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The final outcome of Liangshan heroes in Water Margin is to be wooed, which is called wooing at best and surrendering at worst. Although it is a novel, it has a certain historical background after all. Liangshan troops can be regarded as an insurgent army. So if Song Jiang, the leader of the rebel army, has a chance to overthrow the Song Dynasty and start a new dynasty by himself?
It is very difficult to start a dynasty. Although we heard that Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe and became the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin experienced many battles before and after that, and it took great efforts to stabilize the Song Dynasty. Moreover, it can't be done by hard work. We must have absolute advantages in politics, military affairs and popular support.
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First of all, talk about the political level. What is the political slogan of Liangshan hero? Do justice for heaven. Don't underestimate this political slogan, everything needs to be known to everyone, and the key to the uprising is to win people's hearts, so as to strengthen our own strength. Obviously, the people have long been tired of slogans such as "doing good for heaven". Let's take a look at the slogans of other outstanding insurgents, such as Zhu Yuanzhang's "expelling Tatars and rejuvenating China", which directly hit the political pain point of the Central Plains at that time. Li Zicheng's slogan is also very good: there is no food in the fields, which immediately aroused the support of farmers, and the main population of feudal society is farmers. So from a political point of view, Song Jiang is an "irregular army" at first glance, and he can do nothing.
Secondly, discuss it from a military point of view. Military power is the core. When the military force is strong enough, you don't even need any fancy slogans. You can conquer the enemy with your strength, then you can find an excuse and the world will return to your heart. Liangshan's fighting capacity is far from the strength of the regular army in the Song Dynasty. Although Liangshan won the battle in the novel, it was not an elite force in the Song Dynasty. In front of the elite fighters, Liangshan's strength is obviously not enough.
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Moreover, the real large-scale campaign pays attention to the arrangement of troops, but in several battles after enlisting, we can see that strategist Wu Yong has no experience in this formal battle. So from a military point of view, they are far less than the regular army of the Song Dynasty. So is it possible to learn from Liu Bang, but you can beat yourself, but you can take advantage of the fisherman? Obviously not. At the same time, the domestic insurgents were no match for the Song Dynasty.
From the military and political level, Liangshan heroes have no chance of winning, so the only thing they can turn around is the will of the people. If we can really do what the people want, then not only the Song Dynasty, but the whole Central Plains is theirs. First of all, they are not welcome. To put it bluntly, they are bandits in the eyes of ordinary people. Who would recommend such a bandit as emperor? Secondly, Song Jiang is not a player who can win the hearts and minds of the people.
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So on the whole, even if Song Jiang doesn't accept harness, he can't overthrow the Song Dynasty with Liangshan heroes and ascend to the throne himself.