In fact, when it comes to Ma Chao, he is also a hero with mixed reviews.

In terms of martial arts and strategy alone, he certainly deserves the title of one of the "Five Tiger Generals".

When he was young, he defeated the coalition forces of Yuan Shang and the Huns in the east of Hedong. Even though he was injured by an arrow in his foot, he only wrapped the wound with a piece of cloth and continued to lead his troops in the battle without flinching at all.

Later, he united with Han Sui to rebel against Boss Cao. Boss Cao personally led his troops to fight against him in the Wei River. Not only was he in danger several times, but he almost fell into Ma Chao's "half-crossing attack" plan and was killed in the river. Afterwards, he couldn't help but sigh: "If Ma Chao's son had not died,

, I’m afraid I won’t even have a place to be buried after I die.”

How can a person who can be evaluated like this by Boss Cao be an ordinary person?

Even later Liu Bei was able to successfully capture Yizhou and Sichuan to lay the foundation of the Shu Han regime, and Ma Chao also played an important role.

But at the same time, Ma Chao is also the one with the most criminal history among the Five Tiger Generals.

Later generations would jokingly call Lü Bu the "house slave with three surnames" because he recognized him as his father several times and murdered his adoptive father for profit several times. What he did was really far from the word "loyalty and filial piety" that the Celestial Dynasty had admired since ancient times. Therefore,

Disdained by the world.

But in fact, Ma Chao is not that strong.

In order to unite with Han Sui to rebel against Boss Cao, Ma Chao also said something disgusting to Han Sui: "Now, Ma Chao has abandoned his father and takes General Han as his father. General Han should also abandon his son and take Ma Chao as his son."

You must know that at this time, Ma Chao's biological father Ma Teng was still alive.

And before that, Han Sui had just killed Ma Teng's wife and children, that is, Ma Chao's mother and siblings...

Later, it was precisely because Ma Chao continued to be the enemy of Boss Cao that Boss Cao became angry and finally killed Ma Teng, who he personally named a former general, as well as Ma Chao's two younger brothers, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie, who were also named captains.

The three tribes were barbarized.

Although Boss Cao himself is not a good man or woman.

But looking at the 5,000-year history of the Chinese dynasty, there are not many ruthless people like Ma Chao who first said "abandoning his father" and then followed through on his words.

Later, Liu Bei became king and Ma Chao was named General Zuo.

At this time, Ma Chao did another disgraceful thing. He had a good friend called "Peng Yiyang Si Sheng". This person was demoted from his post at that time. Before leaving, he went to drink with Ma Chao. When he was angry, he said

Some words were disparaging to Liu Bei, but as soon as Peng Yi left the house, Ma Chao tipped off Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei quickly imprisoned Peng Yi and beheaded him.

In fact, this Peng Yi may not be a good person. When he belittled Liu Bei, he also revealed his intention to rebel. It was reasonable for Liu Bei to kill him.

But Ma Chao's "snitching" behavior is also far from his general image.

If this matter had been dealt with by Mr. Guan, he might have cut off his ties with him for the sake of being a good friend. He would have driven him away and warned him not to return to his territory, which would have given him a way out.

If it were Zhang Yide, he might have drawn his sword and beheaded him on the spot, then carried his head to explain the situation to Liu Bei.

Only this "snitching" behavior seems a bit villainous no matter how you look at it, and you really can't live up to the name and status of one of the Five Tiger Generals...

Therefore, some people in later generations also analyzed it.

Liu Bei is a person who values ​​reputation very much, and taking Ma Chao under his command is also a matter of the overall situation.

After all, Ma Chao and Boss Cao have long been incompatible with each other, and Ma Chao has been operating in Liangzhou for many years and has close contacts with the surrounding ethnic minorities who are not easy to conquer. If Ma Chao mobilizes those people to stab Boss Cao in the back, this will be a big deal for Liu Bei.

It is a good thing to say that nature is a good thing. As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.

This is indeed the case. During the Battle of Hanzhong, Ma Chao continued to mobilize the Qiang and Yuezhi people to cause chaos for Boss Cao, which indeed caused a lot of trouble to Boss Cao.

However, in fact, Liu Bei always only gave Ma Chao high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but did not give him any real power to lead troops. He was also suspicious of his character.

Some people even speculate that if Liu Bei wins the world in the end, or if Ma Chao does not die when Liu Bei dies, Ma Chao will most likely be the first person Liu Bei wants to kill.

