The opening chapter clearly states that the nine great generals of the Three Kingdoms: Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and the Tiger Marquis Xu Chu is the weakest one.
Seeing that Xu Chu is the weakest, I think many people are full of doubts. As Cao Cao's most trusted personal guard, Xu Chu can fight on a par with Ma Chao, one of the Five Tigers. How can the dignified Tiger Marquis become a super first-class player? The weakest existence?
The levels of generals in the Three Kingdoms are generally divided into super-first-rate, first-rate, second-rate, and third-rate, and there are specific divisions of strong, middle, and weak in each level. For example, Xu Huang and Zhang He are both first-rate generals, but Xu Huang belongs to the strong first-rate, while Zhang He belongs to the middle first class, while Yu Jin, who was defeated by Ma Chao in the 89th round, belongs to the weak first class and can even be classified into the camp of second class generals. Similarly, there is also such a specific division among super first class generals. As the title states, among super first class generals Zhongxu Chu is the weakest existence.
Xu Chu
Before explaining why Xu Chu is the weakest, we need to clarify the following questions. Which people in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are super-class generals, and who cannot be called super-class generals? In the Three Kingdoms martial arts review circle, the following are the more recognized first-rate military generals; first is the five tiger generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong of Liu Bei's group, followed by Yan Liang, one of the four pillars under Yuan Shao He Wen Chou, and finally Xu Chu and Dian Wei from Cao Cao's group. The above nine people are recognized as super-level beings in the Three Kingdoms.
It is a pity that no one from Sun Quan's group is on the list. After all, the combat effectiveness of Soochow generals is generally low. This is a recognized fact. Lu Bu, who is known as the number one in the Three Kingdoms, is not among the first-class heroes. Since Lu Bu alone has an undefeated record of fighting against two super-class heroes, Guan and Zhang, he does not belong to any level. To put it bluntly, he is the combat power of the generals in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" The ceiling has a unique existence.
Three heroes fight against Lu Bu
So why can the above nine people from different camps be called super first-class generals? What conditions are needed to become super first-class generals? And another question derived from it, how to define a first-class military general below the first class?
First of all, you must meet the basic requirements of a first-rate general, which is to be able to defeat a first-rate general or show an obvious overwhelming advantage, such as Guan Yu defeating Xu Chu, Yan Liang defeating Xu Huang, Ma Chao defeating Zhang He, etc. On the other hand, the definition of a first-rate general is also that he can defeat a first-rate general in a short period of time. To compete, for example, Xu Huang and Xu Chu, who are the strongest, can't win or lose in fifty rounds, and Zhang He, the middle-ranking one, can beat Zhang Fei for thirty or fifty rounds with his small universe burst, etc., and the force values of generals at the same level are roughly the same. , just like Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Guan Yu who are in the first-class camp, Xu Huang, Pang De, Xiahou Dun, etc. in the first-class camp, they basically have direct or indirect records of fighting with each other, and they are completely consistent with the classification of their identities.
five tiger generals
The difficulty in classifying first-class generals is that some first-class generals have very high combat effectiveness and have almost reached the threshold of super first-class. In particular, most of the opponents they fight against are super first-class, so many people will also rank them as super first-class. This is relatively unreasonable. It is easy to distinguish, for example, Xu Huang tied Xu Chu in fifty rounds, and Pang De tied Guan Yu in hundreds of rounds.
Pang De's positioning should belong to the top ranks. His record with Guan Yu did not allow him to enter the super first class, because Guan Yu had entered old age at that time, and his combat effectiveness had declined to the point where he was not as good as Guan Ping. Therefore, Guan Yu himself was It is said that he no longer has the level of a super-first-class general, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. It is still possible for the old Guan Yu to enter the ranks of strong first-class generals. The conclusion is obvious. Pang De is just fighting with a strong first-class Guan Yu. Up and down, so he naturally cannot enter the ranks of the super-class. Just imagine if he meets Guan Yu in his prime, will Pound still have hope of living?
The deadlock between Xu Huang and Xu Chu is a headache. It feels like it is feasible to classify Xu Huang into a super-class category, but after thinking about how he was defeated quickly by Yan Liang in the 20th round, Xu Huang's The main question is why Xu Chu couldn't defeat him in fifty rounds? Fifty rounds does seem a bit much, but even Zhang He can compete with Zhang Fei in 30 to 50 rounds, and Xu Huang's fifty rounds doesn't seem that outrageous.
