In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who is the general with the strongest ability to command the army?

In ancient times there was a famous saying that in troubled times heroes emerge. The same is true in troubled times like the Three Kingdoms. In almost every troubled time in history, there have been many heroes. For example, Han Xin, Zhang Liang and Xiao He in the late Qin Dynasty were called the Three Heroes of the early Han Dynasty, and their deeds are almost universally known.

For the people of the Han Dynasty at that time, the three of them assisted Liu Bang, which undoubtedly helped the people get rid of the tyranny of the late Qin Dynasty. Nowadays, it seems that the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty were the heroes of that time. Secondly, from the three of them, we can also see that the times create heroes. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty had just begun. At this time, the Western Han Dynasty's national power was weak.

By the time of Wenjing and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the national power of the Western Han Dynasty had developed. However, in the end the Western Han Dynasty was usurped by Wang Mang. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty in history. However, the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not live long, and there were almost no emperors over forty years old. Only Liu Xiu and Liu Xie lived longer than forty years.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. At this time, the royal family of the Eastern Han Dynasty had lost its former glory. In troubled times, when the Three Kingdoms were fighting, famous generals emerged one after another. At this time, many famous generals appeared in history. For example, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Xiahou Dun, etc., these famous generals during the Three Kingdoms period are simply countless.

So among all the famous generals in the Three Kingdoms, who has the strongest ability to lead the army? The word "tongjun" was also an official name in ancient times. Here, "tongjun" means in charge of soldiers, and secondly, the ability in strategy. During the Three Kingdoms period, the four people with the strongest ability to lead the army were Sun Jian, Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu. These four people are almost universally known.

First place: Zhou Yu

Gong Jin, a famous general in Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period. As Sun Ce's disciple, he assisted Sun Ce and unified Jiangdong in just six years.

In 208, Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong Sun Group's army to join forces with Liu Bei's army, and defeated Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi, thus laying the foundation for a divided world.

Zhou Yu was the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Chibi. He only had more than 50,000 troops under his command, and Cao Cao's force was nearly 200,000. In the end, he defeated more with less, which shows that his ability to command the army is extraordinary.

Official history records that Zhou Yu had a "magnificent character" and "a real genius", and Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu for having "the qualifications of a king's assistant". Being able to receive such a high evaluation shows Zhou Yu's outstanding talents.

Second place: Zhang Liao

Zhang Liao, courtesy name Wenyuan, was the first of the five good generals of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. After the Battle of Xiapi, he surrendered to Cao Cao. After that, he followed Cao Cao on his campaign and gained numerous military exploits.

He worked with Guan Yu to liberate the Baima Siege, surrendered Changxi to the East China Sea, attacked Yuan Shang in Yecheng, led the vanguard to kill the Wuhuan Shanyu Tadun in Bailang Mountain, and defeated Liu Yi and Huainan Mei in Liaodong. Cheng, Chen Lan et al. After the Battle of Ruxu, Cao Cao appointed Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Yue Jin and others to guard Hefei.

Zhang Liao repelled Sun Wu's attacks many times. In the Battle of Xiaoyaojin in the 20th year of Jian'an (215), Zhang Liao defeated an army of 100,000 with 7,000 men and almost captured Sun Quan alive. After this battle, , Zhang Liao was powerful and famous in Jiangdong, and Zhang Liao became an insurmountable barrier for Wei to defend Sun Quan. In 222 AD, while falling ill, he defeated Wu general Lu Fan.

Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan’s ability to command troops is truly top-notch!