On the road of Liu Bei's great cause, the five tigers will live and die together regardless of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's credit. Huang Zhong even killed Cao's general Xia in Pingding Mountain.
But what makes people feel strange is that Ma Chao is the only one among the five Iliad generals. The greatest achievement in my impression seems to be that I followed Liu Bei to attack Chengdu in one fell swoop. What I have to mention here is that this gate was not broken by the whole army, but surrendered by others themselves.
Why does Ma Chao, who is also the Five Tiger Generals, appear so few times in historical novels? Compared with others, Ma Chao's sense of existence seems to be slightly lower.
First of all, what can't be ignored is Ma Chao's personal credit, especially the personal credit problem. Here, I have to mention Ma Chao's life experience. His father and two brothers, Ma Tie Matthew, died at the hands of Cao Cao, while his eldest son, Ma Qiu, died at the hands of Zhang Lu. Except for the younger son Ma Cheng and his younger brother, the whole family was basically cleaned up by Cao Cao and his gang.
However, a large part of the reason for this tragic ending is his own death. At that time, Ma Chao's father had surrendered to Cao Cao. After the surrender, he took his family to Beijing to be an official and enjoyed the blessing. Ma Chao may feel that he has not achieved anything at his age, so he inexplicably led troops to attack Cao Cao's army and wanted to confront Cao Cao. I lied to my dad here, but I couldn't fight. Later, I wanted to go to Zhang Lu, but I felt that there was no development prospect, and I felt that my home was still in Zhang Lu.
Later, I went directly to give up to find Liu Bei to do something important. Later, he cheated his wife and son together. How do historians write this kind of development process similar to Erwuzi? It's too hard for others, Shi Jia, and there are no words at all. And we look back at Ma Chao's real record in history, which is also quite touching. Ma Chao joined the army in his early years, and Han Sui's larocca one-on-one hit almost broke his neck with a broken spear.
Later, he was ordered to crusade against the national source. Although he was shot several times, he bravely killed the enemy. This spirit is certainly admirable, but according to historical records, it was not Ma Chao who really killed Guoyuan, but his subordinate Pound. The well-known story of the battle of Tongguan, in which Ma Chao forced Cao Cao to cut his beard and abandon his robe, is only the content of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao faced Cao Cao's generals and was stared at by Chu Xu, too scared to move. Even so, he was praised as brave as Han Xin.
On the other hand, Ma Chao is like this, and how did he become a Iliad? In fact, the biggest relationship is because people are famous. You know, in the Han and Wei dynasties, no matter what you do, you pay great attention to your family background. Just looking at it, Ma Chao, with his family background, has already exploded four Iliad.
Ma Chao's ancestor was a general in the Eastern Han Dynasty named Ma Yuan, who ruled the Xiliang area for generations. People have a great cause, and there are no disobedient ethnic minorities near Xiliang. In the battle of Hanzhong, Ma Chao relied on his relationship to win over the seven Reading divisions of the clan to assist in the battle. Liu Bei is not stupid. He knows it very well. And Ma Chao? People are also very aware of their own value, so they have formed a mutually beneficial relationship. Therefore, after Liu Bei's promotion, Ma Chao was named the head of his ministers. To put it bluntly, people have a background and the greatest prestige.
Since Ma Chao joined Liu Bei's camp, it has also been of great benefit to Liu Bei, and the prestige of Han orthodoxy has been further strengthened. Moreover, Ma Chao was named General Zuo by Liu Bei, and it is not difficult to understand Liu Bei's intention to know that this title is higher than his sworn brother Zhang Fei.
Even if the value of Ma Chao was later used up by Liu Bei, his position was not low. Until Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, Ma Chao still held the post of general of dart riding.
And Xu Jing, who was named an empty honor, but had no real power. Because of his great reputation, if Liu Bei doesn't treat him well, the world will think that Liu Bei is not a real saint. Therefore, Xu Jing was later named a teacher by Liu Bei. This official title looks high, but it has no real power. This is also a skill of Liu Bei in employing people: only use his name, not his people.
Besides, after he surrendered to Shu, he didn't take part in many battles, even the most important one was about the survival of Shu Han.