Throughout China's thousands of years of history, it is not entirely a dynasty of song and dance, and there are many years of war and turmoil, but the world is often familiar with the peaceful dynasties of great unification, such as the historical events of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms periods, which make many people feel strange. However, the Three Kingdoms, which were also in a chaotic world, were almost a household name, and even those who had not read the history books could say many characters from the Three Kingdoms period, such as Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, and Wusheng Guan Yu.
The reason why the Three Kingdoms are well known to posterity, in addition to the reasons for the emergence of talents, the Ming Dynasty novelist Luo Guanzhong is indispensable, and his masterpiece "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" makes people read with relish and is suitable for people of different ages. Although the writing technique is superb and the characters and events are vividly described, there are still some discrepancies with the historical records, which can be described as seven points true and three points false, and cannot be believed or fully believed.
The portrayal of the characters in the rendition is very sharp, Guan Yu with righteous characters, Cao Cao, who is treacherous, Liu Bei, who is kind and benevolent, and Zhang Zilong, who is brave and strategic, and everyone has an unforgettable story behind them. In addition, Zhuge Liang, who has a brilliant intellect, is even more impressive, for thousands of years few people out of his right, can be called the embodiment of wisdom, Zhuge Liang is not in the rivers and lakes for thousands of years, the rivers and lakes still have his legend, its charm can be seen.
Perhaps Luo Guanzhong is also a hardcore fan of Zhuge Liang, under the pen, everywhere reflects the worship of Zhuge Liang, so he does not hesitate to make something out of nothing, and attributes things that have not happened in history, or the achievements of others, as Zhuge Liang's handwriting. For example, in the Battle of Chibi, the protagonist should be Zhou Yu, the Governor of Dadu, the Empty City Plan and the Eight Arrays, which were fabricated by Mr. Luo Lao.
As the embodiment of justice, Zhuge Liang enforced the law very strictly, no matter who disobeyed the military order, he would never be merciful, the most famous of which was the allusion to tears and horses. Because of his meritorious service, Ma Mo forgot Zhuge Liang's repeated instructions, did not listen to the advice of the deputy general Wang Ping, and acted without authorization, resulting in the street pavilion falling into the hands of the enemy. After Ma Mo lost the street pavilion, was he really executed by Zhuge Liang? Stop being fooled by Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The Battle of Yiling was defeated, the Shu state was greatly damaged, Liu Bei died of illness in the midst of remorse, and Zhuge Liang shouldered an unprecedented burden. After only a few years of recuperation, the strength of the Shu state increased greatly, and it was time to settle accounts with Cao Wei, so he asked for the Northern Expedition. Intercession was just a process, Liu Chan immediately agreed, the Shu army set out in a mighty way, Zhuge Liang formulated a strategic deployment, ordered troops and generals, and handed over the most important pass to the Ai general Ma Chenzhen to guard.
Prior to this, Ma Mo had no experience in leading soldiers to fight, lacked actual combat experience, but liked to talk about the art of war, which was deeply valued by Zhuge Liang. When Liu Bei was alive, he had an opinion of Ma Mo, worried that he was talking about soldiers on paper, and reminded Zhuge Liang before he died: "Ma Mo is exaggerated and cannot be of great use." However, for Liu Bei's concerns, Zhuge Liang did not have it in his heart, but thought that Ma Mo was worth cultivating.
Not listening to the old man's words, suffering losses in front of his eyes, Zhuge Liang, who has always expected things like gods, planted a heel in the matter of reusing horse rumors. When the situation of the Shu army was very good, the strategic street pavilion was lost, and in order to minimize the losses, Zhuge Liang could only order the retreat, and the first Northern Expedition was a failure. According to the saying in the speech, although Zhuge Liang could not bear to kill Ma Mo, it was not enough to convince the public without killing him, and finally beheaded him with tears.
Flipping through the history books, the author also found a similar record, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang Biography"
"Rumor violates the brightness of the festival, the behavior is inappropriate, and it is greatly broken by Zhang Tai." More than a thousand families in Liangbaxi County, also in Hanzhong, slaughtered to thank the public. ”
Does this prove that Matthew was beheaded? Everything is about evidence, not too hasty. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Xiang Lang records: "When He fled, Lang did not know about it, and he hated it, and he was dismissed from office and returned to Chengdu." ”
The above sentence is not difficult to understand, after Ma Mo lost the street kiosk, he resolutely absconded in fear of his crime, and Xiang Lang, as the minister of the long history, actually knew about it and did not report it, and Zhuge Liang blamed Xiang Lang and directly dismissed him. Maybe you haven't heard Xiang Lang's name, but his nephew Xiang Is not simple, Zhuge Liang wrote in the "Table of Teachers"
"General Xiang Favor, Sexual Behavior Shu Jun, Xiao Chang Military, Trial in the Past, The Former Emperor Called It Neng, is based on the opinion of the public to raise the favor as the governor." ”
And in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Liang Biography", there are also "
When he was imprisoned, Liang wept for it
This means that Ma Mo died in prison and was not beheaded in public. As we all know, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Chen Shou, a famous historian of the Shu Han and Western Jin Dynasties, and should be very rigorous, but why contradict each other's accounts of Ma Chen's ending? The first was to be executed by Zhuge Liang, the second was to abscond in fear of sin, and the third was to die in prison.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc