Muzhou Siege Battle: The highlight of the Chaos Demon King, a magical duel with Fang Lajun
Synopsis: After Bao Tianshi and Zheng Mojun led the Yulin army to the front line in Muzhou, they fought fiercely with the troops led by Song Jiang in the mountains and forests on the east side of Wulong Ridge. Although Song Jiang successfully repelled the Yulin army, he forced Bao Tianshi and Zheng Mojun to return to Muzhou City to hold on. When this battle passed, Song Jiang's 10,000 soldiers and horses lost about 1,000, and four leaders Wang Ying, Hu Sanniang, Xiang Chong and Li Gon were killed, and the flower monk disappeared, and Wu Song lost his left arm. Faced with such a serious loss, Song Jiang couldn't help but cry bitterly. At this time, Zhiduoxing Wu Yong led 10,000 reinforcements to Muzhou City. After the two sides joined forces, the offensive and defensive battle of Muzhou City officially began.
Before the offensive and defensive battle in Muzhou City begins, let's take a look at the strength of the offensive and defensive sides.
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Liangshan Army: 10 members of Tiangang + 4 members of the Earth Flame + 19,000 men of the Ma Infantry Army
When Song Jiang was fighting Fang La's Yulin army on the east side of Wulongling, Tong Guan, a privy envoy stationed on the west side of Wulongling, in order to facilitate the command of the troops, after the generals Wang Li and Zhao Tan, and the governor Liu Guangshi led their troops to join him, sent Wu Yong to Muzhou to support Song Jiang by water. The generals who followed Wu on his expedition, Guan Sheng, Li Ying, Zhu Tong, Yan Shun, and Ma Lin, left Lü Fang, Guo Sheng, Pei Xuan, Jiang Jing, Cai Fu, Cai Qing, Du Xing, Yu Baosi, and 13 other leaders of the water army, including Li Jun, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng, to listen to orders in front of the tent. After Song Jiang and Wu joined forces, there were a total of thirteen generals, with a total strength of about 19,000.
List of generals who attacked Muzhou
Tiangang Zhengzheng: Timely Rain Song Jiang, Zhiduoxing Wu Yong, Xiao Li Guanghuarong, Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming, Walker Wusong (lost his left arm), Shenxing Taibao Daizong, Black Whirlwind Li Kui, Daodao Guan Sheng, Fluttering Eagle Li Ying, and Beauty Gong Zhu Tong.
Earth Evil Generals: Fan Rui, Demon King of the Chaos, Thunder Ling Zhen, Jinmao Tiger Yanshun, and Iron Flute Immortal Ma Lin.
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Muzhou: 7 guards + 50,000 defenders (estimated)
Muzhou City was occupied by Zu Shiyuan, the right minister of the Yongle court. The defenders of Muzhou City are composed of three parts: the original defenders of Muzhou City + the defenders of Dongguan + the Royal Forest Army of Qingxi Ouchi.
The original text of the Water Margin did not mention the strength of the defenders of Muzhou City, but based on the existing information, a simple speculation can be made. Zu Shiyuan sent a total of two reinforcements to the outside world, the first time after the loss of Hangzhou City, he sent the pro-army commander Jing De and the deputy commander Bai Qin to lead 10,000 troops to Fuyang County to support Shi Bao and Deng Yuanjue, and the second time after Deng Yuanjue's failure to ask Fang La for help, Zu Shiyuan sent Xiahou Cheng to lead 5,000 troops to Wulongling to support Shi Bao and Deng Yuanjue. According to the algorithm of 50,000 permanent troops in the eight major military states in Jiangnan, before Song Jiang attacked Muzhou, there were still 35,000 original defenders in Muzhou.
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Dongguan is a county town between Wulongling and Muzhou, with a garrison of 2,000 troops, and the general Wu Yingxing discovered that Song Jiang led the troops through Wulongling, so he directly abandoned the city and fled, and the leading army ran back to Muzhou. It is assumed that all the defenders of Dongguan have withdrawn to Muzhou with Wu Yingxing. Then the number of defeated troops in Muzhou City can be estimated at two thousand.
