In the romance, Lu Bu was the strongest general in the Three Kingdoms period. In the battle of Tiger Prison Pass, even if the mighty Guan Yu and Zhang Fei joined forces, they couldn't defeat him within 30 rounds, and Lu Bu at that time had fought many battles in a row, and he was in a state of residual blood. Lu Bu's bravery can be seen. However, Guan Yu did not have a red rabbit horse at that time, and he and Zhang Fei were not at their peak, so this also gave people infinite room for reverie. Later, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao rose, these two were also undefeated in their lives, and they looked like they were invincible in the world, but they didn't have the opportunity to fight Lu Bu, so this is a pity.
Zhao Yun's highest moment was in the Battle of Changbanpo. At that time, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and 100,000 people set off to Jiangling, but unfortunately they were caught up by Cao Bing only when they arrived in Dangyang. In order to rescue the two ladies and Xiao Liu Chan, Zhao Yun had to take the risk and rush into the enemy formation, and then after a fight, he rescued Mrs. Gan and Liu Chan. During this period, Zhao Yun entered and exited seven times, directly killed more than 50 Cao generals, brushed up on the Qingyu Sword artifact, and created the myth of Nagasaka. Since then, Zhao Yun has become famous all over the world.
Ma Chao's battle for fame is the battle of Cao. Cao Cao tricked Ma Teng into Xuchang, and then took the opportunity to kill him, and Ma Teng's son Ma Chao also raised troops to take revenge. Although Ma Chao was assisted by Ma Dai and Pang De, there was no strategist to advise, but in this case, Ma Chao could still abuse Cao Cao and tremble. In the battle of Weishui, Ma Chao beat Cao Cao with his personal courage to cut off his beard and abandon his robe, which frightened Cao Cao and sighed, "If the horse does not die, I have no place to be buried." In the battle of Tongguan, Ma Chao abused Zhang He in 20 rounds, killed Li Tong in several rounds, and defeated Yu Ban in 9 rounds, showing extreme bravery.
It's a pity that Zhao Yun and Ma Chao at their peak have never been able to fight against Lu Bu, which is a bit regrettable, and it also brings a problem to everyone: Can they beat Lu Bu?
In fact, Cao Cao has already given an evaluation of Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Lu Bu, the three top generals, and Boss Cao already knows the answer. On the occasion of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, the princes of the Eight Roads gathered, and Lu Bu also became famous all over the world at this time. At that time, Lu Bu killed Fang Yue in 5 rounds, solved Mu Shun in one move, and disabled Wu Anguo in 10 rounds. At this time, Cao Cao saw that Lu Bu was so brave, so he said "Lu Bu is brave and invincible". Later, when it came to the Battle of Puyang, Xu Chu barely blocked Lu Bu for 20 rounds, and Cao Cao immediately said: "Lu Bu can win alone." Later, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Xiahoudun and other 6 people besieged Lu Bu, but they still couldn't hurt the other party in the slightest.
During the Battle of Changbanpo, Cao Cao saw Zhao Yun's performance, and only used "True Tiger General" to evaluate Zhao Yun. It can be seen that Zhao Yun was only labeled as a "tiger general" by Cao Cao, which is far worse than the evaluation of "heroic and invincible". In the world of romance, descriptions such as tiger generals, Wanfu inappropriate bravery, generals, etc. are really a bit empty, such as Xing Daorong and Pan Feng, which are not the mainstream, have the label of "general", and people of Han De's level also have the description of "Wanfu inappropriate bravery", but Xing Daorong, Pan Feng, and Han De's martial arts are obviously difficult to enter the first-class. Therefore, Zhao Yun's "tiger general" evaluation is obviously inferior to Lu Bu's "invincible" label.
In the battle of Tongguan, Cao Cao once commented on Ma Chao as "not reducing Lu Bu's bravery". Seeing no, Cao Cao thinks that Ma Chao is no worse than Lu Bu, and this evaluation is already very high. However, he just said "not to reduce", not "exceed", so no matter how fierce Ma Chao is, it is impossible to be fiercer than Lu Bu. In addition, Ma Chao and Xu Chu couldn't tell the winner after more than 200 rounds, but Lu Bu only took 20 rounds to scare Cao Cao and was forced to send Dian Wei to help, which shows that Ma Chao can't be better than Lu Bu. Overall, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao were very brave, but they couldn't defeat Lu Bu, and Cao Cao had already said the answer.
(Information from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms")