Like tizhi, dutou, and regimental training envoys, the position of the head of the 800,000 forbidden army sects that appears in "Water Margin" is also real in history. According to the "History of Song", the leader of the forbidden army was a low-level position in the Song army, and there were a large number of them, and in 1079 AD during the reign of Emperor Qinzong of Song alone, there were 270 religious leaders in the forbidden army. The reason why this low-level position is well known to posterity is that it has to be said to be the credit of "Water Margin".
In "Water Margin", there are a total of seven forbidden army leaders, two of whom later became good men of Liangshan, and two others once fought with Liangshan. In this article, according to the order of appearance, a brief introduction to these seven forbidden army leaders.
First place: Wang Jin. Wang Jin is the first 800,000 forbidden army leader to appear in the book, and his father Wang Sheng is also a member of the Song army. Wang Jin's fate is closely related to Gao Li. When Gao Li was not yet in sight, he was severely beaten by Wang Sheng. After Gao Li took up the post of commander of the palace, he was angry about the humiliation of that year, and used the excuse to beat Wang Jin badly and put him to death. In order to avoid Gao Li's poisonous hands, Wang Jin had to flee with his mother to Yan'an Province. On the way, Wang Jin passed through Shijia Village, became the master of the Nine-Striped Dragon Shi Jin, taught martial arts, and then quietly left, his whereabouts unknown.
Second place: Leopard head Lin Chong. The reason why the official position of the head of the 800,000 forbidden army is so loud, and Lin Chong is so great, is precisely because of Lin Chong's character image that the position of the head of the 800,000 forbidden army has become well known to all ages. Lin Chong's story is very familiar to everyone, he is the gun and stick godhead of the 800,000 forbidden army sect leaders, responsible for teaching marksmanship and stick methods. The great change in Lin Chong's fate also stemmed from Gao Li. Because Gao Ya coveted Lady Lin, Gao Li framed Lin Chong, and Lu Qian and Fu An and others wanted to put Lin Chong to death. Lin Chong was cornered and forced to Liangshan. In the end, Lin Chong died of illness after the Battle of Fang La.
Third place: Zhang Jiaotou. Zhang Jiaotou is Lin Chong's father-in-law and one of the 800,000 leaders of the Forbidden Army. When Lin Chong was sent to Cangzhou, Zhang Jiaotou came to bid farewell. However, Lin Chong wrote a letter of resignation in front of his father-in-law. After that, Lin Niangzi committed suicide, and Zhang Jiaotou's whereabouts are also unknown.
Fourth place: Golden Gunner Xu Ning. Unlike Lin Chong, who served as the head of the forbidden army gun stick, Xu Ning served as the head of the Golden Gun Class. Like Lin Chong, Xu Ning is also a family of xingwu, strong in martial arts, and a happy life. The reason why his fate has changed dramatically stems from his uncle and brother Tang Long, the leopard of money. The double whip Hu Yanzhuo was ordered to conquer Liangshan, and his stunt chain horse overwhelmed Liangshan, and Xu Ning's hook and sickle gun was the nemesis of the chain horse. Therefore, Tang Long proposed to pull Xu Ning into the company.
After that, Tang Long and Shi Qian cooperated with each other, and finally tricked Xu Ning into Liangshan, using the hook and sickle gun to break Hu Yanzhao's chain of horses. In this way, Xu Ning became a good man in Liangshan. In the end, Xu Ning was killed in the Battle of Hangzhou against Fang La.
Fifth place: Qiu Yue. Unlike Wang Jin, Lin Chong and Xu Ning, Qiu Yue's identity is very special. Although he was also one of the 800,000 Forbidden Army Leaders, the officials worshiped the Forbidden Army as the head of the Sect Leader, one level higher than Wang Jin and others. Not only that, Qiu Yue also had two identities, one was the commander of the Zuo Yiwei pro-army, and the other was the escort general. These positions added together to show that Qiu Yue was a senior general in the Song army.
However, despite his high position, Qiu Yue's martial arts were very average. When Gao Li led his troops to conquer Liangshan, Qiu Yue participated in the battle with the army and had a contest with Zhang Qing, who was wounded by Zhang Qing. Qiu Yue's ending was also not good, and he was killed by Yang Lin, an obscure and lowly martial leopard. Such a record really insulted the name of the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army.
Sixth place: Zhou Ang. Like Qiu Yue, Zhou Ang's status as the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army was also very special. Although he was only the deputy head of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, he also held the positions of commander of the Right Guard Army and general of the Che Riders. Therefore, he was also a senior general in the Song army, with a much higher status than Wang Jin, Lin Chong and Xu Ning.
Compared with the unworthy Qiu Yue, Zhou Ang's martial arts were very good. During Gao Li's conquest of Liangshan, Zhou Ang once had a head-to-head with Lu Junyi, the jade qilin who was the most skilled in Liangshan, and the two sides fought fiercely for twenty rounds, which was enough to prove that Zhou Ang, the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, was worthy of the name. Zhou Ang's ending was also better than That of Qiu Yue. Gao Li's conquest of Liangshan was defeated, and Zhou Ang returned to the capital with Gao Li, and his whereabouts have been unknown ever since.
Seventh place: Wang Wenbin. Among the seven forbidden army leaders, Wang Wenbin was the only one with the same position as Lin Chong, and he was also the gun and stick leader of the forbidden army. However, Wang Wenbin was later promoted by the imperial court and was awarded the post of Zhengzhou regimental training envoy. When Liangshan was conquering the Liao state, Wang Wenbin came to the labor army, and after learning that Liangshan's soldiers and horses were not progressing smoothly, he took the initiative to meet the enemy and wanted to defeat the opponent as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, Wang Wenbin met Qu Liqing, a liao general. After just over twenty rounds, Wang Wenbin was beheaded by Qu Li. It was also a battle to die on the battlefield, but Wang Wenbin died in a foreign war, far more admirable than Qiu Yue's death on the battlefield of the civil war.
Reference book: Water Margin