Let's talk about many doubts when escorting family planning:
First, doubts about geographical knowledge;
I checked the map of the Northern Song Dynasty, and saw that Daming House is just north of Kaifeng, and Jeju is just east of Daming House. I don't know why Yang Zhi chose this road. If you start to go east, I think you should use the Grand Canal to transport water and get off at Luoyang, so that you can pass Kaifeng. Even if you don't take water transportation and land transportation, there is no need to go around Jeju. If you keep going south, there will be no mountain road, and the journey will be much shorter. Of course, the most important thing is to be safer. But in the end, instead of choosing a shorter and safer route, Liang Zhongshu followed Yang Zhi's advice and took an unsafe and time-saving route. This route seems to have been deliberately designed by Yang Zhi in order to lose the birth contour. Here, let's take a look at the route that Yang Zhi told Liang Zhongshu.
Yang Zhi said, "For heaven's sake, I heard that it was robbed by a thief last year and I haven't got it yet. There are many thieves on the road this year; There is no water route to Tokyo, so it's all by land. Passing through Zijin Mountain, Erlong Mountain, Taohua Mountain, Umbrella Mountain, Huangnigang, Baishawu, Yeyundu and Chisonglin are all places where strongmen haunt. Even if it is a single guest, I dare not pass by alone. He knew it was a treasure of gold and silver, so why didn't he rob it? You wasted your life! This is not allowed. "
Here we will analyze this route:
First of all, Yang Zhi also knew that the birthday gang was robbed last year and did not solve the case. However, as for where the birthday gang was robbed last year, there are two possibilities: first, he did not take this road last year, but took the shorter road mentioned above and was robbed on the road. Second, it was this road last year, and it was robbed. Inferred from the context, the road Yang Zhi said should have been taken last year, and the reason for being robbed was that the team escorting the birthday class was too ostentatious, as can be seen from the conversation between Liang Zhongshu and Yang Zhi.
In addition, this route lists many place names, some of which were later explained, Erlong Mountain and Denglong (where Lu and Cao Zheng prepared at that time, and Yang Zhi finally became an outlaw here); Taohua Mountain, Jong Li, Zhou Tong; Chi, Lu and Shi Jin once met robbers here. Inferred from this, it is not that there are no robbers in other places, but that there is no direct conflict between the robbers and 108 people. Therefore, according to the rules on the road, of course, the river is ruled out.
Second, many doubts in the journey:
It should also be explained here that last year's birthday program was robbed because it was too ostentatious. In the words of Liang Zhongshu, "Daming House lacks ten Taiping cars; In the first ten compartments of the account, the imperial guards are in charge of the car; Insert a yellow flag in each car, which says' Congratulations on a surname's birthday', and then make a military boxing to keep up. I got up and left three days later. " This is equivalent to all the robbers on the side of the highway. We have a hundred thousand dollars here. Let's be strong. Is it really incredible that such words come from Liang Zhongshu, a perennial mounted policeman? Even if he comes up through the back door, don't other people know that Jianghu is sinister?
Of course, in the end, this proposal was not passed, and finally Yang Zhi's method was adopted: "... I don't want a car, I pretend that all the gifts are more than a dozen bags, I just pretend to be a guest; Licensed goods also point to ten sturdy carriages, but pretend to be porters; Going alone with the villain, but pretending to be a guest, I quietly went to Tokyo to send it overnight. " There are also questions here:
Since Yang Zhi already knew not to be too ostentatious, why did he walk so far on the road? At first, it looked normal, like a businessman on the road, but it became more and more abnormal, and careful people could see the problem at a glance. Play like it's real, that is, fake play is real. But at the end of Huangnigang, Yang Zhi was simply acting. What's the difference between this performance and what Liang Zhongshu said? I really admire Yang Zhi's acting skills!
In addition, Liang Zhongshu instructed Yang Zhi to personally select the soldiers who transported the birth class. Yang's implication is that he should be his own, at least a good leader! But look at Yang Zhixuan's soldiers. The one who listened to Yang Zhi's words only gave in to Yang Zhi's rattan. On Huangnigang, the old governor said this sentence, which made me understand one thing: "Don't complain, I will reward you when you arrive in Tokyo." Judging from their usual performance, these soldiers actually had confidence in Yang Zhi when they left, and they should have been elected by bribery. Such a group of old soldiers naturally underestimated the difficulties they would encounter on the way. Furthermore, Yang Zhi may have accepted bribes from these soldiers during the selection process. These soldiers thought that Yang Zhi would naturally take care of himself on the road, but they didn't expect such a result. So, what we see is that the soldiers are so angry. As for taking bribes, they naturally can't take them out and shout. This psychological contrast and Yang Zhi's improper management are also one of the reasons for the failure of family planning.
