As a confidant, Ma Mo also has a certain military talent, which can be cultivated and worth cultivating; not to mention that Zhuge Liang treats Ma Mo like a parent. Finally, the first expedition was mainly based on military training, and cultivating new people was originally the purpose. Kong Ming became the leader of the Jingxiang Sect, in addition to his own ability, it was related to the support of the Jingxiang clan Ma Clan, the Deng Clan, the Xiang Family, etc. at that time, of course, it was necessary to repay the favor and cultivate Ma Mo. Ma Mo was by Zhuge Liang's side for many years, familiar with military books, and participated in the plot many times, which reassured Zhuge Liang, and this task was not very difficult, holding on to ten days, Ma Mo this time the Northern Expedition Ma Tan first merit, with military merit after promoting him others have nothing to say, and with Wang Ping's assistance, the street pavilion can not be said to be impregnable, at least ten days is not a problem.
If Ma Mo had not gone up the mountain, but had camped down the hill according to Zhuge Liang's arrangement, would he have been able to guard the street kiosk? Not necessarily, Zhang Hao led 50,000 troops this time, while Ma Mo led about 20,000 troops. First of all, the disparity in troops, the street pavilion is not small, look at the picture below, 20,000 people guarding is a bit difficult, so the task zhuge Liang gave to Ma Mo is to defend for a few days, waiting for the arrival of the army. But Zhang Hao was good at using soldiers and would not give Ma Chen a chance to delay.
Sima Yi was mainly based on street pavilions, which was determined to win and cut off the lifeblood of the Shu army; Zhuge Liang was supplemented by street pavilions to slow down the attack of the Wei army and win time for the attack on Yucheng. This was the most important point of not being able to defend the street pavilion, if Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi valued the street pavilion very much, they would definitely use all their superior forces to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army at the street pavilion. The street pavilion is a pit, who goes to no one can keep it, Zhuge Liang originally wanted Ma Mo to do things cautiously, let him go through the experience, did not think that Ma Mo lost the street pavilion in two days, but also really made Zhuge Liang depressed, even if the Shu army crossed the valley to The city of Yucheng Ma Mo lost the street pavilion and would not fail so quickly.
If Ma Mo had a great chance of blocking Zhang Guojun according to Zhuge Liang's deployment, even if he could not stop it, he could delay time. Even if Zhang Gao abandoned the street pavilion and headed for Longxi, he was afraid that the horse would hit him in the back. Even if you lose, you won't lose so badly. After Zhuge Liang retired from the army, he wrote to Ah Dou: The subject is weak and talented, he steals from the evidence, he is pro-Bingxu and Li Sanjun, he cannot train the rules and the law, he is afraid of things, and even if there is a street pavilion that violates the order, and the loss of Ji Gu's non-discipline, the blame is all in the minister's appointment. The minister does not know the people, the compassion is more than min, the spring and autumn are responsible for the marshal, and the minister's position is dang. Please demote yourself to the third rank to blame.