Chapter 100: Ranking of generals in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty
In the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the famous handsome were like clouds, and the fierce generals were like rain.
【Ranking of Generals】
No.16 Xu Rong
Xu Rong is one of the famous generals of the Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo, in history he has defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian, and the two are abused to the core, but after Dong Zhuo's death, Xu Rong chose to take refuge in Wang Yun, and was finally sent by Wang Yun to crusade against his colleagues in the former Xiliang Army, and was betrayed by his companions and subordinates, and finally died in battle.
No.15 Cao Zhen
Cao Zhen was one of the core commanders of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, he had begun to show his prominence in the Cao Cao era, and Cao Pi was reused after succeeding to the throne, first as the governor of the Western Front, breaking Zhang Jin's rebellion, defeating the Zhuhu coalition army, and then going south to crusade against Sun Quan, serving as the commander of the Western Front to surround Jiangling, and finally fought with Zhuge Liang many times in the Yongliang area, and was in the early stage.
No.14 Koji
Koji Yi was originally the first general under Yuan Shao, he used to be dominated by Han Fu, and then rebelled to defeat Han Fu, and crusaded against the Southern Xiongnu, helped Yuan Shao reverse Gongsun Chan in the Battle of Jieqiao, defeated Gongsun Chan again in the Battle of Baoqiu, and surrounded Yi Jing, but failed to break the city under Gongsun Zhan's strict defense, but suffered losses. In the end, because of his high merits, he was killed when he was summoned by Yuan Shao because of his pride and indulgence.
No.13 Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo, as the leader of the Western Liang Army, previously also made a fortune by leading soldiers, he had many merits in quelling the Liangzhou rebellion in history, but he had suffered defeat in the crusade against Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turban Army, and when fighting against the anti-Dong coalition army, Dong Zhuo led the main force against Yuan Shao, and broke the Wang Kuang army under Yuan Shao with the strategy of attacking the east and the west.
No.12 Land Resistance
Lu Kang is the last famous general in the late Sun Wu period, in history he established his position in the military by virtue of the Battle of Xiling, the Battle of Xiling, Shu Han has been destroyed, Sun Wu is also Sun Hao's tyranny internal turmoil, people's hearts are unstable, at that time, the Xiling Governor Bu explained the army to surrender to Jin, the Jin side supported by superior troops, the Wu army was not united, and even some people defected, but Lu Kang was not chaotic at all, steady and steady, and finally repelled the Jin army, pacified the rebellion of Bu Yan.
No.11 Xu Huang
Xu Huang was one of the famous generals under Cao Cao, and in history, Xu Huang followed Cao Cao to participate in the pacification of Lü Bu, the capture of Hanoi, the confrontation against Yuan Shao, the Northern Expedition to Yuan, Wuheng and other battles. In it, Xu Huang forced Zhao Shu, Li Zou and others under Lu Bu to surrender, and Hanoi County beheaded Zheng Gu, and participated in the battles of beheading Yan Liang and breaking the thief Kou Zhu's arm.
Later, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army and surrounded Fancheng, it was Xu Huang who led the troops to support the final relief of the siege, and when he attacked the princes of Guanzhong, it was also Xu Huang as the vanguard who repelled Liang Xing and ensured that the army could cross the river smoothly.
No.10 Guan Yu
Guan Yu is the core general under Liu Bei, in history, Liu Bei generally led the troops by himself, and the other way was to let Guan Yu lead the troops, which shows Liu Bei's trust in Guan Yu.
Guan Yu was once forced to take refuge in Cao Cao, he killed Yan Liang to repay his kindness and re-surrendered to Liu Bei, followed Liu Bei to participate in the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Jiangling, the Battle of the Four Counties of Jingding and other battles, and then stayed in Jingzhou to fight against Cao Wei, Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to lead troops to crusade against Guan Yu during the Battle of Hanzhong, but Guan Yu took the initiative to send troops to less enemies and more, breaking Cao's army, if it was not for Guan Yu's pride after the war, if it was not for Sun Quan's sneak attack, Guan Yu almost created a military myth. However, even if Guan Yu failed, he couldn't hide his brilliance, after all, Guan Yu forced Cao Cao and Sun Quan to join forces with the two princes of the Three Counties, who else could do this at that time except Guan Yu!
No.9 Zhang Liao
Zhang Liao is one of Cao Cao's generals, he is famous in history for the Battle of Xiaoyaojin and other battles, in Sun Wu his name can even be said to be a child to stop crying, Cao Cao period Zhang Liao official to the general of the south.
In history, Zhang Liao once followed Gao Shun to repel Xiahoudun and defeat Liu Bei, and when he was under Cao Cao, he persuaded Chang Xian to surrender, and Tongle advanced to take Yin'an, seized the seashore, defeated Liu Yi in Liaodong, and attacked Jiangxia also has several military exploits.
No.8 Lu Meng
Lü Meng is recommended by Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan single-handedly promoted the famous general, he carried the banner of Sun Wu's military after the death of Zhou Yu and Lu Su one after another, and Lü Meng has many wonderful performances in history when he crusaded against Huang Zu, fought against Cao Wei and marched into Guan Yu.