Xu Huang
Chapter 14 of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Cao Cao rode out to watch Xu Huang, and was secretly amazed when he saw Xu Huang's majesty, so he ordered Xu Chu to ride out and fight Xu Huang. Swords and axes intersect, and the battle is over fifty, with no distinction between victory and defeat. Cao immediately raised the gold to withdraw his troops, and summoned his advisers to discuss: "Yang Feng and Han Siam are of no account; Xu Huang is a really good general. I cannot bear to defeat them with force, so I should recruit them with a plan."
The battle between Xu Chu and Xu Huang is worth elaborating here. It is obvious that Cao Cao only became interested in talents after seeing that Xu Huangneng and Xu Chu were deadlocked for fifty rounds. Therefore, there was no such thing as letting off steam during the battle between the two. , this is obviously more common sense. After all, Cao Cao recruits talents based on ability rather than appearance, so Xu Chu Xu Huang twenty fought fifty rounds with real swords and guns.
From Cao Cao's words "I can't bear to fight with my own strength", we can vaguely infer that Xu Chu had the upper hand in the battle scene at that time. In other words, Xu Huang would lose if he continued to fight, but it was because Cao Cao loved Cao Cao that he had the upper hand. After all, it is a shame for a general to be defeated, especially in front of a new boss in the future, and Cao Cao must be well aware of this.
Xu Chu
Xu Chu entered the super first-class level because he had a record of fighting against Ma Chao. Although the whole process was strenuous, he could still compete for hundreds of rounds. On the other hand, Xu Huang did not have such a dazzling fighting record. It is normal for first-class generals to fight fiercely for dozens of rounds with super first-class generals. Therefore, Xu Huang's fifty rounds with Xu Chu were not enough to make him enter the super-class ranks. In addition, he was defeated quickly by Yan Liang in twenty rounds, and he teamed up with Xu Chu and was repelled by Guan Yu. In other words, he did not have an advantage. Xu Huang was also at a disadvantage when facing Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Wen Chou in a two-on-one situation...
In addition to these generals who are directly compared and easy to distinguish, there are also some special generals that need to be carefully screened. For example, some are famous and popular outside, but their own strength is not up to standard. The classification of grades depends entirely on the enthusiasm of fans. The representative figure Taishi Ci, Wenyang.
Taishi Ci is known as the most powerful general in Soochow. To be honest, he deserves his title. As mentioned at the beginning, the combat effectiveness of Soochow generals is generally low. Taishi Ci is like the king in the chicken coop, even though he is a king. But it is a pity that it is still a chicken after all. It cannot be a peacock or a phoenix. Although the character of Taishi Ci has a special charm that attracts people, it still cannot change the gap between his own strength and the super first-class. For the level classification, refer to Zhang Liao and Sun Ce can be classified as a middle-class first-class. Or a strong first-class lineup.
Wenyang
Just as Taishi Ci exudes charm, Wen Yang appears in the later stage. He is young and handsome, dares to think and act, and repeatedly rushes into enemy formations alone. He is a replica of Zhao Yun, and the character image is quite likable.
But careful analysis will reveal that Wen Yang's strength is really average, and he can't even reach the lineup of first-class generals. After all, when Wen Yang appeared in the late Three Kingdoms, all the super first-class generals had already fallen, and even the first-class generals were only a handful, so This is the same as the reason why a monkey is called king when there are no tigers in the mountains. Wenyang is just a special monkey. Maybe he is the stronger one, but his strength can only be reflected when there are no tigers in the mountains. In the early period of the Three Kingdoms Even in the middle period, it can be said that tigers are roaring and wolves are roaring in the mountains and forests. It is conceivable that if Wen Yang is placed in the environment of tigers and wolves in the early stage, how many times can he, a monkey, jump?
In addition, there are some people who are suspected of having super strength, but because they are not important characters and have relatively few characterizations and scenes, they are not included in the evaluation. Representative characters include Li Yan, who Huang Zhong can't win, and Zhang Fei, who can't win. Ren wait.
Zhang Fei
After roughly clarifying the classification of the first-class and super-first-class generals in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, let's talk about why the mighty Tiger Marquis Xu Chu is the weakest among the nine super-first-class generals?
First, compare Yuan Shao's four most handsome men, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the "Four Court Pillars of Hebei".
Let’s talk about Yan Liang first. In the first duel at the Battle of White Horse, Yan Liang first killed Song Xian with three attacks, and then attacked Wei Xu with one attack. However, these were just appetizers. Although Song Xian and Wei Xu were the same as Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, They are members of Lu Bu's "Eight Strong Generals" group, but in comparison, they are really weak. Yan Liang beat them in seconds and they can't show their level. The highlight is next.
Xu Huang
Xu Huang was defeated by Yan Liang in just twenty rounds. Xu Huang's combat effectiveness was at least among the top three in Cao Cao's camp at that time. From "Generals Li Ran" it can be seen that no one dared to join Cao Cao's camp at that time. The "Generals" here "General" naturally includes Xu Chu who was present. Of course, some people say that Xu Chu may not be present at the time, but Xu Chu's presence or absence cannot change the result. After all, Xu Huang is a person who can fight Xu Chu for fifty rounds without deciding the outcome. The result is now He was beaten back by the opponent in the 20th round, so even if Xu Chu was present, the result would still be the same. Cao Cao had no other choice but to withdraw his troops and move Guan Yu, so the conclusion is obvious. Yan Liang is obviously stronger than Xu Chu.
After talking about Yan Liang, let’s talk about Wen Chou. Wen Chou and Xu Chu have no direct fighting records. They can only be compared indirectly through the fighting records of other generals. After Yan Liang was defeated, Wen Chou made a brilliant appearance, and Wen Chou was one against two this time.
Yan Liangwen Chou
In this battle, the combination of Zhang Liao and Xu Huang was completely defeated by Wen Chou!
Let’s talk about Xu Huang first. He might have been beaten very humiliatingly by Yan Liang last time. This time when he met Wen Chou, he wanted to bring Zhang Liao together to show off in front of Boss Cao. However, Zhang Liao was defeated by the opponent with two arrows, so he originally wanted to show off. The two-on-one advantage instantly turned into a one-on-one fight.
What to do?
Pick up the ax and do it, but the result is "You can't fight with the material, so you turn your horse back."
What needs special attention here is that some people believe that Xu Huang ran away because "all the troops and horses arrived behind Wen Chou." Xu Huang chose to retreat because he was afraid of being outnumbered. This does not mean that Xu Huang could not defeat Wen Chou in a single fight, but this is not the case. Xu Huang chose to retreat because he felt that he couldn't defeat him in a duel. So why did Xu Huang dare to challenge Wen Chou in a duel when Zhang Liao was lying on the ground eating ashes and Wen Chou's troops had not arrived? Xu Huang's retreat was really out of fear. Are Wen Chou's troops who arrived later worried that they are outnumbered?
Xu Huang
The key point to clarify this issue is what kind of situation did Wen Chou face before General Zhang and Xu went into battle?
At that time, because the overall military quality of his men was not high, Wen Chou was busy grabbing grain and horses, and the situation was chaotic. Cao Cao's army made dumplings for Wen Chou. At this time, Wen Chou was in a situation where "Cao's soldiers were surrounding him, and Wen Chou stood up to fight alone." Wen Chou's vanguard troops were in chaos and had lost their combat effectiveness. They could only fight alone. Wen Chou was so angry that he had to retreat. So when Wen Chou was alone and surrounded by Cao's army, Xu Huang dared to shine with his eyes. He took Zhang Liao to fight.
Note that Xu Huang still had to take Zhang Liao with him even when his own side was in an advantageous situation, which shows that the strength of Wen Chou, who was well-known at that time, should not be underestimated.
Next, even if Zhang Liao was defeated, Xu Huang still dared to fight. Why?
Zhang Liao
You can fight in a group, but you are surrounded anyway. I'm afraid you won't be able to fly. This is what Xu Huang thought. However, after seeing Wen Chou's follow-up group, he immediately changed his attention. The troop advantage No more, now it’s time for a real duel!
So, is it possible to fight alone?
Xu Huang remembered the scene when he was beaten violently by Yan Liang not long ago. In addition, in the short round of fighting with Wen Chou, he had clearly felt the opponent's terrifying strength. Oh! If the fight continues, he will definitely lose someone. Thinking of this, Xu Huang looked at Cao Cao's expectant eyes in the distance, and saw his face turned red and his teeth clenched...
Look at Mao, look at me, I have to withdraw!
