Jia Meng Gate

The Battle of Jia Meng Gate (葭萌関の戦い, rōmaji: Kabōkan no Tatakai) is a battle in which Liu Zhang had asked his neighbor, Zhang Lu, to attack Liu Bei's invasion force. During the battle, Zhang Fei duels Ma Chao to a draw, after fighting all day. Thanks to a clever ruse of Zhuge Liang and Li Hui, Ma Chao's credibility is questioned by his new master, Zhang Lu. As a result, Ma Chao chose to defect to Liu Bei's side, helping him easily conquer the rest of Yi province. This battle only took place in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and is entirely fictional.

Dynasty Warriors
The battle first debut in Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends, as Ma Chao's Legend battle. In this fight, he seeks to prove his loyalty to Liu Bei by competing for KOs with the other tiger generals. A couple of Zhang Lu's offers also patrol the area, trying to resist the Shu officers.

In Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends, the stage returns as the legends stage for Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, and Wei Yan. After seeing Ma Chao's valor in the center of the battle, the Shu forces make a plan to isolate Ma Chao further by defeating Ma Dai to further spread rumors against the commander. If this works, Ma Chao will finally be convinced to turn to the Shu forces. Also during the battle, several of Liu Zhang's officers arrive to aid Zhang Lu.

In succeeding games, the events of Jia Meng Gate are merged with the main invasion of Chengdu. In Dynasty Warriors 9, the gate is situated near Hanzhong and Yi Province.

Warriors Orochi
The battle first appears in Warriors Orochi 2, as the fifth stage of Shu story. Following the events after Guan Yu's battle absent against Lu Bu at Nagashino causing Zhang Fei and Tadakatsu fight first, Liu Bei agrees him for his turn to fight.

The first mission is to wipe out the enemies before enter the Shu main camp. When its done, Dong Zhuo attempt to burn their main camp. Defeating Dong Zhuo is the key for the players. Many ghost soldiers appears and confusing Wei Yan, saying it's too difficult to cut enemy down. Fortunately, with Wei's officer Zhang Liao, ordered by Cao Cao come to assist Guan Yu. Zhang Liao says that the ghost soldier will gone if they can find sorcerers. After they defeated sorcerers, Sun Wukong's double appears, but it was easily defeated by Guan Yu. Keeping their allies safe is also the key while Guan Yu defeat the real Sun Wukong. Suddenly, the poisonous gas appeared and surrounded allies causing Kiyomori does. But Guan Yu find the more sorcerers, who is responsible behind that evil. Defeating Kiyomori will unlock Zhang Liao, agreed to join the rest of them.

The conversation after Guan Yu and Kiyomori, it also possible for player to use Liu Bei, Gracia and Ieyasu to ask about Kiyomori's intention, but it was impossible to find the goal of his desire.

Historical Information
The battle is entirely fictional. The Records of the Three Kingdoms only briefly mentions how Ma Chao joined Liu Bei.


 * "Ma Chao could not get along well with Zhang Lu and they were suspicious of each other. When Ma Chao heard that Liu Bei was besieging Liu Zhang in Chengdu (Yi Province's capital), he secretly wrote a letter to Liu Bei, expressing his willingness to surrender. Liu Bei sent his men to receive Ma Chao, and Ma led his troops to outside Chengdu. This caused panic in the city and Liu Zhang surrendered. Liu Bei appointed Ma Chao as General Who Pacifies the West and placed him in charge of Linju (臨沮)"

Romance of the Three Kingdom
When Liu Bei takes up position at Jiameng Pass, Zhang Lu sends Ma Chao to defend against this new threat. Ma Dai accompanies him, alongside Yang Bo. When Liu Bei learns that the fierce Ma Chao is coming to meet his forces, he worries if any of his offers are up for the fight. Zhuge Liang believes it would take both Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to subdue him. However, only Zhang Fei is available. Fei is excited at the prospect of such a fight, and after Zhuge provokes him further, Zhang Fei rushes out to meet this new warrior in combat.

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao exchange over 100 blows without either gaining the advantage. They take a break to acquire fresh horses and continue their match, fighting another 100 rounds in a draw. It is during this second bout of fighting that Zhang Fei dawns his iconic turban to allow for better vision during their duel. With the sun setting, Liu Bei signals for the end of the fight, but both Fei and Chao want to continue, calling for hundreds of torches to allow them to finish. Both eventually attempt a ruse upon the other, but they both thwart them skillfully. Liu Bei signals once more for the fight to end, as he fears mishap in the dark.

Wishing to avoid harm to either Zhang Fei or Ma Chao, Liu Bei asks Zhuge Liang for a strategy. Liang proposes spreading rumors about Ma Chao's loyalty and bribing Yang Song to besmirch Ma Chao's name. Between the rumors and falsehoods from Yang Song, Ma Chao is given little choice, for he cannot win the battle in the newly allotted time nor return without risking execution. Stuck and paranoid, Zhuge Liang sends Li Hui to convince Ma Chao to defect, as Li Hui knew Ma Chao from former years. Ma Chao is convinced and he takes Yang Bo's head as proof of his new allegiance. The Liang warrior manages to convince Liu Zhang to surrender shortly afterwards to show appreciation for Liu Bei's kindness.