Conquest of Shu by Wei
Wei strategic planning

Conquest of Shu by Wei

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Timeline of the Conquest of Shu by Wei

Approximate date range	Location	Event(s)

Winter 262	Luoyang, Henan	Sima Zhao announces his plan for the conquest of Shu to the Wei imperial court. He puts Zhong Hui in charge of military affairs in the Guanzhong region.

Early 263	Zhugqu County, Gansu	Jiang Wei sends a warning to Chengdu that Wei appears to be preparing for an invasion of Shu. Huang Hao advises Liu Shan to ignore the warning.

Autumn 263	Luoyang, Henan	The Wei imperial court issues an edict outlining a three-pronged invasion of Shu: Zhong Hui, Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu would each lead an army to attack Shu from the eastern, western and central flanks respectively.

20 September – 19 October 263	Luoyang, Henan	The Wei armies set out from Luoyang.

Shaanxi	Zhong Hui executes Xu Yi for failing his mission to oversee the construction of a road leading into Shu.

Chenggu County and Mian County, Shaanxi	Zhong Hui orders Li Fu and Xun Kai to attack Lecheng and Hancheng counties respectively. Wang Han and Jiang Bin manage to hold their positions at Lecheng and Hancheng respectively.

Ningqiang County, Shaanxi	Zhong Hui sends Hu Lie to attack Yang'an Pass. Jiang Shu surrenders to Hu Lie and assists him in conquering Yang'an Pass.

20 October to 17 November 263	Tianshui, Longxi County and Yuzhong County, Gansu, and Ankang, Shaanxi	Wei commandery administrators Wang Qi, Qian Hong, Yang Xin and Liu Qin lead troops from their respective commanderies to join the invasion of Shu.

Longnan and Wen County, Gansu	Liu Shan sends Liao Hua, and Zhang Yi and Dong Jue, to lead reinforcements to Tazhong and Yang'an Pass respectively. The Shu reinforcements stop at Yinping when they learn that Zhuge Xu's army is attacking Jianwei.

Zhugqu County, Gansu	Deng Ai defeats Jiang Wei at Tazhong.

Intersection of the Bailong and Jialing rivers	Jiang Wei attempts to retreat to Baishui but Yang Xin intercepts him at Qiangchuankou and defeats him.

Wen County, Gansu	Jiang Wei heads north to Konghan Valley to bypass Zhuge Xu, who is blocking Wujie Bridge near Yinping. When Zhuge Xu lifts the blockade, Jiang Wei quickly turns back, crosses the bridge and moves on to Jiange.

Jiange County, Sichuan	Jiang Wei, Liao Hua, Zhang Yi and Dong Jue retreat to Jiange. Zhong Hui attacks Jiange several times but fails to breach the Shu defences.

Wen County, Gansu and Jiange County, Sichuan	Deng Ai comes up with the idea of taking a shortcut from Yinping to Mianzhu to bypass Jiange's defences and go straight for Chengdu.

18 November – 17 December 263	Wen County, Gansu	Deng Ai leads an elite strike force through a shortcut bypassing Jiange and leading from Yinping to Chengdu.

Jiangyou, Sichuan	Ma Miao, the Shu administrator of Jiangyou, surrenders to Deng Ai.

Mianzhu, Sichuan	Deng Ai defeats Zhuge Zhan at Mianzhu. Zhuge Zhan, Zhuge Shang, Huang Chong, Li Qiu and Zhang Zun are killed in battle.

Mianyang, Sichuan	Jiang Wei abandons Jiange and heads towards Ba Commandery. Zhong Hui moves to Fu County and orders Hu Lie, Tian Xu and Pang Hui to pursue Jiang Wei.

Chengdu and Guanghan, Sichuan	Liu Shan sends Zhang Shao, Qiao Zhou and Deng Liang to bring his surrender document and imperial seal to Deng Ai at Luo County.

Chengdu, Sichuan	Deng Ai and his forces occupy Chengdu.

Mianyang, Sichuan	Jiang Wei surrenders to Zhong Hui at Fu County.

Sentence(s)

In November 263, Deng Ai defeated Jiang Wei at Tazhong.

final_sentence: In November 263, Deng Ai defeated Jiang Wei at Tazhong.