Fang La

Fang La (?-1121), also known as Fang Shisan, was a native of Shezhou (now Shexian County, Anhui Province). An County) people. Leader of the peasant uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty. According to legend, he had a bold personality and won the hearts of the people. In addition, he had strong organizational skills and was born in poverty, so he was able to appeal to many farmers who lived in poverty. In October 1120, he led an uprising in Qixian Village, She County, and established a peasant political power covering 52 counties in six states of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangxi. It had a great influence at that time. In 1121, the Xia Uprising failed, Fang La was captured and executed by the court. After Fang La was executed, people in some places in She County and Chun'an still respected the leader of the peasant uprising. In order to commemorate him, many places were named after him. To this day, there are still "Fangla Cave", "Fangla Village" and so on. There is a folk song "The water flooded Tongjia's shop, Fang La came out twice; the water soaked the turtle's back stone, Fang La rebelled again" not only pointed out the village where he lived, but also explained his motivation for the uprising. During the Xuanhe period, farmers could not sell tea, and the sales were not enough to pay taxes. The farmers had no choice but to stop picking tea, and those who picked it reluctantly fell into the stream. At that time, there was a severe drought in western Zhejiang. There was no rain in July and August. The seedlings were scorched and there was no hope for the autumn harvest, but the officials were forcing taxes. In October of the second year of Xuanhe, Fang La launched an uprising. Fang La had a clear-cut stand, advocating the realization of true equality, "stealing everyone's wealth and spreading it to raise people", determined to completely overthrow the Song Dynasty and free all the hardworking people in the world. In April of the third year of Xuanhe, Fang La was defeated in a decisive battle with the Song army in the uprising base area of ??Bangyuan. He was forced to retreat with his cronies to hide in a cave in the northeast of Dongyuan Village. Because the traitor acted as a guide, he was unfortunately arrested and deported to Bianjing. . The Fangla Uprising captured fifty-two counties in six states and shocked half of the southeast, fundamentally shaking the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty never recovered and soon fell. The cave where Fangla last stood is called "Fang La Cave".

During the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty liked flowers, stones, bamboos, and trees. He set up the "Suzhou-Hangzhou Yingfeng Bureau" in the south of the Yangtze River and sent Zhu Meng and other minions to various places in the southeast to search for folk flowers, stones, bamboos, trees, and rare treasures. , transported to Bianjing by large ships, and every ten ships formed a gang, which was called "Huashi Gang" at that time. Qingxi is rich in bamboo and wood lacquer and is a key location for Yingfeng Bureau. This heavy burden has been passed on to farmers, especially the extremely poor who rely on selling their labor to survive. As a servant, Fang La felt the pain of this kind of exploitation and oppression even more, so he had a deep hatred for the reactionary rule of the Song Dynasty, and he began to resist.

In October of the second year of Xuanhe (1120), Fang La worked as a servant in the Chang family in Dongyuan, Wannian Township. He actively contacted people from all over and prepared for the uprising. Their secret activities were discovered by Fang Youchang, who sent his second son Fang Xiong to report to the county. On the ninth day of October, Fang La found out that the incident had been leaked, so he killed Zhengfang Youchang's family in Dongyuan Village (only the third son Fang Geng escaped by jumping over the wall) to carry out justice. Fangla gathered more than a thousand people, and there was the Qiyuan of the Chang family in the east of Dongyuan Village.

At the swearing-in meeting, Fang La made an impassioned speech and angrily exposed the evil rule of the Song Dynasty: "Today, taxes and servitude are heavy, officials invade fishing, and there is insufficient supply of mulberry. The person on whom our lives depend is Qi Chu Bamboo Fungus, and I know that there is no penny left in it... My people have been working hard all year round, and their wives are too cold to get enough to eat." Finally, Fang La issued a cry that "the people of the southeast have been suffering from exploitation for a long time." Calling on everyone to rise up in righteousness, then "the four sides will hear the wind and respond, and in ten days, thousands of people can gather. ... I just paint the river and guard it, light corvees and small taxes, in order to broaden the people's strength, who in the four directions will not hold back the crotch to come to court? Ten It’s going to be a mess between years.”

