The record of the fighting general is the best evidence of the level of martial arts, but if you do a martial arts ranking, you can't completely follow the record, because the author will directly give the character positioning in some narration descriptions, like "The Complete Biography of Tang Dynasty", and list a list of "Eighteen Heroes", which is an official setting that cannot be changed. Another example is the "Water Margin" we are going to talk about today, Lu Junyi's appearance was pointed out as the first in the world, and Wu Yanguang is also the first general of the Liao State directly pointed out by the author. And the leader of Liangshan, who does not have many fighting records like Shi Xiu, was directly named "not inferior to Sun Li", which means that the author directly positioned him. All of these have invisibly increased the difficulty of ranking the strength of the generals, and also made it controversial no matter what.
So today, we won't talk about the ranking of the characters' martial arts, but only discuss the achievements, select the eight most eye-catching ones, and share them with you one by one.
1: Zengtou City Shi Wen is respectful
"There is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts". Generally, in classical novels, the first military general is relatively clear, but there are many competitors for the second, but "Water Margin" is an exception, at least from the perspective of the record of fair fighting generals, the first person handpicked by the author is not as good as Shi Wengong, the head of Zengtou City, which makes Lu Junyi, the so-called first person, somewhat criticized.
Shi Wengong's pen and ink and combat achievements are very small, at best, he can only be regarded as a big trick, but the character design is very successful, first he is infinitely arrogant, and he snatched the BMW "Night Jade Lion" that Duan Jingzhu wanted to give to Song Jiang, which is equivalent to directly provoking Liangshan. Then when the Liangshan army came to attack, he shot to death with a cold arrow to kill the Liangshan master "Tota Heavenly King" Chao Gai (many people think that Chao Gai's death was Song Jiang blamed Shi Wengong, I think this is a typical "conspiracy theory", don't say anything else, Shi Wengong was haunted by Chao Gai's ghost when he finally broke through, if Chao Gai didn't know the enemy when he was alive, didn't he know if he died?)
However, these are at best just paving the way for the characters, and what is really amazing and jaw-dropping is that in the face of Qin Ming, one of the "Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan", Shi Wengong only used twenty times to make him cowardly leave, and relied on the speed of the BMW to chase and stab Qin Ming.
Many people say that Qin Ming is the shame of the Five Tigers and should be replaced by Hua Rong or Yang Zhi, but in fact, Qin Ming's defeat is mainly due to his poor brain and often hits the scheme, and he has only lost to Shi Wengong in a real fair contest, the author not only directly pointed out that Qin Ming's martial arts are only higher than Hua Rong's through "Qin Mingcai and Hua Rong", but also arranged a lot of vicious battles for him, which is not much better than Lin Chong, so this battle is not that Qin Ming is weak, but that Shi Wengong is too strong.
Only twenty times can defeat the five tiger-level generals, which is the only example in the whole book. Judging from Lu Junyi's several battles, even if he changes him against Qin Ming, he will not be able to do better than Shi Wengong, so just looking at the battle record, Shi Wengong is undoubtedly the first in the book, some people say that Lu Junyi defeated Shi Wengong alive with one move, I think you should try to distinguish the difference between the record and the invalid record.
Of course, this does not mean that Shi Wengong's hard power is stronger than Lu Junyi, after all, the latter is the first in the world as hand-picked by the author, so we can understand that Shi Wengong's martial arts focus on attack output, while Lu Junyi's offense and defense are balanced, so in the face of secondary combat power, Shi Wengong will defeat the enemy faster. It's like Hu Yanzhuo's strength is obvious to all, but he defends strong and attacks weakly, so the number of rounds used to defeat the enemy in the same level of generals is more than others, which is determined by the number of martial arts paths, regardless of the strength of his ability.
2: The pinnacle duel is not inferior to Du Bao
Du Yan is a general under Wang Qing, who makes a spear with eight snakes, and the pen and ink are also very small, but the shock in the battle is not inferior to Shi Wengong. Although he failed to defeat his opponent, and was finally killed by the opponent without martial arts, his opponent was not comparable to Qin Ming, it was a dignified Hebei Jade Qilin!
In the one-on-one contest with Lu Junyi, the two of them fought against each other without winning or losing, such a situation is quite rare, after all, it is rare to be able to fight with the jade unicorn to this extent. Unexpectedly, the author turned his pen and said that Du Bao's Zhangba snake spear was elusive, and then the next sentence was that Sun An, who was pressed by the Liangshan army, saw that Lu Junyi could not win, and danced his double sword to help the battle, which invisibly made Du Bao's military status go further.
Usually when doing martial arts evaluations, more than fifty is not divided into winners and losers, even if the two are not equal in strength, it can be seen that the gap is not big, unless there are special circumstances, such as rushing to win, can not be delayed, such as Guan Sheng's battle against Fang Jie, Hua Rong's help, Lin Chong, Hua Rong's double battle against Hao Siwen. Otherwise, the side that has someone to help in the war first or Mingjin first to collect troops is usually regarded as a disadvantage, such as Xu Ning of Dongping Mansion vs. Dong Ping, and Song Jiang was afraid that Xu Ning would lose and withdrew his troops. But it is another matter if the opponent is Lu Junyi, whether he is in a hurry to win or not, it is shocking that Lu Junyi, who has a transcendent position in force, actually appeared in the battle to help his own side in the battle.
Of course, because Shi Gong pointed out that Lu Junyi is the first, so we still need to try our best to make up for him, so Sun Anzhu was killed in an instant after the war is the best reason, it can be considered that Du Yan's ability can only block one Lu Junyi at most, and can no longer be interfered by any external forces, so as soon as the two generals joined forces, he was killed in seconds (I don't have enough confidence to say this, and it's no wonder that many people think that the four heroes are not from Shi Gong's handwriting, after all, it's not normal to let the "champion" he hand-picked become the background).
3: Lu Junyi rode a thousand
Although we said at the beginning that the ranking of the strength of generals cannot be dogmatically based on the battle record, but as the first person, if Lu Junyi is not on the list, it will be somewhat unreasonable, and Lu Junyi's record on the list is somewhat different from others, because I think the most eye-catching thing in this battle is not that he is one against four, but after defeating the four generals.
The four generals who fought with Lu Junyi were called Yelu Zongyun, Yelu Zongdian, Yelu Zonglei, and Yelu Zonglin, and they had fought against Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Xu Ning, and Suo Chao before, and the results were evenly matched, so many people thought that the four generals had the strength of five tigers and eight horses, and if so, Lu Junyi would be "super god". But I think the four sons of Yelu are strong, but not so outrageous, after all, they have no clear number of rounds to fight with the four generals of Liangshan, and the time of the fight is not too long from the description, so it is somewhat exaggerated to think that they have the strength to rival the five tigers and eight horses.
Lu Junyi fought with the four generals for an hour, and the gun picked one general, which made the other three frightened and cold, not to say that they were avengeful of their brothers, but scattered their brains, which showed that Lu Junyi was afraid of them. So even if the four generals may not be as strong as many people think, it is really rare for Lu Junyi to win one against four.
But if that's all, this record will not be ranked among the top three, and this battle needs to be seen in combination. After the victory, Lu Junyi had no one around him, and single-handedly met with a Liao team of 1,000 people, and then shook his might, killed the enemy formation, and soon killed the Liao army in all directions.
If it is placed in "Saying Tang", "Saying Yue" and even "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it may not be too brilliant to ride a thousand, but "Water Margin" is almost the least exaggerated one of the classical war novels, and Lu Junyi is the only one who can accomplish such a feat in the whole book, and he still completed it after fighting for an hour and with a lot of physical loss. Although he is not exactly a fighting general, he has obtained such a dazzling achievement after fighting a general, and he should be on the list for both reason. It was only because the two battles between Shi Wengong and Du Yan had a stronger impact that the Jade Qilin was relegated to this.
4: Aliqi crushes Xu Ning
After Liangshan accepted Zhao'an, he was sent by the emperor to crusade against the Great Liao, and he didn't want to surprise people in the first battle, and the Liao general Aliqi shined in the battle with Xu Ning, and it only took more than 30 to kill the "Golden Gunner" and leave in defeat.
