In real history, there was a red rabbit horse.
It was mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Lü Bu's biography, and the original text is as follows:
Bu Chang Yu Liang Ma (布常御良馬), known as Akatsuki (赤菟), was able to gallop into the city of Fei Wei (堑堑), and the Tale of Cao Qi (曹 Concealment) says: 'There is Lü Bu in the people, and there is the red dragon in the horse.'"
Such a good horse, in the hands of the novelist Luo Guanzhong, is a wonderful pen and flowers.
(Red Rabbit Conjecture)
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chitu Ma followed four masters in his lifetime, namely: Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu, Guan Yu, and Ma Zhong.
At first, in order to bribe Lü Bu, Dong Zhuo sent Li Su to bring a red rabbit horse and a batch of gold and silver jewelry to Lü Bu. The red rabbit horse reached Lü Bu's hands.
The original text is as follows:
Su Yue: "The current position of General Of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang." Wen Xiandi Kuang Fu Sheji, overjoyed. There is a good horse, traveling thousands of miles a day, crossing the water to climb the mountain, such as walking on the ground, known as 'Red Rabbit': special dedication and sage brother, to help the tiger Wei... Bu saw this horse and was overjoyed. ”
Lü Buwuyong, unparalleled in the world, with the red rabbit horse, is even more like a tiger. There is a proverb as evidence: Lü Bu among men, red rabbit in horses.
(Lü Bu riding a red rabbit)
As one of the princes at that time, although Lü Bu's strength value exploded, his IQ needed to be recharged. Lü Bu did not listen to Chen Gong's words many times, so much so that he was killed by Cao Cao in front of the White Gate Tower.
At that time, The Red Rabbit returned to Cao Cao, and after driving away Liu Bei with an operation, he captured Guan Yu, who especially liked Guan Yu and gave the Red Rabbit Horse to Guan Yu. As soon as Guan Yu got the Red Rabbit Horse, the strength value immediately soared. Cut off the face of the good and the ugly, pass the five levels and slash the six generals, and flood the seven armies to shock Huaxia.
Cao Cao sent the horse to Guan Yu's original text:
Command the left and right to prepare a horse. It must be pulled. The horse's body was like charcoal, and its shape was very majestic. Fu Zhi said: "Is this horse known to the public?" Gong Yue: "Could it be that Lü Bu rode the Red Rabbit Horse Hu?" Fuck: "Of course." "So he saddled up and sent it to Guan Gong. Guan Gong thanked him again.
(Guan Yu riding a red rabbit)
Guan Yu, who was loyal and unmatched, crossed the river by Lü Meng in white clothes when his personal prestige reached its peak and secretly attacked Jingzhou. Guan Gong was captured by the Eastern Wu general Ma Zhong, more than 20 miles outside the north gate of Maicheng. Sun Quan executed Guan Yu and only rewarded Ma Zhong with the red rabbit horse that Guan Yu had given. Ma Zhong was so accomplished that he only rewarded one horse.
Within a few days, the red rabbit horse did not eat grass and died. The original text is as follows:
"Guan Gong was killed, and sat down on the Red Rabbit Horse, which was captured by Ma Zhong and offered to Sun Quan. The right is to give the horse a loyal ride. His horses died without eating forage for several days." - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms - The Seventy-seventh Time"
This legendary horse died and many descendants regretted it. Many people have given a different meaning to its death.
One, romance said
In 2001, a college entrance examination candidate in Jiangsu wrote a full-score essay entitled "The Death of the Red Rabbit". In the text, he fictionalized a character named BoXi, who was fluent in Ma language after Bo Le.
One day, Ma Zhong reported to Sun Quan that the Red Rabbit Horse had been on hunger strike for several days and was ready to die. Sun Quan asked Bo Xi to come and see the Red Rabbit Horse.
Bo Xi asked the horse: Why do you want to go on a hunger strike?
Red Rabbit Ma Hui: My life, first with Dong Zhuo and then with Lü Bu. However, Dong Zhuo was cruel, and Lü Bu was repeatedly cunning. It wasn't until I met Guan Gong that I understood the meaning of Ma Sheng. Not only do human beings have noble and loyal people, but although I am an animal, I do not want to be a family slave with three surnames, and I will follow Guan Gongyu Izumi. Let him be driven again, although he will die without regrets!
Bo Xi looked at Ma Zhong, the red rabbit horse unfaithful person, and then looked at the dying red rabbit horse. Only a long sigh.
Second, reality says
In fact, the average lifespan of horses is 20-35 years old, and the special ones can reach 60 years old, and the age at which they can be ridden is 3-20 years old. In 189, when Dong Zhuo gave it to Lü Bu, the red rabbit horse was already famous and should be 6 years old (the horse's adulthood).
When Guan Gong was beheading Yan Liang and Cursing Wen Ugly, it was probably around 200 AD, and the Red Rabbit Horse was 17 years old. Guan Gong walked to Maicheng in 219, and Chitu Ma was 36 years old.
This life span can be, and it is considered a long life in the horse. The limit is approaching, the animal is depressed before death, and it is normal not to eat or drink.
Third, human nature says
There are some online articles on the Internet, writing that after the Red Rabbit Horse was obtained by Ma Zhong, because Sun Quan did not have other rewards. Ma Zhong was depressed and discouraged, and he was afraid that "pifu is innocent, and he is guilty of his crime", and may even attract the fierce anger of the Shu people because of the red rabbit horse. So he quietly sold the red rabbit to the Wei state horse dealer, and then lied to Sun Quan that the red rabbit horse was in love with the old lord, did not eat or drink, and died of hunger strike.
This statement is fresh and vulgar, the author has not yet found the historical data of this statement, it is estimated that it is fabricated, specially written down for everyone to see.