When Lü Meng participated in the crusade against Huang Zu, he once killed Chen Yu, the governor of the navy under Huang Zu, which greatly weakened the morale of Huang Zu's army and was defeated in one fell swoop; and advised Zhou Yu to rescue Gan Ning during the Battle of Jiangling and broke Cao's army; When Jianghuai fought against Cao Cao, Lü Meng persuaded Sun Quan to capture Anhui City and break Zhuguang; Later, after Liu Bei did not return to Jingzhou, he led his troops to seize Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang counties; During the Battle of Xiangfan, Lü Meng, as the commander, captured Nanjun in one fell swoop and eliminated Guan Yu.
No.7 Sun Ce
After Sun Ce took refuge in Yuan, he first helped Yuan Shu to defeat Lujiang Lukang, and then went south to attack Qu'a Liu Xuan, crusade against Huiji Wang Lang, and sweep away the thieves in Wu County, and after breaking with Yuan Shu, he pacified Danyang, occupied Yuzhang, captured Lujiang and crusaded against Huang Zu, and basically personally led the troops to achieve a great victory, and the only recorded defeat was at the beginning of the defeat to Zulang.
No.6 Sun Jian
Sun Jian is one of the famous generals in the late Han Dynasty, he was able to participate in the pacification of the Yellow Turban Battle under the promotion of Zhu Jun earlier, and had military exploits in the crusade against the Yellow Turban thieves in Yuzhou and Nanyang, and later once advised Zhang Wen to kill Dong Zhuo, and later went south to quell the rebellion in Jingnan and other places, after the formation of the anti-Dong coalition army, he helped Yuan Shu to fight against Dong Zhuo, in the case of the defeat of Xu Rong in the first battle, reversed the situation in three battles and three victories, recovered the old capital, repelled Zhou Ang, recaptured Yangcheng, and finally went south to crusade against Liu Biao, in the case of completely occupying the upper hand and besieging Xiangyang, Carelessly, he died in ambush.
No.5 Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang has two major military achievements, one is to quell the rebellion in Nanzhong, and the other is to lead troops to the north many times to deter Cao Wei, although Zhuge Liang's number of troops can not be compared with Cao Cao, Sima Yi, Sun Ce and others, but it is not too little. Before Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Cao Wei basically regarded Shu Han as air, thinking that after Liu Bei's death, Shu Han was no one, and Cao Pi personally attacked Sun Quan three times but only asked the minister to write a few letters of persuasion to Zhuge Liang, from which it can be seen that Wei had a view of Shu Han at that time.
However, after Zhuge Liang's several northern expeditions, Cao Wei had already regarded Shu Han as a major trouble, Cao Rui and Sima Yi did not dare to fight with Zhuge Liang in terms of superior troops, local battles, and even Zhuge Liang's half-soldier and half-peasant situation, which shows the recognition of Zhuge Liang's military talent.
No.4 Lu Xun
Lu Xun was one of the core commanders of the Sun Quan period, and became the first person in Jiangdong military after Zhou Yu and Lü Meng, and he had extremely outstanding performances in the Battle of Xiangfan, the Battle of Yiling and the Battle of Shiting, and his military talent could only be looked up to.
No.3 Sima Yi
Sima Yi was one of the main commanders of Wei during the Cao Rui and Cao Fang periods, and although he led the troops late, he had a high starting point.
Sima Yi has three major military exploits in history, one is to attack Meng Da, when Meng Da colluded with Shu Wu and tried to make chaos, Sima Yi appeased Meng Da while leading the troops to gallop to Shangyong, and rushed to break Meng Da before the main force of Shu Wu; The second is Yu Zhuge , when after Cao Zhen's death, Zhuge Liang was a great threat to the Yongliang area, Cao Rui specially mobilized Sima Yi to the Western Front to fight against Zhuge Liang, although the scene was not very good, but Sima Yi finally survived Zhuge Liang; The third is to level Liaodong, Liaodong Gongsun's family has been divided for a long time, and in the Gongsun Yuan period, it was a disaster for Cao Wei's frontier, Cao Rui's earlier two crusades against Liaodong were unsuccessful, so the third time he invited Sima Yi to pacify Liaodong in one fell swoop.
No.2 Cao Cao
Although Cao Cao had many defeats in the Battle of Bianshui, the Battle of Wancheng and the Battle of Chibi in history, Cao Cao lost a lot, won a lot, and captured more territory, and Cao Cao could be ranked second only by virtue of the number of states and counties he occupied.
No.1 Zhou Yu
Zhou Yu was a victorious general in the true sense of the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, he followed Sun Ce, Sun Quan as a general when he participated in the battles all ended in victory, and his own troops as the commander's battles also ended in great victories, including siege battles, encounters, defense battles, opponents are Cao Cao, Cao Ren and other outstanding generals, is the first hero of the Sun-Liu Alliance to win the Battle of Chibi.
Therefore, here Zhou Yu overpowered Cao Cao and was ranked as the first military person in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty.