Liu Bei relied on his powerful marketing techniques to attract countless patriots, including: Zhao Yun, Pang Tong, Kong Ming, Huang Zhong, Huo Jun and others. In his early years, Liu Bei went around publicizing the righteous deeds of the "Kuang Fu Han Room", which naturally attracted many like-minded friends. But everything has two sides, while attracting patriots, some people also exploit Liu Bei's loopholes, such people use the current words is "black sheep" They have no other skills, the ability to drop the chain, drag their legs, that is unmatched!
Does the Shu Han camp really have such a black sheep? The answer is yes. Perhaps this person took advantage of the fact that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were both busy with their work and took advantage of the opportunity to exploit the loophole. However, his city government is very deep, as soon as there is a wind and grass, he immediately changes direction, maybe today is still a friend, tomorrow immediately become a stranger, and even a knife and gun to meet!
Who the hell is this? How hateful is he? Let's put it this way, Lü Bu is a pit daddy, and this person specializes in pit bosses, and whoever is his boss must not only pay for it, but also be ready to be stabbed by him at any time. Speaking of which, he is even more hateful than Lü Bu! He indirectly killed Guan Yu, and even Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang couldn't do anything about him!
This person had a good relationship with Fa Zheng, and he had also gained Liu Bei's trust before, because after all, he was a companion with Fa, and no matter how bad his character was, he would not be outrageously bad! This person, who first worked under Liu Zhang, was Meng Da. Meng Da was a man of great "righteousness", and before he defected to Liu Zhang with Fa Zheng, and later he ran with Fa Zheng to Liu Bei. His relationship is self-evident, and in a way, Fa Zheng is his "stepping stone" or patron around Liu Bei.
As long as the Fa is in place, Meng Da's career will be smooth! Fazheng's ability, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others have all seen it, and later it was deeply used by Liu Bei, which played a role in promoting Liu Bei's pacification of Yizhou. Therefore, Fa Zheng was reused by Liu Bei and made him "Shang Shu Ling, Protector of the Army", and similarly, his good friend Meng Da also loved the favor, and as soon as Liu Bei came on the field, he gave him a position of "Yi Du Tai Shou".
In 219 AD, Meng Da was ordered by Liu Bei to attack Fangling, and after success, he took Shangyong! After all, Shangyong was much more difficult to attack than Fangling, and in order to succeed, Liu Bei also dispatched his son Liu Feng. Liu Bei asked Liu Feng to swim down from the water and lead his army to join Meng Da. Liu Feng was a fierce general, and soon Shangyong was taken down by them. (It was originally a gratifying thing, but a Liu Feng suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, and the credit was taken away by him, and Meng Da himself was at best a deputy!) What was even more annoying was that at this time, Liu Feng Mengda suddenly received a distress order from Guan Yu.
Guan Yu praised in the letter that his own attack on Fancheng Xiangyang was soon successful, and you quickly sent to help me! Meng Da, who was already unhappy in his heart, suggested to Liu Feng that our current city had just been pacified, and the people's hearts were still unstable, and we should not send troops out of the city at this time, just in case. Liu Feng, who had a simple braincase, actually agreed to Meng Da.
Because Sun Beard turned his face, Guan Yu was surrounded by front and back, and he was soon defeated. At this time, Liu Feng Mengda was still resolute not to save, which later caused Guan Yu to hang in Linfeng! At this point, Meng Da felt that he was playing big, and he was afraid of being punished by Liu Bei, so he took more than 4,000 horses and directly rolled up to Cao Wei.
Quoted from historical sources: "Zizhi Tongjian": The Shu general Meng Datun Shangyong, who was not in agreement with the deputy general Liu Feng, invaded the lingzhi, and more than 4,000 families came to descend.
For Meng Da's rebellion, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang could only be angry from afar, and there was no way to take Meng Da at all, but Liu Bei seemed to have sprinkled all his anger on His son Liu Feng, and after Liu Feng returned to Chengdu, he ordered him to commit suicide by taking poison. (It is said that at that time, Liu Bei also shed tears...) ）
Meng Da's bright and righteous rebellion against Liu Bei was simply a disgrace to Liu Bei. The blame was only that he had big ears at that time, and he didn't bother to observe this Meng Da boy!
Meng Da, after arriving at Cao Wei, was recognized by Cao Pi. He was given the title of "General of Jianwu" by Cao Pi and was in charge of the three cities of Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng. In order to gain a firm foothold in Cao Wei, Meng Da, unlike Lü Bu, only by force, he began to get close to Huan Jie and Xiahou Shang, and most importantly, he also established a certain relationship of trust with Cao Pi, which was recognized by the boss, and Meng Da's career in Cao Wei can be said to be like a day in the sky!
However, the good times were not long, Xiahou Shang died early, Cao Pi also unfortunately died of illness, and Meng Da had no one to rely on in Cao Wei's team. At the time of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, he was suspicious and eventually decided to oppose Wei Benshu. However, before the plan could be realized, Meng Da was defeated by Sima Yi's Heavenly Divine Soldiers, and his head was also transmitted to the capital.
A villain like Meng Da, who repeats himself, is even more hateful than Lü Bu's pit father! Meng Da not only pit daddy, he also pit colleagues, pit leaders, pit emperors, really did not find his pit place!
Reference: Zizhi Tongjian