Yang Lin is a character in "Water Margin", nicknamed Jin Leopard, a member of the Zhangde Fu clan, who is exiled to the green forest. Later, because he became acquainted with Gongsun Sheng and Daizong, he went to Liangshan to join him. When Liangshan gathered righteousness, he became one of the 108 generals, ranked fifty-first, and served as the general of The Ma Army Xiao Biao and the leader of the sentinel. After the conquest of Fang La, he was given the title of Wu Yilang,and then went to DrinkIng Ma Chuan to be employed and asked for leisure.
Character origins
Yang Lin is a native of Zhangde Province, living in the green forest, known as the Golden Leopard. In his early years, he had partnered with Deng Fei and had a good friendship with Zou Yuan and Zou Run, the good men of Dengyun Mountain.
Defect to Liangshan
After Song Jiang joined Liangshan, Gongsun Sheng returned to his hometown of Jizhou to visit his mother, met Yang Lin on the way, and went to the liquor store to eat wine together. Gongsun Sheng claimed that Liangshan Po was recruiting talents and wrote a letter of recommendation recommending Yang Lin to Liangshan to join the company. He also told Yang Lin about the cottage situation, highlighting that Dai Zongneng, the leader in charge of recruiting the Fei Bao, traveled eight hundred miles a day. However, Yang Lin was worried that Liangshan would not accept it, and his heart was uncertain, and he did not dare to go.
When Song Jiang saw that Gongsun Sheng had been gone for a long time, he asked Emperor Daizong to visit Gongsun Sheng. Dai Zong happened to meet Yang Lin near Yishui County, and was recognized by Yang Lin for "walking fast". The two became brothers and went to Jizhou together, and when they passed through The Drinking Horse River, they met Pei Xuan, Deng Fei, and Meng Kang, three good men. Because Yang Lin and Deng Fei had an old friendship, they were invited to the cottage to pan Huan. Emperor Daizong took the opportunity to recruit, and Pei Xuan and the three of them decided to join liangshan. Later, Emperor Daizong and Yang Lin did not find Gongsun Sheng in Jizhou, so they returned to Yumachuan and returned to Liangshan po with Pei Xuan and the three of them.
When he was a dozen Zhujiazhuang, Yang Lin and Shi Xiu entered the village together to explore the way. He disguised himself as a master of the Devil and entered Zhujiazhuang with a ring of law, but because he did not know the path, he was recognized by Zhujiazhuang as a hidden place. Although four or five people were wounded in a row, they were eventually captured by Zhujiazhuang Zhuangding because they were outnumbered. Until Song Jiang attacked Zhujiazhuang Fang and was rescued. Later, Yang Lin cooperated with Xiao Rang and earned Li Ying and Du Xing of Li Jiazhuang on Liangshan.
Big Juyi
After the Battle of Zhujiazhuang, Song Jiang adjusted the cottage to the general duty. Yang Lin was only "assigned to the eight sides of the village to rest", and did not arrange specific affairs.
During the attack on Gao Tang Prefecture, Yang Lin was suspicious of his troops, scared Gao Lian away who had come to rob the village, and shot Gao Lian with crossbow arrows in the rebel army. Later, he followed Qingzhou and Zengtou City.
After Song Jiang succeeded him as the lord of Liangshan Village, he once again adjusted the general's position. Yang Lin, Shi Yong and Duan Jingzhu were responsible for going to the north to buy horses. Later, he attacked Dongchang Province with Lu Junyi.
When Liangshan was ranked second, Yang Lin ranked fifty-first, with an asterisk dark star, and his function was Ma Jun's General Xiao Biao and the leader of the far-reaching sentry.
When the two wins were won, Yang Lin guarded the northwestern qian position in the Nine Palace Bagua Formation, and was also Yang Zhi's deputy general with Zhou Tong.
During the three defeats of Gao Li, Yang Lin fought with the water army and hacked 800,000 forbidden troops to death in the rebel army.
Southern conquest of the Northern War
After Liangshan was recruited, Yang Lin marched south to fight in the northern war, successively conquering the Liao state, Hebei Tianhu, Huaixi Wang Qing, and Jiangnan La.
During the conquest of the Liao state, Yang Lin accompanied song jiang to attack Yutian County, and together with Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, and Shi Yong, rushed to the rear of the Liao army, and finally broke through and returned. Later, as Lin Chong's deputy general, he broke through the Jupiter Array in the Taiyi Mixed Celestial Array, and together with Chen Da, he captured the Heart Moon Fox Pei Zhi.
During the conquest of Tian Hu, Yang Lin, together with Lei Heng, Ou Peng, and Deng Fei, captured the west gate of Weisheng City, and then accompanied Guan Shengchi to aid Yushe County, and attacked with Suo Chao and others inside and outside, killing the northern general Fang Xuedu. In jian ben water margin, Yang Lin once captured the Yumen gate guard Yun Zongshan with Li Gong, and then fought with the Su linling guard chi fang, who was stabbed in the left leg by Chi Fang, injured and fell off his horse, but was fortunately saved by Mu Hong and Mu Chun.
During the conquest of Fang La, Yang Lin, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and others entered the village of Dingpu outside Yangzhou to assist Yan Qing in eliminating chen Guan's father and son, who colluded with the rebels. Later, he invaded Hangzhou with his army, and together with Li Ying, Kong Ming and others, he was responsible for "managing and leading the detectives in various villages and responding to various places."
Character endings
After the Battle of Hangzhou, Yang Lin was infected with the plague and was sent to Hangzhou, but failed to continue the conquest. He returned to the army after his illness was healed after jiangnan was pacified, and as a surviving general, he was given the title of Wu Yilang and Du Commandery, "managing the army and the people, and the provincial court listening to the tune". Later, because he did not want to be an official, he returned to YumaChuan with Pei Xuan and "accepted the post and asked for leisure".