He was two meters tall, with a waist of ten circumferences, and was the first bodyguard of the Three Kingdoms and a general.
Who is he? How did he do it?
This strange man was Xu Chu, who was known as the Tiger Hou. Xu Chu, historically known as being more than eight feet tall (comparable to the current two-meter giant, quite a comparison with Yao Ming), with a waist of ten circumferences, a majestic appearance, and great courage." (Waist ten circumference, arm circumference, hand circumference?) Comrade Chen Shou did not explain in detail, and we are not good at guessing, so he will let him say it, and we will listen to it. A native of Tan Guochen (谯谯, in present-day Tancheng District, Bozhou City, Anhui Province). Although Xu Chu grew five big and three thick, a black whirlwind, and a black iron tower, he had an elegant character - Zhongkang.
Xu Chu stills
It is said that in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the rivers and mountains were in turmoil, and the world was in chaos. In order to protect himself, Xu Chu personally came forward, summoned hundreds of small friends and thousands of people of his own clan, and jointly built a two-meter-wide and nearly three-meter-high separation wall outside the village to resist the invasion of thieves. At that time, more than 10,000 Yellow Turban troops from Gepi in Runan (present-day northwest of Xincai County, Henan) marched all the way east to Xu Chu's hometown of Xuzhuang. Seeing that Xuzhuang's barriers were strict and the walls were high and deep, he felt that xuzhuang might be a rich mine, and there must be a lot of gold and silver treasures, so he surrounded Xuzhuang and attacked them endlessly. After Xu Chu received the report, he immediately shook his spirits, grabbed a large knife in his hand, and led the crowd to meet the enemy. Due to lack of experience and too fierce fighting, at the end of the day, the knives and guns were almost completely damaged, and there were few arrows left, and the village fort was about to be lost. In the hurry, Xu Chu panicked, grabbed a random stone on the side of the wall, and threw it violently outside the wall, due to the strong force, the stone fell and blossomed, when even a ghost cried wolf howled. Seeing that this unintentional throw was so effective, Xu Chu then shouted at a group of men and women, "Go find the stone and move the stone!" After a while, Xu Chu was stacked with piles of stone mountains around him, and a few villagers even moved the millstones and millstones under the wall. Looking at the pile of stone mountains around him, Xu Chu's confidence increased sharply, and when the Yellow Turbans rushed again, Xu Chu immediately picked up a millstone and threw it at the enemy, and on the spot, several Yellow Turbans were cracked by the brain plasma hit by the pan stones, and they were killed on the ground, and the remaining enemies saw the situation, panicked, and retreated one after another.
In January, although Xu Chu's arms were swollen and his legs were thick, there was stone light, grain light, grass light, and panic in the village. Xu Chu did not panic, but he made a clever move and played a trick - pretending to make peace with the Yellow Turban, and proposing the conditions for exchanging cattle for grain. The Yellow Turban Army knew that it had encountered an opponent, and after losing its troops, it felt that it was useless to attack again, and it was not a loss to exchange cattle for grain, so it immediately agreed, and sent grain according to the agreement, taking away the cultivated cattle. Unexpectedly, the cattle of this village were more cattle than the people, and when the Yellow Turban Army was not prepared, this animal sneaked back to the village secretly. When the Yellow Turban Army saw that the grain and cattle were empty, they were angry and corrupt, and when they arranged for a puma to follow behind the cow's ass, the horse was fast and slow, and soon they were in front of the cow, several Yellow Turbans jumped off the horse, whipped the cow, the anger was scattered, the morning glory was gone, no more, no less, just out of seven steps, suddenly saw a fierce god evil running from the village, stunned, the big man had forked behind the cow, did not take a cavity, grabbed the oxtail, leaned back, fell backwards, step by step, until the yellow turbans woke up, This big man had already dragged a bull weighing nearly a thousand pounds back more than a hundred steps. Several yellow scarves of morning glory, like bumping into the devil in the daylight, were in the shape of a goose, with big eyes and small eyes--neither dared to come up to the morning glory nor dare to come up to attack, but could only watch as this reckless man dragged the cow back to the village step by step. I don't know whether it was out of admiration or out of timidity, the Yellow Turban Army went around the village that day and roared away.
