The timeline of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is very long, from the beginning to the end of almost a hundred years, and many of the characters end up serving the "lord" who is different from the beginning, that is to say, they have changed their courts for various reasons.
Tenth place: Zhang He
In the romance, Zhang He first appeared as a general under Yuan Shao, after experiencing two fiascos in Baima and Yanjin, and losing Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Yuan Shao went out to fight a decisive battle with Cao Cao.
However, for a long time later, Zhang He was sadly reduced to a background board. The battle of Qishan was defeated by a night of fighting and raiding Gao Lan, and Zhao Yun was defeated by Zhao Yun who scattered his subordinates, and the battle of Weishui was defeated by Ma Chao, who was in a bloody and explosive state. It makes people feel that Zhang He seems to be difficult to compare with Zhang Liao, or a little watery.
However, in the subsequent series of battles in Hanzhong, Zhang He fought against Huang Zhong and won without a victory. What is even more rare is that when Zhongji was surrounded and the whole army fell into a great unfavorable situation, he fought with Zhang Fei for thirty or fifty times without winning or losing, and then broke through and left.
Zhang He's inconsistent performance is not that his state is unstable, nor is it that Zhang Fei is inferior to Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, but that Zhang He is more life-sparing, if he feels that the other party is stronger than himself after the fight, then he must retreat before he can get out, so as to avoid being too passive in the future. But once he had to fight to the death due to the situation, Zhang He was able to rely on his real skills to deal with those so-called super-first-class generals for a period of time. Therefore, Zhang He's record mainly depends on the environment he is in, making different judgments according to different situations and coming up with different ways to deal with them, which is Zhang He's exclusive feature.
Ninth place: Zhang Liao
Zhang Liao first appeared in the Battle of Puyang, when Lu Bu behind the eight cavalry led by Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, lined up, these eight generals are known as the "eight strong generals" under Lu Bu, but from the strength they showed later, the level of the eight generals is not small, among which Zhang Liao is undoubtedly the first person, and even in addition to Zang Ba, others are on the same level as Zhang Liao's insult to Zhang Liao.
In the battle between Lu Bu and Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Zhang Liao's character and martial arts were unanimously recognized by the enemy, and even Guan Yu, who had always been arrogant, modestly said that Zhang Liao's martial arts were not under him and Zhang Fei. After returning to Cao Cao, Zhang Liao not only drew Zhang He, who was the most warlike under Yuan Shao at that time, in the Battle of Hebei, but also slashed at the White Wolf Mountain and became famous in one fell swoop.
After the defeat of Chibi, Cao Cao left Zhang Liao to guard Hefei, making him another feudal official of Cao Wei after Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, and also the only general with a foreign surname. When the Eastern Wu Dynasty came to attack, Zhang Liao had fought with Tai Shi Ci for seventy or eighty battles, and then he led Tai Shi Ci into the army, causing him to die under the arrows. In the battle of Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao broke 100,000 and almost captured Sun Quan, so not only did Sun Quan win the shameful nickname of "Sun 100,000", but also made Jiangdong children hear the name of Zhang Liao and dare not cry at night, and the allusion of "Zhang Liao stopped crying" was also born.
Eighth place: Xu Huang
Xu Huang was originally a general of Yang Feng's troops, when Li Dao and Guo Yan rebelled in Chang'an, Yang Feng led the army to rescue the driver, and then Cao Cao's army arrived, welcoming the Son of Heaven to Xu Du, Yang Feng did not want his own efforts to go to waste, so he led his troops to fight with the Cao army, Xu Huang was on the scene at this time, and the five scum of the war under the command of Li Dao and Guo Yan were not mentioned, and when the Cao army was fighting, the tiger idiot Xu Chu made Cao Cao excited, and then sent someone to recruit Xu Huang. Xu Huang knew that Yang Feng was not the master, so he joined Cao Cao, but insisted on refusing to attack the old master, and his character was unanimously recognized by Cao Jun.
