In the battle between Liu Bei and Cao Cao in the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei won, and Liu Bei, who occupied Hanzhong, was supported by the Qunchen as king, Liu Bei was afraid of usurpation, and he was afraid of hurting the enthusiasm of the Qunchen, and became the king of Hanzhong at the suggestion of Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei took the title of King of Hanzhong in the 24th year of Jian'an and performed a coronation ceremony in Qiuyang. Subsequently, Zhuge Liang sealed the military, sealed Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong as the five tiger generals, and at the same time sealed Wei Yan as the Taishou of Hanzhong. Liu Bei's reward still seemed very reasonable and appropriate, the Five Tigers generals were all generals with high martial arts and strong, but Guan Yu, who was far away in Jingzhou, was a little dissatisfied and said a few grumbling words.
Guan Yu had no problem with Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhongfeng as the Five Tigers, but he had a great opinion on Ma Chaofeng's Five Tigers and insisted on coming to Chengdu to compare with Ma Chao. What does Guan Yu mean by this move? Why would he rather not defend Jingzhou and enter the river to compete with Ma Chao? Why wasn't the person who competed in the competition Zhao Yun?
Guan Yu is loyal and Ma Chao is capricious
Guan Yu was familiar with "Spring and Autumn", and he was very attached to loyalty and righteousness, and had the idea of loyalty and non-mastery. However, Ma Chao was too capricious in Guan Yu's eyes, originally he was a prince himself, and not long after he had to rely on Zhang Lu, he rebelled against Zhang Lu and surrendered to Liu Bei. Moreover, Ma Chao's character is inferior, and his wife and children have been killed because of Ma Chao's own reasons, which makes Guan Yu very disapproval of Ma Chao.
Although there are many cases of surrender between ancient military generals, such as Zhang Liao's transfer from Lü Bu to Cao Cao, Xu Huang Zhang Guo, etc. are all surrendered generals of Cao Cao. But Ma Chao was different from them, they at least did not betray the interests of the former lord, Ma Chao was ordered by Zhang Lu to rescue Liu Zhang, did not expect that he would soon rebel against Liu Bei and damage Zhang Lu's interests.
From Zhang Lu's attitude towards Ma Chao, such as
The "Canon" records: In Ma Chao's Ben Han Dynasty, Zhang Lu thought that he was talking about sacrificing wine, and wanted his wife and daughter, or advised Lu Yue: "If someone does not love his relatives in this way, can he love people?" "Lu Nai stop.
Zhang Lu originally wanted to win ma chao over and marry his daughter to him, but because Ma Chao did not pay attention to his wife and daughter before, his wife and daughter were killed, indicating that Ma Chao was self-centered and did not take responsibility, such a person Zhang Lu also understood that although he was strong in martial arts, he still did not want to win him over. It is precisely because of Ma Chao's character that Guan Yu is very distrustful of him, and in Guan Yu's eyes, Ma Chao is the object of his scorn.
Ma Chao's shelf was large, and Guan Yu wanted to suppress him
Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei after the end of his journey, Liu Bei because of his position in the hearts of the Qiang people and his high martial arts, he also liked Ma Chao very much, after all, Liu Bei did not want to be an enemy of Ma Chao at that time, and he was expanding the road, with Ma Chao's support, it would be much smoother. However, since Ma Chao had already recognized Liu Bei as the lord, according to common sense, he should put down his shelf as a prince and be respectful and respectful.
However, Ma Chao obviously did not do so, and after surrendering to Liu Bei, Ma Chao called Liu Bei by name directly, without a bit of courtesy from a monarch, which made Guan Yu very dissatisfied. Because in Guan Yu's eyes, Liu Bei is both his master and the eldest brother, the master is in front and then the eldest brother, the courtesy of the king is very important, Ma Chao, an outsider, still has a deep relationship with Liu Bei, and calling his name is obviously disrespectful to Liu Bei.
Guan Yu may be in order to protect Liu Bei's interests, want to come to Xichuan and Ma Chao to compete, let him see that there are people outside the sky, let Ma Chao not be so arrogant. Guan Yu wanted to make Ma Chao a little jealous in his heart through the fact that he wanted to compete with Ma Chao, and some people were already dissatisfied with him, so he paid a little attention to his words and deeds.
In general, in addition to Ma Chao's high martial arts, in Guan Yu's eyes, both etiquette and loyalty made him dissatisfied. Guan Yu, who had such respect for his eldest brother Liu Bei, saw that Ma Chao yao wu Yang Wei had no courtesy in front of Liu Bei, and was also named the Five Tiger Generals, and his heart was inevitably a little uneven, looking for Ma Chao to compete was not just talking, but to teach Ma Chao a lesson.
Treating Zhao Yun, Guan Yu obviously did not have this attitude
Although Zhao Yun was also a post-defector to Liu Bei, Zhao Yun had great respect for Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also liked Zhao Yun very much. Although Guan Yu and Zhao Yun did not have a special friendship, it was difficult to say anything when they saw Zhao Yun doing his best to assist Liu Bei.
Similarly, Zhao Yun is also a person with old qualifications, which Guan Yu also admitted, when Zhao Yun was named the Five Tiger Generals, Guan Yu commented on Zhao Yun and said:
"Zilong Jiu with my brother"
It shows that zhao yun is still very recognized. Compared with Zhao Yun, Ma Chao is much higher in terms of seniority and personality.
Moreover, Zhao Yun was deeply liked by Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's feelings for Zhao Yun were no worse than others. Liu Bei's children were saved by Zhao Yun many times, and Zhao Yun's responsibility to protect Liu Bei's safety was also very important, and like Guan Yu, he was a person that Liu Bei trusted, but the division of labor was different, one took soldiers outside and one did things for Liu Bei inside. As far as the relationship between Zhao Yun and Liu Bei was concerned, Guan Yu obviously had no intention of competing with Zhao Yun, because he respected Zhao Yun from his heart.
This article is mainly based on the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and does not represent the correct history