Some of the good people in Liangshan were forced to go up the mountain, and some were tricked into going up the mountain. Those who are forced and deceived are generally more famous and have a relatively high seat on Liangshan, such as Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, Zhu Tong, Wu Song and so on.
Xue Yong mentioned here is "following" Liangshan, so relatively speaking, he is not an important role in the good man of Liangshan, and even makes people feel as if he is a character designed by Shi Nai'an to make up for 108 generals.
Xue Yong, nicknamed the Sick Worm, is a native of Luoyang, Henan. He himself introduced: "Grandfather was a former military officer of the old breed jingjing, and because of his evil colleagues, he was not allowed to be promoted, and his descendants lived by selling medicine with sticks. It can be seen from the words that Xue Yong's father was also "a stick seller of plasters", and he was "a son inheriting his father's business".
On this day, Xue Yong sold his art to Jieyang Town, Jiangzhou. He made a stick, another punch, and then raised the plate to beg for rewards, and no one gave him money. Song Jiang stabbed Jiangzhou, just happened to pass through Jieyang Town, and rewarded Xue Yong with five or two pieces of silver at the moment.
In this Jieyang town, there are powerful Mu Hong and Mu Chun, who once set a rule that if outsiders want to make a living in the town, they must first visit Mujiazhuang. Xue Yong and Song Jiang did not know this rule, one was selling art on the street, and the other was a tip. Mu Chun believed that Song Jiang intended to destroy the prestige of Jieyang Town, so he wanted to teach Song Jiang a lesson. Xue Yong rushed from behind, grabbing Mu Chun's turban with one hand and holding his waist and crotch with the other, looking at Mu Chun's ribs with only a pocket, staggering and turning upside down. Mu Chun struggled and was kicked over by Xue Yong.
This Xue Yong was suspected of sneaking behind his back, but in this move, the martial arts were indeed much higher than Mu Chun.'s. Next, Song Jiang gave Xue Yong twenty-two pieces of silver and resigned. Xue Yong returned to the guest house and was captured by Mu Chun's men. Mu Chun beat Xue Yong up and hung him to Dutou's home, and then together with Mu Hong, he led the villagers to chase after Song Jiang. Li Jun appeared in time to save Song Jiang. The Mu Chun brothers turned enemies into friends with Song Jiang and released Xue Yong. Xue Yong remained in Mujiazhuang after that, ending his wandering life.
Song Jiang drunkenly wrote anti-poetry, and Daizong was sentenced to be beheaded, but was rescued by Li Kui and the seventeen leaders of Liangshan Po who robbed the court. Xue Yong, Mu Hong, Li Jun, and nine others also drove a boat to Jiangzhou to rob the prison, and met Song Jiang and others at the White Dragon Temple on the riverside. A group of twenty-nine people entered the White Dragon Temple to gather, which was called "White Dragon Temple Hero Xiao Juyi". Xue Yong was also one of the early heroes of Liangshan.
Song Jiang decided to attack wuwei and kill the informant Huang Wenbing to avenge it. Xue Yong took the initiative to ask For Help, went to Wuwei Army to listen to the news, and then introduced his apprentice Hou Jian to Song Jiang, and then infiltrated the Huang family and set fire to it. He made a contribution before he went to Liangshan.
At the time of liangshan's great gathering, Xue Yong responded to the stars of the earth and served as an infantry general. He did not do much in Liangshan, and rarely fought with the army, and successively moved his family for Ling Zhen and Guan Sheng, who surrendered to Liangshan. During the three defeats of Gao Qi, Xue Yong fought with the water army and together with Zheng Tianshou, Li Zhong, and Cao Zheng captured Mei Zhansheng of Yingzhou Runanjiedu.
But what is incomprehensible is that he ranked eighty-fourth in Liangshan. This seat is low, you know, even Xue Yong's apprentice, the tailor Hou Jian, still ranks seventy-first. What's more, even Mu Chun, who was inferior to him in all aspects, ranked ahead of him, ranking eightieth.
Among the major factions in Liangshan, Xue Yong was an out-and-out "Song Jiang faction", and he could be described as loyal to Song Jiang. In Jieyang Town, if it were not for Xue Yong's protection, Song Jiang would have been beaten long ago, and if it were heavy, he would have died.
Xue Yong's seat was low, and in the final analysis, in Song Jiang's eyes, he simply looked down on those who came from humble origins. In his eyes, Lu Junyi, a descendant of the imperial family, Chai Jin, and guan Sheng, an official of the imperial court, were noble. Like Xue Yong, Li Zhong, who also sold dog skin plasters, ranked eighty-sixth, and as for the drum flea Shi Qian, who stole chickens and dogs, and Bai Sheng, the idle man daytime rat, he was almost squeezed out of the one hundred and eight generals.
Incidentally, Xue Yong's nickname "Sick Worm" means that he is more powerful than a tiger, and Li Zhong's nickname is "Fighting Tiger General", and his nicknames have achieved prestige, not to say that their martial arts are so powerful, nor do they know whether this nickname was called out by others or given to themselves, in short, it was just the needs of the wandering rivers and lakes.
Xue Yong is a tragic figure in the Water Margin, running and working hard in the early stage, fighting hard in the later stage, even if he died in Yuling Pass during the conquest of Fang La, it is also an understatement, as for being posthumously awarded the title of Yi Jielang, it is just a false name, and it is not known whether there are descendants of the Xue family to enjoy the court's Feng Lu.