A large part of the reason why the Three Kingdoms are fascinating is because of the many miraculous examples created. Such as the battle-level Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi, like a classic textbook, in the impossible, life is reversed.
If analyzed from the history, the battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao should be the most difficult, because Cao Cao has been overturned in a state of crushing. However, if the level of achievement is discussed, it should be the Battle of Chibi, which directly laid the foundation for the Three Kingdoms.
In addition to these two most famous battles, there were the Battle of Yiling, the Battle of Hanzhong, the Battle of Xiangfan, the Five Northern Expeditions (six out of Qishan), and the Battles of Zhonghui and Deng Ai to destroy Shu. It can be described as a big war, a legend, which makes people completely dizzy, so can the Three Kingdoms not be charming?
So-called, whenever a great war breaks out, there will be a famous general. In this regard, the famous generals of the three countries are even more bullish, and directly set up three major benchmarks. This is Guan Yu chopping Yan Liang, Zhang Liao chopping Down, Huang Zhong chopping Xiahou Yuan! So which of the benchmarks set by these three famous players is more difficult and more successful? The author believes that this requires a comparison of three aspects.
The first is the opponent's fame, status, ability, etc. The second is the sensational effect caused by the post-war period, and the third is the impact on the battle (historical process) after killing the opponent.
The first aspect is obviously the difficulty of the assessment, the so-called stronger the opponent, the greater the difficulty. The second aspect is half and half. The third aspect is to look at the final achievement. Let's start from these three aspects and evaluate them comprehensively. Of course, it only represents the words of a family, and the right should be thrown bricks and stones!
One: Yan Liang, Jian Dun and Xiahou Yuan
Yan Liang is a famous general in Hebei and the first trump card in the hands of Yuan Shao. In the Battle of Guandu, there was a collision with Guan Yu in the annals of famous earthquake history. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in order to let Guan Yu grow up rapidly in order to kill Yan Liang, he did not hesitate to take the credit of Sun Jian's beheading of Huaxiong and give it to Guan Yu. Otherwise, Guan Yu will be the peak as soon as he appears, and it will be too unbelievable.
Therefore, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" first arranged for Guan Yu to behead Huaxiong with warm wine, and then let him appear in the peak battle, and the white horse cut off his face, which is a very classic character modeling. But for the history of the Three Kingdoms, which is more exciting than the novel, Guan Yu's white horse slashing yanliang is a previously unheard of innovation.
The so-called "Ten Thousand Horses Cut the Head of the General from It, such as Probing the Bag to Take Things", is from Guan Yu's cutting of Yan Liang. Therefore, Guan Yu's slashing of Yan Liang can be called a hell level difficulty - the difficulty lies in the fact that Guan Yu is a one-man and one-rider, soaring into the enemy's ten thousand horse army, not only can kill the opponent's main general, but also retreat with his whole body.
He was the highest of the three, belonging to the Karasuma boss level, but during Cao Cao's expedition to Karasuma, he encountered his nemesis Zhang Liao. At that time, Cao Cao took the tiger and leopard riding, that is, a small number of people and horses, and made a surprise attack on the White Wolf Mountain, but found that tens of thousands of Karasuma troops below were assembling.
Almost everyone said that they could not be troubled, so we quickly withdrew. However, Zhang Liao took the initiative to ask for battle, believing that this was a once-in-a-lifetime fighter. Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately handed over command to Zhang Liao. So Zhang Liao launched a surprise attack with a tiger and leopard horse, and the first soldier rushed straight to him. Karasuma was suddenly in chaos, and Zhang Liao took advantage of the situation to slash and let Cao Cao's expedition to Karasuma achieve the final victory.
Zhang Liao chopped dun, obviously not as difficult as Guan Yu chopped Yan Liang. After all, Guan Yu is completed by one person and one horse, and this image, this difficulty, is even more incredible than the novel.
The rank at the time of Xiahou Yuan's killing belonged to the level of commander of the theater, although it was not higher than Thatton, but it was higher than Yan Liang. During the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei attacked Zhang Guo, causing Zhang Gao to ask Xiahou Yuan for help. So Xiahou Yuan hurried with his men and horses, but was blocked by obstacles such as antlers on the road.
Xiahou Yuan ordered: All dismount to clear the obstacles. Due to the urgent situation on Zhang Gao's side, Xiahou Yuan also dismounted from his horse and worked as a small worker, pulling out antlers. But at this moment, the sudden shout of killing shook the sky, and Huang Zhong rushed straight to the scene with people. Xiahou Yuan did not expect it at all, and was killed by Huang Zhong.
When Cao Cao heard the news, he was mad and scolded Xiahou Yuan: You are an idiot general, and you can get off your horse and pull out the antlers to clear the obstacles? As a commander-in-chief, you should command the overall situation, not be a small worker. Therefore, in terms of difficulty, Huang Zhong's slashing of Xiahou Yuan appears to be the lowest. Cao Cao's angry scolding of Xiahou Yuan's words proved this.
General analysis: The first conclusion came out, from the difficulty of examination, there is no doubt that Guan Yu cut off Yan Liang to dominate, stunning history. Zhang Liao was ranked second, and Huang Zhong was ranked third.
