At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, the crumbling Eastern Han Dynasty had long ceased to be the original, and the people were even more displaced. But at that time, there was a place outside the world, where the people were far more comfortable than the people in other places, and they could even live and work in peace, which was Liu Biao's seat of governance, that is, the Nine Counties of Jingxiang.
In 190 AD, Liu Qing rode into Jing. First enter Yicheng, and then seek big things with Ku Liang, Ku Yue, etc. After some military affairs, Liu Biao quickly occupied the nine counties of Jingxiang, and the territory he controlled gradually resumed production, and the troops and manpower were slowly exuberant.
At this time, Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo, and then Cao Cao personally launched a campaign against Dong Zhuo's righteousness. At that time, there were 18 princes gathered in the world, but only Liu Biao of Jingzhou did not participate. Why didn't Liu Biao participate in the crusade against Dong Zhuo? The reason is also very simple, he is busy with the governance of Jingzhou.
In the chaotic world, Liu showed the truth that those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. Therefore, he did not participate in the campaign against Dong Zhuo. Even Liu Biao had already seen through the selfish psychology of the princes of all walks of life in the world, and asked him how could Liu Biao have just pacified the Nine Counties of Jingxiang and how could he possibly participate in such an action?
From 192 to 194 AD, the original Dong Zhuo forces, including Lü Bu, Li Dai, Guo Feng, etc., as well as various princes in the world, were all fighting with each other, except for Jingzhou, a peaceful land. Therefore, many people went to Jingzhou to avoid chaos. At that time, the most famous Xiangyang celebrities were Sima Hui, Pang Degong, including Zhuge Liang, who were all in the Jingxiang area.
It is no exaggeration to say that Liu Biao is definitely not as incompetent as shown in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in fact, he is the head of the nine counties of Jingxiang. Liu Biao's governance ability, including the level of strategy, is superior, not only that, but the people who serve under Liu Biao are also extraordinary.
So under Liu Biao, what kind of celebrities have appeared? Today, let's take a look at the fierce generals under Liu Biao's account, who are they? In fact, there were eight fierce generals under Liu Biao's account, and among the eight of them, one of them shot Sun Jian, two could retreat from Ma Chao, and four dared to single out Guan Yu. The abilities of these eight fierce generals should not be underestimated.
Who are they? Let's take a look at the list:
First of all, let's take a look at who shot Sun Jian? Sun Jian is known as the "Tiger of Jiangdong", and it was this person who single-handedly founded the Sun Group, and his martial arts and leadership skills are recognized by everyone. At the same time, Sun Jian was also the one who really led the army to attack Dong Zhuo when the 18th Route Princes met the alliance.
At that time, Sun Jian relied on the strong lineup under his hands to serve as the vanguard of the Allied forces, but unfortunately Yuan Shu privately withheld Sun Jian's grain and grass, resulting in an unfavorable final war. Although he killed Hua Xiong and broke Dong Zhuo, he still failed to achieve the desired effect in the end. As the saying goes, soldiers and horses go first without moving grain and grass, but how can they win a battle without grain and grass.
At that time, Yuan Shu's behavior made Sun Jian very speechless, and later Sun Jian had to lead the team away from the allies and return to Eastern Wu alone to wait for the opportunity. However, on the way back to Eastern Wu, Sun Jian was shot and killed by this person, leaving a lifetime of regrets. The person who shot Sun Jian was Liu Biao's fierce general at that time, and he was Huang Zu.
Huang Zu was a fierce general under Liu Biao, and under Liu Biao,he was mainly responsible for the defense of Jiangxia. In 191 AD, Yuan Shu asked Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao in order to take a stand. Sun Jian, on the other hand, did as Yuan Shu said, leading a direct attack on Jingzhou. At that time, Liu Biao sent Huang Zu to meet Sun Jian in Fancheng and Deng County.
