With a loud cry, Ma Dai raised his knife and fell, and Wei Yan's head landed on the ground. Yes, this is the famous segment of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang's will to kill Wei Yan. Then why did Zhuge Liang calculate that Wei Yan would rebel? In fact, clear-eyed people knew that because Wei Yan had a very high self-esteem, he was always above the group of courtiers. After Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan was bent on continuing the Northern Expedition with the Shu army, but everyone knew that after the death of Xiang Xiang, the Shu army had no one to defeat Sima Yi. Zhuge Liang ordered ma Dai to kill Wei Yan when he was overwhelmed and confused. Although Yang Yi was not a good person, leaving Wei Yan with a backbone behind his head and no one to beat would be even worse.
Since Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, defeated Maicheng, and Liu Beiyiling's great defeat, the Shu state could be described as a slump. Not to mention the great reduction of national strength, it has also lost many young generals who have inherited from the top to the bottom. For example, Zhou Cang and Wang Fu, who died in the battle of Maicheng, Fu Tong, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and others who died in the Battle of Yiling, are all backbone generals worth cultivating. And one of the most regrettable is Guan Yu's righteous son Guan Ping! Guan Ping is calm and thoughtful, and has the style of a general. During the period of guarding Jingzhou with his father Guan Gongzhen, he grew up to be the best among the second generation of generals of the Shu Kingdom.
At this time, the Five Tiger Generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong had passed away, and after Ma Chao's death, there was only one white-haired Zhao Yun left. Therefore, Wei Yan in the Zhen Shou Han was highlighted. Wei Yan was brave and fierce, and was highly valued by Liu Bei, and had become a general on an equal footing with Zhao Yun during Zhuge Liang's southern conquest of the Northern War.
After Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, Zhao Yun died of illness. In this way, Wei Yan became the vanguard general of the Shu Kingdom, and could be said to be the second in command of the Shu State. During the Northern Expedition, Wei Yan could be described as a great achievement in battle, such as beheading Wang Shuang and defeating Zhang Guo, and the "Meridian Valley" plot was even more wonderful, although it was not adopted by Zhuge Liang, but it made people see Wei Yan's superhuman courage and strategy of killing the enemy. However, Wei Yanyong was brave, but did not understand politics, repeatedly contradicted colleagues in the Shu state, and openly denigrated Zhuge Liang's military strategy. However, Zhuge Liang was jealous of Wei Yan's bravery and did not tolerate it until after his death, so that Yang Yi and Ma Dai could join forces to kill Wei Yan.
Can't help but make people wonder, can't anyone in the Shu Kingdom except the Five Tiger Generals subdue Wei Yan? If the second-generation famous general Guan Ping is still alive, can he balance Wei Yan? Who is stronger in their martial arts?
Wei Yan and Guan Ping were not equal in the early days, because when Liu Bei entered Sichuan, Wei Yan and the veteran general Huang Zhong were made generals, while Guan Ping and Liu Feng were young generals who accompanied Liu Bei. Every time they fought against the Sichuan army, it was Wei Yan and Huang Zhong who took the lead, while Guan Ping and Liu Feng were only responsible for an ambush and took over the mat. Therefore, the early Guan Ping martial arts could not catch up with Wei Yan! After the death of the military master Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others entered the river, and Guan Ping was arranged to go to Jingzhou to assist his father Guan Yu in defending Jingzhou. During his time in Jingzhou, Guan Ping's martial arts could be described as advancing by leaps and bounds, and he once became the strongest among the second generation of martial artists in the Shu Kingdom. From a young general of Huarong Dao, he grew into a figure who was a great general who was strongly opposed to Wei and Wu.
In 219, the Battle of Xiangfan broke out, and Guan Ping attacked Cao Ren with his father. During the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Ping beheaded Zhai Yuan with one sword, and together with Guan Yu, he killed Xiahou Cun. When fancheng was besieged, Guan Ping was even more powerful against Cao Wei's famous general Pound De's "thirty rounds" without winning or losing. Pang De was a fierce general of Western Liang, who fought against Zhang Gao, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu in the wheel war, and in the Battle of Hanzhong, he also "struggled" to repel Wei Yan. Later, he also fought with Guan Yu for "more than 100 rounds", and was called by Guan Yu as "a skilled sword and a fierce enemy of Zhenwu". Therefore, Pound's martial arts are properly strong and first-class. However, since then, Guan Yu personally led an army to fight Pound, which also shows that Guan Ping's martial arts should be slightly weaker than Pound's. After all, if the two are of average level, at least playing "fifty or sixty rounds" regardless of victory or defeat can see the beginning. And the original said that the two "fight thirty times, regardless of victory or defeat, the two families rest." It also shows that Pound also does not have the certainty of victory, and it is more important to force Guan Ping to retreat, or to retain the strength to fight Guan Yu.
