In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao and Xu Chu are both super-first-class martial artists, one ranks fifth, the other ranks eighth, and the difference between the two is only three places, which is negligible. In the rendition, Ma Chao and Xu Chu have a dragon fight outside Tongguan, on the surface the two are equal, it seems that there is no difference between victory and defeat, if the two continue to fight, who is most likely to win? According to the relevant content in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the analysis is as follows.
First of all, Xu Chu's extreme state (naked clothes) barely fought with Ma Chao into a "draw".
Before the two armies, Ma Chao originally wanted to sneak in and behead Cao Cao, but when he saw Xu Chu, the "tiger idiot" behind Cao Cao, he changed his mind. Xu Chu thought that he was more powerful than Ma Chao, and when he heard Cao Cao praise "Ma Chao for his bravery and should not be taken lightly", he was very unconvinced, so he made a military order in front of Cao Cao and issued a battle letter to Ma Chao, wanting to fight With Ma Chao to the death.
After Receiving the letter, Ma Chao angrily said, "How dare you deceive you like this!" He was ready to kill Xu Chu the next day. The next day, Ma Chao rode his horse with a gun and came to the front of the two armies, and fought with Xu Chu in a big battle, playing more than a hundred rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. After Cao Cao saw it, he said to his generals, "Ma Chao does not reduce Lü Bu's courage!" ”
After the two changed horses, they fought again for more than a hundred rounds, still without winning or losing. Only to see Xu Chu "fly back into the formation, unload his armor, burst out of his body, and lift his sword naked", and once again came to the front of the two armies and fought with Ma Chao to the death. Clear-eyed people can see that Xu Chu and Ma Chao are fighting very hard, so they take off their armor and want to give up their old lives and fight to the death.
At that time, after Cao Ying and Xi Liangjun saw it, they were very shocked, thinking that Xu Chu was crazy, and actually took off his protective armor and fought with Ma Chao bare-chested. In case Ma Chao gave Xu Chu a hole in his body, it would be difficult for Xu Chu to survive. Xu Chu has already exerted the strength of "eating milk", but Ma Chao is at ease, one move at a time, not panicking. It can be seen that Compared with Ma Chao, Xu Chu is so star and a half.
Secondly, Cao Cao was afraid that Xu Chu would lose, indicating that Xu Chu had the upper hand at that time.
After Xu Chu "naked", he continued to fight with Ma Chao and fought for another thirty rounds. At this time, Xu Chu abandoned the knife, clamped Ma Chao's gun, and froze together. Only to see two people on horseback, fighting for ownership of the gun with strength. At this time, Xu Chu's strength was great, and with a loud noise, he broke Ma Chao's gun, each took a half-cut gun, and slapped it randomly on the horse. At this time, Ma Chao was holding a half-cut gun, and Xu Chu lost the weapon knife in his hand, only holding a half-cut gun, and then fighting, naturally Ma Chao had the advantage.
Cao Cao also saw this, and feared that the only bodyguard, Xu Chu, was "lost", so he ordered two generals, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, to come out of their horses and besiege Ma Chao. Ma Chao's subordinates, Pang De and Ma Dai, saw that Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong had won more victories without a face, so they shot their horses and fought. The two of them led the Western Liang Iron Horse into battle, and mixed with Cao Cao's army, quickly defeating Cao Cao's army.
Cao Cao's army was defeated like a mountain, and the remnants of the defeated army scattered and fled, losing many people. Even Xu Chu was not spared, he was hit by two arrows in the arm, and as for Cao Cao's other generals, he was even more afraid to fight against the Western Liang Iron Horse. Ma Chao pursued and killed Cao Jun to the edge of the trench before collecting his troops and returning to the army. In this battle, Xu Chu, whom Cao Cao relied on to win, was also injured and frightened, so he could not hold out and hung up the exemption card.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Chu abandons the knife and grabs the gun. Two grabbed guns on horseback. Xu Zhuli was so powerful that with a loud bang, he broke the barrel of his gun and beat him on the horse with half a knot. Fearing that Chu had made a mistake, he ordered Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong to attack together. Pound and Ma Dai saw that the cao would come out together, ride on two wings of iron, rampage, and kill the future. The military is in chaos. Xu Chu was shot with two arrows in his arm. The generals retreated into the village in a panic. Ma Chao went straight to the edge of the trench, and the soldiers were mostly wounded. The operation order is closed and rested.
In the end, Ma Chao and Zhang Fei fought into a draw, but Xu Chu lost to Zhang Fei's hands many times.
Ma Chao not only had a dragon fight with Xu Chu, he and Zhang Fei also had a more amazing peak duel at Ye Meng Guan. The two of them fought from noon to night in Ye MengGuan, full of energy, picking up the lights and fighting at night, or there was no victory or defeat.
And Xu Chu? He fought several battles with Zhang Fei of Yanren, losing several times, especially the third time, after Xu Chu was drunk, on the way to escort grain and grass, he was stabbed by Zhang Fei's spear, seriously injured, and almost confessed. After that, Xu Chu did not go to the battlefield again, fighting with the enemy, and he retired early.
epilogue
From the above three points of analysis, it can be seen that although Xu Chu is brave and fierce, he has fought with Dianwei into a draw, but he is still not Ma Chao's opponent. When the two men fought before the battle, it was not who had the greatest strength, but who was strong, but who was skilled in bow and horse and who was strong in martial arts. Ma Chao's courage is not inferior to Lü Bu's courage in those years, and it is not comparable to Xu Chu's generation. Therefore, Ma Chao is better than Xu Chu.
Ma Chao and Xu Chu both fought against Zhang Fei, and the result was that Ma Chao and Zhang Fei were drawn, and Xu Chu lost to Zhang Fei's hands many times, which can indirectly prove that Ma Chao is stronger than Xu Chu, if the two continue to fight, the most likely to win in the end is Ma Chao, and everyone is not surprised by this result.