Text: Cao Yunfei (author's original authorization)
In this article, we will talk about the rise of Ma Chao, the father of the Five Tigers of the Shu Han Dynasty and the famous General of The Western Liang who has been in the limelight all his life.
Ma Teng, zi Shoucheng, Fufeng Maoling (present-day Xingping, Shaanxi), in the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu in the five tiger generals, Ma Chao has a "Mengqi generation of famous masters" when he was named a five tiger general, here is not just to talk about Ma Teng is a warlord in Liangzhou, but to continue upwards, Ma Teng is rumored to be a descendant of the Han Fubo general Ma Yuan, this Ma Yuan is one of the founding heroes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, here is no longer too much discussion, but Ma Teng is not a second generation of officials, the birth can be said to be very bad, When he was young, he was very poor, so he had to go up the mountain every day to cut wood, and then carry it into the city to sell money to support himself.
Although Ma Teng was poor, his appearance and personality were indeed quite pleasing, according to the "Classics", "Teng was more than eight feet long, his body was large, his face and nose were male, and his sex was thick and he was respected by many people." ", just say that Ma Teng's height is about one meter eighty-five or so level, and the skeleton is very large, the figure is very strong, and his personality is very good, is a kind of virtuous and generous, all of a sudden can be said to be in our minds a poor but tall man image is portrayed, Ma Teng is also because of his own personality and reputation is quite good.
Ma Teng's fame and stature are not only useful in living a life, cutting firewood and burning fires, but also capable people always have a chance to stand out in the chaotic world. When Zhongping was four years old, Liangzhou stabbed Shi Geng as a traitorous official, leading to the rebellion of the Dido kingdom and the Ethnic groups such as The Qiang and Qiang, which was not a trivial matter, the prefecture and county quickly made a move, issued a recruitment order to quell the rebellion, Ma Teng thought, this coincides with the chaotic world, it is not a matter of chopping firewood all the time, maybe one day everyone can't even afford to cook and buy what firewood? And after I became a famous person, I should have a career in the chaotic world, cutting firewood is really no future, then change jobs, so I enlisted in the army.
This entry into the army is not good, Ma Teng can be said to be a fish into the sea, and the dragon out of the ascending heaven. It is recorded in the "Dictionary": "Teng is in the process of fundraising. The state and county are different, the bureau is engaged in the military, and the consuls are the people. He was a meritorious thief, worshiped Sima Jun, and later transferred to the general with merit. At the beginning, because he looked "five big and three thick", and his reputation was liked by the commanders, he was promoted to a military engaged, and later because of his high combat effectiveness, he won the battle, was promoted to military sima and moved to general. You see, this person has to find his own counterpart job, fighting so hard to cut what wood? It can be said that it is cool to fight for a while, and it is cool to fight all the time.
But this fight is not always hit, soon, Geng Yi was killed by his men, all of a sudden the source of the line of fire said goodbye, Ma Teng's sleeves rolled up and did not want to put down, but also had to continue to work, tasted the sweetness should be, in his mind should have become "fight to the end of everything", no need to fight to find someone to fight, so he picked a very contrary to all of us "common sense" opponent.
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Ma Teng's artistic image is the great loyal minister of the Han Room, and is a firm supporter of the Han Dynasty, and in the Three Kingdoms theme game, the occasional sentence "Eat Han Lu in the world, when thinking of the Han Room, save the difficulties and help the crisis", always gives us the subjective impression that Ma Teng is a loyal minister, but is this really the case? The opponent ma Teng chose this time is exactly the opposite of what we think, and it is the big man. Ma Teng joined forces with the Hanyang Kingdom (herein the "Kingdom" is the name of the army), called himself the "United General", and jointly elected the Kingdom as the commander-in-chief, and the Han Dynasty called him the Three Auxiliaries rebellion. From this time on, Ma Teng, from a military commander and general of the Han Dynasty, turned from a hostile side of the Han Dynasty and became one of the warlords in the chaotic world.
For Ma Teng's position, it is true that he is not a loyal vassal of the Han Dynasty in historical facts, whether it is this rebellion or the attitude towards Dong Zhuo, who deposed the emperor (in the third year of Chuping, When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he had drawn Ma Teng to join the army, and Ma Teng did go to Chang'an, but Dong Zhuo had died when he went, not to mention that Ma Teng's way was among the fictional eighteen-way princes in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms), or the later incident of the edict, nor was it like Ma Teng's "hair upside down" described in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Biting teeth and chewing lips, bleeding from the mouth", this matter has nothing to do with Ma Teng. Including the later Ma Teng,but cao was not loyal at all.
Overall, in everything, Ma Teng had no half-cent relationship with Zhonghan, and the Yuan Dynasty name Ru Haojing even said: "Ma Chao's father and son bravely crowned Xizhou, and Han Suijie was Kou, destroying the three auxiliaries and injuring the Han room." "The reality is clearly pointed out. But even without the label of "loyal han", Ma Teng, as a warlord, is still a powerful force, with his own piece of land in the situation of warlord division. Maybe he wasn't a loyal Hanchen, but he was definitely a successful self-made man.
(Yuan Dynasty name Ru Hao Jing)
Facts have proved that Ma Teng is ambitious, and although the kingdom was defeated in the sixth year of Zhongping, Ma Teng was not reconciled, abolished the kingdom, and kidnapped Yan Zhong as the commander. After Yan Zhong's death, Ma Teng was not satisfied, and fought for power with his other allies. In the third year of Chuping, after some bargaining with Li Dai in Beijing, it is recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms Volume 36: "The Han Dynasty made Sui the general of Zhenxi, returned Jincheng, Teng as a general of Zhenxi, and sent TunGuo. "Successfully gained further power and power of its own ...