In the Battle of Ye Mengguan, if Guan Yu replaces Zhang Fei to meet Ma Chao, Ma Chao's life will be in danger.
In fact, the most powerful ability of ancient military generals is the ability to command the battlefield. Because ancient warfare was not actually a one-man battle, but required soldiers to combine with each other, few generals liked to play the game of "heads-up". However, in the novel, the situation is just the opposite, if you talk about the general, there must be a single challenge. Especially in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are many single-handed dramas. And the folk have more "one Lü two Zhao three Dianwei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei" saying, it seems that everyone's single-handed ability ranking has been determined. So is the author Guan Yu's view of war ma chao and Ma Chao's life worrying, simply from this ranking? That's definitely not, and my argument is well-founded. Let's explain it slowly.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Fei's ability to single out is very prominent. From the Tiger Prison Pass to Lü Bu not falling behind, to the three victories over Xu Chu, the highlight moments were one after another. However, in this regard, Guan Yu may not be under Zhang Fei. Although Guan Yu rarely fought against the enemy's first-class generals, he also had the feat of "warm wine and cutting Huaxiong". Before the worship, the two had tried their strength, and finally it was a draw. Coupled with the arrogant Zhang Fei's great respect for Guan Yu, it can be seen that the strength of the two is between Bo Zhong. And Ma Chao can draw Zhang Fei, which shows that the ability to single-handedly is also extraordinary. It was not easy for Guan Yu to win him with dignity.
Well, if you don't play with dignity, the situation is different. Zhang Fei is a wise general, even if it is not to mention the Battle of Brazil that defeated Zhang Gao in the main history, there is also a strange act of wisdom to capture Yan Yan in the novel. Guan Yu's situation was roughly the same, the Flooding of the Mouth River flooded the Seventh Army, threatening Huaxia, this feat could not be done without some intelligence. And Ma Chao is a complete "brave man", fighting a war completely by strength, and has never had a clever plan. Therefore, in terms of mind, Ma Chao and Guan Zhang are far apart.
Since he is ahead in terms of mind, it can be said that if Zhang Fei does not fight Ma Chao with dignity, but uses some means, Ma Chao may not even have the opportunity to resist. However, Zhang Fei is principled in terms of single-handedness, and will not use his brain to make a sinister move at this time. Guan Yu, on the other hand, never hid his unscrupulous approach to victory. Moreover, Guan Yu also has an ultimate killing move of deceiving defeat and luring the enemy and turning defeat into victory: dragging the knife.
The drag knife meter is different from the "back horse gun" or "back horse knife", which is a counterattack knife method that only Guan Yu can master. The principle is: first defeat, drag the knife in front, and at the same time observe the enemy's situation with the Eyes of Dan Phoenix, whose sphere of influence is extremely large. When the enemy catches up, he does not need to return to the horse and directly slashes the knife. This knife method is fast, the accuracy is high, and it is unexpected, and it is difficult for ordinary people to dodge. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu only used it when chopping Cai Yang, and the effect was quite good. Even if Guan Yu is inferior to the other party in terms of single-handedness ability, the power of the drag knife meter is enough to make him lose and win.
So we can imagine what would happen if Guan Yu fought against Ma Chao: the two were first single-handed, and after more than a hundred rounds of the war, they were evenly matched. In order to win, Guan Yu cheated and left, secretly preparing to use a drag knife meter. And the horse is oversized and grinning, and will inevitably try desperately to catch up. Guan Yu waited for Ma Chao to approach, and his unexpected hand fell with a knife.... The only thing everyone can do is to pray for Ma Chao.
Of course, this situation is only the inference of the author's family. In real history, the two have never fought, so there is no way to discuss who is more powerful, let alone the strength and weakness of Ma Chao and Guan Yu. But when it comes to character, Ma Chao, who abandoned his father and son, will be thrown out of eight hundred streets by the loyal Second Master Guan.