In the official history, it is completely different. Zhang He and Ma Chao fought at least twice. Both times Ma Chao was defeated, and Zhang He won.
Once, Zhang He followed Cao Cao to Weinan, defeated Ma Chao, Han Sui and others, surrounded stability and surrendered.
On another occasion, Zhang He and Xia conquered Liang Xing, a robber who occupied Yancheng, and the De rebels of Wudu generation, once again defeated Ma Chao's army and pacified the area ruled by Song Jian.
These two records can be found in the Biography of the Three Kingdoms and Zhang Hechuan: self-defeating Ma Chao and Han Sui in Weinan. Surround stability and surrender to Yang Qiu. Ask Xia for thieves Liang Xing and Wudubian. Break the horse and the sword.
Whether Zhang He was a general or not, he took part in the military action against Ma Chao, which ended in Ma Chao's crushing defeat.
In the 19th year of Jian 'an (2 14), Zhao Qu, Yin Feng and others planned a crusade against Ma Chao, and Jiang Xu rose up and responded. Zhao Qu and others instructed Ma Chao to attack Jiang Xu and then killed Ma Chao's wife.
Ma Chao fled to Zhang Lu, Hanzhong, borrowed Zhang Lu's soldiers, took Liangzhou in the north and surrounded Qishan. Jiang Xu and others hurried to ask Xia for help. People thought that Cao Cao's command should be obeyed, while Xia thought that Cao Cao was far away in Yecheng and had a long way to go. After receiving Cao Cao's orders, Jiang Xu and others have failed and are not suitable for emergency. So, after discussion, I decided to send troops immediately. One is to send Zhang He to lead 5,000 cavalry and take a shortcut to Chencang Trail to invade, while I will supervise the transportation of grain and grass and then set out.
When Zhang arrived in Weishui, Ma Chao led thousands of Bian and Qiang people to attack. However, the two sides did not confront each other head-on, and Ma Chao retreated without a fight. Zhang He then collected the equipment left by Ma Chaojun. When Xia Houyuan's army arrived, all the counties had surrendered and settled.
The Biography of the Three Kingdoms Xia Hou Yuan recorded that in nineteen years, Zhao Qu, Yin Feng and others wanted to surpass them, and Jiang Xu set out to meet the enemy in Lucheng. Qu and others talked about Chao, so that they attacked Syria and finally killed Chao's wife. Super rush to Hanzhong, and around Qishan. Syria and other urgent help, meeting the needs of Mao to worship heaven. Yuan Yue said, "If the public is in kingship, it will be four thousand Li. If you compare with the newspaper and Syria, you will be defeated and you will not rush to attack. " So Zhang He led 5,000 troops in front and went in through the Chencang Pass, while Yuan supervised the grain in the back. Near the Weihe River, the super generals will strengthen thousands of borders. Before the battle, surpass and join forces to collect the weapons.
In this military operation, Ma Chao saw Zhang coming and left without fighting. In fact, Ma Chao was defeated. Otherwise, how could he retreat?
According to "Tongzhijian", Ma Chao left after the defeat.
See the record in Volume 67 of Capital and Construction: Yue: "If many people are in the wild, they will fail if they travel four thousand miles. This is not an emergency. " So, Zhang He rode five thousand troops for the former army. Super failure.
Ma Chao is brave and good at fighting, and his fighting capacity is very strong, but he is still a little poor in the battle of the army. Ma Chao fought Cao Cao and won in the early stage. Weishui won a big victory and almost killed Cao Cao. But later fell out with Han Sui and killed each other. Finally, Ma Chao went to Zhang Lu and Liu Bei successively, which was very embarrassing.
Zhang He is very clever in fighting. Even Zhuge Liang was afraid of him. Zhang He's most humiliating defeat was lost to Zhang Fei in the battle of Brazil County. Zhang Fei took a narrow mountain road, and Zhang couldn't live back and forth. Zhang Fei stormed Zhang He and killed Zhang He. Zhang He was miserable. He took only a dozen followers and fled on foot from the mountain road, leaving Lien Chan's horse behind.