This episode recounts how Sima Zhao dispatched Zhong Hui and Deng Ai to attack Shu along separate routes. Zhong Hui captured Hanzhong, while Deng Ai secretly crossed the Yinping Pass and seized Chengdu. After Shu's fall, Zhong and Deng vied for credit. Jiang Wei intervened with a stratagem, leading to the successive deaths of both generals. Jiang Wei himself perished in the ensuing chaos.
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