Another point worth noting is that when Wen Chou was surrounded by Cao's army, he faced the joint efforts of Xu Huang and Zhang Liao. At this time, Wen Chou, who was preparing to retreat, behaved as follows:
" Wen Chou turned around and saw that the two generals were catching up, so he held down his iron spear, picked up his bow and arrow, and shot at Zhang Liao. "
Wen Chou
From stopping his horse and turning back, firing his gun, picking up his bow, and nodding an arrow, one arrow hit his helmet, and two arrows hit his horse's face. It was obvious that Wen Chou, who was at an extreme disadvantage in the eyes of others, showed no concern for this scene. As expected, everything seemed so calm and composed, and what matched his composure must be his own strong strength and rich experience in battlefield fighting. So to sum up, Wen Chou has the strength to dare to fight against two strong first-class generals with one person, and he clearly has the upper hand. This kind of strength is absolutely stable and super first-class among the Three Kingdoms, and his performance in this battle is obviously better than that of Xu Chu.
When Wen Chou came back on his horse, Xu Huang quickly stopped him and started fighting. I saw Wen Chou's army and horses coming behind him. He was unable to defeat Wen Chou, so he turned his horse back.
It can be seen from the original text that Xu Huang obviously saw Wen Chou's soldiers and horses in the distance just a few moments after the fight started. Xu Huang already knew from the brief encounter that he was not Wen Chou's opponent, and turned around and ran away without any delay. , faced with being embarrassed in front of Boss Cao for the second time, Xu Huang was still so decisive, so it is conceivable that the gap between the two is not comparable to Xu Chu's fifty-round no-win situation.
Wen Chou
So to sum up, Wen Chou is stronger than Xu Chu
In addition, Wen Chou appeared for the first time. First, he defeated Gongsun Zan in less than ten hours, and then he directly attacked Gongsun Zan's central army formation alone, causing conflicts. Then he faced Gongsun Zan's four strong generals alone, in a four-on-one situation. After Xianchou stabbed one general to death, the other three generals fled in fright, and then faced Zhao Yun non-stop. The two of them were indifferent for sixty rounds. During the Battle of Rangshan, Xu Chu, Li Dian and Yu Jin were surrounded by three generals but failed to win or even retain Zhao Yun...
After talking about the two most beautiful boys in Hebei, let’s talk about the number one male group in the Three Kingdoms - the Five Tiger Generals of Shuhan.
The first is Guan Yu, the leader of the Five Tigers. Unlike the two above, Guan Yu and Xu Chu have a direct record of fighting. The background is during Cao Cao’s crusade against Xiapi City. To facilitate understanding, let’s briefly introduce Xiapi. The causes and consequences of the battle.
Guan Yu
It is said that after Qingmei made wine, Liu Bei felt that he would die sooner or later if he continued to stay in Cao Cao's hometown, so he took the opportunity to break away from Cao Cao on the grounds of beating the drowned dog Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu originally planned to defect to Yuan Shao and Xuzhou was the only way to go, so Liu Bei led his army to Xuzhou to intercept Yuan Shu. After successfully defeating Yuan Shu, Liu Bei not only did not return to the capital, but instead killed Xuzhou governor Che Zhou and occupied Xuzhou himself. City, Cao Cao was furious when he saw this, and decided to personally march into Xuzhou to deal with Liu Bei. After defeating Liu Bei and Zhang Fei and occupying Xuzhou and Xiaopei, only Xiapi was left where Guan Yu was stationed.
Cao Cao always liked Guan Yu and wanted to use force to surrender, so Cheng Yu proposed a plan to sneak into the city with surrender troops, then lure Guan Yu out of the city to fight, and then block his way back. Finally, the city gate should be opened wide so that Xiapi could be easily obtained, plus Liu Bei's two His wives are all in Xiapi City, and Guan Yu has always been loyal. If he uses his old friend Zhang Liao as a lobbyist, Guan Yu will inevitably surrender.
Guan Yu
Everyone knows the outcome of the matter. Cheng Yu's plan was successful. Xiapi was lost and Guan Yu surrendered to Cao. The key to the whole plan was that it was not difficult to lure Guan Yu out of the city to fight. The difficult part was how to stop Guan Yu and prevent him from returning to the city. Who has this? The ability can withstand Guan Yu's attack. Cao Cao's arrangement for this is that Xu Chu and Xu Huang join forces.
First, Xiahou Dun led the army to fight, but Guan Yu didn't respond, so the people under the city started swearing mode. When Guan Yu heard this, he couldn't wait to pick up the soldiers and go out of the city to fight. He chased Xiahou Dun for twenty miles in one breath. After chasing for twenty miles, Guan Yu calmed down. After coming down, I felt the danger behind me and hurried back to the city. At this time:
Later, Guan Yu faced the siege of the generals, and had no choice but to lead his troops to Tushan. Faced with no hope of breaking out and Xiapi fell again, after Zhang Liao's persuasion, Guan Yu had no choice but to make an agreement and submit to Cao Cao. From then on, Xiapi was The war is completely over.
