The four strongest armies of the Three Kingdoms, one defeated Wei Yan, one besieged Zhao Yun, and the other instigated Zhang He.
In addition to the 10,000 enemy generals in the Three Kingdoms period, there were also military advisors with outstanding resourcefulness, such as Guo Jia in the early period, Zhuge Liang in the middle and late period, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, including Cao Wei's strategists Xun You and Jia Xu and others. You must know that in ancient times, it was not only the generals who competed in wars, but also the strategists, and more importantly, the overall military strength.
If the army's ability to fight is not good, then it will be a head-off on the battlefield at most, and there is no sense of existence.
When it comes to the well-known armies of the Three Kingdoms, there are a total of 4 armies, and these 4 armies can be said to have excellent overall combat quality, and their combat capabilities are very outstanding.
The 4 strongest armies of the Three Kingdoms
The first army was a trapped
In the early days of the Three Kingdoms, the more famous army was the "trapped camp" led by Gao Shun, a general under Lu Bu's account, and Gao Shun's record in the historical materials is that he was innocent and majestic, with few words, no alcohol, and no bribes. Look at Gao Shun's aura is indeed like the boss of the camp, and at the same time, Gao Shun's force is worth a lot, Cao Wei's general Xiahoudun was once defeated by Gao Shun and lost an eye.
So how powerful is the trapping camp led by Gao Shun?
The number of people trapped in the camp was about 1,000, and their equipment was well-equipped, their armor was well-strained, and they were led by General Gao Shun, so every attack in the camp was broken.
At that time, the slogan of the camp was that the momentum of the charge was to advance but not retreat, and the will to fall into the camp was to die but not to live. Look at the state of the trapped camp led by Gao Shun under Lu Bu's account, so what is the strength of the trapped camp?
When it comes to the combat ability of the "trapped camp", what can be done is that the trapped camp once defeated Liu Bei's army led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under the leadership of Gao Shun.
In addition, the trapping camp also defeated Xiahoudun. In the third year of Jian'an, Bu Sui regained Yuan Shu and sent Shun to attack Liu Bei and Yu Pei, and broke it. Cao Cao sent Xiahoudun to the rescue. Defeat for Shun. And Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Xiahoudun, they are all fierce generals in the Three Kingdoms period, especially Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are still recognized as ten thousand enemies.
And the trapping camp was able to defeat the three of them, which shows the strength of their combat effectiveness.
The second army was the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is an army formed by Cao Cao himself, and its combat effectiveness is very strong, and its number is about 5,000 people. What is the combat effectiveness of the members of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry? It is mentioned in the historical material "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Book of Wei": "The pure supervising tiger and leopard cavalry are all sharp in the world, or they will be supplemented by hundreds of people." ”
Judging from the above historical data, it can be clearly known that the members of the tiger and leopard cavalry are all one in a hundred, and the person who can serve as a general in the ordinary army is only a soldier in the tiger and leopard cavalry.
It can be seen that the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Cao was indeed full of combat power, and in the battle of Changbanpo, Cao Cao also besieged Zhao Yun with 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry, but at that time, Cao Cao had a heart of love for talent, so that the soldiers were not allowed to release arrows, otherwise even 10 Zhao Zilong would probably be killed on the spot.
Then Cao Cao led 5,000 tigers and leopards to pursue Liu Bei, beating Liu Bei's wife apart, but unfortunately at the last moment, Liu Bei and his party were picked up by Guan Yu and his army. If not, there would be no history of Xichuan Shu.
And the tiger and leopard cavalry formed by Cao Cao not only successfully defeated Liu Bei, but also beheaded Yuan Tan, captured Qi Dun, and defeated Ma Chao, which can be said to be super combat ability. It's a pity that when Lu Bu was alive, Cao Cao had not yet formed a tiger and leopard cavalry, otherwise he would definitely have a fierce fight with the trapped camp led by Gao Shun.
On the whole, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was Cao Wei's elite army, led by Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Cao Chun, all of whom were Cao Cao's trusted generals.