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Cao Cao occupied Huai (present-day Huai'an, Jiangsu) and Ru (present-day Ruzhou, Henan), and Xu Chu did not say a word, and immediately led his people to defect to Cao Cao. Cao Cao looked up at Xu Chu, who was like an iron tower, overjoyed, and while grinning, he patted the flesh of the calf on Xu Chu's right arm and said happily: "This Wu Fan Duo also." On that day, Cao Cao made Xu Chu a lieutenant (equivalent to a regimental battalion commander) and "introduced Su Wei", that is, a personal bodyguard. Dozens of small friends who followed Xu Zhu were also packed into Cao Cao's command together with Xu Chu and formed a group of "Tiger Soldiers" bodyguards.
Soon after, Xu Chu followed Cao Cao to requisition Zhang Xiu, and in order to repay Cao Cao's kindness, Xu Chu took the initiative to ask for help, and strongly demanded to go to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. Seeing that someone was willing to give his life for himself, Cao Cao naturally rejoiced and nodded his head continuously. During the battle, Xu Chu was bare-chested, wielding a large knife, opening his bow left and right, cutting melons and chopping vegetables, and beheading tens of thousands of levels with dozens of small friends. After the war, Xu Chu was promoted to lieutenant (equivalent to division brigade commander) for meritorious service.
In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Xu Chu followed Cao Cao to confront Yuan Shao at Guandu. At that time, Xu He and others in Cao's camp saw that Yuan Shao was rich and powerful, and they expected that Cao Cao would be defeated, so they rebelled and tried to kill Cao yuan. However, Xu He saw that Xu Chu was always not far away from Cao Cao, and because he was afraid of Xu Chu's power, he did not dare to move.
A few days later, Xu Chu shifted to rest, and after Xu He and the others found out, they begged to see Cao Cao with a sharp blade. At this time, Xu Chu, who had returned to the house to rest, suddenly felt restless and restless, and the sixth nerve also frequently called the police. Xu Chu immediately jumped up and hurried back to Cao Cao's side. At this time, Xu Ta and the others did not know that Xu Chu had returned to his post, and had just entered the (Cao) account, when he suddenly saw the fierce and evil Xu Chu standing next to Cao Cao with a knife, and Xu He was immediately shocked. Xu Chu saw the situation, did not say a word, swung the knife to cut Xu He and the others to the ground, a search really found several sharp knives from Xu He and others. Afterwards, Cao Cao had more trust in Xu Chu, and when he went in and out of his peers, he had to not let him leave his body.
In the ninth year of Jian'an (204), Xu Chu accompanied Cao Cao in besieging Yuan Shao's younger son Yuan Shangyu at Yecheng, and Xu Chu was given the title of Marquis of Guannei for cutting countless people.
In the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), Xu Chu accompanied Cao Cao in his conquest of Han Sui and Ma Chao at Tongguan. At the beginning of the battle, Cao Cao first arranged for a large army to cross the river, and after he broke off with Xu Chu and more than a hundred other tiger soldiers, Ma Chao saw that the opportunity could not be lost, so he led more than 10,000 horses to attack Cao Cao, for a time, the killing sound was tremendous, the battle knife flashed, and ma Chao's army was approaching step by step. At this time, Cao Cao did not know whether to pretend to be big or to pretend to be crazy and stupid, but like an ignorant puppet, standing still in the same place. Seeing this, Xu Chu broke out in a cold sweat and drank from the head: "There are too many thieves, and the troops have crossed the river, you should leave!" After saying that, without waiting for Cao Cao to squeak, he jumped on the spot with a knife in one hand and Cao Cao in the other, and jumped on the bow of the boat. More than a hundred tiger soldiers around Cao Cao, seeing Ma Chaojun killed, at this time also lost all the tiger's might, crying father and mother, they pounced on the boat, watching the boat overturn. Xu Chu was anxious, and immediately waved the long knife in his hand to cut off all the boat climbers, and then dropped the long knife, freed his hand, held up the saddle in one hand to block the arrow for Cao Cao, and struggled to row the oar with the other hand, and the small boat swung and swung obliquely to the opposite shore, and Cao Cao was saved.
