Speaking of the Three Kingdoms, it must be said that the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, the description of the Five Tigers General in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the most representative symbol. On the side of Cao Wei, the folk also have the saying of "five sons and good generals". They are Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang Gao, Le Jin, and Yu Ban.
The Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty are said to be derived from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, while the theory of "Five Sons and Good Generals" is from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Chen Shou passed on the five people together to share the life deeds of the generals. Unlike the Cao generals and Zhu Xiahou, the Five Sons Liang were non-clan generals, and although they had outstanding military achievements, they failed to enter the power core of the Cao Wei regime like xiahou. The time for the five generals to join the Cao camp varies, some of them were still generals of the enemy camp before, and it was not until after the Battle of Guandu that the five sons of Liang returned to the Cao camp.
Zhang Liao, who followed Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Lü Bu, later surrendered to Cao Cao and fought in all directions, making many military achievements. Zhang Liao accumulated a lot of practical combat experience in the Battle of Qunxiong, and later became a generation of famous generals and became the head of the five sons. Zhang Liao fought countless battles in his lifetime, and in the Battle of Xiaoyaojin with the Eastern Wu army, he killed Wei Ming and threatened Jiangdong. Zhang Liao had been defending Eastern Wu as a former enemy, and later died of illness.
Xu Huang, who followed Yang Feng in his early years, escorted Emperor Xian of Han to Luoyang, and Xu Huang was given the title of Marquis of Duting. After Cao Cao and Yang Feng exchanged troops, Xu Huang jumped to Cao Ying. Xu Huang was an all-round general of culture and martial arts who could stand on his own. Zeng Xian planned to pacify Guanzhong, and when he confronted guan yu, a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty, he broke Guan Yu and lifted the siege of Fancheng.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought at Guandu, Yu Ban and Lejin, and at Guandu and Yuan Shao's army, and the second general launched an attack on Yuan Jun, winning a great victory. Le Jin led the elite soldiers to fight and rushed to the front, and the courage was outstanding. It was Yu Qiong. Cao Jun won a great victory, and Yuan Shao was defeated. When Yu Ban attacked the Battle of Xiangfan by Guan Yu, he led the Seventh Army to the rescue, and was defeated and captured by Guan Yu. After Guan Yu was captured by Eastern Wu, Yu was forbidden to return to the State of Wei and was humiliated and died by Cao Pi. Le Jin Chang and Zhang Liao defended Hefei and defended Eastern Wu.
Zhang Gao was originally a general under Yuan Shao, and once told Yuan Shao that he must keep Wuchao and must not lose. But Yuan Shao didn't like to listen. After Yuan Shao's defeat, he became angry with the strategist Tian Feng and killed Tian Feng. Fearing that he would become the second Tian Feng, Zhang Gao still surrendered to Cao Cao with Gao Lan and his men. Subsequently, he followed Cao Cao to attack Wuhuan and break Ma Chao. It was held against the Shu Han army at Dingjun Mountain, and in the Battle of Jieting, the Shu army was greatly destroyed. Later, in a battle with the Shu army, he was killed by an arrow.
Among the five generals, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Zhang Gao were the three who made great contributions. Yu Ban and Le Jin had great achievements in the early Battle of Yuan Shao, and in the later period, their performance was mediocre.