Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, Only Seek Death

"Do you believe that there is national destiny in this world? Or, do you think there is really any destiny in this world?"

"Normally, this kind of metaphysical concept is difficult for people to accept."

But in the fifth year of Jianxing, when Zhuge Liang, the founding prime minister of the Ji Han Dynasty, led the Han army in the Northern Expedition and even completed the strongest rebound in Chinese history, I believe no one will question the existence of the national destiny. "

"The reason why Prime Minister Zhuge was able to create such a miracle, in addition to being one of the top ten sages of the Martial Temple and a master in the art of war, is also because he brought someone with him before going on this expedition."

"And this man is the idol of countless generals in later generations, the dream lover of countless monarchs, and the famous military madman Ma Su!"

Along with a burst of aerobic opening music, barrages floated across the video. A historical explanation video called "Wind and Cloud" begins.

"I have been waiting for more than half a month, so I have to wait for the update."

"Finally our General Ma has appeared! Hurry, hurry!"

"The whole Eastern Han Dynasty was full of chaos, and the various princes did a lot of extravagant things to fight for hegemony. But compared with the man behind them, they can only be regarded as kindergarten gang fights."

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Judging from the number of comments, the number of people paying attention is not ordinary.

Under a series of barrages, the video's opening remarks ended and the main text officially entered.

"In the third year of Zhangwu, Liu Bei died of illness in Baidi City. The founding emperor of the Ji Han Dynasty, who had spent his life as a soldier and was born in civilian clothes, finally closed his eyes forever, and his posthumous name was Zhaolie."

"The one who shows virtue is called Zhao, the one who achieves merit and brings peace to the people is called Lie. Zhao Lie can also be regarded as a portrayal of the life of this commoner emperor."

"Old Liu has left, but someone has to clean up the mess he left behind. And Zhuge Liang, who was entrusted with the responsibility of being an orphan in Baidi City, finally shouldered the heavy burden."

"After five years of Zhuge's rule in Shu, the situation in Yizhou gradually stabilized. The series of conflicts caused by the Yiling defeat were also suppressed under Zhuge Liang's mediation."

"This paragraph has been mentioned before, so I won't go into details here. The point is that Zhuge Liang began to promote a large number of talents in an exceptional manner due to a serious lack of manpower during the past five years of internal affairs management."

"And among them, there is a super talent who was buried during Liu Bei's period."

"Yes, this is our protagonist Ma Di and Ma Youchang in this issue."

"The Biography of Ma Su in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that Ma Su was a native of Yicheng. He was good at war and martial arts since he was a child. When he was young, he often argued with fellow villagers in the street, and no one was his opponent."

"At that time, there were five direct descendants of the Ma family in Yicheng, all of whom were great talents. They were known as the "Five Changs of the Ma family" at that time, and Ma Su was one of them."

"One thing needs to be clarified here. According to the description in "The Romance of the Han Dynasty", Ma Di's early image in most people's stereotype is that of the book boy who followed Zhuge Liang."

"But this is a misunderstanding. In fact, Ma Di and Zhuge Liang did not have much interaction in their early years."

"In the 14th year of Jianxing, Lao Liu became the shepherd of Jingzhou and recruited Ma Liang to serve. It was at this time that Ma Di followed his elder brother and defected to Liu Bei's command."

"The red eyes and military madness envied by countless emperors in later generations turned out to be a bonus when recruiting officials!"

"However, despite what he said, Ma Di's treatment was not very good when he first defected. "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records that after Ma Di defected to Liu Bei, he often went to discuss the art of war with Liu Bei, trying to impress Zhao Lie on his own. emperor."

"But Liu Xuande, who knew people and was kind to him all his life, made a mistake in his treatment of Ma Su. He never had a good impression of Ma Su from the beginning, and even before his death, he specifically commented that he was "exaggerated."

"This is Liu Bei's biggest black spot in the past two thousand years. Although some people have been trying to analyze it over the years, trying to explain that Liu Bei did not mean that Ma Di cannot be used."

"But in my opinion, these are just superfluous. It can be said that Liu Bei made a mistake at the time. It can be said that it is inevitable. The same is true when you let Cao Cao come."

"After all, Old Liu is an immortal veteran who traveled all over the country and crawled from the mountains of blood in the Central Plains. As an old veteran, Liu Bei is extremely pragmatic and values ​​being pragmatic."

"And Ma Di told him when he came up that he would give me 10,000 people and I would take back Luoyang for my lord. It would be difficult for anyone to trust such a young man."

"Because Liu Bei misunderstood, Ma Su's career in his early years was not smooth. Before the Battle of Yiling, he was only symbolically appointed as the governor of Yuejun, and he made basically no achievements during his tenure."

"The turning point happened in the third year of Jianxing."

"In the third year of Jianxing, Ma Di kept mourning for his brother who died in the Battle of Yiling for three years, and successfully returned to his official career. At this time, Ma Di was valued by Zhuge Liang and appointed as the Mianzhu Order, and soon he was changed to the Chengdu Order. Excellent political achievements.”

"Zhuge Liang, who was both a great talent in the world, liked Ma Su very much and accepted him as his disciple. The master and apprentice often exchanged their views on the art of war in their spare time, and Ma Su's unconstrained thinking also made Zhuge Liang look at him differently."

"Finally, in the fifth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang finally stabilized the situation in Yizhou. When he launched his troops for the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang went against Liu Bei's words for the first time and chose to take the "exaggerated" Ma Su with him and appointed him to join the army."

"This can be said to be a move that saved the fate of the entire Ji Han Dynasty. If he hadn't brought this man with him, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition would most likely have failed. And the hope of the Three Rebellions of Yanhan and Han Dynasties might also have been lost because of this. annihilated.”

“So don’t listen to the poisonous chicken soup that says gold will always shine. Too many great talents in history were buried because of bad luck. Sometimes luck is also extremely important.”

“The fifth year of Jianxing is a critical year. In this year, Cao Pi, the false emperor who usurped the Han Dynasty, died of illness, and the crown prince Cao Rui ascended the throne. The entire north was at a critical moment of power transfer.”

“And the strategic goal of the Han army is also Longyou, which Cao Wei has not paid attention to for many years. In addition, after the death of Emperor Zhaolie, the entire north extremely despised the Ji Han regime, so the Han army basically caught the opponent by surprise.”

“Zhuge Liang’s strategy is very perfect. He sent people to seduce Meng Da of the three eastern counties to defect, so as to divert the attention of Cao Wei in the Central Plains. At the same time, he sent Zhao Yun to lead the army to the north along the Baoxiadao to threaten Guanzhong, to contain the main force of Cao Wei in the northwest. "

"And if he went there, he would lead the main force to attack the five counties in Longyou. The Han army came out of Qinchuan, and Longyou was shaken. Under the military power of the prime minister, the three counties in Longyou surrendered, and only Guangwei County and Longxi County were still resisting. "

"However, at this time, the size of Ji Han was too small after all. As the north reacted and began to send reinforcements to the northwest in large numbers, and ordered Zhang He, who was still a former general at the time, to lead 50,000 troops to Long, the pressure faced by the Han army suddenly increased. "

"In such a critical moment, Zhuge Liang made a bold decision. He rejected the request of Wei Yan, the then general of Zhenbei, and overruled all opinions to let Ma Su, a military officer, lead troops to resist. "

"And the place where they fought was the place where Bing Kuang awakened. "

"And that place is called Jieting! "