It is said that after Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he was different from the beginning. He himself has a great reputation in the rivers and lakes, and he is an official, so he naturally has an advantage over Chao Gai and other mud-legged people in terms of identity.

And more importantly, before Song Jiang went up the mountain, Liangshan itself had actually been divided into two factions. One of them is the mud leg group headed by Chao Gai, the three Ruan brothers and others. In this small group, all of them were fishermen, peasants, or at most small landowners. They themselves were only dissatisfied with the government for various reasons, either actively or passively, so they did illegal things, so they took refuge in Liangshan and fell into the grass.

The other group of people is the group of former officers and soldiers and big landlords headed by Hua Rong and others. is different from Chao Gai and his group, Hua Rong and these people are themselves officers and soldiers, so they are naturally different from Chao Gai and others in terms of identity. Moreover, purely in terms of the ability to command, train troops, and lead troops, the "former official army group" headed by Hua Rong and the group of "mud-legged groups" led by Chao Gai are not at the same level at all.

It can be said that before Hua Rong and the others went up the mountain, Liang Shanbo was a grass gang when he died. However, after Hua Rong, Huang Xin, Qin Ming and others went up the mountain, they brought great changes to Liangshan. With the help of Hua Rong and others, Liang Shanbo's grass gang began to formalize, and a strict hierarchy began to be established. All the grass robbers formed a top-down structure similar to that of the Song Dynasty's official army.

The nature of the outlaws of the Liangshan grass bandits made this "cottage armed gang" on Liangshan Bo have even surpassed the combat effectiveness of the official army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the "former official-military clique" and the "mud-legged clique" are completely different from each other in terms of the way they think about problems, their habits of doing things, and their habits of life. Although the two sides have not parted ways because of righteousness and friendship, it is obvious that the two sides will form their own small circles in the cottage after a long time.

Before Song Jiang went up the mountain, Hua Rong and the others were still suppressed by Chao Gai, and they couldn't make any waves. Because whether it is Xiao Li Guanghuarong, or Qin Ming, or a group of armed landlords in Mujiazhuang, they do not have a big enough reputation in the rivers and lakes. These "heroes of the rivers and lakes" who fall into the grass on Liangshan Bo don't recognize Huarong their signboard at all!

Therefore, although Hua Rong and the others have some advantages over Chao Gai and his group in terms of ability, they are too far behind in terms of appeal, so that they can only honestly work under Chao Gai.

However, Song Jiang's ascent of the mountain changed that.

First of all, Song Jiang has a prestige that Hua Rong and others cannot match. On the rivers and lakes of the Great Song Dynasty, "timely rain Song Gongming" is a well-known golden signboard. But all the "people in the rivers and lakes" who have heard of the reputation of Liangshan and know the grass on Liangshan, the vast majority of them have heard of the name of Song Jiang.

Secondly, Song Jiang bears the signboard of "Son of Destiny" left by He Zhi, which is equivalent to having a layer of "leader" halo from birth.

In the end, Hua Rong and the others are familiar with Song Jiang themselves, and both sides are also from the low-level bureaucratic system of the Great Song Dynasty, so they can be called the same kind.

In this case, Song Jiang naturally became the leader of Hua Rong's group. And Hua Rong, a group of newcomers who are incompatible with the veterans in Liangshanbo Cottage, has officially become a pivotal force in Liangshanbo after owning the golden signboard of Song Jiang!

Originally, it was just out of brotherly righteousness, coupled with some gratitude, so Chao Gai, who introduced Song Jiang to Liangshan, suddenly felt the huge pressure from the "former official army group".

And this pressure reached its peak after the next incident - Song Jiang Sanda Zhujiazhuang.

The reason why Song Jiang beat Zhujiazhuang three times was because Shi Qian, Shi Xiu, and Yang Xiong wanted to defect to Liangshanbo. And Shi Qian, the little thief, was not clean on his hands and feet, and when he passed by Zhujiazhuang, he ran to steal other people's chickens, and was caught red-handed.

Moreover, when the other party interrogated, Shi Qian still wanted to pull the tiger skin of Liangshan to make a big banner, hoping to scare the people of Zhujiazhuang. As a result, instead of scaring the people of Zhujiazhuang, he completely let himself fall into it. The other party directly tied him up and wanted to send him to the state capital to be convicted in the name of Liangshan thieves.

Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong were angry, and first asked Li Yinglao to get help, so they hurriedly went to Liangshan to ask for help. Chao Gai originally didn't like people like Shi Qian who stole chickens and dogs, but Song Jiang stood up and fought with Chao Gai at this time.

The result of this ring ended with Chao Gai's big defeat and loss. Chao Gai didn't want to take in Shixiu Yangxiong, but Song Jiang strongly advocated taking him in, and in the end, Shixiu and Yangxiong were really accepted by Song Jiang!

Of course, Song Jiang also took a certain risk for this, that is, in order to win this power struggle with Chao Gai, he had to choose the toughest way - to start a war with Zhujiazhuang!

Regarding the lineup of Song Jiang leading the team to Zhujiazhuang, although He Zhi read the book at the beginning, he doesn't remember it now. But fortunately, He Zhi has always been hiding near Liangshan, so as soon as Song Jiang and the others went out, He Zhi immediately saw the lineup of Song Jiang's men.

Sure enough, as He Zhi expected, the wave of people pulled out by Song Jiang from Zhujiazhuang were all his own cronies - there was only one Lin Chong, who was an old man on Liangshanbo.

Lin Chong was originally a person with a very embarrassing identity. He was not in a group with Song Jiang and others, but the leader of Wang Lun's subordinates. When Huo merged with Wang Lun, Lin Chong barely formed a friendship with Chao Gai.

However, Lin Chong, like Hua Rong and others, is also from the "former official army". Therefore, the people of these "mud-legged groups" like Chao Gai also can't talk about going together.

As a result, Lin Chong, who was in an embarrassing position, did not rely on Liangshan. He could not gain Chao Gai's trust like the three Ruan brothers, Liu Tang, Wu Yong and other Chao Gai's old buddies, and he could not enter the inner circle of Song Jiang and his gang. Therefore, in order to show his public heart as the master of the cottage, Chao Gai sent Lin Chong to Song Jiang to help him go to Zhujiazhuang.

The result of Song Jiang's three beats to Zhujiazhuang, He Zhi naturally knew it. In front of Liang Shanbo, who is going all out to "become an official and military", the landlord armed like Zhujiazhuang is really vulnerable. Even if Zhujiazhuang relied on its own local combat and deep-rooted advantages in the local area, Song Jiang suffered several losses, but the difference in strength between the two sides was too big.

And more importantly, this person Chao Gai is indeed open-minded and courageous, which is completely different from that white-clothed showman Wang Lun! If Chao Gai is replaced by Wang Lun at this time, I am afraid that after Song Jiang failed in the two previous attacks on Zhujiazhuang, he will steal his own pleasure and let Song Jiang suffer a big defeat and return to the cottage with a disgraced face. If Song Jiang really loses this battle, he will naturally have no capital to compete with Chao Gai for the right to copycat.

However, Chao Gai's spirit is much more than that. He did not sit back and watch Song Jiang defeat himself, but after Song Jiang suffered a few losses, he sent his cronies to Song Jiang as well. Among them, it includes Zhiduoxing Wu Yong. And Wu used this dog-headed military advisor to give Song Jiang the idea, which indeed played an extremely crucial role.

In the end, Song Jiang successfully defeated Zhujiazhuang and achieved his first achievement after coming to Liangshanbo!

However, Song Jiang's contribution did not shake Chao's leadership position on Liangshanbo. Because everyone saw that when Song Jiang attacked Zhujiazhuang, he did not succeed at first, but it was Chao Gai who was generous enough to give Song Jiang the greatest trust, and also sent his own descendants to help, which made Song Jiang have to build a full contribution.

Therefore, after this war, although Song Jiang's prestige in Liangshanbo rose sharply, and he directly reached the point where he could be almost equal to Chao Gai, but it cannot be said that it shook the status of Chao Gai's big leader in Liangshanbo.

But then the next Liangshanbo people made a big fuss in Gao Tangzhou to save Chai Jin, and faced the army of Gao Yu and Gao Taiwei to suppress it. In these two successive battles, the "former official army" group headed by Song Jiang showed a role far beyond that of Chao Gai and his "mud-legged group". It can even be said that in these successive battles, Chao Gai, Ruan Sanxiong, Liu Tang and other leaders of Liangshanbo, who were originally angry with Wang Lun, did not even play any role!

Even if this world is a high-martial world where individual force value can determine the outcome of a battle, this situation has not changed in the slightest! In other words, it is precisely because of the increase of personal force value that the feeling of being marginalized by Chao Gai, Nguyen Thi Thi Thiong and others has become more and more obvious!