A few days later, Cao Cao, according to Jia Xu's plan, wanted to alienate Han Sui and Ma Chao, and agreed with Han and Ma to negotiate peace before the battle. In order to guard against Han and Ma's secret calculations, and also to show his courage and sincerity, Cao Cao only took Xu Chu alone to ride out of the battle. Ma Chao is arrogant and brave, and wants to sneak up on Cao Cao while Han and Cao are talking. However, Ma Chao had already heard of Xu Chuzhiyong, and during the meeting, he saw that there was a big man standing next to Cao Cao, and he wondered if this person might be Xu Chu, so he asked in a loud voice: "Where is Cao Gong's Tiger Hou?" Cao Cao looked at Ma Chao, turned his head and gently pointed at Xu Chu with his hand. Only to see Xu Chu tiger looking at him, the tiger tiger was mighty, ma Chao saw this, and had to press the soldiers and not move.
A few days later, Cao Jun defeated Ma Chao, and in the battle, Xu Chu took the lead again, beheading dozens of enemy troops. Because of his meritorious service in escorting the battle, after the war, Xu Chuguan was awarded the title of General of Wu Wei Zhonglang and jumped into the ranks of generals.
Although Xu Chu was careless, he was not rude. In the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), Cao Ren, a general of Cao Cao's clan, came from Jingzhou to meet Cao Cao, at this time, Cao Cao was sleeping soundly in his bedroom and had not yet entered the temple, and Cao Ren met Xu Chu, who was standing guard by the door outside the palace. Perhaps because he wanted to be close to Xu Chu, or perhaps out of respect for Xu Chu, Cao Ren smiled and invited Xu Chu to the side room next to him to drink tea and chat. Unexpectedly, Xu Chu only replied with one sentence, "The King of Wei is coming!" So he turned around and entered the temple, directly leaving Cao Renliang outside the temple, and although Cao Ren gritted his teeth, he could only helplessly.
Afterwards, a good person asked: "The general Cao Ren of Zhengnan is a heavy courtier of the clan and condescending to you for tea and chatting, but why do you have to resign?" Xu Chu straightened his neck and stepped forward to reply, "Although Cao Ren is a major relative, he is the general of the Zhenshou Outer Domain." And I Xu Chu is the internal minister in charge of internal guarding. If we want to talk, we should whisper in public, why do we have to go to the house and whisper? "The implication is that there is a difference between inside and outside, cao Cao is already jealous, if he knows that I have a private chat with the clan general, what will he think?" Sure enough, after Cao Cao heard about this, he immediately extended his thumb to praise Xu Chu. A few days later, Xu Chu was promoted to the position of stalwart general.
In the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), Cao Cao died of illness, and Xu Chu was mourning and vomiting blood.
In the first year of the Huang Dynasty (220), Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, and in view of Xu Chu's hard work and loyalty, he also made Xu Chu the Marquis of Banzai Ting, and promoted to the rank of General of Wu Wei, the governor of the Chinese army, and continued to be responsible for Cao Pi's security work.
In the first year of Taihe (227), after the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui ascended the throne, he also enfeoffed Xu Chu as the Marquis of Mouxiang (牟乡侯), with 700 households, and at the same time gave one of his sons the title of Marquis of Guannei.
Soon after, Xu Chu died of illness in office and was posthumously honored as the Marquis of Zhuang. After that, a few years later, Cao Rui remembered Xu Chu's loyalty and divided his two descendants into Guannei Marquis.
Looking at Xu Chuchao's life, it can be seen that the reason why he was able to become the first bodyguard and general of the Three Kingdoms from a grassroots counterattack was that in addition to the indispensable courage and loyalty, there was a more important reason, that is, wisdom and knowledge, that is, knowing people and knowing the time. Just when a number of wise men and celebrities have all turned to Yuan Shao, he can have a unique vision and choose Cao Cao as his boss; in the interaction with Xu He and Cao Ren, he acted decisively, advanced and retreated properly, turned danger into invisibility, refused to be suspected of being outside, and could always get the trust and reuse of several generations of leaders, and was invincible in the midst of great winds and waves, not only starting and ending well, but also benefiting his descendants, how many people in ancient and modern China and abroad can there be?
Author: We invite the author to laugh in the bush