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Fall of Shu Han

When Wei’s Deng Ai crossed a perilous mountain route and reached Chengdu, the Shu emperor Liu Shan surrendered — the first of the three kingdoms to fall.

In 263 Sima Zhao, the real ruler of Wei, sent Zhong Hui, Deng Ai and others against Shu. While Shu’s Jiang Wei held Zhong Hui’s main army at Jiange, Deng Ai led his men over some 700 li of mountain tracks from Yinping, outflanked Jiang Wei, defeated Zhuge Liang’s son Zhuge Zhan at Mianzhu and approached Chengdu. Liu Shan surrendered without a fight. The next year Zhong Hui plotted rebellion with Jiang Wei and both were killed; Deng Ai also died in the turmoil.

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States and rulers at the time: Shu Han · fell
Cao Wei · conqueror — Emperor Yuan (Cao Huan)
Places: Chengdu

People

Deng AiAD 197 – AD 264
commander · Wei general who crossed the perilous Yinping route in 263 and surprised Chengdu, forcing Shu Han to surrender
Liu ShanAD 207 – AD 271
monarch · Second and last emperor of Shu Han, who surrendered when Wei’s Deng Ai reached Chengdu in 263

Before and after

Earlier: AD 249 Incident at the Gaoping Tombs
Later: AD 265 Founding of the Jin (Western Jin)

Themes that include this event

The Three KingdomsAD 184 – AD 280
From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Jin reunification — a century of Wei, Shu and Wu, the age of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan