Xu Huang was an important general under Cao Cao who was known as Zhou Yafu, and with his outstanding achievements, he became a well-known five-son general in the world, but his life also left a lot of doubts. He rarely led the troops alone, and he was defeated by Yan Liang in twenty rounds of martial arts, but he fought with Guan Yu for more than eighty rounds, and Xu Chu openly provoked Xu Huang in front of the Tongquetai, who would be stronger between him and Xu Chu? And where did Xu Huang's martial arts come from?
【Xu Huang's family lineage】
Xu Huang's parents were ordinary farmers. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the habit of martial arts became popular, so that the young Xu Huang practiced a set of axe methods to defeat the enemy, in addition to splitting, cutting, bumping, cutting the four major moves, there are not too many fancy routines, this method is very simple and practical, because Xu Huang has to help the family carry water and chop wood every day, after a long time, he has practiced a brute force, Xu Huang, who has been practicing hard for many years, relies on strength and persistence, and his axe method makes it difficult for Xu Huang to meet opponents in dozens of miles. In normal times, Xu Huang also likes to listen to the stories of those old people in the village, Han Xin dianbing, Zhou Yafu training xiaoliu camp these classics he will carefully ponder, because he often takes the stone to practice, a few years later he does have a set of methods for governing the army. Later, Yang Feng was recruiting troops and buying horses, and after joining the army, Xu Huang showed his outstanding ability and soon became Yang Feng's close confidant.
【Lonely Xu Huang】
Xu Huang was praised by Cao Cao as Zhou Yafu, and his military ability was indeed stronger than that of martial arts. Xu Huang is a person with integrity and does not understand sleekness, never goes to the gang to form a party, is very frugal and rigorous in life, Cao Cao's favor and some self-confidence, but also let him not have a friend in the Wei army. Wang Ping was a very kind and low-key figure, and as a result, he was forced by Xu Huang to surrender to the Shu army, and from then on the Shu army had one more general. Although Xu Chu was a rough personality, he had only been angry with three people in his life, one was Xu You, who was drunk and crazy, and Xu Chu did what Cao Cao wanted to do; the second was that the arrogant Guan Yu made Xu Chu a little unable to hold back; and the third was Xu Huang, and Xu Chu openly fought with Xu Huang after the Incident of the Tongquetai Robbery.
Guan Yu had two confidants in the Wei army, one was Zhang Liao and the other was Xu Huang. When Cao Cao besieged Guan Yu, Zhang Liao came up with many ways to finally let Guan Yu survive fortunately, although these had a lot to do with Cao Cao's love for talent, but it also showed that Zhang Liao was also doing his best to treat Guan Yu, after all, Guan Yu's arrogance and self-confidence were difficult to tolerate. In the Battle of Fancheng, Guan Yu had not yet reached the end of the mountains and rivers, Xu Huang replied most crisply, that is, to kill, which made Guan Yu feel shocked and chilled.
【Who is the first of the five sons】
Xu Huang, along with Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao, Yu Ban, and Le Jin, was known as the Five Sons of Liang, and Xu Huang's ability to command the three armies was not below the other four generals. Since following Cao Cao, Xu Huang has also experienced countless large and small battles, and has also made many military achievements, but he only went out with the army, and he had never led the army independently except for the Battle of Fancheng. Le Jin and Yu Ban often led the army independently in the early days, Zhang Liao defeated Sun Quan in the Battle of Hemi, Zhang Gao also fought Zhang Fei at Wakou Pass, and Xu Huang's only battle of Fancheng to relieve the siege, the initial commander chose Yu Ban, the flooded Seventh Army was defeated too quickly to make Cao Cao a little caught off guard, at this time Xiahou Yuan was dead, Zhang Liao was in Heshui, the other generals were in their own defense zone, looking at Xu Chang and only Xu Huang, and why Cao Cao had been refusing to use Xu Huang, there was actually a reason.
Xu Huang has one of the biggest advantages, that is, he has a very good set of methods for low-key and rigorous management of the army, and the non-commissioned officers trained by Xu Huang strictly abide by Xu Huang's orders, so that they are very effective. Once Xu Huang has more military power, once he has the heart to seize power and rebel, then Xu Huang's army will be the most terrible enemy, because Cao Cao is slowly seizing power in this way, so Cao Cao only uses his talents, and will not really reuse him. In contrast, Yu Ban's ability level is much lower, plus Yu Ban's official work is done in accordance with Cao Cao's intentions, and he is absolutely loyal to Cao Cao, such a person Cao Cao is very assured, and finally Yu Ban has become the head of the five sons.
【Xu Huang and Xu Chu】
Xu Chu was very disgusted with Xu Huang's personality, as a demotionary Xu Huang was too much favored by Cao Cao, if he could be as low-key and smooth as Zhang Liao, he would be at peace, but Xu Huang was too rigid and confident, which caused Xu Chu's dissatisfaction, and the dispute over the robe under the Tongque stage was openly provoked by Xu Chu, so who would be stronger in the end between the two of them? Three games can reflect the gap between them.
The first game is that Cao Cao sent Xu Chu to meet the battle in order to subdue Xu Huang, although dozens of rounds did not distinguish between victory and defeat, but from the later surrender of Pound, it can be seen that Xu Chu praised Pound in front of Cao Cao, perhaps some pandering meaning, at least indicating that Xu Chu still recognized his martial arts. When he met Xu Huang, he did not see that Xu Chu had any expression, which largely showed that Xu Huang's martial arts were not too satisfactory to Xu Chu, Xu Chu was very brave and resolute when he went to the battlefield, and the Western Liang war horse was overtime or even shirtless, although he did not defeat Ma Chao, he still showed no weakness to him. Such a show competition with a certain strength gap also made Xu Chu feel unconvinced from his eyes.
In the third game, when Cao Cao surrendered Pound, Xu Huang and Xu Chu also appeared successively, Xu Chu, who had fought for more than fifty rounds, had always controlled the initiative of the battlefield, while Xu Huang was with Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Guo only showed a few moves before the battle, which also showed that Xu Huang and Pound could not have the upper hand, and Xu Chu was obviously stronger than Pound.
The third game is the battle of Tongquetai, Xu Huang, who started first, used his bow to hit Xu Chu, and this time Xu Chu was not polite, using the bow to drag Xu Huang off the horse, and Xu Chu obviously had the upper hand when the two fought under the horse. These show that Xu Chu is obviously stronger than Xu Huang in terms of strength, and the most important feature of Xu Huang's weapons is that it requires strength, and it is obvious that his axe technique is much inferior. And Xu Chu can face Ma Chao, who has excellent marksmanship, and cannot say how strong Xu Chu's sword skills can be, but Xu Chu, who has an advantage in skill and strength, it is not difficult to defeat Xu Huang, not to mention that Xu Chu's strength and explosive power are obviously higher than Xu Huang, but Cao Cao loves Xu Huang very much, so he can't play a fierce hand, and Xu Chu can only fight for dozens of rounds.
【Fancheng Battle Guan Yu】
Xu Huang was able to fight with Guan Yu for eighty rounds in Fancheng, not that Xu Huang could reach the level of the Five Tiger Generals, but Guan Yu's own great reason, first of all, the eighty-two pounds of the Green Dragon Yanyue Knife, Guan Yu at the peak of his life was famous for cutting down Hua Xiong and Yan Liang with self-confidence and divine power, but at the age of fifty-nine, his physical strength declined very quickly. Swinging a large knife is no problem, but it is difficult to dance the knife with ease. Xu Huang's physical strength, which was similar to Guan Yu's, was also declining, but his large axe was much lighter than the Green Dragon Yanyue Sword, and Xu Huang didn't have much pressure to swing. The second is that the arrow wound has a huge impact on Guan Yu, making him wield a large knife more difficult, that is, in this case, Xu Huang still did not defeat Guan Yu, but he won a good reputation for being invincible to Guan Yu.