The description of Xu You's death in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: One day, Xu Chu rode into the East Gate and was greeting Xu You, and You summoned Chu Yue: "'Ru waits for no self, can An enter and exit this gate?'" Chu Fury said: "We are waiting for thousands of lives and deaths, and we have fought a bloody battle to seize the city, and Ru'an dares to boast!" '''You scolded:'''Ru and so on are all pifu ears, Ho Zu Dao Ya!'' Chu was furious, drew his sword and killed You, raised his head to see Cao Cao, and said, "Xu You is so rude, so killed." ''Fucking:''Ziyuan and I have old friends, so they play with each other, why kill them!'' ''Deeply rebuke Xu Chu, let Hou bury Xu You.''
Those who are familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms period should know that the war that broke out during that period was actually a war about talent. That is to say, which force has more talents, then which force has a greater chance of victory. It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao, the lord of great power, will show such a pity for talent. Logically speaking, Xu You, as a person who took the initiative to surrender to Cao Cao and made great contributions to Cao Cao, deserved Cao Cao's love. But in fact, the fate he got from Cao Cao was very miserable. So, what is the reason? In fact, this can only be blamed on him for doing too much.
1. Abandon Yuan and surrender to Cao Cao, and be favored by Cao Cao
Xu You did not initially serve Cao Cao, but was just one of Yuan Shao's many staff. Originally, he cooperated with Yuan Shao quite well, but once Yuan Shao refused to accept his suggestion, and he was angry, so he simply ran to defect to Yuan Shao's enemy Cao Cao. As a result, in Cao Cao's place, he received quite good courtesy. It is said that when Cao Cao heard that Xu You had come to join him, he happily ran to meet him without shoes. After Seeing Cao Cao's enthusiastic attitude towards himself, Xu You finally felt relieved about this hasty decision he had made.
Second, he offered cao Cao the city of Jizhou and showed a rampant attitude in front of Cao Cao
After receiving Cao Cao's courtesy and kindness, Xu You immediately offered advice to Cao Cao, telling him that he had a way to defeat Yuan Shao and take the city of Jizhou into Cao Cao's pocket. As a result, Cao Cao was very happy and immediately listened to Xu You's advice like a student. After that, Cao Cao did what Xu You told him, and sure enough, he defeated Yuan Shao and took Yuan Shao's old lair into his pocket. Up to this point, Cao Cao was still a brute force, and may even have thought that he would rely more on Xu You in the future. It wasn't long before Xu You, who was familiar with Cao Cao, began to show a rampant look in front of Cao Cao.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xun Yu's evaluation of Xu You is: "Although there are many Shao soldiers, the law is not in order. Tian Fenggang committed the crime, and Xu You was greedy but not cured. The trial is special and unscrupulous, and the two people are used for their own purposes, and if the family violates its laws, it will not be able to indulge, and if it is not indulgent, it will be changed.
At that time, Cao Cao was about to lead a large army into Jizhou City, which was a very happy thing, but Xu You, before Cao Cao was about to enter the city gate, suddenly rode in front of Cao Cao on horseback, and then while calling Cao Cao's nickname, he asked him if he could have the opportunity to occupy this Jizhou City without his own words? After saying that, he laughed quite a lot, which made the soldiers under Cao Cao quite disgusted with him. And Cao Cao, although he only laughed with him at that time, in fact, he had already begun to hate Xu You in his heart.
Third, he behaved too much in front of Xu Chu and was tragically beheaded by Xu Chu
Xu Chu was Cao Cao's personal bodyguard, so when Cao Cao went anywhere, Xu Chu would follow him. Because of this, Cao Cao valued Xu Chu very much, and he was far better to him than to others. Therefore, in Cao Cao's camp, even if there were officials who were much higher than Xu Chu's official position, they still did not dare to treat Xu Chu slowly. Even if the other party is a figure like Xu You, he must obediently behave with his tail between his legs in front of Xu Chu. However, Xu You was too arrogant at that time, and he talked nonsense as soon as he drank. As a result, he suddenly offended Xu You, who had long looked at him unfavorably, and naturally his good life was over.
After Xu Chu cut off Xu You's head, he calmly went to see Cao Cao. As a result, Cao Cao did not punish him, but only patiently told him that he should give way to Xu You. When everyone saw this, they knew that Cao Cao had long wanted to kill Xu You. If he really cherished Xu You as a talent, he would definitely punish Xu Chu severely after Xu Chu killed Xu You. It can be seen from this that Cao Cao obviously borrowed Xu Chu's hand to kill Xu You, a strategist who behaved too rampantly in front of him.
And Xu You should also bear the main responsibility for his own death, after all, his own behavior is too unorthodox. If he could learn to serve Cao Cao like others in Cao Cao's camp, he would not have been able to get such a tragic end. Even if Cao Cao had not explicitly ordered him to be killed at that time, he would surely find a way to dispose of him in the future. Therefore, Xu You's death was entirely due to his own ability to do it.