If Zhang Liao defected to Shu, who would be replaced by the Five Tiger Generals? The real answer made Guan Yu applaud, so who would Liu Bei fire? And whose position would Zhang Liao replace?
Zhang Liao, whose words are far away, has experienced the war in the border since he was a child, so Zhang Liao has practiced good martial arts, and became the county official of Yanmen County when he was a teenager, and his ability is very good. In 188 AD, Zhang Liao was promoted by Ding Yuan because of his military strength, and then Ding Yuan asked Zhang Liao to follow the general He Jin.
It's just that Zhang Liao, who had the opportunity to be promoted and raised, was forced to replace Dong Zhuo as the new leader because the eunuch murdered the general He Jin. Soon after, Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo again, and Zhang Liao changed the leader again and became a fierce general under Lu Bu, but Zhang Liao still had an elite army in his hands, which also made Zhang Liao have a lot of say in Lu Bu's army.
In February 199 AD, Lü Bu was besieged by Cao Cao, and was later tied up by his subordinates Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei Xu, and Lü Bu, Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, including Gao Shun and others were all captured by Cao Cao.
It's just that Cao Cao was in Baimen Tower, personally recruited Zhang Liao, and killed Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Chen Gong and others. The reason why Cao Cao surrendered Zhang Liao was actually because he took a fancy to Zhang Liao's force value and his character. At that time, Liu Bei and Guan Yu were both in Baimen Tower, Cao Cao made a look of wanting to kill Zhang Liao at that time, Liu Bei quickly interceded for Zhang Liao, claiming that a hero like Zhang Liao was the time to be retained, so why was he killed?
And Guan Yu immediately said that he was willing to guarantee Zhang Liao with his life, and Cao Cao said that what he said was a joke, so Cao Cao personally untied the rope for Zhang Liao, and finally took Zhang Liao for his own use.
Speaking of which, perhaps careful officials and friends will find that Liu Bei wanted to surrender Zhang Liao very much at that time, but at that time, Liu Bei was only attached to Cao Cao and had no right to speak at all, so he missed Zhang Liao, a fierce general.
After experiencing the edict incident and the situation in Xuzhou, Liu Bei and Cao Cao completely drew a line. At that time, Liu Bei had a certain popularity, and his military strength was also steadily increasing. It's just that Liu Bei didn't have a chance at that time, and he didn't take the initiative to woo Zhang Liao in private.
In fact, with the relationship between Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, as long as Liu Bei puts down his son a little, Zhang Liao will definitely serve Liu Bei. It's a pity that Liu Bei didn't do this at that time, if Liu Bei put down his identity at that time and personally surrendered Zhang Liao, then after Liu Bei gained power, that is, after the Battle of Hanzhong.
What kind of position will Liu Bei arrange for Zhang Liao?
Very simply, after the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei promoted the five tiger generals, of course, Liu Bei's promotion of the five tiger generals was measured by the records of the five of them, including seniority.
Obviously, Zhang Liao is not an incompetent general, and if he defects to Liu Bei, Uncle Liu Huang will definitely promote Zhang Liao to the rank of General of the Five Tigers. Of course, one of the five tiger generals set up by Liu Bei before will be eliminated, so who will Liu Bei eliminate?
If Zhang Liao defects to Liu Bei, who will be replaced by the Five Tiger Generals?
As mentioned above, Zhang Liao is not an incompetent general, after Zhang Liao defected to Cao Cao, he made many achievements, including, persuading Chang to surrender, breaking through Yecheng, leading troops to recover Donglai County, breaking Wuhuan, Hefei and repelling Sun Quan, and leaving the eternal story of "Zhang Liao stopped crying".
If Zhang Liao defected to Liu Bei, it can be said that it greatly increased the overall combat strength of Liu Bei's group, especially in ancient times, the three armies were easy to obtain, and one general was hard to find, and Zhang Liao was a rare general. During the Battle of Hefei, it was precisely because of Zhang Liao's flexibility to attack that he successfully contained Sun Quan and finally repelled Sun Quan.
If the defenders of Hefei chose to defend without fighting at that time, it is estimated that the final outcome may be another matter.
In terms of personal martial arts, Zhang Liao is also very good, Guan Yu once said such a sentence to Zhang Fei back then, when Zhang Liao led his troops to attack Liu Bei. Zhang Fei planned to go out of the city to fight Zhang Liao, but Guan Yu stopped Zhang Fei and said: "This person's martial arts are not under you and me." Then, Zhang Fei stopped.
At the time of Cao Wei's camp, Zhang Liao beheaded Badun, and led the army to defeat 200,000 prisoners, beheading Sun Wu's general Chen Wu, and in the early days, he killed the generals Chen Lan and Mei Cheng.
At the time of the Battle of Xiangfan, Zhang Liao was the last ace general in Cao Cao's hands, and if Xu Huang could not defeat Guan Yu, then Zhang Liao and Guan Yu would compete. It's just that Zhang Liao has not yet arrived at the Xiangfan battlefield, and Guan Yu is defeated by Xu Huang. It can be seen that Zhang Liao is definitely a general who can match Guan Yu in Cao Cao's heart.
