Xu Chu was the number one fierce general under Cao Cao, with a waist of ten circumferences, great courage, and deep trust in Cao Cao, Cao Cao once praised Xu Chu as his fan, let Xu Chu serve as his personal bodyguard, in and out of his peers, not away from the left and right.
Because Xu Chuli was mighty and powerful, Cao Cao once met with Ma Chao alone, and Ma Chao relied on his own Xiao Yong and wanted to raid and capture Cao Cao alive, but seeing Xu Chu behind Cao Cao, he was staring at him, so Ma Chao was too frightened to move.
The "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms" records that Cao Gong and Sui and Chao Single Horse will speak, super negative for their many strengths, yin want to catch Cao Gong before the sudden, Cao Gong left and right Will Xu Chu blind, Chao Nai does not dare to move.
In this way, some people even think that Ma Chao is afraid of Xu Chu, in fact, this statement is incorrect, Ma Chao is not afraid of Xu Chu, but at that time, Ma Chao saw Xu Chu by Cao Cao's side, if he started to sneak up on Cao Cao, he did not have full certainty, so he gave up this idea, not afraid of Xu Chu.
Before this, Ma Chao, with his own Xiao Yong, almost killed Cao Cao and Xu Chu, how could he be afraid of Xu Chu?
Where is the evidence?
In the Battle of Tongguan, Ma Chao and Cao Cao fought, Xu Chu was at Cao Cao's side at the time, however, in this battle, Ma Chao attacked strongly, almost killed Cao Cao, Xu Chu was present, and did not change the situation of Cao Cao's fiasco, and even Xu Chu himself almost became an arrow target.
At that time, Cao Cao and Ma Chao faced each other, Cao Cao led a large army to cross the river north, let the soldiers pass first, and Cao Cao stayed behind on the south bank with Xu Chu and more than a hundred guards.
At this time, Ma Chao saw the fighter plane, led more than 10,000 infantry cavalry, suddenly killed, arrows rained down, seeing that the situation was critical, Xu Chu quickly told Cao Cao to quickly withdraw, so he immediately helped Cao Cao to get on the ship and prepare to flee to the north bank.
The soldiers who left the broken, saw that Ma Chao's army was strong, the attack was too fierce, and the boss Cao Cao also ran, no one wanted to die in vain, and they also rushed to the ship, which was crowded, and the ship was almost sunk because of the large number of people.
Xu Chu had no choice, quickly drew his sword to slash and kill the soldiers climbing the boat, at the same time, holding a saddle in his left hand, blocking the arrows for Cao Cao, because the arrow rain was dense, the boatmen were all shot by random arrows, Xu Chu had no choice, had to personally use his right hand to hold the boat and escort Cao Cao to the south bank. Without Xu Chu present, Cao Cao would undoubtedly die.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, The Biography of Xu Chu records that from Han Sui and Ma Chao to Tong Guan. Taizu will cross the north, the Linji River, the first crossing soldiers, du and Chu and Hu Shi more than a hundred people left on the south bank. Chao will ride more than 10,000 people to run to the Taizu army, and it will rain like rain. Chu Bai Taizu, there are many thieves, and now that the soldiers have exhausted, it is advisable to go, but to help Taizu get on the ship. Thieves are in a hurry, the army is fighting, and the ship is heavy. Chu chopped the boat climber, and held up the saddle in his left hand to cover Taizu. The boatman was killed by a stray arrow, and Chu's right hand was traced back to the ship, and only the ferry was obtained. It is a day, and there are several dangers.
Therefore, it is not true to say that Ma Chao is afraid of Xu Chu.
When Ma Chao attacked, Xu Chu was so fierce, why didn't he dare to take more than a hundred guards to block Ma Chao? Obviously, Xu Chu was not sure, he could not stop Ma Chaojun at all, he could only escape with Cao Cao, and did not dare to fight hard.
In the Battle of Wancheng, the fierce general Dianwei, who was also Cao Cao's personal bodyguard, in order to cover Cao Cao's escape, desperately defended the Yuanmen Gate, single-handedly blocked Zhang Xiu's army, and finally, fought and died.
Isn't Dianwei a one-man hard fight? At the Battle of Tongguan, Xu Chu did not do this, he fled with Cao Cao.
If it wasn't for the saddle, not only would Cao Cao be shot dead and become an arrow target, Xu Chu would also have been shot as a hedgehog