Jiang Wei and Deng Ai competed with each other, who was better?

Jiang Wei and Deng Ai fought against each other, who was better?

In 257 AD, Zhuge Dan and Soochow launched an army to rebel against Sima Zhao in Huainan, and Sima Zhao won. After learning the news, he immediately mobilized the Guanzhong army to conquer Zhuge Dan. After Jiang Wei learned the news, he immediately took the opportunity to attack Qinchuan. He sent tens of thousands of troops from Luo Valley to Shenling. Since the Wei State had accumulated a large amount of grain and grass on the Great Wall at that time, and the defense there was weak, Deng Ai and Sima Wang were both worried that Jiang Wei would take the opportunity to attack the Great Wall. Under such circumstances, they immediately rushed to the Great Wall to defend it.

Jiang Wei then marched to Mangshui, while Deng Ai and Sima Wang led their troops to build a stronghold near the water source. In order to find a fighter opportunity, the Shu army challenged them many times, but Deng Ai and Sima Wang still could not hold on, and the two armies faced off for a long time. In March and April of the second year, Jiang Wei heard that Zhuge Dan had been defeated and had no choice but to lead his army back.

In fact, this is not the first confrontation between Deng Ai and Jiang Wei. As early as two years ago, when Jiang Wei took advantage of Sima Shi's death from illness, he led tens of thousands of people including the cavalry general Xia Houba and the general Zhang Yi to attack Wei. During this battle, Jiang Wei marched towards Didao, and Wang Jing, the governor of Yongzhou, was ordered to garrison Didao. However, when the army led by Wang Jing did not wait for Chen Tai's arrival, Wang Jing attacked the Shu army, so that Wang Jing was Jiang Wei, so Jiang Wei won the great victory in Taoxi.

After this, Deng Ai was named General Anxi by Sima Zhao, and he and Chen Tai resisted the Shu army. Deng Ai and Jiang Wei had a fight. However, in this battle, Deng Ai thought that he should give up Didao, avoid the sharp edge of Jiang Wei's army, and then divide the dangerous points to defend, observe the enemy's weaknesses, wait for the enemy to tire, and then march to rescue, but Chen Tai denied it. Following Deng Ai's suggestion, he united the three armies and then defeated Jiang Wei, thus resolving the siege of Didao.

It has to be said that in the battle between Jiang Wei and Deng Ai, the two had a win or loss. Deng Ai once sent troops to defeat Jiang Wei, and Jiang Wei also defeated Deng Ai when he left Didao. There was a wrong judgment. So compared to Deng Ai and Jiang Wei, who is stronger and who is weaker?

Deng Ai and Jiang Wei actually have one thing in common, that is, neither of them is willing to participate in the politics of the court. For Deng Ai, leading troops to fight is what he is good at, but internal affairs of the court and partisanship are not, so he is neither capable nor willing to participate in it. As for Jiang Wei, it was because he was neither a member of the Jingzhou faction, nor a local force in Yizhou, nor a member of the Dongzhou faction, so he was unable to participate in the court dispute.

Although Deng Ai did not participate in court politics, he was still very capable in internal affairs. Although Deng Ai may not be familiar with the matter of selecting and appointing talents, he is very familiar with agricultural production in the frontiers. In this regard, Deng Ai is better than Jiang Wei.

In addition to internal affairs, Deng Ai had excellent and even vicious geographical vision, which was incomparable to Jiang Wei. In the late Three Kingdoms period, Deng Ai could be regarded as the best in the world in terms of judgment of terrain. In Cao Wei's later wars with foreign countries, he saw through Taocheng and successfully captured it, saw through Lejia and successfully captured it, saw through Fu Pavilion and successfully captured it. Successfully seize, see through Wucheng and successfully seize. Basically, he seizes the destination while the enemy is still marching towards the destination, which shows his strong ability.

It is precisely because Deng Ai's ability in this area is unrivaled that Deng Ai was able to successfully sneak into Yinping later. This is also the reason why Jiang Wei was beaten so badly by Deng Ai at that time. He lost his political support and had to go to Tazhong to farm, largely because Deng Ai was much stronger than Jiang Wei. During the confrontation between Deng Ai and Jiang Wei, Deng Ai paid equal attention to offense and defense without any flaws. He could not only fight in the field in Duangu, encircle and annihilate in Dazhong, but also sneak into Yinping during the confrontation in Jiange.

At that time, Jiang Wei might have been able to win or lose against famous players such as Guo Huai and Chen Tai, but when facing Deng Ai, Jiang Wei was truly convinced of the defeat. Precisely because Deng Ai's military ability was so outstanding, he was able to quickly destroy the Shu Han almost single-handedly. The reason why Cao Wei was able to destroy Shu can be said to be because Deng Ai's ability was far superior to Jiang Wei.