Although the "Five Tiger Admirals" is a folk saying, since there is such a saying, there must be a source for it; In fact, this source is still from chen shou, the author of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in which Chen Shou commented on the five fierce generals under Liu Bei: "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are called the enemies of ten thousand people, and they are the tiger ministers of the world... Ma Chao hindered Rong Yong... Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun are strong and fierce, and they are pawns, and their disciples of Irrigation and Teng are fierce?" Therefore, later generations referred to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun as the "Five Tiger Generals". The following interesting history Xiaobian will bring you a detailed introduction, let's take a look at it!
However, in the canonical history, there is actually no such thing as the "Five Tiger Generals", after Liu Bei captured Shu Commandery and successfully recaptured Hanzhong from Cao Cao, he established himself as the King of Hanzhong and appointed Guan Yu as the former general, Zhang Fei as the right general, Ma Chao as the left general, and Huang Zhong as the rear general; But Zhao Yun was still only a general of the Yi Army, and this General of the Yi Army was only a miscellaneous general, far inferior to the other four; Even Zhuge Liang, after knowing Liu Bei's thoughts, expressed his opinion to Liu Bei worriedly, and Liu Bei's answer was: "I should naturally solve this matter." ”
In fact, Zhuge Liang's meaning should be to let Liu Bei seal Zhao Yun as a rear general, in fact, Zhao Yun's merits can be completely crowned as a rear general, because Zhao Yun was one of the earliest fierce generals to follow Liu Bei, second only to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, not only outstanding in merit, but also twice saved the young lord Liu Chan; However, although Zhao Yun's military position is not high, it does not mean that Zhao Yun is not strong, you know, in the Battle of Hanshui, Zhao Yun was the main general, and Huang Zhong also obeyed Zhao Yun's command.
However, Zhao Yun's greatest advantage was obedience, so Zhao Yun did not show any dissatisfaction, and was still loyal to Liu Bei, and when Liu Bei had to fight Wu despite the opposition of his subjects, Zhao Yun also urged Liu Bei, but Liu Bei in anger insisted on going on a crusade, but Liu Bei, although angry, still let Zhao Yun oversee Jiangzhou, what does this mean? Because Liu Bei also knew that the odds of victory were not very great, in order to leave a back road and prevent the Eastern Wu army from invading Shu, he let Zhao Yun guard the gate.
However, although Zhao Yun did not express dissatisfaction, Guan Yu gave Zhao Yun a grievance; Guan Yu's violent temper, knowing Liu Bei's arrangement, knowing that Huang Zhong's status was the same as his own, was immediately furious, not caring at all that Liu Bei was the lord, and directly said to Fei Shi, an envoy sent by Liu Bei: "The eldest husband will not be in the same line as the veterans in the end!" Refusal to accept the appointment. Why didn't Guan Yu reject Zhang Fei and Ma Chao? Zhang Fei did not need to say much, the two were brothers, together for many years, and they also knew Zhang Fei's ability, so it was naturally impossible to reject Zhang Fei.
And Ma Chao? In fact, Guan Yu also knew Ma Chao's fame and strength, and he still had a little inferiority in front of Ma Chao, and this inferiority was manifested when Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei; Guan Yu wrote to Zhuge Liang, asking who Ma Chao's martial arts skills could be compared to; How clever Zhuge Liang was, he quickly praised Guan Yu, saying that Ma Chao's strength was similar to Zhang Fei's, far less than his Guan Yu, and Guan Yu was happy after receiving Zhuge Liang's reply, and also showed the letter to the guest staff; It can be seen from this that in fact, Guan Yu is still inferior in the face of the famous Ma Chao.
If Liu Bei arranged for Zhao Yun to be the rear general, Guan Yu had no opinion, whether it was merit or ability, Guan Yu was recognized; But what is this Huang Zhong? In terms of merit, Huang Zhong only killed Cao Cao's beloved general Xiahou Yuan at the Battle of Dingjun Mountain, according to Fazheng's plan; Moreover, Huang Zhong also submitted to a number of lords, and Huang Zhong was initially a subordinate of Liu Biao; After Jingzhou was acquired by Cao Cao, Huang Zhong became Cao Cao's general; After Liu Bei won Jingzhou, Huang Zhong submitted to Liu Bei again, without any position, and such a person, Guan Yu, who prides himself on being loyal and righteous, naturally disdained him.
How could Liu Bei not know these things about Huang Zhong? Moreover, Liu Bei also knew that, for all reason, Zhao Yun was qualified to become a rear general; But Liu Bei couldn't do it, because Liu Bei wanted to balance the forces under his command, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei needless to say, they were old subordinates; Although Ma Chao was newly demoted, Ma Chao's status was originally high, and his reputation was no weaker than that of Liu Bei; However, there were too many Jingzhou people under Liu Bei's command, and if there was not a Single Jingzhou among the Four Great Generals, it was inevitable that these Jingzhou people would have ideas.
Although Zhao Yun failed to become a later general, liu Bei's real power to Zhao Yun was no weaker than that of the later general, and although Huang Zhong was named Hou general, he had no real power; Liu Bei also knew that Guan Yu would definitely not be convinced, so he was sent to persuade Guan Yu; However, I think that what really persuaded Guan Yu was not these words recorded in history.