As for Guan Yu, why did he rank second? According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms (without reference to the Romance), Yan Liang (general) was the governor. In addition, in the "Three Kingdoms", "Zhang Fei has the courage to ride thousands of miles, second only to Guan". Throughout the Three Kingdoms, who else can compare with Master Guan except Lu Bu? So Guan Yu is second.
Zhang Fei, who rode like a thousand miles, roared and scared off Cao Cao's 800 thousand army. There is indeed a record in the official history, so he ranked third with these two points! Zhao Yun, attacking Changbanpo, has the word "fierce". I want to say here that when another similar military commander, Dian Wei (Cao Cao's bodyguard) Zhang Xiu, defected, his situation was the same as Zhao Yun's, but one succeeded in abdicating, and the other became a ghost under the sword! It can be seen that Dian Wei is not as good as Zhao Yun ~ Zhao deserves the fourth place! Ma Chao ... Actually, this is a bit uncertain, because there were really many powerful generals in the Three Kingdoms period, such as (Chu Xu, Zhang Liao, Huang Xu, Dian Wei), but in the Three Kingdoms, Chu Xu's waist was ten yards long. Imagine that a fat man's martial arts are not much better. Huang Xu and Zhang Liao are both strategists, but they are not as good as Ma Chao in force. Let's talk about Ma Chao, a cool person from the west, who is good at riding and shooting, won the championship of the three armed forces, has the reputation of "Ma Jinchao" and dares to challenge Zhang Fei. Why is he behind Zhao Yun? ! Because there is nothing about Ma Chao's similar war in the History of the Three Kingdoms, it ranks fifth!
In fact, friends who have read the History of the Three Kingdoms know that the records of general famous military commanders are very simple. When and where to send troops, who to fight with, and what the result is. However, the general above is different. From their resumes, we can clearly understand their status and influence at that time!
The famous military commanders in the Three Kingdoms period were: five generals of the Liu family (there was no such title at that time), five sons of Cao Cao (the most famous one was Zhang Liao He), Chu Xu, Dian Wei, Jiang Wei (general Shu), Wargo (general Guan Yu), Pound (beheaded by Guan Yu), Yan Liang and Wen Chou (died in a scuffle, not by Guan Yu). At that time, force was important, but more important.