In history, there were at least dozens of generals under Cao Cao's command who had names and surnames, among which there were no less than 20 famous people, including Xiahoudun, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Shang, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Zhang He, Li Dian, Li Tong, Wen Ping, Zang Ba, Lu Qian, Zhu Ling, Zhang Yan, and Zhang Xiu. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, who is the first general under Cao Cao?

【Generals of the Four Directions and Generals of the Four Expeditions】

In the Han Dynasty, the status of the Sifang generals was much higher than that of the Sizheng generals at the beginning, but after the founding of Cao Wei, Cao Pi took the Sizheng generals as the second rank, and the former generals and other positions were only the third ranks.

However, during the Cao Cao period, the status between the Sifang generals and the Sizheng generals was not obvious, but specifically the Sizheng generals could sit on one side, and most of the Sifang generals had deep qualifications.

During the Cao Cao period, the former general was Xiahoudun, the left general was Yu Ban, and the right general was Lejin. Among them, the status of the former general and the left general is significantly higher than that of the right general and the rear general, but the status between the former general and the left general is not necessarily, the history of the former and left generals is mainly a military position, and the left and right generals have some civil nature, in the late Han Dynasty Huang Pu Song served as the left general, its status is higher than the former general Dong Zhuo, but in Cao Wei and Shu Han, the main is the former general respect.

There is no distinction between the status of the four generals, because the name of this official position is mainly related to the region where they are located, for example, Cao Ren stationed in Xiangfan is the general of the expedition to the south, and Xiahou Yuan stationed in Hanzhong is the general of the expedition to the west, and Zhang Liao is the general of the expedition to the east when he is in Hefei.

[Who is the first general under Cao Cao]

For the competition for the first general under Cao Cao, there are not many qualified generals in the Cao Wei group, from the perspective of official positions, that is, the former general Xiahou Dun, the left general Yu Ban, the right general Le Jin, the southern general Cao Ren, the western general Xiahou Yuan, and the eastern general Zhang Liao.

Among all the generals under Cao Cao, Xiahoudun's qualifications may be the oldest, before Cao ****, Xiahoudun's official position is also quite high, at that time he has been worshiped as a former general, after Cao Cao's death, Xiahoudun is also the first of all generals to be worshiped as a general.

However, although Xiahoudun has qualifications, merits, or Cao Cao's relatives, but he has a very obvious disadvantage in the battle record, in the battle of Cao Lu Yanzhou, he lost Puyang, lost the baggage supplies, and was once caught, and finally because of the loss, only one eye was left; When rescuing Liu Bei, he was repelled by Gao Shun and others; During Liu Bei's Northern Expedition, Xiahoudun led his troops to resist, but he fell into an ambush by the enemy because he did not listen to the advice.

In the final analysis, the generals still rely on their military exploits, and Xiahoudun is unqualified in this regard.

And Yu Ban can be said to have been the first person among the generals with foreign surnames under Cao Cao, he defected to Cao Cao earlier than Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others, but because Yu Ban stooped down to ask for help in the battle of Xiangfan and did not protect the late festival, he was not qualified to fight for the first person under Cao Cao's generals.

But even if Yu Ban kept the evening and did not surrender Guan Yu, it does not mean that Yu Ban is stronger than Zhang Liao and others, after all, Yu Ban's record is not bad, but it is not as good as Zhang Liao and others, and there are no classic examples.

As for Lejin, although he is also one of Cao Wei's five good generals, and he defected to Cao Cao very early, he also does not have an outstanding record bonus.

Compared with Xiahoudun, Cao Ren's military ability is much better, and he has defended one side many times, which shows Cao Cao's trust in him, but Cao Ren's record of leading the troops alone has not reached the point of convincing.

