Everyone is his own historian. —Carl Baker
The Five Tiger Generals were liu Bei's five military generals Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Ma, and Huang, and were outstanding figures in the group of military generals during the Three Kingdoms period. They were brave and good at war, charged into battle, and made great contributions to the creation of Shu Han. Zhuge Liang's planning, meticulous planning, and firm execution by the Five Tiger Generals were able to achieve one victory after another, gaining the upper hand in the war against Cao Cao and Sun Quan. It can be said that without these five people, Liu Bei's revival of the Han Room can only be an empty word.
However, not all of the Five Tiger Generals were meritorious and hardworking. Since he submitted to Liu Bei, there was a person who did not make any achievements until his death, but he was regarded by Liu Bei as his right and left arm, and every time he was promoted, he was treated first-class. This person is Ma Chao. Ma Chao had fought two tough battles with Cao Cao before, but after returning to Liu Bei, he did not go to battle to kill again, and it is said that he was full-time responsible for guarding Xiqiang, but many years after his death, he did not hear of any disturbances in Xiqiang. He was from a prominent family and was a famous family member of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so Liu Bei always looked up to him.
Without making a contribution, the key Ma Chao also brought a terrible disaster to Shu Han, and Shu Han perished as a result. It is said that when Ma Chao came to defect to Liu Bei, he also brought his younger brother Ma Dai. Ma Dai was once one of Zhuge Liang's important military generals. Both of the Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers served as generals in shu Han, and the descendants of later generations followed the light, and Ma Dai had a grandson, Ma Miao, who became the Taishou of Jiangyou. Jiangyou Pass is a terrible throat in Shu Han, and the pass is located in a dangerous position from the Yinping Trail to Chengdu, and if you guard Jiangyou, you will not be afraid of Cao Wei sneaking up on Shu Han from the Yinping Trail. Probably Liu Chan felt that Ma Mi was after the gatekeeper, the world was favored by the country, and should be reliable, so he gave him such an important place.
Later, Cao Wei sent a large army to attack Shu Han, and the general Jiang Wei was strictly guarded at the Sword Pavilion, and Wei Bing could not come. Wei Guoliang was so anxious that Deng Ai was in a hurry and decided to take the YinPing Trail to take a risk. Deng Ai led his army through the Yinping Road and came to Jiangyou Pass. The defender Ma Mi, even if he did not have the ability to eliminate wei soldiers, as long as he could hold the city and drag The Wei soldiers, he could also win precious time for Shu Han and organize forces to counterattack. In this way, Deng Ai's trip would be in vain, and the sneak attack plan would be completely frustrated.
Unexpectedly, after this famous general, he had no ability and two spinelessness, and in the face of the little people and horses under Deng Ai, he was so frightened that he opened the door and surrendered! It should be known that at this time, the overall situation of the Shu Han battlefield was good, Ma Mi was fighting at the doorstep of his home, and on all sides were Shu Han's territory and people, facing only a lone army of Deng Ai, only about 2,000 people, and he really couldn't think of any reason for him to surrender. However, he chose to surrender, fulfilling the name of Deng Ai I and also pit Liu Chan.
After Liu Chan heard the news, he hurriedly sent Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan to lead an army to resist Deng Ai. As a result, Zhuge Zhan rushed into battle and suffered a crushing defeat at Mianzhu. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan and grandson Zhuge Shang were killed, Zhang Fei's grandson Zhang Zun was killed, and Zhao Yun's son Zhao Guang was killed. The descendants of the Five Tiger Generals were almost exterminated. The most tragic is also Guan Yu, the "Book of Shu" records that when the Wei general Pang De was killed by Guan Yu, his son Pang Hui went out with the Wei army, and after capturing Chengdu, he avenged his father and killed the entire family of Guan Yu's descendants.
After Ma Chao submitted to Liu Bei, he did not make any achievements, and his family descendants instead sold their lords for glory at a critical moment, bringing ruin to Shu Han. If Liu Bei had known that his own jiangshan would be in the hands of Ma Chao's descendants, I am afraid that he would not have dared to take Ma Chao in at the beginning.