The Five Tigers of Shu Han in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are undoubtedly the most outstanding generals. Guan Yu beheaded Huaxiong with warm wine, beheaded six generals after five passes, flooded the Seventh Army, and captured Pang De, showing his heroic combat effectiveness.
Zhang Fei rejected the water and broke the bridge, explained Yan Yan, and outwitted Wakou Pass, showing his resourcefulness and loyalty. Zhao Yun fought against Changbanpo, with one enemy and one hundred, and he was extremely brave. Ma Chaotong killed Cao Cao and abandoned his armor, showing his might and courage.
And Huang Zhongding's army killed Xiahou Yuan in the mountain, and he was even more powerful with one enemy and one hundred. The establishment and consolidation of Shu Han is inseparable from the contribution of the Five Tigers. As generals, they also have the help of lieutenant generals.
However, most of the five tigers' lieutenants have bleak endings, and it is difficult to have a good ending. Guan Yu has 7 lieutenants, of which Zhao Yun and Wei Yan are the most well-known. After Liu Bei's death, Zhao Yun faithfully assisted Liu Chan until his death.
And Wei Yan was killed by Ma Chao after the defeat of Shu Han, and the ending was tragic.
Guan Yu is the head of the Five Tigers of Shu Han and sits in Jingzhou. In view of the importance of Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang sent civil officials Ma Liang, Yi Zhi, Xiang Lang, Mi Zhu, and military generals Mi Fang, Liao Hua, Guan Ping, and Zhou Cang to assist Guan Yu at the same time as granting Guan Yu the seal.
Therefore, Guan Yu's number of lieutenants in Jingzhou is quite considerable. Next, let's take a look at Guan Yu's seven lieutenants and their respective endings.
Guan Ping, Guan Yu's righteous son, the best military general of the younger generation, is also Guan Yu's right-hand man. His force was unmatched, and he fought Pound for thirty rounds, repelled Cao Ren, and defeated Ding Feng.
He has excellent ability, is steady, has made many military exploits, and has successfully persuaded Guan Yu many times. If he can survive to the later stage, Guan Ping will definitely become a top general. After Guan Yu was defeated and captured in Maicheng, Guan Ping came to the rescue desperately.
He faced the Soochow army alone, did not flinch, and was finally captured due to exhaustion, and was beheaded by Soochow along with his father.
Zhou Cang, after the Yellow Turban Uprising, gathered in the mountains and forests, admired Guan Yu and followed. He was a fierce general, skilled in water, and once captured Pound. He made great achievements in the flooding of the Seventh Army and was Guan Yu's right-hand man.
What's even more rare is that he is extremely loyal, after Guan Yu was killed by Soochow, he committed suicide in grief and anger to express his loyalty and longing for Guan Yu.
Wang Fu: The loyal and scheming military Sima was rejected by Guan Yu, causing Pan Jun to surrender. When Maicheng broke through, Wang Fu reminded Guan Yu that there were ambushes on the main road, but Guan Yu insisted on the small road, and Wang Fu dedicated himself to defending Maicheng.
In the end, Wang Fu witnessed the beheading of Guan Gong's father and son, screamed, and died with the city.
Liao Hua, born in the Yellow Turban Army, was adrift in troubled times. When Guan Yu was riding alone, they met for the first time, but they were rejected due to their background. It was not until Liu Bei entered Yizhou that he was able to surrender and was sent to Jingzhou to assist Guan Yu and become his deputy general.
After Jingzhou was attacked by Eastern Wu, Liao Hua bravely broke through the siege and went to Yonghe Chengdu for help, so he was able to survive. In the late Shu Han period, he became an important general, and during the Northern Expedition of Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei, he made many military exploits.
After the fall of Shu Han, Liu Chan was moved to Luoyang, and Liao Hua was unable to get up due to illness, and finally died worried about the demise of Shu Han.
Zhao Lei, a loyal and honest former military governor of the grain and material officer, was extremely loyal to Shu Han. When Guan Yu attacked Fancheng, Wang Fu recommended him to be the governor of Jingzhou. Wang Fu took a fancy to Zhao Lei's loyalty and thought that only if he stayed in Jingzhou could he ensure that nothing went wrong.
However, Guan Yu did not take this suggestion. In the follow-up battles, Zhao Lei always followed Guan Yu and suggested that he send people to Chengdu and Shangyong for help. When breaking through in Maicheng, Zhao Lei always stayed by Guan Yu's side, and finally died heroically in the chaos.
