As one of the four famous works, "Water Margin" has a pivotal position in the history of literature.
The book depicts one hundred and eight good men of Liangshan Po with different personalities, who all have different professions and skills before going to Liangshan Po.
No feather arrow Zhang Qing
When we watched "Water Margin", we were deeply impressed by Zhang Qing, who was impressed by his weapons and stones, which were unique among the various swords, guns, swords, axes, hooks and forks of the heroes and heroes of Liangshan.
He is good at throwing flying stones, and can throw flying stones like a bow and arrow, which is derived from the name of the featherless arrow.
Zhang Qing's special attack method once helped him fight fifteen good men in Liangshan in a row, including the golden gunner Xu Ning, the Jinmao Tiger Yanshun, the Yum general Han Tao, the Tianmu general Peng Xuan, the ugly County Ma Xuanzan, the double whip Hu Yanzhuo, the red-haired ghost Liu Tang, the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi, the winged tiger Lei Heng, the haired Zhu Tong, the big knife Guan Sheng, the double gun general Dong Ping, the vanguard Suo Chao, the Jingmu Qian Hao Siwen, and the flower monk Lu Zhishen.
Watching these famous Liangshan good men were defeated by Zhang Qing's hands, even the flower monk Lu Zhishen was beaten to the head and bloodied by him.
In "Water Margin", among the several major characters that the author spends a lot of time describing, Wu Song and Lu Zhishen are often compared, and Zhang Qing's approach to these two people is also completely different.
He beat Lu Zhishen to the head and bleed, but he didn't shoot at Wu Song, what was the reason for this?
There are three reasons, not that Zhang Qing really can't beat Wu Song, but the most favorable choice made to himself based on various factors, and then he will reveal it for everyone one by one:
Reason one: Flying Stone's weakness
Although Zhang Qing's catapulting skills are very superb, they are not all hundred shots, and weapons such as flying stones are small in size and convenient in materials, and once they attack opponents in scale and speed, it is very headache.
However, this type of weapon also has great limitations, and the mobility of the selected attack object cannot be too good, otherwise there will be a situation like when he was facing Dong Ping with a double gun, and his flying stone was once pulled away by Dong Ping with a double gun.
On the other hand, Lu Zhishen, he fully meets the target requirements of the Flying Stone Weapon, which can be said to be "ideal".
The weapon used by Lu Zhishen himself is the Zen Staff, which is brave but due to its own weight, it will inevitably lead to a delay in movement during the fight.
Another point is that Lu Zhishen's goal is really not too obvious, his figure is already large, and after entering the Buddhist practice, his size has become larger and larger.
The small target's Wu Song is not good at sneaking attacks, and the big Lu Zhishen can still be difficult to hit?
When faced with Lu Zhishen, who uses heavy weapons and is somewhat clumsy, and Wu Song, who is brave and flexible, he will generally choose Lu Zhishen.
In addition, flying stones can be said to be more lethal to bald heads, after all, the damage caused by no hair and hair cannot be compared.
Reason two: Lu Zhishen and Wu Song have completely different combat ideas
As a former official of the imperial court, Lu Zhishen was more in accordance with the rules when fighting, and needed to report his name and speak the scene.
However, Zhang Qing, who was also a former imperial court officer, did not follow these procedures at all, which caught Lu Zhishen off guard, and it is estimated that even Lu Zhishen did not expect that Zhang Qing and himself were from the same "regular army", why was he so thriving?
Secondly, Lu Zhishen's own "carelessness" is also a major reason for his defeat.
Lu Zhishen did not have the spirit of 120,000 points like Wu Song in the whole process of escorting grain and grass, which led to Zhang Qing being able to strike in a sneak attack and bring Lu Zhishen into his own rhythm from the beginning.
However, Zhang Qing was still too immature, he grabbed the grain truck and ran, and the last second he was still immersed in the joy of the completion of the task, not knowing that he had fallen into Wu Yong's trap, as written in retrospect, "No feather arrow flying stone hit the hero Song Gongming abandoned grain to capture the heroes."
With this reminder, do you think that Lu Zhishen's "carelessness" is not careless?
Speaking of Wu Song, he is completely different from the above two heroes and good men from the "regular officers", his rich experience in the jianghu is not comparable to them, and Wu Song, who knows the sinister dangers of the jianghu, is very vigilant no matter what he does.
Just like when he first met his mother's big worm Gu Dajie, unlike Lu Zhishen, who was almost eaten by hemp, he pretended to be hemped and fought with Gu Dajie at the right time.
When Wu Song was fighting, he could be described as "unscrupulous means to achieve the goal", and at the same time, the means were fierce and agile.
After killing Ximen Qing and drunkenly beating Jiang Menshen, Wu Song was calm and fierce as if he had changed into a person, and the killing qi on his body seemed to overflow, if Zhang Qingzhen completely provoked Wu Song, the consequences would be terrible.
Imagine that Wu Song wielded a ring knife and killed Zhang Qing as if he were going to die, and even if God came, he wouldn't be able to save Zhang Qing's life!
As the saying goes: soft is afraid of hard, hard is afraid of horizontal, horizontal is afraid of not dying, in the face of Wu Song, who killed the red-eyed, who can retreat with the whole body? It can be seen that Zhang Qing is still very smart.
Reason three: Wu Song's retreat
In the original work, it is written: "In the middle of walking, Zhang Qing shouted on the horse: 'Wait! A stone was flying on Lu Zhishen's head, the blood was gushing, and he fell backwards, Zhang Qingjun and his horse shouted in unison, all rushing to the future, Wu Song hurriedly raised two swords.
After the death saved Lu Zhishen, he skimmed the grain truck, and when he saw that the fruit was grain and rice, his heart rejoiced, and he did not come to chase after Lu Zhishen, and escorted the grain truck into the city. ”
Seeing this, everyone may be very clear that the reason why Zhang Qing did not fight Wu Song was because his task of robbing the grain truck had been completed.
Although he defeated Lu Zhishen with the cheapness of his weapons, if Wu Song fought with his flexible hands and fought close to him, he had no chance of winning at all.
At this time, if you do not retreat until the reinforcements of Liangshan arrive, then you will lose your wife and fold your troops.
For Wu Song, retreating after saving Lu Zhishen was also the best choice, and the two of them were not very enthusiastic about attacking Dongchang Province.
It was really because of the urgency of the battle that he had no choice but to come out to escort grain and grass, and secondly, Wu Song did not have an advantage in long-range combat, while Zhang Qing could suppress him at a distance.
If Wu Song wanted to defeat Zhang Qing, he would have to have someone in front to attract "firepower", but now that Lu Zhishen had been injured and defeated, the situation was unfavorable, and retreating was the best choice.
Water Margin fans all think that Wu Song is very strong, but we don't need to put it on the altar, and the lack of recognition should still be admitted.
brief summary
Zhang Qing, who did not have a feather arrow, played Lu Zhishen and did not fight Wu Song, which was decided based on many considerations of his own and his opponent's advantages and disadvantages, not because he really could not fight.
This is actually Zhang Qing's subjective choice, there are thousands of heroes in the world, there is no strongest only stronger, the two armies fight, only by taking advantage of their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses can they live long.
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- "Pin Shui Hu" Douban Reading[Cited on 2016-09-16]
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- Dictionary of Characters in Ancient Chinese Novels, Qilu Book Society, May 1991, 1st Edition: 327-336