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This person's fame is not under Huang Zhong, he led his troops to fight Cao Cao in his lifetime, and singled out many famous generals with his strong martial arts, including Yu Ban, Zhang He and others, and finally became a well-known general in the Three Kingdoms. However, it is a pity that this person does not have any friends around him, just like the current "five-guarantee household", he only receives a "monthly salary" issued by his lord every month, so who is this person? He is not Lu Bu.
As we all know, although Lu Bu has a repetitive temperament, he still has Chen Gong by his side to swear allegiance, in addition to Chen Gong, there are Gao Shun and Diao Chan to follow around, so it seems that although Lu Bu died pitifully, he is not the loneliest general in the Three Kingdoms.
So who is the loneliest and most cowardly general in the Three Kingdoms? This person is none other than the Xiliang general "Jinma Chao".
Why is Ma Chao the loneliest general in the Three Kingdoms? The reason is very simple, Ma Chao was born in 176 AD and died in 222 AD, that is, Ma Chao debuted in 211 AD, but he died just about 10 years ago, Ma Chao was only 46 years old when he died, theoretically speaking, Ma Chao as a strong general, his physical fitness should be very strong, but he died in a hurry in his 40s, what did Ma Chao experience?
Ma beyond the road
In 211 AD, Ma Chao raised an army against Cao, when Cao Cao sent Zhong Xuan and Xiahou Yuan to try to attack Zhang Lu through the territory of the Xiliang warlords led by Ma Chao and Han Sui. However, Ma Chao thought that Cao Cao was a false plan to destroy him, so he united with Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Yang Qiu and other ten troops with a total of 100,000 troops to block Cao Cao.
In order to increase the chances of victory, Ma Chao also co-opted Liu Xiongming's forces, but was rejected by Liu Xiongming, and after being refused, Ma Chao personally led his troops to attack and kill Liu Xiongming, and finally caused him to defect to Cao Cao. Later, Ma Chao recognized Han Sui as his father-in-law and joined forces with him to fight against Cao Cao.
In July 211 A.D., Cao Cao led the army to Tongguan, so that the battle of Tongguan officially began, although Ma Chao and Han Sui's Xiliang soldiers and horses were powerful, but the Xiliang soldiers and horses did not have a qualified military division, and finally Ma Chao and Han Sui were defeated under Cao Cao's "discord plan".
As a result, Ma Chao and Han Sui were in chaos without a fight, and even turned against each other, and finally the coalition led by Ma Chao and Han Sui was defeated, and Cheng Yi, Li Kan and others died in battle.
After Ma Chao was defeated, he first retreated to Anding, and then ran to Shangdi, which was very embarrassing.
In May 212 AD, Cao Cao captured the Ma Chao people in Yecheng, and beheaded Ma Chao's father Ma Teng, Ma Chao's brother Ma Tie and Ma Xiu, and wiped out the three tribes. The reason why Cao Cao killed Ma Chao's three clans was very simple, that is, Ma Chao led his troops to attack Cao Cao.
It is recorded in the historical material "Zizhi Tongjian": Xia, May, Guiwei, Zhuwei Ma Teng, and Yi three tribes. Judging from historical records, although Ma Chao's approach at that time was relieved, he ignored his family, and Ma Teng and others were already under Cao Cao's control at that time. From this point of view, Ma Chao is indeed a brave and unscrupulous person.
Ma Chao became a lost dog, and he didn't have any friends around him
After Ma Chao was defeated by Cao Cao, he did not stop there, but led his troops to attack the counties of Longshang, and at the same time, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong also sent Yang Ang to help Ma Chao, so Ma Chao attacked Liangzhou to assassinate Shi Weikang.
Wei Kang sent Yan Wen out of Jicheng to ask Xiahou Yuan for help, but was captured alive by Ma Chao, and Ma Chao threatened Yan Wen to let him assassinate Shi Weikang in Jicheng and said that Cao Jun would not send reinforcements to help, so Ma Chao could easily enter Jicheng.
However, Yan Wen said: "The way of the king is only one death, I will not fail to talk about benevolence and righteousness!", Yan Wen's words can be said to be a slap in the face of Ma Chao, Yan Wen means that if you follow Ma Chao and end up with only one death, it will also affect your family, so she refuses Ma Chao.
In the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms/The Biography of Yan Wen", it is recorded that the number of super angry people said: "Don't you plan evil for your fate?" Wen said: "The husband has no death, and Qing wants to make the elder speak unjustly, how can I live without me?"
Although Yan Wen is the acting commander of Shangtai County, he does not bow to Ma Chao and other hardline forces in the face of righteousness. After Yan Wen was killed, Wei Kang surrendered to Ma Chao and let Ma Chao enter Jicheng. After Ma Chao occupied Jicheng, he assigned Zhang Lubu to put Yang Ang to execute Wei Kang and Taishou.
