Soon, because of the rebellion of his subordinates, Ma Chao was defeated by Cao Cao's army again, and had to flee to Hanzhong and take refuge with Zhang Lu.

Ma Chaohou tried to counterattack Liangzhou with the help of Zhang Lu's strength, but suffered a defeat, and he was squeezed out by Zhang Lu's subordinates in Hanzhong, so he left Hanzhong and fled to Dizhong, and was finally co-opted by Liu Bei.

【Defeat and retreat from Hanzhong】

After Ma Chao seized Liangzhou, many Liangzhou officials did not accept him. At that time, Yang Fu had the ambition of revenge in his heart, but he couldn't find an opportunity for a while. Soon Yang Fu took leave and asked to bury his deceased wife. He took the opportunity to go to Licheng of his brother Jiang Xutun's soldiers. Yang Fu grew up in Jiang Xu's family. After he saw Jiang Xu and Xu's mother, he recounted the fall of Jicheng and wept sadly. Jiang Xu said: "Why are you so sad? Yang Fu said: "Defend the city but can't defend it, the monarch is dead and can't live together, what face do I have to live?" Ma Chao betrayed his father, betrayed the country, and burned soldiers. This is not only my personal fear of being blamed, but also the disgrace of the doctors in the whole state. You led the troops to take charge of one side but did not have the heart to kill the thief, which is exactly the situation of 'Zhao Dun killed his king' as mentioned in the history books. Although Ma Chao is strong, he ignores Xinyi and his subordinates are full of contradictions, so it is not very difficult to defeat him. ”

Jiang Xu's mother was very emotional and urged Jiang Xu to listen to Yang Fu's persuasion. After making a plan, he contacted and formed an alliance with fellow villagers Jiang Yin, Zhao Ang, Yin Feng, Yao Qiong, Kong Xin, Wudu people Li Jun and Wang Ling to jointly crusade against Ma Chao. He also sent Cong Mo to Jicheng to tell Yang Yue the inside story, and contacted Liang Kuan in stability, Zhao Qu and Pang Gong in Nan'an.

After they swore an oath, in September of the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), Yang Fu and Jiang Xu raised troops in Lucheng. After hearing the news, Ma Chao personally led his troops to attack. Zhao Qu, Pang Gong and others rescued Yang Yue, closed the gate of Jicheng, captured Ma Chao's wife and children, and killed them. Ma Chao attacked Licheng and captured Jiang Xu's mother. Jiang Xu's mother scolded: "You are a rebel who betrayed your father, you are a traitor who killed the monarch, heaven and earth do not tolerate it, you don't die early, what kind of face do you have!" Ma Chao was furious and killed Jiang Xu's mother.

Later, Yang Fu fought with Ma Chao, was injured in five places, and seven clan brothers died. Ma Chao lost his base, was embarrassed, and had to flee south to Zhang Lu.

After Longyou was pacified, Cao Cao rewarded the heroes who crusaded against Ma Chao, and eleven marquis. Yang Fu is the Marquis of Guannei. Yang Fu excused himself and said: "I, Yang Fu, did not protect the lives of the state monarchs, and after they died, I did not repay my filial piety." I dethrone morally and legally deserve to be killed. Ma Chao was not killed. I have no right to be knighted again. Cao Cao said: "You have made great achievements with the monarch and ministers, and the people in the west have been talking about it to this day, as a beautiful talk." Zigong resigned and gave up the reward, but Confucius thought it was inappropriate. Your dedication to serving the country is commendable. Jiang Xu's mother persuaded Jiang Xu to start the army as soon as possible, which was really a wise move, and Yang Chang's wife was nothing more than that. What a meritocracy! What a meritocracy! If you have a good history to record your righteousness, you will not forget your righteousness. ”

【Re-fight Liangzhou】

After Ma Chao retreated to Hanzhong, although he was reused by Zhang Lu, he still hoped for revenge to retake Liangzhou, when Ma Chao's relatives had basically left, his father Ma Teng and his brothers were killed by Cao Cao in Yecheng, and his wife and son were killed in Jicheng because of the rebellion of his subordinates.

