Chen Xu transferred Xu Huang to his side and made him the commander of the pro-soldiers, as if he valued Xu Huang's bravery, but in fact, it was not.

Compared with his bravery, Xu Huang's ability to command troops is even more outstanding. Xu Huang in history is one of the five good generals under Cao Cao's account.

Speaking of Xu Huang, everyone may know that this is a general. But there are many people who don't know about his real record.

Xu Huang in history, with Cao Cao's southern expedition to the north, made many contributions.

But the battle that really made Xu Huang famous all over the world and made him famous in history was the battle between Jingzhou and Guan Yu.

Xu Huang and Guan Yu are both from Hedong, and when Guan Yu descended to Cao, the relationship between the two was very good.

In the Battle of Chibi, after Cao Cao's defeat, Liu Bei took Hanzhong according to Jingzhou, and then sent Guan Yu to defend Jingzhou.

At the beginning, Jiangxia Taishou Wenpin and Le Jin attacked to find the entrance, Guan Yu led the army to repel Wen Ping and Le Jin, and took advantage of the victory to send a partial general to lead the army to the north, killing a lot of people.

Cao Cao was afraid of Guan Yu's prestige and was very worried about this, so he sent Cao Ren and Lü Chang to fight Guan Yu.

Cao Ren and Lü Changchang drove straight in, lost to Guan Yu, and were sent by Guan Yu to besiege the two in Xiangyang and Fancheng.

Cao Cao was afraid that the two cities would be lost, so he sent Yu Ban and Pang De to rescue Xiangyang and Fancheng.

The two sides fought, and the stalemate lasted until August, when the river swelled. Guan Yu dug the river embankment and flooded the forbidden army with large water. Although the forbidden army was on flat ground, it was flooded five or six zhang, and the seventh army of the forbidden army was submerged.

In this battle, Guan Yu killed the white horse general Pang De, and Yu Ban was captured alive by Guan Yu, and his request to surrender was refused.

The city of Fan was flooded, the walls collapsed, only a few thousand people were left inside, and the food was exhausted. Guan Yu led his troops to attack Fancheng with the prestige of victory.

Fancheng was besieged several times, cut off from the outside and inside, and all the generals were panicked, and it didn't take long for Fancheng to be broken by Guan Yu.

If Fancheng is breached, Xiangyang will definitely be difficult to defend alone. At that time, Cao Cao will lose all of Jingzhou.

At this time, even Hu Xiu, the assassin of Jingzhou, and Fu Fang, the Taishou of Nanxiang, also surrendered to Guan Yu. For a time, Guan Yu's prestige shocked China.

Because Cao Cao was afraid of Guan Yu, he wanted to move the capital several times. Sima Yi, Jiang Ji and others repeatedly dissuaded them, and offered a joint strategy with Eastern Wu and Guan Yu.

Cao Cao acted according to the plan, and while sending envoys to Eastern Wu, he asked Xu Huang, Zhao Yan and others to lead an army to rescue Fancheng. He was even more prepared to personally lead the army to conquer Guan Yu.

At the beginning, Xu Huang was unable to fight Guan Yu because he did not have many troops. Later, Cao Cao successively sent 12 battalions of soldiers including Yin Department and Zhu Gai to Yancheng, all under the command of Xu Huang.

At that time, Guan Yu's main force was stationed around the head, and another team of soldiers and horses were stationed in the four mounds, and Guan Yu's main force in the head formed a corner.

Xu Huang led his soldiers and horses to attack Guan Yu's main force with great fanfare. Guan Yu detected Xu Huang's movements, and really gathered most of his troops around the head.

But he didn't want to, Xu Huang used the strategy of attacking the east and west, and he unexpectedly attacked the four mounds. Guan Yu was afraid that the four mounds would be lost, so he hurriedly led himself to ride 5,000 to fight.

Since the two are fellow villagers and have a good relationship. In addition, Guan Yu is also a person who values love and righteousness, so he stepped forward to ask Xu Huang and tell him about the past.

