The fire of Jia Mengguan Why is he afraid when he is young, who is Zhang Feima Chao bullying whom?
When it was mentioned that Jia Mu had crossed Zhang Fei to fight Ma Chao, angry people appeared: Ma Chao was young, and he had been alone with Zhang Fei for many years, he not only bullied the little old man, but also used a meteor hammer to sneak attack Zhang Fei, who was strong in martial arts, no wonder Guan Yu entered the rivers and lakes to compete with Ma Chao.
In order to share weal and woe with Ma Chao, Guan Yu was obliged to raise his sword and gun to fight with him, which is recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms"."Wen Ma Chao is writing, the old non-family Ding, the pen book and Zhuge Liang, ask who can be comparable to the super talent"。Liang knew that Yu Bao was old, so he replied:"Meng Qi has both civil and military skills, ambitious, and talented in the world. Perot said: It's a beautiful beard, and it's even clear. Fei saves the book to show the guests. "
It can be seen from this historical material that in the eyes of Zhuge Liang, Ma Chao's bravery is indeed no less than Zhang Fei, but compared with Guan Yu, it is still a little worse.
There is no doubt that the historical records in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" about Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao as Shu Han tiger generals are not unfounded. However, Luo Guanzhong's description of Ma Chao's appearance seems to have another meaning.
In both the Han and Ming dynasties, men had good beards: Sun Quan was twenty years old and had yellow and purple hair; Guan Yu is admired by Zhang Fei and Liu Bei, and is a handsome and beautiful young man in his twenties, Guan Yu"It is nine meters long and must be two meters long"；Zhang Fei"Eight meters long, leopard head ringed eyes, swallow jaw and tiger teeth, sound like huge thunder, galloping horse"。The leopard's head is ringed with eyes, swallowing the tiger's whiskers, the sound is like a huge thunder, and the momentum is like a galloping horse.
It is not surprising that an old man in his twenties has a big beard, because there were no razors and hairdressers at that time, and beards and hair had the opportunity to grow wildly; On the other hand, it can also be related to diet. "Fast-growing chicken"、"Hormone eggs"--Some unscrupulous farmers add a lot of things to their food in order to make hens lay more eggs, which may not make people grow beards.
Ma Chao was seventeen years old when he first appeared"The face is like a jade crown, the eyes are like a meteor, the tiger body is monkey arms, and the fist belly is a wolf waist", the absence of a beard is understandable, but it seems that there was no beard in the battle of Jiamen Pass:"Lion helmet and beast belt, silver armor and white robe, one is exhausted, and two are exhausted. Xuande sighed"Known as Golden Horse Super Golden Horse Super, this name is correct! "
Jin Ma Chao is a well-dressed beauty in Liu Bei's eyes, and many readers will naturally think that Ma Chao took advantage of Zhang Fei's youth and strength to take advantage of him.
Not only readers, but Liu Bei also had doubts, thinking that Ma Chao's physical strength was too good, and Zhang Fei couldn't catch it:"Zhang Fei wanted to go down the passage. Xuande immediately stopped him and said:'And rest outside the battle. We have to avoid him first. Designed Zhang Fei to get off the horse and go to the super pass alone, Zhang Fei couldn't get off the horse super pass with hatred, and he had to be stopped by Xuande three or five times. "
Liu Bei is worried about his younger brother, and it may not be the wisest move to use the enemy's fatigue: Ma Chao continued to challenge the steps, and Zhang Fei was stopped three times, a bit like"One blow, then decline, three exhaustion", Mao Zonggang couldn't help but comment:"'West Digit'for provocation'Must hit three shots'"。Xidi Jin is a provocation'Three shots necessary'"。
Zhang Fei is in a hurry, whether martial arts are abnormal or not, we don't know, but one thing is certain, the first battle of Jia Mengguan is Ma Chao's soft grinding and hard bubble,"Ma Chao saw that he couldn't win against Zhang Fei, so he calculated in his heart: the fake defeat of defeat, and if he won, Zhang Fei rushed to the dark place and took the key copper hammer in his hand, and looked back at Zhang Fei's plan. Zhang Fei saw that Ma Chao was gone, and he was alert; Seeing that the hammer was about to arrive, Zhang Fei calmly avoided it"。
If Ma Chao firmly believed that he could defeat Zhang Fei with just a spear in his hand, he would not have attacked Zhang Fei in front of thousands of troops. If Zhang Fei knew that he was physically exhausted, Ma Chao would first bend his bow and shoot arrows, and then throw a copper hammer.
Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were not tired before Jiameng Pass. Zhang Fei took off his helmet and fought with Ma Chao for more than 100 years, this is not fatigue, but the beard on his face is not conducive to heat dissipation - when I was in junior high school, he had a classmate with a very thick beard, and the classmate joked that he shaved every day, he explained as"Shave to cool down"。
Zhang Fei didn't take off his helmet because he was tired, and Ma Chao's lack of a beard does not mean that he is young, just do a simple calculation.
As mentioned earlier, Ma Chaodao was seventeen years old and died in the second year of Zhangwu (222) at the age of forty-seven. According to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the battle of Jiamen Pass took place in the twentieth year of Jian'an (215), that is, on the night of Ma Chao's battle with Zhang Fei, he was already forty years old.
Confucius said: Thirty years in Hedong, forty years in Hexi, forty years in Hexi, forty years is already stepping on the threshold of old age -- the average life expectancy in the past is not the same as today, and now people who are 40 years old are still young cadres, and people who are 40 years old in the past can actually be grandchildren.
Ma Chao is already forty years old, and his physical strength may be somewhat weakened, but he has rich combat experience, and he also has to grow large and small cats so as not to be ridiculed'Mouth-slips**, not firm'。
Luo Guanzhong did not write about Ma Chao's mouth, but he also wrote about Ma Chao in the TV series"The face is like a powder", I don't know if I'm praising Ma Chao or belittling him"recognized Han Sui as his father"。
Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei after a battle with Zhang Fei at Jiamengguan, found the right master at the right age, and ended his dripping grace as a father - he also wanted to marry Zhang Lu's daughter"Adopted son", but was sabotaged by Zhang Lu's conspirators.
Ma Chao's age is very accurate, however, at the end of Zhang Fei's Jia Xu war, how old is he, there is really no answer in history, we only see the following sentence:"Fei Zhuangjian, the son of Guan Yu, Yu is several years older, and Brother Fei obeys"。
The ancients used to say"Not three, not four", the number of years is greater than or equal to three years old, which means that Guan Yu is at least three years older than Zhang Fei.
In the description of Taoyuan Yuyi in ** "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it only says:"Liu Yan made a list to recruit soldiers, and Xuande was twenty-eight years old. "。..Xuande is the brother, Guan Yu is the second, and Zhang Fei is the younger brother", but this Guan Yu did not give Zhang Fei's age, so we can only extrapolate: in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Guan Yu resigned at the age of fifty-eight; Zhang Fei was killed in the first year of Zhangwu (221) at the age of fifty-five.
The two ages of death were subtracted from fifty-eight and fifty-five years old respectively, because the age system of the aborigines is wrong, so the birth time should also be moved back by one year, so calculated, we know that Guan Yu was born in 162, Zhang Fei was born in 167, Liu Bei was born in 161, he is called the eldest brother, this is not a problem at all.
Zhang Fei was fifty-five years old when he was assassinated in 221, and the Battle of Jiamen Pass took place in 215, so Zhang Fei was forty-nine years old at that time, which was super older than Ma, but the two were still considered the same age.
It's hard to say who has the stronger physical strength when the forty-year-old Ma Chao competes with the forty-nine-year-old Zhang Fei, since we have done a lot of analysis, Zhang Fei may still be stronger: Ma Chao died after seven years of fighting in Jiamengguan, it should be said that his physical condition is not the best, but because of his father's and brother's accident and heart disease, Ma Chao has been depressed until the end.
If it weren't for the age gap, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao could be said to have the upper hand in the battle at Jiamengguan: he said that Ma Chao's strength was not unreasonable, because Zhang Fei could easily wait on the surface of the earth, while Ma Chao was watching from the city; He said that Zhang Fei's advantage was based on Ma Chao's knowledge that in the face of an already weak momentum, it would be difficult to win a sneak attack.
The battle of Zhang Ma finally shook hands and made peace, and they were all happy, but the old wine drank half a pot, Zhang Fei won the battle, there are still three days in this battle, and the first game must be Ma Chao can't hold on: the next day Zhang Fei suddenly wants to fight, Liu Bei Zhuge Liang resolutely blocked, Ma Chao didn't stop anyone, he ran out of the square by himself, it can be seen that he has no illusions about victory.