The Three Kingdoms is an era of hegemony, and all kinds of heroes and masters gather together to fight for fame, win profit, and uphold benevolence and righteousness. Zhuge Liang, who bowed to the fullest, Liu Bei, who persevered, Zhou Yu, who was dashing, and Cao Cao, who was more talented, left countless legendary stories and were remembered by future generations.
Cao Cao, historically known as the "adulterous male", was also the originator of "blackmailing the son of heaven to order the princes". Cao Cao seems to be a contradictory person, he adheres to the policy of "employing people without doubt", and recruits talents from all over the world for his own use. At the same time, he did not trust anyone, such as killing Lu Bohao's family, such as threatening to "kill people in good dreams". Of course, in addition to the two bodyguards around him, Dianwei and Xu Chu, Cao Cao had 100% trust in them.
Dianwei was called "Ancient Evil Lai" by Cao Cao, with a large body, bravery, and a weapon of eighty pounds. In 197 AD, Cao Cao rebelled against Zhang Xiu in Wancheng, and after accepting Zhang Xiu's surrender, Cao Cao was obviously overwhelmed by the victory and happily asked Zhang Xiu's widow aunt to be a concubine, causing Zhang Xiu to surrender and rebel. Dianwei fought to the death to cover Cao Cao's evacuation, and eventually lost his strength and died.
When Cao Cao heard of Dianwei's tragic death, he wept loudly and personally wept for a thick burial. After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he was given the title of Du Wei (都尉) and was given the title of Marquis of Guannei (關内侯). Dianwei's successor is Xu Chu, the "Tiger Fool". Xu Chu was a native of the mountains, an authentic peasant who had already become famous for his bravery and martial arts long before Xu Chu joined Cao Cao's camp.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the masses were divided, disasters were repeated, and the Yellow Turban Army revolted, invading the people of Li everywhere, xu Chu gathered Zhuang Ding and thousands of clans to jointly resist the invasion of thieves. At that time, more than 10,000 people attacked Xu Chu, and Xu Chu was outnumbered, so he had to pretend to make peace with the thieves and discuss exchanging cattle for food. After the thieves took the cattle away, they ran back on their own, and Xu Chu went to the front of the battle and walked more than a hundred steps with the tail of the cow, and the thieves were so frightened that they did not dare to come back to fetch the cattle.
Xu Chu was nicknamed "Tiger Fool", just as it was customary at that time, often described as a fierce beast, and could use the tiger as the king of the hundred beasts, which showed that Xu Chu was powerful, but this idiotic word, but often praised and depreciated, often said that this is because he has courage and strategy, but I am willing to understand that this obsession is Xu Chu's "loyalty"!
In the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao occupied Huai and Ru, and Xu Chu sent the crowd to submit to Cao Cao, and on the same day, he worshiped the capital and introduced Su Wei. You know, Su Wei can be said to be one of the most important positions around a leader, if there is a miscreant heart, it can be said that it is invincible. It is said that Cao Cao was suspicious, but at this time, su wei was introduced on the same day, which can also be said to be Cao Cao's undoubted trust for Xu Chu, and this trust laid xu Chu's incomparable loyalty.
Xu Chu was always worried about Cao Cao's safety. When Guandu and Yuan Shao confronted each other, someone wanted to murder Cao Cao, but Xu Chu was always with him and did not dare to do so. He waited until Xu Chu left for a rest period before he dared to come, but Xu Chu was suddenly restless at home and returned to Cao Cao's side, frightening the traitor into panic and revealing his intentions, thus saving Cao Cao's life. Since then, it can be said that Cao Cao trusted Xu Chu more, went in and out of his peers, and did not let him leave his side.
In 211, Xu Chu accompanied Cao Cao in his conquest of Han Sui and Ma Chao at Tongguan. The battle situation was unfavorable, so Cao Cao let the army cross the river to retreat, and he and Xu Chu and others broke off. At this time, Ma Chao rode more than 10,000 horses to rob and kill Cao Cao, and the arrows were like rain. Xu Chu held the saddle in his hand and blocked the arrows with his body, trying to ensure that Cao Cao was complete. Cao Cao negotiated with Han Sui and Ma Chao, worried that it was a Feast at Hongmen and it was not good to bring many people, so he only took Xu Chu with him.
Ma Chao prided himself on his strength and wanted to take down Cao Cao in one fell swoop, but he had heard of Xu Chu's bravery before, so Ma Chao asked Taizu Yue: "Is the public tiger prince safe?" Taizu Gu pointed to Chu, and Chu looked forward to it with disgust. ——"Romance of the Three Kingdoms"】 Cao Cao pointed his finger at Xu Chu, Xu Chu's eyes widened in anger, and Ma Chao did not dare to mess around.
Once Cao Cao was drunk and sleeping in the tent, and Xu Chu stood guard at the door. The prince Cao Ren, who happened to be sitting on the side, came to see him urgently, but was stopped by Xu Chu. Cao Ren was furious, he was originally Cao Cao's fellow, and he was also a local official, where would he put Xu Chu, an outsider, in his eyes, and drink xu Chu to let go quickly, otherwise he would look good. As a result, Xu Chu did not retreat one step at a time: "Although the general is close, he is now a foreign minister, and although Xu Chu is outside, at this time he is the great king's guard, I will never allow you to enter, and everything will wait until the great king wakes up." ”
Cao Ren did not dare to go in the end, and after Cao Cao woke up, he not only did not blame Xu Chu, but greatly appreciated it. As a leader, especially a suspicious person like Cao Cao, he liked this kind of "brainless allegiance, not asking right or wrong" subordinates. Therefore, Xu Chu's "die-hard loyalty" to Cao Cao is well known throughout the Cao camp, but it is this "die-hard loyalty" that led to his later disappearance.
"Taizu Collapsed, Chu Wept and vomited blood." In 220 AD, Cao Cao died, and Xu Chu was so distraught that he even vomited blood on the spot. Looking at the entire Cao camp, including Cao Cao's sons, xu Chu was not so sad. Therefore, the successor Cao Pi also had great respect for this tiger idiot, and made him the Marquis of Banzai Ting, promoted to general of Wu Wei, and was responsible for commanding the Forbidden Army of the Chinese Army.
Xu Chu has since sat in the rear and enjoyed qingfu in the palace, and the nature of the work of this position determines that Xu Chu can rarely show his face again. Although Xu Chu's force was one of the best in the Cao Army, almost all of Xu Chu's appearances were single-handed, he was only a fierce general who charged into the battlefield, and he was definitely not a general who led the army to fight. As soon as Cao Cao died, his role was naturally greatly reduced. In addition, he is also old, unable to move, and it is not surprising that he "disappeared".
(Reference: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc.)