According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 40, Shu Shu X, Liu Pengliao, Li Liu Wei Yang Biography Tenth, it is recorded that Peng Xianzi Yongnian, a Guanghan person. He is eight feet long and has a great appearance. Proud of posture, many neglects.
According to the records, it can be learned that Peng Xi was about eight feet tall and his face was burly, but his personality was very arrogant and arrogant, and most of them despised people, which was also the reason for his tragic end. And he will eventually be executed because of a person's report, he is Ma Chao. And Ma Chao's motives for reporting are confusing, is his report just to make a contribution? Let's start at the beginning.
In the beginning, Peng Xi was a subordinate of Liu Zhang, but because Liu Zhang did not have the ability to know people and take good responsibilities, many of his capable people were not valued, and Peng Xi was one of them.
Peng Xi is a person with a certain strength, but he has a shortcoming, that is, he often does not choose his words. As a subordinate of Liu Zhang, he often spoke ill of Liu Zhang, who was not an excellent group worker, so he was very dissatisfied with this behavior of his subordinates, and eventually Peng Xi was also reduced to a slave by his anger. Peng Xi originally wanted to achieve a meritorious name in the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms, but there was no hope in Liu Zhang's hands. After Liu Bei's arrival, Peng Xi realized that the day of turning over was coming.
At that time, Peng Xi first went to pang tong for an interview, and after a period of conversation, Pang Tong, who was able, also had a preliminary understanding of Peng Tong's ability, so he planned to introduce him to Liu Bei, and this was also Peng Xi's purpose.
Because of Pang Tong's recommendation, Liu Bei was also very interested in Peng Xi, and at this time, the Fa Zheng on the side spoke up, and he was also under Liu Zhang' subordinates, and he also knew quite well about Peng Xi, so he also recommended Peng Xi to Liu Bei. As a result, Peng Xi changed from a slave to a guest of Honor for Liu Bei. And the facts also proved that Peng Xi was capable.
Later, With the help of Peng Xi, Liu Bei quickly took Xichuan, and Peng Xi also gained Liu Bei's trust and became his confidant. Later, Peng Xi's role was also not to be underestimated, so Liu Bei was quite important to Peng Xi.
As Peng Xi made more and more contributions, his nature was gradually exposed.
When Liu Bei was concurrently serving as the pastor of Yizhou, he promoted Peng Xi to be the governor of Zhizhong. And with the promotion of status, Peng Xi began to be complacent, and this naturally caused dissatisfaction among others, and the person who caused dissatisfaction was Zhuge Liang, who he could not afford to provoke!
Although Zhuge Liang was showing great enthusiasm for Peng Xi, he was quite dissatisfied with him in his heart. To this end, Zhuge Liang also secretly spoke to Liu Bei many times, saying that his heart was higher than his ability. Zhuge Liang's position in Liu Bei's heart was comparable to Peng Xi's, so at Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei transferred Peng Xi to jiangyang taishou.
According to Peng Xi's personality, he was naturally extremely dissatisfied with such an arrangement. Because, in fact, Peng Xi did not have too many faults in his office, and Peng Xi also thought that he had the talent of the heavens and the earth, and even if he was not promoted to a position like Zhuge Liang, he was even demoted, so Peng Xi completely treated this transfer with a negative attitude.
At that time, he was indignant and wanted to find someone to vent, and finally he thought of Ma Chao, who had just submitted to Liu Bei.
He was very dissatisfied with the demotion of Peng Xi, so he took advantage of the visit to Ma Chao to vent. In the process of the two men talking, Peng Xi, because he drank some wine, he spat wildly, and he first had disrespect for Liu Bei in his words, even Liu Bei, who devalued him, was his benefactor, which was really inappropriate. Later, he made even more surprising remarks, and he planned to join forces with Ma Chao to plot to overthrow Liu Bei.
Ma Chao couldn't help but be surprised after hearing Peng Xi's words, but he was silent about it. After Peng Xi left, Ma Chao wrote Peng Xi's words into a report and reported the incident to Liu Bei, so Peng Xi was also arrested and imprisoned.
