In the official history of the Three Kingdoms, when the two armies were fighting, the generals were in command in the central army's tent and generally did not charge. Therefore, the probability of these main generals dying on the battlefield is very low. According to incomplete statistics, Yan Liang , Xiahou Yuan , and Tadun were killed in front of the formation of Guan Yu , Huang Zhong , and Zhang Liao respectively. Which person is the most difficult to be killed in ? Based on relevant historical materials in official history, the analysis is as follows.
Guan Yu killed Yan Liang
Yan Liang, and he is known as the "Hebei Twin Heroes" together with Wen Chou . He is the first general under Yuan Shao . Kong Rong once told Cao Cao that Yan Liang and Wen Chou were bravest in the three armies, and should not be enemies, and should not fight against Yuan Shao, and should surrender to Yuan Shao.
In 200 AD, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought at Guandu . Yuan Shao sent three generals, Guo Tu, , Chunyu Qiong, and Yan Liang, to attack Baima. The white horse guard is Liu Yan . He is not Yuan Jun's opponent, so he asks Cao Cao for help. Seeing that Yuan's army was coming in full force, Cao Cao adopted the suggestion of his adviser Xun You, and adopted the strategy of "speaking east and attacking west", and first feinted the attack on Yanjin to cross the river, forcing Yuan's army to divide his troops to rescue him. Yuan Jun was indeed trapped. Yuan Shaoguo ordered Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong to stop attacking Baima and rush to help Yanjin, and ordered Yan Liang to lead his troops to attack Baima alone.
After Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong left, Cao Cao took the cavalry and walked lightly and suddenly appeared on the White Horse. Cao Cao took the two surrendered generals Zhang Liao and the two generals Guan Yu as the vanguard, and attacked Yan Liang, who had not yet reacted. Guan Yu saw Yan Liang's central army cap from afar, rode his horse and charged, rushed to Yan Liang with lightning speed. Under the gaze of Yan Liang's personal soldiers, he stabbed Yan Liang to death, then pulled out his sword from his waist, slashed his head and returned.
This is not a battlefield battle in the Romance, but it is recorded in The Three Kingdoms . No one can imagine that Guan Yu could actually rush to the enemy's chief general among thousands of troops, kill him calmly, and go back smoothly. Could it be that the enemy's chief general's personal soldiers are decorations? Therefore, Guan Yu had the highest value and the greatest difficulty in killing Yan Liang.
Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan
Battle of Hanzhong . The head general of Cao's army was Xiahou Yuan, stationed in Dingjunshan , and the Shu army was led by Liu Bei himself. In the early stages of the battle, Liu Bei divided his troops into ten units and took turns to attack Zhang He, who defended the east side of the deer antlers at night. Zhang He's troops barely supported him and could be defeated by Liu Bei's army at any time. As the main general, Xiahou Yuan divided half of his troops to rescue Zhang He in order to take into account the overall situation. In fact, this was Liu Bei's plan to "speak east and attack west". After he lured Xiahou Yuan to rescue most of his troops, he burned the deer antlers guarding the west guarded by Xiahou Yuan.
Xiahou Yuan saw that the antlers were burned, and in desperation, he only brought 400 elite soldiers to put out the fire and repair the antlers. Liu Bei seized the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and sent veteran Huang Zhong to condescend to attack Xiahou Yuan's army, and accidentally killed him. Xiahou Yuan ignored his own safety and, as the commander of the first army, did not sit in the central army's tent, but took his soldiers to the front line to put out fires and repair deer antlers. He was beheaded by Huang Zhong. It was his own fault. Xiahou Yuan was sent to the front line and was killed by Huang Zhong. The difficulty was much smaller than that of Guan Yu storming Yan Liang's central army's large tent.
Zhang Liao killed Tadun
Zhang Liao, and Guan Yu were fellow villagers, both from Shanxi, but he sincerely surrendered to Cao Cao, fought for him in battles south and north, made great achievements, and became the leader of the five good generals under Cao Cao. His best record is Battle of Bailang Mountain and Battle of Xiaoyaojin . Among them, in the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao almost captured alive, or killed Sun Quan (if Sun Quan is killed, Zhang Liao will definitely be famous in history).
During the Battle of Bailang Mountain, Cao Cao's cavalry encountered the Wuhuan army. At that time, Cao's army was few and many people were afraid to move forward. Zhang Liao resisted the opposition and persuaded Cao Cao to make up his mind and defeat the Wuhuan army before it could react. Cao Cao agreed to Zhang Liao's suggestion and appointed Zhang Liao as the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, allowing him to attack with Zhang He, Cao Chun and others. As Zhang Liao expected, the Wuhuan cavalry was defeated, and even the Wuhuan Shanyu Tadun was beheaded by Zhang Liao.
However, in this battle, Zhang Liao killed Wuhuan Shanyu Tadun in the chaos. At that time, it was very likely that Zhang Liao was not fighting with Tadun alone, but that several people beat Tadun, and Zhang Liao did not kill Tadun with one sword. Therefore, it is less difficult for Zhang Liao to kill Tadun than Guan Yu to kill Yan Liang.
Conclusion
Guan Yu killed Yan Liang with the highest value and the most difficult. He rushed directly to Yan Liang's central army tent, came to Yan Liang, and stabbed him to death on the front. The second was Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan. He was killed by Huang Zhong when Xiahou Yuan was putting out a fire on the front line and repairing the deer antlers. Finally, Zhang Liao killed Tadun. He killed him in the chaos, with the lowest difficulty.
(This article mainly refers to "The Three Kingdoms")
