Although Cao Wei did not have a star lineup like Guan Zhang Zhao Ma Huang, there were also many famous generals who went forward to defend the Cao Wei regime. For example, during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, it was met with strong resistance from Cao Wei, and even in the battle between Wang Shuang, Xu Qian, and others, the Shu army lost its troops and suffered a sharp defeat. Today we will discuss:
Wang Shuang and Xu Qian were both great enemies of the Shu Army, how were the martial arts of the two, and who was more powerful?
During Zhuge Liang's Second Northern Expedition, he led an army of 300,000, with Wei Yan as the vanguard, and directly approached Chen Cang. Fortunately, Hao Zhaozhen defended against the Shu army. Cao Zhen personally led an army of 150,000 and fought against the Shu army with the vanguard general Wang Shuanglai.
That Wang Shuang was recommended by Cao Zhen in front of The Wei lord Cao Rui, Wang Shuang looked "nine feet long, black and yellow in the face, bear waist and tiger back", sixty pounds of large knives in his hands, and three meteor hammers, a hundred shots and a hundred shots, which can be called "the courage of ten thousand men". As soon as Cao Rui saw Wang Shuang's bravery, he immediately made him a general of Huwei, a great vanguard in the front, and accompanied Cao Zhen in battle.
When Zhuge Liang besieged Chen Cang, Wang Shuang was ordered to go to war, and the Shu army general Xie Xiong asked xie Xiong to go to war, and then Zhuge Liang sent the general Gong Qi to support. Unfortunately, Xie Xiong "less than three", Gong Qi "crossed the horse three", both were beheaded by Wang Shuang. Zhuge Liang was horrified, so he sent Zhang Ling, Wang Ping, and Liao Hua to meet them. These three people were all Zhuge Liang's confidants and generals, and their military achievements were innumerable.
The number of battles between Zhang Ling and Wang Shuang did not distinguish between victory and defeat, and Wang Shuang was defeated and left. Zhang Ling chased after him from behind, and when Wang Ping told Zhang Lingxiu to chase after him, Wang Shuang sneaked in from behind and hit Zhang Ling on the back with a meteor hammer, Zhang Ling lay on his horse and fled, fortunately Wang Ping Liaohua killed and saved Zhang Ling. However, Wang Shuang covered up from behind, and the Shu army was defeated.
Zhuge Liang saw that Wang Shuang was unstoppable and hurriedly discussed countermeasures with Jiang Wei. Finally, Wang Ping and Li Hui guarded the street pavilion path, Wei Yan set up a village town to guard the Chen Cang Road, and Zhuge Liang led a large army out of Qishan from the small road. It can be seen that Wang Shuang and Hao Zhao cooperated and could be called the great enemy of the Shu army.
When Xu Zhi appeared, the Three Kingdoms were a different situation. At this time, Sima Shi's usurpation of power was successful, and zhuge liang and Sima Yi had already passed away. Jiang Wei began the Northern Expedition, Sima Shi asked who dared to meet the Shu army, the general Xu Qian asked for orders to fight, Sima Shi knew that Xu Qian was "heroic and superior", so he ordered him to be the vanguard and go with Sima Zhao to break the enemy.
Xu Qian met Jiang Wei at Dong Ting, and Xu Qian held an axe in his hand and challenged him on horseback. The Shu generals Liao Hua and Zhang Yi fought successively. Not wanting Xu To "fight without counting the combinations", he retreated two people successively, and then chased after the troops, and Shu would be defeated.
It can be seen that both Wang Shuang and Xu Qian had fierce generals who defeated the Shu army. If you say which of the two is stronger or weaker, compare it, and make a judgment.
First, the results are different.
Wang Shuang was in the era of Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang continued to carry out the Northern Expedition from 218 to 234 AD. At this time, Wang Shuang beheaded Xie Xiong, Gong Qi, and defeated Zhang Ling, killed Wang Ping liaohua, and won with one enemy and three enemies. When Xu Zhi appeared, and it was 254 AD, it can be said that it was 20 years later. At this time, Xu Zhi fought without counting the battles, defeated Liao Hua and Zhang Yi, and did not achieve any record of slashing generals.
At this time, the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms were withering away day by day, and by the time of Jiang Wei, Liao Hua Zhang Yi was already in his twilight years, and his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. So from the point of view of the record, Wang Shuang won completely.
Second, the effect is different.
After Wang Shuang slashed the general Li Wei, Zhuge Liang did not immediately come up with a plan to win, but discussed with Jiang Wei how to avoid Wang Shuang. The generals were assigned to guard the ChenCang Road Junction and the Street Pavilion Trail, while Zhuge Liang personally led a large army to attack Qishan from the small road, completely ignoring Wang Shuang. At this time, the Shu army, the military generals wei yan, Wang Ping, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and others, their combat strength was not below Jiang Wei. It can be said that Wang Shuang completely suppressed the generals of the Shu army, and Zhuge Liang did not dare to order anyone to fight Wang Shuang again.
After Xu Qian defeated the Shu army, Jiang Wei then consulted with Xiahou Ba on how to yin Xu Qian. Jiang Wei knew that the Shu army had to retreat because the grain route had been cut off many times, so he had no choice but to retreat. So he used grain and grass to attract Xu Qian to fight, and then he was not prepared to win.
Third, the impact is different.
Wang Shuang xu qian eventually died at the hands of the Shu generals, Wang Shuang was beheaded by Wei Yan, and Xu Qian was stabbed down by Jiang Wei. However, after the death of the two, the impact on Wei Jun was completely different.
When Zhuge Liang retreated, Wang Shuang took the opportunity to pursue and kill. Unfortunately, it was designed by Zhuge Liang and ordered Wei Yan to behead him. Moreover, before Wei Yan returned, Zhuge Liang was still worried about Wei Yan, afraid that Wei Yan would have something to lose. When Wang Shuang returned to the camp, he saw that the camp was on fire, and Wei Yan, who was ambushed aside, was suddenly beheaded. Since then, the Shu army has retreated peacefully.
Xu Zhongzhong, Jiang Wei's plan, personally cut off the grain and grass of the Shu army, but was killed by the Shu general Liao Hua and Zhang Yi. When running away, Jiang Wei took the opportunity to kill, Xu Qian was caught off guard, and was stabbed by Jiang Wei on the horse, and the Shu army stepped forward to kill Xu Qian. Jiang Wei took the opportunity to order the generals of the Shu army to change into the wei army uniform and enter the Wei camp under the banner of Xu Qian, and Sima Zhao was horrified and hurriedly fled to Tielong Mountain.
In summary, it is learned that Wang Shuang's record is stronger than Xu Qian's, and the opponent is the same opponent, but Xu Qian is a veteran after 20 years. Wang Shuang made Zhuge Liang jealous, and the Northern Expedition was attacked. Xu Qian was easily defeated by Jiang Wei and became a breakthrough point for the Shu army to attack the Wei army. So no matter from what aspect of comparison, Wang Shuang is more powerful!
If Wang Shuang was placed in the entire Three Kingdoms, at least it should be between Wei Yan and Zhang Gao, who belonged to the first-class martial generals. Wang Shuang injured Zhang Ling, killed Wang Pingliaohua alone, and was one of the best brave generals in the late Three Kingdoms period. And Xu Qian's martial arts are half a level lower than Wang Shuang's, and they belong to the strong second popular column.
The above information mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.