Shuibo Liangshan is a place of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and the green forests from all over the world are gathered here under the leadership of Song Jiang.
However, who would have thought that the final ending of the heroes of Liangshan is mostly a tragedy, and the reader cannot accept such a setting not only because these heroes are the protagonists of the book, but because their death is too absurd.
(Wu Song, Ding Desun stills)
For example, the "middle arrow tiger" Ding Desun did not even die at the hands of the enemy in the end, but was bitten to death by a poisonous snake on the way to march, what is the difference between this and "choking to death by drinking water"? If Ding Desun is just a dragon character and dies, then the death of another top powerhouse in the book is really puzzling.
The author Shi Nai'an gave that person the best weapon, the most beautiful wife, and even gave him the strength to beat Lu Zhishen, but let him die in the hands of third-rate goods.
1. The best person in weaponry
In fact, strictly speaking, there is a relationship between weapons and combat effectiveness, but their influence is limited; for example, there are many masters who use sticks in the book, but who dares to say that they can beat Lu Junyi? After all, Lu Junyi is known as "the best in the world in stick kung fu."
However, from the bright side, if you want to say that the person with the best weapon, it is undoubtedly Ling Zhen, the "thundering thunder" among the seventy-two earthly evils, after all, when others were still using cold weapons, he had already used firearms.
The book only said: "There is a gunner in Tokyo, Ling Zhen, whose name is Thunder, this person is good at making artillery, and can go to the distance of fourteen or fifteen miles. If you get this person, you can attack the den of thieves. He is also proficient in martial arts, and he is familiar with bows and horses. ”
(Ling Zhen stills)
Yes, who has a mortal body who can compete with Ling Zhen's artillery?
However, as mentioned earlier, the power of a weapon is not the same as the quality of the weapon, and the power of the artillery is naturally needless to say, but is it really convenient to use? How can it be moved without three or five people? Ling Zhen is indeed a good gunner, but his actual combat ability is really average, and the artillery has become a weapon that restricts him.
Therefore, a really useful weapon must meet two standards, one is powerful, and the other is easy to use, so it is not difficult to guess the person I am referring to, it is Zhang Qing who is "no feather arrow".
Second, the flying stone god general
Putting aside Shi Jin, the first "nine-patterned dragon" who appeared in the original book, the most "protagonist" heroes in the book are actually not the most famous people like Wu Song or Lu Zhishen, although Shi Nai'an gave them the most roles, but did not give them the most brilliant records, and Zhang Qing's record is enough to be described by the word "gorgeous".
In the battle of Liangshan's expedition to Dongchangfu, Zhang Qing can be said to be in the limelight, and every time one person on the Liangshan side fights, he cannot escape the end of being beaten to the ground.
In particular, the scene where the "ugly county horse" was beaten was particularly funny, and the book only said: "I saw a person behind Lu Junyi shouting: 'Today is about to be threatened, how can I fight in the future!' When Song Jiang saw it, it was the ugly county horse Xuanzan, patting the horse and dancing the knife, and went straight to Zhang Qing. Zhang Qing said: "One comes, one goes! Two come, two escape! Do you know my method of flying stones?" Xuan praised: "You can beat others, how can you get close to me!" Before he could say anything, Zhang Qing picked up a stone in his hand, hit the mouth of Xuanzan, turned over and fell off the horse. Gong Wang and Ding Desun were waiting to be arrested, how could there be a lot of people in the Song Jiang array, and the generals rescued them and returned to the battle. ”
(Lu Zhishen stills)
From Zhang Qing's point of view, this is undoubtedly cool to the extreme, and Xuanzan just wanted to pretend to be a handful, but he was slapped in the face on the spot.
If it is said that playing Xuanzan can't prove Zhang Qing's strength, then Dong Ping, Hu Yanzhuo, and Guan Sheng's three tiger generals have also been hit one after another, which is enough to prove that Zhang Qing's strength is not under the five tigers.
In addition to the Five Tigers, the "Flower Monk" Lu Zhishen and the "Walker" Wu Song, who have always been regarded as one of the strongest heroes in Liangshan, could only flee in embarrassment in front of him.
The book only said: "Lu Zhishen carried the Zen staff, dragged the soap straight and tied it up, and went first." Zhang Qingdao: "This bald donkey has a stone on my head!" Lu Zhishen carried the Zen staff, and at this time he saw it, but he didn't know what to do, and he just walked with great strides, but he forgot to beware of his stones. As he was leaving, Zhang Qing shouted on his horse: "Go!" A stone was flying on Lu Zhishen's head, and the blood burst out, and he fell after looking at it. Zhang Qingjun and horses shouted together, all rushing to the future. Wu Song hurriedly took two swords, died to save Lu Zhishen, and left the grain cart. ”
In terms of actual combat performance, almost no one is on the right side of Zhang Qing, which is also reasonable, after all, as mentioned above, Zhang Qing's flying stone stunt is extremely convenient to use, no matter where he goes, how many stones are on the ground? As long as he is willing, he can always hurt people with his hands, even those who are extremely strong in close combat have to think about it, can he really walk in front of Zhang Qing alive?
(Qiong Ying, Zhang Qing stills)
And what the author gave Zhang Qing was not only extremely high martial arts and the best weapons, but also the most beautiful wife.
The world only knows that Hu Sanniang is beautiful, in fact, Zhang Qing's wife Qiongying is more beautiful, after all, when the woman appeared on the stage, the book mentioned such a sentence: "The fingers are tender like lotus pond lotus, the waist is weaker than Zhangtai willow, Ling Bo is an inch of gold at the step, and the peach cheeks are reflected with green eyebrows." Looking back under the lamp tonight, it is always the Jade Heavenly Immortal, descending to Wushan Xiu. ”
Hu Sanniang saw that she and Wang Ying were hot, and they were jealous for a while, you know how beautiful this woman is.
If the story only develops to the section of Liangshan Zhengtian Hu, then Zhang Qing can definitely be regarded as a winner in life, and what the author gives him is the treatment of the protagonist.
However, his IQ dropped during the expedition and was forcibly written to death.
3. The strong man who capsized in the gutter
Zhang Qing's "offline" is purely a plot need, because in the previous story, he was almost invincible, but in the attack on Dusong Pass, he gave up his best flying stone stunt and ran to fight with that Li Tianyan and Zhang Tao.
(Zhang Qing, Qiong Ying stills)
And the process is even more funny, the book only says: "Zhang Qing raised his gun to squeeze the heavens." Li Tianyan flashed behind the pine tree. The gun in Zhang Qing's hand was on the pine tree, and when he was about to pull it out, he couldn't take it off, and was shot back by Li Tianyan, and he was hit in the abdomen and poked to the ground. When Dong Ping saw that he knocked down Zhang Qing and hurriedly sent two guns to war, he didn't watch out for Zhang Tao but stopped him in the back and chopped Dong Ping into two sections. ”
In addition to "stupid", how else can you evaluate it? If you can't use marksmanship, wouldn't it be better if you just use flying stones?
Of course, as mentioned above, the author's arrangement is purely necessary for the plot, otherwise Zhang Qing will make a move against an enemy general, and the Fang army will indeed be unable to fight.