The Sanguo Yanyi - Chapter 65
Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 5:27PM The Sanguo Yanyi - Chapter 65:
Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass;;
Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
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HAHA. I SLAY MYSELF.
In the last chapter, of course, Ma Chao was driven from the West Valley Land (eastern Xi province, pretty much), after unwisely giving in to the urge to be a Tyrant, slaying a few people in the process, and then later on having most of his family wiped out by their next-of-kin in revenge.
It is here that we see the recurring theme of Heaven's invisible hand turning the course of events once again. Ma Chao, you will recall, was the son and heir of Ma Teng, the unfortunate governor of Xi Liang who had been assassinated by Cao Cao a few chapters back. As such, Ma Chao had been one of the Feudal Lords in his own right...a person on equal standing with Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and even Cao Cao himself as far as his essential status in soiety was concerned.
