When commenting on the Water Margin, Jin Shengsi accused Song Jiang of murdering Chao Gai and put forward ten bases, and during the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, Cheng Xiangzhi County and Wang Wangru, an old man in Tong'an, completely disagreed: "Gai is not dead, and he should also be righteous and let Gongming, and in the case of the arrow death." Lin Chong Xiang respected Huang Gai, and now he respects Song Jiang, although his eyes are different from the rivers and mountains, and the scenery is not different, and the sorrow and joy intersect, he will be aggressive and know that Bo Ren is by me, and the head of the leopard is also with the conspirator Ye, Yu Buye supports the people to be sentenced to death, so it is specially rehabilitated. ”
Song Jiang fought all the battles after ascending the mountain, and his merit and prestige surpassed Chao Gai, just as Li Mi joined the Wagang Army during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Zhai Rang was replaced and murdered. Chao Gai did not die in Zengtou City, but also died in the second fire of Liangshan, in the words of Wang Wangru, that is, "Liangshan is not Chao's family business, and Song Jiang's name is far more than Hu Gai.".
There are only three ways to go for Chao Gai, who has been elevated, to give up his top spot and take a back seat; second, to leave Liangshan with Ruan Sanxiong and Bai Sheng, or to return to Dongxi Village and Shijie Village, which are already within the control of Liangshan, or to ErlongShan, Shaohua Mountain, and Qingfeng Mountain abandoned by Lu Zhishen, Shi Jin, and Yan Shun; third, to fight with Song Jiang to tear his face, the winner stays, and the loser flees to the death.
If we look closely, we will find that Chao Gai's three roads are impossible, he is Wu Dalang who is poisoned - eating is also death, not eating is also death: can not fight, can not go, will not go.
From the moment Song Jiang went up to Liangshan, Chao Gai's life entered the countdown, and attacking Zengtou City was Chao Gai's last attempt: winning the battle, using Zengtou City as the base to establish a new foundation, so he took all the starting team; if he lost the fight, he buried his bones elsewhere, so as not to see all the good men return to Song Jiang, and he couldn't do anything in a hurry.
With only twenty leaders and five thousand men and horses to fight Zengtou City, which has five or seven thousand horses, that is, to hit the stone with an egg, not to mention whether it is possible to attack the city and pull out the wall without five times or ten times the advantage, that is, to fight alone, and the twenty leaders he brought with him may not be able to win the battle against the capital teacher Shi Wengong, the deputy teacher Su Ding, and the Zeng family five tigers: Shi Wengong can pick the Thunderbolt of the Five Tigers of the Liangshan Horse Army qin ming off the horse in twenty rounds, and he can also defeat the leopard head Lin Chong in fifty rounds or a hundred rounds; the zeng family's five tigers in the zeng family's five tigers will probably have the upper hand. Zeng Sheng knocked down the black whirlwind Li Kui with an arrow.
Song Jiang attacked Zengtou City twice, taking the military master Wu Yong, the master Gongsun Sheng, and all the masters except Lin Chong, and exhausted all the intrigue and trickery to achieve a dangerous victory.
Song Jiang knew that Chao Gai had no return and did not try to prevent it, and Gongsun Sheng and Wu Yong refused to go along, which made Jin Shengsi discover the problem, so he put forward ten bases for Song Jiang's murder of Chao Gai: "The whole text is written with deep writing and music to deeply understand Song Jiang's killing of Chao Gai. Such as the wind blowing the flag folded, Wu used the du advice, one also; Dai Zong private detective, hiding his return, two also; five will die to save, Yu each take care of each other, three also; the main army star is dead, the crowd does not return, four also; shou ding crying, not discussing healing, five also; Chao Gai will oath, Xianyun "Mo strange", six also; suddenly take the big position, Bu Ling detailed, seven also; restraint and mourning system, not that is, revenge, eight also; great grievances are not repaired, every hateful gossip, nine also; death to the heavenly king, anxious to live qilin, ten also. ”
Here we want to explain that the version that Jin Shengsi looked at is not the same as some versions, Jin Shengsi believes that he is looking at the "ancient book", others are looking at the "common book": there were ominous omens before Chao Gai went out on the expedition, Song Jiang in the "ancient book" did not say a word, Song Jiang in the "common book" was bitterly persuaded; in the "ancient book" it was Ruan Sanxiong and Liu Tang Baisheng who saved Chao Gai, in the "common book" it was Hu Yanzhuo and Yan Shun who desperately blocked the pursuing soldiers, and Liu Tang and Bai Sheng saved Chao Gai on the horse; Chao Gai in the "ancient book" said first before confessing his last words" Xiandi Mo blame me for saying", "In the "common book", Chao Gai said "Xiandi take care." If the one who catches and shoots me will be called the Lord of Liangshan. ”
Because the two versions of the description are different, so the first and second and sixth articles of Jin Shengsi's basis can only be doubted, and when we analyze them one by one, we will find that some can be explained, and some cannot be explained.
The seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth are all relatively easy to explain: Song Jianggang took the position of the village lord, and immediately made a series of changes, these are the three fires of the new official, even if Lin Chong and Wu Yong are the village lords, they will also make the necessary adjustments after Chao Gai's death; Song Jiang did not immediately send troops to attack Zengtou City, because he wanted to give Chao Gai a "hundred days of sacrifice", if he rushed to send troops, Jin Shengsi may also say that he is not in accordance with etiquette and does not respect Chao Gai; Song Jiang is an adult man, Chao Gai is gone, and Liangshan's life will continue. It was also impossible for him to cry in the dark every day and chat with the monks, nor was it merciless; as for Lu Junyi's ascent to the mountain, it was an accident, and if it were not for the Dayuan monk mentioning it, Song Jiang would not have remembered that there was a jade qilin in Hebei that was "in the world without a stick".
In such an analysis, in addition to the three articles that can only be doubted due to different versions, and the four articles that can be explained, only three are problematic.
Although the "Ancient Ben" and "Folk Books" are slightly different, some of the plots are basically the same: Dai Zong and Chao Gai descended the mountain before and after, why did he not appear until Chao Gai was hit by an arrow and the Liangshan Army fled back from a fiasco ("Gu Ben" has not been seen)? When Chao Gai's five thousand expeditionary forces were killed by more than a thousand people and morale was low, Lin Chong wanted to withdraw his troops, so why did Hu Yanzhuo stop it? Chao Gai's face was hit by an arrow that did not hurt the skull, he died of arrow poison - Song Jiang had poison gangrene, Zhang Shun invited the divine doctor An Daoquan in the waves, Chao Gai poisoned and dyed, but only Song Jiang personally "poured soup medicine", could it be that Yun Cheng's abbot had originally been Lang Zhong?
Half a pot of old wine did not fully agree with Jin Shengsi's comments, especially Jin Shengsi's black whirlwind Li Kui, Together with Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, was rated as a "superior figure", and said that he was "innocent to the end, rich and noble cannot be obscene, poor and lowly cannot be moved, and mighty cannot be bent", which may not be recognized by the vast majority of readers.
Jin Shengsi's comments may not be all right, he put forward the ten points of basis for Song Jiang's murder of Chao Gai, and there are also seven points that can be discussed or explained, but "Dai Zong's disappearance, the defeat of the soldiers, and Song Jiang's infusion of medicine" These three suspicious points, half a pot of old wine is really difficult to find a convincing explanation for Song Jiang.
The half-pot of old wine can't explain the things that can't be explained clearly, and the readers must have the answer in their hearts, so in the end, I still have to ask everyone: Jin Shengsi believes that Song Jiang murdered Chao Gai and put forward ten bases. If Chao Gai was really murdered by Song Jiang, who would he send to attack?