What we pay attention to is the change in the mentality of those heroes of Liangshan before and after going to Liangshan. They were once heroes, fearless in challenging the army of the Great Song Dynasty, but once they reached Liangshan, they became "well-behaved" and were no longer willing to charge.
Song Jianghua monk Lu Zhishen and blue-faced beast Yang Zhi, these two heroes whose strength can be ranked in the top five in Liangshan, have experienced the transformation from robbers to heroes in Liangshan. When they were robbers in Erlong Mountain, they dared to fight in the face of the famous general of the imperial court, Hu Yanzhuo, but when they faced the big sword Guan Sheng, who was also an official of the imperial court, on behalf of Liangshan, they chose to stand by and watch.
What transformations and changes did they experience before and after Shangliang Mountain?
Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and Lu Zhishen are known as the "three people who can fight the most" in Liangshan. They are ranked first in Liangshan.
Fifth, fourth and first, are the core members of Liangshan.
Yang Zhi is the third horse army of Liangshan, and he is also the queen of the famous family. Their outstanding performance highlights the strength and charm of Liangshan.
The three mountains gathered righteousness, the tigers were concentric, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi fell into the grass in Erlong Mountain, and merged into Liangshan together with Peach Blossom Mountain and Baihu Mountain to fight against Hu Yanzhuo's imperial army.
After a bloody battle, Liangshan's strength increased greatly, and he successfully incorporated Hu Yanzhuo, responding to the second half of the topic of "all tigers return to the water with one heart". Then, under Wu Yong's careful planning, Liang Shan made Guan Sheng's trust Hu Yanzhuo through counter-plots, and finally won Guan Sheng's trust on a moonlit night and captured him.
This series of actions fully demonstrated the strength and fame of Liangshan, the talents and wisdom of Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi and others, who are undoubtedly the backbone of Liangshan.
Hu Yanzhuo encountered a hard battle between Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi in Liangshan The chain horse army led by Hu Yanzhuo was heavily damaged by Liangshan at Erlong Mountain, and almost all the troops were annihilated. After he took refuge in the prefect of Murong in Qingzhou, he hoped to win the favor of the local bandits, but unexpectedly met Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, two hard bones, in Erlong Mountain.
The battle between the two, the iron whip against the Zen staff, the sky is dark, and it is difficult to solve the problem of forty or fifty combinations. Hu Yanzhuo exclaimed: "These two heroes are really difficult to deal with! ”
Hu Yanzhuo waved the golden banner and ordered the soldiers to rest for a while, and then challenged Lu Zhishen again. However, Lu Zhishen still decided to go out to fight, but was stopped by Yang Zhi.
The two met again on the battlefield, their ** were iron whip and steel knife, and after more than forty rounds of fierce fighting, there was still no winner or loser. Hu Yanzhuo secretly thought in his heart that Lu Zhishen was under the jurisdiction of the Weizhou Economic Strategy Mansion, which was equivalent to the current director of the public security bureau in the northwest frontier region.
Although the officers in this position may not have been so well-known in the Song Dynasty, their combat effectiveness should definitely not be underestimated. Although Lu Zhishen is good at foot combat, he can still fight with Hu Yanzhuo on horseback, which shows how strong his strength is.
Yang Zhi and Lu Zhishen are descendants of the Yang family generals and have received good martial arts training since childhood. Yang Zhi even stood out in the imperial examination and became the envoy of the palace marshal's office, equivalent to the battalion commander or company commander of the Capital Military Region, and his identity and status are well deserved.
However, the first battle of Lianma made Hu Yanzhuo completely lost, and he hurriedly set out on the expedition without doing a good job of intelligence work, and ended up in trouble in Erlong Mountain. Moreover, Wu Song, one of the three leaders of Erlong Mountain, has not yet appeared, and Hu Yanzhuo may not be his opponent.
However, the brothers Kong Ming and Kong Liang of White Tiger Mountain came to provoke, and Hu Yanzhuo easily captured Kong Mingsheng. In the book, it is said that Kong Ming is "not good at martial arts", but strength is the last word, and in front of the two armies, strategy cannot make up for the gap in hard power.
Yang Zhi was a representative of the Great Song Dynasty, with the support of the local Murong prefect, and his logistics support and reinforcements surpassed the improvised bandit forces of Erlong Mountain and Baihu Mountain.
