Teacher Luo Guanzhong proposed the title of "Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Kingdom" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, while Chen Shou recorded the combination of "Five Sons and Good Generals of the State of Wei" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The famous general Xu Huang, the general Zhang Liao, the well-governed military Yu Ban, the more flexible Zhang Gao, and the old Le Jin, these 5 people formed the five sons of the Wei state.
But objectively speaking, wei guo's five sons liang will be somewhat unexpected, such as Yu Ban can't even hold Ma Chao's 9 moves, and the martial arts really can't be taken out; and Lejin's sense of existence in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is also very low. The selection of Yu and Le makes readers feel a little unreliable.
On the contrary, Xu Chu, who was loyal to Cao Cao and had deep qualifications, had also defeated Lü Bu and Zhao Yun, but he had lost the five sons of Liang, which was a bit surprising.
Xu Chuzi Zhongkang, born very tall and strong, is a typical muscle man. Xu Chu's first appearance in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms won Cao Cao's appreciation.
Xu Chu can be regarded as a "veteran general" with deep seniority under Cao Cao. At that time, the Han Dynasty was already decaying, and the world was still in the Yellow Turban Uprising, and Xu Chu began to show his face at this time. Dianwei ran after the Yellow Turban Army, and "met" Xu Chu on the way you chased me, and as a result, the two men fought without a word. The two sides fought each other, but they could not tell the difference between victory and defeat.
Xu Chu's debut won Cao Cao's appreciation, so he became the leader of Cao Cao's Tiger Guard army with the same name as Dianwei. In other words, Xu Chu was Cao Cao's personal bodyguard. This fierce man was not only very senior, but also very loyal to his boss Cao Cao.
Once, Cao Ren had important military information to inform Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was asleep, so Xu Chu stopped Cao Ren at the door and said that the lord was asleep, and for the sake of the safety of the lord, no one could put it in. Cao Ren was very annoyed, after all, he was Cao Cao's clan brother, the two of them were relatives, and Xu Chu was just an outsider, as the saying goes, "estranged from each other". However, Xu Chu just wouldn't let Cao Ren in.
Later, Cao Cao woke up, and after knowing the truth of the matter, he also praised Xu Chu. From this, it is not difficult to see that Xu Chu is loyal to his duties and is quite responsible for Cao Cao's safety.
In addition to Xu Chu's seniority and loyalty, his military value is also leveraged. In the Battle of Puyang, Xu Chu rushed out to fight Lü Bu, and the two were drawn in 20 rounds. Overall, Xu Chu can fight Lü Bu for at least 20 rounds.
In addition, Xu Chu also played a 30-round draw with Zhao Yun; in the Battle of Tongguan, Xu Chu and Ma Chao played more than 200 rounds and could not see a high or low. Therefore, Xu Chu had no problem in terms of force value.
On the other hand, in the Battle of Tongguan, he only received Ma Chao's 9 moves and lost, such a performance was not a little bit different from Xu Chu. So, Why can't Xu Chu be selected as the Fifth Son' Good General?
Seniority, loyalty, and martial arts are all three pieces of Xu Chu, but his status restricts his selection as the fifth son of the good general. It turned out that Xu Chu was only the captain of the guard team next to Cao Cao, just like the identity of the "Great Inner Master". Xu Chu's main duty was not to besiege the city and pull out the village, but to be responsible for Cao Cao's personal safety, and he never independently commanded the three armies to win large battles. In this regard, Xu Chu was inferior to the other five sons.
Zhang Liao and Le Jin defeated Sun Quan's 100,000 soldiers with 1,000 men at the Battle of Xiaoyaojin; Yu Ban was good at governing the army and had quelled the rebellion of the Qingzhou soldiers; Xu Huang relieved the siege of Guan Yu in Jingzhou as soon as he got out of his horse; and Zhang Gao repeatedly became a stumbling block in Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition after "boiling" the death of the Five Tiger Generals. On the other hand, Xu Chu was a little embarrassed, he was basically only responsible for Cao Cao's safety, and the only few battles were only small fights, especially in the Hanzhong Scramble, the fierce man drank wine and was "bullied" by Zhang Fei.
Therefore, although Xu Chu was not shallow in seniority and was very loyal to Cao Cao, he was only a bodyguard at best. He did not make meritorious contributions in large battles, which restricted his development, so he was defeated as the fifth son of the State of Wei.