In the spring of the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Ma Chao asked for troops from Zhang Lu, took Liangzhou in the north, and surrounded Qishan. Jiang Xu and others hurriedly asked Xiahou Yuan for help, and the generals thought that they should obey Cao Cao's dispatch, and Xiahou Yuan learned the lesson of the fall of Jicheng, and said to his subordinates: "The lord is in Ye County, and he has traveled back and forth for 4,000 miles, and the distance is far away. ”

Xiahou Yuan immediately sent troops after the discussion, he first sent Zhang He to lead 5,000 infantry cavalry as the vanguard, and marched on the Chencang Trail, while he supervised the transportation of grain and grass and then set off. When Zhang He's troops arrived in Weishui, Ma Chao led thousands of Di and Qiang to attack. However, the two sides did not fight, Ma Chao retreated without a fight (one said that Ma Chao was defeated and left), and Zhang He reorganized the remaining equipment of Ma Chao's army. When Xiahou Yuan's army arrived, all the counties had surrendered and pacified.

According to the "Dictionary", after Ma Chao defected to Hanzhong, he was reused by Zhang Lu and appointed as the second highest in the Wudou Rice Dao to talk about sacrificial wine, and he also planned to marry his daughter to Ma Chao as his wife, but under the persuasion of his subordinates, Zhang Lu finally gave up. Later, Ma Chao's concubine Dong's younger brother Dong Chong came to congratulate Ma Chao on the New Year, Ma Chao beat his chest and vomited blood and said: "More than 100 people in the family were all killed, and now the two of us have nothing to celebrate?" ”

【Defection to Liu Bei】

After Ma Chao defected to Zhang Lu, he suddenly gained a high position, and failed to lead the troops, and was rejected by some generals in Hanzhong. It happened that Liu Bei led his troops into Sichuan at this time, Ma Chao knew that Zhang Lu was not a person who did a big business, so he wrote a secret letter to Liu Bei, asking for annexation, Liu Bei sent Li Hui to marry Ma Chao, and Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei.

[Desolate Ma Mengqi]

The Battle of Weinan can be said to be a turning point in Ma Chao's life, before this battle, Ma Chao was half the master of Guanzhong, and even Zhou Yu had planned to unite with Ma Chao to fight against Cao Cao.

After this war, Ma Chao became a lost dog, losing his father, brother, wife and children one after another, almost reduced to a lonely family, and also saddled the reputation of treason and betrayal of his father, which was spurned by thousands of people.

Ma Chao said to Han Sui before the war: "Today's Chao abandons his father and takes the general as his father, and the general should also abandon his son and take Chao as his son." It became ironclad evidence that Ma Chao abandoned his father. However, Ma Chao didn't really want to kill his father, don't forget that it was Han Sui who killed Ma Teng's wife and son, and the relationship between the Ma family and Han Sui was also hostile for several years.

It's just that in the face of interests, the past hatred and family affection that blood is thicker than water can only be conceded, in order to fight against Cao Cao, Ma Chao has no other choice, he can't sit back and watch Cao Cao eliminate himself. And Ma Teng can become a guard captain, not because he has made much contribution to the country, Ma Teng was one of the rebel leaders of the rebellion, he was valued by the imperial court to put it bluntly because Ma Chao still has a strong soldier in his hands, and he still occupies a lot of territory, without these forces, they may not have a good end.

So Ma Chao is determined to fight no problem, as long as they win the battle and prove themselves, then Cao Cao in order to appease them, Ma Teng and the others will be fine, but Ma Chao lost, Cao Cao felt that Ma Teng was useless, at this time Ma Teng's fate could not be changed, Ma Teng may not hate his son Ma Chao when he dies, maybe he is hating himself, why did he listen to Zhang Ji's rhetoric and enter the court.