After a while, Xu Huang dismounted and announced: "Those who have the head of Guan Yun will be rewarded with a thousand gold." ”

Guan Yu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Xu Huang: "Big brother, why did you say such a thing? ”

Xu Huang replied: "How can you talk about private affairs in this country? ”

The two armies then fought, and Guan Yu was defeated by Xu Huang. Yu had no choice but to lead his troops back to the camp.

At that time, Guan Yu's camp had deep trenches and ten antlers on the periphery, and the obstacles were extremely tight, so it was very difficult to attack from outside the camp.

Xu Huang led the army to chase after him, tightly biting Guan Yu's rout, and followed closely behind, rushing into Guan Yu's big village.

And now taking advantage of the chaos of Guan Yu's army, he raided from within, broke the Shu army in one fell swoop, and killed Hu Xiu and Fu Fang, the generals of Shu. Guan Yu could only lead his troops to retreat.

The danger of Fancheng was lifted by Xu Huang in this way.

At that time, Guan Yu was in shock, and Cao Cao personally led Zhang Liao and other famous generals, as well as the army, to follow Xu Huang and wanted to defeat Guan Yu. He didn't expect that Xu Huang would be able to relieve the siege of Fancheng so quickly.

Later, Cao Cao commented on Xu Huang's achievements as follows: "The thieves surrounded the antlers with ten heavy, and the general won the battle, so he fell into the siege of thieves and beheaded many captives." ”

"I have been using soldiers for more than 30 years, and I have heard that those who are good at using soldiers in ancient times have not driven into the enemy's encirclement. And Fan and Xiangyang are surrounded, too Ju and Jimo, and the general's merits are more than Sun Wu and Sui Tho. ”

Sun Wu was a famous military strategist in the Spring and Autumn Period. Cao Cao compared Xu Huang to the two men. The high evaluation of him can be seen from this.

Xu Huang was strict in governing the army, and the order was forbidden.

At that time, all the armies gathered in Mopi, Cao Cao's case was in the camps, and many soldiers went out to watch, but only Xu Huang's subordinate barracks were neat, and the soldiers were stationed.

Cao Cao immediately sighed: "General Xu can be said to have the style of Zhou Yafu!" ”

Zhou Yafu was a famous military strategist in the Western Han Dynasty, and later became an official and prime minister. He used his soldiers like a god and governed the army very strictly.

At that time, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu shook the entire Han Dynasty. Zhou Yafu commanded the Han army, and it took only three months to quell the rebels and save the Han family.

Saying that Xu Huang has the style of Zhou Yafu is also a great compliment.

Xu Huang was frugal all his life, and he was very strict with himself, and before he died, he also gave special instructions to bury him.

And once he confessed the Lord, he was extremely loyal.

After Xu Huang defected to Cao Cao, he often sighed: "The ancients did not suffer from Mingjun, but now they are fortunate to meet it, and they often use their merits to work for themselves, why use their private reputation!" ”

For this famous general of the Three Kingdoms, who is both wise and brave, has both ability and political integrity, and is loyal and brave. Chen Xu has been salivating since he heard that he was in Yang Fengjun.

However, if Xu Huang was rashly transferred from Yang Feng and entrusted with an important task, it was difficult to guarantee that Yang Feng would not have other thoughts, thinking that Chen Xu was digging into his corner and wanted to elevate him.

After all, no matter where Xu Huang is appointed, he will lead the troops as if he was staying under Xiang Yang's account.

In this case, it is not easy for Chen Xu to find a reason.

But now, Chen Xu said that he took a fancy to Xu Huang and wanted to transfer him over to serve as the commander of the army. In this way, although Yang Feng was unwilling to let go of Xu Huang, he had nothing to say.

Chen Xu, as his lord, just asked him for a guard, and Yang Feng had no reason not to agree.

As long as Xu Huang arrives next to Chen Xu, it will be very easy for Chen Xu to promote him in the future.

