Ma Chao was one of the few fierce generals in the Three Kingdoms era, and he died in December of the second year of Zhangwu of the Shu Han Dynasty (January 223 in the Western calendar). In history www.biquge.info, Ma Chao and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and others are called the five tiger generals of Shu Han.

【Ma Chao and Peng Yi】

Liu Bei was called the queen, and when Peng Yi heard that he was transferred to a distant post, he was very unhappy in private, so he went to meet Ma Chao. Ma Chao said to Peng Yi: "Your talent is outstanding, the lord is very optimistic about you, saying that you can go hand in hand with Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and others, how can you let you go out to serve as a small county and disappoint people?" ”

Peng Yi said: "This veteran ruffian, ridiculous and unreasonable, what else is there to say!" He also said to Ma Chao: "You are an external official, I am an internal response, and the world will not be unsettled." Ma Chao has been a parasitic person for a long time, and after returning to Shu, he often felt a sense of danger, and was surprised to hear Peng Yi say such words, and was silent. After Peng Yi left, Ma Chao wrote Peng Yi's words into a report, so Peng Yi was arrested and imprisoned, and then Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang's suggestion and executed him.

[Ma Chao died of illness]

In the second year of Zhangwu of the Shu Han Dynasty (222), Ma Chao was seriously ill, and before his death, he said: "More than 200 people from the Chenjia family were almost all killed by Cao Cao, only his cousin Ma Dai should be allowed to take charge of the temple sacrifice that has decayed. In December of the same year (January 223), Ma Chao died of illness at the age of forty-seven.

Liu Bei posthumously named Ma Chao as "Marquis of Wei", and his son Ma Cheng inherited his title. Cousin Ma Daiguan to Pingbei General, Jin Jue Chen Canghou. Ma Chao's daughter was promised to Liu Li, the king of Anping.

Ma Chao was quite happy in the early part of his life, relatively speaking, Ma Chao himself was quite ambitious at that time, but he was disdainful of the position of Xuzhou Thorn History. But later Ma Chao in order to fight against Cao Cao, unable to take into account the safety of his father Ma Teng, not only in the battle of Weinan to Cao Cao, the loss of soldiers, the loss of the nest, but also led to the death of his relatives in Yecheng, although Ma Chao once in Liangzhou, but also completely failed to gain a foothold, soon because of the rebellion of his subordinates and was driven out, his wife and children were also killed and injured a lot, and then Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, but also personally killed Ma Chao's son Ma Qiu.

Ma Chao in the rebellion of Liu Bei, in fact, did not have any outstanding performance, during the battle of Hanzhong, he and Zhang Fei as the vanguard, but was finally repelled by the enemy, under the blows of all sides, Ma Chao's heart is not much, so Peng Yi in the intention of rebellion, Ma Chao did not agree, but betrayed it.

Ma Chao didn't even live to be fifty years old in the official history, and the reason for this is a big part.

【Average record】

Although Ma Chao is very famous in later generations, judging from his record, Ma Chao is not a top commander. In the early days, Ma Chao was young, mostly as a general, in the infighting between Ma Teng and Han Sui, Ma Chao and Yan Xing fought a tie at most, and when he sent troops to Hedong twice, Ma Chao was only quite successful.

In the Battle of Weinan, Han Sui and Ma Chao were actually the commanders of the Guanzhong coalition army, but in this battle, Ma Chao fell into Cao Cao's divisive plan, and Han Sui separated from Germany, and finally defeated the enemy.

Later, Ma Chao surrounded Jicheng with the help of Zhang Lu, and killed Shi Weikang, the assassin of Liangzhou, and defeated Xiahou Yuan, who came to the rescue later, which seemed to be a great achievement, but in fact, Ma Chao was able to win mainly because Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan did not rescue in time, so they were broken by Ma Chao one by one, and Wei Kang surrendered in despair after being besieged for eight months.

Later, Ma Chao failed to suppress the rebellion of his subordinates, and Xiahou Yuan arrived in time, lost his base, and was in a dilemma, and the embarrassed Ma Chao had to defect to Hanzhong and attach himself to Zhang Lu. Later, Ma Chao sent troops to attack Liangzhou again with the help of Zhang Lu, but the end was stopped in Qishan and ended in a few ways.

After Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, the emperor's uncle used his prestige to force Liu Zhang to surrender and successfully captured Yizhou, but later Liu Bei sent Ma Chao, Zhang Fei and others north to attack Hanzhong, and the two lost their troops and ended up in defeat.

Overall, Ma Chao was a qualified commander when he led the troops, but he was not very good during the Three Kingdoms period.

In terms of personal force, Ma Chao did not play too well against Yan Xing and Xu Chu.

According to the "Jiangbiao Biography", during the battle of Weinan, when Ma Chao and Han Sui negotiated with Cao Cao face-to-face, Ma Chao conceited his bravery, placed six rice bags in front of the horse, rode back and forth, measured Cao Cao's weight with Hu rice, and wanted to secretly attack and capture Cao Cao, but heard that Cao Cao's bodyguard Xu Chu was brave, so he gave up this idea. Cao Cao soon found out that he had palpitations and said, "I was almost bullied by a cunning thief." ”

【Jinma Super】

In later generations, Ma Chao was also known as "Jin Ma Chao", but in the official history of the Three Kingdoms, this title did not exist like Liu Bei's title of imperial uncle, but was added by rumors in later generations.

"Jin Ma Chao" is also from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" - the face is like Fu powder, the lips are like rubbing Zhu, the waist is thin and the shoulders are wide, the voice is strong, plus the costume, the lion helmet and beast belt, the face is like a crown of jade, the eyes are like meteors, the tiger body ape arms, and the belly of the wolf. Liu Bei saw it and praised it: "People say 'Jinma Chao', and the name is well deserved!" ”

The main thing is to describe Ma Chaochang's handsomeness, and wearing white armor may also have something to do with the Shu brocade of the later Shu Han.

【Ma Mengqi in History】

Name: Chao Ma

Attribute: Commander (B+) Although Ma Chao's military ability is not top-notch, it is not weak

Force (a-) Ma Chao's personal force is also quite strong

General comment (A+) Ma Chao was once one of the princes of the late Han Dynasty, once dominated Guanzhong, and occupied Liangzhou, which should not be underestimated.

Aliases (titles): Ma Mengqi, Jin Ma Chao

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Profession: General, Prince

Official position: Hussar general, Liangzhou pastor

Title: Marquis of Duting (Eastern Han Dynasty) → Marquis of Xuxiang (Shu Han)

Nickname: Weihou

Family background: Si Li Fufeng County samurai

Born and died: 176-223

Place of birth: Si Li Fu Feng Yi

Main social relations: father (Ma Teng) brothers (Ma Xiu, Ma Tie...... Cousin (Ma Dai) son (Ma Qiu, Ma Cheng...... ）

Major Experiences:

From 176 to 208, under the command of his father Ma Teng, he participated in many major battles and had quite a lot of achievements

From 208 to 213, after his father entered the dynasty, he began to be the master of the house, first organizing the Guanzhong coalition army to fight against Cao Cao, and after defeat, he captured Liangzhou

From 213 to 215, he was driven out of Liangzhou and took refuge in Zhang Lu, who later believed that he was not the master of the Ming Dynasty, so he surrendered to Liu Bei

From 215 to 223, he helped Liu Bei capture Yizhou and Hanzhong, and later died of serious illness

Summary: Ma Chao is actually a poor person in the official history, and his father, brothers, wives, and children all left him one by one.