Truong Lieu is not inferior to Quan Vu, why is he not in the top 10 strongest martial generals of the Three Kingdoms? 3
In the Three Kingdoms, besides the talented strategists, martial generals are also considered one of the important factors in the battles of intelligence and force between the three groups Cao Wei, Shu Han and Dong Ngo.
Understanding this, all three corporations focus on recruiting many strong soldiers and generals.
Right from the time he built his business, Cao Cao paid great attention to finding talented people.
Truong Lieu (169 – 222), surnamed Van Vien, was from Ma Ap district, Nhan Mon district, now Soc Chau city, Son Tay province (China).
In fact, before joining Cao Cao, Truong Lieu was a subordinate of Lu Bo.
In 198, due to fear of Liu Bei’s power, Cao Cao sent Truong Liao and Cao Thuan to lead troops to attack Liu Bei in Tieu Bai.
At that time, Truong Phi intended to fight Truong Lieu, but this general quickly withdrew his troops.
Based on the above statement, it can be seen that Truong Lieu’s martial arts are not inferior to those of Quan Vu and Truong Phi.
For a person with an arrogant personality like Quan Vu, evaluating Truong Lieu on the same level as himself and Truong Phi is enough to show how much he values this martial general.
According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and folk assessments, the top 10 martial generals in the Three Kingdoms can be mentioned: Lu Bo, Guan Yu, Truong Phi, Trieu Van, Ma Sieu, Hoang Trung, Hua Chu, Dien Vi, Nhan
So, why is Truong Lieu, the martial artist who was praised by Quan Vu as having martial arts skills no less than him and Truong Phi, not included in this ranking?
Looking at the list above, it can be seen that Truong Lieu is not an opponent of Lu Bo, who is known as the number 1 god of war in the Three Kingdoms.
Although Quan Vu praised him for having equal martial arts skills, Truong Lieu was absolutely not an opponent of this famous general.
In the Three Kingdoms, historian Tran Tho ranked Truong Lieu in the group of Five Good Generals of Cao Wei, next to four people: Nhac Tien, Vu Cam, Truong Cap and Tu Hoang.
However, Dien Vi and Hua Chu were recognized as Cao Cao’s two strongest military generals.
Dien Vi was once likened by Cao Cao to `The Ancient Branch of Evil`, an extremely powerful mandarin during King Zhou’s time.
In the Battle of Bach Ma in 200, Nhan Luong defeated Tu Hoang in only 20 rounds.
Van Xu also has strength not inferior to the famous Ha Bac general Nhan Luong.
Truong Lieu once made famous the Three Kingdoms in the battle to defend Hefei.
The reason turned out to be very simple.
After hearing Quan Vu say that, although Truong Phi was hot-tempered, he quickly understood what his second brother meant so he did not go into battle.
Thus, with just one sentence, Quan Vu avoided Truong Lieu from a difficult single battle.
Article reference source: Sohu, 163, Baidu