During the Hebei War, in order to highlight Guan Yu, Luo Guanzhong adopted the writing method of baking clouds and supporting the moon, that is, first elevating Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and then borrowing them to deify Guan Gong. And Xu Huang became a victim sadly, first defeated Yan Liang in the twenty times, and then left in the battle against Wen Chou, which can also be seen that although Xu Huang has drawn with Xu Chu, there is still a gap compared to the super-first-class generals.
Guan Yu marched into Xiangfan, beat Cao Ren and was full of favors, and then flooded the Seventh Army, captured the ban, beheaded Pang De, and shocked China. Xu Huang was ordered to lead the army to fight the Jingzhou army in Shuishui. Speaking of which, in addition to Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Guan Gong have the best relationship among the generals of the Cao Army, and the two recalled the past in front of the two armies, and each sighed. But Xu Huang did not dare to abolish the public because of his personal interests, and finally met with his old friends, and fought fiercely for eighty rounds, Guan Gong, who had just experienced "scraping bones and healing", finally fell into disadvantage due to the lack of strength in his right arm, and the news of Jingzhou's attack had been spread to the army, and finally Guan Yu and his Jingzhou army were defeated and left, and Xu Huang relieved Xiangfan's danger.
Seventh place: Tai Shici
Tai Shici appeared earlier, because his mother was taken care of by Kong Rong, and when Guan Hai besieged Beihai, he took action to repay Kong Rong's kindness. When he broke through and asked for help, he shot arrows in all directions, and the shocked Yellow Turban thieves did not dare to fight him. After the danger of Beihai was lifted, Tai Shici was recruited by Liu Xiang and returned to his hometown in Yangzhou, where he worked under Liu Xuan.
It's a pity that Liu Miao doesn't pay attention to Tai Shici, he doesn't listen to his words, he doesn't follow his plans, and he often makes sarcastic remarks. Tai Shi Ci was single-minded, and Sun Ce, who was known as the little overlord, fought two battles without winning or losing, and was finally influenced by Sun Ce and surrendered to the Sun clan in Jiangdong.
Because there were many water battles in Jiangdong, and Tai Shici's land battles were stronger, it felt a little lost for a long time after that, and it was far less than the limelight of Gan Ning later. Until the Battle of Hefei during the seventy or eighty times to draw Zhang Liao, and then wanted to break the city with the strategy of combining the inside and the outside, but Zhang Liao was insightful, and Tai Shici, who was the first soldier, was hit by several arrows in his body, and he was seriously injured after barely breaking through and returning to the camp.
Counting up, Tai Shi Ci and the two Zhang and Xu Huang just mentioned generally belong to the same level in martial arts, and a large part of the reason why they rank higher than the third general is to give Dongwu some face, after all, compared to Shu Han and Cao Wei, Jiangdong's martial arts level is too backward.
Sixth place: Pound
Pang De was originally the general of the Ma family in Liangzhou, and after Ma Teng was killed, Ma Chao and Han Sui raised troops to take revenge, and Pang De appeared at this time. Because of Ma Chao's bravery, to a certain extent, it covered up a lot of Pang De's brilliance, even if there is a plot of Pang De breaking through the chaos on foot, it is still difficult to attract attention.
After Ma Chao invested in Liu Bei, Pang De, who was recuperating in Hanzhong, became Zhang Lu's guest general, which was more embarrassing. When Cao Cao's troops attacked Hanzhong, Pang De fought for Zhang Lu's army, and Zhang He, Xiahou Yuan and others each fought three or five together, and finally drew with Xu Chu in fifty combinations, and his extraordinary bravery was unanimously praised by the generals of Cao Jun. Then Liu Bei and Cao Cao led the army to fight for Hanzhong, Pang De took the lead, rescued Cao Cao who was shot by Wei Yan with an arrow, and fought hard to kill Wei Yan.