Fang La put forward distinct political slogans and political ideas and put them into revolutionary practice. The rebels led by him burned Confucius temples, destroyed statues of gods, and killed corrupt officials. Criticizing the hypocrisy of "All Dharmas are equal, there is no superiority or inferiority" in Buddhist teachings, pointing out that "All Dharmas are equal, there is no superiority or inferiority", advocating the realization of true equality; "Stealing everyone's wealth and scattering it to recruit others"; "There are Those who are very poor use their wealth to help... Although they don't know who goes in and out, the party members are all in the valley, and the people use them all, and they are called one family."

Fang La's political opinions and revolutionary actions. , deeply supported by the poor people, and hundreds of thousands of people gathered in a few days. He named himself Shenggong, changed his title to Yongle of the Yuan Dynasty, placed him as a side general, and distinguished himself with a scarf, rising from the red scarf to the sixth rank. Suppressing the armed resistance of the landlords in Bangyuan area, they occupied Wannian Town, an important town in the northwest of Qingxi County, and then marched towards the county seat. At this time, Cai Zun and Yan Tan, the governors of the two Zhejiang roads, led 5,000 soldiers to conquer. On November 28, Fang La wiped them out in one fell swoop. This was the first battle in which Fang La's rebel army was victorious. The next day, Fang La captured Qingxi County. In December, they attacked Qingxi County and captured the first state city, Muzhou, on the 4th. Then he captured all counties in Muzhou. Fang La led the main force to attack Shezhou westward and captured it on December 20th. Then return to the eastern front and march towards Hangzhou. On December 29, Hangzhou was occupied, and the revolutionary forces grew stronger, with "almost a million people". People all over the country rose up in response to the Fangla Uprising: Suzhou Shisheng and Huzhou Lu Xing'er in northern Zhejiang, Qiurixin in Yan County in eastern Zhejiang, Xianju Lu Shinang and Yongjia Yu Daoan in southern Zhejiang, Wuzhou Dongyang Huo Chengfu in western Zhejiang, and Lanxi Lingshan Zhu Yan , Wu Bang. At this time, Fangla's generals Zheng Mowang and Hong Zai in western Zhejiang and the corresponding troops had occupied Wuzhou, Quzhou, Chuzhou and other places.

In Hangzhou, the decision was made to divide the troops to "extend all the southeastern counties", and sent Fang Qifu to lead 60,000 troops to attack Xiuzhou (today's Jiaxing) in order to go north and capture Jinling, realizing the "drawing of the river" "Keep" plan. At this time, Tong Guan led 150,000 elite troops to Xiuzhou. Fang Qifu was unable to capture Xiuzhou and retreated to Hangzhou.

In February of the third year of Xuanhe, Fangla withdrew from Hangzhou and retreated from Fuyang, Xincheng, Tonglu, Jiande and Qingxi. He retreated during times of war and finally retreated to Bangyuan. On April 24, the Song army surrounded Bangyuan from the east and west. Fang La fought a life-and-death battle with the Song army at Yanjiaxi Beach in Bangyuan. During the battle, Fang La's mount was killed and his sword was lost. In the end, he had to take his trusted followers and retreat to the cave in the northeast of Dongyuan Village to hide. The cave is divided into three caves: upper, middle and lower. It is extremely hidden and cannot be found by the officers and soldiers. The commander Wang Zhen ordered the mountain to be searched. General Han Shizhong, guided by Fang Geng, bribed the traitor Fang Jing, and then found the cave where Fang La was hiding. On April 27, after a desperate struggle, Fang La, his wife Shao Shi, his son Fang Bo, Prime Minister Fang Fei and other 52 people were captured. The veteran general Xin Xingzong arrived later, cut off the cave and captured prisoners. Fang Qifu and others took the opportunity to escape, and actually captured 39 people, who were deported to Bianjing. On August 24, Fang La died heroically in Bianjing.