Although the first battle may fail, the protracted war will definitely be won, which is determined by objective reality. Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi rushed to fight, even if the two of them could resist Hu Yanzhuo, their little minions would not be able to resist the power of the Qingzhou official army.
However, whether it was Kong Ming Kong Liang or Lu Zhishen Yang Zhiwu Song, they all knew that when the enemy's strength was stronger than their own, they must seek more powerful help.
Hu Yanzhuo and his subordinates thought of Liangshan and Song Jiang at the moment of crisis, because Liangshan was the most powerful gang in the north, and they understood that they could only survive by taking refuge in Liangshan.
Hu Yanzhuo later realized this, but by the time he realized, he had already lost to Liang Shan and became Song Jiang's subordinate.
In "Water Margin", Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi are much more well-known than the higher-ranked Hu Yanzhuo, thanks to Shi Nai'an's large amount of pen and ink on them, and their personality charm and wandering career are vividly depicted.
However, Hu Yanzhuo's status is incomparable to them. His status and family background have already been described in detail. It is worth mentioning that in ancient wars, the combat effectiveness of cavalry was significantly stronger than that of infantry.
Therefore, the position of the leader of the horse army in Liangshan is naturally higher than that of the leader of the infantry army. As the Five Tiger Generals of the Ma Army, Hu Yanzhuo was often arranged by Song Jiang at the forefront of battles, and he had far more opportunities on the battlefield than Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi.
Guan Sheng's status in the hero ranking is extraordinary, why can he stand out among many heroes? The answer is outside of **. Guan Sheng is a descendant of the martial saint Guan Yu, and Guan Yu's loyalty and bravery are world-famous, which makes the descendants of the Guan family have their own halo.
Even though he only appeared in the sixty-third round, in the eyes of Choujun Ma Xuanzan, he was already the king of righteousness and bravery, which was enough to make people awe-inspired. Therefore, Guan Sheng ranked fifth, the first of the five tiger generals of the Ma Army, and deservedly so.
According to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Erye's descendants may have been exterminated by Pang De's son. Although Shi Nai'an's positioning of Guan Sheng is not real, the deep meaning is self-evident.
As a descendant of Guan Gong, Guan Sheng not only symbolizes high martial arts, but also represents the voice of the people. As we all know, Guan Erye's most prominent feature is "righteousness and thin clouds", and Guan Sheng naturally inherited this attribute.
This laid the groundwork for Guan Sheng to be recruited by Liangshan later, which not only demonstrated the justice of Liangshan, but also invisibly exposed the corruption and darkness of the Northern Song Dynasty. In other words, Guan Sheng is a symbol of justice, and Liangshan's "rebellion is justified" occupies the moral high ground in legal theory.
It is worth mentioning that in the Battle of Beijing, a duel between Guan Sheng and Lin Chong was specially arranged in the book, and this scene was very dramatic.
Guan Sheng ranked fifth for his bravery and skillful fighting. He once squeezed out the leopard head Lin Chong and became one of the five tiger generals of the Ma Army. On the battlefield, Guan Sheng angrily reprimanded all the heroes of Liangshan, calling them "Shuibo Caokou".
Although Lin Chong's evaluation of Guan Sheng was quite complaining, Song Jiang still paid tribute to Guan Sheng, personally went out into battle and bowed his body. This move reflects Song Jiang's respect and recognition for Guan Sheng.
Lin Chong's content is wonderful, vividly depicting Song Jiang's desire for Zhao'an, Lin Chong's complete break with the imperial court, and Guan Sheng's arrogant attitude. Liang Shan failed to emerge victorious in a direct clash with Guan Sheng.
However, Song Jiang loved talents deeply and hoped to recruit Guan Sheng under his command, but he did not hurt his life. So, the military advisor Wu used a design to let Hu Yanzhuo go to Guan Sheng's military camp as a veteran general of the imperial court, and colluded inside and outside to successfully take down this brave and famous general.
This battle fully demonstrates the sequence of Yangsan's battles, with a strict hierarchy. To deal with a brave and prestigious general like Guan Sheng, it is necessary for Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Hu Yanzhuo to go into battle with five tiger generals of the same level as Guan Sheng, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, as the leaders of the infantry army and the general of the horse army, naturally have no chance to fight.
