This article is chapter 15 of "Three Kingdoms Character Network and Kinship"
Author: Talking about the Three Kingdoms author XXY
Shu Han Chapter 15: Meng Da's troops killed Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law? At a glance, the Mengda father and son staged a clumsy farce for making a living
Meng Da was a famous general during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty. If any friend remembers him, he may remember him most deeply, and after he refused to send troops to rescue Guan Yu and surrendered to Cao Wei, he was vacillating between Cao Wei and Shu Han.
Let's first say that Meng Da is a native of Fufeng County. His father's name was Meng Tuo (一作孟他), Meng Tuo (孟佗字伯郎). The reputation of this Meng boss in the local area is very bad, mainly because he paid a lot of bribes to become a high official. In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, if you want to become a high official, you naturally have to curry favor with Emperor Ling's "father", the eunuch Zhang Rang. There is an endless stream of people visiting Zhang Rang every day, how can a little Meng Tuo meet Zhang Rang? Meng Tuo's method was to build a good relationship with Zhang Rang's slaves.
Meng Tuo was very generous, and the slaves gave them whatever they needed, even sometimes at any cost. The slaves also knew that they had to help with the money, so they asked what help they wanted to help him. Meng Tuo said that when I visit your master (Zhang Rang), you all will kneel on the ground and worship me. The slaves thought, "Meng Tuo is so good to himself, don't say worship, it is okay to worship a few times." ”
Meng Tuo's demand was not a matter for the slaves at all, and the two sides hit it off.
When Meng Tuo came to Zhang Rang's mansion one day, the street was already full of water, and when the slaves saw Zhang Rang coming, they immediately rushed to Meng Tuo's car according to the "script" to bow down, and then the slaves led Meng Tuo's car to comb the traffic while "blatantly" entering the outermost gate. Those people outside Zhang Rang's mansion saw that there was suddenly such a figure, and they all thought that Meng Tuo was Zhang Rang's good friend, so they turned to bribing Meng Tuo without thinking, hoping that Meng Tuo could say good things about himself in front of Zhang Rang. Meng Tuo obtained a huge number of rare treasures in an instant, and quickly selected a gift from the many gifts that was "worth letting Zhang Let meet himself". Meng Tuo carefully selected and found the most suitable gift and successfully met Zhang Rang's side. Meng Tuo was therefore given the title of Liangzhou Assassin.
According to historical records, one of the most satisfactory tributes to Zhang Rang was a bottle of "wine" that Meng Tuo paid tribute to. Zhang Rang took the wine and deliberated on letting Meng Tuo take over the liangzhou assassin history. Su Shi once sighed: "The general did not fight a hundred battles, and Bo Lang won Liangzhou." If you remember, Bolang is Meng Tuo's character.
He (Tuo) also gave up his legacy with pu peach wine, that is, the History of The Thorn of Liangzhou. - "The Three Auxiliary Finals"
Speaking of Meng Da, Meng Da originally wrote Zi Jing, and because Liu Bei's uncle was called Liu Zi Jing, Meng Da changed his table character to Zi Du in order to avoid secrecy. Meng Da and Fa were fellow villagers, and at the time of the great chaos in the world, the two brothers migrated to the Bashu region together. During the period when Liu Zhang and Liu Bei were ambiguous, Liu Zhang also sent him and Fazheng to Liu Bei's side, and after Liu Bei pacified Shu, Meng Da was given the title of Yidu Taishou.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Meng Da killed Pu Qi among his men in a battle against Fang Ling. You may not know much about this Pu Qi, he is Zhuge Liang's eldest brother-in-law. After the success of this military operation, Meng Da captured Shangyong and garrisoned there, and Liu Bei sent Liu Feng to the shangyong commander Meng Da's department, saying that Liu Feng was in charge of Meng Da, but the two were still in a state of "brothers and sisters discussing", even if the relationship between the two was not good.
Guan Yu had hoped that Liu Feng and Meng Da would come to his aid during the Northern Expedition to Fancheng, but who knew that Liu Feng meng da both refused. In fact, if you consider the strength of their troops and the stability of their base areas, Liu Feng Mengda is not wrong to reject Guan Yu.
After Guan Yu's defeat, Meng Da was afraid to ask for his guilt, and coupled with Liu Feng's aggressiveness towards himself, Meng Da decided to lead his troops to cao Wei. Before leaving, Meng Da still wrote a letter to Liu Bei in a very calm manner.
Meng Da surrendered to Cao Wei and wrote to Liu Feng hoping that Liu Feng would also defect to the State of Wei, but Liu Feng refused. Liu Feng was killed after returning to Chengdu, and before he died, he lamented that it was better to listen to Meng Da's surrender to the State of Wei.
Zhuge Liang was worried about the fierceness of the seal, and it would be difficult to control the emperor after yi shi, so he persuaded the first lord to get rid of it. So he sealed himself and cut himself off. Feng sighed, "Hate doesn't use Mencius' words!" "The Lord wept for it. - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Liu Feng"
Meng Da had good relations with Cao Pi, Xiahou Shang, and others during the reign of Cao Wei. Until Cao Pi died and Xiahou Shang died, Meng Da began to be uneasy. So he took the initiative to restore a certain contact with Zhuge Liang, and even had the heart to return to Shu Han. Under the advice of the Wei general Shen Yi, Sima Yi attacked Meng Da, and Meng Da's soldiers were defeated and his head was sent to Luoyang.
Meng Da had a son named Meng Xing, who was made the Overseer of Shu Han and was asked by Cao Wei to migrate back to Fufeng's hometown at the time of Shu Han's demise.
By the way, you may remember that Meng Da had a nephew named Deng Xian. Yes, there is such a person. Sima Yi besieged Meng Da, and it was Deng Xian who opened the door to surrender, and then there is no record.