Chapter 31: Did You Believe It by Chance? )
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No matter which version of the Water Margin it is in, Lin Chong's strength is very strong.
In addition, losing Chao Gai's boss, Lin Chong can still be ranked as one of the five tiger generals in Liangshan after the Liangshan Great Gathering, which is enough to show Lin Chong's strength.
If you have to rank the strength of the five tiger generals of Liangshan, Lin Chong and Guan Sheng should be evenly matched, slightly stronger than Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming and Dong Ping.
Although Lin Chong's strength is not the strongest in the entire Water Margin world, no matter how he ranks, Lin Chong will definitely have a place in the fierce general rankings.
Moreover, Lin Chong rarely loses in any version of the Water Margin, if he plays, he will either win, or draw, or the opponent is too strong and he will not play, in short, in Lin Chong's record, basically the worst is also a draw.
Therefore, Lin Chong is undoubtedly the world's first-class fierce general of the Water Margin.
Normally, the Liangshan Eight Hussars should not be the opponent of the Liangshan Five Tiger Generals, especially Lin Chong is still one of the best among the Five Tiger Generals.
However, in "Water Margin", Yang Zhi and Lin Chong, Suo Chao, Lu Zhishen, and Hu Yanzhuo fought tied, and in addition to being hit by Zhang Qing's flying stone, Yang Zhi did not lose.
Of course, Yang Zhi has not really defeated any master.
From this, it is not difficult to find that Yang Zhi's strength is actually immeasurable.
Therefore, in the water research society that Jiang Hongfei participated in, some people put forward the view that "Yang Zhi is the most underestimated master in the Water Margin", and some people asserted that "Yang Zhi should be able to defeat Qin Ming, the weakest of the five tiger generals".
These people believe that when Yang Zhi faced insurmountable difficulties, he always wanted to escape and did not take responsibility, which led to his mediocre record.
The argument of these people is that Yang Zhi lost Huashigang and ran away; Yang Zhi lost his birthday and ran away; Yang Zhi was only hit by Zhang Qing's flying stone on his helmet, and he was not injured, but he ran away again.
In other words, when Yang Zhi fought with his opponents, he was all there, he fought if he could pass, and the opponent ran away if he was a little harder, and he never used all his strength.
Actually, if you think about it carefully, if this is the case, it is also very much in line with Yang Zhi's character.
Yang Zhi's dream is to go to the battlefield to restore the glory of his ancestors with a knife and a shot, not to be an errand boy for anyone, let alone a robber, how can he do his best in these battles that he doesn't want to fight?
Perhaps, only in the battle with Lin Chong, Yang Zhi did his best, because Lin Chong wanted Yang Zhi's life, and Yang Zhi wanted to snatch back the money and things he used to exchange for his future.
It was precisely because of that battle that Jiang Hongfei, who wanted to see the battle between the world's top qi refiners, would facilitate the battle between Lin Chong and Yang Zhi.
In order to let Lin Chong and Yang Zhi use all their strength, Jiang Hongfei didn't even let them use the Pu knife, but let them all use the guns they were good at.
As a result, Lin Chong and Yang Zhi fought for more than 100 rounds.
Just when Jiang Hongfei thought to himself, "Is it about to be decided the winner?" Who will win? The one who won should be Lin Chong, right? On the occasion, Zhu Gui reminded Jiang Hongfei: "Brother, if the two tigers fight, there will be an injury." ”
Jiang Hongfei then remembered that Lin Chong and Yang Zhi were useful, if one was injured, or even one died, then he wouldn't be able to get away with it.
So Jiang Hongfei immediately spoke: "Two heroes, don't fight anymore!" ”
It's also a coincidence.
At this moment, Lin Chong opened his mouth, ready to use his winning magic power "Leopard Roar"!
On the other side, Yang Zhi's body flickered, ready to use his trick "return to the horse gun"!
But at this critical moment, Jiang Hongfei stopped the competition between the two.
Seeing that Jiang Hongfei didn't want him to hurt Yang Zhi, Lin Chong immediately jumped out of the circle on his tiptoes and ended the competition.
And Yang Zhi secretly said "It's a pity", if it weren't for Jiang Hongfei who couldn't afford to lose, he would have defeated Lin Chong, a strong enemy.
At the same time, Yang Zhi was afraid of Jiang Hongfei for three points!
——Yang Zhizhen didn't expect that under the battle between him and Lin Chong so quickly, Jiang Hongfei could still see that he was going to use a special move, and it was not too early or too late, just to prevent him from using it.
"Awesome!"
At this time, Lin Chong's sideburns were already sweating, and Yang Zhi tried his best to control himself not to pant like a cow.
It can be seen that the fight between the two just now was indeed full force.
