Three kingdoms. Book of Shu. Ma Chaochuan

Ma Chaozi Mengqi, a native of Maoling County, Fufeng County. Ma Chao's father, Ma Teng, raised an army in Xizhou in the last year of the Han Ling Emperor, along with Bian Zhang, Han Sui, and others.

In 192, Han Sui and Ma Teng led troops to Chang'an. The Han court appointed Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi, asked him to lead the troops back to Jincheng, appointed Ma Teng as the general of Zhenxi, and sent him to lead the troops to garrison Yu County. Later, Ma Teng led his troops to attack Chang'an, but fled in defeat and withdrew to Liangzhou. Lieutenant Colonel Zhong Xuanzhen was guarding Guanzhong, and he sent a letter to Han Sui and Ma Teng, telling them what was at stake.

Ma Teng sent Ma Chao to follow Zhong Xuan to Pingyang to attack Guo Yuan and Gao Gan, and Ma Chao personally beheaded Guo Yuan and cut off the first rank. Later, Ma Teng had a conflict with Han Sui, and Ma Teng requested to be returned to the vicinity of the capital. Therefore, the imperial court recalled Ma Teng, made him a guard lieutenant, and appointed Ma Chao as a partial general, and made him the Marquis of Duting, taking over Ma Teng's soldiers and horses.

Ma Chao gained the power to unify the army, so he united with Han Sui, and allied with Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Cheng Yi, and others to jointly march into Tongguan.

Cao Cao and Han Sui and Ma Chao each led a small number of guards to leave the battle, Ma Chao was proud of himself and strong, and he planned to suddenly rush forward to capture Cao Cao alive, and Cao Cao's guards around Xu Chu glared at Ma Chao, and Ma Chao did not dare to move.

Cao Cao obeyed Jia Xu's plan and used a divisive strategy to make Ma Chao and Han Sui suspicious of each other, and finally defeated their coalition army. Ma Chao fled to the Xirong ethnic minority tribes, and Cao Cao pursued to Anding, just in time for another war in the north, leading the army back to the east.

Yang Fu advised Cao Cao that Ma Chao had the courage of Han Xin and Ji Bu, and even the support of the Qiang and Hu minorities in the northwest; if the army returned and did not strictly defend him, the counties of Longshang would not be all for us.

Later, Ma Chao did indeed lead the Xirong troops to attack Longshang County, and Longshang County responded to Ma Chao, and Ma Chao killed Shi Weikang of Liangzhou, occupied Jicheng, and collected Wei Kang's soldiers and horses.

Ma Chao claimed to be the general of Zhengxi, concurrently serving as the pastor of Xiangzhou and overseeing the military power of Liangzhou. Wei Kang's old subordinates Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Liang Kuan, and Zhao Qu conspired to attack Ma Chao. Yang Fu and Jiang Xuxian attacked the city of Xiacheng, but Ma Exceeded the soldiers attacked and could not take it; Liang Kuan and Zhao Qu took the opportunity of ma beyond the soldiers to close the gates of Jicheng City, and Ma Chao was unable to enter the city, and was in a dilemma, so he fled to Hanzhong to rely on Zhang Lu.

Zhang Luqi was not worthy of Ma Chao's conspiracy with him, so Ma Chao was depressed and unhappy, and when he heard that Liu Bei was besieging Liu Zhang in Chengdu, he secretly sent a letter to Liu Bei to request surrender. Liu Bei sent someone to greet Ma Chao, and Ma Chao led his troops straight to the city of Chengdu. The city was terrified, and Liu Zhang immediately surrendered.

Liu Bei appointed Ma Chao as the general of Pingxi, overseeing Linfeng, and keeping the marquis of The former Duting unchanged. Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong, appointed Ma Chao as the general of the left, and granted him the power to "pretend to be a rune".

In 221, Ma Chao was promoted to the rank of General of the Hussars, concurrently serving as the Pastor of Liangzhou, and the Marquis of Jin as the Marquis of Yanxiang.

In 222, Ma Chao died at the age of forty-seven. Before his death, he said: Almost all of the more than 200 relatives of the chen's family were killed by Cao Cao, and only his cousin Ma Dai should let him take charge of the decaying temple sacrifice of the subjects.

Liu Bei posthumously honored Ma Chao as the Marquis of Wei, and his son Ma Cheng succeeded him to the title. Ma Daiguan to the general of Pingbei, The Marquis of ChenCang of Jin. Ma Chao's daughter Xu Pei was liu li the prince of Anping.