Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die

Chapter 725 Extra
"Do you believe in the existence of national destiny in this world? In other words, do you think there is really any destiny in this world?"

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

However, in the fifth year of Jianxing, when Zhuge Liang, the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty, led the Han army to the north and even completed the strongest rebound legend in Chinese history, I believe that no one will question the existence of national destiny anymore. "

"The reason why Prime Minister Zhuge was able to create such a miracle, besides the fact that he was one of the Ten Sages of the Temple of Martial Arts and a master of military tactics, was that he brought someone with him before he set out on this expedition."

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

Accompanied by a burst of aerobic opening music, comments floated across the video. A historical explanation video titled "Wind and Cloud" began.

"I've been waiting for more than half a month, and I finally got the update."

"Finally, our General Ma has made his appearance! Urgent!"

"The entire Eastern Han Dynasty was in chaos at the end of the year, and the various princes did a lot of things to fight for supremacy. But compared to this gentleman behind, their actions can only be regarded as kindergarten group fights."

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Judging from the number of barrages, there are a lot of people paying attention to it.

After a series of comments, the video opening remarks ended and the main content officially began.

"In the third year of Zhangwu, Liu Bei died of illness in Baidi City. This founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, who had spent his entire life in the military but was born in a commoner family, finally closed his eyes forever and was posthumously named Zhaolie."

"Zhao means showing virtue, and Lie means doing meritorious service to the people. Zhaolie can be regarded as a portrayal of the life of this commoner emperor."

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

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

"I've talked about this before, so I won't go into details here. The point is that during the five years of internal affairs, Zhuge Liang began to promote a large number of talents due to the severe lack of manpower."

"Among them, there is a great talent who was buried during the reign of Liu Bei."

"Yes, this is our protagonist of this episode, Ma Su, Ma Youchang."

"The Biography of Ma Su in the Book of the Later Han records that Ma Su, a native of Yicheng, had been fond of military tactics and martial arts since childhood. When he was young, he often debated with fellow villagers in the streets, and no one could match him."

"At that time, there were five direct descendants of the Yicheng Ma family, all of whom were very talented. They were called the 'Five Changs of the Ma Family', and Ma Su was the youngest among them."

"One thing needs to be clarified here. In the description of The Romance of the Two Han Dynasties, the image of Ma Su in his early years is stereotyped by most people as the book boy who followed Zhuge Liang."

"But this is a misunderstanding. Ma Su and Zhuge Liang did not actually have much interaction in their early years."

"In the 14th year of Jianxing, Liu Bei was appointed governor of Jingzhou and recruited Ma Liang as his assistant. It was at this time that Ma Su followed his brother and joined Liu Bei."

"This was envied by countless emperors in later generations. Such a military geek was actually a bonus when recruiting officials!" "However, despite this, Ma Su was not treated very well when he first came to the Han Dynasty. The Book of the Later Han records that after Ma Su came to the Han Dynasty, he often went to discuss military strategies with Liu Bei, trying to impress Emperor Zhaolie with his own talents."

"But Liu Xuande, who had always been good at selecting and appointing people to the right posts, made a mistake in his treatment of Ma Su. He had never had a good impression of Ma Su from the beginning, and even commented on him as "exaggerating" before his death."

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

"But in my opinion, these are all superfluous. It was inevitable that Liu Bei made a mistake at the time, and the same thing would have happened if you had let Cao Cao come."

"After all, Old Liu is an immortal veteran who has traveled all over the country and crawled through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the Central Plains. As a veteran, Liu Bei is an extremely typical pragmatist who values ​​doing things in a down-to-earth manner."

"And Ma Su came up and said to him, give me 10,000 men, and I will recover Luoyang for my lord. It would be difficult for anyone to trust such a young man."

"Because Liu Bei misjudged Ma Su, his early career was not smooth. Before the Battle of Yiling, he was only symbolically appointed as the governor of Yuejun, and he made little achievement during his tenure."

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

"In the third year of Jianxing, Ma Su mourned for his brother who died in the Battle of Yiling for three years and successfully returned to his official career. It was also at this time that Ma Su was valued by Zhuge Liang and appointed as the magistrate of Mianzhu. He was soon transferred to the magistrate of Chengdu and achieved remarkable political achievements."

"Zhuge Liang, who was also a great talent of his time, liked Ma Su very much and accepted him as his disciple. The master and disciple often exchanged their views on military strategies in their spare time, and Ma Su's unconventional 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 the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang went against Liu Bei's words for the first time and chose to bring along the "overconfident" Ma Su and appointed him as a military officer."

"This can be regarded as an action that saved the fate of the entire Ji Han. If it weren't for this gentleman, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition would most likely have returned empty-handed. And the hope of the Yanhan Resurgence would also likely have been extinguished."

"So don't listen to the toxic 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 was a critical year. In this year, Cao Pi, the false emperor who usurped the Han Dynasty, died, and the crown prince Cao Rui ascended the throne. The entire north was at a critical moment of power transfer."

"And the strategic target of the Han army was Longyou, which Cao Wei had not paid attention to for many years. In addition, after the death of Emperor Zhaolie, the entire north extremely despised the regime of the Later Han Dynasty, so the Han army basically caught the enemy by surprise."

"Zhuge Liang's strategy was perfect. He sent people to seduce Meng Da of the three eastern counties to defect, in order to divert the attention of Cao Wei in the Central Plains. At the same time, he sent Zhao Yun to lead the army northward along the Baoxiadao Road to threaten Guanzhong and contain Cao Wei's main force in the northwest."

"And if I go, I will lead the main force to attack the five counties in Longyou. The Han army came out of Qinchuan, and Longyou was shaken. Under the Prime Minister's military power, the three counties in Longyou surrendered, and only Guangwei County and Longxi County are still resisting."

"However, at this time, the size of Ji Han was too small. As the north reacted and began to send large numbers of reinforcements to the northwest, and ordered Zhang He, who was still a former general at the time, to lead 50,000 troops to Long, the pressure on 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 Zhenbei, to fight, and against all odds, he ordered the military officer Ma Su to lead the troops to resist."

"And the place where they fought was also where the soldier madness awakened."

"And that place is called Jieting!"

(End of this chapter)