Where does Zhang Liao rank in terms of martial arts in the Three Kingdoms? Why? What glorious achievements does he have? Can you tell me?

Zhang Liao is the leader of the "eight good generals" under Lu Bu (he and Zang Ba lead three generals each). After joining Cao Cao, he became the first of the "five good generals". Guan Yu, who was so powerful in China, once said to Zhang Fei, "This man's martial arts skills are not inferior to you and me." In the battle at Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao showed great power and defeated Soochow. Don’t dare to cry at night.”

So, in terms of martial arts in single combat, how high does Zhang Liao rank in the Three Kingdoms rankings of martial arts? Let's do some analysis based on the description of Zhang Liao's achievements in the original "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

1. Battle of Puyang (Zhang Liao vs. After more than ten battles, the winner is indistinguishable." Xiahou Dun rode out, but Zhang Liao stopped and fought.

The book does not explain the number of rounds of the battle between Zhang Liao and Xiahou Dun, but later there is a scene where "Lü Bu became angry, raised his halberd, and rushed out of the formation". It can be seen that Xiahou Dun's martial arts skills are outstanding. Not lower than Zhang Liao.

2. Night attack on Xizhai (Zhang Liao and Zang Ba vs. Cao Hong and Lu Qian)

Cao Cao led his troops to attack Lu Bu’s camp in the west of Puyang City at night, and Lu Bu came to the rescue with his troops. , the two sides fought in a melee, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba led a group of troops to arrive, and Cao Cao "made Lu Qian and Cao Hong fight, which was disadvantageous."

There is no specific description of the battle between the two sides in the article, but the word "unfavorable" shows that Lu Qian and Cao Hong's martial arts cannot withstand Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, and Zhang Liao's martial arts should be better than Cao Hong.

3. Battle of Yanjin Ferry (Zhang Liao and Xu Huang battled Wen Chou)

Wen Chou led his troops to Yanjin Ferry. Cao Cao ordered the sergeants to abandon their equipment, baggage and horses and leave. Wen Chou The men robbed and fell into chaos. Cao Cao ordered an attack. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang "came out with flying horses" to attack Wen Chou. Zhang Liao ran in front. Wen Chou picked up his bow and nocked an arrow. The first arrow shot off Zhang Liao's tassel, and the next arrow shot down Zhang Liao's horse. Zhang Liao He fell off his horse and was rescued by Xu Huang.

Judging from Zhang Liao's reaction, his eyesight and agility are not as good as Xu Huang.

4. Battle of Guandu (Zhang Liao vs. Zhang He)

The armies of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao opened the battlefield in Guandu. Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao to take the lead in the battle. One of the "Four Court Pillars" under Yuan Shao's command Zhang He raised his gun to meet him. "The two generals fought for forty or fifty times, and there was no winner."

This battle with a clear number of rounds shows that Zhang Liao's force value is basically on the same level as Zhang He.

5. The Battle of Wuchao (Zhang Liao vs. Jiang Qi)

Cao Cao led his troops to raid Wuchao, Yuan Shao's grain garrison, disguised as Wuchao's defeated troops, met Jiang Qi on the road, and Zhang Liao made a surprise attack , "Qi was caught off guard and was killed by Zhang Liao."

6. Battle of Jizhou (Zhang Liao vs. Yuan Shang)

Yuan Shang is Yuan Shao’s favorite son and the most brave. However, in the Battle of Jizhou, Zhang Liao and Yuan Shang fought, and Yuan Shang " Without three combinations, we can't stop him with barriers." He fled in defeat.

7. Battle of Handan (Zhang Liao vs. Ju Hu)

After Yuan Shao's death, Cao Cao settled the four states in the north and marched to Handan. The enemy general Ju Hu came to fight, and Zhang Liao met the enemy. "Not Sanhe" Ju Hu drew his horse and was defeated. Zhang Liao pursued him and "quickly took his bow and shot at it, but he fell off the horse at the string."

8. Battle of Bailang Mountain (Zhang Liao vs. Tadun)

Cao Cao led his troops to attack Wuhuan, and fought with Chanyu Tadun, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang at Bailang Mountain. The allied forces led by Cao Cao met, and Cao Jun attacked in four directions. In the melee, "Liao beat his horse, beheaded him, and stamped himself under his horse."