But this didn't happen.

Because Ma Chao eventually died of illness before Liu Bei, people's speculations became speculations after all...

Just when Wu Liang was losing his mind.

"Qiang!"

Dian Wei and the young man had fought each other several times.

The young man was slightly younger and was not as strong as Dian Wei, but Dian Wei had the upper hand. With only half of the scimitar in his hand, it was even more difficult to withstand Dian Wei's fierce offensive in his complete form.

finally.

Just listen to a "clang" sound.

The young man's tiger's mouth burst out with blood, and he could no longer hold the cutting knife.

Defeat is decided!

Dian Wei stepped forward and with one blow of his halberd, he could behead him and end the battle.

at this time.

"Wait!"

Wu Liang suddenly gave a light drink.

When Dian Wei heard this, his halberd stopped firmly, and the sharp blade was placed on the young man's neck, so that he did not dare to move at all.

"Are you Ma Chao?"

Wu Liang walked forward and asked expressionlessly.

He still wanted to confirm the identity of some of the other parties. Maybe they were Ma Chao's younger brothers, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie. There was no record of the birth years of his two younger brothers in the history books, but he thought there shouldn't be much age difference. Besides, men were born at this time.

They are all relatively mature, and they look almost the same regardless of how old they are.

"You recognize me?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, glanced at the halberd on his neck, and then asked unconvincingly, "Who are you?"

"It seems you are Ma Chao..."

Wu Liang nodded slightly and looked at the young man carefully.

This man's face has the rough outlines unique to northerners, and his thick eyebrows and big eyes look a bit righteous. Unfortunately, the two mustaches on his lips that have not yet fully grown have lowered this righteousness. But this

It doesn't affect the overall appearance.

Coupled with his height of about 1.75 meters, he is indeed worthy of the word "handsome" in this era.

However, compared with Wu Liang, it is naturally much worse. After all, Wu Liang's appearance affects many people's "sense of substitution", so how can it be ambiguous?

"Since you recognize me, you should also recognize my father, so it will be easy to handle. If you are wise, let me go immediately. There may be room for improvement in this matter, otherwise my father will definitely not let you off lightly!"

The young man saw that Wu Liang was looking at him with something on his mind. He said that Wu Liang was afraid of him, especially Ma Teng, who was stationed in Xiwu just a few dozen miles away. Under this situation, he became arrogant again.

.

"I have already killed Pound. I am afraid that there is no possibility of rectification in this matter."

Wu Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"You also recognize Uncle Ling Ming?"

The young man looked suspicious, and at the same time felt the meaning of Wu Liang's words, and quickly said, "What do you want? Although Uncle Ling Ming died at your hands, I still don't know who you are, so let me go

I just want to follow your path. As long as I don't tell you, even if my father wants to seek revenge from you afterwards, he won't know where to go, let alone who to go to."

"you do not say?"

Wu Liang said something ambiguous to the young man that no one could understand, "Ma Chao, don't worry, from today on you will have a specific appearance in the official history, but your name will not be

If you are so loud, maybe no one will care about what you look like anymore..."

Later generations often say: "Beautiful Zhou Lang, Jin Ma Chao."

However, in fact, the official history has never recorded the image of Ma Chao, not even a few words, and the so-called "face like a crown jade, eyes like shooting stars, tiger body and ape arms, belly and belly of a wolf, powerful voice" is actually just a story from the Three Kingdoms

The author of the novel, Luo Guanzhong, made it up based on his imagination.

There is not even the term "Five Tiger Generals", but the Three Kingdoms generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong were combined into one, and then after a long historical evolution, these five talents were shaped into

Five Tiger Generals.

However, it can also be concluded from another aspect that Ma Chao indeed has extraordinary strength. Otherwise, how could he be on par with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong?

Unfortunately.

Now Ma Chao is still a fledgling man, but he happened to meet the wrong person at the wrong time, which is destined to have a different ending.

"cut!"

While Ma Chao was still thinking about what Wu Liang's words meant, Wu Liang turned around and drank softly.

"I……"

Ma Chao looked frightened and wanted to say something.

But all I heard was a "swish" sound.

Then he felt that the whole world was spinning, and then his perspective became lower and lower, and finally it was level with the ground. In front of him, there was a headless body that was spewing blood and had not yet fallen.

familiar……

He wanted to speak, but nothing came out.

He wanted to open his eyes, but his vision dimmed instantly.
To be continued...