I. The "Four Giants of Liangshan"
In fact, in the "Water Margin", the very mysterious event of "Heavenly Stone Jie" is just a "redistribution of benefits" carried out by Song Jiang and Wu Yong to the good men of Liangshan.
Because regardless of whether there is a "God Lord" mixed, Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng, these four Liangshan giants have long been determined, and have won the recognition of almost all the good men of Liangshan. In other words, it has nothing to do with God.
It's just that because Liangshan is full of good men who do not agree with each other, Song Jiang and Wu are also afraid, if they come forward to adjust the distribution, once anyone is not satisfied, carry a knife to the door to say what to do? Simply, push out "God" - what, don't you believe? Then go to God, I Song Jiang can't help.
Of course, it also contains Song Jiang's purpose of creating a god by himself. After all, one mouth is: we Liangshan one hundred single eight generals, that is, one hundred and eight stars under the mortal, looking at the Water Margin River and Lake, is this not enough for the cowhide to explode in the sky?
Therefore, we liangshan good men, in the end, all of us recruited an all, and gathered around Tianzi, what a magnificent Picture Scroll of water margins it would be--but The eldest brother of Tianzi did not think so. Of course, this is already another topic, so I will not say more.
Nowadays, the four giants of Liangshan have long been recognized, and no one has the luxury of expectations. Naturally, whoever sits on the fifth chair has become the target of those remaining Liangshan bigwigs. At the same time, it is also the most urgent thing for Song Jiang, and it must be solved well. Looking at Liangshan, there are four big guys, the most competitive.
Two or four big men, competing for the fifth place
The first is Chai Jin. He was also known as Shuihu Shuangxiong with Song Jiang, not only was he the original shareholder of Liangshan, but also funded Wang Lun to create Liangshan, and he was also the largest shareholder of Liangshan.
It should be noted that after Chao Gai hijacked the 100,000 Birthday Class, he pushed more than ten cars up Liangshan. However, when Chai entered Liangshan, he was "a total of more than twenty cars, called Li Kui and Lei Hengxian to escort him to Liangshan" (from "Water Margin"). What a concept! Chai Jin is not the largest shareholder of Liangshan, who dares to say yes! But for Song Jiang, Chai Jin must be excluded.
First, with Chai Jin's identity, status and influence, it is no problem to enter the core four giants. It is now a shame to be in fifth place. The so-called "Heavenly Stone Jie" is no problem to deceive others, but want to deceive Chai Jin? Is this possible! Chai Jin was the only person on Liangshan who had seen the big world and the big scene.
Second, Chai Jin has always been Song Jiang's terrible opponent. When Lin Chongfa was in Cangzhou, when he met Chai Jin, he once said that when he was the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, the forbidden army was praised by Chai Jin's name. In other words, Chai Jin, who was far away in Cangzhou, was able to infiltrate his forces into the forbidden army of Bieliang. Such a terrible figure, how could Song Jiang let him see the hope of overturning the market again?
Therefore, Song Jiang used a grandiose reason to kick Chai Jin to the tenth place, away from the core circle. So what is the high-sounding reason? This is the competition for the "first general of Liangshan". That is to say, who ranks fifth can only be selected among the Liangshan martial generals.
This leads to three other good men: Lin Chong, Guan Sheng and Lu Zhishen! Among them, Lu Zhishen was arranged to the position of the boss of the infantry. Although he looks at the face, the so-called infantry big brother, Wu Song is the second brother of the infantry. But looking at the ranking, he suffered a big loss, only ranked thirteenth.
It is equivalent to Lu Zhishen, who was also suppressed by Song Jiang in disguise. There was no way, who made him oppose Zhao An. Now, only Lin Chong and Guan Sheng are left. It is reasonable to say that from his contribution to Liangshan to his martial arts to his influence (Lin Chong has always been the identity of the first general of Liangshan), Lin Chong is dominant.
But the fact is that Guan Shengli suppressed Lin Chong to rank fifth, snatched away the "first general of Liangshan", and became the first of the five tiger generals of Liangshan. Some people say that this is completely Song Jiang's suppression of Lin Chong and the conspiracy of the belly black. But in fact, he had wronged Song Jiang a bit, because Lin Chong had two fiascos, dooming him to be suppressed only by Guan Sheng. So overall, Song Jiang did the right thing!
Third, the fiasco was defeated in Zengtou City
When Chao Gai attacked Zengtou City, the first general was Lin Chong, followed by Hu Yanzhuo, Ruan Shi Sanxiong and so on. Therefore, Chao Gai is the manager, and Lin Chong has become the role of the second in command. This is actually why, when Chao Gai attacked Zengtou City, only Lin Chong kept advising Chao Gai not to be impulsive and not to be reckless... Because Lin Chong is the deputy.
Chao Gai just didn't listen, so he was shot. Therefore, Chao Gai was shot, and Lin Chong could not be blamed for not fulfilling his responsibilities. The problem occurred after Chao Gaizhong's arrow was sent back to Liangshan. At this time, Lin Chong naturally upgraded to a leader and commanded the Liangshan army. Unfortunately, Lin Chong was completely confused, and the first thing he thought of was, let's also quickly withdraw to Liangshan.
