The 108 good men of Liangshan in "Water Margin" have never been killed or injured before they were recruited. However, as the eldest brother, Song Jiang always believes that Zhao'an is the right way. Therefore, despite the opposition of some brothers, he kept trying his best, and finally defected to the imperial court. After being a bandit bully for so many years, but finally becoming an officer of the imperial court, how can there be such a good thing in the world? In the end, almost all of the 108 heroes and good men died, but there were also those who survived, but there were only a few.
Among the 108 good men in "Water Margin", the five tiger generals of Liangshan were divided, and after the good men of Liangshan were ranked, they were divided into good men and made them perform their duties. Among them, the five tiger generals of the Ma Army were: the big knife Guan Sheng, the leopard head Lin Chong, the thunderbolt fire Qin Ming, the double whip Hu Yanzhuo, and the double gun general Dong Ping.
And the object of this article is this -- double whips. When he was seated in Liangshan, he sat in the eighth chair. Hu Yanzhuo ranked eighth in the Tiangang Star, shangying "Tianwei Star", as the eighth good man in Liangshan, he was also named the fourth member of the "Five Tiger Generals of the Ma Army".
However, later people doubted whether this Hu Yanzhuo was an internal traitor installed by the imperial court in Liangshan. Why was he the best one after Song Jiang's death, and he was finally able to serve Emperor Huizong of Song closely?
Let's start with how Hu Yanzhuo went to Liangshan.
Hu Yanzhuo was originally an official of the imperial court, and at that time, when the imperial court was troubled by the Liangshan bandits, and in the case of the unsuccessful suppression of bandits, Gao Li took the initiative to recommend Hu Yanzhuo to conquer Liangshan, and at this time, the entire imperial court was unanimously optimistic about him. Even when he was recommended to Emperor Huizong of Song, "Emperor Huizong Tianzi looked at Hu Yanzhuo with a non-vulgar expression and was happy with his heavenly face." He gave him a good horse and let him choose the generals he wanted to take.
After that, facing Hu Yanzhuo, a good man in Shangliangshan, he used the tactic of chain horses, and the Liangshan soldiers and horses led by Song Jiang could not resist at all, and also lost more than half of their men and horses, almost driving the Liangshan clique out of the old nest. Compared with the 130,000 troops led by Gao Li and nearly 20 people attacking Liangshan later, it was not able to take such a position as Hu Yanzhuo. It can be seen that this Hu Yanzhuo is indeed extraordinary.
However, after Song Jiang and Wu used tactics, they simply wiped out Hu Yanzhuo's thousands of consecutive iron horses, and even took these horses to Liangshan to eat meat, and in this way, the soldiers and horses carefully trained by Hu Yanzhuo were gone.
Later, I believe that everyone knows the situation, and then Song Jiang personally used bait to lead Hu Yanzhuo into the pit and capture him alive. After that, under the good advice of Song Jiang, he officially submitted to Liangshan.
After Liangshan's gang was recruited, Hu Yanzhuo also participated in the whole process of pacifying the Liaoguo, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La. And also to build more meritorious achievements. After the return of the Banshi to the Dynasty, Hu Yanzhuo was made the commander of the imperial camp. He practices with the driver every day. After that, he led a large army, broke the four princes of the Jin Kingdom, Jin Wushu, and sent an army to kill until Huaixi was killed.
However, long before Hu Yanzhuo's death, the three traitorous ministers Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Li, after waiting for Song Jiang and other officials, first designed mercury to harm Lu Junyi, and then poisoned Song Jiang with poison mixed with imperial liquor.
However, knowing that Hu Yanzhuo was indifferent at this time, at this time he had a heavy army, if he had any ideas, it was not impossible to implement, but he still continued to be loyal to the imperial court, it was difficult for him to be a traitor.
In fact, this is not necessarily the case.
Hu Yanzhuo is a descendant of Hu Yanzan. Hu Yanzan was a very good general of the Song Dynasty, and he was introduced a lot in "Yang Jiajian". After Zhao Kuangyin ascended to the throne, special preferential treatment was given to meritorious servants and their descendants. Hu Yanzhuo's grandfather Hu Yanzan was the founding hero of the Song Dynasty, and Hu Yanzan took the lead in ascending the city when he followed Taizong in attacking the Taiyuan City of the Northern Han Dynasty, which greatly boosted morale and saved Taizong's life in the Battle of the Sorghum River. Therefore, Huyanzan's status in the DPRK is quite high.
And his descendant Hu Yanzhuo was just like him in his bones, and he loved his country very much. At first, Hu Yanzan and Liang Shan were at odds with each other, and in the first confrontation with Song Jiang, they scared Song Jiang. Later, because Zhongji was captured, in the end there was no way to attach himself to Liangshan, however, Song Jiang still had to be wary of Hu Yan everywhere, and it was obvious that Hu Yanzhuo had no feelings for Song Jiang.
Moreover, originally Hu Yanzhuo had deep roots in the middle of the dynasty, and he had deep connections in the Beijing division, which was not only the credit of his own, but also the credit of his grandfather Hu Yanzan, and even Emperor Huizong of Song would have respected him, and this was one of the reasons why Hu Yanzhuo did not take his family to Liangshan, which was also the basis for Hu Yanzhuo's courage to risk the reputation of rebellion and surrender Liangshan.
Therefore, it is reasonable that Hu Yanzhuo does not have to fight for Liangshan. What do you think?
Reference: Water Margin