Fang La's remaining troops persisted in the struggle, and it was not until March of the following year that the Fan La Uprising was finally suppressed. The Fangla Uprising captured 52 counties in six states and shocked half of the southeast, fundamentally shaking the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty. As an outstanding leader of the peasant uprising, Fang La will always be remembered. The source cave where Fangla lasted was called "Fang La Cave". There are Fangla caves and Fangla temples commemorating Fangla all over the province, and even in neighboring Anhui and other places.

Fang La Uprising

One night in October of the second year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty (AD 1120), a group of farmers were holding a uprising in the lacquer garden of Qingxi (now Chun'an, Zhejiang) Secret swearing-in meeting for the uprising. Just listen to the host saying to everyone: "We farmed and weaved and worked hard all year round. All the food and cloth we produced were taken away and squandered by the rulers. If they were not satisfied, they would whip us and even force us to death. Yes. Are you willing to do this?" Everyone replied angrily: "No!" The host was Fang La, the leader of this peasant uprising.

Fang La was from Qingxi. He was born in poverty. He once worked as a laborer in the house of a big landlord. Because he couldn't stand the oppression of the landlord, he led the people to revolt. Fang La called himself "Holy Duke", and his reign was "Yongle". He appointed officials and generals and established his own political power. After Qiyuan took the oath, Fang La led the rebel army to start a fierce battle with the Song army who came to suppress it. At first, the rebel army lacked weapons, so the soldiers went to the mountains to cut bamboo and made sharp bamboo knives and bamboo spears. They skillfully dealt with the Song army and continuously defeated the home army, and their power grew rapidly. In just a few months, the rebel army defeated Muzhou (now Jiande, Zhejiang), Hangzhou, Shezhou (now Shexian, Anhui), Wuzhou (now Jinhua, Zhejiang), Quzhou (now Quxian, Zhejiang), Chuzhou (now Zhejiang) Lishui) and other 6 prefectures and 52 counties, the uprising team grew to more than 100,000 people.

The southeastern coast was the main area where the Northern Song Dynasty extracted wealth. Especially the important southeastern town of Hangzhou was also captured by the rebels. Song Huizong was so frightened that he hurriedly sent his confidant Tong Guan to lead 150,000 forbidden troops south to suppress the rebels. The Song army quickly surrounded Hangzhou, and Fang La personally directed the resistance. Due to the lack of food in the city and the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, Fang La was forced to lead his army to break out and retreat to his hometown of Qingxi Bangyuan Cave. In April of the third year of Xuanhe, the last stronghold of the rebel army, Qingxi Zidongdong, was breached by the Song army, and 52 leaders including Fang La and his son were captured. In August, Fang La died heroically and the uprising failed.

It is said that Fang La’s ancestral home is in She County, Anhui Province. Around the time of Fang La’s great ancestor, a great famine broke out in She County. His great ancestor fled the famine to Zhejiang. In Dongfang dialect, it means settling down in the mountains and plains. From then on, their ancestors opened up mountains and opened up land for generations, and lived by planting lacquer and tung trees.

During the Xuanhe period of the Song Dynasty, the government was corrupt, and there were successive wars and famines. Thousands of people were devastated and had no other way out. They fled into desolate and remote mountains and wild hills to avoid disasters. Fang La was a generous and loyal man, and poor friends who had suffered disasters from other places came to Tongshuwu in groups. Because Fang Laguang accepted the suffering brothers, there were about forty households in Tongshuwu soon. They called each other brothers, and together they opened up mountains and cultivated sumac and tung trees. During the off-farm season, they would set up boxing and baseball fields under the shade of trees to practice martial arts. They were truly brothers, regardless of each other, living a life of sharing blessings and facing difficulties together.