There is also preparation work. From Yang Zhi's words before his departure, we probably know that he is prepared for the difficulties he will face, but it is estimated that Yang Zhi has never traveled in the desert, or Yang Zhi can only be a warrior, not the kind of guy who can lead the troops to fight, because he simply doesn't understand the truth that "the horses and soldiers have not moved, and the food and grass come first". In fact, there are only a dozen people, more than ten days away, and there are not many things prepared. 15 people are with them, and so are 20 people. With five more soldiers with food and grass, maybe this birthday program will be delivered smoothly. In fact, Yang Zhi still didn't consider the problem comprehensively enough. If he had known the classic battle of Han Xin, he wouldn't have lost his birthday program.
The last thing I said, actually, I can't blame Yang Zhi. The main reason is still in Liang Zhongshu. If I were Liang Zhongshu, I would design the process of transporting the birth class like this:
As we all know, birthday programs must arrive at the station on June 15. As far as time is concerned, we can only move forward, not backward. When the birthday program is about to be delivered, I will choose five teams that have been delivered, and choose different escorts according to different situations. Before that, I will release the news and inform the Jianghu people about the itinerary of the group. Of course, this is not enough to make people believe, because it is too ostentatious, and I can only fool those stupid petty thieves. In addition, I will secretly release a group of guys dressed as Yang Zhizu and let them take another route. Finally, the remaining three groups set out with the same amount of luggage, and each group only took one-third of the birth class. They set out at different times and finally met in Kaifeng. In this way, even if someone knows, they can always keep most of the birth classes. Of course, there is a premise that the box must be packed by cronies, they do not participate in the escort, and the escort does not know what the real birth class is.
Third, doubts about Huangnigang:
First of all, the choice of place and time, as we said earlier, many places already have the sphere of influence of other gangs, such as Erlong Mountain, Taohua Mountain and Chisonglin, and these places are definitely not suitable to start. The location of Huangnigang should also be determined after investigation. The relatively simple principle is to retreat quickly if you don't get it; In addition, if you can't fight it, you can also grab it hard. Of course, hard grab means hard fight, so the location you choose must be far away from the control of government forces. But Huangnigang is not the only place that passes by, is it?
In addition to time, there are some differences between ancient people walking and modern people taking the train. There are many uncertainties, that is, how they can accurately judge the arrival time of the birth class, or whether the passing merchants will be fixed. If it is the latter, the most secret way is to kill them all, otherwise there will be no windtight wall, but why leave them alive after the final success? At that time, those who were escorted didn't resist at all. Robbery of the aristocracy is a capital crime, so why go easy on those people?
There is the medicine used. In ancient China, most of them were Chinese herbal medicines. I'm not sure what the antiperspirant in China is, but I guess it should be something with anesthetic effect, such as Datura flower. Since medicine is added, no matter what medicine, there will be a strange smell (Song Wu tasted the medicine in the wine in a shop in Sun Erniang), or you will see some sediment in the wine (there should be no instant technology in ancient times, that is to say, even if it is dissolved, it will take some time for oral drugs such as blood to reach the blood concentration that causes disease. ) For Yang Zhi, who often wanders around the rivers and lakes, are these really not noticed at all? Why did the tight string open for these people all the way?
Finally, Yang Zhi's performance in Huangnigang was disappointing. The whole performance was like a frightened bird, and he didn't feel any obvious loopholes. ..... The seven men said, "Seven of our brothers are from Haozhou and sell dates to Tokyo; On the way through here, I heard many people say that thieves often rob the merchants on Huangnigang here. As I waited, I said to myself,' These seven people of mine only have dates, and they don't have much money. They just want to go to the post. If you go to the post, you can't stand the heat. Just rest in this forest and wait until it gets cold at night before you hear someone coming to the post. We are afraid of being bad guys, so let this brother come out and have a look. "Open the map and see, city state in the southeast of Kaifeng, Huangnigang in the northeast of Kaifeng. These jujube vendors can't pass through Kaifeng from here anyway, unless they are road blind or they have circled the earth.
