As the number one boss of one of the four famous works", "Water Margin", Fang La must have made many readers remember it vividly, that is, this grass-headed tianzi who dominated Jiangnan made the good men of Liangshan who were invincible in the past like iron barrels suffer heavy losses, and 59 good men died on the way to conquer Fang La. There are also two versions of Fang La's ending in the rendition novel, in the original work it was Lu Zhishen who captured Fang La, and in the folk commentary, Fang La cut off one of Wu Song's arms, but was caught by Wu Song's one arm, resulting in his capture.
Historically, there were Fang La and his rebellious forces, and they were even larger than those of Song Jiang and others, but it was not Wu Song or Lu Zhishen who captured Fang La alive, but an unknown general named Wang Yu.
The history of the Northern Song Dynasty has always given people a feeling of weakness, but in addition to traitors such as Tong Guan Gao, there are actually loyal ministers such as Wang Yu.
During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, because of the frequent disasters, Huashi Gang brought a heavy burden to Jiangnan, and for a time the people's resentment boiled over, and Fang La, a hired worker of the Muzhou gang, took the opportunity to rebel with the miserable people, and the momentum was huge, in just one month, the rebel army conquered Muzhou, and in 1121 conquered Shezhou. The nearby states and counties all responded, and Fang La's army was like a bamboo, and it captured Quzhou, leading hundreds of thousands of people. The Song court was in a state of panic, and no one could balance it.
At this time, Wang Yu was the 27th grandson of Wang Dao, a famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his official from the army went to Wuzhou to observe the envoy, and Fang La, at that time, with a large army, entered Zhejiang with great momentum, so Wang Yu obeyed the orders of the imperial court and led reinforcements to attack Fang La's territory.
Along the way, Wang Yu was strictly disciplined, Qiu did not commit any crimes, and he won the hearts of the people, he was a pioneer soldier, and the generals were also brave to kill, changing the weak momentum of the Song Dynasty army, and defeating Fang La's general Fang Qifo, for which Fang La could only give up the attack and choose to return to help. However, Wang Yu did not give them a chance, but continued to lead the official army, besieging Hangzhou, where most of the rebel army was located, and forcing it to withdraw from the territory.
For this reason, Wang Yu was trusted by the imperial court, and in March, he led the Song army to attack Qingxi County, and attacked Fang La's 70,000-strong army retreated to Bangyuandong, on March 24, the Song army launched a general attack, the rebel army was attacked by the enemy, struggling to resist but still not Wang Yu's opponent, for this reason Fang La and his wife Shao Shi, Zi Fang Bo (second prince), Xiang Fang Fei and more than 30 other people were captured and sent to Beijing. (present-day Kaifeng, Henan)
Because of his military exploits in capturing Fang La, Wang Yu was also made the ruler of Xuanfu Sidu and participated in the Battle of Baigou against the Liao State.
Later, when the Jin Dynasty attacked Song Taiyuan, Tong Guan abandoned the city and fled. Only Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, led the entire city's military and civilians to defend the city, zonghan attacked Taiyuan for more than 250 days without breaking it, but the reinforcements could not arrive for a long time, and there was little food left in the city, and finally under the attack of the Jin soldiers, the city was destroyed, and Wang Yu led the remnants of the army to fight with the Jin army, shot dozens of shots in the body, and finally threw himself into the Fenhe River and died, martyring the country.
What makes people feel sorry is that in the Water Margin, Wang Yu became a general under Tong Guan, and became a jealous person, framing Yan Luo Ruan Xiaoqi for rebellion, so that he was deposed and returned to his hometown. This image has also misled many people.