Many people blame Song Jiang for the failure of the good man of Liangshan in the Water Margin, but in fact, although Song Jiang obeyed the court's invitation, whether he was for glory and wealth, or simply believed that this was the best destination for a relatively good time, there was no right or wrong in itself; because whether he accepted the invitation or not, the ending of the story would not change just because of 108 people.
We all know that those who are forced to go to Liangshan are nothing more than loyal people who do not want to be oppressed by the imperial court, or who are dissatisfied with the imperial court system, or who are mutilated by the imperial court, but no matter where Liangshan is, once they go up this mountain road, there is no way back. Although the imperial court also sent elite soldiers and good generals to encircle and suppress them many times, they also returned several times without success; the main reason was indeed because the good men of Liangshan were all highly skilled in martial arts and fierce in battle, and they were by no means mediocre soldiers who could surrender, let alone be crushed by hastily scattered troops.
But there was also a big reason, that is, the imperial court did not want to suffer this loss. For the good men of Liangshan, the purpose of the imperial court's proposal to recruit security was nothing more than because it did not want to lose troops and hurt the people and money because of these people, so several encirclements and suppressions were just a show, after all, Liangshan is so big, what is the use of soft influence? Although it is a disaster, it is difficult to become a great disaster. This means that even if the imperial court with a regular army does not recruit security, even if it surrounds the mountains and blocks the water and cuts off the grain supply of Liangshan, it can survive until the Song River is exhausted and the food is exhausted.
And Song Jiang's choice to be recruited is nothing more than to make the ending more likely.