Guan Yu
It is no exaggeration to say that Xu Chu and Xu Huang are the pinnacle of Cao Ying's generals' combat power. This also shows how strong Guan Yu is.
So from the perspective of " Guan Gong fought hard to kill the two men ", does it mean that Guan Yu's force is higher than that of Xu Huang and Xu Chu's joint efforts, and can it directly mean that Guan Yu is higher than Xu Chu?
First of all, Guan Yu is indeed higher than Xu Chu. There is no doubt about this, but Guan Yu's fight against Xu Huang and Xu Chu's joint efforts does not directly mean that Guan Yu is higher than the two of them.
Cao Cao's intention is obviously to recruit Guan Yu to surrender. That is to say, if he wants to recruit Guan Yu to surrender, he must not kill him. This is the first prerequisite for the entire battle of Xiapi.
Therefore, even the number of battle rounds between Guan Yu and Xiahou Dun cannot be used as a reference to judge the level of force value. In other words, the battle mode of Xu Huang and Xu Chu is to block and entangle Guan Yu, and cannot harm Guan Yu, so this is very difficult. To a large extent, it restricted the performance of the two.
Xu Chu
Even so, the result was obvious in the two-on-one situation. Xu Chu and Xu Huang did not block Guan Yu's attack, although this did not affect the successful implementation of the overall plan. However, this battle can also reflect from the side that the cooperation between Xu Chu and Xu Huang did not suppress Guan Yu in terms of level. That is, a super first-class plus a first-class top general cannot successfully suppress Guan Yu without harming his life. restrictive blockade.
Therefore, it can be roughly inferred that if Xu Chu and Xu Huang join forces to fight to the death with real swords and guns against Guan Yu, who has no worries, it is likely to be a tie within a certain number of rounds, because Guan Yu's purpose in the battle at that time was to rush back to the city, so he What he cares about is that once the two men's attacks are repelled, he will escape as quickly as possible, instead of using normal combat consciousness to continue to suppress Xu and Xu with force. Therefore, "Guan Gong fought hard to kill the two men" here. In fact, half of the "effort" was used to escape, which means that Xu Chu and Xu Huang did not use all their strength, and Guan Yu also did not use all his strength!
Guan Yu
Therefore, if Xu Chu and Xu Huang let go and fight against Guan Yu, who has no worries, the two sides will be in a tie within a hundred rounds to a large extent. As for the result, it is a matter of opinion. I will not comment too much here.
With the above as a reference, imagine if Xu Chu and Guan Yu were dueled one on one, and both sides would fight without sparing any effort. Obviously Xu Chu is definitely not Guan Yu's opponent.
You must know that Guan Yu had not yet reached his peak era at that time, and he did not have a red rabbit horse as a blessing at this time. Even so, when Cheng Yu offered his advice in the Battle of Xiapi, he said: "There are ten thousand enemies in Yun Chang, and it is not a matter of cleverness." Can’t take it.”
To put it bluntly, no one of the generals in Cao Ying could beat Guan Yu in a duel at that time. This should be the consensus of Cao Ying people at that time. If Xu Chu could equal Guan Yu, Xu Chu could just go and hold Guan Yu off alone. On the contrary, in the end, he could only use Use two-on-one and three-on-one methods to intercept Guan Yu.
Xu Huang
The same Cheng Yu faced Yan Liang and beheaded Song Xian and Wei Xu in the Battle of White Horse. He defeated Xu Huang in twenty rounds and made Cao Cao's generals "Li Ran". Not to mention whether Xu Chu was present among these generals, at least In the eyes of Cheng Yu and Cao Cao, no one in the Cao camp except Guan Yu is Yan Liang's opponent. Otherwise, even if Xu Chu is not present, because if he has that strength, Cao Cao will go back to invite Xu Chu instead of Guan Yu. It is very likely that he will be on the "General Li" There is Xu Chu in the camp of "ran".
Therefore, to sum up, Guan Yu is obviously stronger than Xu Chu in terms of personal force value.
