Who has the highest position in the army of the Five Tiger Generals in Shu and Han Dynasties? Is it Guan Yu?

In the history of Shu Han, there were no five tigers and generals. It is only because Chen Shou listed, Zhao as a biography when he wrote "The History of the Three Kingdoms" that the folk have the saying that the Shu and Han Dynasties are five tigers. They are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was artistically and exaggeratedly rendered, resulting in the so-called "Five Tigers of Shu and Han Dynasty". In addition, these five people were added to posthumous title by Shu Han, so the juxtaposition of five people still makes sense.

The Three Kingdoms period is an era of heroes in our history. Many civil servants and military commanders in this period left us with household legends. The Five Tiger Generals are five important generals in Han Shu Group. Anyone who has read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms knows that "if you fight or not, the five tigers will pass Zhao Huangma".

Then let's compare five people according to different periods.

Early Battle of Red Cliffs

During this period, there were only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. Every time Liu Bei divided his troops, Guan Yu commanded one. For example, after Liu Biao's death, when Liu Zong surrendered to Cao Cao, Liu Bei retreated south and Guan Yu led the water army. Zhang Fei has always been Guan Yu's younger brother, and Zhao Yun is Liu Bei's cavalry captain and guard captain.

Battle of Red Cliffs Yingyizhou

At this time, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong also joined in. Huang Zhong is the pioneer of Liu Bei, and Ma Chao is a vassal who defected to Liu Bei. At this time, Ma Chao's position is nominally the highest, but Guan Yu is nominally the most powerful, because Guan Yu is in charge of Jingzhou and his position is higher than Zhuge Liang's.

Zhang Fei did it again, and Huang Zhong was similar to Zhao Yun, but in terms of actual effect, Huang Zhong, as the pioneer of Liu Bei, was superior to Zhao Yun in the charge and winning the title of the Three Armies.

Liu Bei called Hanzhong king

After Liu Bei took Hanzhong, he proclaimed himself the King of Hanzhong, and sealed the former generals Guan Yu, the left general Ma Chao, the right general Zhang Fei, and the later generals Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun.

It can be seen that Guan Yu has surpassed Ma Chao in status and real power, while Ma Chao is second only to Zhang Fei in name and real power, while Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun have expanded their status.

After Guan Yu died

Guan Yu defeated Maicheng, and the ranking of the last four remained unchanged.