There are many famous generals in ancient China, no matter which dynasty, there are many famous warriors, especially in the Three Kingdoms period, the world is in chaos, in this chaotic world where strength is supreme, too many famous generals were born, they are like the stars in the sky, countless.
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When it comes to military generals during the Three Kingdoms period, some people will think of Cao Cao's Dianwei, some people will think of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in Liu Bei's camp, and some people will think of Zhou Yu, Lü Meng and others in Eastern Wu. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were not a few military generals of the major forces, but Compared with the two countries of Eastern Wu and Wei and Shu, it seemed that they were still weaker, and the number of military generals who could be known to the world was even smaller. However, this does not mean that the Eastern Wu generals are weak, for example, there is an unsung military general in Eastern Wu, whether in the main history or in the rendition, he does not appear many times, but it is this person who killed two of Liu Bei's powerful five tiger generals, which is a horror. This person's name may not be familiar to many people, he is the Eastern Wu general Ma Zhong. The reason why Ma Zhong was called a general instead of a general was because his status was indeed not high, just a general under the hands of the Eastern Wu general Pan Zhang, whose status was not high and his fame was not great, but it was such a general with an indisputable reputation that he killed two very famous generals in later generations.
Ma Zhong
There were many generals under Liu Bei, whether it was Guan Zhang and Zhang, or Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and others, who were famous generals at that time. However, the most famous military generals under Liu Bei are still the five great generals known as the "Five Tiger Generals", who represent the strongest combat strength of Liu Bei's lineup. However, this unknown Ma Zhong killed Liu Bei's most trusted general among the Five Tiger Generals in his first appearance, Guan Yu. People know that Guan Yu was deceived by Lü Meng during the battle against Eastern Wu and was eventually captured, but it is not known who captured him. In fact, it was the Eastern Wu general, Ma Zhong, who captured Guan Yu. At that time, Guan Yu's rear was secretly attacked by Lü Meng, and there was no reinforcement for a long time, so after he held on to Maicheng, he knew that he was invincible, so he left Maicheng with dozens of horses. It is reasonable to say that a figure like Guan Yu, even if there are not many soldiers around him, cannot be easily caught. Unfortunately, However, Guan Yu met Ma Zhong, a nameless pawn that Guan Yu had never heard of. Ma Zhong was very cunning, he knew that Guan Yu was strong, so he did not attack head-on, but set up an ambush on the road, tripping Guan Yu's war horse, and suddenly led his army to rush up when Guan Yu fell off his horse in panic, and easily captured Guan Yu. Maybe even Guan Yu didn't expect that he would end up folding in the hands of a nameless pawn. However, no matter how he nestled the fire, he was still defeated at the hands of Ma Zhong, and he died as a result.
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As soon as Guan Yu died, Liu Bei was heartbroken, and he originally wanted to attack Eastern Wu, so the state hated to repay the family, so he led an army to cut down Wu. Liu Bei was menacing, and Eastern Wu could only face the battle with a hard scalp. However, no one expected that in this war, This miracle-making Ma Zhong would once again let Liu Bei lose a major general. At the Battle of Xiaoting, Huang Zhong led his army against Panzhang of Eastern Wu. Huang Zhong was already more than seventy years old at the time, and although he was one of the Five Tiger Generals, Pan Zhang did not feel afraid, he felt that Huang Zhong was old and not afraid. However, after the fight, Pan Zhang found that he could not defeat Huang Zhong and lost the battle. After returning, Pan Zhang asked Ma Zhong to ambush him and help him meet the enemy. The next day Pan Zhang was defeated again and fled, and the old general Huang Zhong chased after him on horseback, but Ma Zhong was ambushed on the road, he bent his bow and arrow, and an arrow hit Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong was rescued back to the camp, but because of his serious injuries, he soon died. After Huang Zhong's death, Liu Bei was sad and painful, and he did not expect that an unknown pawn in Eastern Wu would allow himself to fold two generals in a row, which can be described as beheading his siblings. However, although Ma Zhong performed several miracles and killed two of the Five Tiger Generals, he relied on sneak attacks, and he eventually died because of the sneak attacks.
Huang Zhong
Ma Zhong's third appearance was after Pan Zhang was beheaded by Guan Xing, and Ma Zhong wanted to succeed Pan Zhang, but was betrayed and attacked by the general, and after his death, his head was cut off and presented to Liu Bei. In this way, this Eastern Wu general who killed Guan Yu and Huang Zhong by sneak attack means eventually died in the sneak attack after almost killing Guan Yu's son Guan Xing, which can be described as retribution. Of course, what is more dramatic is that after this battle, Liu Bei got a sage, also named Ma Zhong, and made a major contribution to Liu Bei. It's just that this Ma Zhong and Dongwu Ma Zhong are certainly not the same person, and the interesting history may lie in this.