If Liu Bei bothered to recruit Zhang Liao in the early days, then which of the five tiger generals would Zhang Liao replace? It is very embarrassing to mention this question, after the battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei personally named the five tiger generals, Guan Yu as the former general, the right general Zhang Fei, the left general Ma Chao, the later general Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun was also listed as the five tiger generals.
Among Liu Bei's five tiger generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei all hold military power, and the relationship with Liu Bei is strong and unbreakable, so even if Zhang Liao joins Liu Bei's group, Zhang Liao cannot replace Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
In addition, Zhao Yunnai was Liu Bei's personal guard, if it wasn't for Zhao Yun sacrificing his life to save him in the early days, not to mention that Liu Chan's life was not guaranteed, even Liu Bei would not be able to save it. After Liu Bei gained power, Zhao Yun was in charge of the Praetorian Guard, and it can be said that he was the top guard general by Liu Bei's side.
Therefore, whether it is the force value or the particularity of the position, after Zhang Liao defected to Liu Bei, Liu Bei would not consider letting Zhang Liao take Zhao Yun's place.
Next, let's take a look at the veteran Huang Zhong, since Huang Zhong defected to Liu Bei in 208 AD, Liu Bei let Huang Zhong lead the army into Sichuan, and later launched the battle of Hanzhong to let Huang Zhong do his best, with the cooperation of Fa Zheng, Huang Zhong successfully killed Cao Wei's main general Xiahou Yuan in the battle of Dingjun Mountain, and accelerated the victory of the battle of Hanzhong.
In the Battle of Sichuan, Huang Zhong led the army to make meritorious contributions, and forced Li Yan and Fei Shi to surrender, and after Liu Bei took Sichuan, Huang Zhong was promoted to the general of the captive.
After the Battle of Hanzhong, Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan and made great achievements, and Liu Bei only gave Huang Zhong the position of a general of the expedition to the west. However, Huang Zhong actually did not have much military power in his hands, so it can be seen that for Huang Zhong, Liu Bei just wanted to maximize Huang Zhong's surplus value.
If Zhang Liao defected to Liu Bei, Liu Bei would definitely not give up the position of Huang Zhong's Five Tiger Generals to Zhang Liao, after all, if Zhang Liao was allowed to guard an empty position, I believe that Zhang Liao would not save face for Liu Bei, and it was very likely that he would defect directly to Cao Cao.
Therefore, to sum up, if Zhang Liao defects to Liu Bei, the biggest possibility is that Liu Bei will let Zhang Liao take Ma Chao's place. And after Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, he only got an empty official position, and was promoted by Liu Bei to a hussar general and led the Liangzhou pastor.
But Ma Chao has no military power in his hands, and in addition, Ma Chao has to perform hard in front of Liu Bei, otherwise he will be suppressed. It is recorded in the historical material "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Peng Yi": When returning from the super-detention trip, he was often afraid of danger, and he was shocked when he heard the words, and he silently did not answer. Retreat, with a rhetoric, so the income is paid by the company.
From the records in the historical materials Peng Yi's biography, it can be reflected that Ma Chao's life after defecting to Liu Bei was actually in a very helpless state, and constant fear was the root cause of Ma Chao's early death.
For Liu Bei, Ma Chao's abandonment of his wife and children is in stark contrast to Liu Bei's incomparable personality, so it is impossible for Liu Bei to reuse Ma Chao. It's just that he will support him, and it is already very good to be able to pay Ma Chao a monthly salary every month.
Therefore, if Zhang Liao defected to Liu Bei's account, Liu Bei would not hesitate to let Zhang Liao sit in Ma Chao's position. And Ma Chao's final ending is likely to be arranged by Liu Bei in Hanzhong, first, to monitor Wei Yan, and second, to resist Cao Wei.
In this way, it is a good thing for Liu Bei to kill two birds with one stone.
After Zhang Liao replaced Ma Chao, where would Liu Bei arrange for him to be stationed?
Compared with Ma Chao, Zhang Liao's force value is slightly inferior, but Zhang Liao's overall military quality, including the strategy of facing the enemy in battle, is higher than Ma Chao.
So after Zhang Liao defected to Liu Bei, where would Liu Bei arrange for Zhang Liao to be stationed? The biggest possibility is to let Zhang Liao supervise Linfang, after all, Linfu is not far from Jingzhou, and if Guan Yu has any problems in Jingzhou, Zhang Liao can support him at any time. Second, it can also deter Shangyong and other places, and at the same time support Chengdu.
The second possibility is that Liu Bei will arrange Zhang Liao in Hanzhong, and Wei Yan and Ma Chao will be transferred by Zhang Liao, which is equivalent to Zhang Liao becoming Wei Yan and Ma Chao's top boss, of course, this is a decision when Liu Bei decided to go north to Cao Wei. As a result, Liu Bei's group can be improved both in terms of overall combat strength and generals.
On the whole, if Zhang Liao really defected to Liu Bei's account, Zhang Liao's status was actually about the same as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and his status was slightly lower than that of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and he could be regarded as the third-in-command general of Shu State. What do you think of this? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss.