Meng Da

孟達
Courtesy name: Zijing / Zidu (子敬 / 子度)
Died
228
Ancestral home
Fufeng (Southeast of Xingping, Shaanxi)
Book mentions
108
Roles:
general
Factions:
Cao Wei Liu Bei Liu Zhang (primary)
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Appears in 15 chapters:
  • Chapter 60 — Zhang Song Turns The Table On Yang Xiu; Pang Tong Proposes The Occupation Of Shu.
    Meng Da; rides with Fa Zheng to invite Liu Bei into Yi Province.
  • Chapter 62 — The Taking Of River Fu Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Perish; The Siege Of Luocheng, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan Rival.
    Meng Da; with Liu Bei in the campaign.
  • Chapter 65 — Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
    Meng Da; with Liu Bei at Chengdu.
  • Chapter 70 — Zhang Fei Takes Wakou Pass With Tactics; Huang Zhong Captures Tiandang Mountain By Stratagem.
    Meng Da; commands part of the Hanzhong assault.
  • Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.
    Meng Da; on the Hanzhong front.
  • Chapter 72 — Zhuge Liang's Wit Takes Hanzhong; Cao Cao's Army Retires To The Ye Valley.
    Meng Da; on the Hanzhong front.
  • Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
    Meng Da; in the Liu Bei court structure.
  • Chapter 76 — Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian; Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng.
    Meng Da; counsels Liu Feng against helping Guan Yu - protect your own command; the betrayal that will see Meng Da defect to Wei.
  • Chapter 77 — Cao Cao Is Possessed At Luoyang; Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount.
    Meng Da; named in Liao Hua's accusation; will defect to Wei before he can be punished.
  • Chapter 79 — Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems; Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment.
    Meng Da; defects to Wei from Shangyong; warns Cao Pi that Liu Feng is about to attack; sends Liu Feng the famous insulting letter advising him to defect too - Liu Feng's refusal makes the battle inevitable. Cao Pi gives Meng Da Xincheng as his command.
  • Chapter 85 — The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
    Meng Da; supposedly part of the five-army plan from Shangyong - Zhuge Liang sends Li Yan a personal letter that secretly nudges Meng Da into refusing to move. Defused.
  • Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
    Meng Da; in his Wei command at Xincheng; the Shu/Wu alliance shifts his position.
  • Chapter 94 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.
    Meng Da; the long-plotted defection back to Shu collapses. He had been corresponding with Zhuge Liang; Sima Yi reads the intercepted letters and arrives so fast that Meng Da has no time to act. Killed by his own officers Shen Dan and Shen Yi turning coat at the eleventh hour.
  • Chapter 95 — Ma Su's Disobedience Causes The Loss Of Jieting; Zhuge Liang's Lute Repulses The Army Of Sima Yi.
    Meng Da; named in passing in the recap of his death.
  • Chapter 106 — Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
    Meng Da; named in passing - long dead.