Speaking of this Guan Sheng, it is a well-known figure in the Water Margin, he ranks fifth among the 108 heroes and good men, is the first of the five tiger generals of the Ma Army, and it is said that he is also the descendant of Guan Yu, the second master of Guan Yu, in addition to these titles, the most respectable is his good martial arts, even if he fights with Lin Chong and Qin Ming at the same time, it is only to "see if he loses with him".
Perhaps when Shi Nai'an portrayed the character of Guan Sheng, he deliberately wrote him like Guan Yu. The same is a Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife "a good martial art, the Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife is not right in the world", riding a red rabbit horse is not mighty, the southern conquest of the northern war, won the fame of great merit. Since he is so good, why does he have the saying of "letting Guan Yu be humiliated"?
Born extraordinary, he returned to Liangshan
Guan Sheng is the descendant of the famous general Guan Yu of the Three Kingdoms, his appearance is very similar to Guan Yu, a green dragon and a moon knife make the world unique, but also has the title of "big knife Guan Sheng", from childhood familiar with the art of war, but also trained a good martial arts, but he was not born at the right time, before going to Liangshan, he only got an official position in Pudong inspection, and was subordinate.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was political corruption, and the "Six Thieves" headed by Cai Jing used the emperor's forces to do wrong, corrupt the law, and run amok, making the imperial court a miasma, and the people below were even more unhappy and miserable.
At that time, the good Han of Liangshan was attacking Damingfu, and Cai Jing, in order to relieve the siege of Damingfu, surrounded Wei to save Zhao, and sent Guan Sheng to lead troops to attack Liangshan, which was also the opportunity for him to go to Liangshan.
Before reaching the boundary of Liangshan, Zhang Heng, who was earnest in his work, brought two or three hundred people to attack at night, but was helplessly captured alive by Guan Sheng, and then Zhang Shun and San Ruan came to the rescue, Ruan Xiaoqi was captured again, and liangshan had already folded in two generals before the head-on confrontation.
At this time, Lin Chong and Qin Ming arrived late with the main force, and what was surprising was that Chong Ming and the two of them did their best to fight Against Guan Sheng together, and it was only a narrow victory, Song Jiang felt that he could not let such a martial arts wizard be lost in vain, and stopped the fight between the three in time, and Hu Yanzhuo used a trick to lure Guan Sheng into our camp and take it down.
The group took Guan Sheng's five-flowered ties back to Liangshan, and Song Jiang drank away from everyone, untied Guan Sheng, and then gave up the chair in the middle, and sincerely said to Guan Sheng: "Gai is unknown to the imperial court, conniving at the traitorous courtiers, slandering the dictatorship, setting up rotten officials and corrupt officials, and framing the people of the world." Song Jiang and others did not have any different intentions for The Heavenly Path. ”
Guan Sheng felt empathy for his words, thinking that he had a good martial art but had never been reused, and the great court had no place to stand for himself, so he decided to turn his back on the imperial court and submit to Liangshan.
Horizontal knife immediately, southern conquest of the northern war
Since he went to Liangshan, he was fighting against the imperial court and doing things for Liangshan. During the attack on the Daimyo Province, Guan Sheng, as a pioneer in the front, worked closely with Xuanzan and Hao Siwen to make significant contributions to the defeat of the official army.
During the confrontation with Shan Tinggui, guan Sheng fled in a key moment of the battle between the two, lured Shan Tinggui to pursue, and made a drag knife meter to take it down.
During the attack on Dongchang Province, fortunately, Guan Sheng was highly skilled in martial arts, saved Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, and single-handedly blocked Zhang Qing, otherwise Liangshan would have suffered heavy losses in this battle. Because of the success of the attack on Dongchang Province, Song Jiang justifiably sat in the first chair of this Liangshan.
At the celebration feast of the evening, one hundred and eight generals were ranked in the first place, and Guan Sheng was the fifth, and the star was Tianyong Star. When the Lantern Festival was in the First Year's Eve and when the two-win boy was successful, Guan Sheng's bravery and strategy were indispensable, and the large knife in his hand and the horse under the seat made him like a tiger and his battle achievements were outstanding.
After Song Jiang was busy running in order to recruit security, Guan Sheng followed him to the southern expedition to the northern war, for Guan Sheng, Song Jiang was his Bole, not only reusing him, but also giving him a place to use, but also his confidant friend.
Therefore, in the war against the Liao, he was even more ahead, and He Chongbao, Wu Yanguang, Fang Xuedu and others were all his defeated generals. Perhaps they bravely killed the enemy in order to recruit security, but they did have meritorious resistance to the Liao, created a relatively peaceful environment for the people, and also saved the country and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty, and could also bear the title of a national hero, not to mention worthy of the second master of Guan.
The horse loses its front hoof, and the hero lives short
The world knows that Guan Yu has a red rabbit horse, and guan Yu is also very protective of this horse, so in the battle this horse and Guan Yu cooperated very well, after Guan Yu's death, the red rabbit horse was heartbroken and died of hunger strike.
When Guan Sheng attacked Changzhou, Qian Zhenpeng's crotch a red rabbit curly haired horse attracted his attention, and after killing Qian Zhenpeng, he wanted to take his war horse for himself, but he did not want to be thrown off his horse by his own red rabbit horse, and almost died here, fortunately Xuanzan and Hao Siwen saved it.
If Second Master Guan knew that his descendants had been thrown down by his own war horse, he was afraid that he would be angry and cut people with the Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife.
After returning to Beijing, Guan Sheng was made the general of Wujie and the commander of the Daimyo Prefecture and trained military horses in Beijing. As a general with strength and courage and strategy, Guan Sheng had a high prestige in the army and won the hearts of the army, so it was indispensable to have a drink with the generals.
One day, he drank wine and rode back to the camp, but because he was drunk, confused and groggy, he accidentally fell off his horse, although he was found and saved, but he still fell ill and died shortly after.
Unfaithfulness and injustice, after being a man
Guan Yu was a famous loyal and righteous minister in history, just as the so-called tiger died without losing his prestige, even when he surrendered to Cao Cao, he also put forward three conditions, only Cao Cao agreed to it, and then chose to surrender.
And Guan Sheng also made a military order before leading the attack on Liangshan, "Do not destroy Liangshan, do not return to the dynasty", perhaps with all kinds of grievances, depressed above the court, but he only relied on Song Jiang's three words and two words to take off the hat and submit to the "chaotic thief" in his own mouth, so there is no loyalty and righteousness, which really makes people surprised.
Not only will we think that he will submit too easily, but Wu Yong and others are also suspicious, and when he took the initiative to ask Miao to attack the Daiming Palace, Lin Chong and Yang Zhi each led five thousand men and horses to secretly supervise behind them. Seeing that he really had no second thoughts, the group completely unguarded him.
But fortunately, he bravely killed the enemy and made meritorious contributions to the Liao Dynasty, and he also made contributions to the imperial court he had served, and after recruiting with the people of Liangshan, he also found a good military position, which was reused, and since then he has devoted himself to practicing the army and rectifying military discipline for the imperial court, and thus deeply loved by the generals.
He did deserve the title of Good Man of Liangshan, but compared with Guan Yu, there was nothing comparable except for the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, the Red Rabbit Horse, and the extremely similar appearance and martial arts. So much so that when Guan Sheng is mentioned, it is indispensable to argue that he has disgraced his ancestors as a descendant of Guan Yu.