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The four famous works "Water Margin" always give people such a feeling: the dragon head and the tail of the snake. The opening is red-hot and vigorous, but the ending is sloppy and miserable, and one of the typical phenomena is the ending of the good man of Liangshan.
When the 108 good men of Liangshan gathered righteousness, it was a gathering of heroes and might, and all the heroes were full of special skills and domination.
However, when it came time to conquer Fangla, most of them went at once: 59 people died in battle, 10 people died of illness, and 1 person sat down.
On the other hand, Fang La's side, there are no more than 7 generals under his command, not even a fraction of Liangshan, which 7 members?
Fang Jie, Wang Yin, Pang Wanchun, Deng Yuanjue, Si Xingfang, Li Tianyan, Shi Bao, Lü Shinan
1. Fang Jie
Fang La's nephew, holding a Fang Tian painting sword, has the courage of a thousand men, and is called the first general of the Southern Kingdom by Fang La.
With the help of Du Wei's flying knife, he slashed The Liangshan general Qin Ming of the Thunderbolt Fire, and then Lian Dou Guansheng, Hua Rong, Li Ying, and Zhu Tong also went into battle to attack, and when they returned to the battle, they were attacked by undercover Chai Jin and Yan Qing, and when they got off their horses to escape, they were stabbed by Chai Jin with a shot, and then yan Qing caught up with a knife and hacked to death.
2. Wang Yin
Both literary and martial arts, accustomed to a steel gun, haunted, the official worships the Southern Kingdom Shangshu.
During the Battle of Shezhou, he designed to kill shan Tinggui, the general of Liangshan Shengshui, and the general of Shenhuo, Wei Dingguo, and when the city of Shezhou was broken, Wang Yin broke out of the siege and killed Li Yun and Shi Yong in succession, and was later killed by Sun Li, Huang Xin, Zou Yuan, Zou Run, and Lin Chong.
3. Li Tianyan
One of the "Four Marshals" of the Southern Kingdom, the Great General of zhenguo.
In his first appearance, he gave Liangshan a head-on blow, slashed Zhou Tong with one knife, Li Zhong escaped wounded, and defeated the two-gun general Dong Ping, who was wounded in his left hand, in 10 rounds.
The most brilliant place of Li Tianyan was that under the cover of pine trees, he shot down Zhang Qing, one of the eight horsemen of the Liangshan Horse Army, and when the army collapsed, he could also fight with Lu Junyi for 30 rounds, and finally unfortunately was picked under the horse.
4. Si Xingfang
One of the "Four Marshals" of the Southern Kingdom, the Great General of the Protectorate.
Outside the south gate of Deqing County, 30 he cut off the Liangshan infantry commander Lei Heng, but unfortunately he was soon killed by the defeat of the soldiers and fell into the water, and he did not have time to show more skills.
5. Shi Bao
One of the "Four Marshals" of the Southern Kingdom, the Great General of the Southern Kingdom.
With a splitting wind knife and a meteor hammer, he successively killed the five generals of the Liangshan army Suo Chao, Deng Fei, Yan Shun, Bao Xu, and Ma Lin who came to conquest, and also retreated from the battle of Guan Sheng, defeated The Little Wen Hou Lü Fang, and then the Wulongling army was defeated, and Shi Bao was afraid of being captured and humiliated, and killed himself.
6. Deng Yuanjue
One of the "Four Marshals" of the Southern Kingdom, guan bai guoshi, the legal name "Baoguang Rulai".
He fought with Lu Zhishen for 50 years without winning or losing, and with the help of Wu Song's two steel ring knives, he was defeated and returned, and was later shot by Hua Rong at Wulongling.
7. Pang Wanchun
Sharpshooter, nicknamed "Koyo Yuki" (Spring and Autumn Famous General).
At Yuling Pass, Pang Wanchun and his men shot and killed the Liangshan army generals Shi Jin, Shi Xiu, Chen Da, Yang Chun, Li Zhong, Xue Yong, and Ou Peng, and finally beheaded by Tang Long after failing to rob the village.
This is Fang La's 7 masters. It is reasonable to say: not much stronger than the good man of Liangshan? Why did the good man of Liangshan suffer such heavy casualties?
I look at it on two levels:
1. In the novel
According to the logic in the novel, There are three reasons why Fang La is not good at playing:
First, Fang La and Liangshan are both fierce bandits and outlaws, and their combat effectiveness is far from being comparable to that of officers and soldiers.
The second is the relationship between attack and defense, Liangshan is the main attack, Fang La is the main defender, the defender of course occupies the geographical advantage, and the attacking side will pay a greater price;
Third, the water and soil are not satisfied, the good man of Liangshan is a northerner, and when he goes to the south, he naturally has to "serve softly."
2. Outside the novel
From the perspective of the novel, if so many people in Liangshan have to explain their endings, it is too endless, and it takes a lot of energy, and it is the most "convenient" to die in battle. Therefore, the author came to a "great purge", so that there is also an explanation, seeing the end of the book, you can clearly feel the author's intention.
Is this a kind of helplessness, you say?
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