One day, Fang La and his brothers were building a new terrace on the east hillside. When the terrace was about to be built, it was suddenly discovered that there was a large smooth bluestone in the center of the terrace. The brothers could not dig it open or pry it open, and they were all exhausted and sweating profusely. Fang La was an impatient man who was afraid of soft things but not hard things. At this time, he picked up a hoe weighing about thirty kilograms, strode up, and shouted: "It's Mount Tai, and he will kick you into Beihai! Xiaoxiao How big a magic can be done with a piece of blue stone?" He raised his hand and hoeed, and heard "boom, boom, boom" three times, and then with a loud noise, the big bluestone turned over on the hillside and rolled down the mountain with a rumble. . Looking back under the excavated bluestone, I saw a large jade stone that was white and red, shining with cold light. Fang La was very happy when he saw it, jumped down and picked up the jade. Under the sun, the jade's light flickers, which is particularly eye-catching. The brothers were all attracted by this strange piece of jade. Everyone happily gathered around to take a closer look, and I couldn't help but praise you. Later, I don't know which brother said like a "know-it-all": "I heard the old people say that only hard-working and loyal people can receive jade treasures; people who have done all bad things will lose the jade treasures even if they get it.

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Another brother took up the topic and said: "Ah! No wonder there are many colors flying in the sky in the morning. It turns out that our Tongshuwu is going to have a lucky star! "

The Fang La brothers were getting more and more happy as they watched the flower gem. Only the clever Fang Qifu remained silent. One of the brothers asked: "Seven brothers, the eldest brother Debao is one of ours. What a happy event! Why are you unhappy? ".

Fang Qifu seemed to be worried and said: "Brothers, you are young and only know one but not the other. In fact, there is a misfortune among blessings! ”

Among Fang La’s more than 40 brothers, Fang Qi Buddha is the smartest. The brothers all praise him for knowing the past and the present and listen to his words. Now, everyone hears what the Qi Buddha brothers say. He said, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured down on his head, and his head was immediately cold. The joy he had just felt was gone.

Fang Qifu didn't panic. He explained leisurely: "The emperor today is very fond of exotic flowers and stones, and corrupt officials are taking advantage of the opportunity to plunder them. Think about it, will those officials with unscrupulous consciences stop salivating when they find out? I think that within a month, the dog officials and wolf officials will definitely come and cause chaos! "

A brother shouted angrily: "The flower gem was obtained by the eldest brother, not by those corrupt officials. It has nothing to do with them! ".

Fang Qifu smiled and said: "If corrupt officials were reasonable, the world would not be in chaos! "

Immediately afterwards, another brother shouted loudly: "No one can snatch the flower gem that the eldest brother has! If those corrupt officials really come to ask for it, we will simply smash his head and give him something spicy to taste, so that he will not dare to come again next time! "

Fang Qifu's words were no longer effective. Sure enough, half a month later, two businessmen came to the county town, shouting loudly to find Fang La. Fang La suppressed his anger and replied : "I am Fang La, why are you looking for me? "

The official shouted fiercely: "Hurry up and give the county magistrate's flower gem!

Fang La laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "I have a flower gemstone, but I haven't seen the county magistrate's!" ”

The official was even more fierce: “Nonsense, this flowery gem clearly belongs to the county magistrate!” All the flowers and gems belong to the county magistrate, please hand them over quickly!

Suddenly, someone behind Fang La yelled and showed a bright hatchet: "If you want to spend gems, keep your head first!" "

When the two servants saw that the situation was not good, they turned around and ran away. Fang La's brothers laughed so hard that they beat their chests and clapped their legs.