After Fang La heard that Muzhou was under siege, with Lingying Tianshi Bao Daoyi as the main general, and Zheng Biao, the imperial lieutenant in front of the palace, as the adjutant general, accompanied Xiahou Cheng, and led the 15,000 Royal Forest Army to support Muzhou. Bao Daoyi and Zheng Biao first led the Yulin army outside Muzhou City to fight Song Jiang, and although they were repulsed, they also caused great losses to Song Jiang. Since the original work does not mention the battle losses of the Royal Forest Army and Song Jiang, I can only make an estimate. Assuming that the ratio of losses between the Liangshan army and the Yulin army is one to two, Song Jiang loses 1,000 soldiers and horses, and the battle losses of the Yulin army should be about 2,000. In addition, after escaping, Xiahou Cheng, the general of Muzhou, was chased and killed by Lu Zhishen. Therefore, the number of soldiers and horses of the Royal Forest Army who withdrew to Muzhou City with Bao Tian Division can be estimated at 13,000.
To sum up, during the entire Battle of Muzhou, Muzhou City had a total of seven guards and 50,000 defenders.
List of Muzhou City Guards: Right Minister Zu Shiyuan, Ling Ying Tianshi Bao Daoyi, Imperial Lieutenant Zheng Biao, Eastern Steward General Wu Yingxing, Marshal Tan Gao, Shen Shenzheng, Huan Youshu.
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Battle history: The battle history of the siege of Muzhou City can be divided into two stages, namely the first stage: Song Jiang Wu worshipped the mountain god, and Long Jun dreamed of fixing the army's heart; Muzhou City Fight Magic, Liangshan Battle is decided.
The first stage: Song Jiang Wu worshipped the mountain god, and the dragon monarch dreamed of the army's heart
Song Jiang and Wu Yong joined forces in Muzhou City, and after being comforted by Wu Yong, they introduced to Wu Yong about the manifestation of the god of Wulongling Mountain. Wu Yong believed that there were mountain gods and temples nearby. Song Jiang and Wu Yong searched in the mountains, and sure enough, they found an Wulongling temple. Song Jiang learned from the inscription in front of the temple that the god of Wulongling Mountain was Shao Jun of the Tang Dynasty, who fell to his death after falling to the river and was given the dragon god by the Heavenly Emperor. After Song Jiang thanked the god of Wulongling Mountain for saving his life, he and Wu Yong returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, continued to deal with military affairs, and discussed strategies for attacking Muzhou.
In the middle of the night, when Song Jiang was sleepy and lying on the table for a little sleep, the Wulongling mountain god appeared in Song Jiang's dream, it turned out that because of the daytime sacrifice, the Wulongling mountain god came to return the salute to Song Jiang and encouraged Song Jiang, Muzhou will soon be broken, and Fang La is just around the corner. Song Jiang was about to have further exchanges with the mountain god of Wulongling, when a gust of wind blew into the tent of the Chinese army, and Song Jiang woke up from his dream.
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After Wu Yong learned of Song Jiang's sobriety in his dream, he explained the dream for Song Jiang and said that since the mountain god of Wulongling had made a guarantee, he would send troops to attack Muzhou until the next day. As soon as dawn broke the next day, Song Jiang began to dispatch his troops, except for Yan Shun and Ma Lin who led some soldiers to defend the Wulongling Road and guard against Wulongling to support Muzhou, the rest of the brigade, with Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Qin Ming, and Zhu Tong as the vanguard, all marched towards the north gate of Muzhou.
The second stage: Muzhou City head fighting magic, Liangshan battle to determine the victory
After Song Jiang finished his formation at the north gate, he first ordered Ling Zhen to cast artillery such as the Jiuxiang Zimu cannon into the city, and first attacked indiscriminately in the city with shells, disturbing the military morale of the Muzhou defenders.
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Hearing the sound of cannons, the guards such as Bao Tianshi and Zu Shiyuan in the city hurriedly gathered together to discuss a strategy to break the enemy. Zu Shiyuan believed that since the Song army had already killed outside the city, there was no other way but to fight to the death to meet the enemy, and instead of destroying the city and being captured, it was better to lead the army to fight and fight to the death with the Liangshan army. For Zu Shiyuan's statement, Bao Tianshi agreed. After some discussion, Zheng Mojun took the marshal Tan Gao and the Eastern Guard General Wu Yingxing, two generals, as well as more than a dozen tooth generals, led 10,000 elite soldiers out of the city to fight against Song Jiang, and Zu Shiyuan and Bao Tianshi sat on the city gate tower to cheer Zheng Mojun to watch the battle.
