When Hu Che'er stole Dian Wei's double halberds, why didn't he just stab Dian Wei to death?

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", although Hu Che'er, Zhang Xiu's subordinate, only appeared once and only did one thing, his role was huge. As a result, Cao Cao's most effective assistant Dian Wei died in the battle, Cao Cao's favorite son Cao Ang died in the battle, and Cao Cao himself almost died. When it comes to rewards for merit, Hu Cheer deserves to be the first to achieve merit.

This matter is difficult to say, easy to say, but not easy either. First of all, Hu Che'er must have a certain degree of flattery skills to get Dian Wei drunk. Secondly, Hu Che'er was very strong and could escape the guards with Dian Wei's heavy halberd and escape over the walls. When Zhang Xiu invaded the camp, Dian Wei was drunk and had no weapons, so he was shot to death by Zhang Xiu's horse.

But even so, Zhang Xiu's battle was extremely risky. Several groups of troops were frightened by Dian Wei's beating. If Dian Wei hadn't been naked and unarmed and refused to move at the gate of the village, Maybe Zhang Xiu really got into trouble this time? So? Since he took such a risk, why didn't Zhang Xiu just let Hu Che'er kill the drunken Dian Wei?

When Hu Cheer got Dian Wei drunk and stole the two halberds, Dian Wei was already drunk and unconscious. It was not until Zhang Xiu led his army into the camp that he was awakened from his drunken dream by the sound of military horses. It can be seen that if Hu Cheer planned to kill Dian Wei at that time, it would be effortless. So! We can make a bold assumption, assuming that Hu Cheer directly stabs Dian Wei to death, what will happen next?

Dian Wei is Cao Cao's personal bodyguard, guarding Cao Cao 24 hours a day, and his tent is next to Cao Cao's camp. There are guards patrolling Dazhai at all times, and these patrolling guards are basically Dian Wei's direct subordinates. As long as Hu Cheer makes a little noise when he kills Dian Wei, or Dian Wei is discovered by his subordinates after his death. By then, Hu Che'er will turn into a pile of meat.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that once Hu Cheer's affair is revealed, it will be equivalent to sending Zhang Xiu to hell. You must know that Zhang Xiu's goal was not Dian Wei, but to assassinate Cao Cao who had seized his aunt. Killing Dian Wei was meaningless. Once Dian Wei is killed, Cao Cao will step up vigilance and immediately track down the mastermind. Zhang Xiu will be held responsible.

Therefore, not only would this fail to achieve the purpose of assassinating Cao Cao, but Zhang Xiu himself would become passive, allowing Cao Cao to take precautions and then close the door and beat the dog! At that time, Zhang Xiu only had tens of thousands of soldiers, and he was far from a match for Cao Cao's army. Once Cao Cao saw through this conspiracy, Zhang Xiu had no chance of winning, and even the chance of survival would be zero.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Xiu could only rely on a late-night raid on Cao Cao's camp, and when Cao Cao's army was in chaos, he had a chance to counterattack.

This was his only chance, and he would never dare to act rashly to expose this conspiracy in advance, so he was very careful. Even if he was afraid of Dian Wei's courage, he would not dare to kill him first.