Guan Yu and Ma Chao were both generals under Liu Bei' banner, but there was discord between the two of them personally. Mainly because Guan Yu followed Liu Bei to the world at the beginning, but Ma Chao was originally a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and later defected to Liu Bei.
Therefore, Guan Yu went to squeeze Ma Chao with a sense of superiority. Later, after Liu Bei began to reuse Ma Chao, he was ugly in the open and in the dark. In the end, Guan Yu suffered a defeat under the joint planning of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and passed through Ma Chao's fiefdom in the process of fleeing. Ma Chao could have helped him, but chose to turn a blind eye.
Ancient times did not have many advanced weapons and equipment like modern times, so in ancient warfare, they relied more on some capable warriors. When it comes to the generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, it is necessary to mention Guan Yu. Guan Yu is a classic character in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the Four Great Chinese Masterpieces, and he is Liu Bei's brother-in-law.
When the three of them were worshipping, Liu Bei had just joined the Yellow Turban Uprising and formed a small team of his own. After the worship, the three brothers had a very good relationship, and they ate and lived together. Later, with different rebel teams, as well as some remnants of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after a long melee. The main regime that remained was only three Wei, Shu, and Wu.
The Shu Han forces were able to develop step by step, on the one hand, because Liu Bei knew that people were making good use of them. On the other hand, it is also because Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have very high martial arts values, especially Guan Yu. The two biggest flashes on Guan Yu's body, one is that he is very high in martial arts. He was a very good warrior. On the other hand, Guan Yu is a man of heroic righteousness and righteousness.
Guan Yu himself had excellent abilities, so other countries at that time also wanted to recruit him. But because he and Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were already married, he couldn't do anything to betray Liu Bei no matter what. Probably from the day of the knot worship, Guan Yu decided to fight for Liu Bei's life until the day of his death. Therefore, in the process of the development of the Shu Han regime, Guan Yu made great achievements.
Guan Yu once killed a very important general in Yuan Shao's camp, Yan Liang. He also defended Jingzhou for Liu Beizhen without complaint or regret. Later, it was in a series of wars between Liu Bei and Cao Cao for Hanzhong, and it shined. At that time, Liu Bei had five generals who were particularly good at combat, called the Five Tiger Generals. And Guan Yu was the deserved head of the Five Tiger Generals.
Among Liu Bei's Five Tiger Generals, there was another general, named Ma Chao. Unlike Guan Yu, Ma Chao followed Liu Bei from the beginning. But Ma Chao surrendered halfway. Ma Chao first served as an official in the Eastern Han Dynasty court, because his father and his ancestors were officials in the imperial court.
Later, after Cao Cao took over the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Chao began to lead people to rebel against Cao Cao's rule. Ma Chao himself is also a person who can fight on the battlefield and is also very scheming. Therefore, at the beginning, Cao Cao also admired him very much and wanted to include him in his camp. But Ma Chao has been unwilling to cooperate.
Ma Chao's father originally commanded the soldiers and horses in the imperial court, and later after his father's death, Ma Chao took over the power of the soldiers and horses in his father's hands. Ma Chao relied on these soldiers and horses and called Cao Cao. And Ma Chao once threatened Cao Cao's rule. Because there were too many capable people under Cao Cao, Xiao He used a divisive tactic to force Ma Chao away.
Ma Chao, like a lost dog, knew that he had no way to take revenge on Cao Cao. Therefore, under the balance, Ma Chao chose to defect to Liu Bei. Ma Chao was particularly famous at that time, so Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard that Ma Chao was coming to join him. When Ma Chao had no record shortly after his arrival, Liu Bei gave him the title of Five Tiger Generals.
Even when he sent someone to meet Ma Chao, Liu Bei gave Ma Chao an army of his own. But it is true that Ma Chao did not live up to Liu Bei's trust. Since Ma Chao joined Liu Bei's camp, he was also a conscientious leader in the battle, and has made a series of achievements.
In the 20th year of Jian'an, Ma Chao led his troops to besiege Chengdu, and on this basis Liu Bei pacified Xichuan. In the 22nd year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Cao Cao competed for the land of Hanzhong. It was also Ma Chao who led the troops, pinning down the main force of Cao Cao's army.
Guan Yu and Ma Chao were both important generals in Liu Bei's camp, but Ma Chao's ending was better. Ma Chao lived until Liu Bei established the Shu Han Dynasty, and was also given the title of General of the Hussars. But in contrast, Guan Yu did not have such a good life. Guan Yu ran for Liu Bei for half his life and suffered countless injuries on his body.
Guan Yu eventually died on the battlefield, not surviving until the day they won the victory. Guan Yu's death was the result of a conspiracy between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, because Cao Cao had always wanted to do something to Liu Bei. However, Liu Bei was close to Yu, the protective god, so Cao Cao wanted to get rid of Guan Yu first.
The enemy of the enemy is the friend, so Cao Cao contacted Sun Quan. He conspired with Sun Quan to attack from the front himself, and Sun Quan sneaked in from the back. The two sides attacked together to solve Guan Yu. There was also a problem with the grain and grass on Guan Yu's side. This was mainly because Guan Yu himself was born as a warrior, so he hated the scholar class.
In the process of Guan Yu leading the army, there must be some civilian officials in charge of materials and other related issues in the rear. At that time, the two civilian officials in charge of military supplies were once reprimanded by Guan Yu for not doing a good job. Therefore, these two civilian officials held a grudge and deliberately delayed the speed of material transportation. Therefore, these factors combined to make Guan Yu lose Maicheng.
At that time, guan Yu fled with the remaining dozen soldiers, they passed by the place where Ma Chao was stationed. Ma Chao did not help Guan Yu, even though they came from the same camp and were all well-known Five Tiger Generals. The reason why Ma Chao did not save Guan Yu, in fact, a large part of the reason behind this comes from Guan Yu himself.
Guan Yu was a very proud person, so he didn't look up to Ma Chao, who surrendered halfway. And since Ma Chao came to Liu Bei's camp, Liu Bei also used and appreciated him very much. This made Guan Yu very jealous and jealous, so Guan Yu always squeezed Ma Chao in the open and in the dark, before and after people, and embarrassed him.
Ma Chao was originally an outsider to the Shu Han regime, so he himself has always been worried. Ma Chao knew that the brotherhood between Liu Bei and Guan Yu was something he couldn't compare. Therefore, he could only do things for Liu Bei more carefully, and he hated Guan Yu after a long time. Therefore, after Guan Yu fell into distress, even If Ma Chao had the ability to help, he still turned a blind eye.
Guan Yu was a great general under Liu Bei, but he did not have the capacity to tolerate people. Such a talent as Ma Chao, no matter which camp it is, is unattainable.
However, Guan Yu changed his method and pushed Ma Chao outward. There is an old Chinese saying that peers are light on each other, and Ma Chao and Guan Yu look down on each other and are jealous of each other. Guan Yu was jealous of Ma Chao because liu Bei began to reuse him soon after Ma Chao arrived in Shu Han. And Ma Chao is jealous of Guan Yu because of the trust between him and Liu Bei's brothers.