Editing Sima Zhao (section)

===Battle of Dongxing===
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In 253, Wei forces headed by Sima Zhao marched east to confront Wu, who had been overstepping their boundaries by building upon a lake and arming it with men on land which belonged to Wei. The Wei officers, feeling secure in their position and with their superior numbers, grew arrogant and allowed themselves to become drunk, and so were quickly overwhelmed by the Wu forces led by [[Ding Feng (general)|Ding Feng]] and [[Lü Ju]], forcing the Wei forces to flee and retreat. After the loss at the [[Battle of Dongxing]], Sima Zhao asked his Marshal Wang Yi in private who was responsible for the failure of the battle, to which Wang Yi responded: "Responsibility lies with the army commander." Sima Zhao retorted: "The Marshal means to make me shoulder the blame?" Thereafter he had Wang Yi executed. [[Sima Shi]], the Wei regent and Sima Zhao's older brother, received memorials from ministers asking that [[Wang Chang (Three Kingdoms)|Wang Chang]], [[Guanqiu Jian]], Hu Zun, and all the others who were a part of the campaign to be demoted for their failure, however, Sima Shi stated that: "It is because I did not listen to Gongxiu [Zhuge Dan] that we have come to this plight. In this I am culpable; how can the generals be at fault?"<ref><br>{{quote|Wang Chang and Guanqiu Jian, learning that the eastern army had been defeated, set fire to their respective camps and fled. At Court, it was proposed to demote the generals concerned. The da jiangjun Sima Shi said, "It is because I did not listen to Gongxiu that we have come to this plight. In this I am culpable; how can the generals be at fault?" 
Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Achilles Fang.}}</ref> He therefore promoted the generals who partook in the battle, while demoting Sima Zhao by removing his enfeoffment.<ref><br>{{quote|And he absolved them all. At that time, Sima Shi's younger brother, the andong jiangjun, Sima Zhao was Superintendent of the Army (chien-chun); he only deprived Sima Zhao of his enfeoffment. He appointed Zhuge Dan (zhennan jiangjun) and Commander-in-chief (dudu) of Yuzhou and Guanqiu Jian (zhennan jiangjun) and Commander-in-chief of Yangzhou.
Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Achilles Fang.}}</ref>