There was no first military general in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Luo Guanzhong had already laid the groundwork, don't be stupid and deceived
Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Lü Bu, who is the first military general of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Luo Guanzhong laid the groundwork
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, people are accustomed to ranking the future of Wu, such as One Lü Er Zhao Three Zhang Fei, etc., in the eyes of most people think that Lü Bu is the first martial general who deserves his name.
Whether in the Zhengshi "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or in Luo Guanzhong's novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lü Bu has the title of "Lü Bu among People", but the number of times Lü Bu is recorded in the zhengshi is very small.
On the contrary, Guan Yu often loves to be single-handed, and once took the first rank of general in the Wanma Army, and Lü Bu was fake under the Tiger Prison, and Lü Bu's "Yuanmen Shooting" was a real thing.
It is precisely because of the mix of true and false historical records and rendition novels that we cannot figure out Lü Bu's true strength, whether he has a false name or is he really a martial artist. In fact, Luo Guanzhong had already laid the groundwork, there was no first military general in the Three Kingdoms, don't be stupid and be deceived anymore.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lü Bu's famous battle was nothing more than the "Battle of Tiger Prison Pass", when Lü Bu was still Dong Zhuo's righteous son, under the Tiger Prison Pass, he dared to challenge the 18 road princes single-handedly, and all the princes sent their own generals to meet the battle, and as a result, less than two of these famous generals were beheaded by Lü Bu, which made the princes tremble and tremble, and no longer dared to doubt Lü Bu's strength, and they hung up the exemption card to insist on not fighting.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei took the initiative to fight Lü Bu under such circumstances, which greatly boosted the morale of the princely allies, but as a result, we know that Liu, Zhang, and Guan could not behead Lü Bu even when they were three and one, and they were numerically superior, on the contrary, they could not hold back. Since this war, the princes have feared Lü Bu's strength and given him the title of "Lü Bu of Men".
Lü Bu has this title, so it is generally considered to be the first military general of the Three Kingdoms, and can almost fight invincible hands all over the world, but in fact, can Lü Bu really be called "the strongest in the Three Kingdoms"? If he was really the strongest, why did he always lose battles in his military career, and then he was easily killed by Cao Cao?
From the above things, it can be seen that Lü Bu is not the strongest in the Three Kingdoms, not only the author thinks so, but even Luo Guanzhong also thinks so, in fact, he has buried a lot of foreshadowing in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he tells us: The Three Kingdoms do not have the first military general, don't be stupid and deceived.
After Lü Bu was killed by Cao Cao, Luo Guanzhong frequently used the Spring and Autumn Writing Method to remind everyone that some people were more powerful than Lü Bu, but these generals were born at the wrong time and missed the opportunity to achieve fame, so which generals were stronger than Lü Bu? Let's take a look!
1, Huang Zhong: Incorruptible and old, can still eat or not
Huang Zhong was once a general under Han Xuan, the Taishou of Changsha, but it was only known in the battle with Guan Yu, in December of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei attacked the three counties of Changsha, in this war Huang Zhong and Guan Yu fought hundreds of rounds without winning or losing, and Huang Zhong almost shot Guan Yu to death, if it were not for Guan Yu's deception with a dragging knife, I am afraid that Huang Zhong would not be so easy to lose, with Huang Zhong's age at that time, he could still fight with Guan Yu, which showed that his strength was very strong, if he was younger, perhaps Guan Yu and Lü Bu were not his opponents.
2, Zhao Yun: A lifetime is guts
Liu Bei once commented on Zhao Yun: A lifetime is a guts. Zhao Yun was not only loyal to Liu Bei, but also strong in martial arts, and had saved Ah Dou from seven in and seven out on the slope of Changshan, while Cao Cao watched the battle in front of the battle, in order to get Zhao Yun' talent, he had ordered that no arrows should be released to capture Zhao Yun alive, and he also lamented: Since Lü Bu's death, he had never seen such a brave general, so it can be seen that Zhao Yun is on par with Lü Bu in Cao Cao's heart, and if they win or lose a battle, they may be inseparable.
3, Ma Chao: No less than the courage of Lü Bu
Ma Chao and Cao Cao originally had a vendetta against their father, and Ma Chao once beat Cao Cao to the point of abandoning his robe as a warlord along the way, cao Cao once said: Ma Chao's courage is no less than Lü Bu's, perhaps, Ma Chao also has the ability to fight with Lü Bu.
Luo Guanzhong's descriptions in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" prove that Lü Bu is not the first military general of the Three Kingdoms, in fact, there are many people who can defeat him, and looking at the entire novel, the author believes that there is no first military general, because many famous martial artists belong to the rising stars, they and Lü Bu are epoch-making, but they became famous relatively late, the early stages were buried talents, useless will make Lü Bu so arrogant.
And Luo Guanzhong may use this way of writing to tell us: there is no first warrior in the Three Kingdoms, and each generation of Jiangshan will produce a group of talents, and these talents will be buried in memory with the torrent of history, and no one can be the final winner.