The third army was the rattan armor
After Liu Bei's death, civil strife began within Shu. In 225 AD, Zhuge Liang led tens of thousands of troops, and with Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and other fierce generals planned to pacify Nanzhong in one fell swoop.
The vine armor soldiers are carefully formed by the vulture bones, and their number is about 30,000, so Meng Shu asked the vulture bones to lead 30,000 vine armor soldiers to help in order to defeat Zhuge Liang. And Zhuge Liang didn't care about the vine armor soldiers at first, and Zhuge Liang sent Zhao Yun and Wei Yan to meet the battle.
However, what Zhuge Liang didn't expect was that the Shu army was beaten by the rattan armor soldiers and was powerless, the reason is very simple, the vine armor soldiers are all ordinary soldiers, but they are all wearing rattan armor and are invulnerable, which leads to the Shu army can only be beaten passively. At that time, Wei Yan took the opportunity to snatch the rattan armor, and when he returned to the barracks, Zhuge Liang found that the armor that the rattan armor soldiers relied on was indeed invulnerable.
The production method of rattan armor is also extremely strict, first you need to soak the rattan in water for half a month, and then take it out and dry it in the sun. Finally, soak it in oil for another year, then take it out and dry it. Finally, the exterior is coated with tung oil, and a rattan armor is created.
In other words, it will take at least a little more than a year to successfully make a rattan armor. And although the rattan armor is difficult to penetrate, it is afraid of fire. Therefore, if you want to defeat the rattan armor soldiers, you can only take the strategy of fire attack, and later Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan, Zhao Yun and other generals to use the fire attack strategy to defeat the vine armor soldiers. And Meng Shu, the king of the south, promised to return to Shu and never rebelled again.
On the whole, if Zhuge Liang hadn't taken fire to deal with the vine armor soldiers back then, it is estimated that Wei Yan and Zhao Yun would not have been able to lead the army to defeat them.
The fourth army is the Flying Army
After Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, he decided to cultivate an elite army, and this elite soldier was the later Wudang Flying Army. Zhuge Liang used the barbarians as a source of troops and made Wang Ping the commander of the first Wudang Flying Army.
After the battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei specially recruited Liu Bei, who was not only strong in martial arts, but also rigorous and fair. And the reason why Zhuge Liang chose Wang Ping as the commander of the Wudang Fei Army is precisely because Wang Ping is good at managing the army, and Wang Ping treats people fairly, which is the God-given army commander.
In the end, there were about 5,000 people in the Wudang Flying Army, all of whom were wearing iron armor and could climb mountains and mountains, and the best thing was to use bows and crossbows and poisoned arrows.
What is the strength of the Wudang Flying Army?
During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Wudang Feijun began to serve, at the time of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, after the defeat of Ma Tan, the main general of the Street Pavilion, Wudang Feijun quickly killed, holding a drum to shake the sky, Cao Wei's general Zhang He thought that the Shu army reinforcements were coming, so he did not dare to pursue Ma Tan's defeated army. It's just that there were only about 3,000 people in Wudangfei's army at that time, and it couldn't deal a big blow to Zhang He.
It's just that Wang Ping used the 3,000 flying army in his hand to successfully defeat Zhang He, which is already commendable.
At the time of Zhuge Liang's fourth northern expedition, Wang Ping once again led the Wudang Fei army to Tunnanwei, and this time Sima Yi also sent the general Zhang He to attack Wang Ping in the southern siege. It's just that Zhang He didn't take advantage of it this time, but was repelled by Wang Ping.
After Zhuge Liang's death, the Wudang Flying Army grew to 5,000 people and became one of the main forces of Shu. During Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, in order to cover the retreat of the commander, the Wudang Fei Army fought with twice as many enemies, and finally the whole army was wiped out.
To sum up, among the above four armies, the Tengjia Soldiers and the Wudang Flying Army are more likely to perform special tasks and are good at defense. The trapping camp and the tiger and leopard cavalry are both offensive and defensive, they can be defended when they are defeated, and they can be attacked when they are broken.
Among the four major armies of the Vine Armor Soldiers, the Wudang Flying Army, the Trap Camp, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, who is the strongest and who has contributed the most?