Zhuge Liang tearfully slashed the horse rumors, which seemed to be deeply affectionate, but in fact, it was a hidden killing machine. For a long time, many people will blame Ma Mo for the loss of the street kiosk. It was Ma Mo's arrogance and arrogance, his self-esteem, his proficiency in the art of war, his refusal to listen to Zhuge Liang's order that "the village must be the key point," nor Wang Ping's suggestion of "cutting wood as a fence to try a long-term plan," and taking advantage of his several empty tactics of "relying on his high vision, breaking the bamboo" and "leaving him to die and be born later," he camped on the mountain, only to be besieged by Sima Yi on all sides, cutting off his waterways, and finally suffered a crushing defeat and lost the important place of the street pavilion.
Of course, it is Ma Chen's fault that the street pavilion was lost, but Zhuge Liang should also be responsible for this, and even said that it was a part of Zhuge Liang's plan. The first is why Zhuge Liang, who has always known people to make good use of it, gave the street kiosk with such an important position to ma Mo, who was proud of his talents. It should be known that the street pavilion was the key to Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, and it was reasonable to say that such an important position was either Zhuge Liang himself sitting in the town, or sending the famous general Wei Yan to guard the palace. As a result, Zhuge Liang's faction had no actual combat experience to obtain Ma Chen, not so much because Ma Mo's previous plan was deeply rooted in Zhuge Liang's intentions, which won him the task of guarding the street pavilion in town, but rather that Ma Mo guarded the street pavilion, which was a plan for Zhuge Liang to screen talents for the Shu kingdom.
In addition to the most direct purpose of the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition also had the idea of mining talents. At that time, the Shu state experienced the defeat of Yiling and lost a large number of military and political talents. In addition to selecting from several original internal groups, Zhuge Liang also wanted to recruit some outstanding talents from other places through the Northern Expedition, and at the same time eliminate some of the original defective internal personnel through the Northern Expedition.
Ma Mo is such a person who needs to pass the "examination". In fact, Zhuge Liang still attaches great importance to Ma Mo, but before Liu Bei died, he said to Zhuge Liang that "Ma Mo is exaggerated and cannot be reused, and it is advisable to examine it deeply." It is reasonable to say that Zhuge Liang would listen to Liu Bei's dying words, but zhuge Liang hesitated on the matter of whether to reuse Ma Mo.
In the end, Zhuge Liang still decided to give Ma Mo a chance. Therefore, since Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang has brought Ma Mo with him on several foreign expeditions. When Zhuge Liang marched south to Miaojiang, Ma Mo was ordered by the Lord hou to labor the army, Zhuge Liang asked the key to the victory of the southern expedition, Ma Mo gave the correct answer of "heart war is the best", and then Zhuge Liang issued an exclamation of "young and often know my heart", fully affirming Ma Mo's talent, and leaving Ma Mo to join the army.
At the critical time of the success or failure of the Southern Expedition, Meng Youlai, the younger brother of Meng Yu, surrendered, and Zhuge Liang used this to make a second inspection of Ma Mo. However, this time Zhuge Liang only: looking back at Ma Chenyue: "Do you know what he meant?" This was different from Zhuge Liang's attitude of taking the initiative to ask questions directly when Ma Mo first came to Miaojiang. Slightly passive, and slightly deliberate. Fortunately, Ma Mo once again gave Zhuge Liang a satisfactory answer, and Zhuge Liang clapped his hands and laughed: "What Ru Zhi saw is the same as me." Although this time Zhuge Liang also affirmed Ma Chen, he was not very enthusiastic.
When Ma Mo made his third proposal, when Sima Yi was appointed as the governor of Yongzhou and Liangzhou, Kong Ming was horrified, fearing that Sima Yi would train his troops well and pose a great threat to the Shu state. At this time, Ma Mo took the initiative to offer a counter-plan, and Zhuge Liang obeyed Zhuge Liang's strategy, which eventually caused Sima Yi to lose his military power. The greatest threat to the Shu state was removed. But this time Zhuge Liang did not give Ma Mo any affirmation, just from it.
Why did Ma Mo's many suggestions be deeply rooted in Zhuge Liang's intentions, but instead made Zhuge Liang's attitude towards him change. In fact, this is mainly because Zhuge Liang has completed the investigation of Ma Mo. It is undeniable that Ma Mo is talented, but Ma Mo has many character flaws. During Ma Mo's several offerings, he inadvertently exposed his own character defects, and he could not only get Zhuge Liang's affirmation, but also reveal his arrogant and proud character. This is especially evident in Ma Mo's third appearance. When he heard that Sima Yi had been appointed as the governor of Yongzhou and Liangzhou, Zhuge Liang was horrified and decided to start the army first. In the end, although Zhuge Liang obeyed Ma Mo's plan, he did not give any evaluation, and at this moment, Liu Bei's sentence before his death, "Ma Mo said exaggerated, cannot be reused" came to Zhuge Liang's mind.
From this moment on, Ma Mo was excluded from the core of power by Zhuge Liang, but Ma Mo was also really talented. If such a proud and arrogant person is not reused, he will become a major threat to the Shu state in the future, just as he prevented Wei Yan after Zhuge Liang's death. At this time, Zhuge Liang also began to prevent Ma Mo from starting, so he let Ma Mozhen guard the street pavilion, and at the same time, he used the radical general method to make Ma Mo set up a military order, and arranged for Wang Ping to restrain Ma Mo. This move made Ma Mo's character defects constantly enlarge, and the inflated Ma Mo even said: "The minister still asks me about all things, and Ru Naihe obstructs the evil." Obviously, at this time, Ma Mo did not even pay attention to Zhuge Liang, plus Wang Ping kept provoking Ma Mo with the words "I am tired of following the Xiang Xiang through the battle, and everywhere I go, the Xiang Xiang will do my best to teach".
Ma Mo finally followed Zhuge Liang's wish and went farther and farther down the road of deviation. After the army of the Lost Street Pavilion retreated to Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang first blamed Wang Ping for not advising, and used Wang Ping's mouth to point out Ma Mo's various mistakes, and then on the grounds of the Ming Zheng Military Law, he was not moved by the generals and beheaded Ma Mo.