In the third year of Jian'an, Lu Bu died in Baimenlou, and since then, in Guan Yu's eyes, most of the "world's famous generals" are those who sell their heads, and the ones he can afford are Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Pang De and a few others.
Ma Chao and Zhang Fei were tied at Jiameng Pass, and Guan Yu wanted to enter Sichuan to "compete" with him; Liu Bei canonized the Five Tiger Generals, Guan Yu was very dissatisfied, saying that "the eldest husband will never be with the old man."
Guan Yu is confident that he can defeat Ma Chao, and he is unwilling to sit on an equal footing with the veteran Huang Zhong, which is really not a fiction of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and historical materials such as "Three Kingdoms" also have similar records of these two events.
If we compare the novel with historical materials, many questions will be easily solved, such as why Guan Yu valued Pound and despised Ma Chao? Who is braver between Ma Chao and Pound?
In the novel, Pang De and Guan Yu fought twice: on the first day of the battle of 100 rounds, Guan Yu sighed that "Pang De is familiar with swordsmanship, and he is really my opponent";
Guan Yu had already seen that Pang De was a fraud, which showed that he knew that Pang De was not inferior to himself in knife skills, and the "Pang thief" escaped not because he couldn't beat it, but because he wanted to make a "knife plan".
In addition to Lu Bu, Guan Yu was rarely afraid of others in his life, even Pang De's "old master" Ma Chao, Guan Yu didn't pay too much attention to it, so there was a letter from Guan Yu who wanted to enter Sichuan to challenge and Zhuge Liang to evaluate the three generals: "General Liangwen wants to be superior to Meng Qi." In terms of brightness: Although Meng Qi is majestic, he is also the disciple of Tubu and Peng Yue, and when he competes with Yide, he is still not as outstanding as the beautiful beard. ”
Zhuge Liang's reply letter is also recorded in "Three Kingdoms, Volume 36", and the words and sentences are basically the same. Zhuge Liang is one of the few righteous gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, he thinks that Ma Chao is not as good as Guan Yu, it should not be flattery, because the letter must be reviewed by Liu Bei first, Guan Yu made the letter public, and he didn't see any reaction from Ma Chao.
Later, Guan Yu was defeated and left Maicheng, Linfu was captured, where is Ma Chao, the fake general of the "Governor Linfang", the history books did not say, the novel was not written, we don't have to speculate, and then let's see who is braver in the official history, Pang De and Ma Chao.
There is no record of Xu Chu's shirtless war with Ma Chao in the official history, in that battle, Ma Chao lost very thoroughly, but Xu Chu was out of the limelight: "Super negative its strength, Yin desire to rush forward Taizu, I have heard of Chu Yong, and I suspect that it is Chu who rides." Nai asked Taizu and said: "Where is the public tiger marquis?" Taizu pointed to Chu, and Chu looked forward to it. I don't dare to move, but I don't dare to move. A few days later, the battle was held, the big break was super, the body was beheaded, and the general of the military guard was moved. ”
Unlike Ma Chao's rare victories, Pang De had already made great achievements in Ma Teng's army, and personally killed Guo Yuan, the nephew of Zhong Xuan, the captain of Sili.
This matter is indeed very strange to say: when Pang De killed Guo Yuan, he was commanded by Zhong Xuan, and Guo Yuan belonged to the "Yuan Shao remnants", and was appointed by Yuan Shang to guard Hedong County, Zhong Xiang was ordered by Cao Cao to recruit Ma Chao Pang De to attack Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang together, but he didn't expect Pang De to slaughter Guo Yuan Yuan as soon as he made a move.
In the battle of Pingyang in the seventh year of Jian'an, Ma Chao also participated, but he did not win the record, but was shot in the foot by an arrow, although the history books deliberately emphasize that Ma Chao was slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire, but it can also prove from the side that Ma Chao's performance in that battle was indeed a bit poor.
After surrendering Liu Bei, the Marquis of Duting remained unchanged, and the military position became General Pingxi, and Pang De was awarded the title of Zhonglang General and Duting Marquis after beheading Guo Yuan, and after returning to Cao Cao, he was immediately enshrined as General Liyi and Marquis of Guanmen.
