The idiom story of this issue of Water Margin is found in the ninety-eighth episode of the novel, during the Battle of Xiangyuan, and the characters are Qiong Ying, Lin Chong, and Li Kui. The original story is as follows:
Qiong Ying saw that everyone was coming, and another stone had already knocked Xie Zhen to the ground, and Xie Bao, Lu Zhishen, and Wu Song rushed to help. Here Li Kui only cared about rushing to go, Qiong Ying saw that he was coming closer, and hurriedly flew a stone, and hit Li Kui's forehead. He was injured twice, and only then did the blood burst out. Li Kui was finally an iron man, with a black face and bright red blood, and he swung his double axe with a fire horn, crashed into the line, and slashed the Northern Army. There, Sun An saw Qiongying enter the battle, recruited troops to rush to kill, just as Wu Li led Xu Wei and other generals to eight members, the leader of the army has arrived, and the two sides are mixed to kill.
Over there, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song rescued Jie Zhen and turned over and went into the Northern Front. Xie Bao supported his brother, it was inconvenient to fight, he was caught up by the Northern Army, tripped up the rope, dragged Xie Zhen and Xie Bao upside down, and caught them in the formation. The infantry rushed back in defeat. However, Sun An fought bravely, and with only one sword, he cut the northern general Tang Xian off his horse. Wu Li was shot in the neck by Sun An's soldiers, and Wu Li turned over and fell off the horse, and Xu Wei waited for death to save the horse. Qiong Yingzhong will see Wu Pear hit the arrow and rush to collect the troops.
According to the plot of the novel, after liangshan's army conquered Zhaode Province, Song Jiang learned that Tian Hu had sent Ma Ling and Wu Li to lead his troops to kill Fenyang and Xiangyuan respectively, and immediately decided to divide the troops to fight, and Song Jiang personally led Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and other generals to Xiangyuan. Soon after, the vanguard of the army, Wang Ying, a short-legged tiger, and Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang came to the north of Wuyin Mountain on the border of Xiangyuan County, where they encountered Wu Li's righteous daughter Qiong Ying.
In the contest between the two sides, Qiong Ying stabbed Wang Ying in the left leg and performed a flying stone stunt to injure the third lady. At this time, the main force of Liangshan came to the battlefield. Leopard Head Lin Chong and Qiong Ying began to fight, and as a result, they were hit by flying stones in the face door, and the blood flowed. In the ensuing battle, Qiong Ying's flying stone stunts were so powerful that he injured Li Kui and Xie Zhen, and captured Xie Zhen and The Brothers of Xie Zhen and Xie Bao alive. After that, Wu Li led his troops to appear on the battlefield, but was shot in the neck by Sun An's men, and turned over and fell off his horse. Qiong Ying saw the situation and had to withdraw his troops back to the camp.
The idiom to be introduced in this article is the "mingjin collection" mentioned in the text, which means to use gongs and other signals to withdraw troops back to the camp, which is a metaphor for the temporary end of the battle. The earliest source of this idiom is the "Xunzi • Huibing" in "Listening to the drums and advancing, smelling the golden sound and retreating".
In the battle of Liangshan's army to conquer Tian Hu, it encountered many enemy generals with extraordinary skills, and Qiong Ying was one of them. Judging from the description of the novel, Qiong Ying has competed with seven good men of Liangshan, injuring five people and capturing two people alive, which can be described as an outstanding record. In particular, she twice sent flying stones to injure the leopard head Lin Chong, which was also the first time that Lin Chong was injured and defeated when he went head-to-head with his opponent, which showed the strength of Qiongying Flying Stones.
Who taught Qiong Ying's flying stone stunt? The reason is very magical, it was actually Qiongying who was taught in a dream by a young green-robed general in a dream. This person is no one else, it is the famous featherless arrow Zhang Qing. Qiongying's life is very tragic, her father was killed by a strongman, and her mother died at the hands of Wu Li. Qiong Ying learned of her origins at an early age through the general manager Ye Qing, and was determined to get rid of Wu Li to avenge her mother.
After this battle, Ye Qing secretly came to liangshan camp to meet with Song Jiang and others. After some deliberation, the divine doctor An Daoquan and Zhang Qing came to Wu Li's army and were trusted. During this period, Zhang Qing also married Qiong Ying. On the wedding night, Zhang Qing told Qiongying his true identity. After that, the couple worked together to eliminate Wu Li and take control of Xiangyuan City. In the ensuing battles, Qiongying counterattacked and cooperated with Liangshan's army to annihilate Tian Hu, and Qiongying became a member of Liangshan.
After the battle against Wang Qing began, Qiongying fought side by side with Zhang Qing, and performed prominently on the battlefield, and had the record of wounding the enemy generals Zheng Jie, Chen Yun, duan Sanniang, and killing Teng Jie and Li Xiong. After the Battle of Wang Qing, Qiong Ying left the Liangshan army due to her pregnancy, after which she gave birth to a son, named Zhang Jie. After Zhang Qing was killed at Dusongguan, Qiongying returned to his hometown to raise his son. When Zhang Jie grew up, he joined the Song army and followed the famous general Wu Jie to defeat Jin Wushu at Shangyuan.
Reference book: Water Margin