In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", since Lü Bu died in the White Gate Tower, which fierce general turned out to be the most shocking?
Is it Zhao Yun? truly! After Lü Bu's death, Zhao Zilong's Battle of Changshanpo surprised the Three Kingdoms, so much so that many people were revered as "Martial Gods". But the problem is that Zhao Yun has long made his debut, and when he was still under Gongsun Zhan, he had fought against Wen Ugly. Therefore, Zhao Yun naturally couldn't count it.
So, it can only be Ma Chao! Cao Cao's direct positioning of "Ma Chao's courage is no less than Lü Bu", which is equivalent to directly linking Ma Chao with Lü Bu. Cao Cao had reason to position himself in this way. In his Memories of the Three Kingdoms, only Lü Bu and Ma Chao, and of course Guan Yu in Huarong Dao, almost killed him.
Lü Bu knocked on his helmet with the Fang Tian Painting Blade during the Battle of Pucheng, and when Ma Chao chased him during the Battle of Tongguan, he cut his whiskers and abandoned his robe, and issued a message that "horses do not die, I die without a place to bury."
Therefore, Ma Chao has two kinds of rankings in the Ranking of The Three Kingdoms Fierce Generals, one is second, after Lü Bu, and the other is fifth, after Guan Yu. As for which is reasonable, this article will not discuss. Just focus on discussing, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", around Ma Chao, why is there a very unusual phenomenon? There are three types in general.
One: two battle wars
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", although it is common for famous generals to single out, the content shown is different. There are amazing ones, such as Guan Yu Wenjiu Chopping Huaxiong. There are funny ones, such as the invincible admiral Xing Daorong. There is also the embodiment of martial virtue, which is the Guan Huang pair knife! The two heads-ups that can happen to Ma Chao are the most special.
This is Xu Chu's naked war horse chao, and Zhang Fei picked up the lamp night war jin ma chao! It has completely become a battle for the life, that is to say, look at the situation, if you don't kill one, it's not over.
Xu Chu's naked-clad war horse Chao directly frightened Cao Cao and had to issue an order, "Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong will attack together", which interrupted the battle between the two men. Only Xu Chu was pitied, and an arrow was shot in the rebel army.
The battle between Zhang Fei and Ma Chao also frightened Liu Bei, and he had to personally come out to say: My old Liu guaranteed with benevolence, "Ma Mengqi, you collect troops to rest, I will not take advantage of the situation to drive you." This is what makes both sides stop.
So why did the fierce general meet Ma Chao and become such a situation? One is to show that Ma Chao is too powerful, and the other is to show ma Chao's fierceness!
Second: the only person who has changed from a protagonist to a famous general
As soon as Ma Chao appeared, it was properly the posture of a prince, that is to say, he was on an equal footing with Cao Cao and Liu Bei. As a result, he eventually became one of the five tiger generals under Liu Bei. In layman's terms, it is from a big brother to a migrant worker!
In contrast, the other princes, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, Gongsun Zhan, even Lü Bu, maintained the "status of princes" until their deaths. Why?
The answer is also very simple, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is three points true, seven points false, Ma Chao in the history is this kind of life trajectory. Luo Guanzhong can't overthrow the overhead, otherwise it would not be "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This is actually why Luo Guanzhong gave Ma Chao two "fight for his life" twice. Warm up in advance, when Ma Chao changes his identity, it will not be abrupt.
Third: almost everyone is guarding against Ma Chao
Ma Chao was defeated by Cao Cao, and after defecting to Zhang Lu, he was first guarded by Zhang Lu, so that he had to switch to Liu Bei! However, after Guan Yu heard that Ma Chao had surrendered, he shouted that he wanted to compete with him, but Zhuge Liang wrote a letter to resolve it. That is to say, wherever Ma Chao goes, it seems that he is not popular. Even Liu Bei was actually wary of Ma Chao.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", after Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fought a thunderous battle, Zhuge Liang came, and Liu Bei was very worried about the current war situation. So Zhuge Liang used a divisive plan to bribe Yang Song, a close adviser under Zhang Lu. Let Yang Song make Ma Chao and can't retreat. Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei, "Now that Ma Chao is in a dilemma, Liang Liang, with three inches of uncorrupted tongue, personally went to Chaozhai and said that Ma Chao had come and descended. ”
Zhuge Liang's mouth cannon is a must! It is reasonable to say that it is very appropriate for him to personally come forward to persuade Ma Chao to surrender. One zhuge liang has a high status, which shows the absolute importance attached to Ma Chao. Second, he is too able to say that the so-called dead can be said to be alive.