The problem is that retreat is fine, but can there be a relevant arrangement? For example, if Zengtou City is hunted down, who will break the queen? Lin Chong didn't care about these things at all, but just said, "This time the brother of the Chao Heavenly King came down from the mountain, he didn't want to be affected by this scene, just in response to the sign of the wind folding the flag." I can only collect the troops and go back, which Zengtou City can't get in a hurry. ”
What is Lin Chong's reason for this? Therefore, this general who had commanded the army to recruit Liangshan really couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up against it, on the grounds that he had to wait for Song Gongming's brother to order him to come before he could return to the army." "The subtext is: You can't mess around now.
Sure enough, Hu Yanzhuo's worries were justified. That night, Zengtou City took advantage of the victory and continued to chase Liangshan, "shining like daylight, shouting in front of the village." So-called: the commander of the army, Tarzan collapsed in front of him and his face did not change color. However, at this moment, Lin Chong was "leading the leaders, not to resist the enemy, to pull up the village, and to return to the horse and leave."
It seems that after Lin Chong became the manager, instead of stopping losses, he was chaotic and had no idea what he was doing. As a result, "five or seven hundred people were folded, and a big defeat and a loss were lost." Lin Chong's ability to command troops was so bad that he really couldn't see it. (From "Water Margin")
Let's just say that Lin Chong fought this battle, he would not have suffered such a "big defeat and loss". At that time, there were still fifteen good men of Liangshan, even if they didn't ask for it, Lin Chong went to fight back or even kill the other party, at least he should resist in turn. That is to say, a defensive line should be laid out and an orderly retreat should be carried out. How can we escape in such a chaotic pot of porridge, and if this ability to command the troops is not defeated or lost, then it is called a ghost.
Therefore, just by virtue of Lin Chong's poor ability to command troops, how can he compare with Guan Sheng? It must be known that the position of the head of the Five Tigers of Liangshan must be a good man with the ability to command troops. Because the so-called command ability, in other words, "leadership ability", dare to ask Lin Chong?
Fourth, the fiasco was defeated by the female general Qiong Ying
People say that Lin Chong immediately stepped down wu song. The implication is that after Lin Chong stepped onto the war horse, almost no one could beat him. For example, Lin Chong easily caught the Third Lady alive. However, third lady Hu was able to beat Hu Yanzhuo to no avail, and she almost exploded. Therefore, many people said that in addition to Lu Junyi on Liangshan, Lin Chong had the highest martial arts, even Guan Sheng was slightly inferior.
But is that the case? In fact, Lin Chong has failed miserably once, and he is still a female general, which is Qiong Ying. People who have seen the original work of "Water Margin" may say: Qiongying is Lin Chong defeated by Feishi, which belongs to the dark weapon, and Lin Chong was not prepared at that time. Unfortunately, this argument does not hold water either.
Before Qiong Ying Feishi hit Lin Chong, he first beat Wang Ying, Dou Dou San niang and Gu Dajie, and then another Flying Stone forced Sun Li to retreat! When Liangshan was defeated and Qiongying wanted to pursue, Lin Chong came with his troops, and the two "fought countless battles, Qiongying could not stop it, sold a flaw, stabbed a sword, and pulled the horse to look east and left." Lin Chong chased after the horse."
At this time, Sun An, a general from Hebei, shouted at Lin Chong: "General Lin must not be chased, I am afraid that there is a conspiracy." Unfortunately, Lin Chong thought that he was "strong in means, where willing to listen", and as a result, he was "hit in the face by Qiongying Yifeishi, blood bursting, dragging the spear back to the battlefield". (From "Water Margin")
What is Lin Chong called? Better to say yes, overconfident in yourself, play screwed! The ugly words are pure self-inflicted, and who is not good to lose? Losing to a female general not only damaged her own face, but also damaged the prestige of the five tiger generals!
Let's look at Guan Sheng again, when he was fighting Fang La, he fought against Shi Bao, the general of the Southern Departure, and after playing for more than twenty rounds, Shi Bao threw up his legs and ran, but Guan Sheng did not chase. Song Jiang asked, "Why don't you go after it?" Guan Sheng said, "The Stone Treasure Sword Technique is not under Guan Sheng." Although back to the horse, there must be a plan. Sure enough, Guan Sheng guessed correctly, Shi Bao used the Meteor Hammer well, and then a flying hammer killed Suo Chao!
Without contrast, there is no harm. Dare to ask if you are Song Jiang, who will be ranked fifth, and who will give the position of the top of the Five Tigers of Liangshan? I'm afraid that most people will still give Guan Sheng like Song Jiang. After all, the head of the five tigers of Liangshan represents the face of Liangshan.
So-called, beating people without hitting the face, Lin Chong was "hit in the face" by a flying stone, which damaged Liangshan's face, and the ability to command the troops was too bad, so Song Jiang let Guan Sheng rank fifth, and awarded him the first of the five tiger generals, obviously doing the right thing!