Later, Guan Ping also killed Cao Ren after Guan Yu poisoned Cao Ren's arrows. After Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, he was strongly opposed to Xu Huang. Unfortunately, Jiang is still old and spicy, Guan Ping's military level is not as good as Xu Huang's, and after the fall of Yancheng and Liao Hua, he broke through with Liao Hua.
The two teams were round, Guan Ping came out of the horse, clashed with Xu Shang, only three times, and Shang was defeated and left; Lü Jian went to war, and Wu Liuhe was also defeated. Ping Chengsheng chased and killed for more than twenty miles, and suddenly reported that the city was on fire. Ping knew the plan, and the urgent soldiers returned to save Yancheng.
In the face of Ding Feng of Eastern Wu, as well as Xu Huang's deputy generals Lü Jian, Xu Shang and others, Guan Ping was still more than enough. But looking at Wei Yan's record, the gap is obvious!
During the Battle of Xiangyang, when Wei Yan led his soldiers to open the door to welcome Liu Bei and the people into the city, Wen Ping led an army to kill them, and the two "from the beginning to the end" of the battle, until Wei Yan's soldiers were exhausted, Wei Yan broke through and left. This battle can show that Wei Yan's martial arts should be stronger than Wen Ping's, after all, Wei Yan was Cai Mao's opponent, and he would certainly not be reused in Jingzhou, and the soldiers he led must not be as many as Wen Ping. Wei Yan broke through and left, and Wen Ping could not intercept it. Wei Yan could not find Liu Bei and defected to Han Xuan in Changsha.
Wei Yan killed Han Xuan at the Battle of Changsha, saved Huang Zhong, and fled to Liu Bei's command with great joy. However, he was also hated by Zhuge Liang for killing the lord and offering the city. If he thinks that he is unfaithful and unrighteous, he will have a backbone in the back of his head, and he will rebel in the future. And Liu Bei believes that the people's hearts are initially determined, and they should not kill meritorious ministers at will, so who will surrender themselves in the future?
When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong were both generals, and Wei Yan's great battle against Sichuan would make Leng Bao "thirty rounds" without winning or losing. When Deng Xian arrived, Wei Yan fell off his horse, but fortunately Huang Zhong saved the scene, shooting Deng Xian with an arrow and retreating from the battle. This battle can also show that the peak wei Yan's martial arts are not as good as Huang Zhong's, and he has previously clamored for a contest, but finally prostrated his head in thanksgiving.
"Liu Bei entered the river, Wen had Fazheng, and Wu had Wei Yan", which means that Fazheng and Wei Yan were crucial in the battle between Hanzhong. At the time of the Battle of Hanzhong, Wei Yan did not play much in the rendition. He was defeated twice against the Wei general Pang De, such as the first battle, when Pound and Wei Yan fought, and Cao Cao saw Ma Chao sneaking in from behind, so he ordered the generals to try to go forward and kill Wei Yan. In the second battle, Wei Yan took a superb position, and then turned to Cao Cao, an arrow shot down Cao Cao, but was intercepted by Pound, the situation was critical Pound's small universe erupted, "struggling" to defeat Wei Yan. Therefore, Wei Yan's martial arts were not much different from Pound's, but the explosive power was obviously insufficient.
Later, when Wei Yan accompanied Zhuge Liang in the southern expedition to the north, he also felt powerless in the face of the Wei army Zhang Guo. Zhang Gao clashed with the Shu army several times, and his arrogance was extreme. Zhang Gao is the same standard first-class level as Zhang Liao in the interpretation, and Wei Yan cannot defeat Zhang Gao head-on, which also shows that Wei Yan's martial arts may be at a weak first-class level, similar to Le Jin, Ling Tong and others.
In summary, Guan Ping was able to defeat Pound, kill Cao Ren, Ding Feng and other generations in the midst of the rebellion, and when fighting against Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran and others, he was also "exhausted", which is enough to show that Guan Ping's martial arts were obviously more painful than Wei Yan's. Wei Yan's martial arts were high and low, extremely unstable. Therefore, the two fought fairly, Guan Ping was enough to balance Wei Yan, and the two were at the same level! If Guan Ping had not killed Jingzhou, he would have become a general of the Shu army in the future!
From the perspective of the level of military use, Wei Yan was still superior, after all, Hanzhong Taishou was not something that anyone could sit still. When Zhong Hui Deng Aifa Shu was in charge, Jiang Wei did not follow Wei Yan's original military arrangement, which led to the loss of Hanzhong! Therefore, if Guan Ping was there, at most it would be able to ensure that the Shu kingdom would not be in chaos, and when the enemy army invaded the territory, it was still not as effective as Wei Yan! And it was Zhuge Liang's never-dangerous personality that harmed Wei Yan!
The above information mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.