Sun Jian was a fierce tiger in Jiangdong, and Huang Zu was initially defeated at the hands of Sun Jian. Sun Jian saw Huang Zu retreating, so he personally raised his subordinates and went to Jingzhou to kill the generals. Liu Biao saw that Sun Jian was indeed brave and invincible, so he closed the door and did not fight, and adopted the strategy of "strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness". At this time, Huang Zu did not believe in evil and once again led his troops to fight with Sun Jian, but he still fled in defeat, Huang Zu fled to Da Nang Mountain, and Sun Jian had been chasing after him, but what Sun Jian did not expect was to give his old life to Da Shan Mountain.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Biography of Sun Breaking": A single horse travels to Da Nang Mountain, and is shot by Zu Junshi. At that time, Sun Jian and Huang Zu Erhu fought, and eventually Sun Jian was defeated, it seems that the ancients had a saying that was right, "Poor Kou don't chase!" Build golden bridges for the flying foe! Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong, fell, leaving great regrets.
At that time, Huang Zu had become a close confidant of Liu Biao, but Huang Zu's name was not heard by many friends.
Next, let's take a look, there are two fierce generals who can repel Ma Chao under Liu Biao's account, who are they?
Under Liu Biao's account, can someone beat back Ma Chao? Can you believe that? Maybe many friends see this and will have doubts? However, under Liu Biao's hands, in addition to Huang Zu, there are many fierce generals. The withdrawal of Ma Chao mentioned here, pay attention to this "retreat" word, this retreat word here, does not refer to single picking.
If you talk about single-handedly picking out the three kingdoms, there are indeed not many people who want to repel Ma Chao, but if you say that you want to repel Ma Chao, it is not a minority. Ma Chao was a general of Western Liang, and he was extremely good at leading soldiers to fight in battle all his life. However, Ma Chao's life is more about reflecting his personal bravery than a truly intelligent commander.
Under Liu Biao's command, at least two fierce generals could repel Ma Chao's advance and besiege the city. They were, Wen Ping, and Huo Jun.
Wen Ping, Huo Jun, were the most famous defenders under Liu Biao's account.
First of all, let's take a look at the employment, speaking of this literary appointment, there is a key word in history that says that he is employed, called "loyalty weeping", what does it mean? That is to say, Wen Ping this person is very loyal and loyal to the lord.
Under Liu Biao's account, Wen Ping was mainly to guard Jingbei and mainly defend against the raids of northern princes. Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wen Ping Zi Zhongye, Nanyang Wanren also, for Liu Biao's general, envoy to the north. It can be seen that Wen Ping had already become a general in the early years, but in 208 AD, after Liu Biao's death, his son Liu Chun surrendered again. At this time, Wen Ping still did not directly surrender to Cao Cao. Later, it was Cao Cao himself who went to his mansion to learn the truth. At that time, Cao Cao sighed that Zhongye was too loyal.
Later, Cao Cao was defeated at Chibi. In order to stabilize the people's hearts, Cao Cao made Wen Ping the Taishou of Jiangxia. Mainly defending Sun Quan, there was also Liu Bei, who was waiting for an opportunity. Later, Wen Ping became a rear general of Cao Wei and personally commanded the use of troops at Shiyang to defeat Sun Quan. Such a battle achievement, strategy, is enough to match Ma Chao, of course, to repulse Ma Chao is not a problem.
The second was Huo Jun.
Huo Jun, even fewer people knew him. Huo Jun, later a famous general under Liu Biao's account, had hundreds of soldiers in Yemeng Pass that year, and unexpectedly repelled more than 10,000 enemy troops. Judging from this case alone, we know that this Huo Jun is definitely not simple, he is at least a general who can be a single party.
In the early years, Huo Jun was also subordinate to Liu Biao. After Liu Biao's death, his power was slowly eroded by Cao Cao, and Huo Jun followed Liu Bei and continued to break into the world.
In 212, Liu Bei prepared to return to the army to fight Liu Zhang. Therefore, he handed over the city of Yemeng to Huo Jun to defend, and at that time, the city was Liu Bei's rear base, and Liu Bei's troops at that time were not much, leaving only hundreds of old and weak soldiers to Huo Jun. A large number of elites were taken away by Liu Bei, and it could be seen that Liu Bei actually did not consider that this Yemeng City could still be defended.
When Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, knowing that yemeng city was only guarded by hundreds of weak soldiers led by Huo Jun, they sent Yang Shuai, Fu Ban, Xiang Cun, and others to lead more than 10,000 people to Ye Meng, with the intention of taking Liu Bei's rear base area. However, what Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu did not expect was that Fu Ban and Xiang Cun failed to complete the task smoothly, and were eventually defeated by Huo Jun, and Xiang Cun was even killed by Huo Jun.
Huo Jun's confrontation with Yang Shuai, Fu Ban, Xiang Cun and others in Ye Meng at that time was the best case of winning more with less during the Three Kingdoms period. Before and after, the difference between tens of thousands, or even a hundred times, of troop strength can actually turn defeat into victory. This can definitely show that Huo Jun is an excellent commander.
If Huo Jun was facing Xiliang's "Jin Ma Chao", it is estimated that he would not admit it. In the end, it will also repel Ma Chao, just as the so-called single-handedness relies on courage, and leading soldiers mainly relies on wisdom and strategy. And Ma Chao, speaking of this, it can only be two words, "huh".
In addition to the three fierce generals Huang Zu, Wen Ping, and Huo Jun, what else are there under Liu Biao's account? If you look at the level of ability, there are at least the following five, they are, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and Gan Ning.
Huang Zhong and Wei Yan needless to say, they all served under Liu Biao's account in the early days. Veteran Huang Zhong is even more unknown in the Changsha County area, and his martial arts can defeat Guan Yu. It should be known that at this time, Huang Zhong was already more than 10 years older than Guan Yu and 20 years older, and Guan Yu was at the peak of his military strength at that time.
Huang Zhong later became one of the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Kingdom, and in the Battle of Dingjun Mountain, he slashed Xiahou Yuan and won the opening of the Battle of Hanzhong in one fell swoop. It won glory for Liu Bei's face, and at the same time made Cao Cao's army ugly. Huang Zhongzhi's courage does not need to be said much, and it is not a matter of single-handedly picking out Guan Yu and Ma Chao, especially Huang Zhong's archery skills of 100 steps through Yang, I am afraid that few people can compare. If, in the Battle of Xiangfan, Pound met Huang Zhong, I am afraid that Pound would not be so quick to succeed.
Looking at Wei Yan again, Wei Yan had been with him when Liu Bei entered the river, until the later Battle of Hanzhong, all of which were Liu Bei's powerful generals. After pacifying Hanzhong, Liu Bei also promoted him to the position of Taishou of Hanzhong. During Wei Yan's lifetime, he guarded Hanzhong for Shu Han town for nearly 10 years, and the method of "wrongly guarding the sieges" he invented was also deeply recognized by later generations.
And Liu Biao's account was Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and the two of them were mainly the commanders of the water army. Moreover, Zhang Yun is also Liu Biao's nephew. During his tenure in Jingzhou, Liu Biao also appointed and promoted Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. On top of the defense of the Jingzhou Water Division, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun also exerted a lot of strength.
After Liu Biao's death, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun had no choice but to defect to Cao Cao, but in the end Cao Cao was caught in Zhou Yu's divisive plan, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were eventually killed by Cao Cao.
The last man was Ganning. Speaking of Gan Ning, many people must have heard of his name. This person has a nickname, called "Jinfan Thief", because Gan Ning's life in the early period is similar to that of Liangshan Po Songjiang, and after Gan Ning washed his face and changed his face in the early stage, he defected to Huang Zu's account, but was not reused.
Strictly speaking, Gan Ning was also subordinate to Liu Biao in the early period. After Liu Biao's death, Gan Ning defected to Sun Quan. Eventually becoming a "fighting general" of Eastern Wu, especially in the Battle of Hefei, Gan Ning fought against Zhang Liao many times, and finally ensured that Sun Quan could successfully escape from Zhang Liao's pursuit circle.
Sun Quan later had a sentence, "Meng De has Zhang Liao, and the lonely have Gan Xingba, and they are enough to match!" What can be explained, this Gan Ning can match Zhang Liao. Whether it is brave or wise, Gan Ning belongs to the superior.
Overall, of the eight fierce generals under Liu Biao's account, at least four dared to single out Guan Yu. They were Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Gan Ning.