Liangshan's strength, after its peak, was a decline, and this decline began with Zheng Fangla.
During the conquest of Fangla, first Song Wan, Jiao Ting, and others were killed in battle, and Xu Ning, one of the Heavenly Gang Stars, was also hit by a poisoned arrow on the patrol, and At that time, An Daoquan was not in the army, and Xu Ning died because he could not get effective medical treatment.
After that, the good men fell one after another, up to dong ping, Qin Ming, Zhang Qing and Shi Jin of the Eight Horsemen, down to Bai Sheng, Yu Baosi, and so on. Among them, Zhang Qing's death is a pity.
Zhang Qing was originally a defender of Dongchang Province, because Song Jiang wanted to give up the position of lord of the village to Lu Junyi, so the two of them each fought a city. Song Jiang captured Dongping Province, but Lu Junyi did not take Dongchang Province. Therefore, Song Jiang had to help Lu Junyi to attack the city.
The reason why he couldn't take it was because Zhang Qing's flying stone was too powerful. Zhang Qing's marksmanship was not very powerful, but Fei shi was accurate, and his nickname "No Feather Arrow" was derived from this.
Before Song Jiang helped Lu Junyi, Hao Siwen had already been injured by Zhang Qing. Later, more than a dozen generals in a row were defeated by Zhang Qing's flying stones, and even injured.
At first, it was Xu Ning, who was hit in the eyebrow by flying stones, if it was a hidden arrow or something, Xu Ning was already dead; then Yan Shun, who was hit in armor and fled from the saddle; Han Tao was hit in the nose, and the blood was direct; Peng Xuan was hit in the cheek; Hu Yan was hit in the wrist and could no longer play with the moving steel whip; Lei Heng and Zhu Tong, respectively, hit the flying stone in the forehead and neck; Guan Sheng came out of the horse, hit the knife edge, and had no intention of fighting; Dong Ping dodged two flying stones in a row, but in the end he was hit; Suo Chao was even injured in the face. Liu Tang was careless and was also captured alive by Zhang Qing.
Coupled with the dispatch of Lin Chong, Hua Rong, Lü Fang, and Guo Sheng, Liangshan did not yet bargain for a bargain, so he achieved the record of "Zhang Qinglian beating the fifteen generals of Liangshan".
Such a cattle record, no one in the whole Water Margin can do it. However, Zhang Qing, who was so brave, was actually killed by Fang La's subordinate Li Tianyan in the battle of the Long March, why was this?
Strictly speaking, Zhang Qing's death is not due to his martial arts, but to his carelessness.
During the conquest of Fangla, Song Jiang and Lu Junyi were divided into troops. This time, Lu Junyi attacked Lu Songguan, which was steep and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it could not be attacked for several days. Later, Zhou Tong was killed, Li Zhong was wounded, dong Ping became agitated, and as a result, he was wounded in the left arm by the artillery.
Dong Ping was anxious and bent on conquering Lu Songguan, but Lu Junyi stopped him. Dong Ping was actually hiding from Lu Junyi, and at the same time, with a splint in his left arm, he looked for Zhang Qing to fight Lu Songguan's Li Tianyan and Zhang Tao.
Because of the injury to his left arm, coupled with the fact that it was an infantry battle, Dong Ping's combat effectiveness dropped greatly, so he retreated step by step, and Zhang Qing had to shield him from Li Tianyan's attack. This is equivalent to saying that Zhang Qing is fighting li tianyan and Zhang Tao at the same time.
In the fierce battle, Zhang Qing stabbed Li Tianyan with one shot, but instead of stabbing, he stabbed at the pine tree, and he could not pull it out in a hurry. At this time, Li Tianyan stabbed Zhang Qing in the abdomen, and Zhang Qing was killed. Dong Ping was originally retreating to avoid, and when he saw that Zhang Qing was injured, he rushed to help, not paying attention to being stopped by Zhang Tao and slashed into two pieces.
With Zhang Qing's death, Dong Ping had a great responsibility. However, Dong Ping originally had a nickname called "Dong Yi Collision", and like The Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming and the vanguard Suo Chao, they were all reckless tempers, Zhang Qing not only did not stop and reported Lu Junyi, but instead went out to fight with him privately, and ended up with such a fate, which is a pity. At that time, Zhang Qing's wife, Qiu Qiongying, still had a big belly.
Of course, Zhang Qing himself is also responsible.
Zhang Qing is good at flying stones, especially making flying stones immediately. But in the Battle of Dusongguan, he first fought on horseback and then gave up the flying stone, which is equivalent to attacking the strengths of the other with his own shortness, and there is no reason to be invincible? To put it bluntly, it is a light enemy to advance. In fact, Li Tianyan was one of the four marshals under Fang La, ranking second only to Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue and Si Xingfang, and his martial arts were not low.
Therefore, Zhang Qing's death lies in the fact that he gave up what he was good at, and also got off his horse to fight, plus he was lightly attacked by the enemy and did not have a good estimate of Li Tianyan's martial arts, which killed him tragically in a foreign land.