The famous Tinghou is higher than the Dutinghou, which is of course known to readers who are familiar with the Han Dynasty's military merit official system, and the number one master in Ma Teng's army at that time was also Pang De rather than Ma Chao: "Zhang Bai rode against Hongnong, Defu followed Teng Zhengzhi, and broke Bai to ride between the two corpses." In every battle, he often falls into Chen but the enemy, and bravely crowns the army. ”
Pang De's submission to Cao Cao did not belong to betraying Ma Chao, but Ma Chao abandoned Pang De first, so when Guan Yu persuaded Pang De to surrender, he moved with emotion and reason, and moved out Pang Rou and Ma Chao wanted to influence Pang De, but it backfired: "The water is full of boats, (Pang De) loses his bow and arrows, and he holds the boat in the water alone, and he gets it for Yu, and he stands and does not kneel." Yu Wei said: "Brother Qing is in Hanzhong, I want to take Qing as a general, what is it if I don't surrender early......?"
Guan Yu sneered at Yu Ban, who took the initiative to beg, but politely and patiently persuaded Pang De, which showed that he still valued Pang De very much.
Guan Yu values Pang De, not because Pang De fought with him for more than 100 rounds, because it would not have happened on the real ancient battlefield, but Pang De once shot Guan Yu with an arrow, but it was true: "The German general led Cao Ren to attack Bawan, cut the sound, opened, and then Nantunfan, and asked Guan Yu ...... The back parent fights with the feather and shoots the feather in the forehead. Shide often rides a white horse, and the feather army is called the white horse general, and they are all afraid of it. ”
Whether Pang De is a good person or not, and how to evaluate Pang Hui's behavior, has nothing to do with this article, but one thing is certain: Guan Yu is not as arrogant and narrow-minded as written in the novel, and he is willing to put aside his hatred and patience to persuade the real warriors.
It is understandable that Pang Dening will not surrender if he dies: Pang De who was sick was lost to Zhang Lu by Ma Chao, Cao Cao entered Hanzhong, Zhang Lu was named General Zhennan, Marquis of Langzhong (there are also historical materials for Marquis of Xiangping), 10,000 households, Pang De was also awarded an official title higher than Ma Chao, do you say that Pang De can not be grateful to Dade?
Sick people are more sentimental, although Pound is brave, but after all, he is also a person, so whether he misses or resents his brother Pang Rou and the late master Ma Chao during his illness, everyone can understand and empathize.
Pang Dening will not die or surrender, Guan Yu "merciful burial", it can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness, Pang Hui later slaughtered the Guan family, and it is indeed very inauthentic to do things, if Pang De Jiuquan knows, he will also be ashamed to admit that Pang Hui is an unworthy descendant: battlefield fighting, only official affairs and no personal vendettas, you killed Guan Yu's bereaved family to avenge me, Zhong Xuan If he is like you, he will revenge, and the Pang family will be wiped out long ago!
Why does Guan Yu attach importance to Pang De and despise Ma Chao? We can't find the answer to this question from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", because "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" respects Liu and despises Cao, and as long as he joins Liu Bei's group, the villain will also be written as a gentleman. Ma Chao, Fa Zheng, Xu Jing, and Zhang Song do not seem to be real gentlemen and righteous men, in the words of Zhuge Liang's rebuke of Wei Yan in the novel, "It is disloyal to eat Qilu and kill its master, and it is unrighteous to live in its land and sacrifice its land." ”
Pound in the history books is the first master in Ma Teng's army, and Guan Yu is also victorious and defeated, as the so-called hero cherishes heroes, Pound, who would rather die than surrender, can almost be regarded as a hero, and Guan Yu, who pities Pound, is a real hero: he did not hold a grudge because Pound shot an arrow in his head, and after capturing Pound alive, he reasoned with Yan Yuese to persuade him to surrender, and promised to be a general, these are enough to show that Guan Yu is open-minded like a sea and a valley, and he wants to compete with Ma Chao, and it is impossible for him to be famous.
Ma Chao had never fought Zhang Fei in Jiameng Pass, so what did he do to make Guan Yu so dissatisfied or despise him? If Guan Yu really led an equal number of men and horses to fight in formation, which side would win the final victory?