Second: the sensational effect after the war
After Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang, the World War was shocking, directly laying the identity of the first general of the Three Kingdoms. Its sensationality is still regarded as "god's work". The reason for this is that Guan Yu's battle is a kind of innovation, something that has never happened before.
It should be known that in the past, the confrontation between the two armies was not as written in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", where two main generals or generals went to the head, and the soldiers and pawns were all cheerleaders. Instead, it is necessary to set up a formation, pay attention to tactics and tactics, and so on. Anyone on the other side wants to easily approach the main general, unless the victory or defeat is decided, and the main general does not escape.
Therefore, Guan Yu rode alone to break through, and the battle was not only more difficult, but also the sensational effect was higher, and it had reached an unimaginable point.
Zhang Liao slashed and fell, and suffered a loss at the place where the battle took place, away from the "camera". So much so that the Battle of Xiaoyaojin is widely believed to be Zhang Liao's masterpiece - eight hundred strong men broke Eastern Wu, and Zhang Liao called himself by his name and hunted down sun quan. If in this battle, Zhang Liao captured or killed Sun Quan alive, then there is no need to discuss this topic.
Therefore, Zhang Liao chopped it off, which is very regrettable, and has become the worst sensational effect. The level of sensation directly determines the popularity, and the heat is the first factor in popularity. Nowadays, when people say Zhang Liao, it is the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, and this is the reason!
Huang Zhong's sensationality of chopping Xiahou Yuan is actually no worse than Guan Yu's chopping of his face. As mentioned earlier, the direct thunder overturned Cao Cao, causing him to explode. At the same time, guan Yu also had a sense of crisis, facing the list of "four generals" (five tiger generals), directly naming Huang Zhong: This is an old pawn, I am not the same level as him.
People say that Guan Yu is too proud and looks down on people, but in fact, it also implies Guan Yu's jealousy of Huang Zhong. So-called, originally the first throne I closed a certain person to sit alone, now that Huang Zhong beheaded Xiahou Yuan, he came to share it with me, and naturally he was not happy.
General Analysis: On the sensational effect after the war, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong are not high or low. This is also the attitude of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so that the two of them are in Changsha to compare knives, and the result ends with half a pound and eight two, and there is a beautiful hero to pity each other. As a result, everyone was confused at once, since the heroes cherished each other, why did Guan Yu still scold Huang Zhong's old pawn?
The root cause lies in the fact that Huang Zhong later beheaded Xiahou Yuan at Dingjun Mountain. Therefore, in order to highlight that Huang Zhong is no less than Guan Yu, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was advanced and carried out as a preparation.
As for Zhang Liao, he obviously suffered the most, and he could only helplessly rank last, and draw a circle to curse: Sun Hundred Thousand, Sun Hundred Thousand, why can't you wait for me at that time? Why not run so fast...
Third: the degree of post-war impact on the campaign
Although Guan Yu cut off Yan Liang, although Cao Cao relieved the siege of Baima, it was a pity that the impact on the entire Battle of Guandu was relatively limited. After this battle, Yuan Shao still suppressed Cao Cao, causing Cao Cao to almost collapse.
In the end, if xu You hadn't come to vote and offered the "Wuchao grain robbery", Cao Cao would not have won at all! Therefore, the real winner of the Battle of Guandu was Xu You, not Guan Yu! Therefore, Guan Yu cut off his face, more to make himself famous in one battle, but in terms of achievement, he was the worst.
Although Zhang Liao was not well known, he was the winner or loser of Cao Cao's expedition to Karasuma. So much so that after Cao Cao returned from the expedition, he actually rewarded those who had dissuaded him from entering the army. As for the reason for the reward, it was too dangerous to win this expedition to Karasuma. The subtext is that if there is no Zhang Liao, I will be defeated, and there will be no unification of the north!
Because Zhang Liao slashed the mountain, it directly determined whether Cao Cao could unify the north. At the same time, it is also a foreign conquest, so the author believes that in terms of achievements, Zhang Liao's slashing is the highest, and there is no one yet!
After Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan at Dingjun Mountain, Liu Bei shouted excitedly: Hanzhong is mine, and even Cao Cao's personal conquest can no longer change the situation of the war.
It was precisely because Huang Zhong's achievements in this battle were too high that Liu Bei had a feeling of "no seal and no reward", that he "did not speak human words" to Huang Zhong, saying: You kill Xiahou Yuan is not a matter, you have the ability to kill Zhang Guo! Just from Liu Bei's words and his reaction afterwards, it can be seen that Huang Zhong beheaded Xiahou Yuan and was the winner and loser of the Battle of Hanzhong.
General Analysis: On achievements (historical or group achievements), Zhang Liao's perfect counterattack and higher achievements. Huang Zhong was firmly in second place, and Guan Yu could only be in third place.
But Guan Yu also has psychological comfort, because if only "personal achievements" are discussed, he Guan Yu is still the leader. That is to say, Guan Yu's slashing of Yan Liang was the most crucial battle for his final canonization of the gods, and it was himself who completed it! Zhang Liao chopped down Xia Houyuan and Huang Zhong chopped Xiahou Yuan, which determined the course of history!