" However, Sun Quan was himself equally unsuccessful in efforts to make major attacks on Wei.

However, Zhuge Liang opposed ending the alliance and in fact confirmed it with a formal treaty later that year, in which the two states pledged to support each other and divide Wei equally if they could conquer it.

However, the emperor's martial abilities were not equal to his father, and his inability to crush the remaining barbarian states allowed Northern Wei to complete the unification of the North, to the detriment of Liu Song.

However, the emperor's unwillingness to advance past this line caused the destruction of the empire's ally, Xia, by the Wei.

However, cognate ethnonyms like Sushen or Jichen ( 稷真 ) have been recorded in pre-Christian Era geographical works like the Shan Hai Jing and Book of Wei.

However, the Chinese Wei state responded by invading and defeated Goguryeo.

However, his plan failed and he was killed by Wei troops along with Zhong Hui and Deng Ai.

However, after Cao Pi of Cao Wei and Liu Bei of Shu Han each declared themselves emperor, Sun Quan decided to follow suit in 229, claiming to have founded the Wu Dynasty.

However, the Wu forces never made it in time before the rebellion was quashed by Sima Shi and the Wei forces.

However, Roy Andrew Miller says * Fimeko is a lexicographic error deriving from the Wei Zhi transcriptions.

However with the death of King Zhao and the expulsion of Yue Yi to Zhao by the new king, King Wei of Yan, General Tian Shan managed to recapture all of the cities from the 5 kingdoms.

However, E Zhesai ( 蛾遮塞 ) of Qiang, and Zhi Wudai ( 治无戴 ) of Hu still insisted on fighting, so the war was fragmented into battles that dragged on to 248, wherein Jiang Wei again led Shu forces to the aid of the rebels.

However, a tactical blunder by Ma Su at the Battle of Jieting resulted in Shu being dealt a huge defeat by Zhang He, a general of the rival state of Wei.

However, Duke Xiao supported Wei Yang fully and ensured that the reforms were conducted as planned.

However, during his getaway, he ran into an ambush party led by Jiang Wei, and was immediately killed.

However, Yang Yi alone made no concession to him and thus Wei Yan was extremely resentful of him.

However, Wei was disappointed by his supposedly supervisor, on account the latter used Ma Su as the vanguard for the first campaign, which ended up with a total disaster.

However, the Wei General of the Rear Army, Fei Yao, and the Inspector of Yong province, Guo Huai, decided to earn some merits before their retreat, so they attacked Wei Yan at Yangqi, where Wei heavily defeated his rivals.

However, Zhong Hui's troops rebelled against him, and both Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui were killed in battle.

However, Zhuge Liang conjured a trap in which Wei Yan lured Wutugu into a valley with mines set beneath the ground.

However, none of them dared to fight Dian Wei, who headed out of town with the pursuers at his heels.

However, this policy made soldiers in the Wei state difficult to replace.

However, the inability of Himmler to persuade Hitler to cease his support of Bormann, the defection of SS generals such as Obergruppenführer Ernst Kaltenbrunner, the Chief of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt and his powerful subordinate Gruppenführer Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo, to Bormann, soon persuaded Goebbels to align himself with the Secretary to the Führer at the end of 1944, thus accepting his subordinate position.

However, its founder Emperor Wu was considered one of the greatest generals during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, and the reign of its third emperor, Emperor Wen, is known for its political stability and capable administration, not only of its emperor but its strong and honest officials.

However, Hoffmann was convinced of the soundness of his plan, both because he was aware of the animosity between the Russian generals, and also because of the Russian habit of transmitting the next day's orders over unencrypted radio communications.

However, he did not always make the most effective decisions concerning military issues ( though he did heed the advice of the more experienced generals ).

However, unlike his father, he did not kill most of his generals, and he entrusted power to eunuchs like Zheng He, with serious consequences for subsequent Ming emperors.

However, Drusus died later that year, depriving Rome of one its best generals.

However, at the Battle of Leuctra, the Theban generals, Epaminondas and Pelopidas, win a decisive victory over the Spartans under the other Spartan king, Cleombrotus I ( who is killed in the battle ).

However, his influence over Confederate strategy was marred by his poor professional relationships with President Jefferson Davis and other senior generals and officials.

However, at the Battle of Walcourt on 25 August 1689 Marlborough won praise from the Allied commander, Prince Waldeck – " ... despite his youth he displayed greater military capacity than do most generals after a long series of wars ...

However, the identity slaves = generals is problematic.

However, he was a mere figurehead, and a pawn of the powerful generals, one after the other.

However, there was a shortage of jobs for major generals at this time and in January 1934, on relinquishing command of his brigade, he found himself unemployed on half pay once again.

However, German Emperor Wilhelm I eventually sided with Helmuth von Moltke the Elder and other Prussian generals and others who argued that a westward shift in the new Franco-German border was necessary and desirable for a number of reasons.

However, his dedication to soldierly virtues put him at cross purposes with other Lao generals involved in the drug trade.

However, in 761 Shi Siming was killed by his son, Shi Chaoyi, who then promptly proclaimed himself emperor, although failing to get general support from the other Yan generals.

However, the generals started a counterinsurgency and killed Zhong and Jiang.

However, after a major revolt by the Xianbei chief Tufa Shujineng ( 禿髮樹機能 ) started in 270 in Qin Province, Emperor Wu's attention became concentrated on Tufa, as Tufa was able to win victory after victory over Jin generals.

However, following a great battle that year against the Veientes, in which victory was achieved only by cooperation between the generals and their soldiers, the Fabii aligned themselves with the people.

However, many argued that the " generals " slain by Zhao Yun were mostly insignificant, and were probably minor mounted officers.

However, Takauji could have gone further if he had followed the advice of his trusted generals, the Kō brothers, who wanted to do away with estates altogether.

However, the evidence of the Sicilian Expedition argues against this, since Thucydides discusses the thoughts of the generals who died there and whom he would have had no chance to interview.

However, despite his implementation of the blood and soil ideology of the Nazis, decentralized factories, generals and Junkers successfully opposed him.

However, Liu Muzhi then died at this time, and Liu Yu, intending on taking the throne, decided to return to Jiankang himself, leaving his 11-year-old son Liu Yizhen ( 劉義真 ) and the generals Wang Zhen ' e, Shen Tianzi, Mao Dezu ( 毛德祖 ), and the official Wang Xiu ( 王脩 ) in charge of Chang ' an.

However, during the first hours of the morning of 7 August, prominent Ming Mongol generals, Wu Jin and Wu Cong, were alerted of the coup and immediately relayed a warning to the emperor.