Cao Ren led the troops alone and participated in a lot of battles, in the battle of Guandu, successively broke Liu Bei and Han Xun, in the battle of Jiangling, stationed in Jiangling to resist Zhou Yu for many days, in Guanzhong Han Sui, Ma Chao rebellion to resist it in the west of Tongguan, and then went south to Xiangfan, first pacified the rebellion of Wancheng Houyin, and then resisted Guan Yu's fierce attack in Fancheng, Cao Pi period, he and Xu Huang together to recapture Xiangfan, and later also led the middle army south to crusade against Sun Quan.

But in the end, Cao Ren still lost in the Battle of Jiangling, and was defeated by Guan Yu in the Battle of Xiangfan.

Xiahou Yuan is less nominated among these people, after all, he was directly defeated and died, but in fact, I personally think that among Cao Cao's relatives, purely in terms of military ability, Xiahou Yuan is the strongest, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Cao Ren and others are not comparable to him, and Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang and others are mostly juniors, and Cao Cao has not yet reached his peak during the Cao Cao period.

Xiahou Yuan followed Cao Cao to fight in the south and the north, and his military exploits were very many, helping Cao Cao defeat many princes and killing Xu He, Lei Xu, Shang Yao and other rebels. Before the Battle of Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan actually did not perform very well in the battle only once, that is, he failed to rescue Liangzhou Assassin Shi Weikang in time, resulting in himself and Wei Kang being broken by Ma Chao one by one, but Xiahou Yuan learned the lesson of this time, and helped Jiang Xu and others drive Ma Chao out of Liangzhou in time in the subsequent military operations, and then Xiahou Yuan defeated Han Sui, pacified the long-standing Song Jian Rebellion, and completely controlled Liangzhou in his hands.

It can be said that after the Battle of Weinan, Xiahou Yuan single-handedly helped Cao Cao sweep Liangzhou, and this pioneering achievement was no less than Zhang Liao's contribution to defending the territory in the Second Battle of Hefei.

In the Battle of Hanzhong, the reason why Xiahou Yuan was defeated and died was actually somewhat similar to Guan Yu's situation, they were all about having fewer enemies, and in the end they failed to reverse the situation and were determined by the enemy's blow. At that time, because of the defeat and retreat of Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Xu Huang, Cao Zhen and others may also retreat, resulting in Liu Bei's attack, only Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He were still in Hanzhong, and the two of them were not strong enough to resist the enemy, but they could not wait for Cao Cao to send reinforcements again, Liu Bei sent Huang Zhong to take advantage of Xiahou Yuan's division of troops to rescue Zhang He to eliminate him.

However, the specific comparison of Xiahou Yuan's situation is still much better than Guan Yu, first of all, Guan Yu is attacking, as the attacker, while Xiahou Yuan is the defender and has a geographical advantage; secondly, Guan Yu did not have enough helpers around him, and Xiahou Yuan had Guo Zhun by his side in addition to Zhang He; In the end, Cao Cao was in Chang'an, as long as Xiahou Yuan could live for a while, reinforcements could arrive, while Guan Yu was in Xiangfan, and Liu Bei was very far away from Yizhou to support.

[Zhang Liao, the first general under Cao Cao]

Comprehensively comparing the achievements and status, the number one general under Cao Cao can only be Zhang Liao. In terms of official position, Zhang Liao is the general of Zhengdong, no less than Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others. In terms of qualifications, although Zhang Liao defected to Cao Cao not too early, he was not a few years later than others. In terms of combat performance, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu broke the enemy as a vanguard in the Battle of White Horse, surrendered Changfeng in the East China Sea, pacified the north with Cao Cao, defeated the Yuan brothers and Wuheng, attacked Jingzhou and pacified Jiangxia County, successfully crusaded against the thieves Chen Lan and Mei Cheng, and finally repelled Sun Quan in Hefei.

Xu Huang is similar to Zhang Liao, and he is also a general who later defected to Cao Cao, although Xu Huang defected to Cao Cao earlier than Zhang Liao, and his record is not bad, but the time is also lucky, Xu Huang's status in the Cao Wei group is ultimately lower than Zhang Liao, and he can only succumb to Zhang Liao.