Although there was no winner in this battle, it was enough to prove the strength of Lin Chong and Yang Zhi.
Jiang Hongfei came to Yang Zhi and said with a smile: "The envoy will go to Xiaozhai to rest for two days, and when the envoy wants to go to Tokyo, Xiao Ke will send a boat to the envoy." ”
Yang Zhi thinks this is a good thing.
First, he doesn't have to work his own.
Second, when he went to Bianliang City, Tokyo, there were a lot of strong people along the way, and there were people from Liangshan who sent him, and he didn't have to send them one by one.
Third, it was almost dark this day, and if he didn't go to Liangshan with Jiang Hongfei and them, he might have to travel in the starry night, or even stay in the wild at night.
Therefore, Yang Zhi waited with Jiang Hongfei and his party to cross the river and go to Liangshan.
Before coming to the Sandaoxiong Pass, Yang Zhi looked at the Liangshan that seemed to be towering into the clouds and like an iron bucket, and thought: "What a fierce place, if the court asks me to lead troops to fight, I will try my best to shirk the blame, otherwise it will be difficult to make a contribution." ”
When he came up the mountain, Yang Zhi was stunned to find that there were five or seven thousand people in Shuibo Liangshan!
"With this fierce land, there are five or seven thousand minions, and there are fierce generals like Lin Chong, no wonder Jiang Yan dares to borrow grain everywhere, and he is not afraid that the government will come to encircle and suppress."
When he arrived at the Juyi Hall, Jiang Hongfei did not deliberately arrange a seat for Yang Zhi, but only asked him to sit casually, and then ordered someone to kill the sheep and set up wine, arrange a banquet, and entertain Yang Zhi.
All the heroes have heard of Yang Zhizu's name, so they are very polite to Yang Zhi, like Ruan Xiaoqi, Song Wan and other leaders also persuaded Yang Zhi not to go to Tokyo, just stay in Shuibo Liangshan to join the gang, and sooner or later he will be a good man in Liangshan.
Yang Zhi found that the heroes of Liangshan believed all what Jiang Hongfei said, and then he also beat a drum in his heart: "Could it be that I will really come here one day?" ”
Soon, Jiang Hongfei sent someone to ask Yang Zhi to change his clothes, shoes and socks, bathe in fragrant soup, and then arrange a banquet in the back hall to wash Yang Zhi's dust.
Seeing that Jiang Hongfei was thoughtful and enthusiastic, the key Jiang Hongfei predicted that he would definitely go to Liangshan in the future to join the gang, Yang Zhi couldn't help but move, "If I break the horse here, divide the spirit stone in a big scale, eat wine and meat in a big bowl, and be a good man together, maybe I don't have to live so tired".
But as soon as this thought appeared, it was extinguished by Yang Zhi!
——As the descendant of the Yang family general, Yang Zhi did not allow him to have such weak thoughts.
That night, Wang Lun personally arranged a bed tent for Yang Zhi and asked Yang Zhi to rest in the back hall.
During this period, Wang Lun also said to Yang Zhi: "Gao Taiwei is not a good person, Lin Chongxian's brother is a precedent, not Wang Lun's entanglement envoy, Xiao Ke is also from a famous family, and he abandoned literature and martial arts, and came here to fall into the grass." The envoy is a guilty man, and though he is forgiven, it is difficult for him to return to his former office. And Gao Yu is now in charge of the military, how can he tolerate you? My brother knew 800 years before and 500 years later, and said that you must be one of my Liangshan heroes, and you will come to join sooner or later, why bother not to go straight but ask from the song, it is better to break the horse in Xiaozhai now, how about it? ”
Yang Zhi even refused Jiang Hongfei's solicitation, how could he agree to Wang Lun's retention?
"I was so led by the leaders, but the Sprinkle family has a relative who now lives in Tokyo. The former's official affairs have affected him, and he has never been rewarded. If you want to go there today, you can't stay in Guizhai Xiema. ”
Seeing that Yang Zhi had made up his mind, Wang Lun did not persuade him again.
The next day, Shuibo Liangshan prepared a banquet to entertain Yang Zhi, and the words were restless.
Yang Zhi went to Shuibo Liangshan and ate wine for four or five days in a row.
On the fifth day, Yang Zhi was ready to resign from Jiang Hongfei.
- Yang Zhi is worried that if he stays in Shuibo Liangshan any longer, he can't help but really join this gang that seems to be good anywhere.
But just when Yang Zhi found Jiang Hongfei and was about to say goodbye to Jiang Hongfei, a minion suddenly came to report:
"The lord of the village, someone came to attack the cottage, he said a few words, if he didn't let his sister go, he would raze my Shuibo Liangshan to the ground!"
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