"Ma's five constants, the white eyebrows are the best!" This sentence is derived from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which means that there are five brothers in Ma Chen's family, of which Ma Liang is the best. According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Liang was born in Xiangyang Yicheng (present-day Yicheng, Hubei). After Liu Bei gained Jingzhou, Ma Liang became his aide. After Liu Bei entered Shu, Ma Liang and Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou.
When Liu Bei attacked Luocheng, Ma Liang wrote to Zhuge Liang: "I heard that the lord has taken Luocheng, this is the mandate of heaven. Next, the lord should lead the army to occupy Chengdu. ”
Ma Liang was a talent with great prestige in the Shu Han Dynasty, and was especially appreciated by Zhuge Liang. According to Pei Songzhi's research, Ma Liang and Zhuge Liang may be brothers or related by blood. Zhuge Liang was older than Ma Liang, so Ma Liang called him an older brother.
Think about it, Ma Liang can make Zhuge Liang so appreciative. How could he possibly be a mediocre man? In fact, exactly. Later, Ma Liang sent an envoy to Eastern Wu, and he completed his task well and won the respect of the Eastern Wu court. After Liu Bei declared himself emperor, Ma Liang was appointed as a servant. After Liu Bei's crushing defeat at the Battle of Yiling, Ma Liang was killed by the rebels.
Speaking of this, the question arises: Since Ma Liang is so powerful, why did he not point out the military error of Liu Bei's 800-mile company battalion? The author will analyze the following according to the relevant records of the "Yanyi".
First of all, Ma Liang is just a mortal, and there will always be times of misjudgment
It is said that in order to avenge his second brother Guan Yu, Liu Bei disobeyed the advice of his ministers and set out from Shu Han with an army of 700,000 to Eastern Wu. Liu Bei was clearly determined to take Jingzhou and even take Eastern Wu if necessary.
At first, Liu Bei's army was victorious and reached The Pavilion. Eastern Wu was in a state of defeat at this time. Mi Zhu and Fu Shiren, who had already surrendered to Eastern Wu, actually turned their guns and surrendered to Shu Han. Of course, Liu Bei would not forget to avenge Guan Yu and directly beheaded the two of them. At this time, Liu Bei was very arrogant, and the people of Jiangnan were frightened by this momentum. Sun Quan listened to Bu Qi's advice and handed over Fan Qiang and Zhang Da, who killed Zhang Fei, to Liu Bei. Liu Bei saw this and was so angry that he directly beheaded the two. Sun Quan listened, panicked, and immediately appointed Lu Xun as the governor to fight against the enemy.
As we all know, Lu Xun is only a reader on the surface, and he has been familiar with the "Art of War of Sun Tzu" since he was a child, but he is not as famous as Ma Mo, and can only read the script. However, Liu Bei met Lu Xun and was doomed to failure. Lu Xun's strategy was not to stick to it. He thought that when the weather was hot, Liu Bei would definitely station his troops in the woods. Sure enough, the weather gradually warmed up, and Liu Bei's army could not stand it more and more. Liu Bei had his army set up more than 700 miles of camps, divided into more than 40 sized villages, all of which were next to the mountains and forests. It is in response to the saying, "The proud soldier will be defeated." Liu Bei was really anxious to succeed, had no scruples, and completely forgot the tragic experiences that Cao Cao had experienced in the past.
Ma Liang is not a god-man, and he will also have miscalculations. In addition, At that time, Liu Bei's army was in absolute superiority. How could Ma Liang have imagined that the army would be attacked by fire at once? Besides, Ma Liang reminded Liu Bei, but Liu Bei did not listen. The relevant descriptions in the Three Kingdoms are as follows:
Ma Liang said: "Although Lu Xun was a scholar, he was young and promising, and he had a profound strategy; the attack on Jingzhou was the work of this person." Liu Bei was very angry and said, "This trick of the shaft murdered my second brother." It's time to grab him and cut him to pieces! ”
Later, Ma Liang said to Liu Bei, "Lu Xun has a deep strategy. His Majesty has come from afar to fight him, from spring to summer; the reason why he has not moved is to wait for the change of our army. I hope That Your Majesty will see through. Who knew that Liu Bei said that Lu Xun was just timid, and he didn't have any conspiracies and tricks. Ma Liang also suggested that Liu Bei move the camp elsewhere, and also drew a map and entrusted it to zhuge Liang for review.
In short, Ma Liang thought that Lu Xun would attack with fire, and at that time he already had an ominous premonition and tried his best to persuade Liu Bei.
Second, even if Ma Liang persuaded Liu Bei not to even camp, it would not help
This is also a very likely situation. At that time, Liu Bei had already been overwhelmed by victory, and he couldn't listen to anyone's advice at all. When Liu Bei first wanted to fight against Eastern Wu, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun were all advised, but Liu Bei had completely lost his mind, and he did not hesitate to avenge Guan Yu. At this point, Ma Liang and Liu Bei were tacit. Therefore, Liu Bei's decision, including letting the army set up camp in the mountains and the sea, and the stinky chess pieces of the seven-hundred-mile camp, Ma Liangke was bitter and unspeakable.
So, what is everyone's view on Ma Liangqi?