To sum up the above points, we can see that it was not eight people who did it, but nine people, and the ninth person was Yang Zhi. This is a long-planned plan. Let me repeat:
The whole plan should be planned by Yang Zhi, Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng, and classical people are just tools. This will start with the loss a year ago. In fact, the three of them successfully robbed a birthday show a year ago, and most of the treasures they robbed were put on Erlong Mountain. At this point, in order not to attract attention, the three broke up and began to prepare for the next year's robbery. Of course, Gongsun Sheng was assigned to the Daming Mansion to get information because of his special functions, and Wu Yong began to look for someone (it is very likely that Deng Long was one of the first robbers, and the robbery site was selected in Erlong Mountain. In fact, Deng Long just wanted to borrow his place. In order to ensure his success, Yang Zhi was assigned to Beijing. In other words, if you don't succeed all the way, there is still the capital that Yang Zhi can make the last step. We still remember such a scene, that is, Yang Zhi went to Beijing full of treasures and passed by the water margin. At that time, Wang Lun didn't promise to keep Yang Zhi so enthusiastically, which is one of the reasons. His treasure, of course, is unknown property? The explanation he gave us was vague: ........................................................................................................................................................................ wandered here in Kansai. I should know martial arts when I was young, so that I can be an official in the temple. Dao Jun, because of the construction of the Long Live Mountain, sent ten envoys to Taihu Lake to carry the "Huashi Gang" to Beijing for salary. I didn't want to be ill-fated after I left home, so I took Hua Shigang to the Yellow River. The boat was blown over by the wind, and Hua Shigang fell. I couldn't return to Beijing to take office and fled to other places to take refuge. Forgive us criminals. I will give the Privy Council a load of money that Zanjia received today when I return to Tokyo, and then I will pay attention to my business activities. After passing through here, I hired a banker to carry the burden and didn't want to be taken away by you. ................... "First of all, he fled to other places to take refuge, and then he collected a car full of money, which in itself shows what he has done over the years. Of course, Yang Zhi's business in Beijing was not smooth, but was sent to Daming House by mistake. He seized this opportunity and gave a wonderful performance in front of Liang Zhongshu. In fact, his purpose is very simple, that is, he wants to get a job to escort the birth class. Finally, Yang Zhi never returned to Liang Zhongshu after losing his birth outline. In fact, from the conversations of those soldiers, we can know that he is not the main responsible person. Look where he went, Erlong Mountain. When he arrived at Erlong Mountain, the first thing he did was to kill Deng Long, and he did it neatly.
Let me talk about Wu Yong again. In fact, he has been choosing the next place to start this year, and as time approaches, he has also chosen the next place to start. But there was an episode in the middle, which forced him to drag Classical and others into the gang and follow them (which could also explain why Song Jiang basically didn't raise any objections when he made suggestions). In fact, Ruan Sanxiong and Liang Shanbo are the people he has been looking for. And look at Wu Yong's performance after hearing about it:
Classical was invited into the deep courtyard and sat apart. Wu Yong asked, "Bao Zheng, who is this man?" "This man is a hero in the Jianghu," said Chao Gai. His name is Tang, and he is from Donglu Prefecture. So, there is a fortune, and he came to me specially. In the evening, he was drunk in Lingguan Hall, and was caught by Lei Heng and taken to my villa. I have to leave because I admit that he is my nephew. He said,' The famous imperial capital bought 100,000 golden balls and sent them to Tokyo to celebrate his father-in-law Taishi Ci's birthday. He passed by here in the morning and evening. How can such ill-gotten gains get in the way? He came in response to my dream. Last night, I dreamed that the Big Dipper fell straight on the roof of my house, and there was another little star turned white on the handle of the bucket. I think the stars are all in my house, and I'm not rich? I asked the professor to discuss this matter this morning. "Wu Yong said with a smile:" When I saw Mr. Liu coming, I guessed seven or eight points. This is a good thing. Just one thing: many people don't allow it, and few people can't do it; There are many Zhuangke above the house, and none of them can be used. Now only Bao Zheng, Liu Xiong and Xiao Sheng are left. How to handle this matter? Even Bao Zheng and Mr. Liu are very good and can't afford them. It takes seven or eight brave people to do it, but it's useless. Classical asked, "Is it necessary to count the stars in a dream?" Wu Yong said, "Brother, this dream is also serious. Will there be more helpers on the land in the north? -"I thought for a long time, frowned and planned, and said," I see! Got it! Chao Gai said, "Since you have a confidant, you can invite him to accomplish this. "
Wu Yong put it very well: "When I saw Liu Xiong making a mistake, I guessed seven or eight points." This is a good thing. Just one thing: many people don't allow it, and few people can't do it; There are many Zhuangke above the house, and none of them can be used. Now there are only three people left, Bao Zheng, Liu Xiong and Xiao Sheng. How is this organized? "As a scholar, Wu Yong is a little too calm in the face of such a big thing, and he said that all three people can't make it this time. Wasn't there three last time (Deng Long should be out of the staff)? Wu Yong went to invite Ruan Jinyong Sanxia, and when Classical asked Liu Tang for further information, Wu Yong said that he was in no hurry. Wait until he comes back. Is this clearly waiting for news from Gongsun Sheng and Yang Zhi? And after Gongsun Sheng came, he and Gongsun Sheng sang a duet in front of the classical.
Gongsun Sheng was snooping around Daming Mansion, and he accidentally discovered that Yang Zhi had become a Liang Zhongshu native, first because of differences, and then because of ease. The probability is higher 10%. He also fed back the news to Wu Yong in time for two purposes: first, he can't wait for Tokyo to start again, and he must succeed on the road; Second, the route can be designed by us, and Yang Zhi is the escort. And Wu Yong also fed back his own news to Gongsun Sheng, urging him to go to Classical's house. Everyone knows the rest.
In this way, everything can be explained clearly In fact, this is the real whole process of "outwitting".