In the battle of Xiangfan, Pang De couldn't win Guan Ping in 30 years, and more than 100 people won or lost with Guan Gong, who was in much worse condition due to old age, which reflects that even if Pang De is better than Wei Yan, it does not mean that he can be ranked as a super-first-class. Personally, I think Pang De belongs to the connecting figures, and the level of martial arts is between first-class and super-first-class.
Fifth place: Huang Zhong
When Liu Bei attacked the four counties of Jingnan, he saw that Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun had broken the city and made contributions, Guan Gong was impatient, and finally won Zhuge Liang's radical method, and only took 500 knives to take Hanzhong, and as a result, Huang Zhong, a veteran under Han Xuan's command, fought against Lily without winning or losing, and Huang Zhong also established a super-first-class military status with this battle.
In the second battle, Guan Yu wanted to use the drag knife meter, and did not want Huang Zhong to miss the front hoof when he was pursuing, Guan Gong was unwilling to take advantage of the danger of people and let Huang Zhong change horses to fight again, which made Huang Zhong deeply moved, so he deliberately only shot Guan Yu's helmet when they met again the next day, which was regarded as a reciprocation.
In addition to this battle, Huang Zhong's fighting general performance was significantly stronger than Wei Yan's when he entered Shu. However, judging from the draws between Hanzhong and Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan, as well as the battle of Hanshui, which is far inferior to Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong is old after all, and there is still a slight gap between him and the top generals in the super-first-class.
Fourth place: Dian Wei
Many people think that Dian Wei was Cao Cao's general from the beginning, but this is not the case. When Xiahoudun introduced him to Cao Cao, it was mentioned that Dian Wei was originally a general of Zhang Miao, but he left because he was not on good terms with his colleagues and killed people. After driving the tiger across the stream, he was seen by Xiahoudun, and was shocked by his courage and recommended it to Cao Cao. As soon as Dian Wei arrived, he single-handedly supported Da Xu, who couldn't hold up seven or eight people, and was appreciated by Cao Cao, and then mainly served as Cao Cao's escort, and occasionally fought as a vanguard.
When Cao Cao wiped out the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, Dian Wei and Xu Chu had friction, and the two fought for a day without winning or losing. Combined with the fact that Xu Chu drew with Ma Chao with 230 He, Zhao Yun with 30 He, and Lu Bu with Lu Bu at 20 He, Dian Wei between him and his Bo Zhong is undoubtedly among the super one.
In the battle of Puyang, Cao Cao Zhongji was trapped in the city, Dian Wei was not afraid of life and death, and forcibly broke into the city. Then Dian Wei showed off a flying halberd stunt, which made people appreciate that in addition to the strength of the halberd sinking, opening and closing, this "ancient evil" is also quite outstanding in terms of skills.
It's a pity that Dian Wei died in Wancheng in the early stage to save Cao Cao, and he didn't have too many fighting generals, so he could only rank here.
Third place: Ma Chao
Ma Chao is the son of Ma Teng, the Taishou of Xiliang, after Ma Teng was ordered to enter Beijing as a guard captain, Ma Chao became the actual ruler of the Ma family in Liangzhou, and after Ma Teng's death, he became a veritable prince of a town. And in the battle of Weishui, he killed the Quartet, defeated in the ban, defeated Zhang He in the twentieth, and once killed Cao Cao to cut his beard and abandon his robe, and Cao's army lost his armor and collapsed. In addition, Ma Chao also fought Xu Chu fiercely for 230 rounds without winning or losing, and his extraordinary bravery lived up to the name of "Shenweitian General".
Then Ma Chao fell for Cao Cao's counter-plot and turned against Han Sui, the coalition collapsed, and Ma Chao was also driven out of Liangzhou and voted for Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. When Liu Bei entered Shu, Liu Zhang wrote to Zhang Lu for help, and Ma Chao took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the army into Yizhou to resist Liu Bei, and as a result, he fought with Zhang Fei for more than 200 rounds, and finally led his troops to submit to Liu Bei under the persuasion of Li Hui, and became one of the later five tiger generals.
