The chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms was an era of fierce generals, and in such a chaotic world, no matter which one of Wei Shu Wu was, there were famous generals who appeared. Wei Yan was undoubtedly a famous general during the Three Kingdoms period, and for the Shu Han Dynasty, Wei Yan was indispensable. In the process of the establishment of the Shu Han Dynasty, Wei Yan made meritorious contributions. It can even be said that Wei Yan was one of the founding heroes of the Shu Han Dynasty.
The reason why Wei Yan is famous is that Wei Yan proposed the "Meridian Valley Conspiracy", in addition, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong created the image of Wei Yan's "rebellion", thus making Wei Yan known to everyone. It is worth mentioning that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Yan also kicked over the lamp when Zhuge Liang was renewing the life of the Seven Star Lantern, which made the Seven Star Lantern continue to live and fail.
No matter how you look at it, Wei Yan's contribution to Shu Han is very large. In the earliest times, Wei Yan followed Liu Bei into the Shu campaign, Liu Bei's army went north to resist Zhang Lu, and Wei Yan was stationed at Yemeng Pass. Later, Wei Yan began to make meritorious achievements, and when Jian'an was seventeen years old, Liu Bei broke with Liu Zhang, and Wei Yan played an important role at this time.
In the course of Liu Bei's war with Liu Zhang, Wei Yan led an army to pacify Guanghan Commandery, counted his military merits, and was promoted to general of Yamen. After that, Wei Yan made meritorious achievements, and was first given the titles of General of Yamen, General of Zhenyuan, and Taishou of Hanzhong. Wei Yan made meritorious achievements in the Shu Han Dynasty, and in terms of military strength, Wei Yan was definitely capable.
When Liu Bei had just become the king of Hanzhong, he planned to move the capital to Chengdu, so many people suggested that Zhang Feizhen be allowed to guard Hanzhong, but Liu Bei gave wei Yan the task of guarding Hanzhong. From this point of view, Liu Bei must have been assured of Wei Yan's strength, otherwise he would not have such a plan. It was undeniable that Wei Yan's military value was beyond doubt.
So how many martial arts could Wei Yan rank in the Three Kingdoms period? Definitely outside of tenth place. Lü Bu is undoubtedly the well-deserved first of the Three Kingdoms, and people must have heard of "Lü Bu among people, red rabbit among horses". Lü Bu was holding the Fang Tian Painting Blade, and the red rabbit horse under his crotch was invincible. Whether it is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lü Bu is the first in line.
Secondly, the Five Tiger Generals of Shu Han, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were known as the "enemies of ten thousand people", and were the top two generals of Shu Han, wei Yan was definitely not their opponent, otherwise Wei Yan would definitely be one of the five tiger generals. Zhao Yun, who had saved Ah Dou in Cao Cao's million-strong army, made Cao Cao admire him. Ma Chao had fought with Zhang Fei for hundreds of rounds, and only slightly inferior.
Huang Zhong, who is old and strong, is known as the "first sharp archer of the Three Kingdoms". From these points of view, Wei Yan was definitely not the opponent of the Five Tiger Generals. In contrast to the Five Tiger Generals, it is the Five Sons of Liang, and it is worth mentioning that in the canonical history, the Five Sons of Liang will be real. In the history books, it is recorded as "Taizu Jianzi martial arts, and the good general of the time, the five sons are the first", so later generations have an evaluation of the five sons of the good general.
The five sons were Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Zhang Guo, and Xu Huang, who were the trump cards in Cao Cao's hands, and during the Cao Wei period, all five of them made meritorious achievements. In terms of strength value, the Five Sons liang general was one of the best in the Three Kingdoms period, so Wei Yan was by no means the opponent of the five. The same goes for heads-ups. Zhang Liao, one of the five, was named one of the "Sixty-Four Generals of Ancient and Modern Times".
The Five Sons liang general and the five tiger generals were already Wei Yan's opponents, so Wei Yan was definitely outside the tenth place. In addition to these people, there were two other people who had to say that they were Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan. Both were the top military generals in Cao Wei's camp, and they were deeply trusted by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao had a close relationship with the Xiahou family.
Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan followed Cao Cao in the southern expedition to the north for many years, and their bravery was incomparable, which made the enemy feel frightened. Especially in the Battle of Dingjun Mountain, if Wei Yan faced Xiahou Yuan, then the outcome could be imagined, and Wei Yan would definitely not be able to defeat Xiahou Yuan. After all, Xiahou Yuan was a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles. At that time, Xiahou Yuan only had four hundred people, which gave Liu Beijun the advantage.