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Died: 211
Ancestral home: Maoling, Fufeng (Northeast of Xingping, Shaanxi)
Book mentions: 67

Roles:

general warlord

Factions:

Cao Cao Han dynasty Ma Teng (primary)

Relationships:

Ma Yuan Ancestor

Ma Sui Father

Ma Dai Nephew

Ma Chao Son

Ma Tie Son

Ma Xiu Son

Han Sui Sworn Brother

Appears in 13 chapters:

Chapter 5 — Cao Cao Appeals To The Powerful Lords; The Three Brothers Fight Against Lu Bu.
Ma Teng; the Xiliang governor; pledged to the coalition through letters from the west.
Chapter 10 — Gathering Arms, Ma Teng Moves To Rescue The Emperor; Commanding A Force, Cao Cao Marches To Avenge His Father.
Ma Teng; arrives with Han Sui and 100,000 Xiliang troops aiming to liberate the emperor from Li Jue and Guo Si. Their inside conspirators (Ma Yu and others) are betrayed; the campaign falls apart, Ma Yu's family is exterminated, and Ma Teng retreats - his son Ma Chao first named here in the field.
Chapter 20 — Cao Cao Organizes A Hunting Expedition In Xutian; Dong Cheng Receives A Secret Command In The Palace.
Storming past the 'indisposed' excuse - he saw Dong Cheng leave the palace in robe and girdle - he goads the plotters into trusting him ('not one of them is any good... no one to save the country'), reads the decree with his hair on end, signs in smeared blood, and closes the chapter with his finger on the officials' list: the Liu of the imperial clan.
Chapter 21 — In A Plum Garden, Cao Cao Discusses Heroes; Using The Host's Forces, Guan Yu Takes Xuzhou.
Names Liu Bei to the conspirators, staking everything on what he alone noticed at the hunt - Guan Yu's checked sword. When Liu Bei marches, he pleads urgent business and returns to Xiliang.
Chapter 23 — Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.
Ma Teng; signed the belt-decree but has now returned to Xiliang; remains in the conspiracy in absentia.
Chapter 24 — Cao Cao Murdered The Consort Dong; Liu Bei Flees To Yuan Shao.
Ma Teng; named at Xiliang - out of reach of the immediate purge, but now an open enemy.
Chapter 44 — Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
Ma Teng; named in passing in the regional roll.
Chapter 48 — Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.
Ma Teng; named in passing - the threat Xu Shu uses as a pretext to leave Cao Cao's army.
Chapter 57 — Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang; Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.
Descendant of Ma Yuan, son of a Qiang mother, sworn brother of Han Sui - and still bound by the Girdle Edict he signed with Dong Cheng: he marches to the summons hoping to finish that old work. Huang Kui's drunken sincerity draws him into the review-day assassination plan; betrayed through a concubine, hemmed in by four armies, he is captured wounded and dies abusing Cao Cao: 'it is the will of God!'
Chapter 58 — Ma Chao Launches An Expedition For Revenge; Cao Cao Flees The Field In Disguise.
His execution echoes through the chapter that avenges it: Pang De reads it in a dream of tigers on snow, Ma Dai reports it weeping, and Liu Bei's letter turns the grief into strategy - 'you cannot let the same sky cover you and your father's murderer.'
Chapter 59 — Xu Chu Strips For A Fight With Ma Chao; Cao Cao Writes A Letter To Han Sui.
Ma Teng; named in passing - already dead.
Chapter 78 — Treating A Headache, A Famous Physician Dies; Giving The Last Words, The Crafty Hero Departs.
Ma Teng; named in passing - appears in Cao Cao's deathbed ghost visions.
Chapter 120 — Recommending Du Yu, An Old General Offers New Plans; Capturing Of Sun Hao, Three Kingdoms Becomes One.
Ma Teng; named in passing.