In "Water Margin", the one hundred and eight rebel leaders in Liangshanbo have their own unique backgrounds and talents, and many of them are strong in martial arts, brave and good at fighting, such as Wu Song, Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, etc., all of whom are good at fighting. It is precisely because of this that they can win many times in the game with the imperial court.
However, in addition to these well-known Liangshan heroes, there is another person in the Water Margin whose martial arts value is also very high, and he can kill Wu Song with only two moves, so you can imagine how high his strength is. It's just that he was killed by third-rate characters after a few appearances, so that people are not impressed by him, and it is inevitable to underestimate his strength. So, who is this person?
Fight the tiger hero Wu Erlang
Before announcing this person's identity, it is first necessary to understand how strong Wu Song's strength is.
Speaking of Wu Song, the first thing that comes to people's minds is the incident in which he killed a white-fronted tiger with his bare hands on Jingyanggang, and being able to face the beast head-on shows how extraordinary his courage and determination are.
On top of that, it's absolutely impossible to win in this fight without great martial arts skills and strong physical fitness. Therefore, it can be seen from this incident that Wu Song's force value is very high.
Of course, Wu Song's strength is not only this, he is not only strong in martial arts, but also brave and strategic, which can be found from his later actual combat experience.
For example, in the incident of drunken beating Jiang Menshen, Wu Song learned that Jiang Menshen occupied Shi'en's hotel, although he was determined to stand up for Shi'en, but he did not go directly to Jiang Menshen, but chose to pretend to be drunk and use his drunken reaction to confuse Jiang Menshen, and at the same time give himself an excuse to fight back, so that he could not only protect himself, but also achieve the purpose of retaking the hotel for Shi'en.
After angering Jiang Menshen, he saw that Jiang Menshen lost his mind in anger, so he used the effect of alcohol to enhance his strength and momentum.
After driving Jiang Menshen out of Mengzhou, he deliberately pretended to be drunk and left himself clean, even if Jiang Menshen's backstage Zhang Tuanlian was not able to hold him accountable. In this way, he not only repaid the kindness of the Shi family, but also avoided enmity with the government, which shows his far-sightedness.
However, it is such a brave and resourceful hero with extremely high force value, but he still can't beat a Taoist priest who was killed by a third-rate character, what is going on?
Lingying Heavenly Master Bao Dao B
This person who can't even beat Wu Song is named Bao Daoyi, he is a villain in "Water Margin", and he doesn't appear many times. Shi Nai'an only used a short space to introduce him, only saying that he was the leader under Fang La's command, known as the Lingying Heavenly Master, good at using the Mixed Yuan Sword, and also knew some demon techniques, and could fly swords to hurt people.
Bao Daoyi's first appearance was after the 117th episode of "Water Margin", when Song Jiang had just led the crowd to break through Wulongling and was preparing to approach the Muzhou army under the city, so that Fang La, in order to deal with this situation, had to urgently summon Zheng Biao, the former lieutenant of the palace, and lit 15,000 imperial forest military horses, and ordered him to save Muzhou in the starry night.
Before Zheng Biao set out, he invited Fang La, hoping to go with the Heavenly Master Bao Daoyi to fight against Song Jiang's army. So Fang La played on time, Bao Daoyi was announced to the imperial court, and accepted Fang La's order to go out with the army.
Although Bao Daoyi's strength is not introduced here, at this time of crisis, being recommended by the main battle general is enough to show that his skills are extraordinary.
In fact, on the battlefield, Bao Daoyi showed his magical abilities as a Taoist priest. He first used demon magic to assist Zheng Biao against Guan Sheng, and used spells to summon the golden armor gods to help in the battle, which caused Liang Shanbo's people to fall into a bitter battle and suffered heavy losses.
At the same time, he also used a sword called the "Xuantian Mixed Yuan Sword". This sword is not ordinary, it is a big killing weapon that can be controlled by the true qi, true yuan, spiritual power, mana, etc. of the immortal cultivator, and it can take people's heads thousands of miles away, Wu Song's left arm was cut off by this sword, and the manipulator was Bao Daoyi.
You must know that Wu Song's strength is obvious to all, and he played a great role in the battle of Zhengfangla. In addition to charging into battle between the two armies, repeatedly killing Fang La's soldiers, he also killed the generals and captured the flag many times, frustrated the spirit of Fang La's soldiers, and made great contributions to this battle.
Among them, the thing that most reflects his brave combat effectiveness is that he killed Yelu Dezhong and Bei Yingkui in one sword, and these achievements were all achieved by him with real swords and guns. But Bao Daoyi was able to cut off the left arm of such a warrior, and his strength was indeed extraordinary.
However, just by cutting off Wu Song's arm, is it too rash to infer that Wu Song can't beat Bao Daoyi? Does he really have the strength to kill Wu Song?
Show strength at a critical juncture
Bao Daoyi's strength is really not an exaggeration, judging from Wu Song's performance after his arms were cut off, he does have this strength.
It is described in the book that in this battle, Bao Daoyi took advantage of Wu Song's fatigue from a long battle and did not notice it for a while, so he manipulated the Xuantian Mixed Yuan Sword to cut down from the sky, and cut off Wu Song's left arm, causing him to faint and lose his combat effectiveness in an instant.
And at the critical moment when he was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill Wu Song in one fell swoop, Lu Zhishen arrived in time and hit him with his Zen staff, which saved Wu Song from the tiger's mouth. From this point of view, if Lu Zhishen didn't have time to make a move at that time, Bao Daoyi only needed to make up for it again, and Wu Song would be able to die on the spot immediately. If you follow this logic, Wu Song is indeed defeated by Bao Daoyi.
However, although Bao Daoyi seriously injured Wu Song, he did not take advantage of it. In the subsequent duel, he once again manipulated the evil art to prepare to attack, but was cracked by Fan Rui, one of Liangshanbo's mages. For a time, the Song army rose, and the Fangla soldiers scattered and fled, and Bao Daoyi, who was not as skilled as a man, was also killed by Ling Zhen, nicknamed "Thunder", with artillery in the process of escaping.
Bao Daoyi's ending is indeed a big surprise, because Ling Zhen is not a particularly outstanding hero among the heroes in Liangshan, he was mainly responsible for manufacturing large and small artillery when he was in Liangshan, and he ranked only fifty-second among the 108 heroes, Bao Daoyi, a powerful person who can seriously injure Wu Song, was killed by him, which is indeed more embarrassing.
This is probably the so-called "people are watching the sky", although Bao Daoyi's strength is not ordinary, but because he aids and abuses, he does not follow the right path, so God will punish him for not dying well, and even death is so hasty.