The street pavilion had been lost, and the Shu kingdom was employing people, so why did Zhuge Liang have to behead Ma Chen?
In this article, I will talk to you about this topic.
The author believes that Zhuge Liang's tear-jerking remarks were a last resort. We all know that Zhuge Liang has always had strict military discipline, and this time Ma Mo still voluntarily asked for orders to guard the street pavilion, and also made a military order on the spot. Ma Mo insisted on going his own way, did not act according to Zhuge Liang's deployment, and arbitrarily advocated that the military camp be stationed on the mountain, hoping to encircle the Wei army by virtue of natural danger. However, he did not expect that the water supply was not enough, and as a result, he was surrounded by the Wei army's Zhang Jaw's troops and trapped on the mountain.
Because there was no water to cook, a large number of Shu troops could not hold on, surrendered, ran, and finally Ma Mo had to rush out of the siege with the remnants of the defeated generals, fortunately, Wei Yan came to meet in front, and Ma Mo escaped the disaster. Although Matthew escaped, the street kiosk was lost because of his carelessness.
When Zhuge Liang heard the news of the loss of the street pavilion, he immediately ordered the army to withdraw. After Zhuge Liang returned to Hanzhong, he immediately summed up the lessons learned. Because of his own mistakes in employing people, coupled with Ma Mo's self-belief, he took the initiative and changed his strategy, resulting in the loss of the street kiosk. Therefore, Zhuge Liang finally endured the pain of cutting love, cut off Ma Mo with tears, and himself degraded himself to the third class. In addition to acting in accordance with military law, Zhuge Liang's tearful slashing of horses was also to deter the courtiers, although the Shu army was employing people at that time, but Zhuge Liang had to do so. Because Ma Mo disobeyed the military order, resulting in the loss of the street kiosk, the crime should be beheaded, if Zhuge Liang did not do this, how could he win over the world, and how could he gain a foothold in the army? It can be said that Ma Mo's death was really deserved.
According to Zhuge Liang's plan, if the street pavilion was saved, the Northern Expedition war could be carried out smoothly, but he never expected that the first Northern Expedition would end with the loss of the street pavilion. Zhuge Liang's use of the wrong person is on the one hand, on the other hand, Ma Mo really can't stand up to scrutiny, don't look at him talking about the head of the Tao, but really let him lead the three armies, Ma Mo really can't do it. There were many people in the Shu army who could entrust them with such heavy responsibilities, such as Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, Wu Yi, and others, but Zhuge Liang chose Ma Chen.
In fact, in order to assist Ma Mo in guarding the street pavilion, Zhuge Liang also sent a deputy general Wang Ping to follow Ma Mo to the street pavilion. However, Ma Mo did not listen to Wang Ping's opinion at all, and Wang Ping insisted on garrisoning the city, while Ma Mo demanded that his troops be placed on the mountain. The two of them had a big fight because of this, but after all, Ma Mo was the leader, and he said the math, so Wang Ping could only obey Ma Mo's orders. As a result, Ma Mo lost the street kiosk and took his own life. In fact, before Liu Bei died, he had said to Zhuge Liang that Ma Mo had said this person and could not be reused. However, just because Zhuge Liang and Ma Mo had a good relationship, Ma Mo also thought that he was skilled in martial arts and superior to others. Moreover, he also made a military order on the spot, so Zhuge Liang chose Ma Mo, and the tragedy of Ma Mo was staged.
Speaking of which someone asked:
How could Ma Mo be so valued by Zhuge Liang?
Ma Mo (马谡), Zi Youchang, Xiangyang Yicheng (
Present-day southern Yicheng, Hubei
Ren, is the younger brother of Ma Liang in the Shu Han Dynasty, there are five brothers in the family, he is the smallest, and the Ma brothers are commonly known as " because of their outstanding talent"
Martens's Five Constants
”。 Ma Mo was very talented and especially liked to talk about military planning, so after defecting to Liu Bei, he was particularly favored by Zhuge Liang. Ma Mo successively served as Mianzhu County Order, Chengdu County Order, and Yue Yue Taishou.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the street pavilion was a place where soldiers and families had to fight, and its loss directly led to the failure of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, so it is reasonable to say that Zhuge Liang tearfully cut off horses. Such an important military base, Ma Mo actually lost, everyone said that Zhuge Liang can not be annoyed and ashamed into anger?
In summary, the author believes that Ma Mo's death was self-inflicted.