When Hu Yanzhuo defeated the Liangshan army with a series of horses, Xu Ning was mentioned for the first time in the book through Tang Long, and Lin Chong praised him, saying that the two were old acquaintances, and they often learned martial arts and respected each other. Later, when attacking Dongping Mansion, Xu Ning also drew with Dong Ping in fifty battles, although Song Jiang's first collection of troops was regarded by most scholars as Xu Ning slightly inferior to Dong Ping, but it did not mean that he was already at a disadvantage at that time, let alone unable to resist. From the indirect comparison, it can be seen that Aliqi's martial arts are obviously higher than Dong Ping, and it is not impossible to even beat Guan Sheng and Lin Chong, after all, I don't think Guan and Lin can be as clean as Aliqi when facing Xu Ning.
5: Bian Xiang fights "Double Hu" alone
Bian Xiang is a general under Tian Hu, but his official position is a more partial "right prime minister", who used a big axe at first, and later used a spear.
Bian Xiang's brilliant record is gradual, when he fought with Liangshan, he first fought with Shi Jin for thirty rounds without winning or losing, which is not bad at best, after all, Shi Jin took a long time to capture Chen Da when he had just become an artist and was still inexperienced. Hua Rong, who was watching the battle, wanted to release cold arrows, but he cherished Bian Xiang's martial arts, so he put down his bow and helped Shi Jin with a gun. At this time, a surprising scene appeared, under the combined efforts of the two generals, Bian Xiang could not defeat Bian Xiang, and there was not even the slightest advantage.
Shi Jin's level is roughly between Sun Li and Zhu Tong, belonging to the level of the middle and lower reaches of the Eight Hussars, but Hua Rong is comparable to the existence of the Five Tigers, and in the Qingfeng Mountain chapter, he fought against Qin Ming for fifty times without falling behind, and in the end, it was the author who forced Qin Ming ≥ Hua Rong to define the sex of Qin Ming and Hua Rong through a sentence of "Qin Mingcai and Hua Rong" when they went to Liangshan, but even so, Hua Rong is also the strongest existence with Yang Zhi and the Eight Hussars. The strength of Hua Rong and Shi Jin is better than Lin Chong + Huang Xin, Dong Ping + Zhu Tong, and Bian Xiang can not fall behind under such strength, which shows the high level of his martial arts.
At the same time, there is also an unexplained force circle about Bian Xiang, that is, after fighting with Lin Chong for seventy or eighty times and making Lin Chong secretly surprised, Shanshiqi was killed by Yutai, and Bian Xiang stabbed Yutai under the horse with only one move. This battle is so unbelievable that if it is regarded as an effective battle, then the force structure of the whole book will collapse, in fact, from the beginning of the expedition to the four invaders, the force framework in the book has been on the verge of collapse, until the southern expedition to Fang La gradually returned to the right track.
6: The majestic Sun An
Sun An, like Bian Xiang, was originally subordinate to Tian Hu and made double swords. It stands to reason that this kind of short weapon suffers more in the fighting generals, but Sun An was not affected at all, and as soon as he appeared, he drew with Qin Ming in fifty battles, which made people see that his strength was comparable to that of the Liangshan Five Tigers, of course, although there were not many generals of this level in the book, there were not many, so it was not too amazing. What is amazing is that then Lu Junyi appeared in person, and as a result, Fifty He did not take advantage of Sun An.
After Sun Anma lost his front hoof, Lu Junyi did not take the opportunity to kill him, but let him go, and then the two clashed again, and they still had no winner. Lu Junyi had the intention to subdue Sun An, so as many people said, he may not have reached the strength of trying to kill him, but if he doesn't kill, he can win and capture, but unfortunately Lu Junyi didn't do it, and finally used a trick to lure the enemy to capture Sun An. So we can understand that without working hard, Lu Junyi can't take advantage of Sun An at least within fifty times, and even if he fights and has the possibility of killing him, he can't be captured alive.
can fight against Lu Junyi to this extent, and in addition to Du Yan just mentioned in the whole book, there is only Sun An. Of course, after the fifty-match draw with Qin Ming, it can be seen that Sun An's hard power is roughly between Lu Junyi and Qin Ming, and through this battle, it can also be confirmed that what we said earlier is that Lu Junyi belongs to a general with a balance of offense and defense, which is different from Shi Wengong's extreme attack flow.