The relationship between Song Jiang and Chao Gai has become a bit like Li Mi and Zhai Rang on Wagang Village at this time!

Although the two still maintain a very close personal friendship at this time, it seems that they will not be as troubled as Li Mi and Zhai Rang to the point of life and death. But Chao Gai had already felt more and more pressure from Song Jiang.

Under the pressure of this pressure, Chao Gai desperately wanted to prove himself. He at least has to prove that he can also play the same role as Song Jiang when facing the battle!

So, Chao Gai quickly found an opportunity for himself - the people of Zengtou City forcibly robbed the BMW that Duan Jingzhu wanted to give to Song Jiang. This is an excellent reason to use troops against Zengtou City. Moreover, Chao Gai is playing the banner of reclaiming BMW for Song Jiang, and naturally no one on Liangshan can object.

And when Chao Gai attacked Zengtou City, the lineup he brought out was also very interesting. is still except for one Lin Chong and a few newcomers who have defected to Liangshan not long ago, almost all of them are their own team. Song Jiang's manpower, Chao Gai just brought a Zhensanshan Huangxin who was not too close to Song Jiang and others.

He Zhike remembered very well that Chao Gai was shot with an arrow in Zengtou City, and he was almost hopeless on the spot, and he died not long after.

To be honest, He Zhi's impression of Chao Gai is much better than Song Jiang's. Whether it is in terms of open-mindedness or personal character, He Zhi has always felt that Chao Gai is much stronger than Song Jiang!

He Zhi has been watching the plot of the Water Margin progress until now, and he is ready to stop standing by and watching, but to do something again.

Of course, He Zhi still has no intention of destroying the normal plot of Water Margin. At the time of Liangshan's rebellion, Chao Gai himself was not among them. So no matter what, Chao Gai still has to "die"!

After Duan Jingzhu appeared, He Zhi soon saw that Chao Gai had gathered all the men and horses to prepare to attack. Before Chao Gai's brigade set off, He Zhi also saw almost all similar bridges that he liked to mention: when Chao Gai was about to leave, a gust of wind blew a flag behind Chao Gai.

Both Song Jiang and Wu Yong felt that this was a bad omen and persuaded Chao Gai not to send troops. But how could Chao Gai, who was eager to prove himself, retreat at such a time? So he explained with a smile, and still forcibly set off with his own family and horse.

He Zhi watched Chao Gai and his party leave Liangshan, and immediately followed.

From Liangshan Boshui Village to Zengtou City, there are also a few days away. He Zhi has been following the army from a distance, waiting for the opportunity.

When Chao Gai officially set up camp opposite Zengtou City and prepared to fight the next day, He Zhi visited Chao Gai's camp late that night.

"Your Excellency...... "Although Chao Gai had never really met He Zhi before, the people around him had a relationship with He Zhi and He Zhi were not one or two. What's more, through Song Jiang's recent unsparing publicity on Liangshanbo, Chao Gai has already heard He Zhi's name now, and even his calluses have to be grinded out.

So after seeing He Zhi, it didn't take Chao Gai a few seconds to realize that this was probably the He Zhi and He Zhenren that Song Jiang was talking about!

"Hehe, King Chao is unharmed. He Zhi smiled, and was not polite to Chao Gai, so he sat down directly opposite the several cases in front of him.

"He Zhenren has always seen the head of the dragon but not the end, why did he come to see Chao Gai late at night today?" Chao Gai looked at He Zhi curiously for a while. Although He Zhi looked like he was only about twenty years old, Chao Gai obviously didn't dare to treat He Zhi as a hairy boy in his early twenties. According to Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng and Lin Chong, this He Zhi He Zhenren is a true immortal, and he is at least one hundred and eighty years old. It's just that He Zhenren got the Tao in his early years and rejuvenated, so he looks like a young man.

"Why did I come today, Chao Tianwang should have a foreboding in his heart, right?" He Zhi asked Chao Gai with a smile.

"What does he really mean?" Chao Gai looked puzzled.

"King Chao attacked Zengtou City, and there was an omen when he sent troops. At that time, although King Chao Tianming said that he didn't believe it in the mouths of Song Gongming and Wu Junshi, did he really have no guilt in his heart?" He Zhi asked again.

"This ......" Chao Gai was suddenly shocked, and looked at He Zhi incredulously, "Could it really be that I can't escape this catastrophe?"

"If it weren't for me, I'm afraid tomorrow would be the death day of King Chao. He Zhi told Chao Gai the truth.