Is “Sworn brotherhood with Ma Teng and surrender to Wei after having hand cut off” true?
novel invention
Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Annals of Emperor Wu records that Han Sui and Ma Teng attacked each other and killed each other's wives and children; after being defeated by Cao Cao, Han Sui retreated to the northwest and died of illness. Romance of the Three Kingdoms fictionalizes their sworn brotherhood and the plot of Han Sui surrendering to Wei after having his hand cut off.
Han Sui
In official history, Han Sui and Ma Teng were feuding, and Han Sui retreated to the northwest and died of illness; the novel fictionalizes their sworn brotherhood and Han Sui's surrender to Wei after having his hand cut off.