The Battle of Jiameng Pass

《葭萌夜戰》

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Tools: Watercolors, watercolor pencils, watercolor paper

A painting about "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The Battle of Jiameng Pass was a battle which started from afternoon prolonged till night, and I decided to depict the sunset moment.

The story of the battle of Jiameng Pass:

The Battle of Jiameng Pass is a fictional battle in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Ma Chao escaped after his defeat at the Battle of Tong Pass and joined the warlord Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. Zhang Lu later sent Ma Chao to lead an army to reinforce Liu Zhang in Yi Province, who was under attack by Liu Bei. Ma Chao's first encounter with Liu Bei's forces was at Jiameng Pass (葭萌關). He engaged Zhang Fei in two long duels, with neither of them emerging the victor. Fearing that they might get hurt, Liu Bei consulted Zhuge Liang and they agreed that Ma Chao would become a valuable ally, given his fighting capabilities, if he submitted to Liu Bei. Liu Bei then sent Li Hui to persuade Ma Chao to join his side, while employing tricks to make Zhang Lu distrust Ma. Ma Chao pondered over the situation and eventually decided to pledge allegiance to Liu Bei. He became one of the Five Tiger Generals of Shu later.

The general on the grey horse is Ma Chao, while the general on the black horse is Zhang Fei.


《讚張飛》

丈八蛇矛黑面神
陣中喋血人喪魂
萬軍不敵一夫勇
刃上紅塵滔滔滾
葭萌夜戰刀光棼
但聞翼德心已紊
不話陣圓星火生

《讚馬超》

獅盔獸帶錦少年
鐵騎飛渡塹水間
寒槍霹靂千軍殄
銅錘嫻舞百將殲
渭水戰虎血飛濺
橫槍立馬蜀關閒
孟起聲價賽奉先

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