Alright, I will try to answer everyone as best as possible.
Yes they did charge an army but the two situations were rather different. When QF charged against the army, he was opposed by almost every single soldier on the other side while XZ and DY were rather passing through them. Besides, the army QF faced was in formation while the one his brothers went against was dispersed.
2. I don't think Xu Zhu can utilize 60-70% of his potential yet by the end of the novel.
3-4. if wyz's legs are not broken, he would be ahead of TSTL but at his peak (internal qi, wise), he is already handicapped and can't even go out to defeat DCQ. Thus the only time we can compare him with the others is when he hasn't broke his legs. I presume, at that time he is only slightly ahead of TSTL but after so many years without learning and polishing his techniques, TSTL at 96 years old will be stronger than him before he was pushed from the cliff by DCQ.
5. interesting deduction there regarding their palm blasts, I will certainly look into it. However, the reason I ranked her so low is because she is leagues away from tstl. She can only tie tl when tl can only use 1 of her legs(imagine how much stronger duan yanqing will be if he is not handicapped). another point is that when she exchanged palms with xz during their first encounter, she seemed to have suffered more damage than xz did. (yes, xz had wyz's qi but that is still rather shameful)
7. QF can single handedly handle MRF, DCQ and YTZ and still comeup on top. SM actually remarked "QF is the best indeed (of course, he never included himself when he made the comparison, did he?)" after QF used xr18z on him. And as everyone has mentioned before, he has that 'warrior spirit' in him that allows him to perform at a level surpassing his abilities when necessary. And it is this spirit that propelled QF to never lose a single battle in his life.
8. Didn't JR only revise that JMZ learnt Xiao Wu Xiaong Gong in version 3? Thus I believe that JMZ is more proficient with his other skills than that (and thus is still so strong in version 1 an 2.)
Its really hard to compare and refute certain points because there aren't enough evidence to do so thus it somewhat really comes down to personal impressions. But I must say, I am really impressed with your knowledge and certain arguements. If I am less stubborn, I may have been convinced on most of them
And yes thanks for mentioning Shenshan monk. Its being such a long time and I really need to go back and reread everything a couple of times. There may be afew more people we have missedas well
MRF is slightly better han DCQ (derived from heir encounter in the inn) and DCQ is stronger than DYQ (derived from the gathering at the go game) thus I ranked MRF higher than DYQ. However I won't argue the point of kurong for the moment because I pulled that one from thin air. I really can't remember what happened during his exchanges with JMZ except I recall I was rather impressed with his abilities. I will get back to you on that