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Born: 176
Died: 222
Ancestral home: Maoling, Fufeng (Northeast of Xingping, Shaanxi)
Book mentions: 282

Roles:

general

Factions:

Ma Chao (primary) Ma Teng Shu Han Zhang Lu

Relationships:

Ma Dai Cousin

Ma Teng Father

Lady Yang Wife

Appears in 22 chapters:

Chapter 10 — Gathering Arms, Ma Teng Moves To Rescue The Emperor; Commanding A Force, Cao Cao Marches To Avenge His Father.
Debuts at seventeen, face like jade and eyes like shooting stars: spears Wang Fang dead within a few passes, then feigns not to see the pursuing Li Meng, twists past his thrust, and plucks him from the saddle with one arm. On the retreat his desperate rearguard saves his father's beaten army.
Chapter 57 — Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang; Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.
Counsels obedience to the imperial summons, offers to march on the capital instead - and is ordered to stay commanding the Qiang troops, the deterrent his father wrongly trusts to keep Cao Cao honest. His farewell warning: 'be careful not to enter the city till you know exactly what plots are afoot.'
Chapter 58 — Ma Chao Launches An Expedition For Revenge; Cao Cao Flees The Field In Disguise.
Dreams of tigers on a snowy plain the night the news rides in; Liu Bei's letter and Han Sui's loyalty turn grief into two hundred thousand men. He takes Changan, takes Tong Pass, routs three champions in succession - and hunts Cao Cao personally: the red robe discarded, the beard sawn off, the spear-thrust that hits a tree instead of the fugitive, the arrows raking the boat at the ferry. 'The fame of Ma Chao rose even to the sky.'
Chapter 59 — Xu Chu Strips For A Fight With Ma Chao; Cao Cao Writes A Letter To Han Sui.
Ma Chao; tricked into suspecting Han Sui by the smudged letter; tries to kill him, cuts off Han Sui's arm; then loses the great single combat with Xu Chu (the famous shirtless duel). Forced to flee west to Zhang Lu at Hanzhong.
Chapter 60 — Zhang Song Turns The Table On Yang Xiu; Pang Tong Proposes The Occupation Of Shu.
Ma Chao; named in passing - now at Hanzhong.
Chapter 64 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Capture Of Zhang Ren; Yang Fu Borrows Soldiers To Destroy Ma Chao.
Ma Chao; sent by Zhang Lu south to help Liu Zhang against Liu Bei - sets up his final encounter with Zhang Fei.
Chapter 65 — Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
Ma Chao; fights Zhang Fei at Jiameng Pass - the famous all-day single combat that lasts well over 200 bouts with neither able to gain advantage. Zhuge Liang then turns him through a forged letter; Ma Chao defects to Liu Bei and is the threat that finally forces Liu Zhang's surrender.
Chapter 67 — Cao Cao Conquers Hanzhong; Zhang Liao Terrorizes Xiaoyao.
Ma Chao; with Liu Bei at Chengdu.
Chapter 69 — Guan Lu Sees Things In The Book Of Changes; Five Loyal Subjects Die For Their State.
Ma Chao; in this chapter named - operates on the western frontier alongside Wu Lan.
Chapter 70 — Zhang Fei Takes Wakou Pass With Tactics; Huang Zhong Captures Tiandang Mountain By Stratagem.
Ma Chao; with Liu Bei.
Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.
Ma Chao; with Liu Bei's Hanzhong forces.
Chapter 72 — Zhuge Liang's Wit Takes Hanzhong; Cao Cao's Army Retires To The Ye Valley.
Ma Chao; with Liu Bei.
Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
Ma Chao; one of the Five Tiger Generals.
Chapter 74 — Pang De Takes His Coffin To The Field; Guan Yu Uses Water To Drown The Seven Armies.
Ma Chao; named in passing.
Chapter 77 — Cao Cao Is Possessed At Luoyang; Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount.
Ma Chao; in Liu Bei's court when the news comes.
Chapter 79 — Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems; Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment.
Ma Chao; in Liu Bei's court.
Chapter 81 — Eager For Vengeance, Zhang Fei Is Assassinated; Athirst Of Retribution, The First Ruler Goes To War.
Ma Chao; ordered to defend the Hanzhong frontier against any Wei opportunism.
Chapter 85 — The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
Ma Chao; defends the western frontier against the Qiang army; the Qiang remember him from his old days as 'Ma Chao the God of War'; turn back without fighting.
Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
Ma Chao; defends Hanzhong frontier.
Chapter 87 — Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army; Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured.
Ma Chao; named in passing - already dead between chapters (died of illness around this time).
Chapter 91 — Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
Ma Chao; named in passing - already dead from illness.
Chapter 92 — Zhao Zilong Slays Five Generals; Zhuge Liang Takes Three Cities.
Ma Chao; named in passing - dead.