There are countless heads-ups in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but not too many are particularly exciting. Although Luo Guanzhong's penmanship is sharp, he can't stand the routine he uses again and again: a certain general does not say a word, shoots a horse dance knife (or a spear Prancing Horse) to fight, the battle is not counted, the hand knife falls, and the other party is chopped into two pieces. This scene is indeed vivid, but people have an aesthetic fatigue, and watching more is just that.
However, the reader never seems to be tired of the aesthetics of some beasts, on the contrary, these beasts are very popular, and the reader cannot help but look at Mr. Luo's brilliant writings and flowers a few times to get over the addiction. Zhang Fei war horse chao, since it is an example. In the rendition, it was written that they singled out that stubble, and I was stunned when I first saw it—whether it was a book or a TV series—"These two can really fight, and some of them have watched it." ”
Zhang Fei threw his gun out of his horse and shouted, "Do you recognize Zhang Yide of yanren?" Ma Chaoyue: "My family has been a prince for many generations, do you know Murano Pifu!" "Zhang Fei was furious...
It seems that every time Zhang Fei singles out, he wants others to provoke him. Therefore, Zhang Fei's routine is very rough: I am Zhang Fei, a Yan person, do you recognize me—he himself knows that others can't recognize it, and then he can justifiably be angry—full of wisdom.
The speech is wonderful, co-authoring The history of Zhang Fei, how is the combat strength in the end? Embarrassingly, Zhengshi did not have any positive records about Zhang Fei's combat strength, only the evaluation of Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and Chen Shou.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all enemies. - "The Biography of Cheng Yu" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both called enemies of all people and are the subjects of the world. - "Guan Zhang Ma Huang Zhao Biography No. 6"
However, it is not enough to have an evaluation, just like Chen Shou often takes "less strength than", describing someone as big as an ox, but seeing more, people can't help but think: How can so much force be as big as an ox, performance? I'm afraid it's only there in Dianwei and Xu Chu. However, we can confirm Zhang Fei's combat performance from the side.
There was a famous general in the Northern Wei Dynasty named Cui Yanbo, and you should know it. He was used to rival Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Fortunately, his record of combat strength was far less cold than Zhang Feichuan's.
At that time, the thieves were greatly prosperous, Yan Bo went to the thief base, Yang threatened it, and Xu retreated. The thieves were few in Yanbo, and they opened camps to chase after them, and the crowd was tenfold, and they were forced to rush by the water. Bao Yu watched it with his own eyes, fearing a loss. Yan Bo did not fight with him, but after he was behind the temple, he drew the crowd to the east, transporting like a god, and Xu Nai crossed himself. The thieves seized their anger and returned to the camp. Bao Yue( 宝夤大悦), the official subordinate: "Cui Gong, Gu Zhi Guan Zhang Ye." Why not make a thief this year! Yan Bochi saw Bao Bao: "This thief is not an old slave enemy, but sits and watches." The day after, Yanborough came out of the crowd, and Bao Bao refused. Born to fight, Yan Boshen ordered the soldiers, as a pioneer, to trap their forwards. So he bravely raced forward, broke it, captured more than 100,000 people, and chased after Yu Xiaolong. - "The Biography of Choi Yan Bo"
Faced with an enemy army ten times larger than his own, Cui Yanbo rode alone in the temple, and the enemy army did not dare to go up. As well, he took the lead in rushing into the enemy position, breaking the enemy army and capturing more than 100,000 enemy troops. That's scary. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, battles of the nature of Cui Yanbo, such as Gongsun Zhan, led dozens of cavalry, chased hundreds of cavalry to fight, and could kill and wound dozens of enemy troops alone, and finally returned with a big victory. However, if it is said that "more than 100,000 people were captured", such a level is really a protracted one, and the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty really did not exist.
