One of the four famous works in China, "Water Margin", there are one hundred and eight good men, each of whom is highly skilled in martial arts, telling the story of a group of heroic good men led by Song Jiang from rebellion to submission to the imperial court during the Song Dynasty. And each good guy has their own nickname, which more or less shows their own characteristics, which not only sounds majestic, but also expands their popularity. "Dragon" as China's traditional totem, has always been a strong, majestic characteristics, so the average person does not dare to use the dragon as a nickname, Liangshan has four dragons, two of which have a false name, two worthy of the name, one of them became the monarch, we will come to detail today.
I. The Ill-named "Dragon"
Zou Yuan and Zou Run are uncles and nephews, both of whom were born from Caokou, uncle Zou Yuan was nicknamed "Out of the Forest Dragon", and nephew Zou Run was nicknamed "One-Horned Dragon". Zou Yuan and Zou Run were originally the leaders of other mountains, but then because of their neutral contributions in the battle to rescue the brothers Xie Bao and Xie Zhen, they attacked Zhujiazhuang and were taken to Liangshan.
Then some people will ask why they have mountains to go to Liangshan? Because The Dengyun Mountain where Zou Yuan and Zou Run were originally located was only a small hill, adding up to less than a hundred people in total, only more than twenty people were confidants, and there were very few generals, so he defected to the more powerful Liangshan.
However, after the uncle and nephew joined Liangshan, they never exerted their strength, and Zou Yuan was defeated in the battle with Fang La, trampled to death by random horses, and the death method was quite miserable. In addition to having a large bag on his head and once breaking a pine tree with his head, Zou Run did not perform well, Zou Yuanliang ranked ninety-one, and Zou Run was ninety-one, so these two dragons can be said to be unworthy of their names.
2. The Veritable "Dragon"
Shi Jin, as the first good man to appear in "Water Margin", is impressive, and his nickname "Nine Dragons" is also very domineering, which is because he has nine living dragons tattooed on his back. Since he was a child, Shi Jin liked to dance guns and get sticks, and his family was relatively well-off, and he was uneven when he was young, and once single-handedly picked up the robbers on Shaohua Mountain. And in the face of the siege of the government army, he also broke out of the siege with the good man and went up the mountain to be a coward. After Shi Jin joined Liangshan, his record was also very prominent, and after Liangshan zhao'an in the north, Shi Jin led an army to attack Fang La, captured Runzhou, and killed the enemy general Shen Gang, the god of qingtian, and won great military merit.
Another "dragon" on Liangshan is the "Mixed River Dragon" Li Jun, who is known as the "Mixed River Dragon" as a boatman on the river and is known as the "Mixed River Dragon" because of his proficiency in water. Li Jun joined Liang Shang because he had an indissoluble relationship with Song Jiang, rescued Song Jiang from the trap twice in a row, and also showed his ability after joining Liangshan, capturing Huang Wenbing with Zhang Shun when attacking the Wuwei Army. Li Jun is not only highly skilled in force, but also has his own set of acquaintances, he sees that Song Jiang wants to submit to the imperial court, and he also meets the end of Liangshan, after liangshan is surrendered, he is sick away from the political center, leading his confidants Tong Meng and Tong Wei to build ships together to go abroad, and finally become the monarch of Siam, becoming the real dragon Tianzi.
The same is the nickname of the dragon, but the ending is very different, which shows how big the gap between the good guys is.