Mi Fang is the earliest member of the Shu Han Group, has followed Liu Bei for many years, and is also the brother of Mrs. Mi. When Guan Yu was guarding Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang arranged for Mi Fang to assist him.
On the eve of the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu originally planned to let Fu Shiren and Mi Fang serve as the vanguard, but they burned the weapons and food because they drank alcohol and caught fire. Guan Yu was so angry that he wanted to execute them almost immediately.
However, Guan Yu decided to scold them 40 times with a cane, and then take off their pioneer seals, so that Mi Fang would guard Nanjun and Fu Shiren would guard the public security. He also said that if they made a mistake after returning victorious, they would be punished at the same time.
As a result, when Lü Meng attacked Jingzhou, Mi Fang surrendered to Eastern Wu. Later, when Liu Bei was crusading against Eastern Wu, Mi Fang and Fu Shiren killed Ma Zhong and returned to Shu Han. Liu Bei thought that they surrendered because of the situation, not out of intention, so he asked Guan Xing to kill them as a tribute to Guan Yu.
Fu Shiren was also a military general who guarded Jingzhou with Mi Fang, and was later punished to the public security. When Eastern Wu attacked Jingzhou, Yu Fu, who was good friends with Fu Shiren, came to persuade him to surrender.
Fu Shiren remembered that Guan Yu hated himself when he left, so he surrendered and surrendered Mi Fang. In the end, Fu Shiren, like his lieutenant, was cut by a thousand knives.
The seven lieutenants under Guan Yu's command all had a bad fate in the end, and none of them could die well.
Zhang Fei, ranked second among the five tiger generals of Shu Han, often led the army to fight, stationed in Brazil, and had three lieutenant generals under his command. Among them, Wei Yan was the sixth general in addition to the Five Tigers, and Liu Bei relied on him very much, and when he canonized the Five Tigers, he also named him the Taishou of Hanzhong.
In the early period, Wei Yan did often follow Zhang Fei. In the Battle of Wakou Pass, Liu Bei sent Wei Yan to assist Zhang Fei. Later, the five tiger generals gradually passed away, and Wei Yan became one of the few fierce generals in the later period, making great achievements for Shu Han.
However, Wei Yan's end was very miserable, and Zhuge Liang finally guarded against him and sent Ma Dai to kill him.
Lei Tong: A famous general in Shuzhong who is both wise and brave, and guards Brazil together with Zhang Fei. In Zhang Fei's campaign to outwit Wakou Pass, Lei Tong and Wei Yan successfully captured Zhang He's two stockades and forced Zhang He to retreat to Wakou Pass.
Subsequently, Cao Hong once again commanded Zhang He to fight, and Lei Tong set up a deceptive strategy, planning to lure Zhang Fei to chase after him. However, he encountered Thunder Copper during the battle. After several rounds of fierce fighting, Zhang He was defeated, but Lei Tong was stabbed to death by him under his horse in the process of chasing him.
Wu Ban is Wu Yi's younger brother and guards Langzhong with Zhang Fei. After Zhang Fei's death, Wu Ban went to Chengdu to report to Liu Bei. In the battles of Liu Bei's attack on Wu and Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Wu Ban actively participated in them.
However, during the Sixth Northern Expedition, Wu Ban was killed by random arrows when he went to burn the pontoon bridge of the Wei army. Zhang Fei's three lieutenants had a bad fate, and none of them died well. In fact, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da were subordinate generals under Zhang Fei's account, and they assassinated him and took refuge in Wu because they were beaten by Zhang Fei.
When Liu Bei attacked Wu, Sun Quan sent Fan Jiang and Zhang Da to Liu Bei in the hope of peace, but Liu Bei asked Zhang Bao to execute the two Ling Chi to pay tribute to Zhang Fei. However, these little people should not be mentioned as well.
Zhao Yun's lieutenant has a total of 1 people.
Zhao Yun was the third of the five tiger generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, and his exploits were mainly reflected in the Battle of Hanshui, in which his lieutenant Zhang Yi played a key role. Zhang Yi was originally Liu Zhang's general, but later took refuge in Liu Bei and participated in many wars during the Shu Han period, including Liu Bei's eastern expedition against Wu, Zhuge Liang's southern expedition to the north, and Jiang Wei's northern expedition.