Next, let’s talk about Zhang Fei and Zhang Sanye. The situation between Zhang Fei and Xu Chu is relatively simple, because there are many records of Zhang Fei and Xu Chu’s fights, and they have the upper hand every time, whether it is the Mao version, the Luo version or the yellow version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" This was the case in Zhongdu, until the last time the two met, Xu Chu was stabbed by Zhang Fei with a spear and retired from the front stage of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, Zhang Fei can be called Xu Chu's natural nemesis.
Zhang Fei
Although Xu Chu was timid every time he faced Zhang Fei, his peak battle against Xiliang Jinma Chao was quite exciting.
However, it is exciting. In the final analysis, Xu Chu is still at a disadvantage in the battle with Ma Chao. This is similar to Xu Huang's situation in the battle with Xu Chu.
Throughout Xu Chu's entire battle, he was performing exceptionally well in a state of burning a small universe, but unfortunately, whether it was " abandoning the knife and grabbing the gun " or " fearing that Chu would make a mistake ", to the final " arm " Hit two arrows ", Xu Chu and Ma Chao are both at a disadvantage when fighting.
The whole battle process for Ma Chao was relatively easy. After this battle, Ma Chao was able to " lead hundreds of horses directly to the stronghold, coming and going as fast as flying." At that time, Xu Chu had already been lying in Cao Ying because of this fierce battle and never showed up again. , even though Cao Cao stared at him angrily.
Ma Chao
Based on the above, it can be concluded that Ma Chao is slightly stronger than Xu Chu in the small universe explosion state.
After talking about Ma Chao, let’s talk about Zhao Yun. Like the previous three tigers, Zhao Yun also had a record of direct confrontation with Xu Chu, and the two confrontations took place in the Battle of Rangshan, one of Zhao Yun’s representative battles.
It is said that Yuan Shao withdrew to Jizhou in embarrassment after experiencing the defeat at Cangting with Cao Cao. Liu Bei, who was in Runan, wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack Cao Cao's base in Xuchang. When Liu Bei's army arrived at the border of Rangshan, he and the soldiers who came after hearing the news Cao Cao's troops encountered an enemy, and the Battle of Rangshan began.
(Liu Bei) then recited the imperial edict on clothes and belts on horseback. Cao Cao was furious and taught Xu Chu to fight. Behind Xuande, Zhao Yunting took action. Two generals will meet each other for thirty times, and there will be no winner or loser.
The first time the two fought against each other, the battle process was very brief, and there was no clear explanation. There was no winner or loser in thirty rounds, and basically nothing could be explained.
Zhao Yun
Later, with the joint attack of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Cao Cao, who came from afar, was defeated. Cao Cao, who was a resourceful man, saw that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were all tough, so he began to use tricks to defeat them one by one. He first sent people to hijack Liu Bei's grain transport troops. Liu Bei hurriedly sent Zhang Fei to rescue him. At the same time, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun to attack Runan. Liu Bei quickly sent Guan Yu to rescue the siege. As a result, only Zhao Yun was left, and Guan Zhang They both took some soldiers and horses with them when they set out. Liu Bei, who originally had a small number of troops, suddenly became outnumbered.
When he heard that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were besieged, Liu Bei understood that he was no longer a match for Cao Cao. Under the cover of night, Liu Bei slipped away with oil on his feet. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao had already sent a large group of people to wait in the mountains for a long time. Zhao Yun, who served as a senior bodyguard, At this time, he met Xu Chu for the second time.
" Zhao Yunting leaped on his horse with his spear and opened a way for him. Xuande followed behind with his two swords. During the battle, Xu Chu chased after him and fought with Zhao Yun. Behind him, Yu Jin and Li Dian came again. Xuande saw that the situation was in danger and left in despair. ”
Zhao Yun
There is no specific number of rounds for the battle here, but because the two have fought against each other before, each of them has a good idea of the other's strength, so Xu Chu will "fight vigorously" from the beginning, and then Xu Chu, Yu Jin and Li will Dian started a group fight mode with three generals surrounding Zhao Yun. Even so, Zhao Yun finally escaped unscathed when faced with the encirclement of three generals. This is the same reason that Xu Huang and Xu Chu could not retain Guan Yu. It can be seen that Zhao Yun's force value is also significantly higher than Xu Chu's.
Not only that, Zhao Yun, who was running non-stop after escaping, could also charge into the battle alone, kill the entire army, hold his spear high and defeat Zhang He in thirty rounds...
