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In "Water Margin", although there are one hundred and eight heroes on Liangshanbo, their personalities and backgrounds are different.
There are powerful people who originally had a small reputation and wealth in the local area, but later gave up their comfort to seek morality, such as Chao Gai, Lei Heng and others; There are also those who are burdened by experience and forced to go to Liangshan in order to survive, such as Wu Song, Lu Zhishen and others; There are also skilled characters who were originally grass robbers and later discovered by their conscience to be a teacher of justice, such as Wang Ying, Zhou Tong and others.
However, regardless of whether they are from decent backgrounds or not, their strength is resounding, and one of them can even crush Lu Zhishen and scare Wu Song away, so you can imagine how powerful he is. It's just that after this person went to Liangshan, he was obsessed with beauty, which made his strength retreat, so that he ended up miserable. So, who is this person? What kind of skills does he have?
A brave and fearless man of justice
Before understanding the strength of this person, we must first know the strength of Lu Zhishen and Wu Song.
The first is Wu Song. Shi Nai'an used heavy pen and ink to polish the character of "Wu Song", so his appearance frequency in "Water Margin" is much more frequent than other Liangshan heroes. It is precisely because of this that we can meet such a flesh-and-blood, brave and righteous "tiger fighting hero" who is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Judging from Wu Song's record, he once killed a fierce tiger with his bare hands on Jingyanggang, except for a harm to the people, this feat is enough to demonstrate his bravery and martial arts. In addition, in the novel, Wu Song also has a record of fighting people many times, and most of the time he can easily defeat his opponents, which shows his strong fighting ability.
For example, in the chapter on Feiyunpu, Wu Song offended the powerful because he angrily beat Jiang Menshen, and was framed and assassinated with Enzhou. In Feiyunpu, the other party ambushed many killers who wanted to kill him, but he didn't expect him to be powerful, kill several people, and successfully get out of danger. From this incident, it is enough to prove Wu Song's wisdom and martial arts.
Judging from Wu Song's physical fitness and kung fu attainments, he is tall and burly, with infinite strength, and he is good at using double knives, with agility and sharp moves. This advantage of physical fitness and martial arts attainments is not only reflected in strength, but also in skill and speed, so in the novel, he can repeatedly kill opponents by surprise and achieve victory.
All things considered, Wu Song is indeed a warrior to be reckoned with on Liangshan.
followed by Lu Zhishen. Unlike Wu Song's tactfulness in battle, Lu Zhishen is much more courageous. He was brave and powerful in battle, and a Zen staff made the wind and water rise and terrify the enemy.
In addition to the Zen staff, his fist and foot kung fu is also quite good, whether it is a solo fight or a group fight, he can exert a strong strength. For example, in the matter of punching Zhen Guanxi, Lu Zhishen killed Zhen Guanxi with only three punches, which shows the weight of his shot and the excellence of his kung fu.
Regarding the performance of his strength, it is not only this incident, but also the famous incident of uprooting the weeping willow. In order to subdue those splashes who often go to the vegetable garden to steal vegetables, Lu Zhishen hugged the trunk of the tree with his left hand, held the upper half of the tree with his right hand, and straightened his waist up, directly uprooting the willow tree, which shows its amazing strength.
In addition to being brave and strong in martial arts, Lu Zhishen also has a certain amount of wisdom and strategy, and is a typical rough and fine warrior.
For example, in the chapter of Havoc in the Wild Boar Forest, in the process of saving Lin Chong, he set up an ambush in advance, thus successfully rescuing Lin Chong. After rescuing Lin Chong, in order to ensure that these people no longer dared to act rashly, and in order to avoid unnecessary killings, he threatened Dong Chao and Xue Ba with words, and also warned Lin Chong by breaking pine trees, etc., and successfully rescued Lin Chong from danger, which shows that his wisdom is not ordinary.
In general, although Wu Song and Lu Zhishen have different personality traits, they are both rare chivalrous warriors on Liangshan, brave and strategic, and with extraordinary strength, and those who can repel these two people must have extraordinary strength.
A reckless hero
As mentioned above, the person who repelled Lu Zhishen and Wu Song ended up tragically because of his greed for beauty. This has to mention several more lascivious heroes in "Water Margin".
The first is Wang Ying. In the novel, Wang Ying is portrayed as a witty, loyal but lustful person, for example, he saw that Liu Gao's wife in Qingfeng Village was beautiful, so he snatched her up the mountain, intending to forcibly occupy his wife, if it were not for Song Jiang's persuasion, Liu Niangzi was afraid that he would not be able to escape his destruction, from this incident, it shows his strong desire for beauty.
And in the battle of Zhujiazhuang, Wang Ying saw the beautiful Hu Sanniang, and then fought with her, even if he was not Hu Sanniang's opponent in martial arts, and was even almost killed by the other party, he was still driven by lustful heart to move forward bravely, and he could also see his character traits of "dying under the pomegranate skirt, being a ghost and being a ghost".
The second is Dong Ping. Although Dong Ping's lustful performance is not as frequent or obvious as Wang Ying's, it is very destructive and dangerous.
