Yet the novel cannot be true to fact. The historical evidence reveals no record of any Chou Ts'ang or Dragon-Moon Sword; then there is the fact that the Red Horse is usually the steed of another general, Lu Pu.
但演義終究不能當真，翻遍正史，根本找不到周倉其人，也不見「青龍偃月」這個刀名。