Two days later, a team flew from the county. People and horses. They shouted that they were going to Tongshuwu to get the flower gems. They also said that the flowers and gems were sacred and could not be warded away from evil spirits. They had to go straight to get them and transport them back. This group of domineering men and horses demolished houses and crops. He was destroyed and rushed all the way to Tongshuwu. The people along the way were so angry that their eyes bleed. Later, the people couldn't bear it any more, and I don't know who had the courage to shout, "Hit!" "In all directions, men and women, those carrying hoes, and those holding iron rakes, surrounded the officers and soldiers in an instant. With a shout, hoes were flying, and sticks were raised, and the officers and soldiers were beaten to death in an instant. Fortunately, he escaped back to the county town and went to the county magistrate to cry for his mother.

When the county magistrate heard this, he became angry and immediately mobilized five hundred elite soldiers to kill Tongshu. Fang La's brothers kept saying that they wanted to take Fang La's head and flower gems. They had already predicted that the county magistrate was becoming more and more ruthless, and there must be soldiers coming with their axes and hoes on their backs, and they had already set up an ambush outside Jianmen Mountain. The leader of five hundred officers and soldiers entered Tongshuwu. They didn't even have time to take a breath. They only heard a thunderbolt from the blue, a gong, followed by shouts that shook the sky, and Fang La's brothers jumped out to chop. Kill them, and the five hundred officers and soldiers will fly away with their heads cut off, how sad it is.

The Fang La brothers killed the officers and soldiers and won a great victory. The people nearby who came to cheer were shouting and jumping. When Fang La saw so many people gathered together, it was a good opportunity to speak, so he jumped on a high protruding stone, raised his arms to the crowd of thousands, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, corrupt officials have forced us to have no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth. What do you think we should do? Fang Qifu in the crowd shook his fist and replied loudly: "As long as everyone is of one mind, we can withstand the collapse of the sky." We will kill as many officers and soldiers as Maomao comes! "

Immediately afterwards, someone in the crowd shouted: "Hurry up and give us the knives and guns, and let us go and kill the corrupt officials together! ”

I don’t know how many people shouted in unison: “Yes! Give us guns and knives quickly! ”

Immediately, the crowd was in a stir. Those who were assigned swords and guns were dancing with guns and knives one by one; those who came a step late and were not assigned swords and guns were wielding axes and hoes one by one... They all gritted their teeth and wished they could rush into the county seat and get rid of the dog magistrate to be happy!

Open the warehouse to distribute food

One year in July, there were two months in the sky! There was no rain. The sun was so intense that the leaves were cracked and all over the ground was scorched. We couldn’t even get enough rice grains to fill our stomachs with bark and grass roots, but the government came to collect taxes from everyone. Also searched thoroughly.

It was such a sad day! Fang La and his poor brothers were starving to death. The elders of the family shook their heads and sighed, and the younger ones cried out for food. However, the grain was kept coming one by one to the county town, filling up the county's grain depot. Full. Everyone was really angry and wanted to get the food out of the granary.

Some people with a more impatient temper get angry when they see they are cornered. They gather together in groups, gearing up, and plan to use force to rob. After Fang La heard the news, he quickly said to everyone: "It's easy to suffer losses if you fight hard, so you have to find a clever way!" Everyone believed that Fang La was the best at finding a way, and they all urged him in unison: "Hurry up and think of a way. Let’s do something about it, it’s impossible to survive!”

In fact, Fang La had been planning this for several days. Seeing that everyone was united, he went to the private school to find the old gentleman and asked him how the government distributed food in the past. This old gentleman is also a poor man and has a good heart. When he heard Fang La ask about loose grains, he sighed and said, "Loose grains must be issued by the government. How can the current government know about loose grains?"

Fang La thought for a while, and his heart moved. , asked: "If there is a notice, will they be willing to distribute food?"

The old gentleman replied: "Of course! If the government has a notice, who dares to stop it?"

Fang La He asked again: "How to write the notice?"

The old man also told Fang La how to write the notice.

After hearing these words, Fang La made up his mind and said, "Old sir, please write a notice. We will take the notice and go to the grain depot to ask for food!"

