4 4 ▁spring , ▁a ▁large ▁Wei ▁army ▁under ▁C ao ▁Sh u ang ▁attacked ▁H anz h ong ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁X ing sh i . ▁Wang ▁P ing ▁commanded ▁the ▁initial ▁def enses , ▁but ▁General - in - Ch ief ▁Fe i ▁Y i ▁wanted ▁to ▁lead ▁rein for c ements ▁to ▁the ▁north . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁he ▁left ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ▁in ▁Ch eng du ▁to ▁over see ▁Secret ariat ▁affairs , ▁which ▁shows ▁the ▁great ▁trust ▁Fe i ▁Y i ▁placed ▁in ▁Ma ▁Zh ong . ▁When ▁Fe i ▁Y i ▁returned , ▁he ▁sent ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁to ▁continue ▁over see ing ▁the ▁def enses ▁against ▁the ▁tribes . ▁▁▁ ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁for ▁another ▁ 5 ▁years , ▁protect ing ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Sh u ▁against ▁trib al ▁ra iders . ▁He ▁passed ▁away ▁in ▁ 2 4 9 ▁and ▁was ▁greatly ▁m ourn ed ▁by ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁La ix i ang . H is ▁son ▁X i ū ▁succeeded ▁him . ▁While ▁X i ū ' s ▁younger ▁brother ▁Hu ī ▁has ▁his ▁son ▁Y ì ▁as ▁a ▁J ì n ▁Administr ator ▁of ▁J ian ning ▁County . ▁ ▁Family ▁Ma ▁Zh ong ▁had ▁three ▁sons : ▁Ma ▁X iu ▁( 馬 <0xE8> <0x84> <0xA9> ), ▁Ma ▁H ui ▁( 馬 <0xE6> <0x81> <0xA2> ) ▁and ▁Ma ▁R ong ▁( 馬 <0xE8> <0x9E> <0x8D> ). ▁Ma ▁H ui ' s ▁son ,