When Xu Huang came to Chen Xu's side, Chen Xu looked at Xu Huang with a dignified appearance, and loved it in his heart.

Bai Bojun's living conditions are relatively difficult, so the cloak on the outside of Xu Huang's robe is already a little old. And because he has been on the battlefield for a long time, his cloak has also broken a few holes.

When he came to Chen Xu's side, Xu Huang knelt on the ground and saluted: "Huang, please meet the lord." ”

Chen Xu hurriedly stepped forward, pulled him up, and said, "Gongming is really mighty and majestic, and he is the tiger general of the world!" ”

However, Gongming's brocade robe has long been old and tattered. With such a cloak, how can he be worthy of the hero of Komeito? ”

After speaking, Chen Xu took off the yellow cloak behind him and personally draped it on Xu Huang's back.

When Xu Huang saw this, he was immediately moved in his heart.

He knelt on the ground again and said, "How can a new person who has not made an inch of merit be worthy of being so valued by the lord?" ”

Chen Xu laughed and said, "Gongming's talent, how can I not know? ”

"I have to meet Gongming today, and I hate to give high-ranking officials good fortune. However, when he came, I was afraid that Yang Feng had other thoughts in his heart; Second, it is a new investment in Gongming, and it is rashly entrusted with reuse, I am afraid that the generals will not accept it. ”

"Now you deign to be the leader of my own soldiers. When he makes a military exploit, I will let Gongming lead the army alone. At that time, Gongming was the dragon swimming in the sea, and the birds were still green. ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he was even more grateful.

Chen Xu incorporated the Baibo Army and once again obtained 10,000 elite soldiers, with a population of more than 100,000.

and also got a good general like Xu Huang, so Chen Xu has been in a good mood during this time.

However, he knew that there were still too few talents in the state.

He was of a bad background and was low, so there were few scribes who were willing to come to him.

Even Cheng Yu and Tian Feng were forcibly kidnapped by him at the beginning.

As for Chen Gong, if it weren't for the fact that the two of them were related to each other. And now he sits in a state and is famous all over the world, and Chen Gong may not come to him.

In the three kingdoms in history, Wei occupied Tianshi, Wu occupied geographical advantages, and Shu occupied people.

It is precisely because Liu Bei has been adrift for half his life and has gained unparalleled prestige, so that the people return to their hearts and talents come to vote, that he can dominate one side in the history of the late Han Dynasty.

At this time, Chen Xu remembered Cao Cao in history and the recruitment order he promulgated.

After Cao Cao was a eunuch, his background was also very bad. Many of the scholars were reluctant to go to him. It is for this reason that Cao Cao promulgated the meritocracy recruitment order.

Since ancient times, only those who have both ability and political integrity can become officials.

If a person is very talented, but he himself has a bad character or is not filial, he will be considered talented but not virtuous.

For such people, the ruling class in the past will not adopt them.

Cao Cao's meritocracy recruitment order broke the previous criteria for selecting talents. As long as you are talented, even if you have a bad character, even if you have stolen chickens and touched dogs, you can be reused.

It is precisely because of this recruitment order that Cao Cao was able to gather a large number of talents in the case of a bad background. made Cao Cao able to be born among the princes of the late Han Dynasty.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Xu finally decided to steal Cao Cao's recruitment order and prepare to recruit talents in Bingzhou.

He called Tian Feng over and told him what he thought, which shocked Tian Feng.

"My lord, since ancient times, the character of the talent must be tested first. The lord today risked the great disapproval of the world and wanted to act meritocracy, which is foolish, and it is very inappropriate! ”

"If the unvirtuous are in high positions, how can they be assured of their loyalty and integrity?"

Chen Xu thought for a while, but still insisted on his opinion, and said: "The world is in turmoil, the princes are together, and the virtuous ministers choose the master. ”

"I don't come from a good background, if I don't appoint people on the basis of merit, how can I recruit enough talented people to come and help me?"

"Yuan Hao doesn't need to say much, you just need to help me draft the recruitment order. Remember, meritocracy. ”