Is “Nine campaigns against the Central Plains and feigned surrender to restore the state” true?

attested in history

The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of Jiang Wei records his multiple northern expeditions against Wei. After the fall of Shu Han, he pretended to surrender to Zhong Hui to plot the restoration of the state, but the plot failed and he was killed. (Original text: 「○《华阳国志》曰:维教会诛北来诸将,既死,徐欲杀会,尽坑魏兵,还复蜀祚,密书与后主曰:“原陛下忍数日之辱,臣欲使社稷危而复安,日月幽而复明。”○孙盛《晋阳秋》曰:盛以永和初从安西将军平蜀,见诸故老,及姜维既降之后密与刘禅表疏,说欲伪服事锺会,因杀之以复蜀土,会事不捷,遂至泯灭,蜀人于今伤之。盛以为古人云,非所困而困焉名必辱,非所据而据焉身必危,既辱且危,死其将至,其姜维之谓乎!」——Source: data/raw/sanguozhi/蜀书·蒋琬费祎姜维传.txt)

Jiang Wei

In official history, he was a loyal and diligent general of the Shu Han dynasty, known for his military acumen; in the novel, he is nearly deified as the inheritor of Zhuge Liang's legacy.

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