Zheng Mojun finished his formation outside Muzhou City and asked the Liangshan army to curse the enemy. The big sword Guan Shengce immediately stepped forward and started a fierce battle with Zheng Mojun. Zheng Mojun is only powerful in demon methods, but his martial arts are commonplace, and soon under Guan Sheng's fierce sword methods, he only has the power to parry.
Bao Tianshi, who was watching the battle in the city tower, saw that Zheng Mojun was in danger, chanted a word in his mouth, drank the word "sick", and did demon law in public. I saw a black qi coming out of Zheng Mojun's head, and a gold-armored divine figure condensed in the black qi. The golden-armored godman waved his magic wand and attacked Guan Sheng in mid-air. Zheng Mojun, who was assisted by the golden-armored godman, quickly slowed down, and fought back and forth with Guan Sheng, and it was difficult to tell the winner or loser.
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Seeing this, Song Jiang remembered that Fan Rui, the demon king of the chaos, could also do the law, so he asked Fan Rui to do it on the side to help Guan Sheng fight. At the same time, Song Jiang finally remembered that the heavenly book given by the Nine Heavens Xuannu also had Dao spells on it, and he recited the secret of the secret spell to return to the wind and break the darkness. Under the joint blessing of Song Jiang and Fan Rui, a white cloud surged on Guan Sheng's helmet, and a red-haired, clear-faced, blue-eyed and tooth-picking divine general condensed in the white clouds, and I saw that this god would ride an oolong and hold an iron hammer in his hand, and directly attack the gold-armored divine man on Zheng Biao's head. For a time, the gods will fight in mid-air, and the two will fight on land. I don't know how many rounds of fighting, the oolong god in mid-air will scatter the gold-armored godman with a hammer. Zheng Mojun, who had lost the golden-armored godman, immediately lost his sharpness and was slashed under his horse by Guan Sheng.
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Just when Guan Sheng and Zheng Mojun were fighting inextricably, the thunderbolt in Song Jiang's formation took advantage of the opportunity of Bao Tianshi on the city gate tower to cast a spell and was restrained by Song Jiang and Fan Rui, and secretly turned the cannon port and aimed at the city gate tower. Almost at the same time that Guan Sheng killed Zheng Mojun, a cannon blasted towards Bao Tianshi. Bao Tianshi noticed the sound of artillery in the Song army and hurriedly got up to dodge, but it was too late, and his head and body were shattered by a cannon.
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Almost at the same time, two generals were killed one after another, and the city of Muzhou was suddenly chaotic. Song Jiang waved the flag and ordered the three armies to attack the city. The southern army fighting outside the city gate was quickly dispersed by the Liangshan army. When the defenders of the city saw that Bao Tianshi had died, they immediately became chaotic and fled, and no one thought of closing the city gate. Taking advantage of this good opportunity, the Liangshan army, led by the leaders, entered the city of Muzhou with a bang. In the confrontation outside the city gate, Li Yingyi killed the general Wu Yingxing with a flying knife, and Zhu Tong poked Marshal Tan Gao under his horse with one shot. The guards in the city, except for Zu Chengxiang, Shen Shenzheng, and Huan Youshu, who were captured, the rest of the city guards, regardless of name, were all killed by the Liangshan army.
After Song Jiang conquered the city of Muzhou, he set fire to Fang La's palace and gave all the gold, silver and jewelry in the palace to the officers of the three armies, and then listed Anmin. Song Jiang was rectifying the army and horses, counting the losses, and some scouts sent urgent military information to Song Jiang. It turned out that Yan Shun and Ma Lin, who were defending Shi Bao on the Wulongling Road to reinforce Muzhou, were killed by Shi Bao and Bai Qin. Shi Bao was leading troops to kill Muzhou City. Song Jiang did not have time to be sad, and hurriedly sent Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Qin Ming, and Zhu Tong four generals out of the city to face Shi Bao and Bai Qin, and took the opportunity to seize Wulongling.
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When Guan Sheng appeared in front of Shi Bao's subordinates, Shi Bao guessed that Muzhou had been lost. Shi Bao had no intention of fighting and led the army back to Wulongling. Tong Guan on the west side of Wulongling took advantage of Shi Bao's support for Muzhou and led his army to launch a strong attack on Wulongling. When Guan Sheng heard Lingxi's shouts of killing, he immediately commanded his soldiers and horses to walk up the mountain and launch an attack from Lingdong towards Wulongling. Under the attack of Tong Guan and Guan Sheng, Wulong Ridge soon fell. Shi Bao was cornered and killed himself with a knife.
