Is “Defeated Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, earning the praise 'thousand-li colt'” true?
attested in history
According to Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biography of Cao Xiu, Cao Cao praised him as 'my family's thousand-li colt.' In the Battle of Xiabian, Cao Xiu saw through the enemy's intentions and defeated Zhang Fei and Wu Lan.
Cao Xiu
A famed general in official history, hailed as the Cao family's 'thousand-li colt' and rising to Grand Marshal.