Although Yan Liang was easily killed by Guan Yu in the Battle of Guandu, it is undeniable that Yan Liang was also a top general in the yanyi.
Yan Liang was a general under Yuan Shao. Before Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought at Guandu, the chancellor Kong Rong said to him: "Yan Liangwen is ugly, brave and crowns the three armies." Feeling that the two of them were invincible to anyone in Cao's army, he persuaded Cao Cao to surrender to Yuan Shao as soon as possible. Another courtier, Xun You, said: "Yan Liangwen is ugly, a brave husband's ear, but he can be captured in one battle." Xun You felt that although Yan Liang was strong in martial arts, his strategy was average and there was nothing to worry about.
Because it can be seen that Yan Liang and Wen Ugly, although the strategy is average, they are not generals with wisdom and courage, but they should not be underestimated, not straw bale generals.
In the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang as the vanguard and led his troops to engage Cao Cao. When the two armies fought, Yan Liang killed song xian and Wei Xu within a few rounds, and most importantly, Cao Cao sent the famous general Xu Huang to fight, and was also defeated by Yan Liang in twenty rounds. Xu Huang's martial arts, among the famous generals of Cao Ying, belong to the middle and upper levels, and there may be no famous generals who can defeat Xu Huang except for Dianwei, Xu Chu, and Xiahou Huan.
Even if Dianwei and Xu Chu, the two top famous players, wanted to defeat Xu Huang in twenty rounds, it was very difficult, so cao ying's generals saw that Xu Huang was defeated by Yan Liang in twenty rounds, and his heart was strongly shocked. At the same time, he was also afraid of Yan Liang and did not dare to fight with Yan Liang.
Cao Cao's strength was not as good as Yuan Shao's, which made the entire Cao army in a state of anxiety, Xu Huang's defeat made Cao's army worse, morale was frustrated, but Yan Liang's martial arts were too strong, and most of the generals under Cao Cao were not Yan Liang's opponents, and Cao Cao did not dare to let them fight. When Cao Cao was upset, the counselor suggested sending Guan Yu to fight Yan Liang. After Lü Bu's death, Guan Yu became arrogant and arrogant, not taking anyone seriously. In the face of Yan Liang, whose morale was high, Guan Yu said arrogantly: "I look at Yan Liang, like inserting a bid to sell the first ear." ”
Before the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei had a good relationship, and the two families were originally ready to join forces against Cao Cao, but before they fought Yuan Shao, Cao Cao sent troops to defeat Liu Bei. After the defeat, Liu Bei fled to Hebei and defected to Yuan Shao. After Guan Yu was besieged by Cao Jun, he was forced to submit to Cao Cao. Because Liu Bei defected to Yuan Shao, the generals under Yuan Shao not only did not regard Guan Yu as an opponent, but also wanted to recruit Guan Yu into his camp, so Yan Liang had no defense against Guan Yu, causing Guan Yu to rush to his eyes and kill him with a knife.
A generation of famous generals, Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu in this way, but because the two did not fight, this did not reflect the gap between the two martial arts.
Although Yan Liang died at the hands of Guan Yu, which is also a stain on Yan Liang's life, his martial arts are very strong, and he is also the top famous general in the Three Kingdoms.
First, a famous player who can defeat Yan Liang
Among the twenty-four generals of the Three Kingdoms, the only one who could defeat Yan Liang was probably Lü Bu.
Lü Bu was very strong in martial arts, and before the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu joined forces to defeat him. At the Battle of Tongguan, Dianwei and Xu Chu, as well as the six generals Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Huan, Li Dian, and Le Jin, failed to defeat him. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, one of the famous generals, can deal with Yan Liang, but replace Lü Bu with Yan Liang, he does not have the ability to single out Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, so Yan Liang can't beat Lü Bu.
Second, a famous general who can fight a good face
The top famous players of the Three Kingdoms, such as Zhang Fei and Lü Bu's confrontation, Ma Chao's confrontation with Ma Chao, Ma Chao's confrontation with Xu Chu, Xu Chu's confrontation with Dianwei, Zhao Yun's confrontation with Wen Ugly, etc., were all drawn, so most of the first-class fierce generals in the Three Kingdoms had the strength to fight yan liang.
In the rendition, after Lü Bu in martial arts, Zhao Yun, who fought with Wen Ugly for 50 rounds in order to save Gongsun Zhan, did not win or lose. Wen Ugly and Yan Liang are equally famous, the two martial arts are between Bo Zhong, Wen Ugly can fight Zhao Yun, martial arts are not inferior to Yan Liang, who is not inferior to Wen Ugly, and also has the strength to draw Zhao Yun. In addition, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Yan Liang's martial arts among the Five Tiger Generals were all between Bo Zhong.
Huang Zhong, one of the Five Tiger Generals, because he was a veteran general, had passed the peak of his martial arts, and in the Battle of Changsha, Huang Zhong and Guan Yu were at a disadvantage when they fought, so letting Huang Zhong fight with Yan Liang may not be able to defeat Yan Liang. In addition, Cao Wei's two top generals, Xu Chu and Dianwei, both have the strength to single-challenge Ping Lü bu, so that the two of them can go head-to-head with Yan Liang, at least not to lose to Yan Liang.
On the whole, among the Three Kingdoms, there are fierce generals who have the strength to fight with Yan Liang, and there are Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, Dianwei and Wen Ugly.
Third, the general who cannot defeat Yan Liang
In addition to Dianwei, Zhao Yun and other first-class fierce generals, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Tai Shici, Sun Ce and Xiahou Huan, all had good martial arts and the strength to fight with Yan Liang, but they did not have the strength to defeat Xu Huang in twenty rounds, and if they let them go head-to-head with Yan Liang, they might lose to Yan Liang. In addition, other famous generals among the twenty-four generals of the Three Kingdoms, such as Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao, Wei Yan, Zhou Tai, Xiahou Yuan, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Zhang Xiu, and other famous generals, although they were all fierce generals, their martial arts were not much stronger than Xu Huang's, and they could not beat Yan Liang.