9. Battle of Chibi (Zhang Liao shoots Huang Gai with an arrow)

In Chibi, Huang Gai took the lead and pretended to surrender and set fire to Cao Cao's army. Zhang Liao rescued Cao Cao and broke out, but Huang Gai came to pursue him. , Zhang Liao "picked up his bow and arrow, and looked at Huang Gai who was closer." An arrow hit Huang Gai's shoulder and fell into the river.

Zhang Liao is not only good at martial arts, but also very good at archery.

10. Battle of Hulukou (Zhang Liao joined forces with Xu Chu and Xu Huang to fight against Zhang Fei)

After the defeat at the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao led his remaining troops to flee north, passing through Hulukou, and met Zhang Fei ambushed Zhang Liao and three powerful generals, Xu Chu and Xu Huang, who worked together to besiege Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei was repulsed. Cao Cao "reviewed that many of the generals were injured."

It seems that in this battle, the generals suffered a big loss in front of Zhang Fei's horse, which also shows that Zhang Liao's martial arts is still far behind Zhang Fei's, and it is not as "martial arts" as Guan Yu said Not beneath you and me.”

11. Battle of Hefei (Zhang Liao versus Taishi Ci)

Cao Cao led his troops back north, leaving Zhang Liao to garrison Hefei while Sun Quan led his troops to attack. Zhang Liao went out of the city to fight, and Taishi Ci, the fierce general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, "raised his spear and rushed out early", and fought with Zhang Liao at 70 or 80, "no winner or loser".

Taishici represents the highest force value of Soochow generals. Zhang Liao can draw with Taishi Ci at 70 or 80, and they belong to the same level of fierce generals.

12. Battle of Ruxukou (Zhang Liao and Ling Tong)

Sun Quan led his troops to the north and captured Wancheng. Taking advantage of the victory, Zhang Liao led his troops to Hefei. When they arrived at Ruxukou to challenge, the fierce general Ling Tong from Soochow met the enemy, and the two generals clashed. "There will be no difference in victory or defeat in a fifty-fifty battle." Sun Quan was "afraid of Ling Tong's failure" and ordered Lu Meng to take Ling Tong back to camp.

Ling Tong is a leader among the younger generation of Soochow, with outstanding martial arts skills. Zhang Liao fought with him for fifty rounds. Although there was no winner, judging from Sun Quan's concerns, Ling Tong failed in the scene. Being at a disadvantage shows that Zhang Liao's martial arts is superior to Ling Tong's.

13. Battle of Guangling (Zhang Liao vs. Ding Feng)

Wu and Shu allied again. Cao Pi led an army to conquer Wu. When they reached Guangling, they were attacked by Xu Sheng, the general of Soochow. . Cao Pi abandoned the ship and retreated. On the way, he encountered an ambush by Ding Feng, a fierce general from Eastern Wu. Zhang Liao "hurriedly rushed to meet him, but was shot in the waist by an arrow from Feng." Xu Huang rescued him. After returning to Xuchang, "the arrow sore burst and died."

In Zhang Liao's combat career, *** fought against the enemy 12 times. *** killed 3 enemy generals and seriously injured 1 enemy general. His performance was not bad. From the battles between Zhang Liao and Xiahou Dun, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Taishi Ci, and Ling Tong, it can be inferred that Zhang Liao's military force is lower than Wen Chou and Xiahou Dun, stronger than Ling Tong and Cao Hong, and close to Zhang He and Taishi Ci. Basically on the same level.

With Zhang Liao's level of force, he will definitely not be able to enter the ranks of super generals, and will be lower than the stronger first-class generals. Those who ranked before Zhang Liao were: Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Xu Xu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Xu Huang, Pang De, Cao Zhang, Xiahou Dun, etc.; those whose martial arts were comparable to Zhang Liao's were: Sun Ce, Wen Yang, Tai Shi Ci, Li Yan, Zhang He, Xia Houyuan, Gan Ning, etc.

So, with Zhang Liao's martial arts skills, he can be ranked 15th to 20th in the ranking of the strongest generals of the Three Kingdoms. Of course, in that era of fierce players and heroes, it was already very rare to be ranked in the top 20. And there are very few handsome men like Zhang Liao who can be both wise and courageous on their own.