Dianwei was a first-class general during the Three Kingdoms period, who was responsible for Cao Cao's defense for a long time and repeatedly saved Cao Cao's life. It is no exaggeration to say that Dianwei Xiao is brave and good at fighting, has high martial arts, and has extremely strong combat effectiveness, and has made outstanding military achievements.
There's a poem that says:
One Lü two Zhao three Dianwei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei. Huang Xusun was the Two Xiahous, and the Second Zhang Xu Panggan Zhou Wei. The sharpshooter Zhang Rust and Wen Yan, although brave and helpless, were too sad. Twenty-four generals of the Three Kingdoms, the last Deng Ai and Jiang Wei.

So, is Dianwei really that powerful? Why do many people put Dianwei in third place?
In the following, I will analyze it according to the records of the evolution and the history.
First, let's look at the dianwei in the interpretation
Dianwei's first appearance in the rendition is in the tenth time:
Ma Teng, the qin royal family, raised his righteousness and avenged his father Cao Cao Xingshi.
In this round, Xiahou Huan introduced Dianwei to Cao Cao, and according to him, Dianwei was brave and powerful, following Zhang Mi before, and later disagreeing with others, so he killed ten people and fled to the mountains. It turned out that Xiahou Huan had seen it once during a hunt
Dianwei expelled the tiger and admired his bravery, so he took him into the army. After Cao Cao heard Xiahou Huan's words, he immediately said, "I see that Dianwei is tall and burly, and he must have the courage to know people." ”
Immediately afterward, Xiahou Huan introduced Dianwei to Cao Cao, saying:
Dianwei once helped his friends avenge, and after killing people, he directly broke into the downtown, and hundreds of people did not dare to approach Dianwei. Now he was holding a double halberd, weighing eighty pounds, and he carried them on the horse without any effort. ”
Therefore, Cao Cao asked Dianwei to try it. Dianwei jumped on his horse with a double halberd, and suddenly saw that there was a large banner under the tent that was about to be blown down by the wind, and all the soldiers could not hold it steadily. Dianwei immediately dismounted, drank away from the crowd, held the flagpole in one hand, and stood in the wind, standing still. Cao Cao was taken aback and worshipped Dianwei as a knight lieutenant.
When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, He made Dianwei the vanguard. Dianwei took the lead and killed tens of thousands of enemies. Later, Cao Cao almost died in a battle with Lü Bu. At that time, Lü Bu led Gao Shun, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng to launch an attack on Cao Cao. Cao Cao's generals were forbidden and Lejin was unable to stop the enemy Lü Bu, and Cao Cao fled into the wilderness. Not long after, Cao Cao had the enemy general Zhang Liao on his left and Zang Ba on his right. Cao Cao let Lü Qian and Cao Hong fight, which was unfavorable. Cao Cao fled into the wilderness again, but Hao Meng, Cao Sex, Cheng Lian, and Song Xian blocked his way.
Cao Cao made the generals fight desperately, and the enemy's arrows rained down, seeing that he was doomed. Cao Cao shouted:
"Who's going to save me?"
Dianwei appeared in time, he defeated the enemy army with one enemy and four enemies, slashed countless enemies, and finally rushed out of the siege and rescued Cao Cao.
This shows how powerful Dianwei is.
Although Lü Bu failed this time, after he packed up and returned to the camp, the king soon returned. Later, Cao Cao caught Chen Gong's plan and almost died. After Dianwei knew cao Cao's danger, he burst into flames and took a lot of effort to finally find Cao Cao, and then protected him all the way, and finally killed a bloody road.
It is worth mentioning that Dianwei also fought with Xu Chu for thirty rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. And Xu Chu's courage is no less than Ma Chao's. In addition, Dianwei fully demonstrated his bravery when Zhang Xiu rebelled. At that time, Dianwei's double halberd was stolen by Hu Che'er, and Zhang Xiu's army was about to rush into Cao's camp. Dianwei was not afraid, he was alone, blocking the outside of the camp, holding the weapons of the soldiers around him, fighting with the enemy in blood, killing more than twenty enemy people and losing ten shots. The enemy did not dare to go forward, but just kept shooting dianwei with arrows. Dianwei then threw away his sword and fought with two soldiers in his hands, but he was outnumbered, and he shouted several times, and the blood flowed to the ground and died. The relevant descriptions in the speech are as follows:
Wei struggled forward and hacked more than twenty people to death. Wei was without a piece of armor, dozens of shots were fired up and down, and Wu zi died fighting. After the thieves had entered, Wei was shot again in the back, but he shouted several times, and the blood flowed all over the ground and died.
Second, let's look at the dianwei in the history of the canon
The dianwei of zhengshi is also a very powerful warrior. He grew up with great strength, liked to do chivalry and righteousness, and later killed the enemy of his friends, and his fame was shocked, and more and more Haojie began to know him. After that, Dianwei followed Cao Cao, fighting in many battles, killing countless enemies and making great achievements. Because Dianwei likes to hold a double halberd, there is a saying in the army:
"The mighty man under the tent has a pawn, and he carries a pair of halberds and eighty pounds."
Later, when Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu's advice and surrendered without resistance. Cao Cao was very happy, and he feasted and rewarded the three armies, and Dianwei looked at Cao Cao with an axe, and then ate and drank heavily. None of Zhang Xiu and his generals dared to look at Dianwei squarely.
summary
In short, the dianwei in the interpretation is almost the same as in the history. All kinds of deeds fully show the bravery of Dianwei. Therefore, some people think that Dianwei ranks third among all the military generals of the Three Kingdoms, which is well deserved and deserved.
So, how powerful do you think Dianwei is?