Foreword[The debate about who is stronger in kung fu of the "Five Tiger Generals" has never stopped. Many people are **, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, who is the most powerful, and what is their kung fu ranking? Due to the influence of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many people will agree that Zhao Yun is the most powerful, thinking that back then, Zhao Yun saved Adou in Cao Cao's thousands of troops, and he was still unscathed, how chic and brave he was. But I'm sorry, the official history only said that Zhao Yun saved Adou in the chaotic army, which is not as mysterious as it is said in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". After Zhao Yun, it was Guan Yu, and then Ma Chao, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong. is the so-called "one Lu, two Zhao, three Dian Wei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei", how smooth it is. But we must know that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is just a romance**, and its authenticity is very doubtful. For example, there is no such thing as "Five Tiger Generals" in history, according to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong, and only four generals were sealed, namely the former general Guan Yu, the right general Zhang Fei, the left general Ma Chao, and the later general Huang Zhong, and there was nothing to do with Zhao Yun. So in this article, I will restore the real "Five Tiger Generals" in history to you and see who they are the most powerful. 】
Note: For the sake of convenience, this article still uses "Five Tiger Generals" instead of Zhao Guan Zhang Ma Huang.
Guan Yu stills. Guan Yu, loyal and courageous, affectionate and righteous, coupled with his strong martial arts, was named "Martial Saint" by people very early, and he can be said to be a household name, known to women and children. There are many stories of Guan Yu among the people, such as "passing five passes, cutting six generals", "beheading Huaxiong with warm wine", "beheading Yan Liang, Zhuwen Chou", "Huarong Daoyi interpreting Cao Cao", which is simply a person who combines martial arts and righteousness. But in fact, Guan Yu was mythologized by people, because there are many stories that Luo Guanzhong fictionalized. For example, Wen Chou was not killed by Guan Yu, but by Cao Jun.
Of course, Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu. According to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Guan Yu", after Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao sent the general Yan Liang to attack Liu Yanyu, the Taishou of DongjunHakuba (present-day Huaxian County, Henan Province). When Cao Cao heard about it, he made Guan Yu and Zhang Liao the forwards. Guan Yu killed Yan Liang in the midst of the chaos, and none of the generals under Yuan Shao could resist Guan Yu. So, Guan Yu relieved the siege of the White Horse.
Is Guan Yu better than Ma Chao?
After Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, he was named General of Pingxi. After Guan Yu learned about it, he was angry, so he wrote to Zhuge Liang and asked him why Ma Chao could be reused by his eldest brother? Zhuge Liang replied to the letter and said:
"Meng Qi is both civil and military, heroic, the master of the first generation, the disciple of Huang and Peng, when he and Yide are driving the first, and he has not yet reached the peerless Yiqun. ”Meng Qi is Ma Chao's word. And Huang refers to Huang Bu, also called Yingbu, and Peng refers to Peng Yue, they are all famous generals in the Western Han Dynasty, and they have made immortal contributions to Liu Bang's world.
Zhuge Liang's meaning is very simple, Ma Chao is also a masterpiece, compared with Di Bu, Peng Yue, and Zhang Fei, but compared with his beautiful beard, it is still a little worse.
Some people say that it can be seen from here that Guan Yu is super powerful than Ma. But in fact, it may not be, Zhuge Liang said that, he was comforting Guan Yu. Because Zhuge Liang knew Guan Yu's character very well, he was afraid that once he told the truth, it would cause Guan Yu's jealousy and cause Guan and Ma to get along.
Of course, it can't prove that Ma Chao is better than Guan Yu.
Is it true that scraping bones cures poison?
There is such a thing, according to the record of "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Guan Yu", Guan Yu was shot by an arrow once, although he got an effective **, but whenever it rains, his bones will always be painful.
After the consultation, the doctor said:
"The arrow is poisonous, and the poison enters the bones, and when the arm is broken and wounded, the bones are scraped to remove the poison, and then the ear is removed. ”Guan Yu did so, and talked and laughed freely during the operation.
It can be seen that Guan Yu is a fierce general, which is admirable.
