ganlu (260), there was a change in Ganlu, Emperor Cao Chao of Wei was killed, Chen Tai persuaded Sima Zhao to use Jia to atone for the crime, Sima Zhao did not listen, Chen Tai himself was too sad, and soon vomited blood and died.

After Chen Tai's death, he was posthumously given the title of Sikong, nicknamed Muhou, and his son Chen Sui was the lord. Chen Sui had no children, and after his death, his younger brother Chen Wen took the title. In the first year of Xianxi (264), the imperial court restored the fifth-class lord system, and because Chen Tai "honored the previous dynasty", he changed the title of Chen Wen to Shenzi.

【Sima Wang】

Sima Wang, the beginning of the word. He is Sima Fu's second son, Sima Yi's nephew, and Sima Lang's stepson. He successively served as the Taishou of Pingyang County, the general of Luoyang Diannong, and the general of the Protector Army.

Sima Wang, as the main figure of the Sima family, was deeply trusted by Emperor Cao Chao of Wei at that time, and felt uneasy, so he asked to go out to work. Succeeded Chen Tai as the general of the expedition to the west, holding the festival, the military of Yong and Liang Erzhou, Sima Wang was in office for eight years (this data is provided by the Book of Jin, in fact it is not true, in 256 Chen Tai was transferred back to Luoyang, in 258 Deng Ai served as the general of the expedition to the west, Sima Wang stayed for three years at most), wafer Qingming serious, he extensively formulated policies and strategies, repeatedly resisted the attack of the Shu general Jiang Wei, and the Guanzhong region had to rely on him. Later, Sima Wang was conscripted into the court, worshiped the general of the guard, led the army, and was in charge of the forbidden army.

In the first year of Taishi (265), Sima Yan forced Cao Huan Chan to establish the Jin Dynasty, and Sima Wang was named the king of Yiyang. Later, he served as a lieutenant and a great horse.

In the seventh year of Taishi (267), Sima Wang died shortly after repelling Emperor Sun Hao of Wu.