However, after being placed under Liu Bei's command, Ma Chao seems to be hidden in the snow, with few brushstrokes, and his performance is far less brilliant than the other four tigers, of course, this does not affect Ma Chao's military status at all, after all, the repeated battles between them are enough to show his strength.
Second place: Zhao Yun
Zhao Yun was originally a general of Yuan Shao, because he saw that Yuan Shao had no love for the people and voted for Sun Zhan, and in the Battle of Panhe, he was still a teenager and drew fifty or sixty battles with the general Wen Chou, who had been famous for many years. Then he provoked Koji Yi in the battle, killed all sides, and almost single-handedly turned the tide of the battle. It was also at this time that Zhao Yun and Liu Bei met, if it weren't for Zhao Yun's unwillingness to abandon the Lord and betray his righteousness, and Liu Bei couldn't dig the corner of his senior brother Gongsun Zhan, maybe Zhao Yun would have followed Liu Bei at that time.
Because of his low-key and calm personality, after serving Liu Bei, Zhao Yun was far less well-known than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, even if he drew with Xu Chu in the Battle of Yushan and defeated Zhang He. Even Cao Cao saw Zhao Yunqi entering and exiting seven times in Changban Slope, as if he entered a no-man's land, and no one knew his name when he asked left and right, or Cao Hong Pegasus asked, so that the name of "Changshan Zhao Zilong" spread all over the world.
After becoming famous, Zhao Yun soared into the sky. The battle of Hanshui was fought in and out of the Cao army, first to save Huang Zhong, and then to save Zhang, the soldiers of the Cao army knew that they were the heroes of Changsaka, so they were so frightened that they fled in all directions, and even Xu Huang and Zhang He were frightened and did not dare to meet the enemy. Later, Zhao Yun, who was a master of art, set up an empty camp plan after returning to the army, and broke the invading Cao Cao; followed Kong Ming into Eastern Wu to mourn for Zhou Yu, and the generals of Eastern Wu were eager to kill Zhuge Liang alive, but they did not dare to speak because Zhao Yun was angry when he pressed the sword and accompanied him; in the battle of Yiling, Lu Xun pursued Liu Bei, and was shocked when he saw Zhao Yun's banner that responded, and ordered him to retreat urgently......
This pile is enough to prove Zhao Yun's bravery, especially in the rush to break through, no one in the whole book can beat it.
First place: Lu Bu
Lu Bu is a famous "three-surname house slave", because others just change the court, and he changes the owner and is used to worshipping his father-in-law. At first, he was the righteous son of Ding Yuan, but was later bribed by Li Su with heavy money, killed Ding Yuan and joined Dong Zhuo, and worshiped Dong Zhuo as his father. However, although Lu Bu's character is despicable, his martial arts are the best in the world and he is almost recognized as the first person in romance.
In the battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei were evenly matched in 50 rounds (Jiajing was originally Zhang Fei's marksmanship was scattered), and then Zhang Er's solo battle was evenly divided with 30 rounds. This is the only time in the book that the two super-ones have joined forces to fight, and they did not get half a bargain, and Lu Bu also relied on this battle to establish his unparalleled military status in the world.
In the Battle of Xingyang, Lü Bu was ordered to ambush Cao Cao, and in a short period of time he quickly defeated the menacing first-class general Xiahou Dun; in the Battle of Puyang, he retreated under the siege of Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Li Dian, Le Jin, and Xiahou brothers......
Therefore, although Lu Bu's conduct has always been criticized, his position as the world's No. 1 force force is undoubted, ranking first among all generals, and he deserves his name.
Finally, it needs to be noted that this article is analyzed and interpreted according to the setting in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so there are differences between individual characters and the situation in history, such as Zhang He was a general of Han Fu in history, but Romance did not point this out, so don't be confused.