Zhang Fei stills. Zhang Fei is also a fierce general under Liu Bei, thinking that back then, Liu Bei was chased by Cao Cao to Changban Slope, if it wasn't for Zhang Fei's roar, Liu Bei would be in danger.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Zhang Fei": "Cousin, Cao Gong entered Jingzhou, and the first lord went to Jiangnan. Cao Gong chased him, one day and one night, and in Changhan in the sun. When the first lord heard that Cao Gong had died, he abandoned his wife and left, so that the flying general refused to ride twenty horses. Flying according to the broken bridge in the water, he stared at the spear and said: "I am Zhang Yide, you can come to the death together!" None of the enemies dared to approach, so they were spared. ”Zhang Fei at this time, how powerful he was, the generals under Cao Cao were probably frightened when they saw Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei respects heroes and heroes the most, loves gentlemen and despises villains
Zhang Fei admires heroes very much, which can be seen from his brotherhood towards Guan Yu. After Guan Yu's death, Zhang Fei was grief-stricken, and said several times that he would return to Dongwu to avenge his second brother. During this period, his temperament changed drastically, and he was short-tempered, and was finally killed by his subordinates Zhang Da and Fan Qiang.
There is another thing, which can also see Zhang Fei's personality. After Liu Bei captured Yizhou, Ba County was too guarded by Yan Yan and would rather die than surrender, Zhang Fei angrily reprimanded:The army has arrived at the city, why don't you surrender and dare to fight? Yan Yan replied:There are no surrender generals in my state, so if you want to kill them, you can kill them. Zhang Fei couldn't bear it, so he planned to let people kill Yan Yan.
So, how did Yan Yan react?
He was fearless and calm.
After Zhang Fei saw this scene, he sincerely admired Yan Yan and let him go.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who has high martial arts?
"At the beginning, Fei was majestic and mighty, inferior to Guan Yu, Wei Mouchen Cheng Yu and other enemies of Xian Chengyu and Fei 10,000 people. ”In other words, Chen Shou believes that Zhang Feiwei is strong and strong, but slightly inferior to Guan Yu. In addition, Cao Cao's adviser Cheng Yu and others admired Zhang Fei and Guan Yu very much, saying that they were "enemies of ten thousand people" and had the courage of ten thousand people.
Ma Chao stills. Ma Chao's birth was much better than the first two, his father's name was Ma Teng, and he served as Sima, General Zhengxi, and General Zhengdong. Ma Teng and Han Sui worshipped brothers, and later the two had a conflict, and Han Sui killed Ma Teng's wife and children. However, after the mediation of Sili Lieutenant Zhong Xuan and Liangzhou Mu Weiduan, the two gradually reconciled.
This can explain why Cao Cao later made Ma Chao and Han Sui suspicious of each other and killed each other.
How brave is Ma Chao?
After Cao Cao defeated the Ma and Han armies, he pursued Ma Chao all the way, and it was at this time that Cao Cao's rear had a problem and led the army back to Xuchang. According to Pei Songzi's annotation of "The Records of the Goat Gong", Cao Cao once said to people when he pursued Ma Chaoshi:If Ma Chao doesn't die, I will die without a place to be buried!
Even Cao Cao is afraid of people, you can imagine how powerful Ma Chao is.
Cao Cao's subordinate man named Yang Fu admonished him:
"Super trustworthy and brave, even Qiang and Hu Xin. If the army is still there, it is not strictly prepared, and the counties of Longshang are not national. ”In other words, Yang Fu believes that Ma Chao is as brave as Han Xin and Lu Bu, and he is also very prestigious, and he should not be taken lightly. Sure enough, Ma Chao suddenly attacked Longshang County, and Longshang County responded. Ma Chao killed Shi Weikang, occupied Jicheng, subdued the soldiers inside, and then proclaimed himself the general of Zhengxi and led the state pastor.
But outnumbered, Ma Chao was still repelled by Cao's army, so he defected to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. Later, Ma Chao asked Zhang Lu for his life, wanting to recover Liangzhou, and hoped that he would send soldiers to him. How do you know that Zhang Lu's subordinates said that Ma Chao could not be trusted, and he could never agree to his request. Ma Chao had no choice but to take refuge in Liu Bei of Shu Han.
Why does Liu Bei use Ma Chao so much?