For example, when he was serving as the military and horse supervisor in Dongping Mansion, he fell in love with Cheng Taishou's daughter, so he proposed to Cheng Taishou, but was rejected by the other party, because Cheng Taishou thought that his character was despicable and unworthy of matching with Miss Cheng.
Dong Ping always held a grudge against this rejection, and when Song Jiang attacked Dongping Mansion, he used it as a threat to try to force Cheng Taishou to agree to the marriage, which shows his unscrupulous personality in order to satisfy his lust.
Later, after Dong Ping returned to Song Jiang and led the Liangshan army to break through Dongping Mansion, the first thing he did was to go straight to Cheng Taishou's house. He not only killed Taishou, but also forcibly took Miss Cheng and killed all the rest of the Cheng family, which shows that he is lustful and ruthless.
These two people are the most typical lustful heroes in "Water Margin", however, they have not faced off with Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, and those who are both suspected of being lustful and have the ability to be upright Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, after digging deeper, there is only Zhang Qing.
A duel with Lu Zhishen and Wu Song
The duel between Zhang Qing and Lu Zhishen and Wu Song took place before he went to Liangshan, when Zhang Qing was still the guard of Dongchang Mansion. At that time, Lu Zhishen and others were ordered to attack Dongchang Mansion, and in order to lure Zhang Qing into battle, they deliberately attracted the attention of the other party by transporting grain.
Unexpectedly, when Lu Zhishen led the team to transport grain and grass, Zhang Qing was surprised and hit Lu Zhishen's head with a flying stone, causing his blood to burst out, but he fell to the ground. If it weren't for Wu Song standing up, wielding a double-ring knife, and struggling to rescue the injured Lu Zhishen, this plan would have been completely defeated.
It was precisely because he was anxious to save people and realized that Zhang Qing's strength was extraordinary, Wu Song did not choose to clash with him head-on, but observed Zhang Qing's combat characteristics and weaknesses by escaping, and prepared for the next counterattack.
Although Zhang Qing was defeated in the end and captured by Liang Shangjun, it also abolished many of their troubles. It can be seen from this incident that Zhang Qing's strength should not be underestimated, but where is his lust?
An inseparable love
In "Water Margin", Shi Nai'an did not describe Zhang Qing's greed for beauty positively, but expressed this character trait by describing his acquaintance and love with Qiong Ying.
The love story of Zhang Qing and Qiongyin is full of legends in the novel, and is known as one of the most perfect free love marriages on Liangshan.
Qiong Ying was once a female general under Tian Hu, and her acquaintance and love for Zhang Qing began in a dream.
Since Qiong Ying learned about her parents' enmity, she would dream in a dream every night that a god taught her martial arts, and mentioned "marriage in the world", so when the two met on the battlefield and Qiong Ying was captured by Zhang Qing, she was surprised to find that Zhang Qing's appearance was very similar to the flying stone teacher in her dream, and at that time, the seeds of love were planted in her heart.
Later, Zhang Qing listened to Wu Yong's strategy, infiltrated Xiangyuan City, pretended to kill the Song army, won the favor of Qiong Ying's adoptive father, and successfully married Qiong Ying. On the night of the cave room, the two exchanged heartfelt hearts and hearts, and Qiong Ying also volunteered to follow Zhang Qing back to the Song Dynasty, and Zhang Qing also promised to do his best to avenge Qiong Ying.
In the process of conquering Tian Hu, Zhang Qing and Qiong Ying fought together, and after experiencing many life and death tests, their feelings were also sublimated in the process, and finally came together.
Although it is not directly written in the book that Zhang Qing and Qiong Ying became obsessed with beauty after they got together, it can be seen from his performance before his death that after he and Qiong Ying were combined, he did reduce his intelligence.
A sloppy and tragic ending
Zhang Qing was killed in the Battle of Dusong Pass. In this battle, Zhang Qing would die, all because he and Dong Ping privately attacked the key problems on foot, and fought with Li Tianyan and Zhang Tao. You must know that although Zhang Qing has flying stone stunts and is good at long-range attacks, his marksmanship is slightly inferior, and it is even more difficult to give full play to the advantages of flying stones in foot combat.
And Dong Ping, who was traveling with him, was injured in his left arm, and it was difficult to use two guns, so that the combat power of the two was greatly reduced. At this time, it is undoubtedly self-defeating to tackle key problems on foot.
Sure enough, during the battle, Zhang Qing killed Li Tianyan with a gun, and accidentally stabbed into the pine tree, but was killed by Li Tianyan when he took the opportunity to counterkill, and Dong Ping was also hacked to death by Zhang Tao from behind when he tried to rescue Zhang Qing. No one thought that such two heroes with unique skills would die in such a hurry in the end.
You must know that before Zhang Qing met Qiong Ying, he was a person who could win Tong Guan twice and defeat Gao Yu three times with direct tactics, such a brave and resourceful, calm and calm person, after combining with Qiong Ying, he died of impulse in the battle, no wonder some people think that it is because he is greedy for gentleness and neglect to improve his strength after being with Qiong Ying.