The old gentleman shook his head and said, "I can write notices. The notices need to be stamped with the official seal. Where can I get this seal?"

Fang La frowned when he heard that the official seal was required. But when I thought about it again, I felt that the official seal was nothing special. It was just carved on wood to scare people. Couldn’t we just carve it ourselves? Thinking of this, Fang La said to the old man: "You just need to write the notice. The official seal will be wrapped on me."

It turned out that Fang La had come up with a clever idea: use dried tofu to carve the official seal. This method is really good. The dried tofu is cut into the same size as the official seal, and it is soft and soft. It can be carved in an instant.

After the old man finished writing the fake notice, Fang La also made the fake official seal made of dried tofu. When he pressed it on the notice, it was exactly the same as the real official seal, without any difference. The old gentleman looked at the official seal on the notice and nodded in admiration.

Fang La took this notice and led all the poor brothers in the village to the county town. When they arrived near the grain depot, Fang La asked everyone to wait in the alley next to him. He took a clever young man with him and walked towards the grain depot. Walking to the door of the grain depot, Fang La handed the false notice to the young man and said to him: "If you stand by the door and see me raising my hand inside, you should immediately post the notice on the wall, and then go and get everyone Call me." After saying that, he walked straight towards the grain depot.

As soon as he entered the gate of the grain depot, the government servant stopped him in the aisle with a knife. The yamen servant asked Fang La, "What are you doing?"

"Receive relief food!" Fang La answered, picking up the rice bag in his hand.

"If there is no notice from the county magistrate, we cannot collect it!"

Fang La said, "What should I do if there is a notice?"

"If there is a notice, the warehouse will be opened for bulk grain immediately. If you don't notice, I will arrest you and go to jail!"

As soon as Fang La saw that the opportunity had come, he raised his hand and said, "Okay, it's a deal!" Then he pulled the yamen officer outside to see the notice.

The yamen officer looked at the wall and saw that it was indeed a notice: the correct font and the vermilion square seal were clearly a notice issued by the county magistrate! He was confused for a moment and stayed there. At this time, a large number of people from behind gathered around and shouted: "The county magistrate's notices are posted everywhere, why don't you distribute food?" Fang La said to the Yamen servant: "You just said that if there is a notice, it will be opened immediately." There is a notice to open the warehouse; otherwise, we can do it ourselves."

The government officials were helpless, and they were afraid that there would be too much trouble, so they had no choice but to do it themselves. Let everyone go into the grain depot.

Fang La and everyone entered the grain depot. While moving grain, they guarded the door to prevent the government officials from leaking the news. When all the burdens were filled, everyone left happily.

Fang La's "Eight Heavenly Kings"

"Water Margin" describes the heroic story of the 100 generals including Song Jiang and others who were swimming in Liangshan in the late Northern Song Dynasty in Shandong and galloping in Hebei. Liangshan heroes, under the banner of justice for heaven, robbed the rich and gave to the poor, defeated the officers and soldiers and trapped them in the state capital, but the court did not pay attention to them. Even if Tong Guan and Gao Qiu personally took action and selected elite soldiers and generals from all over the Song Dynasty, they could not harm the heroes of Liangshan.

It’s just that although Song Jiang and other heroes fell into captivity and became bandits, they were loyal and had a sincere heart to serve the country. After many twists and turns, the whole group was recruited and given the opportunity to contribute to the country and the country. The heroes of Liangshan fought in the south and north, conquered the Liaowei frontier, wiped out the internal troubles of Tian Hu King Qingping, and made great military exploits for the Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, Liangshan suffered unprecedented losses during the campaign against the rebel Fang La in the south of the Yangtze River. Only 27 of the 108 people survived. So who are the people who brought such great losses to Liangshan? This short article I write is about the eight powerful generals under Fang La in "Water Margin".

Fang La appears as a villain in "Water Margin", so the natural descriptions and characterizations in the book are relatively light, but as long as you read carefully, you can still find some noteworthy things in the book. place.