After the fall of Shu Han, Zhang Yi followed Jiang Wei to surrender to Zhonghui, but was killed by the rebels in the Zhonghui Rebellion. During the First Northern Expedition, Zhao Yun served as the vanguard, and Deng Zhi served as his companion.
Although Deng Zhi is also a striker, he is not Zhao Yun's deputy general, but the Zhongjian Army and Yangwu general, and his status is very high. In addition, Zhuge Liang also allocated them ten lieutenant generals, but did not elaborate.
Among Ma Chao's lieutenants, there are three.
Ma Chao was once an independent prince, and the two generals under him, Pang De and Ma Dai, were powerful. Later, in Shu Han, he also had Wu Lan, a famous general in Shu, as a deputy general. Pang De was not only a brave and warlike general, but also a military advisor to Ma Chao in the early days.
In the romance, he fought fiercely with Xu Chu for fifty rounds, showing strong combat effectiveness. It's a pity that when Ma Chao joined Shu Han, Pang De did not join with him, but became Cao Cao's general.
In the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, and Pang De was captured, but he swore not to surrender and was finally killed by Guan Yu.
Ma Chao's cousin Ma Dai was his right-hand man and later shined in Zhuge Liang's expedition. However, Ma Dai suddenly disappeared after killing Wei Yan, and there was no trace of him since.
Wu Lan was a famous general in Shu, who was captured and surrendered when Liu Bei attacked the city. He served as the vanguard of Ma Chao and was stabbed to death by Cao Zhang's halberd in the Battle of the Slope Valley. In the original version, Ma Chao also has eight fierce generals, namely Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan and Yang Qiu.
However, in Mao Ben, these fierce generals were changed to military generals under Han Sui. Huang Zhong was the fifth tiger of Shu Han, but in Shu Han, he had more experience leading the army than Zhao Yun and Ma Chao.
He has four lieutenants, namely Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.
Yan Yan, a veteran, was once released by Zhang Fei and returned to obedience. When Zhang He attacked Jiameng Pass, Zhuge Liang provoked Huang Zhong, and Huang Zhong named Yan Yan to fight as a deputy general.
These two veterans cooperated tacitly and defeated the Wei army, and Yan Yan even killed Xiahoude. Later, Yan Yan was sent to Langzhong, Brazil to defend the pass, replacing Zhang Fei and Wei Yan to capture Hanzhong, and since then he has disappeared from people's sight.
Chen Shi, Huang Zhong's general, fought alongside Huang Zhong at Dingjun Mountain. However, he was quickly captured by Xiahou Yuan in his first battle. Fortunately, Huang Zhong also captured Xiahou Shang, and the two sides exchanged prisoners, and then joined forces with Huang Zhong to defeat Zhang He.
During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Liu Chan sent Chen Shi to help in the war. However, Chen Shi was unimpressed by Zhuge Liang's scheme and went to war with Wei Yan in violation of military law. As a result, the two suffered defeats, and Chen Shi's army of 5,000 men was left with only four or five hundred wounded soldiers, and it was only by Wei Yan that he was rescued.
Both men were guilty in this battle and shirked responsibility for each other, but Wei Yan was spared death by Zhuge Liang because he would be useful in the future, while Chen Shi was beheaded for violating military law. Zhang Zhu, Huang Zhong's tooth general, served as Huang Zhong's deputy general after the Battle of Dingjun Mountain.
At that time, Huang Zhong beheaded Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Cao led an army of 200,000 to take revenge. Huang Zhong asked for his life again, and took Zhang Zhi to arrest Zhang He and rob the grain and grass. However, Zhang was surrounded by the Wei army led by Wen Ping, but was fortunately rescued by Zhao Yun.
Later, Zhang Zhu disappeared without a trace.
It is no secret that Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong's lieutenant is Zhao Yun, one of the Five Tigers. Although Zhao Yun was a general rather than a commander most of the time, when Cao Cao avenged Xiahou Yuan, Huang Zhong served as the main general, and Zhao Yun was his lieutenant.
When Zhao Yun wanted to rush in to rob the grain and grass, Huang Zhong made it clear: "I am the main general, you are the deputy general, how can you come first?" Although Zhao Yun's ending was quite good and he died of illness, Huang Zhong's lieutenants were not very lucky, two of them disappeared and one was beheaded, which is really regrettable.
Overall, there were a total of eighteen lieutenants of the Five Tigers of Shu Han, but most of them did not get a good ending.