Cui Yanbo can have such a monster-level performance, one is that he can fight by himself, and the other is that the momentum is like a rainbow, the light can fight, the momentum is not enough, it is useless. In fact, comparing Cui Yanbo to Zhang Fei, I think it is still in terms of the enemy army that retreats ten times more than himself, after all, Zhang Fei has the performance of Changsaka breaking the bridge according to the water. In fact, the ancients loved such a comparison, for example, Chen Shou compared Zhao Yun to Xiahou Baby, which was to highlight Zhao Yun's "protector", rather than his bravery.
Therefore, Zhang Fei's combat strength is roughly as follows: he can be a pioneer when charging into the battlefield, he can rush left and right in the midst of thousands of troops and horses, and he can retreat from the enemy alone when the heavy troops are pressing the situation.
Ma Chao is probably different. As mentioned in the previous article, people's understanding of Ma Chao is relatively vague: he is not like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, his image is clear and complete, unlike Zhao Yun, as long as he mentions it, he can catch up with the words: "Zhao Yun, hey, seven in and seven out, the savior of all armies, it is powerful." "Ma Chao, on the other hand, ma Chao's appearance in the Three Kingdoms of CCTV, I am afraid that there will not be too many people who remember it so far - at least not more than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei."
It is no wonder that even the historical Ma Chao, shortly after his fame, is indeed like no one - except for Kong Ming, who compared him to Guan Yu, it seems that before Liu Bei died, Ma Chao disappeared as if he were pensioning in Chengdu. The reason is actually simple, the Battle of Hanzhong, there is nothing ma Chao, it is Huang Zhong who is stealing the limelight, and soon after the Battle of Hanzhong, Ma Chao left.
The record of Ma Chao's combat strength was even more chilling than Zhang Fei's, and in Chen Shou's evaluation, it was almost not shown. However, at that time, there was an ancient book called "Classics", and the records in this book could give us a glimpse of some information about Ma Chao's combat strength. There is a sentence in the Canon:
Ma Chaohou was engaged in the work of lieutenant overseers of the Divisional Colonel, begging Guo Yuan, and being hit by Fei Ya, he fought with his own pockets and feet, and beheaded Guo Yuan.
This is the only record I can find about Ma Chao's personal combat strength so far. According to the record, Ma Chao was shot by a flying arrow during the battle, and he bandaged him on the spot, continued to fight, defeated Guo Yuan's army, and beheaded Guo Yuan (actually Pang De's: Pound De's hand was cut first, but he did not know that it was Guo Yuan. After the battle, everyone said that Guo Yuan died and could not be the first. - "The Biography of Pound")
How effective this is, you weigh it yourself. Personally, I think it is still good, but it is definitely not a level with Zhang Fei. In fact, Ma Chao is listed as the "Five Tigers" in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and I am afraid that he does not have much to do with his bravery, and his situation is not very similar to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, he is more like a special case.
Ma Chaoguan is on Zhang Fei's right, and you all know this. But if we talk about the merits of Liu Bei's entrepreneurship, this is actually unbelievable. I can only think like this: Liu Bei regarded Zhang Fei as his own brother, so he said: "Yide, I see that Ma Chaoguan is on you, you don't have anything to worry about, you are your own person, he is a foreign domain surrender, you let it go." This is the same as when Liu Bei promoted Huang Zhong as a rear general and Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei to take care of Guan Yu's thoughts. At that time, Liu Bei said, "I should solve it." Meaning: "Chief Yun, Huang Zhong is so old, and he didn't follow me in the first place, so in order to take care of him, you should let it go." ”
Therefore, Ma Chao's entry into the Five Tigers was more because of his status--before surrendering to Liu Bei, he was a serious Han general, the Marquis of Handu Ting (and Guan Yu's Marquis of Hanshouting), and cao Cao Guanzhong fought as an independent prince, and did not rely on any princes--Ma Chao had such a status, and the treatment after entering Shu was naturally more favorable, and Liu Bei naturally had to pay more attention to him, not to mention, Ma Chao's prestige in Qianghu was still very high.
Therefore, Ma Chao's combat strength and Zhang Fei are definitely not a level, they must be compared, perhaps he is similar to Zhao Yun, brave and resolute, but there is still a gap between him and ten thousand enemies.