Mention the Shu Han Five Tiger Generals, almost everyone knows, everyone knows, they are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong five people, in the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in addition to Lü Bu, Shu Han Five Tiger Generals took over the position of martial arts from the second rank to the fifth place, the remaining Huang Zhong is also ranked in the top ten existence.
The Five Tiger Generals were all super first-class generals in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and they all belonged to Liu Bei, which made Cao Cao at that time very dissatisfied, Cao Cao's generals, except for Xu Chu and Dianwei, were considered to be super first-class fierce generals, and the five tiger generals were in the same rank, and the other Cao Ying generals were basically one or two grades behind the Five Tiger Generals.
Five Tiger Generals
Cao Cao was a man who loved talent, but when he saw the generals he liked, he wanted to dig them up for his own use, such as Xu Chu, who first raised troops in his hometown to fight the Yellow Turban, Cao Cao met Xu Chu because of the Yellow Turban Army, Xu Chu could fight with Dianwei for hundreds of rounds, which made Cao Cao like it very much, so he tried to recruit Xu Chu, in addition to Xu Chu, there was also Xu Huang, also because Cao Cao loved Cai, recruited from the enemy camp.
In fact, Cao Cao wanted to recruit the Five Tiger Generals, and Cao Cao had dealt with four of the Five Tiger Generals, and if possible, Cao Cao wanted to recruit them, these four people were Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the first person Cao Cao wanted to recruit the most and wanted to get was Guan Yu.
After Liu Bei betrayed Cao Cao, Cao Cao personally led a large army to attack Liu Bei in Xuzhou, Liu Bei was defeated and fled, Guan Yu defended Pi, Cao Cao obeyed Cheng Yu's plan, and did not win against Guan Yu with strength, but with wisdom, Cao Cao used Xiahou Huan as bait to lure Guan Yu into battle, and then besieged Guan Yu at Tushan with the three generals Xiahou Huan, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and hundreds of crossbows, and although Guan Yu defeated Xu Chu and Xu Huang's joint forces, he was unable to break through.
Cao Cao and Xu Chu
After that, Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao on the grounds that he did not surrender to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao treated Guan Yu very well, a small feast for three days, a big feast in five days, a mention of gold on the horse, a mention of silver on the horse, and a beautiful woman, and a red rabbit, wasn't it just to keep Guan Yu and let Guan Yu sincerely submit to himself?
But Guan Yu's loyalty and righteousness are unparalleled in the world, and he is unwilling to turn to Cao Cao, because he and Liu Bei are brothers, and they are people who can never be ungrateful, not only for Liu Bei's kindness, Guan Yu has not forgotten Cao Cao's kindness to him, and Cao Cao has at least three kind feelings for Guan Yu: one is that he did not kill Guan Yu and kept his life, the other is to keep the lives of Liu Bei's two wives, and the third is to give the Red Rabbit Horse to Guan Yu, which is the only thing Guan Yu likes and the only thing he earns.
Guan yu
Therefore, in order to repay Cao Cao's kindness, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang in the Battle of White Horse, killed Wen Ugly in the Battle of Yanjin, and killed two generals of Yuan Shao for Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao won the victory in the early stage of the Battle of Guandu, after repaying Cao Cao, Guan Yu left Cao Cao, Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang, And Xue Wen Ugly These two achievements were not done by any general under Cao Ying, this is Guan Yu's biggest reward, and later Guan Yu wanted to leave, Cao Cao did not stop it, and sent money to send clothes, and also let Zhang Liao send documents to pass the customs. And Guan Yu went through five levels and slashed six generals, and Cao Cao did not pursue Guan Yu's responsibility.
Cao Cao's second desired Five Tigers general was Zhao Yun
。 Cao Cao knew that Zhao Yun was in the Battle of Changshanpo, before Zhao Yun was not famous, during the Battle of Changshanpo, Zhao Yun embraced Ah Dou, and killed left and right in thousands of Cao troops, one round beheading Chun Yu Qiong, one round beheading Xiahou En, three rounds cutting Yan Ming, several rounds slashing and wounding the four generals of Cao Camp Ma Yan, Zhang Yan, Jiao Touch, and Zhang Nan, it was at this time that Cao Cao saw zhao Yun performing so heroically, so he moved his heart to love Talent, and ordered not to hurt Zhao Yun, and could only be captured alive.