Although Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi performed heroically in Erlongshan, they did not appear in Liangshan because their roles had changed. When they were in Erlongshan, they were the bosses and led other heroes to fight the world, while Liangshan was led by Song Jiang, and they became part of the team.
In Erlongshan, they have to fight in person to ensure combat effectiveness, while in Liangshan, as a member of the team, they may have other arrangements.
Lu Zhishen can explain why Wu Song can sit in the third position after coming to Erlong Mountain. His martial arts far surpass the martial arts of Cao Zheng, Shien, Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang and others. From a small level, Hu Yanzhuo represents the Qingzhou government, and from a large level, he represents the Great Song court.
If that battle is lost, Erlongshan will be swept by the official army, and there will be no way out. Therefore, if Wu Song was also there at the time, he would definitely fight Hu Yanzhuo to the death, even if he was better at foot combat, he would definitely do his best.
However, when Wu Song arrived in Liangshan, the situation changed. When they were in Erlongshan, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and Wu Song were the three big bosses, while Zhang Qingsun Erniang and others were small bosses, and Erlongshan could be regarded as their private property.
The addition of Eryongsan changed the positions of the members of Yangsan, from big bosses and small bosses to senior employees and ordinary employees. Lu Yangwu became a senior employee because of his excellent combat ability, while Zhang Qing and Shi En, although they were weaker in combat power, had other unique skills, such as Sun Erniang was good at opening a black shop, so they became ordinary employees of Liangshan, focusing on doing the job at hand.
It's not that they lack the courage and necessity to face a strong enemy, it's just that they don't have the heart.
If Zhang Qing led the army against Guan Sheng in Erlong Mountain, then Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and Wu Song had no choice but to fully support him. However, on behalf of Liangshan against Guan Sheng, they are not the real boss of Liangshan, so why do they have to fight to the death?
So, who is the real boss of Liangshan? Although Chao Gai was still the leader of Liangshan when Hu Yanzhuo, Lu Zhishen, and Yang Zhi went up the mountain, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chao Gai had been squeezed out by Song Jiang and Wu Yong.
And Gongsun Sheng, the deputy military advisor and mage who ranked fourth, did not regard the heroes of Liangshan as real brothers, but only regarded them as "part-time" comrades-in-arms. Therefore, the actual bosses of Liangshan are three: Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and Wu Yong, whose structure is very similar to Erlongshan, and can even be said to be an upgraded version of Erlongshan.
In this huge gangster organization, strength is not the most important thing, the key is to plan comprehensively, maximize the use of human resources, and give full play to their own advantages.
From this point of view, Song Jiang must be the leader and grasp the overall situation; Wu Yong is a think tank, giving advice to the leaders and formulating battle plans; Lu Junyi is both civil and military, and he also wants to recruit An, and his reputation is far and wide, representing the glamorous appearance of Liangshan.
Erlongshan is just a small gangster, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, and Wu Song are all difficult to protect themselves in Erlongshan, and they must take refuge in Song Jiang to defeat Hu Yanzhuo. Just like those small enterprises with insufficient strength will always be swallowed up by large enterprises with strong financial resources, the weak eat the strong, and the fittest survive.
In the low-end rivers and lakes, the Song Jiang statue is often the kind of person who establishes prestige by fighting, killing and killing, but in the high-end rivers and lakes, playing with power and sophistication is the real master.
This is the biggest difference between Eryongshan and Yangsan. Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi are just ordinary workers in Liangshan, not even high-end workers, because Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Hu Yanzhuo, these five tiger generals, are real high-end workers, and they can have a place in the high-end bureau.
As a popular saying goes, "You can only sit at the child's table when you eat." However, the strength of Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi is unquestionable. When the great war is scorching, they compete with each other, and they will doubt life when they are beaten with two whips; However, when attacking the Daimyo's Mansion, the key to subduing Guan Sheng was for Hu Yanzhuo to penetrate the inside, and the inside should be combined with the outside, if Lu and Yang were allowed to carry out this task, they might not be afraid of Guan Sheng.
It's not easy to work, so why worry about the boss, after all, everyone is a star in the sky and has their own light. Look at the brothers of Liang Shanbo, they are united, willing to pay for the cause of "doing the right thing for heaven", and work with the boss Song Jiang to eliminate violence and serve the country.
Such passionate feelings are exactly what we need. Let's let go of the troubles in our hearts and pursue our own dreams and careers!