But Liu Bei was anxious and stopped: "Sir is my confidant, if there is negligence, if there is negligence, why not?" In other words, Liu Bei was worried that Ma Chao was plotting against Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang had already calculated everything and was naturally not afraid, so he "insisted on going, but Xuan De repeatedly refused to let go", and finally sent Li Hui forward.
Since Zhuge Liang had made all the necessary preparations, Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei and became his only way to live. Therefore, Li Huishun obeyed and persuaded Ma Chao to surrender. Facts have proved that Liu Bei is purely blind and worried. However, through this incident, it can be seen that although Liu Bei is blindly worried, he is actually uneasy about Ma Chao, and he is defending Ma Chao.
Therefore, now the biggest question comes: Zhuge Liangdu is so confident that he wants to persuade Ma Chao to surrender, but Liu Bei desperately tries to stop it.
There is an old saying: meet the character in front of interests. For Ma Chao's famous future speech, his interest is to win the battle! Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang, became a famous general in the world, Huang Zhong cut Xiahou Yuan, straight into the Five Tigers! These are all examples. However, Guan Huang vs. Dao was a battle of Wude, and the two sides could obviously kill each other, but they repaid one by one. Therefore, people who don't like Guan Yu also have to praise it. And Zhang Feiyi's interpretation of Yan Yan is the same!
When we look at the battle between Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, it is a different look.
Zhang Fei roared out in battle, "Do you recognize Zhang Yide of the Yan people!" Ma Chao despised: "My family has been a prince for many generations, do you know Murano Pifu!" ”
This proves that while Ma Chao is conceited, he should have high requirements for himself, otherwise he would not have answered this sentence of "not too hurtful and insulting".
The two sides fought a big battle of "more than a hundred united, regardless of victory or defeat", Liu Bei Mingjin and Zhang Fei did not agree, and then came out to fight, "fighting more than a hundred and more, the two spirits doubled", so that Liu Bei had to personally go into battle, and once again Ming Jin collected troops. Zhang Fei zhengxing's head, not to rely on it, had to fight with Ma Chao at night.
So "a thousand torches were lit and shone like daylight." The two generals fought again in front of the battle. By the time of more than twenty years, Ma Chao dialed back to the horse and left", this is Ma Chao's fraudulent defeat, Zhang Fei chased, I am afraid that at this moment, everyone will think that Ma Chao has such a stunt as "returning to the horse gun". But alas, not at all.
Ma Chao "earned Zhang Fei rushed to the scene, secretly grabbed the copper hammer in his hand, twisted back and looked at Zhang Fei and hit the future." When Zhang Fei saw Ma Chao walking, he was also wary in his heart; when the copper hammer came, Zhang Fei flashed and passed by his ear."
Ma Chao's hand is completely a secret weapon to hurt people, and it belongs to the sneak attack that does not talk about martial virtue! Thanks to Zhang Sanye's alertness, he avoided it, but Zhang Sanye was bound to take revenge, "When Zhang Fei pulled back to Ma And left, Ma Chao rushed again." Zhang Fei took the horse, took the bow and arrow, and shot back at Ma Chao; Chao flashed."
It was at this time that Liu Bei came out and said the words: "I treat people with benevolence and righteousness." No deception. Ma Mengqi, you collect the troops to rest, I will not take advantage of the situation to drive you. Now I understand why Liu Beiping has no reason to suddenly talk about "benevolence" to Ma Chao.
In fact, the subtext is: you Ma Chao really don't like words, calling yourself a "prince of my family", a hundred despise my third brother, but you are engaged in such a disgraceful trick, sneaking with a copper hammer! Compared with Guan Huang to knife, what character do you have! Even if you get lucky, you will not win!
At this moment, Zhang Fei's performance is also very intriguing, he did not say a word, no longer shouted, and wanted to continue the war with Ma Chao, which is the most powerful contempt - can only be understood in this way.
Therefore, when Ma Chao fought Zhang Fei, it was because he did this, so that Liu Bei had a wary heart for Ma Chao, even if Zhuge Liang was confident and said that he was fine, he resolutely stopped it, that is, he would not let him go.
Therefore, why after Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei, he was only regarded as a "mascot" of the Shu Han Dynasty and gave you a high-ranking official Houlu, but he did not give military power, and did not reuse you, it was also logical.
How can such a person who does not talk about martial virtue (character is detrimental) and has no bottom line (doing things fiercely) be reused? Although it may be possible to gain a moment, but in the end everyone will be defended, and his subordinates will rebel and leave - his subordinates, Pound, who eventually swore loyalty to Cao Cao and will never surrender, is not it an example? Once you fall, there is no possibility of a comeback!