Man Chong (? – 242), courtesy name
Boning (伯寧), was an officer for the
Kingdom of Wei during the
Three Kingdoms era of
China.
Originally a scholar from
Shanyang, he became a strategist for
Cao Cao. He recruited
Xu Huang to join Wei. He was a friend of Xu Huang from before, and when Cao Cao battled with
Yang Feng (who Xu Huang served), he deemed Xu Huang worthy. Man Chong was sent to convince the man to defect to Cao Cao's forces. Later, Man Chong became governor of
Runan, and helped
Cao Ren defend
Fancheng (present day a district of
Xiangfan,
Hubei) against
Guan Yu and his
Shu forces at the
Battle of Fancheng in 219, acting as an advisor to Cao Ren. He convinced Cao Ren not to abandon Fancheng when it was on the verge of falling, leading to an ultimately successful defense. In 228, Man Chong assisted the army of
Jia Kui in an unsuccessful invasion of the
Kingdom of Wu. During the Wu invasion of 234, Man Chong accompanied the army of
Cao Rui to repel the enemy at
Hefei, and devised a night attack that scattered the Wu forces under
Lu Xun.
See also
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