Shuibo Liang Mountain can be described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, after all, there are as many as one hundred and eight leaders there, not to mention that the thirty-six Tiangang and the seventy-two earth demons are all as brave as heavenly soldiers and generals, but among them are indeed strong like clouds.
Liangshan has had three village owners, relative to Song Jiang, Wang Lun and Chao Gai do not have many chips in their hands, especially that Wang Lun, when he was the owner of the village, there were three straw bales around him, Du Qian, Song Wan, and Zhu Gui, and even when Lin Chong wanted to fight with him, the three people who were regarded as his confidants did not dare to save him, it was indeed helpless.
And Chao Gai's prestige was not as good as Song Jiang, after Song Jiang went up the mountain, he was gradually marginalized, so that he was so anxious to establish his authority that he stormed Zengtou City and lost his life in vain.
(Wu Song stills)
What about Song Jiang? Why did he have so many strong men who were loyal to him, but he still ended up in a complete defeat? Perhaps it was because he was not good at employing people, for example, there was a good man who was much stronger than Wu Song, but he was not allowed to be reused, and he was put into the earth, and after his death, that person decisively took refuge in the imperial court.
1. A good man who is stronger than Wu Song
Is there really a good man who is stronger than Wu Song? Only people who have not read "Water Margin" will think that Wu Song is the strongest person in Liangshan.
Wu Song is very strong, this is true, Jingyanggang fights the tiger, drunkenly beats Jiang Menshen, and the blood splashes of Mandarin Duck Tower, these episodes are enough to prove his strength, especially the feat of fighting the tiger with his bare hands, I am afraid that it is difficult to find a second person in the book who is enough to match him.
But if you want to say that Wu Song is the strongest, that is not appropriate, after all, when Song Jiang wanted to trick Lu Junyi into going up the mountain, Wu Song was far from being Lu Junyi's opponent, after all, even Wu Song only dared to fight him for three rounds, not to mention that it was Wu Yong's strategy, if you had a Lu Bu under your command, would you make a plan against Pan Feng? Isn't it easier to take it directly?
Obviously, Wu Song is inferior to Lu Junyi.
And although Lu Junyi is the ceiling of Liangshan's military generals, he is still not the strongest hero in Liangshan, in terms of strategic significance, there are still people above him, such as Liangshan's fourth-in-command "Into the Cloud Dragon" Gongsun Sheng.
(Wu Song, Lu Junyi stills)
The battle between Lu Junyi and Li Zhu is that Gongsun can defeat the enemy when he wins, and you read the description in the book: "Then Li Zhu has swordsmanship, and a sword dances like lightning." Lu Junyi was unable to resist, but when the soldiers of Song Jiangzhong arrived, his right hand went down to Yunlong Gongsun Sheng, and there were words in his mouth, and he shouted: "Disease!" Li Zhu's sword left his hand and fell to the ground. Lu Junyi caught up with the horse, lightly stretched the ape arm, twisted the wolf's waist, dragged Li Zhu only, and carried the horse alive. ”
Obviously, a person like Gongsun Sheng who can do magic is the strongest one in the book, but it is obvious that he was not buried by Song Jiang, and the position of the fourth place was given to him, and it was not at all that he was wronged, after all, he was just an idle cloud and a wild crane-like existence, and later left Liangshan.
And among the earth evils, there is one person whose strategic significance is far greater than that of Wu Song, but he cannot be reused, and that person is Ling Zhen.
2. Buried talents
Ling Zhen's nickname is "Thunder", and it is not difficult to see from this nickname that this guy is good at using artillery, and when he appeared on the stage, the author's evaluation of him was really not low.
The original book said: "It turns out that Ling Zhenzu is also from Yanling, and he is the first gunner in the prosperous era of the Song Dynasty, and everyone calls him a thunderbolt." He is also proficient in martial arts. There were four poems praising the benefits of Ling Zhen: when the artillery fell, the city was shattered, and the smoke and clouds were scattered. The thunder thundered and galloped through the wind cannon, and Ling Zhen was famous in four hundred states. At that moment, Ling Zhenlai saw Captain Gao, and received the diploma of marching commander, so he taught him to pack up the saddle horse weapons and get up. ”
(Song Jiang stills)
The first gunner of the Song Dynasty, this evaluation can be regarded as extremely high, in the era when others were still using cold weapons, he was already able to skillfully control artillery, and even be able to manufacture artillery, this kind of talent, in terms of strategic significance, is far from being comparable to Wu Song, and Gongsun Sheng's unreasonable mage has a greater role than him.
However, how did Song Jiang use this Ling Zhen?
Most of the time, Ling Zhen's artillery is not directly used to injure the enemy, as for how he uses it, for example, when Gao Yu led the army to attack Liangshan, you can read this description: "Many naval leaders, each prepare a small boat. Iron blades were nailed in rows on the bow of the ship, and the cabin was loaded with reeds and firewood, which were filled with sulfur flame and nitrate, and lived in the small harbor. But he taught the gunner Ling Zhen to look at the high mountains and fire the cannon as a number. And in addition to the trees at the water's edge, they all tied their flags to the trees. In every place, there are golden drums and artillery, and there are false men and horses, and there are assumed barracks. ”
Artillery is not used to hurt the enemy, but it is used as a signal flare.
Of course, on the one hand, it was also because Song Jiang didn't want to kill Gao Yu at all, if he directly blew him up with artillery and killed Gao Yu, he would not be able to talk to the court about Zhao'an.
But when the Liao is conquered, how should it be explained?
(Thunder stills)
The original book said: "Song Jiang and Wu Yong discussed, wrote a military post in the evening, and sent Lin Chong and Guan Sheng to lead a biao army and horses to take Danzhou from the northwest...... However, the gunner Ling Zhen, the black whirlwind Li Kui, the demon king of the mixed world, Fan Rui, the god of mourning, Bao Xu, and the players Xiang Chong and Li Gon will lead more than 1,000 people to the city and release the cannon. ”
In Song Jiang's view, Ling Zhen's role is to give orders, it is better to find a person with a big voice and roar directly, why take the trouble to open fire? Isn't it even simpler to let Hua Rong shoot a rocket into the sky?
Obviously, Song Jiang did not use Ling Zhen's talent reasonably at all, and what was even more outrageous was that such a talent could only be ranked fifty-second in Liangshan, even if he looked at the thirty-six Tiangang, he could be regarded as more useful than him, how many people were there?
Obviously, Ling Zhen really failed to use his talents in Liangshan.
3. Have your own place to keep your grandfather
The so-called "there is no place to stay here", this is a very appropriate description.
As a general of the imperial court, Ling Zhen is not the kind of outlaw who "can't live if he doesn't fall into the grass", on the contrary, a person like him with a skill is a sweet and sweet no matter where he goes.
After Song Jiang's death, he returned to the arms of the imperial court and became a senior official, and it was mentioned in the last chapter of the original book: "Ling Zhen's gunner is extraordinary, and he is still appointed to the imperial camp of the Gunpowder Bureau." ”
(Ling Zhen stills)
Not to mention that the emperor will definitely use Ling Zhen to the best of his ability, at least as the first gunner of the Great Song Dynasty, Ling Zhen's position in the imperial court is unshakable, and he is more valued than him in Liangshan.
Therefore, it is not difficult to see from the experience of Ling Zhen's character that Song Jiang's failure is traceable, he doesn't know how to use people at all, and how far can he go by relying on human feelings to win people's hearts.