Xu Chu was Cao Cao's personal bodyguard, and was simply loyal to Cao Cao, so that after Cao Cao's death, Xu Chu was overly sad, and soon followed Cao Cao, leaving his title and family property to his son Xu Yi to inherit, and under the shadow of his father Xu Chu, Xu Yi also developed relatively smoothly.
However, later Xu Yi followed Zhong Hui to destroy Shu, and after only the Battle of Southern Zhengguan, he was beheaded by Zhong Hui ordered, and after being a famous general, when Xu Yi was beheaded by Zhong Hui, no one actually stood up to intercede for Xu Yi, why?
Death of Xu Yi
After Sima Zhao took over the power of his brother Sima Shi, he did something more unacceptable, that is, to directly kill Cao Fang, the emperor of Cao Wei, because this incident completely caused the dissatisfaction of many ministers in the court, and everyone was worried that Sima Zhao would do something to himself.
In a special historical period, Sima Zhao wants to buy people's hearts or get everyone's approval, the best way is to make meritorious achievements, make a little achievement to block the mouth of others, after much thought, Sima Zhao decided to launch the War of Cutting Shu, after all these years he was also made uneasy by Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, it was time to give Shu Han a little color to see.
After Sima Zhao put forward his ideas, many ministers were reluctant to support Sima Zhao, because they were worried that Sima Zhao's success in cutting shu would be more controlled in the future, and they were also worried that if Sima Zhao's failure to cut shu would be unimaginable, and shu Han's natural and dangerous geographical advantages were all seen by those ministers in Cao Wei.
Sima Zhao's heart has been decided, as long as someone supports him, Sima Zhao naturally will not give up easily, just at the critical moment, Sima Zhao's favorite minister Zhong will appear, Zhong Hui was originally a courtier, did not go to the battlefield to lead the army, but the situation at this time is critical, it is a good time for his own meritorious career, Zhong Hui is of course unwilling to give up.
Sima Zhao, seeing that Zhong would support him, tried his best to defy the public opinion and chose to launch the Battle of Shu. Zhong hui was appointed by Sima Zhao as the commander of The Shu Dynasty, leading more than 100,000 troops to Haohao Tangtang, as Xu Chu's son Xu Yi, who had always been under the aura of his father, and he also wanted to prove himself, so he took the initiative to find Zhong Hui and asked to serve as a pioneer.
Zhong Hui originally needed to select a pioneer, Xu Yi's request was just right, Zhong Hui did not think about it and appointed Xu Yi as a pioneer, responsible for opening the road and building a bridge before the team, so that the army could drive straight in. After Xu Yi accepted the order, he led the team forward, but when he was in Southern Zhengguan, Xu Yi felt that this was a good time to make a contribution, so he wanted to seize the pass, establish the first merit, and prove his ability, only to be defeated by the Shu Han general Lu Xun who was guarding the pass with the crossbow left by Zhuge Liang, and fled into the wilderness.
After hearing the news of Xu Yi's defeat, Zhong Hui quickly rushed to understand the situation, and as a result, his war horse on the bridge was trapped by a collapsed piece of earth, and Zhong Hui was overwhelmed for a while, so he could only throw away his war horse and flee for his life, if it were not for the Wei army arriving in time to rescue Zhong Hui, it was estimated that Zhong Hui would be shot by Lu Xun.
It can be said that Zhong Will be regarded as a dead escape, so after returning to the tent, Zhong will quickly find Xu Yi and behead him on the grounds that he has not completed the construction of bridges and roads, and when he heard that Xu Yi was about to be beheaded, some generals came over and said to Zhong Hui: "Look at Xu Yi's father Xu Chu is Cao Wei's meritorious servant, bypass Xu Yi's life", after listening to everyone's pleas, Zhong will refuse on the grounds of "military law is unknown, why order the public", and finally behead Xu Yi.
In this way, Xu Yi, a generation of famous generals Xu Chu, died in a hurry after the first battle of Shu, and the reasons why Zhong Hui beheaded Xu Yi and the reasons for the ministers' intercession were full of mystery, and they did not feel that people were more curious about Xu Yi's death, what was the reason for his killing?
Why did Zhong Hui kill Xu Yi?
On the surface, Zhong will kill Xu Yi, the main reason is because Xu Yi did not complete the task he gave, but when we analyze it in depth, we will find that Zhong will use the reason of not completing the task to kill Xu Yi, which is really far-fetched, why do you say so?
Combined with the real history, we will find that Zhong Hui initially arranged Xu Yi as a pioneer to be responsible for opening roads and building bridges, and its mission scope did not involve the bridges on the upper side of Nanzheng Pass, because this was a defensive dead zone for Shu Han, and it was impossible for the Wei army to enter here, so Xu Yi's task must not be to build bridges here.
So why did Xu Yi go here later? Mainly because Xu Yi was somewhat greedy and adventurous, went to the area that was not originally within the scope of his duties, and was also defeated by Lu Xun, which was embarrassing, Zhong Hui heard the news of Xu Yi's defeat, originally should not have gone directly to the bridge of Southern Zhengguan, because this is the territory of the Shu Army, rushing in, there will inevitably be many crises, and as a result, Zhong Hui will also be greedy and adventurous, and will fall into it, almost losing his life.