7: Qiong Demon Nayan defeated Shi Jin
Liangshan Eight Hussars are second only to the existence of the Five Tiger Generals, aside from Zhang Qing, who is known for flying stones, and Mu Hong, who is not qualified to be shortlisted, the other six generals have few defeats, and they can be regarded as fierce generals who are not inferior to the Liangshan Five Tigers in a few rounds. Just now we mentioned that Xu Ning lost to Aliqi, and now we are talking about another defeat in the Eight Hussars - Shi Jin lost to Qiong Demon Nayan.
Shi Jin's hard power is inferior to Xu Ning, but he has no obvious shortcomings when he learns from Wang Jin, and even Lu Zhishen, a strong and above-the-top character, admires Shi Jin very much, and is full of confidence because of Shi Jin's help. At the same time, when facing Bian Xiang, Shi Jin even achieved thirty times undefeated, but in the confrontation with the Liao general Qiong Demon Nayan, he ended up defeated. After twenty or thirty times, he slashed into the air, and got off the horse in a panic and left.
According to the overall description of Shi Jin in the book, there may be many who can defeat him, but it is quite difficult to win within twenty or thirty times, so the battle of Qiong Demon Nayan is still very eye-catching.
8: Guan Sheng's speed of light is superb
Guan Sheng is a more controversial character in the book, he went up the mountain late, and his achievements are average, but he is above Lin Chong, the "veteran of the Three Dynasties", and Lin Chong's fan base is already huge, so even Guan Sheng's strength has been questioned. In fact, according to the author's setting, it is obvious that Guan Sheng and Lin Chong are used as analogies to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei (although Lin Chong's personality is very different from Zhang Fei, but his appearance is almost identical, and at the same time, in addition to the "leopard head", his other nickname is called "Little Zhang Fei"), and Zhang Fei can't be above Guan Sheng in any case, so there is Guan Sheng Shangying "Tianyong Xing", ranking fifth, and Lin Chong should be "Tianxiongxing", ranking sixth.
In fact, when Guan Sheng appeared, the author specially designed the bridge section of Lin Chong and Qin Ming's double battle against Guan Sheng, the purpose of which was to highlight that Guan Sheng was stronger than the second general. But because even Guan Sheng admitted that he couldn't defeat the two of them afterwards, it was obviously unconvincing to prove that Guan Sheng was stronger than Lin Chong through this battle.
Guan Dadao's most dazzling record was actually less than ten when he attacked the Daimyo's Mansion, which made Suo Chao cowardly. Suo Chao is a figure who can fight with Yang Zhi without winning or losing, second only to the first three Hua Rong, Xu Ning and Yang Zhi in the eight hussars, such a character may not be defeated even against Lu Junyi. Many people say that this is due to Suo Chao's arrow wound not healing, but I don't see it that way. Suo Chao did suffer an arrow wound before, but he came back after recuperating for a period of time, although it is difficult to recover in such a short time according to common sense, but since the author did not point out that he was still affected by the arrow wound when he appeared again, and Suo Chao still offered to avenge the arrow the day before yesterday, then we should regard it as healing.
But it's important to note that this is an impressive record at first glance, but it doesn't stand up to scrutiny. The original text says that "the two fights have no ten, Li Cheng is in the Chinese army, and he sees Suo Chao's axe cowardice, and he can't win the battle", that is to say, it is not that Suo Chao lost to Guan Sheng in less than ten he, and he may not even fall into the disadvantage, but Li Cheng feels that Suo Chao's axe method is not as good as Guan Sheng's knife technique, so there is no possibility of defeating Guan Sheng. This is "the expert stretches out his hand, you know if there is one", it is certain that Suo Chao is not as good as Guan Sheng, but Li Cheng may not be defeated even if he does not help Suo Chao for a while, which is essentially different from Qin Ming and Shi Wengong walking timidly after fighting for twenty years.
Most people will not be idle enough to analyze this kind of problem word by word like me, so in order to rationalize this battle, they will take out Suo Chao's previous arrow, or simply characterize Suo Chao as a "parallel import", but Guan Sheng was not raised, Suo Chao was lowered, in fact, except for this battle, Suo Chao no longer had the upper hand.
The above content is based on the analysis of the 120th edition of "Water Margin", because many of the martial arts settings in the Zhengsi Kou have contradictions and conflicts with the previous or subsequent positioning, so we cannot accurately locate the military forces for the generals through the relevant chapters. Therefore, the ranking of the records discussed today only represents the degree of dazzling, and its order does not represent the ranking of the strength or weakness of the generals.