Moreover, the fight lasted from night to dawn without stopping. With this kind of force, this physical strength, and this energy, it was really not comparable to Xu Chu, who went straight to the sanatorium after a fight with Ma Chao.
After talking about the direct comparison, let’s talk about the indirect comparison. Xu Chu once fought Xu Huang in fifty rounds without deciding the outcome. It can be seen that Xu Chu was not able to effectively suppress Xu Huang for a long time. If the outcome was to be determined, at least until About a hundred rounds.
Wen Chou is obviously higher than Xu Huang. Judging from Zhao Yun's performance that he was able to "fight with Wen Chou fifty or sixty times in the first appearance, and the outcome was still undecided", Zhao Yun could obviously easily suppress Xu Huang.
Zhao Yun
The record of Zhao Yun's direct fight with Xu Huang can explain the problem more directly.
After the Battle of Chibi, Zhao Yun blocked Cao Cao on the Wulin Trail. At that time, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang and Zhang He to fight against Zhao Yun. Perhaps the reason for the two-on-one defeat in Chibi was because of the lack of troops and horses. Were Xu and Zhang attacked at that time? I don’t know, but it was precisely because of this encounter that when it came to the Battle of Hanshui, Xu Huang and Zhang He’s combination was frightened by Zhao Yun’s set of marksmanship and did not dare to challenge... I want to ask who you can talk to for explanation.
" Yun shouted loudly, drew his spear, and rushed into the siege. He rushed left and right, as if he were in a deserted place. The spear was like dancing pear blossoms, and the whole body was like falling snow. Zhang He and Xu Huang were frightened. Don’t dare to meet the enemy.”
Therefore, compared to the fifty rounds with Xu Chu and Xu Huang, Zhao Yun could basically crush Xu Huang, and it was natural to be higher than Xu Chu.
Zhao Yun
After talking about shutting down Zhang Ma and Zhao, Huang Zhong was the only one left among the five tiger generals. Huang Zhong was special because he was the only one among the five tigers who had not directly fought against Xu Chu. Even so, it was not difficult to compare.
Huang Zhong wanted to compare with Xu Chu, and Guan Yu was the most critical candidate. Huang Zhong's battle to become famous was the battle with Guan Yu under the city of Changsha. Guan Yu, who was at his peak at that time, faced off against the old Huang Zhong, who was nearly sixty years old. The result was a "fight." More than a hundred combinations, no matter the outcome." In other words, Guan Yu at his peak could not defeat Huang Zhong, who was sixty years old, so that Guan Yu, who had always been arrogant and arrogant, had to admire:
" Veteran Huang Zhong has a well-deserved reputation: he can fight with Baihe without any flaws. In the future, he will definitely win with a knife-drag trick and a back-cut. "
In addition, Huang Zhong's horse stumble was purely accidental and had no direct relationship with Guan Yu's ability. The arrow on the tasseled helmet that Huang Zhong shot was definitely a sign that Guan Yu was inferior to others. Furthermore, even if Guan Yu was really against Huang It is estimated that it would be difficult for Zhong to succeed in using the sword trick, because everyone is also good at using big swords, and Huang Zhong may have been doing it longer than Guan Yu, and his sword skills are not weaker than Guan Yu. It can be said that they are all deeply enlightened. He is an expert in this way, so Guan Yu's use of dragging the knife against Huang Zhong is really a bit unnecessary.
Huang Zhong
Taken together, Guan Yu at his peak is equal to or even slightly weaker than Huang Zhong. After all, Guan Yu's arrow defense is too weak, while Huang Zhong has the ability to shoot with perfect accuracy.
This comparison shows that during the Battle of Tushan, Xu Chu and Xu Huang, the two top combatants in Cao's camp, failed to retain Guan Yu. If they were to fight one on one, neither of them would be Guan Yu's opponent. This has been explained before. , and the more important point is that Guan Yu had not yet ridden the Red Rabbit Horse at that time. By the time of the Battle of Changsha, even though Guan Yu had ridden the Red Rabbit Horse and after several years of battlefield baptism, his experience and ability had reached their peak, but Still unable to defeat Huang Zhong, imagine how powerful Huang Zhongzhong, who was sixty years old at the time, must be. Guan Yu is still like this. It can be said that Xu Chu will lose without any suspense against Huang Zhong.
