The wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, Deng Ai, as a dazzling general star of the Later Three Kingdoms, fell with the end of the situation of the Three Kingdoms.

The death of Deng Ai, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, what kind of truth does it warn?

In fact, Deng Ai's death, even in modern society, still has warning significance for us in the workplace! To put it simply, Deng Ai's death actually proves a truth, it's useless to work stupidly, you have to keep up with the pace of the leader, otherwise you don't know how to be played to death! Just like Deng Ai, before he died, he was still looking up to the sky and sighing that he was a loyal minister, but to that point, who cares if you are a loyal minister or not!

1. Beware of colleagues. The more colleagues cooperate in accomplishing important tasks, the more beware they must beware.

Cao Wei's war on Shu is a very important task. Sima Zhao prepared for this for a long time, and the army was divided into three routes, of which Zhong Hui was the main one, and Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu were secondary. And this is the main bell from the beginning to the end, has been calculating colleagues and subordinates.

He first beheaded Xu Chu's son Xu Yi, and then imprisoned Zhuge Xu on the grounds that it was unfavorable to enter the army, and finally saw that the credit was snatched away by Deng Ai, so he was angry, and he made a trick to clean up Deng Ai's father and son. And the main reason why Deng Ai was defeated by Zhong Hui was that he was not careful to guard against him.

Zhong Hui's trick is very simple, but it is very inferior, that is, to work on Deng Ai's letter to Sima Zhao to report on his work and ideological dynamics. Deng Ai's letter to Sima Zhao (including Sima Zhao's reply to Deng Ai's letter) asked for Zhong Hui's hand, so what Deng Ai said, what hole cards he had, and what attitude Sima Zhao had towards Deng Ai, Zhong Hui was clear. In addition, Zhong Hui also tampered with the content of Deng Ai's letters (Zhong Hui is very good at imitating other people's handwriting), exaggerating Deng Ai's tone, and it seems that Deng Ai does not take Sima Zhao seriously.

After two or three times like this, Sima Zhao was naturally very disappointed in Deng Ai, so Deng Ai estimated that he didn't know where he offended Sima Zhao until he died. It's really indispensable to guard against people.

2. If you are not the leader's descendant, don't be in the limelight in front of the leader's descendant and grab credit.

Although Deng Ai and Zhong Hui are both members of the Sima family, Deng Ai is restricted by his poor background and is not a big family, so he is not Sima Zhao's descendants. And Zhong Hui is different, he is the son of Zhong Xuan, a family with red and Miao Zheng, and he has had a deep relationship with Sima Shi and Sima Zhao since he was a child, and he has contributed a lot to quelling the Huainan rebellion, so he has won their trust.

And Deng Ai, who has been in the military circles for many years, should be able to see what Sima Zhao's real intention was in appointing Zhong Hui, who was only in his 30s and had no experience in leading troops, as the supreme commander of the Shu army. So what Deng Ai should do is to listen to Zhong Hui's orders honestly and let Zhong Hui make meritorious service naturally.

However, Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping and forced to land in Shu Han, and made the first contribution to the destruction of Shu with the position of partial army. This not only made Zhong Hui feel uncomfortable, but also embarrassed Sima Zhao. Therefore, Deng Ai will naturally be excluded and framed, and eventually be in a different place.

3. Even if you make meritorious contributions, don't get carried away

Deng Ai smuggled through Yinping with a partial division, forced the later lord Liu Chan to surrender, and made the first contribution to the elimination of Shu Han. At this time, Deng Ai was ecstatic and carried away by the victory. He relied on his "hard work and high achievements", on the one hand, he placed Shu Han civil and military on his own, and on the other hand, he appointed his subordinates as officials in various parts of Yizhou, and at the same time said to the people of Chengdu, "People say that Jiang Wei is very powerful, and he is not defeated under my hands now?" ”

Of course, the people of Chengdu scoffed when they heard Deng Ai say this, and laughed behind his back that he, a white-headed general, would say such a childish thing.

However, it doesn't matter what the people of Chengdu say about Deng Ai, what matters is what Sima Zhao thinks of Deng Ai's actions. Whether it is the placement of Shu Han Wenwu or the appointment of Yizhou officials, this is a very serious act of overstepping the ranks, and it seriously ignores Sima Zhao's authority, which lays a deep foreshadowing for Deng Ai's end.

But Sima Zhao didn't show it immediately, he thought that he had worked hard in Deng Ai, and he had worked hard for Sima for so many years, and he was ready to give him a chance to introspect. Sima Zhao compared him with Bai Qi, Han Xin, Wu Han, Zhou Yafu and others in the commendation order for his promotion to Tai Lieutenant, and the implication was to let him see the fate of these people, and he must not die.

Among these four people, except for Wu Han, who retreated bravely after his meritorious service, the other three were all masters of high merit, and finally ended miserably. In Deng Ai's case, he shouldn't be unable to see it. But he was already carried away, not only did he not see Sima Zhao's intentions, but also suggested that Sima Zhao take advantage of the situation to build a ship in Yizhou and go down the river to crusade against Eastern Wu.

Deng Ai's death warns others that they must be grateful and rewarding, and those who have meritorious deeds should not be arrogant, forgetful, and bold, which will bring about the disaster of killing. Also, the generals are not subject to foreign military orders, and it can only be said that the boss is taboo if they are really not subject to it. Regardless of whether Sima Zhao has the Cao Wei regime in his eyes or not, you follow Sima Zhao and can only listen to Sima Zhao.