Zhao Yun
However, with the strength of the generals of the Cao Army, no one was Zhao Yun's opponent, let alone captured alive, Zhao Yun was a victorious general, never defeated in his life, Cao Cao really wanted to get Zhao Yun, but how to get it? Only strategy could be used, but at that time Zhao Yun had already rushed out of the encirclement circle of Cao Jun, and many people said that Zhao Yun could rush out because Cao Cao gave the order not to hurt Zhao Yun with dark arrows, but at this time, Changsaka Pozhi was close to the end, and Zhao Yun had almost rushed out, which meant little.
Since Cao Cao had no way to catch Zhao Yun, of course, he could not get Zhao Yun, in fact, Cao Cao was very eager to get Zhao Yun, in addition to Guan Yu, Cao Cao most wanted to get Zhao Yun, and clearly expressed this intention.
Among the five tiger generals, in addition to Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, the third person Cao Cao wanted to get was Zhang Fei.
Cao Cao heard that Zhang Fei first said it from Guan Yu's mouth, and after Guan Yu cut off Yan Liang, Cao Cao praised Guan Yu, and guan Yu said: My third brother Yi De can take the first rank of general among millions of generals like probing for things. Cao Cao was quite shocked by this remark, and took it to heart, and also wrote down Zhang Fei's name on the bottom of his robe, and warned his generals that if they encountered Zhang Fei in the future, they should not take the enemy lightly.
Zhang Fei
Cao Cao's real battle against Zhang Fei was at the Battle of Changshanpo, when Zhang Fei was in charge of the break, Cao Cao sent troops to pursue and fight Liu Bei, and when he rushed to The Yang Bridge, Zhang Fei blocked the way, and Cao Cao's generals Xu Chu, Cao Ren, Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao, Le Jin, Wen Ping, and Li Dianquan did not dare to challenge Zhang Fei, because they remembered what Cao Cao had said that year, and they could not take Zhang Fei lightly when they encountered Zhang Fei.
Even when Cao Cao himself arrived, he was terrified, when Zhang Fei shouted loudly on the bridge to fight cao jun to the death, none of Cao Cao's men dared to fight, including a first-class fierce general like Xu Chu, when Cao Cao said again what Guan Yu said that year, saying that Zhang Fei could take the first rank of general in a million troops like a probe, do not take the enemy lightly, the result was still no one, when Zhang Fei shouted to the third sound, Xiahou Jie beside Cao Cao was scared to death, and Cao Cao himself fled in fear.
Although in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao did not explicitly say that he wanted to get Zhang Fei, but from his expression, it can be seen that he is very afraid of Zhang Fei, such a talent, who does not want to get, Cao Cao of course also wants to get, but unfortunately Cao Cao did not have this opportunity.
Cao Cao's fourth desired Five Tigers general will be Ma Chao.
Cao Cao was beaten by Ma Chao in the Battle of Weinan, which was the most embarrassing moment in Cao Cao's life, and Cao Cao also praised Ma Chao for not reducing Lü Bu's courage that year, that is to say, Ma Chao was as brave as Lü Bu at that time, Lü Bu was so powerful, not only was he defeated under Cao Cao's hands, and Ma Chao, of course, was also defeated by Cao Cao's hands, but Cao Cao relied on wisdom.
Ma Chao
Ma Chao won the Battle of Weinan and all the people in Cao Camp, defeated Yu Ban in 9 rounds, defeated Zhang Hao in 20 rounds, defeated Cao Hong in 50 rounds, killed Li Tong in several rounds, and drew with Xu Chu in 230 rounds, from Cao Cao's point of view, Ma Chao's martial arts should be the same as Xu Chu's, one Xu Chu is already powerful enough, if there is one more Ma Chao like Xu Chu, Cao Cao is not more powerful.
Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms does not explicitly say that Cao Cao wants to get Ma Chao, but from Cao Cao's actions, we know that such a powerful Ma Chao, Cao Cao of course wants to get, Cao Cao's life praise of the martial generals is not much, Ma Chao is one, Cao Cao is Ma Chao and Lü Bu analogous, who is Lü Bu? The world's first fierce general, and Ma Chao beat Cao Cao to cut his beard and abandon his robe, which obviously knocked Cao Cao out of psychological pressure and shadow, but Cao Cao also did not get Ma Chao, ma Chao was defeated by Cao Cao, first defected to Zhang Lu, and later defected to Liu Bei, becoming one of the five tiger generals.
In general,
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao wanted guan Yu the most, followed by Zhao Yun, zhang fei again, and finally Ma Chao
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