After Liu Bei heard that Ma Chao had surrendered, he immediately sent someone to greet him and named him the general of Pingxi and the former capital of Tinghou, and managed Linfu County. According to Pei Songzhi's note in "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Ma Chao", Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard that Ma Chao surrendered to him, and told people:I'll be able to benefit the state soon. According to the record of "Shanyang Gongji", Ma Chao often called Liu Bei because Liu Bei treated him very well. Guan Yu saw it in his eyes, envy, jealousy, hatred, and anger, and asked Liu Bei to kill Ma Chao. Liu Bei said to Guan Yu
"When people are poor and come to me, they are angry, and they kill me because of the word, how can they show it to the world! ”The next day, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood in front of Ma Chao with weapons with disdain. Ma Chao saw the situation and deliberately pretended not to see them. Even so, Liu Bei still regained his horse. For example, when he became the queen of Hanzhong, he named Ma Chao as the left general, a fake festival; After becoming the emperor, he made Ma Chao a hussar general, led the Liangzhou herd, and entered the feudal táiCountryman.
After Ma Chao's death, Liu Bei posthumously made him a marquis of Wei and let his son inherit his title, and his daughter married his son Liu Li, the king of Anping. Feng Ma Chao's cousin Ma Dai was the general of Pingbei and entered the title of Chen Canghou.
Huang Zhong stills. Huang Zhong, this person, in the romance, was portrayed as a person who is very good at archery, and is known as the "archer" of the Three Kingdoms. However, Huang Zhong in the official history was not so good at archery. Huang Zhong began to work under Mu Liu Biao in Jingzhou and was named Zhonglang General. Later, Liu Bei became the pastor of Jingzhou, and he followed Liu Bei. Huang Zhong was also a general, and in the process of attacking Liu Zhang and seizing Yizhou, he made great contributions to Liu Bei's group.
"Loyal to the battle, brave and resolute. ”After Yizhou was pacified, Huang Zhong was named the general of the captivity.
It is worth mentioning that Huang Zhong was extremely brave and fierce, when Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong attacked Xiahou Yuan. Xiahou Yuan's army was extremely brave, but Huang Zhong still defeated Xiahou Yuan in one fell swoop and killed him.
"The people of the abyss are very fine, loyal to push the front will advance, persuade the soldiers, the golden drum vibrates the sky, the joy moves the valley, the abyss is cut in a battle, and the abyss army is defeated. ”Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong and wanted to crown Huang Zhong as the queen general, but Zhuge Liang advised him, saying that doing so would cause dissatisfaction among Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others. Liu Bei was stubborn, and Huang Zhong was right, so that he and Guan Zhang were on an equal footing.
Zhao Yun stills. Changshan Zhao Zilong's name, everyone must have heard of it. But Zhao Yun is not as powerful as we imagined, he was originally a general under Gongsun Zhan, and later took refuge in Liu Bei.
While in Changbanpo, Zhao Yun saved Liu Bei's eldest son, Adou, and was soon named the general of Yamen. To put it bluntly, "General Yamen" is a ragtag general.
After Zhao Yun and Liu Bei entered Shu, they successively served as the general of the Yi army, the middle protection army, the general of Zhengnan, and the general of Zhendong.
In other words, Zhao Yun has never been reused by Liu Bei throughout his life. It can be seen that his martial arts will not be very high. Otherwise, a person like Liu Bei, who is eager to think of virtue and has strict rewards and punishments, will not reuse Zhao Yun.
In conclusion, I think that in the "Five Tiger Generals", Guan Yu and Ma Chao are indistinguishable: if Zhuge Liang is telling the truth, then Guan Yu is more powerful than Ma; If Yang Fu is telling the truth, then Ma Chao is better than Guan Yu. After that, they were ranked Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun.
ConclusionAmong the "Five Tiger Generals", who is the most powerful and what is the ranking. It is difficult to draw conclusions based on historical data alone, because none of them have tried it. In addition, everyone has their own rankings, and the results vary greatly. In my personal opinion, Guan Yu is better than Ma Chao, Ma Chao is better than Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei is better than Huang Zhong, and Huang Zhong is better than Zhao Yun.