In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu may be more proud of his personality than other martial generals, and his martial arts are not ranked first in the Three Kingdoms, but in fact, the famous people who die in his hands will be the most, and there are many enemies who feel sorry for him. Compared with him, Zhang Fei's temperament was more impatient, especially for the newcomers who had just joined Shu Han, he often had to test one or two.
"Xiliang First Warrior" Ma Chao
Ma Chao, as the "First Warrior of Western Liang", turned to Zhang Lu after hundreds of members of the entire family were killed by Cao Cao, but it didn't take long for him to start being jealous. So Ma Chao was ready to change the lord again, and he secretly sent a letter to Liu Bei, telling him that he was going to join Shu Han and join him inside and outside. Although Liu Bei also responded to him, but the play still has to be done in a full set, Liu Bei took Zhang Fei to attack Ma Chao, in fact, there is also the intention of testing the "first warrior of Xiliang" to see if he is worthy of the name.
Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fought from morning to evening, and the two fought for hundreds of rounds, regardless of victory or defeat, and finally Closed the Army with Liu Bei worried that Zhang Fei was injured. But in fact, Ma Chao's real level is more than Zhang Fei's, first because of this fight, Ma Chao is actually fatigued to fight, the second is because Ma Chao has secretly turned to Liu Bei, it is impossible to really be cruel to Zhang Fei, he also knows that fighting with Zhang Fei is also to show his strength.
Everyone knows that Liu Bei, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", could not lead soldiers to fight, and did not have a particularly good cultural level, but the place where he was stronger than Zhuge Liang was that he knew people very accurately. He said that in order to protect Zhang Fei, he was actually aware that Ma Chao's strength exceeded Zhang Fei's, and he had an estimate of his danger. Among the "Five Tiger Generals" appointed by Liu Bei, in addition to Ma Chao, the only one who is recognized as able to surpass Zhang Fei is Guan Yu. When Guan Yu learned that Ma Chao had defected to Liu Bei, the first thing he did was to ask to go head-to-head with Ma Chao, but was stopped by Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei and others.
To see the strength of the two, you can compare it by competing with Xu Chu. At the Battle of Tongguan, Ma Chao intended to capture Cao Cao, but when he saw Xu Chu standing up from behind Cao Cao, he chose to retreat. Xu Chu had fought with Zhang Fei twice, once in a draw, and once almost killed by Zhang Fei's ambush, indicating that although Ma Chao had strength, he was easy to be timid after going to the battlefield against the enemy. When Zhuge Liang persuaded Guan Yu, he once handed him a sentence: "Ma Chao does not reduce Lü Bu's courage!" This sentence seems to praise Ma Chao's strength value, but in fact, it is telling Guan Yu that Ma Chao's mentality, so Guan Yu will leave satisfied after seeing it.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms