As we all know, in the 1955 award ceremony, the highest military rank awarded was marshal, and when it comes to the top ten marshals, their fame is known to everyone, and the top ten generals who are second only to the top ten marshals, their records are also quite amazing. Especially Su Yu, who is the first of the top ten generals, has led Huaye to make many marshals ashamed. It is no exaggeration to say that if Su Yu has certain qualifications, he will inevitably be included in the ranks of marshals. 
Su Yu not only has great military achievements, but more importantly, he is also the person who leads the largest number of generals among the generals, and Chen Geng, who seems to have also made outstanding achievements, does not even reach the top three generals in terms of the number of troops. This is mainly affected by the position and time period they hold, but no matter how many troops they lead, it does not affect their outstanding military achievements, otherwise they will not be awarded the rank of marshal. Knowing the number of troops led by the generals in each time period can tell how well they are in battle, so as to better understand the gap between these generals. First of all, during the Red Army period, Su Yu was only the chief of staff of the Red Tenth Army at this time, so the number of soldiers he brought in his hands was extremely limited, only more than 10,000 people. Even during the Long March, Su Yu, as the commander of the advance division, only led more than 1,600 people, which can be said to be quite small. Of course, this was also forced by the situation at that time, and under the siege of the Kuomintang, the development of the Red Army was not rapid. Su Yu did not lead many troops, and the situation of other generals was also very different, just like Xu Haidong led more than 3,000 troops when he was the commander of the Red 25th Army. 
Later, the number of troops increased during the Long March, and the maximum number of troops was only 4,000, until he served as the commander of the Red 15th Army Corps, and the number of troops led reached more than 7,000. The difference from the previous two is that Chen Geng was already the commander of the Red 12th Division of the Red Fourth Front Army at this time, and he had brought up to 450,000 troops, but he served as the commander of the first division in the follow-up, and the number of commanders was only about 7,000, and after the subsequent arrival in northern Shaanxi, the number increased to about 10,000. Zhang Yunyi served as the commander of the Red Seventh Army at this time, and the maximum number of troops he led was more than 7,000 people. Wang Shusheng was the highest-ranking general in the Red Army, and as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, he had led about 16,000 people at most. Several other generals were still engaged in political work at this time, so the number of troops led was even more limited, so they didn't need too much introduction. During the Anti-Japanese War, the number of troops led by the major generals obviously increased, and Huang Kecheng was the person who led the most troops at this time, although he was a political worker at the beginning, and then became the commander of the fifth column after becoming a military commander. Next, he served as the commander of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, and at most he led 370,000 people. At this time, although Su Yu was also a military commander, the first division he led had just been established, so he only brought 3 at most10,000 people. 
Xu Haidong has been in a state of recuperation because of his health, and the number of troops he brings can be said to be quite small, only about 6,000. At this time, Senior General Chen Geng was already the commander of the 386th Brigade, and later changed to the Fourth Column, with a maximum of more than 10,000 people. Xiao Jinguang and Wang Yunyi and others obviously did not have as many troops as Huang Kecheng, and even some generals were no longer military commanders at this time. During the liberation period, the ranks grew significantly, and Su Yu was not a military commander from the perspective of his position. 
But he has absolute command, so the troops he led have as many as 820,000 troops, and General Chen Geng is the commander of the Fourth Corps at this time, leading about 80,000 troops, and Xu Guangda is also the commander of the Corps, and he leads about 70,000 troops. Relatively speaking, Xiao Jinguang's position as the commander of the corps led a little more troops, about 160,000. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Su Yu was responsible for the liberation of Taiwan, and the troops he led were about 650,000 people, at this time Chen Geng had gone to the Korean battlefield, with about 150,000 troops, and Xiao Jinguang became the commander of the navy, with a maximum of 430,000 people. The number of troops in each period is superimposed, and it is obvious that Su Yu is the most, while Chen Geng can only rank fourth.