The characters in "Water Margin" are all heroes and good men, and they are outstanding in the crowd, not only generals who can fight, but also very brainy leaders, which is also an important reason why Liangshan can grow.
We all know that the boss of Liangshan at the beginning was Chao Gai, and later Song Jiang, but in fact, Wu Yong found out before his death that the real boss of Liangshan was not Song Jiang, but himself.
Wu yong full of belly economics, proficient in Wen Tao martial strategy, resourceful, often compared himself to Zhuge Liang, the Dao number "Mr. Jia Liang", known as "Zhi Duo Xing". He served as a professor at the gate hall in the rich man's family, was born with a clear eyebrow, a long white beard, and was good at making two copper chains, befriended Chao Gai since childhood, and with Chao Gai and others outwitted the 100,000 birthdays of the Daimyo Liang Zhongshu to Cai Jing, and went to Liangshan to avoid the pursuit of the government, and was the military master in charge of secrets for the cottage.
This incident of "outwitting the birth anniversary" also showed Wu Yong's talent to the fullest. Almost all of Liangshan's military operations were planned by him, and he was the representative of the intellectuals in the Liangshan rebel army, the military division of the Liangshan rebel army, and the embodiment of the wisdom of the grass-roots people. After being recruited, he was given the title of Wushengjun (武胜軍承宣使).
It was such a figure that it was actually completely appropriate to become the ruling center of Liangshan, but he himself did not realize this, plus, although Wu Yong was smart, he still had many shortcomings. First of all, his schemes are sometimes very immoral, in order to achieve his own goals by any means, heavy love and righteousness do not exist in Wu Yong, but at the same time, this unscrupulous means also allow Wu To rise step by step in Liangshan.
Moreover, he did not have the ambition to be the boss, which is also an important reason why he can only be a military master. Although he later realized the extent of his ability, it was too late. At the time of the wisdom of the birth anniversary, Wu Yong had already offended Liang Zhongshu and blocked Liang Zhongshu's promotion path.
Wu Yong was born into a family of officials and eunuchs, and his great-grandfather Hao and Zu Shi were all high-ranking officials, and they were still very influential in the imperial court, and it can be inferred that after Wu Yong accepted Liangshan's recruitment, he would not be able to get the favor of hundreds of officials, let alone realize his ambitions, do you say?
Coupled with the fact that Emperor Huizong of Song at that time had several invitations to An, all of which were extinguished by Wu Yong, this also left a bad impression on Wu Yong. Without the support of the emperor and the support of hundreds of officials, Wu Yong could not have become the boss of Liangshan after accepting the zhao'an, after all, the Northern Song court could not have left it alone, do you say?
Although the book says that because Song Jiang Li Kui was killed, he gave him a dream, so Wu Yong chose to die. But in fact, after Song Jiang died, Wu Yong lost his most solid reliance, coupled with the fact that many heroes and good men of Liangshan also died in the battle, Liangshan at this time had long since lost its former glory, and Wu Yong would be discouraged and go with Song Jiang.
Although with his mind, he could simply escape the pursuit of the imperial court, but at this time, Wu Yong also had his own ambitions, and he did not want to live his life like this, so he would choose the most negative way of suicide.
For the life of this character, although it is impressive, it is also very regrettable that he has a brain but does not become the fate of the overlord.
Reference: Water Margin