In the era of scarcity of talents in the Three Kingdoms, many leaders recruit talents with the mentality of more and more. Talent can be recruited or carefully selected, otherwise no matter how many people there are, it is only a superficial article. Although Yuan Shao recruited many fierce generals, only one person could really stand alone.
Yuan Shao's talents
Yuan Shao should have developed relatively early among the Three Kingdoms, and when Liu Bei was not yet a climate, Yuan Shao's power already had a certain scale. As the earliest group of forces formed, Yuan Shao's one-handed resources were simply jealous. Wen has Xu You, Frustrated Zhi, Guo Tu, Wu has Zhang Guo, Gao Lan, Yan Liang, Wen Ugly, and so on. In the case of no shortage of civilian and military generals, Yuan Shao should develop quite well. But Yuan Shao was not only self-conscious, but also did not trust his own courtiers. In the end, he played a good hand of cards, and finally let Cao Cao pick up the fruits of victory.
Yuan Shao had many talents under him, and there were seven powerful martial generals alone. In addition to the well-known Yan Liang, Wen Ugly, Zhang Guo, and Gao Lan, the remaining three are Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong, and Jiang Qi. Of these seven martial generals, Yuan Shao had drawn a rank for them in his heart. Wen Qiu and Yan Liang were in the first echelon, Zhang Gao and Gao Lan were in the second echelon, and Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong, and Jiang Qi were in the third echelon. Judging from the popularity of the third echelon, it makes sense for Yuan Shao to put them at the end. And these three really don't have any record of hand.
So who among the four people of Yan Liang, Wen Ugly, Zhang Hao, and Gao Lan, who is the deserved fierce general? As we all know, Yan Liang and Wen Ugly are the two trump cards under Yuan Shao, and they did not disappoint Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao and Cao Jun confronted each other, no one in Cao Cao's camp was Yan Liang's opponent. In the end, it was Cao Cao who invited Guan Yu, and Yan Liang's trump card was solved. Although Guan Yu and Yan Liang took advantage of each other when they fought, they also blamed Yan Liang for not being vigilant against the enemy. Although Wen Ugly was able to defeat Xu Huang and Zhang Liao, he was disorganized in governing the army. If a military general cannot manage his own army well, he is not a qualified military general. Gao Lan has won the battle against Xu Chu, but only this one outstanding record. Later, Gao Lan was unfortunate enough to confront Zhao Yun, the killing god of Shu Han, and could not even survive a round, so he was killed by Zhao Yun's hand.
After such a rule, the only remaining person under Yuan Shao was Zhang Gao, and Zhang Gao was indeed worthy of the name of a fierce general. Zhang Gao did not mix his head under Yuan Shao's hands, and it was only in Cao Cao's hands that he began to glow. Zhang Gao can not only play with Zhang Liao, but also with Zhang Fei, and can play a draw. By the end of the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Hao had almost reached the point where no one could beat him. Zhang Gao's development trend can really be regarded as a fierce general.