After Tong Guan and Liu Guangshi took Wulongling, they entered Muzhou City with Guan Sheng. In accordance with the rules, Song Jiang escorted the captured Fang Lajun generals to Zhang Zhao's army, and while standing still in the city of Muzhou, he sent people to contact Lu Junyi's headquarters and agreed on a date for attacking Qingxi. At this point, the battle of Muzhou and the battle of Wulongling came to an end.
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Summary of the battle
The Battle of Muzhou began later than the Battle of Wulongling and ended earlier than the Battle of Wulongling. Although it ended earlier than Wulongling, it was not too early, and the two battles ended almost at the same time, not about a few hours before and after. It is worth mentioning that in the world view of the Water Margin, Liang Shan never takes the initiative to use spells to attack opponents, and then counterattacks after being attacked by spells. When Zheng Mojun and Bao Tianshi joined forces to set up an illusion in the pine forest of Wulong Ridge to trap Song Jiang's men, the chaotic demon kings Fan Rui and Song Jiang who were trapped in the formation seemed to have selective amnesia, and they all forgot that they could also do the law. It wasn't until Guan Sheng and Zheng Mojun were fighting in Muzhou City that Fan Rui remembered the fact that he could also do magic, and Song Jiang finally remembered the spell in the book of heaven.
The battle history of the entire Battle of Muzhou can be summarized in the following sentences, the mountain god was worshipped in the Song Jiang temple, and the dragon monarch dreamed of the army's heart. Fan Rui concentrated on the general, and Song Jiangkou recited the Heavenly Book Mantra. Guan Shengjin beheaded Zheng Demon Monarch, and Ling Zhen bombarded Pao Daoyi. Zhu Tong poked Marshal Tan, and Li Yingdao killed Wu Yingxing.
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Comparison of strength between the offensive and defensive sides
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The end of the generals on both the offensive and defensive sides
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Disclaimer: The pictures in this article are from the illustrations of "Painted Scroll Water Margin". The Water Margin is an illustrated novel by Japanese illustrator Masako Koya and historical novelist Sui Morishita. The illustration was drawn by Masako and the text was written by Morishita. "Painted Scroll Water Margin" abandons various statements about Liangshan conspiracy theories on the Internet, focusing on portraying the bonds between one hundred and eight generals, especially for some marginal good men who belong to the attributes of tool people, secondary creation and adaptation, this adaptation has some successful and less satisfactory places, but it still enriches the image of those who do not have a strong sense of existence in the original Water Margin. Since the illustrations are made by Japanese, the painting style of some Liangshan good men is more strange, biased towards the style of Japanese military generals in the Warring States period. Where there are spicy eyes, please bear with you.
Outside the Zhengfang Laban
Battle of Muzhou 1: Song Jiang is in a desperate situation, thanks to the mountain god "Zhengfang Laban Wai 18"
Battle of Wulongling 2: Shi Bao's last sad song, defeated from the southern kingdom "Zhengfang Laban Wai 17"
Battle of Wulongling 1: The second liberation fell to Wulongling, and Song Jiang's mentality was shattered "Zhengfang Laban Wai 16"
Battle of Xizhou: A cruel scene in the war, Lu Junyi buried his corpse and filled in a pit to attack the city "Zhengfang Laban Wai 15"
The outlying strongholds of Wulongling were uprooted and battled, and in one day, two county towns were connected "Zhengfang Laban Wai"14"
Battle of Yuling Pass: Liangshan's record of the highest battle losses, six generals killed in the arrow array "Zhengfang Laban Wai 13"
Battle of Hangzhou: The Battle of Liangshan's Yuan Qi Severe Injury, the plague epidemic in the city after the war "Zhengfang Laban Wai 12"
Battle of Hangzhou 1: 100,000 troops fiercely fought in Hangzhou, Zhang Shun spilled blood on the Qiantang River "Zhengfang Laban Wai 11"
Battle of Deqing: Liangshan annihilated 30,000 defenders, enemy marshal drowned "Zhengfang Laban Wai 10"
Dong Ping, Zhang Qingdusongguan, singled out and died, and Lu Junyi pursued the enemy for fifty miles to take revenge "Zhengfang La Fan Wai 9"