Xu Chu was nicknamed Tiger Fool, although his strength ranked eighth in the Three Kingdoms, below Lü Bu, Dianwei and the Five Tiger Generals, but Xu Chu in the rendition dared to fight and dare to fight, rarely when he was afraid of the enemy and avoided fighting, even in the face of Lü Bu, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Zhang Fei, he was the first to rush to kill in front, such as Cao Cao's six fierce generals besieging Lü Bu in a battle, the first to fight lü Bu was Xu Chu, the same was true of Ma Chao in the Weinan War, Hanzhong was not afraid of Zhang Fei, and so on.
Xu Chu's daring to fight a hard battle is famous among the generals under Cao Cao, but there is also an exception in the speech, that is, in the Battle of the White Horse, Yan Liangxiao was extremely brave and defeated Cao Cao's generals, but this time Xu Chu rarely did not say a word and let Yan Liang be arrogant, and the tiger fool Xu Chu dared to single out Lü Bu and was not afraid of Zhang Fei, why did he only face Yan Liang but avoid fighting? Let's analyze the reasons for this.
First, among the generals under Cao Cao, Dianwei and Xu Chu were positioned as Cao Cao's personal bodyguards rather than generals leading troops and charging into battle. To put it simply, it is the last line of defense of the lord, the main duty is to protect the safety of the lord, unless the life and dignity of the lord are threatened or seriously challenged when he needs to intervene, other battles are naturally done by others, such as the Weinan War Ma Chao Xu Chu the reason why he went to war, there are reasons why Cao Cao cut his beard and abandoned his robe and was humiliated by Ma Chao.
Dianwei was Cao Cao's first bodyguard, but Dianwei had died in the Battle of Wancheng in 197, and the Battle of Baima occurred in 200, when Cao Cao's personal bodyguard was Xu Chu, so Xu Chu had a reasonable reason not to fight.
Second, how strong is Yan Liang's force? At that time, when Dianwei was dead, Pound and Zhang Hao did not surrender, and Cao Zhang was still small, Xu Huang's force was firmly at the forefront of Cao's camp, and before that, Xu Chu had fought with Xu Huang for fifty rounds without winning or losing.
However, Xu Huang actually supported only twenty rounds under Yan Liang's hands and was defeated, Yan Liang's strength can be imagined, such a record is not to say that Xu Chu can't do it, frontal combat even Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun may not be able to do it, Xu Chu even if he fights, he will undoubtedly lose!
After Xu Huang's defeat, "all the generals liran", at this time, if Xu Chu, the first fierce general of Cao Ying, was defeated and defeated, the already unstable military heart might be worse!
Third, Xu Chu was loyal to Cao Cao, and Xu Chu did not need to fight before Cao Cao spoke, which can also be seen from the interpretation:
Lü Bu was sent to the battle because Cao Cao's safety was guaranteed by Dianwei at that time, and Xu Chu had just joined the company in a hurry to show himself; the Battle of Rangshan was fought against Zhao Yun: the anger, teach Xu Chu to fight. Weinan vs. Ma Chao was because Ma Chao had all named names, not to mention Cao Cao said, "Ma Chao does not reduce Lü Bu's courage!" This angered Xu Chu; the Battle of Hanzhong was Cao Cao's words: "Who dares to oppose Zhang Fei?" Xu Chucai said, "A certain wish!" Yan Liang was so brave, Cao Cao didn't want Xu Chu to risk going into battle, so he didn't speak.
Fourth, at this time, there was another person under Cao Cao's command who was even more powerful than Xu Chu, and this person was Guan Yu, who had just surrendered, and the generals of the Cao camp, including Xu Chu, also knew in their hearts that Guan Yu was so valued by Cao Cao, and it was time for Guan Yu to strike.
Guan Yu surrendered without any success, even if Cao Cao did not say a word, Guan Yu, who had a clear grudge, would definitely ask for battle, and since Guan Yu, who had force above himself, would fight Yan Liang, Xu Chu naturally did not have to go out of his horse.
Therefore, the reason why Xu Chu avoided fighting in the face of Yan Liang was actually not because he was afraid of Yan Liang, but because there were many reasons that made Xu Chu remain silent.