The five tiger generals of Western Shu are very famous, these five people are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong, they can be said to represent the highest combat strength of Western Shu, and they are all very brave military generals in the Shu Kingdom, and they have made a lot of contributions to the Southern Expedition of the Shu Kingdom to the North. These were all famous generals under Liu Bei's hands, but the Three Kingdoms were full of talents, and there were many excellent generals under the hands of others, such as Zhang Liao. Speaking of Zhang Liao, I have to mention a person related to him, Lü Bu. Lü Bu can be said to be the first general of the Three Kingdoms.
Zhang Liao's strength
Nowadays, there is a saying "Lü Bu among people, red rabbit in horses", which shows how high people's evaluation of Lü Bu is, Zhang Liao, as Lü Bu's subordinate, his strength is naturally very strong. On the other hand, at that time, Zhang Liao followed Lü Bu to battle, because some accidents led to Lü Bu's death, and Zhang Liao naturally became a prisoner, because Guan Yu was in Cao Cao's camp at that time, and with Lü Bu's intercession, Zhang Liao survived. After reading the Three Kingdoms, I know that although Lü Bu is strong in martial arts, he is a very proud and complacent person, he kind of looks down on people who are weaker than himself, but for the general Zhang Liao, he has always been very cherished, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao have a good relationship, he even said that Zhang Liao's martial arts are not under him.
Even the pride and complacency said this to Guan Yu, which shows that Zhang Liao's strength is not a generalist, after all, Guan Yu will not be friends with people who are much weaker than himself. Then we may wish to make some assumptions, since Zhang Liao is so powerful and has such a good relationship with Guan Yu, if he submits to Liu Bei, he is naturally a great general, but the truth is the opposite, which is also a loss for Liu Bei. But if he submitted to Liu Bei, would he become one of the Five Tiger Generals of Western Shu? The answer is naturally no, because the five of them can be rated as the Five Tiger Generals, and the strength is certainly not bad, four of them are young and strong warriors, as long as Huang Zhong is a veteran, he may not be able to keep up with his physical strength.
Guan Yu Huang Zhong's strength is equal
But in terms of strength, it is not to lose the four of them, Huang Zhong is also a person that Guan Yu admires, Guan Yu once had a big war with Huang Zhong, the strength of the two people is equal, many rounds of the big war do not distinguish between victory and defeat, although in the end Huang Zhong lost the battle, because his physical strength is not good, but if Huang Zhong is in his prime and Guan Yu fight, presumably Guan Yu can not help him. Looking at the other four, Guan Yu needless to say, Zhang Fei was called a ten thousand enemies by others, and Lü Bu could fight on a par, and Zhao Yun could fight against tens of thousands of Cao troops on his own. Then talk about Ma Chao.
During the Three Kingdoms, there was a popular phrase "one Lü two Zhao Three Dianwei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei", which is a summary of the fierce generals of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao can be ranked in it, and he is also very strong. You can also look at it through an intermediary, who is wen ugly. At that time, Wen Qiu and Zhang Liao were fighting, and it can be said that zhang Liao was defeated without spending too much energy, but when he fought against Guan Yu, he himself knew that he could not defeat Guan Yu, and he did not even dare to fight with Guan Yu. Therefore, from here, it seems that the gap between Zhang Liao and Guan Yu is still very large, so big that he almost killed Zhang Liao in a second but did not dare to fight with Guan Yu, so he would not be rated as a five tiger general even under Liu Bei's hands.