Anyone who has read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" knows that during the Three Kingdoms period, forces sprung up everywhere, heroes emerged, and wars raged. The State of Shu made a ranking of its fierce generals called the Five Tiger Generals, which included Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong. In contrast, the Cao Wei camp also ranked its fierce generals as the Five Sons of Liang, including Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Zhang Gao, and Le Jin.
Xu Chu
Everyone may be a little confused, Cao Cao also has a fierce general named Xu Chu, who is known as the Tiger Fool. Xu Chu's martial arts are still very superb, and when it comes to martial arts, Yu Ban and Le Jin are not his opponents. Moreover, Xu Chu had also fought with Lü Bu in a draw, and it should be known that Lü Bu was known as the "First Fierce General of the Three Kingdoms", which showed how high Xu Chu's martial arts were. So why didn't Xu Chu choose the Five Sons of Liang? Let's elaborate.
Xu Chu had been under Cao Cao for many years and could be regarded as a veteran general. As early as the Time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dianwei met Xu Chu on the way during his crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. Both of them are also fierce generals, with a violent temper, and they fight without a word, but it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. This scene just let that Cao Cao see it, and it was precisely because of this that Xu Chu was appreciated and reused by Cao Cao. Xu Chu was appointed by Cao Cao as a general in the Hutou Army, and sat on an equal footing with Dianwei. In other words, Xu Chu has been Cao Cao's personal bodyguard ever since.
Cao Cao's reuse
After Xu Chu was reused by Cao Cao, he also did not fail him, and was inseparable from Cao Cao in the army and was very loyal. Once, Cao Cao was sleeping in a tent, and Xu Chu was guarding the door of the tent. At this time, Cao Ren had an urgent matter to see, but Xu Chu very firmly refused to let Cao Ren enter, which made Cao Ren furious. When Cao Cao learned of this, he not only did not criticize Xu Chu, but praised him. Let's talk about Xu Chu's strength value. In the Battle of Puyang, Xu Chu and Lü Bu fought for twenty rounds.
In the Battle of Tongguan, Xu Chu and Ma Chao fought for more than two hundred rounds. Since he was qualified in seniority, loyalty, and martial arts, why couldn't Xu Chu be elected as the Fifth Son' General? That's because Cao Cao had selfish intentions. He wanted to keep Xu Chu by his side as a personal bodyguard, rather than sending him out to fight. This is one of the reasons. Another point was because although Xu Chu had mastered martial arts, he lacked the ability of some commanders. In layman's terms, there is courage and strategy, you can fight, but without a plan, you will not command. Although Le Jin and Yu Ban were not too good at the force value, they both had the ability to govern the army. Compared with Xu Chu, he could only be a bodyguard by Cao Cao's side.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms