As the eldest son of Ma Bufang, the "King of the Northwest", Ma Jiyuan can be said to have grown up with a golden spoon from birth, and he was also very astute from an early age, showing his military talent and talent at a very young age. Therefore, he is very popular with Ma Bufang, and has always been cultivated by Ma Bufang as an heir. In 1933, at the age of 12, Ma Jiyuan was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the chief of staff of the colonel of the Security Headquarters of the North and South Border Regions of Qinghai Province, although this position was obviously Chiang Kai-shek's bribe to Ma Jiajun, but for Ma Jiyuan, it was a very good performance opportunity.
Although he was still young, Ma Jiyuan's talent in military command could not be underestimated, and he showed his sharp edge at a young age. He was also very concerned by Chiang Kai-shek, and only three years later he was awarded the rank of colonel brigadier of the Nationalist Army, and soon after led his troops to the front line to resist the Japanese.
In 1942, Ma Jiyuan was appointed commander of the 82nd Army of the Kuomintang Northwest Elite Army and promoted to the rank of major general of the army, when he was only 23 years old, he could be described as a hero out of a teenager. After that, Ma Jiyuan has been carrying out anti-Japanese activities in Yuncheng, Shanxi, Huaiyang, Henan, and Shouxian and Fengtai in northern Anhui, and has repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, so that for a long time, the Japanese army began to passively and sluggishly fight as soon as it heard the name of Ma Jiajun, and did not dare to confront it.
However, after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Ma Jiyuan resolutely followed Lao Jiang to stand against the people and actively contributed to the civil war. During the Liberation War, Ma Jiyuan once again exerted his military talent, leading the 82nd Division to hinder our Northwest Field Army many times, and also won many victories in the hands of General Peng. In this regard, he also became the "most difficult bone" in the mouth of Mr. Peng, and he defeated Mr. Peng three times. However, in the Battle of Lanzhou, Ma Ji's reinforcements fled in defeat and eventually had to retreat to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek.
During his time in Taiwan, Soong Mei-ling also married his own daughter to him, but despite this, Ma Jiyuan was still not valued by Chiang Kai-shek and was ostracized everywhere. As a last resort, he eventually settled in Saudi Arabia and never returned to Taiwan. However, after the Wenchuan earthquake, Ma Jiyuan also donated all his savings to the motherland, totaling $5,000. However, just four years after the Wenchuan earthquake, he died in a foreign country. At the age of 23, he became a military commander, defeated Mr. Peng three times, and donated 5,000 US dollars to Wenchuan in his later years, ma Jiyuan's life is full of legends.