This article calls it "Eight Heavenly Kings" because it is recorded in historical books that Fang La did have a famous general named "Eight Kings" under his command, but this person was not described in "Water Margin". "Eight Kings" It is said that he is strong in stature, bold in temperament, brave in battle (a bit like Deng Yuanjue, the general of Fang La tribe depicted in "Water Margin"), and used to wield a sword (somewhat like Shi Bao, the general of Fang La tribe in "Water Margin"). This article uses this name to refer generally to the most capable generals under Fang La's command described in "Water Margin".

First, Shangshu Wang Yin: This man is quite proficient in writing and has some strategies. He was appointed as a civil servant by Fang La. His official title is Shangshu of the Ministry of War, in charge of military affairs. Wang Yin was originally a stonemason from the mountains of Shezhou. He was accustomed to wielding a steel spear. This spear was so mysterious that it was unstoppable. Sitting down, there is a beautiful horse named BMW flying around the mountains. This horse climbs mountains and crosses water, just like walking on flat ground. Because of his high position and heavy responsibility, Wang Yin did not have many opportunities to fight on the battlefield. In the battle of Shezhou, he sought victory in defeat and designed a trap to kill the two generals Shenhuo and Shengshui of Liangshan. When the city was broken, he broke out of the encirclement with a single gun. He raised his gun and stepped on Li Yun who was in the way. Shi Yong stopped the fight and lost his life within a few rounds. Wang Yin bravely fought against the four generals Sun Li, Huang Xin, Zou Yuan and Zou Run without fear. It was not until the leopard-headed Lin Chong was added that the five of them worked together to stab Wang Shangshu to death. From this it can be seen that Wang Shangshu's martial arts is the best among Fang La's men.

Second, Deng Yuanjue, the national teacher of Baoguang Tathagata: A monk from Shezhou, named Baoguang Tathagata, with a common surname of Deng and a Buddhist name of Yuanjue, made a Zen staff made of solid iron and weighed fifty Yujin is known as the national teacher who protects the country. Deng Yuanjue has the courage to be invincible to ten thousand men. There was a fierce fight between Lu Zhishen and Lu Zhishen for more than fifty years. There was no winner or loser, but Deng Yuanjue had the upper hand. Wu Song, the traveler, was afraid that Lu Zhishen had made a mistake, so he had to fight out to help. He was defeated by Deng Yuanjue, the two most powerful evil stars among the Liangshan infantry leaders. It is a pity that the imperial master was designed by Song Jiang and others and was taken into a cage. Xiao Li Guanghuarong shot an arrow in his face from the side at close range. He fell off his horse and was killed by the Song army's swords. Deng Yuanjue did not have the opportunity to show all his martial prowess, but it can be inferred that his bravery was invincible in the battle with Monk Hua.

Third, Nanli General Marshal Shi Bao: He was from Fuzhou, and he wielded a precious sword called the Wind-Splitting Knife, which could cut copper and iron, cover it with three layers of armor, and pass by like the wind. . He is also used to wielding a meteor hammer with perfect accuracy and riding a melon-yellow horse. In the 20th round of the battle, Guan Sheng suddenly turned back. Guan Sheng reined in his horse and returned to the formation. Song Jiang was puzzled. Guan Sheng said: "Shi Bao's sword skills are not inferior to Guan Sheng's. Even if he turns back, he must have a plan." Cande inherited the martial arts. The military commanders recognized by the arrogant Dadao Guan Sheng are definitely rare in "Water Margin"! Shi Bao hacked to death Bao Xu, who had crossed the Liangshan Mountains, and hammered Suo Chao, one of the Eight Horsemen, the vanguard; he defeated Lu Fang in the fifty round (it seemed like a stain on Shi Bao, but it was not the case. Although Lu Fang was among the earthly evil stars, His martial arts skills are not weak, and his nickname is Xiao Wenhou, comparable to Lu Bu. In Yu Wanchun's book "Dang Kou Zhi", Lu Fang is also a character who can arm-wrestle with those first-class masters.) Shi Bao can fight Lu Fang with a sword. , Guo Sheng's two halberds, no leaks were revealed, and it was not until Zhu Tong was added with a spear that he was defeated.

