Among the Animal Names of Liangshan, the most common nicknames are those associated with tigers and dragons, with eleven and seven people, respectively. In addition, in third place is the leopard. On the Shuipo Liangshan Mountain, there are three good men nicknamed leopards, namely leopard head Lin Chong, Jin leopard Yang Lin and Golden Leopard Tang Long. This article makes a brief introduction to these three characters according to the relevant records of the "Water Margin".
First place: Leopard head Lin Chong. In "Water Margin", Lin Chong is a good man who appeared earlier. Lin Chong is highly skilled in martial arts and is the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army Guns and Sticks. There was another virtuous wife in the family, and her life was very moist. However, Lin Chong's peaceful life has undergone earth-shaking changes due to the appearance of Gao Yannei.
Gao Ya nei flirted with Lin Niangzi, Lin Chong dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and Gao Ya Nei became more and more unscrupulous. After that, Gao Li deliberately framed Lin Chong, and Lin Chong was eventually assassinated. Even so, Gao Li's father and son still refused to let Lin Chong go, and on the way, they let Dong Chao and Xue Ba to Lin Chong die. Fortunately, Lu Zhishen appeared in time and saved Lin Chong's life. After that, Lu Qian and Fu'an assassinated Lin Chong in Cangzhou Prison City. Lin Chong couldn't bear it anymore, killed the two, and was forced to Liangshan.
Lin Chong's life in Liangshan was not good. Wang Lun, the first lord of Liangshan, was jealous of Xian's ability and excluded Lin Chong. After Chao Gai and the others ascended the mountain, Lin Chong slashed Wang Lun and pushed Chao Gai onto the throne of the second village lord. After that, Lin Chong's talents were brought into play, and he made meritorious contributions to killing the enemy on the battlefield many times, becoming one of the few fierce generals in Liangshan who had never been defeated.
At the time of liangshan's great gathering, Lin Chong ranked sixth in the Tiangang Star, and was one of the five tiger generals of the Ma Army. After Liangshan was recruited, Lin Chong successively participated in four major wars and made countless contributions. However, Lin Chong's ending was not good. After the battle of Fang La, Lin Chong fell seriously ill and died at Liuhe Temple in Hangzhou.
Second place: Yang Lin, the golden leopard. Compared with Lin Chong's identity as the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, Yang Lin was just a small person. In his early years, he was exiled to the rivers and lakes, and he had many friends, not only cooperating with Deng Fei, but also having a good relationship with Zou Yuan and Zou Run. When Gongsun Sheng returned to Jizhou, he met Yang Lin by chance and wrote a letter of recommendation for Yang Lin. However, Yang Lin was quite self-aware and did not rush up the mountain. It was not until Emperor Daizong was ordered to find Gongsun Sheng that Yang Lin met Emperor Daizong and assisted Emperor Daizong in pulling Pei Xuan, Deng Fei, meng Kang, and other three people from The MaChuan to Liangshan, and only then did he go to Liangshan.
At the time of Liangshan's Great Gathering, Yang Lin ranked in the middle, ranking 51st. Although Yang Lin's martial arts were common, he was a rare deputy general. He not only frightened and injured Gao Lian, who made Song Jiangdu feel a headache, but also hacked to death Qiu Yue, the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army. Yang Lin's ending was also good, after four major wars, unscathed, he was named Wu Yilang by the imperial court, and finally came to DrinkIng MaChuan, and lived half a life.
Third place: Tang Long, the Golden Leopard. The good men nicknamed Leopard on Liangshan have a similarity, and they are all related to the leaders of the 800,000 Forbidden Army. As mentioned above, Lin Chong was one of the 800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leaders, and Yang Lin once hacked qiu Yue to death, the 800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leader. Although Tang Long was only a blacksmith with low martial arts, his cousin Xu Ning was the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army Golden Gun Class.
Tang Long's ascension to Liangshan was purely coincidental. At that time, Liangshan was fighting Gao Lian fiercely in Gaotang Prefecture, and Li Kui and Dai Zong were ordered to go to Jizhou to ask Gongsun Sheng. While passing through the town of Wugang, Li Kui meets the blacksmith Tang Long. Li Kui saw that Tang Long's skills were good, so he took him to Liangshan.
After that, Hu Yanzhuo was ordered to conquer Liangshan, and its chain horses were so powerful that Liangshan had no countermeasures. Tang Long proposed that his cousin Xu Ning was good at hooking and sickle guns and was the nemesis of serial horses. Therefore, Wu sent Tang Long and Shi Qian to Tokyo. Shi Qian stole Xu Ning's heirloom, the Golden Armor of the Wild Goose Circle, and Tang Long tricked Xu Ning into Liangshan in the name of catching thieves. This led to the later hook-and-sickle gun that broke the chain horse.
At the time of liangshan's great gathering, Tang Long ranked eighty-ninth, and was specifically responsible for building weapons and armor. Although the status is not high, it plays a huge role. Liangshan defeated the officers and soldiers many times, and Tang Longgong was indispensable.
After Liangshan was recruited, Tang Long participated in the four major wars and made many military achievements. During the conquest of Tian Hu, Tang Long once beheaded Tian Hu's general Thunder and captured The Lieutenant Fang Xuedu alive. The Battle of Shezhou against Fang La was Tang Long's highlight moment. He captured the Yuling guard general Pang Wanchun alive and avenged Shi Jin, Shi Xiu, and seven other Liangshan brothers who died tragically at the hands of Pang Wanchun. However, Tang Long's ending is also very tragic. In the final battle against Fang La, the Battle of Qingxi, Tang Long was seriously wounded in the battle and eventually died. He also became the last batch of good men killed in Liangshan.
Reference book: Water Margin