Popular science of the Water Margin (without spoilers)

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https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv18490026?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0

https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv19100239?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0

https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv20208748?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0

https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv20254343?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0 

https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv21390016

Song Jiang（宋江）

After defeating Tong Guan twice and Gao Qiu three times, Song Jiang finally led the heroes of the Water Margin to surrender to the imperial court.

After that, he was sent by the imperial court to attack the State of Liao and to suppress the leaders of the rebel army, Tian Hu, Wang Qing and Fang La. Since the TV series omitted the war of attacking Liao, suppressing Tian Hu and Wang Qing, the following will briefly introduce these wars.

Lin Chong（林冲），

Unlike the TV series, Lin Chong did not die before surrendering to the court. Instead, he has been fighting healthily, killing many enemies and making many contributions.

The reason why the TV drama killed Lin Chong has a certain relationship with Chinese politics. I won't introduce it in detail here

Cai Jing（蔡京）was the prime minister, Duke of Wei（魏国公） and calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. He was one of the most famous traitors. His evil is comparable to Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Sima Yi, and even some people think that he has an attempt to usurp the throne. The people of the Song Dynasty said, "The world without Cai Jing and Tong Guan is a good world."

Unlike the TV series, Cai Jing, the original work of the Water Margin, is afraid that Song Jiang will make any war achievements and has been preventing him from participating in any war. The adaptation of TV plays is related to China's politics.

Tong Guan（童贯） was the eunuch and general of the Song Dynasty and a famous traitor. He was sent by the emperor to attack Songjiang in "Outlaws of the Marsh", and was defeated twice by Songjiang.

Gao Qiu（高俅） was sent to attack Song Jiang after the failure of Tongguan, and was captured by Zhang Shun（张顺） in Liangshan. Gao Qiu（燕青） was released by Song Jiang after losing the match with Yan Qing.

WuYan guang（兀颜光） is the general of the Liao State. He used the array to block Song Jiang's attack. Song Jiang got the help of God to defeat him, and then the king of Liao surrendered to Song Jiang.

Tian Hu（田虎） was originally a hunter in the Song Dynasty. Later, he rebelled in Hebei and claimed to be the King of Jin.（晋王）

Qiu Qiongying（仇琼英）, nicknamed "Qiong Arrow"(琼矢镞), is a female general under Tian Hu. She is 16 years old. She is good at throwing stones at the enemy. She fell in love with Zhang Qing（张清）, Song Jiang's subordinate who is also good at throwing stones at the enemy.

After learning that his parents were killed by Tian Hu, Qiu Qiongying betrayed Tian Hu and surrendered to Song Jiang, married Zhang Qing and gave birth to his son Zhang Jie（张节）.

Wang Qing（王庆） was originally a soldier of the Song Dynasty, and was exiled because of adultery with Tong Guan's daughter.

He married Duan Sanniang（段三娘）, who was ugly but strong, and rebelled in Huaixi relying on the Duan family, claiming to be the King of Chu（楚王）

Shi Bao（石宝） is the general under Fang La, the leader of the rebel army. He is the most feared general under Fang La. But in the TV series, Shi Bao was deleted, while some of Fang La's subordinates did not.

Fang La（方腊）was originally the servant of the village mayor Fang Youchang（方有常）. One day when he was urinating in the river, he found his reflection in the water was wearing the emperor's clothes, which made him have the ambition of becoming an emperor.

After that, he became the leader of the cult Mingjiao（明教）, and led the followers of Mingjiao to kill his master Fang Youchang's family. He rebelled in the south of the Yangtze River and claimed to be the Holy Duke（圣公）, a title he created himself, probably similar to the emperor.

He is the last enemy of the heroes of the Water Margin, led by Song Jiang.