Fourth place, General Protector Si Xingfang: In "Water Margin" there is not much introduction about this fierce general who is one of the five tiger generals under Fang La. We only know that he is one of the four great generals under Prince Fang Tianding. One of the marshals, but outside the south gate of Deqing County, he killed the five tiger generals Winged Tiger Lei Heng in the infantry commander of Liang Shanshuibo in thirty rounds. This shows Si Xingfang's power. Unfortunately, Si Xingfang died soon after being defeated and fell into the water, and did not have time to show more skills.

Fifth, the emperor’s nephew Fang Jie: He is accustomed to using a square-shaped halberd, and he has the courage that ten thousand people cannot match. He was young, energetic, and skilled with a halberd. He fought with Qin and Ming Dynasties for more than thirty consecutive times, without any distinction between victory and defeat. With the help of his assistant Du Wei Fei Dao, he dismounted Thunderbolt Fire with a halberd, causing Qin Ming to die an untimely death. In the final battle, Fang Jie could not win more than ten rounds against Guan, so Song Jiang sent Hua Rong out to fight Fang Jie in a double battle. Fang Jie was able to withstand the two generals' attacks without any fear. Although it was hard to see whether he would win or lose, Fang Jie could only block and avoid. Li Ying and Zhu Dian suddenly came out of the battle and pursued them with all their strength. Seeing that the four generals were coming to attack him, Fang Jie turned his horse's head and fled. However, the retreat was blocked by undercover Chai Jin. Fang Jie dismounted and ran for his life, allowing Chai Jin to stab him with a shot. Yan Qing caught up with the knife and was killed.

Sixth, Li Tianrun, the general of the Zhenguo: He gave Liangshan a head-on blow when he first appeared, beheading Zhou Tong with one sword; Li Zhong took away the wounded. In ten rounds, he defeated Dong Ping, a double-gun general with an injured left hand. The most outstanding thing about Li Tianrun was that he used the cover of pine trees to kill Zhang Qing, one of the eight hussars of the Liangshan Horse Army, with one shot. When Li Tianrun was defeated, he fought with Lu Junyi for thirty rounds. His mentality was unbalanced and he was picked off by Lu Junyi.

Seventh, Pang Wanchun: Nicknamed "Xiao Yang Youji" by others, he was the first person in La Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River who could shoot bow and arrow. When he first appeared, his skills shocked everyone. With a whizzing arrow, he hit Jiuwenlong Shi Jin, one of the eight hussars of the Liangshan Horse Army, knocking him off his horse. The command men fired arrows at random, killing Liangshan's first-rate general Shi Xiu, five Water Margin generals including Chen Da, Yang Chun, Li Zhong, and Xue Yong, and more than 2,000 soldiers. Ou Peng, who was famous for catching hidden weapons, was shot to death with a series of arrows. Pang Wanchun's magic shot is the best among Fang La's men.

Eighth, Privy Councilor Lu Shinang: He was originally a wealthy family in Shezhou. Because he donated money, grain and fangla, he was granted the title of Privy Councilor of the East Hall. When Lu Shinang was young, he read military books and tactics. He was accustomed to wielding a snake spear that was eight feet long and had outstanding martial arts skills. The subordinates are in charge of twelve commanders, named "Twelve Gods of Jiangnan". The tenacious resistance he led his troops was the beginning of Liangshan's nightmare.

However, after repeated defeats and battles, Privy Lu was in a rather sad and angry mood. In just twenty rounds, Xu Ning, one of the eight hussars of the Liangshan Horse Army, found a flaw and stabbed his ribs with a spear. , dismounted his horse, and his soul returned to the underworld.