First, start with drunkenly beating Jiang Menshen
I am afraid that many people have many misunderstandings about Wu Song in "Water Margin". For example, someone once said: Wu Song is competitive, either in a fight, or on the way to a fight. The basis for thinking about this is that Wu Song himself once said that he "specializes in fighting tough guys in the world", and it just so happens that Shuihu Jianghu is a jianghu where tough guys walk everywhere. But is that really the case?
In fact, the old jianghu who have stories are clear that saying and doing have always been mutually causal. Take Wu Song's famous saying that "he specializes in fighting tough guys in the world" is what He said to Shi En before Wu Song drunkenly beat Jiang Men shen. Obviously, there are two meanings.
One is the superficial meaning: through his fight with Jiang Menshen, it can be seen that Wu Song has done enough foreplay. Before the fight, he drank heavily, but the more Shi En persuaded him, the more he became stronger. After arriving at the Happy Forest, from the appearance point of view, Wu Song was already a drunkard and a state of trouble after drinking.
Jiang Men Shen then "deceived him drunk first in his heart, and only cared about rushing in", Wu Song "first put two fists to the shadow on Jiang Men Shen's face, suddenly turned around and left", continued to deceive Jiang Men Shen, and sure enough, Jiang Men Shen chased after him without scruples, Wu Song kicked his lower abdomen, and then kicked his forehead, Jiang Men Shen was beaten down, and just got up and ushered in Wu Song's slaying, "Jade Ring Step, Mandarin Duck Foot", the battle was solved! It's not like the TV series at all, it's been played for so long, and it's full of tricks.
The second is the deep meaning: Wu Song drunkenly beat Jiang Men Shen, which is not a glorious action in essence, otherwise with Wu Song's personality, he would not have to pretend to be drunk, provoke trouble, provoke Jiang Men Shen, and make such trouble. This shows that Wu Song also understands that he is "eating black black" for Shi En, but this is a good thing to say.
Therefore, Wu Song rose to the level of "fighting tough guys in the world", excusing his actions and making his teacher famous, which is a kind of stealing concept. It's just that because people love Wu Song too much, they selectively ignore it, and they all speak according to Wu Song's meaning, without delving into the reason!
If you still don't believe it, then let's look at the "Water Margin", Wu Song, who claims to be a tough guy in the world, chose to avoid fighting when facing these three. Which three are they?
Second, why avoid the battle when facing Hu Yanzhuo?
After Hu Yanzhuo failed to conquer Liangshan, he fled to Qingzhou, and whether dai sin or not, he began to suppress the three bandits in the qingzhou territory. The White Tiger Mountain was quickly taken, peach blossom mountain was not a problem, but Erlong Mountain was a hard stubble. First of all, he fought with Lu Zhishen for more than fifty rounds, and then Yang Zhi fought for another fifty rounds, making Hu Yanzhuo doubt his life, where did such two strong enemies emerge from?
At that time, Wu Song was the third brother on the Erlong Mountain, but he chose to avoid fighting, why? There are roughly two reasons. One of the simplest, Wu Song is a step general, Hu Yanzhuo is a horse general, and there is no way to compete with real knives and real guns.
The second is the key. We can make a hypothesis, now I am Hu Yanzhuo, and you are Wu Song, after I fought Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, you Wu Song appeared with a ring knife and shouted: Come and come, can you dare to fight with me tiger hero Wu Erlang, the big battle three lilies?
What will I say? Anyway, I will be laughed at: "Sure enough, it is the Erlong Mountain bandit who does not talk about martial virtue, why do you fight the tiger hero?" It is clear that after cheating on me for two consecutive fights, he will come to take advantage of the danger of people and fall into the rocks! (So-called: one more and two no more three, Hu Yanzhuo played two consecutive games, and will never play a third game, unless it is a mouth cannon)
It should be known that Wu Song is the most decent and good man. Now that Erlongshan's honor has been damaged and his dignity has been destroyed, it is equivalent to coming out and being scolded, but he really can't do it! Because victory is not martial, defeat is shameless. How to calculate how to be: as long as you play a battle, you will lose!