Judging from such a real situation, Zhong Hui wanted to kill Xu Yi, not because Xu Yi did not complete the task of building bridges, but because Xu Yi was greedy and risky to cause trouble for himself, and Zhong Hui could completely dispose of Xu Yi with the charge of greed and aggression, but because he was also suspected of being greedy and aggressive, Zhong Hui could only kill Xu Yi for another reason, so that others would have nothing to say.
In short, the reason why Zhong Hui wants to kill Xu Yi, the first reason is that Xu Yi is greedy and adventurous, causing trouble, causing Zhong Hui to almost lose his life just before he appeared, so as the manager of Zhong Hui, he must punish Xu Yi, otherwise it is difficult to convince the public, but just punish it, and the crime is not to be blamed, from which we can infer that the main reason why Zhong Hui wants to kill Xu Yi is definitely not Xu Yi's greed, but another secret.
Combined with the historical background we mentioned earlier, Zhong Hui came out as the commander this time, but Zhong Hui led the army to fight for the first time, so many senior generals in the army were unwilling to listen to Zhong Hui's arrangements, such as Deng Ai, these old jianghu, who were obviously dissatisfied with Zhong Hui.
Zhong Hui deeply understands the embarrassing position of his own manager, and must find an opportunity to establish his power to deter everyone, so that when he is formally fighting, he has enough majesty to control everyone, which is the main reason why Zhong will kill Xu Yi.
Zhong Hui originally wanted to find someone to come out to kill chickens and scare monkeys Li Wei, just Xu Yi himself sent to the door to ask for orders to serve as a pioneer, and then greedily and ventured to make a mistake, so that Zhong Hui simply had to come without any effort, and he would directly take down Xu Yi in one fell swoop, and Li Wei would shock the army and pave the way for the war behind him.
After Zhong Hui killed Xu Yi, everyone present was very surprised and no longer dared to disobey Zhong Hui's arrangement, why could a small pioneer Xu Yi have such a great deterrent power? This involves the background of Xu Yi's life, Xu Yi is xu Chu's son, Xu Chu was the most trusted general during Cao Cao's period, after such a hero, the influence in the dynasty can be imagined.
Zhong Hui dared to kill such a character, and the rest of the generals were naturally still more afraid, afraid that if they accidentally did something wrong or did not obey Zhong Hui's arrangement, they would be in a different place. Of course, there is a reason why Zhong Hui dared to kill Xu Yi, and I don't believe that we will continue to look at the desolation revealed behind the intercession of those ministers.
Why didn't the minister intercede
As mentioned earlier, these ministers did say a sentence, "For the sake of Xu Yi's father Xu Chu, who was a meritorious man, he spared Xu Yi's life", but in this case, it was obvious that he was not interceding, but deliberately reminded Zhong Hui of Xu Yi's identity, so why did these ministers do this? If you want to ask for affection, directly explain the reason for the intercession, or say clearly that Xu Yi's sin should not die, then it is not over, why should xu Yi's father be used to speak.
After listening to the ministers' words, Zhong Hui decisively beheaded Xu Yi, indicating that Zhong Hui understood the ministers' unspoken meaning. Combined with the historical background at that time, Xu Yi's background was more embarrassing, because the most powerful family at that time was the Sima Zhao family, so following Sima Zhao's cronies was the most beneficial, such as Zhong Hui.
In addition to Sima Zhao's cronies, some other people are also cao wei's former heroes, but now they have defected to Sima Zhao's people, these people will also benefit, and people like Xu Yi, just on the edge of the two, he and Sima Zhao are not close, and those who defected to Sima Zhao in Cao Wei are not close, plus his father Xu Chu was not popular before, and he was loyal enough to Cao Cao, so people who now turn to Sima Zhao will more or less want to bully Xu Yi.
It is in such a historical background, Xu Yi is destined to be a tragic role, even if Zhong will not take Xu Yi to open the knife, the rest of the ministers will also take Xu Yi to open the knife, because he is a famous general, but at this time in the team is isolated, everyone bullying him can appear to be very good, but no one will come forward to help Xu Yi.
Zhong Hui saw this clearly before he dared to kill Xu Yi decisively, and the rest of the intercessing ministers seemed to be pleading, but in fact they were reminding Zhong Hui to quickly kill Xu Yi to establish a will, only Xu Yi, from the beginning to the time he was killed, was completely in a state of ignorance.
epilogue
Although Xu Yi was a famous general after Xu Chu, but at the critical moment when the Sima family was in power, Xu Yi's identity was the most embarrassing, Zhong Hui wanted to find someone to shock the army, just Xu Yi was the best candidate, so a seemingly yin and yang wrong decapitation feast, behind the scenes was a long-planned Hongmen feast, Xu Yi was just like the fish on the Zhong Hui case board, can only be slaughtered, he is not yet clear, so it is really sad and lamentable!
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