Xu Chu was an important character in Cao Cao's camp, and his distinctive feature was arrogance. In the book, Xu Chu repeatedly looked at everything and boasted about Haikou. Matching his personality traits, Xu Chu's ability is really good. However, he had no power to fight back under Zhang Fei, and this defeat also greatly frustrated his prestige. Xu Chu, a native of Yuguo County, had experienced rebellion, and he gathered hundreds of villagers and forged solid walls in the dock to defend against the enemy. When the Wokou arrived, he ordered the villagers to take more stones and prepare for battle, while he himself hit the Wokou with the stones, firing a hundred shots, and the Kou retreated.
Xu Chu's scheme
Another time, because there was no grain and grass, Xu Chu thought of exchanging cattle for grain from the enemy, but after the exchange was successful, the cattle wanted to run back to the village, Xu Chu pulled two cows with both hands and walked hundreds of meters to pull the cow out, the enemy saw Xu Chu bravely superior, frightened, did not dare to take the cattle away. Xu Chu had shown superhuman ability before he was used by Cao Cao, first of all, he had the appeal, hundreds of villagers could listen to his command; secondly, he had the ability to act, in the face of the evil Kou in the future, he immediately took precautions and took the lead; finally he had the combat strength, and he could pull the distance of more than a hundred steps between two cows with his bare hands.
When Xu Chu has a higher platform to show himself, because he has talents, the arrogance of acting is displayed. When he first surrendered to Cao Cao, Xu Chu said, "I am willing to take the heads of Xue Lan and Li Feng as a great gift to see you." In the face of the prestigious Lü Bu calling for a battle, Xu Chu did not listen to the advice and led the troops out of the battle. Xu Chu came out. At the Battle of Hanzhong, Xu Chu said to Cao Cao, "I hope that if you borrow me 50,000 elite soldiers, I will be able to cut off the heads of Liu Bei and Lü Bu and present them to you." At this time, Xun Yu could already see that Xu Chu's impatience had ventured forward, because now that Xu Du was newly determined, it was not suitable for creating a second use of troops. His evaluation of Xu Chu was: "Courage is brave, and he does not know how to use it." ”
However, whether Xu Chu was strong in ability or beautiful in heaven, the first battle was fought between horses and horses, and Xu Chu beheaded Li and sealed him under the horse. Facing Lü Budou twenty times, there is no difference between victory and defeat. In the Battle of Hanzhong, Xu Chu fought to the death, and the four generals could not resist the enemy and were defeated. This is undoubtedly promoting the surge of Xu Chu's vanity and sense of ego, so the turn came, xu Chu met Zhang Fei. Cao Cao retreated to Yangping Pass, and Zhang Fei and Wei Yan divided their troops to rob the grain. Xu Chu led a thousand elite soldiers to Yangping Pass Road to protect the grain and grass. Under the compliment of the grain officer, Xu Chu drank a drunken tincture.
Seeing that Xu Chu was drunk, the grain relief officer advised him to leave again tomorrow to avoid accidents, but Xu Chu still boasted that he had the courage of a thousand men, was not afraid of others, and led the army forward. Just happened to meet Zhang Fei, a thousand enemies, because of drinking and misbehaving, but in a few moments, he was stabbed in the shoulder by Zhang Fei's spear and fell off his horse. Xu Chu's battle lasted less than ten rounds under Zhang Fei's hands, first of all, his own vanity, unable to withstand the compliments of the grain officer, secondly, his own sense of arrogance, in the face of important tasks, he did not think it was important, he dared to get drunk, and finally he did not listen to persuasion and insisted on going his own way. This time, Xu Chu was rescued by Cao Jun and escaped by chance, giving him a blow in the head, after which Xu Chu no longer dared to be arrogant and arrogant.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms