1. The Liangshan Brothers and the Jieyi Brothers
Brothers and friends who have a good relationship, if they share the same thing together, they will basically produce two very extreme phenomena.
One is "brotherhood, no disadvantage". The premise is that brothers and friends have a division of labor and recognize each other unusually, such as who is the brain, who is the "minions", and who is the "bad guy" who will only come up with ideas.
The other is "brothers in the wall, either dead or injured", because they are too familiar with each other, once they turn their faces, the consequences are serious and terrible.
For these two phenomena, "Water Margin" is vividly reflected. Song Jiang and Hua Rong are the model of "brotherly unity, no disadvantage". After Song Jiang killed Yan Poxi, they all became fugitives, but when he came to Hua Rong, the official (Zhizhai), he was "invited to sit in the middle of the Song River, and Na to worship four times."
After that, for the sake of Song Jiang, Hua Rong discarded everything. Moreover, it was Hua Rong who shot geese in Liangshan and set an arrow for Song Jiang. Song Jiang, although he had pit almost everyone, had never pit Hua Rong alone, far better and more sympathetic to Li Kui than he had. People who have seen the original work of Water Margin understand this.
What about "brothers are either dead or wounded"? It is a portrayal of Chao Gai and Song Jiang. In "Water Margin", Song Jiang had two brothers. One is Wu Song, the most famous, but if it is close and early in worship, it is Chao Gai.
When Song Jiang learned that Chao Gai had kidnapped the Birthday Gang and was about to be arrested, he rushed to report it. At that time, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Ruan Shi Sanxiong, etc. were all ignorant of this - who is this? So righteous!
Chao Gai said, "He and my confidants are friends and brothers." Mr. Wu didn't have to? Within the world, the name is worthy of the name! This brother is not in vain! ”
If Song Jiang, Chao Gai and Wu Song had not worked together on Liangshan, I am afraid it would have been a "brotherly talk" . However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and the third brother finally gathered in Liangshan. Wu Song and Song Jiang are strangers on Liangshan. As a result, Wu Song took the lead in opposing Song Jiang's recruitment, causing Song Jiang not to go up and down, and could only hold Down Li Kui and exert anger, and there was nothing he could do about Wu Song.
This is how the Tao is different and does not conspire. If they belong to each other's two tracks, Song Jiang and Wu Song will definitely support and cheer each other up. Now all crowded in Liangshan, one to recruit security, one against recruitment, crashed. Only Li Kui was ridiculous, and he didn't understand it until he died, why did Brother Song have to cut me at that time, obviously Wu Song made a fuss first?
Li Kui still understands your brother Song, who is a brother of jieyi, which in ancient times was equivalent to a real brother. If Song Jiang really dared to cut Down Wu Song, it would be a real "brotherly cannibalism", and no matter which river and lake would not tolerate it. As for Li Kui, your "brother", you can only say: Iron Bull Brother, the Chinese language is too rich, learning is the last word.
Song Jiang and Chao Gai are the most helpless. Both of them have the attributes of a big brother, and whether they are the same or not, once they work together on Liangshan, they are doomed: they will inevitably compete fiercely until one party is completely convinced, or it is eliminated.
SECOND, Song Jiang's "serial steps"
Therefore, Chao Gai has a "first-mover advantage" and is the owner of Liangshan Village, and Song Jiang wants to turn the tables over. Otherwise, in the Liangshan system dominated by Chao Gai, Chao Gai could have 99 ways to make him unable to lift his head. Therefore, Song Jiang sacrificed the "serial step".
Step 1: There are many people. Chao Gai's core team plus Lin Chong, a total of eight. Song Jiang's first step was to have an advantage in terms of number and quality. Otherwise, even if he has the ability to soar into the sky, it will be difficult to clap alone. Therefore, after Song Jiang decided to go to Liangshan, he went crazy along the way.
There are the three Kou of Qingfeng Mountain: Yan Shun, Wang Ying, zheng Tianshou, there are Pairs of Yingshan Shuangshuai, Lü Fang and Guo Sheng, and Hua Rong, of which the most weighty (quality) is Qin Ming. This is why Song Jiang, in order to engage Qin Ming, did not talk about martial virtue and did not hesitate to use any means to cause Qin Ming's family to be destroyed, and directly changed from the Qingzhou Military Region to Song Jiang's little brother.
Song Jiang wanted to hedge against Lin Chong, and Hua Rong obviously did not have enough weight, and could only be Qin Ming--not only had a high official position, but also had strong martial arts. Qin Ming was not stupid, he understood that his status had changed, and if he wanted to be a successful bandit, he must also have power. Therefore, his apprentice Huang Xin was pulled into the gang by Qin Ming. Finally, there is a shi yong who is chaotic into the play.
Song Jiang's first wave of people and horses was a total of 9 people. Song Jiang was unable to go to Liangshan this time because he went home to mourn. Subsequently, Song Jiang sent Jiangzhou, and he brought in a large wave of people, such as Li Kui, Dai Zong, Li Jun, Zhang Shun, Mu Hong, and so on. Therefore, when Song Jiang came to Liangshan, he became the most powerful person.
Step 2: Targeted attack. Nowadays, although Song Jiang has many people, he still cannot occupy the dominant position. Because the key positions and characters are Chao Gai's concubines. Although Lin Chong was hedged away by Qin Ming, the military master Wu Yong and the mage Gongsun Sheng could not shake it. As long as these two people support Chao Gai, Song Jiang's advantage cannot be converted into victory.
Therefore, after Song Jiang went up the mountain, he immediately launched the second step: a fixed-point attack. The tool is the "Three Volumes of Heavenly Book", the solution path is "study the Heavenly Book with Wu Yong", the result is Gongsun Sheng, suddenly remembering the old mother, and then going down the mountain, Chao Gai lost the two most important support points.
So why did Song Jiang's targeted attack produce such a big effect? Compared with Gongsun Sheng, Wu Yong is the key! In other words, Song Jiang let Wu Yong throw himself into his camp by studying the Book of Heaven with Wu Yong. Wu used it to fall, and Gongsun Sheng simply could not support Chao Gai.
It should be known that the "Book of Heaven" belongs to the category of Taoism. It is reasonable to say that it should be given to Gongsun Sheng, and this Taoist figure should be right to watch, but Song Jiang showed it to Wu Yong--if you were Gongsun Sheng, what would you think about this? This was Song Jiang's fixed-point attack, killing two eagles with one stone, so chao gai was hollowed out, and Song Jiang then took the third step.
Step 3: Seal! Song Jiang killing Chao Gai is definitely a big stinky chess piece! In any case, it is also a righteous brother, as mentioned earlier, it will be tolerated by any jianghu. Therefore, letting Chao Gai completely admit defeat and be sealed, like the mud tire in the temple, is a high move.
Therefore, Song Jiang's sentence "Brother is the lord of the cottage, don't act rashly" has become the most frequently used sentence. Chao Gai wanted to break the seal several times and said: Old Brother Song, you are hard enough, or brother go.
As a result, no one supported it, and Wu Yong followed Song Jiang and would not care. Lin Chong stayed out of the matter and couldn't afford to manage it, Ruan Sanxiong and Liu Tang didn't have this brain, so Chao Gai failed. But Chao Gai could not sit still, and when he understood his situation, he changed his tactics and dug a pit for Song Jiang.
Third, Chao Gai dug a pit, but buried himself
If you want to understand that Chao Gai dug a pit for Song Jiang, let's start with an abnormal thing in Chao Gai. After Song Jiang took the Liangshan people and horses and rescued Shi Jin back to Liangshan, Chao Gai suddenly said the following words to Song Jiang at the celebration banquet.
I have a matter, because Gongming Xiandi has not been in the cottage for several days, and I have to put it on hold when I have the right. Yesterday, four brothers arrived again, and it is difficult to say it. Three days ago, Zhu Gui went up to the mountain to report that in the middle of mount Mangzhong in Pei County, Xuzhou, there was a new group of strongmen, gathering three thousand people and horses. For the first gentleman, surname Fan, name Rui, nicknamed the Chaos Demon King; can call the wind and rain, with soldiers like gods. Two of his subordinate generals: one surnamed Xiang, name Chong, nicknamed Eight-Armed Nezha, can fight a dough card, insert twenty-four flying knives on the card, take a hundred steps to take people, everything is not in the middle, and have an iron javelin in his hand; another surnamed Li, named Gong, nicknamed The Flying Heaven Great Sage, also makes a tuan card, the card is inserted with twenty-four javelins, and can also take people in a hundred steps, and everything is not hit, and a sword is in his hand. The three became brothers, occupied Mount Mangzhong, and robbed their families. The three of them discussed and came to annex my Liangshan Po Dazhai.
The first question, Chao Gai had been rushing down the mountain before, how could he suddenly be humble and almost low-pitched this time? So much so that Song Jiang was not there, he did not dare to make the decision.
The second question: The three people of Mount Mangzhong, who regard Liangshan as a good man like a grass mustard, all want to annex Liangshan, and they can bear it with Chao Gai's violent temper of life and death, and if they don't obey it?
The third question: Judging from the tone and wording, this is obviously a move to throw the Song River down the mountain, and Chao Gai directly acknowledges it.
There is only one answer: the Battle of Mount Mangzhong, due to the presence of the mage Fan Rui, the risk is very high. Therefore, Chao Gai was so modest and pushed the opportunity to Song Jiang. At this moment, if Song Jiang dared not to go, the authority established before would all collapse.
This is obviously Chao Gai digging a pit for Song Jiang. Because although Gongsun Sheng returned, he was forced back by Li Kui sent by Song Jiang with an axe--not only intimidating Gongsun Sheng's old mother, but also hacking Gongsun Sheng's master Luo Zhenren. Therefore, Chao Gai believes that Gongsun Sheng will stand by and watch.
Therefore, if Song Jiang goes, although he will not die, he will undoubtedly lose. At that time, he took Gongsun Sheng to shoot again, which was equivalent to pulling back the situation.
As a result, Shi Jin was killed halfway through, and he went with ShaohuaShan's men and horses, inadvertently blocking a shot for Song Jiang, and Shi Jin was almost killed. Subsequently, Gongsun Sheng actually followed Wu Yong to help the battle, surrendered Fan Rui, and let Song Jiang have a thrilling pass.
Anger at this result. When Song Jiang returned to the mountains, after learning that Zengtou City had robbed horses, Chao Gai finally lost his attitude and had to lead a team to destroy Zengtou City. Compared with the previous expedition to Mount Mangzhong, he was almost humble and humble, and this time Chao Gai's painting style changed greatly, and even words such as "I am not going to take your credit" were spoken.
Wu Yong was still a bit of a conscience desperately trying to persuade him, and Chao Gai did not listen. Gongsun Sheng understood why Chao Gai was so crazy, a big reason was that he was targeting himself, so he was speechless the whole time.
In this way, Chao Gai originally wanted to pull back the situation by digging a pit for Song Jiang, but he gave himself a pit, which eventually led to bizarre being shot dead in Zengtou City.