In hindsight, it is obvious that when Wu Song faced Hu Yanzhuo, he was very shrewd in avoiding fighting, not only preserving the dignity of the hero who fought the tiger, but also not damaging the reputation of Erlongshan - let Hu Yanzhuo continue to "doubt life".
Third, why avoid fighting when facing Zhang Qing?
When Zhang Qinglian played the 15-member general of Liangshan, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song were not present. They were responsible for escorting the grain and grass, but Zhang Qing learned about it. So Zhang Qinglu ambushed, a flying stone hit Lu Zhishen's bald head, "blood burst out, looking after the fall", Wu Song "hurriedly raised two swords, died to save Lu Zhishen, skimmed the grain truck and left." The closest brothers were headshot, but Wu Song avoided fighting, why?
Because there are two situations, there are two reasons. One is that this is Wu Yong's plan, but he uses Lu Zhishen and Wu Song as bait and lets Zhang Qing bite the hook. Because then, Zhang Qing, who tasted the sweetness, was lured out again, surrounded by liangshan groups, and finally forced Zhang Qing into the water and was captured alive by Ruan Sanxiong.
Naturally, in this case, Wu Song will have to cooperate with the acting - just bitter Lu Zhishen was tragically headshot, who let his bald head shine at night? However, the author is skeptical about this, which is not in line with the logic of "Water Margin"! This leads to the second situation and reason.
Second, judging from Lu Zhishen's reaction after the incident, he was obviously anxious and found Zhang Qing to take revenge. Therefore, Wu Yong's plan was most likely hidden from Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, because once he said it, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song were both decent people, and they all knew that Zhang Qing's flying stones were powerful, but they also cooperated with Wu to use it as bait, was this possible?
The author's conclusion is that Wu used this trick to hide lu zhishen and Wu Song! Therefore, Wu Song avoided Fighting Zhang Qing, without any script, only the temporary reaction! This shows the preciousness of Wu Song.
Nothing is more important than brothers. At that time, Lu Zhishen was beaten, he had lost his combat effectiveness, and the scene was extremely chaotic, only Wu Song could protect it, so Wu Song "died and saved Lu Zhishen" even if he succeeded. This reflects Wu Song's shrewdness, the so-called danger is not chaotic, calm and rational, and knows how to make trade-offs.
4. Why avoid fighting when facing Lu Junyi?
Above Liangshan, Lu Junyi's martial arts were the highest. And Wu Song is also known as "Ma Xia Wu Song", if these two people do a game, it will definitely make readers very addicted. Unfortunately, "Water Margin" has made a different appearance.
In order to trick Lu Junyi into going up the mountain, Song Jiang arranged eight good men to take turns to single out Lu Junyi. Wu Song was also selected, and after Lu Zhishen, he slashed at Lu Junyi three times and then turned around and left. Even if Lu Junyi laughed at him from behind: "I don't chase you, you guys, He Zu Daoya." Such an ugly word, Wu Song still ignored it and avoided the battle.
Why? There is only one reason.
The so-called "earning" Lu Junyi on Liangshan was grasped by Song Jiang and personally implemented by Wu Yong, and its importance is unparalleled. Although Wu Song was not afraid of heaven, he knew how to obey the overall situation. So before the fight, Wu Song let go of the words: "Outside! Just go with me, not to have blood and light. ”
Therefore, even if he was ridiculed by Lu Junyi, Wu Song resolutely avoided the battle. It is not that Wu Song is afraid of Lu Junyi, but Wu Song knows that Lu Junyi is already a caged bird, so why should he fight again? Whether a person is shrewd or not is not how he says it, but whether he can judge the situation and make the right choice.
Wu Song is a master in this area, so he can counterattack again and again in desperate situations. And this time in the face of Lu Junyi slashed three knives and left, isn't that the case? Look at Lu Junyi, who has a hard mouth, he will be played to death, but he does not know it yet. So Wu Song took care of what he was doing.