When evaluating Huang Zhong's martial arts, the issue of age is always an unavoidable obstacle, and Xu Chu, the comparison object, is a macho man who "holds two ox tails with both hands and walks backwards for more than a hundred steps." This is Xu Chu's major advantage when comparing Huang Zhong. However, it can be seen from the Battle of Changsha that Xu Chuli's advantage over Huang Zhong's old age is not obvious. Huang Zhong's physical strength is obviously not affected by age. Guan Yu is known to be a powerful military commander, and his early outbreaks were extremely fierce. At the age of sixty Huang Zhong was able to survive a hundred rounds without showing any flaws, which shows Huang Zhong's physical strength.
Huang Zhong
During the Battle of Changsha, the sixty-year-old Huang Zhongli was able to shoot a two-stone bow. It was the fourteenth year of Jian'an at that time, but by the time the Battle of Hanzhong, the most glorious moment of Huang Zhong's life, ended, it had already been the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an. Ten years have passed since the Battle of Changsha, and Huang Zhong, who was in his seventies at the time, had improved his physical fitness instead of declining. He who could shoot a two-stone bow in his sixties could actually shoot a three-stone bow in his seventies!
I just want to ask you if you are convinced and if you are afraid!
" Although he is old, his arms can still hold a three-stone bow, and his whole body still has the strength of a thousand catties: how can he be no match for Zhang He?" Kong Ming said: "The general is nearly seventy years old, how can he not grow old?" Zhongchun walked down the hall and took the fight. The broadsword was mounted on the wall, and the wheel moved like flying; the hard bow on the wall was pulled and broken into two pieces.
It wasn't until the Battle of Yiling started that the seventy-five-year-old Huang Zhong's physical strength declined, and he returned to the physical condition he had when he was sixty, but he was still an extremely powerful being. Faced with Huang Zhong's abnormal physical fitness, it was difficult to I want to ask who you can talk to for explanation.
Huang Zhong
In addition to Huang Zhong's extremely strong physical fitness and his proficiency in swordsmanship, which is no less than Guan Yu's, his ability to shoot arrows with perfect accuracy is something that Xu Chu cannot underestimate. On the other hand, Xu Chu is obviously weaker than Huang Zhong in this aspect. When Cao Ying first When all the generals showed off their exquisite archery skills at the Tongque Terrace to win the brocade robe awarded by Cao Cao, Xu Chu was the only one who directly competed with the winner Xu Huang:
" Huang said: "The robe is already here, how dare you take it by force! "Chu Geng didn't answer, but flew to seize the robe. The two horses were close, and Xu Huang hit Xu Chu with his bow. Chu held down the bow with one hand and dragged Xu Huang away from the saddle... Xu Huang opened his eyebrows and glared, and Xu Chu gnashed his teeth. There is an intention to fight.”
First of all, Xu Chu may be resentful about the fact that there was no winner in the fifty rounds. Secondly, this behavior is also in line with Xu Chu’s character of a tiger with a tiger head, but in any case, when all the generals are showing off their archery skills to distinguish the superior. Xu Chu's direct use only shows that his archery skills are really not up to par, or that he is not good at archery at all. Compared with the close guards, Zhao Yun is much better than Xu Chu.
Xu Chu
After talking about Huang Zhong, let’s finally talk about Dian Wei. The comparison between Dian Wei and Xu Chu is relatively simple. Both of them are Cao Cao’s guards. Their fighting styles are mainly based on tendon meat, supplemented by martial arts. The strength of both sides is from Xu Chu. The appearance has been determined, and it is basically between the two brothers: " Wei was furious, raised his two halberds and came forward to fight. From morning to noon, the two fought, regardless of the outcome, and each took a short rest. After a while, the strong man came out to fight again, Dian Wei also went out and fought until dusk, but they stopped because of lack of horses."
However, because Dian Wei appeared and died early, and had relatively few roles, he was classified as Li Yan and others. No detailed analysis will be made. Of course, there is nothing to elaborate on...
To sum up, after excluding Lu Bu, among the nine super-class generals in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, except for Dian Wei, who died early and had few roles, the rest of Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong were all under Xu Chu above.
Looking back at the highlight of the battle between Xu Chu and Ma Chao, from "Cao Cao was afraid that Chu would make a mistake, so he ordered Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong to attack from both sides." It can be clearly seen that Cao Cao has seen that Xu Chu is at a disadvantage. It’s just a human being. Xu Chu’s disadvantages in the high-gloss battle can be said to be everywhere. Huang Zhong, who followed with “two arrows in his arms”, even laughed at this and said nothing...
Therefore, Xu Chu just barely entered the ranks of super-class generals. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the weakest.