Since then, Ma Chao has taken Jicheng as his base, and then divided Longshang, led the general of the west, annexed the state pastor, and supervised the military of Liangzhou.
It looks like everything is going well. But in fact, Wei Kang's old subordinate Yang Fu had long been secretly contacting the former generals to avenge Wei Kang.
After the death of Yang Fu's wife, Yang Fu took leave to return to Xicheng, and persuaded Jiang Xu to raise troops to attack Ma Chao on the way back to the city, and finally Jiang Xu, Yang Fu, as well as Jiang Yin, Zhao Ang, Yin Feng, Yao Qiong, Kong Xin and others in the same county all responded to Yang Fu and jointly formed a team to resist Ma Chao.
Subsequently, Jiang Xu took the lead in marching into Lucheng and lured Ma Chao to attack. Sure enough, Zhao Qu, who was in Jicheng at the time, persuaded Ma Chao to attack Jiang Xu, and then closed the city gate with Liang Kuan, and killed Ma Chao's wife by the way.
When Ma Chao attacked Lucheng, he once captured Jiang Xu's mother, Ma Chao planned to use Jiang Xu's mother to earn Lucheng, but he was scolded by Jiang Xu's mother instead!
Xu's mother scolded and said: "You betray your father's rebellious son, kill the king's thief, how can heaven and earth tolerate you for a long time, and you don't die early, dare to look at people with your face!"
As the saying goes, a man is about to die, and his words are also good! It seems that Ma Chao is indeed a son who betrays his father.
What's even more pitiful is that Ma Chao has been attacking Lucheng for a long time, and at the same time he can't return to Jicheng, and he is in a dilemma, so he finally has no choice but to defect to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.
After Ma Chao defected to Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu's general Yang Ang wanted to harm Ma Chao many times, Zhang Lu originally wanted to marry his daughter to Ma Chao, but he heard that Ma Chao ignored his wife and father back then, so he dispelled his thoughts. When Liu Bei attacked Liu Zhang, Ma Chao was ordered to fight with Liu Bei, and fought with Zhang Fei for hundreds of rounds without winning or losing, but in the end, Zhang Lu was worried that Ma Chao would defect to Liu Bei and not give Ma Chao soldiers and horses and grain and grass on time, and Ma Chao was once again in a dilemma.
Unable to defeat Liu Bei, he could not retreat from Zhang Lu's tent, and the desperate Ma Chao finally defected to Liu Bei.
Entered Liu Bei Group and became a contemporary "Five Guarantee Household"
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang personally went to Ma Chao's military camp, but in the official history, it was Ma Chao who took the initiative to write to Liu Bei, claiming that he Ma Chao was willing to submit.
And Liu Bei was attacking Liu Zhang at that time, but he couldn't capture it for a long time, and seeing that Ma Chao was willing to surrender, Liu Bei handed over the task of besieging Liu Zhang to Ma Chao. There are two reasons why Liu Bei asked Ma Chao to lead his troops to attack Liu Zhang, the first reason is that Ma Chao was ordered by Zhang Lu to rescue Liu Zhang, and the second reason is that Ma Chao is fierce and has first-class combat power.
Sure enough, Liu Zhang surrendered directly before seeing Ma Chao personally leading his troops to approach the Chengdu Tower.
It is no exaggeration to say that Ma Chao is the chief hero of Liu Bei's entry into Yizhou, but Ma Chao's treatment is not good, Liu Bei named Ma Chao as the general of Pingxi, but he withdrew Ma Chao's military power, so Ma Chao has no military power in his hands, and what is even more embarrassing is that Ma Chao's fief is still 20 miles away.
Liu Bei's high-end operation made Ma Chao helpless, after all, although the world is big, there is no place for Ma Chao, Cao Cao in the north can't take refuge if he is killed, Sun Quan and Ma Chao in the east can't play even more, and Sun Wu is mainly in the water army, which is where Ma Chao's shortcomings lie.
Therefore, after Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, Ma Chao's life was no different from today's "five guarantee households", but Liu Bei's monthly salary to Ma Chao was much better than that of today's five guarantee households.
In the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Peng Yi", it is recorded that Yi said: "The old revolution is absurd, and the evil can be restored!" and Chao said: "Qing is outside, I am inside, and the world is not enough." "When I returned from the super-detention brigade, I was often in danger, and I was shocked when I heard the words, and I silently did not answer. Retreat, with a rhetoric, so the income is paid by the company.
Judging from the above historical data, it is enough to show that Ma Chao's life after defecting to Liu Bei, if you use 4 words to describe it, it is "always fearful" and often feel afraid, so Ma Chao died of depression at the age of 47.
To sum up, although Ma Chao is strong in martial arts, he does things recklessly, just trying to be quick for a while!