Mrs. Secretariat is unusual: when Wei, Shu and Wu wrestled in Jingzhou, Liangzhou and Hanzhong were not at peace. According to Huangfu Mi's Biography of Women, at that time, Cao Cao appointed a man named Zhao Ang as a Taoist official of Qiang and a secretariat of Yizhou. This Zhao Ang has a wife, named "Wang's daughter" or "Shi's daughter". It is clearly recorded in the History of the Three Kingdoms that her name is Wang Yi. Although Wang Yi is only a woman, she is very knowledgeable. Ma Chao was fighting in Liangzhou at that time. During this period, Wang Yi helped her husband Zhao Ang defend the city many times, and later helped Zhao Ang plan a coup against Ma Chao, becoming one of the most successful women in the Three Kingdoms period.
Trapped martyrdom: According to Biography of Women, when Zhao Ang accepted Cao Cao's orders as the leader of the Qiang nationality, he left his wife Wang Yi and her children in Xicheng, Tianshui County for temporary residence. Before long, a man named Liang Shuang in Tianshui County rose up against the imperial court and occupied Xicheng. The sudden change put Wang Yi and his son in danger. His two sons were killed by the rebels in Liang Shuang. The king is worried that he will be bullied by Liang Shuang and wants to die. But when she saw her 6-year-old daughter, she said sadly to her daughter, "What can you do if I die? I heard that even if Shi wears dirty clothes, he will be covered up and disgusted, not to mention me! " Thinking of this, Wang Yi deliberately put a piece of clothes soaked in dung on his body, and deliberately endured hunger to make him pale and emaciated. With this outfit, Wang Yi struggled in a small town for a year. Later, after the situation eased, Zhao Ang sent someone to pick up the king, mother and daughter. When she arrived at the official residence, Wang Yi regarded all her former lives as daughters. Now that my daughter has been protected by her father, it's time for her to die. Say that finish, the king took out the poison already prepared and drank it. When people around them saw this, they came forward to rescue them, poured medicine and induced vomiting, and miraculously saved them.
The gratitude and resentment with Ma Chao: After being rescued, Wang Yi went to work in Ji Cheng with her husband. In 2 13, Ma Chao led an army to attack Ji Cheng. In this defense against Ma Chao, Wang Yi performed well. She put on clothes to help her husband defend the city. During this period, Wang Yi often rewarded soldiers with small objects such as jewelry and ornaments, which made the soldiers guarding the city have high morale. However, with the deterioration of the situation, Wei Kang, the city secretariat, felt that all the soldiers and civilians would starve to death without food and reinforcements, so he planned to surrender. Zhao Ang advised the secretariat to continue to resist, but it was useless. When Wang Yi heard this, he said to Zhao Ang, "If you don't listen to the secretariat, you can consider autocracy (in fact, it means abolishing the secretariat and taking power by yourself). Maybe if you persist in resisting for a while, there will be reinforcements. " Zhao Ang thinks it makes sense. When he wanted to carry out the plan, he found that the secretariat had surrendered to Ma Chao. Soon after, the secretariat was killed by Ma Chao, and Zhao Ang was forced by Ma Chao to send his son Yue Zhao to Nanzheng as a hostage, forced to become Ma Chao's men.
But Zhao Ang and his wife were forced to surrender to Ma Chao. Although I surrendered, I always wanted to get back at Ma Chao. During this period, in order to help her husband gain Ma Chao's trust, Wang Yi began to contact Ma Chao's wife Yang. In their interaction, Yang appreciated Wang Yi's knowledge and gradually influenced Ma Chao's attitude towards Zhao Ang. Later, Zhao Ang gradually gained the trust of Ma Chao. On this basis, Zhao Ang, yangfu, Jiang Xu and others successfully attacked Ma Chao and drove him away. Before taking this action, Zhao Ang and Wang Yi discussed how to deal with Ma Chao, which may affect the safety of his son Yue Zhao. Wang Yi didn't think so, and comforted her husband with the stories of Xiang Tuo and Yan Yuan. Finally, Zhao Angcai decided to take action.