Zhao Yun and Guan Yu both belong to the ranks of the Five Tiger Generals, with the courage of ten thousand improper men, and their single challenge performance is also really eye-catching in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". One can enter and exit seven times from the tens of thousands of troops in Changsakapo to rescue Xiao Adou, and the other can effortlessly kill Yan Liang and Wen Ugly, two major generals, it can be said that both of them are super-first-class martial generals.
But there was such a gap between the two before, why was Zhao Yun able to enter and exit seven times from Cao Cao's million-strong army in the Changshan Slope, and still be able to rescue people? And Guan Yu was trapped in a small maicheng by Lü Meng's tens of thousands of troops, why couldn't he kill it? For this problem, it is impossible in reality, because the population of each country during the Three Kingdoms period was the largest in the millions, and here is only a discussion based on the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
First of all, let's talk about Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun is not only strong in martial arts in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but also very flexible, especially his breakthrough ability, which can be called the first-class famous general of the Three Kingdoms, which can be said to be unmatched.
In addition to the Battle of Changshanpo, Zhao Yun's breakthrough ability was reflected in three battles, namely the Yongshan Breakthrough Battle, the Hanshui Siege Breakout Battle, and the Yiling Breakthrough Battle.
First of all, in the battle of Yongshan, after Liu Beizhongji was surrounded, Liu Bei, who had already gone to the great momentum, planned to give up resistance, at this time Zhao Yun came out from behind, and together with the Cao Wei generals Xu Chu, Li Dian, and Yu Ban, the three people took turns to single-handedly beat them away. At the same time, he stabbed Gao Lan, one of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei, to death with a shot from behind, and also defeated Zhang Guo, taking Liu Bei out of the encirclement.
The second is Han Shui to save Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong volunteered to fight Zhang Guo after killing Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Gao was not worse than Xiahou Yuan's ability, perhaps even more powerful than Xiahou Yuan, Huang Zhong's light enemy ventured into and was surrounded by Zhang Gao and Xu Huang, and could not break through in a deadly battle. Zhao Yun guessed that Huang Zhong might be in trouble when he saw that Huang Zhong did not follow the agreed time round, at this time Zhao Yun led the army to rescue Huang Zhong and saw that Huang Zhong was trapped in the core, without saying a word, he directly killed him, first beheaded the two third-rate military generals who stopped him, and then easily defeated Zhang Guo and Xu Huang and rescued Huang Zhong.
The third was Yiling's rescue of Liu Bei, who fled in defeat after being burned by Lu Xun for seven hundred miles, at which point the General of the Wu Army pursued liu Bei and wanted to kill Liu Bei to avenge him. While Liu Bei was running wildly, he was chased and killed by the Eastern Wu generals, and Zhao Yun came to break through for Liu Bei, killed the Eastern Wu generals and stabbed Zhu Ran to death, helping Liu Bei escape from danger.
From these three battles, we can see that Zhao Yun has a strong ability to rush and kill, not only can he break through, but also save people. Looking at Guan Yu's performance in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, although he could kill Yan Liangwen ugly and capture the forbidden general, he could not rush out most of the time when he was surrounded, such as the Battle of Pi.
After Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei, Guan Yu garrisoned Xia Pi, Cao Cao wanted to take Guan Yu for his own use, led Guan Yu out of the city, and sent Xiahou Huan to lead the battle, Guan Yu planned to go out of the city to pursue Xiahou Huan, and was cut off by Cao Cao's ambushed army and besieged on the mountain. Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang and other three generals surrounded Guan Yu, and Guan Yu was killed and returned, still trapped on the mountain.
From here, it can be seen that although Guan Yu is highly skilled in martial arts and is a good one-handed, his ability to break through and the ability to fight more than one dozen is far inferior to Zhao Yun, which is one of them. In addition, there is a clear difference between Guan Yu's defeat of Maicheng and Zhao Yun's Changsakapo seven in and seven out. Guan Yu defeated Maicheng and the other side wanted to kill him, while Zhao Yun's Changshanpo Cao Cao wanted to live.
From here, it can be seen that Zhao Yun's bow and arrow that could hurt him the most in the army was banned by Cao Cao's order, and at this time, Zhao Yun only needed to face the challenge of Cao Cao's generals and win the battle. Cao Cao did not kill Zhao Yun, and capturing him alive also gave Zhao Yun a chance to escape.
However, Guan Yu's defeat of Maicheng seemed a little different, Lü Meng made a long-distance attack and pursuit of Guan Yu, because Lü Meng knew that if Guan Yu did not die, he would still take revenge after he returned, in order to get rid of the troubles, Lü Meng was of course unwilling to let Guan Yu go, Guan Yu did not have a strong breakthrough ability like Zhao Yun, and it was still too difficult for Guan Yu, who was surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, to escape.
Generally speaking, after Guan Yu defeated Maicheng, Lü Meng issued a hunting order to him and could not let him go, plus Guan Yu was in a dangerous situation at that time and did not get a rest, and at the same time, Guan Yu's breakthrough ability was weak, so he could not escape. And Zhao Yun can go in and out seven times, a large part of the reason comes from Cao Cao's men's mercy, coupled with his excellent breakthrough ability, the probability of success is naturally high.
(This article is based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, has nothing to do with the history of the canon, the picture comes from the Internet, and the infringement is deleted.) ）