This can't help but raise questions: What is the real purpose of Ma Chao's report on Peng Xian? Do you just want to make a contribution? This has to start from Ma Chao's situation under Liu Bei's account.
Ma Chao was originally also a prince of the divided side, and later he submitted to Liu Bei, but this can be said to be a last resort, so Ma Chao did have the possibility of rebellion. After all, before surrendering to Shu Han, Ma Chao had defected, so it was not certain whether his surrender to Shu Han was temporary, afraid that he might still rebel when he waited for the time to be ripe.
Before the Battle of Tongguan, Cao Cao held Ma Chao's father and brother hostage as a bargaining chip to blackmail him, but ma Chao did not care about it, and eventually led to the death of his father and brother, and such a practice also made people think that Ma Chao was an unfaithful and filial piety person, such a person you can not predict what kind of things he will do.
Therefore, when Liu Bei expanded his power, he also rewarded and promoted Ma Chao to a certain extent who had achieved good deeds, but this was only superficial, in fact, although Ma Chao's status was promoted, his military power was limited, and even his men were composed of soldiers who were very loyal to Liu Bei, which made Ma Chao have no possibility of defection.
So, why would Peng Xi go to Ma Chao to spit bitter water? It was because Ma Chao, like him, was alone in Liu Bei's camp.
Ma Chao also knew that he was not taken seriously in Liu Bei's camp, and Peng Xian, who saw through this, believed that Ma Chao's submission to Liu Bei was just a matter of necessity, so he would find Ma Chao to say these words, and recently Ma Chao had both strength and military power, and at the same time there was a possibility of rebellion, so if Peng Chao wanted to defect, Ma Chao would be his biggest accomplice, so Peng Chao would think of going to Ma Chao to talk to.
However, what Peng Xian did not expect was that Ma Chao at that time was no longer the prince who had divided the side of Xiliang, and now Ma Chao had lost his courage because of successive blows.
In the camp of the Shu army, Ma Chao had long been a hermit, and after he returned to the Shu kingdom, he often felt a sense of danger. After all, he was almost killed by Guan Yu Zhang Fei because he called Liu Bei's words directly, so later his behavior in Shuzhong appeared to be cautious.
Because he has not been trusted for many years, Ma Chao has long been like a bird of fright, without the ambition of that year, only seeking self-preservation.
Therefore, when Ma Chao heard Peng Xi's thoughts, in his heart. Perhaps a thought flashed through him, and he was worried that this was the method that Liu Bei used to get rid of it. In order to survive, Ma Chao has always been wise to protect himself, so even Liu Bei has no reason to have the intention to get rid of him, so Ma Chao is worried everywhere that Liu Bei will lay a trap for him. And even if Peng Xi really wanted to rebel, Ma Chao didn't have the courage and such ambition.
Therefore, Ma Chao would immediately report Peng Xi to Liu Bei and explain the whole thing. In this way, no matter what kind of situation, Ma Chao will not fall because of this, the fate of being killed, and can also get a certain favor from Liu Bei, for Ma Chao, since there is no strength to rebel, then the safest way is to report this matter to Liu Bei. And Peng Xi also overestimated Ma Chao's ambitions, and he did not consider Ma Chao's situation at that time.
Such a thought is also reflected in the final ending of Ma Chao, Ma Chao, as a generation of famous generals, did not die on the battlefield, but died of depression, and died at the age of 46. As a famous general, he died in a hospital bed in his prime, which is really sad!
Judging from Peng Xi's ending, his fate is actually predictable, he acts with his own talent and high profile, even if he does not choose his words, even Liu Bei is difficult to accept, and his final plan to join forces with Ma Chao to carry out a rebellion is too naïve. In the end, he was reported to be killed, and he could only blame himself for his broad ambitions and did not see the situation clearly.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 40, Shushu 10, Liu Pengliao, Li Liu Wei, Yang Biography 10
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