214, after Ma Chao and surrendered to Liu Bei , it posed a threat to Guan Yu The status of the first general in Shu Han, which made Guan Yu want to enter Sichuan to compete with him for martial arts.
Jingzhou is a strategic location of Shu Han. Jiangdong and Cao Wei have always been eyeing it and cannot be guarded without Guan Yu. In order to prevent Guan Yu from leaving Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang wrote to Guan Yu, saying: "Meng Qi is also a civil and military man, and is extremely powerful and a hero in his lifetime. He is a disciple of Ting and Peng. He should fight for the first place with Yide, but he is not as good as the beard." Ma Chao is both civil and military, and is extremely brave. He is a powerful general like Ying Bu and Peng Yue. He can be on par with Zhang Fei, but he cannot compare with General Guan. After being recognized by the Prime Minister and his martial arts skills were stronger than Ma Chao, Guan Yu's vanity was satisfied. He showed the Prime Minister's letter to everyone, and amid everyone's flattery, he gave up the idea of competing with Ma Chao.
This made Guan Yu miss the opportunity to compete with Ma Chao. When the battle of Xiangfan , Guan Yu had never even fought Pang De . Can he fight Ma Chao?
Guan Yu was a top famous general in the Three Kingdoms period.
Zhou Yu evaluates Guan Yu as a general of bear and tiger. "Liu Bei is a heroic figure, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both enemies of the bear and tiger, and they must not be used for a long time."
Guo Jia commented that Guan Yu is a famous general who is enemies of ten thousand people: "Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are all enemies of ten thousand people, and they are used for death." Cheng Yu gave the same evaluation: "Liu Bei is famous, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both enemies of ten thousand people, so they must be used to defend me." Dong Zhao said: "Yu (Guan Yu) is a strong man." Liu Ye said: "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are brave and the generals of the three armies." Guan Yu's bravery was widely recognized by people at that time.
The fifth year of Jian'an (200), after Cao Cao led his troops to defeat Liu Bei, Liu Bei fled and fled to Yuan Shao, Guan Yu was besieged and forced to surrender to Cao Cao.
In the same year, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought for the world, and fought a great war in Guandu. Yuan Shao had an army of 110,000, while Cao Cao had only 20,000 troops, which was an absolute advantage. After the outbreak of the war, Yuan Shao sent generals Yan Liang, Chunyu Qiong, , , Guo Tu, and others to lead troops to attack the prefect of Dadong County, Liu Yan, and Baima. Xun You proposed a combat strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west and light troops covering the white horse. Cao Cao personally led elite troops to rescue Liu Yan day and night.
Yan Liang and others misjudged Cao Cao's strategic intentions. When Cao Cao arrived, Yan Liang had no preparation at all and could only fight hastily. When the two armies were fighting, Guan Yu saw Yan Liang's command cover, rode his horse to charge, and killed Yan Liang among the ten thousand troops. He cut off Yan Liang's head with his sword and killed him back. No one in Yuan's general could stop Guan Yu, and the siege of the white horse was lifted. Guan Yu was also named Hanshouting Hou for his merits.
Not long after, when Guan Yu learned that Liu Bei was still alive, he left Cao's camp and returned to Liu Bei's side. After that, Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou for Liu Bei.
219, Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao and won Hanzhong , Guan Yu took advantage of Cao Cao's defeat and his morale was depressed, and he launched the Battle of Xiangfan.
Cao Wei’s guardian Cao Ren knew that he was not Guan Yu’s opponent, so he chose to stick to it. Cao Cao was worried that Cao Ren could not defend Xiangyang and Fancheng, so he sent to ban and Pang De to lead his troops to rescue Cao Ren. Pang De was originally a subordinate of Ma Chao, and Ma Chao and Ma Dai and surrendered to Guan Yu. Everyone in Cao Wei was worried that Pang De would be the one who was worried that he would turn against Cao Wei and betray Cao Wei. In order to show his loyal ministers to Cao Wei, Pang De chose to take a coffin to war.
After the two armies encountered, Pang De went out to fight with Guan Yu. Before this, Guan Yu's arm was shot by Cao's army, and he could not exert his strength during the battle with Pang De. Gradually, Guan Yu was at a disadvantage. Yu Jin, the chief general of Cao Wei, was worried that Pang De would kill Guan Yu and stole his contributions, so he called Jin to withdraw his troops and prevented the two from continuing to fight. This also made Pang De miss the only chance to defeat Guan Yu.
soon after, Guan Yu flooded the Seven Army and captured Yu Jin and Pang De alive. Pang De was beheaded by Guan Yu because he refused to surrender to Guan Yu and insulted Guan Yu.
Guan Yu lost to Pang De because he was injured and was old. At the same time, Pang De's own strength is also one of the important factors.
Pang De is the first strong general under the Xiliang warlord Ma Teng and Ma Chao and his son. Every time he fights, Pang De often falls into battle but the enemy is brave and resolute, and he is the best in Ma Teng's army.
In 202, Cao Cao sent troops to conquer Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang sent generals such as Guo Yuan and high-ranking gangs to lead troops to conquer Hedong. Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao to lead the generals of Guanzhong to attack them. Pang De followed Ma Chao and went to Pingyang to resist Guo Yuan and senior officials. At that time, Pang De, as the vanguard of Ma Chao's army, led his troops to fight with the army of Yuan Shang. Pang De led the way and killed the enemy general Guo Yuan in the chaos, helping Ma Chao defeat Yuan's army successfully.
Pang De is also a brave general who is the best in the three armies and can kill the enemy's main general among thousands of troops.
Ma Chao was also known for his "hardness" when he was young. When he followed his father Ma Teng and Han Sui's army, Han Sui's generals, Yan Xing, attacked Ma Chao, and his spear was broken by Ma Chao. Yan Xing almost injured Ma Chao's neck with a broken spear to kill Ma Chao. Yan Xing is a general who is not very famous in the Three Kingdoms. Ma Chao fought with him, and when the opponent was in a disadvantage, he almost killed Ma Chao, which shows that Ma Chao is not a top-level fierce general.
In 208, under Cao Cao's persuasion, Ma Teng surrendered to Cao Cao and went to the court to become an official, leaving his son Ma Chao to guard Xiliang. In 211, Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao and Xiahou Yuan to lead troops to compete with Liu Bei for Hanzhong. Ma Chao thought that Cao Cao sent troops to seize Liangzhou , so he joined forces with Han Sui and other warlords to rebel. Xiliang Army is good at fighting, Xiahou Yuan is not their opponent, Cao Cao personally led his troops to deal with Ma Chao and Han Sui.
Cao Cao and Han Sui are old acquaintances.
Ma Chao wanted to sneak attack and capture Cao Cao while Cao Cao and Han Sui met and talked, but he heard that the guards beside Cao Cao were extremely brave, so he didn't dare to take action. Ma Chao is a powerful general, but Guan Yu dared to kill the head of the enemy general Yan Liang among thousands of troops. When Ma Chao heard that the opponent's guards were very skilled in martial arts, he did not dare to take action. It can be seen that Guan Yu is more powerful than Ma Chao in both martial arts and courage.