Zhujiazhuang is located in Dulonggang near Liangshan. The Zhujiazhuang itself is also a local family-style gang. However, Zhujiazhuang is different from Liangshan. They have the cover of Baidao and have good political and business relations. The situation in Gai's East and West Villages is similar. At the same time, there are two other family forces on Dulonggang: Lijiazhuang to the west of Zhujiazhuang, and Hujiazhuang to the east. These three families are in an alliance, and the Communist Party dominates the territory of Dulonggang. Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang each have their own businesses. The gang alliance in Dulonggang and Liangshan have always been in conflict with each other. Although Liangshan's power was large, it never expanded to Dulonggang when Chao Gai came to power. As a local leader, Zhujiazhuang would naturally not take Liangshan seriously.

It is said that after Shi Xiu helped Yang Xiong kill his cuckold wife and adulterer, he took Shi Qian to Liangshan. When passing by Zhujiazhuang, he stole a rooster that had announced the dawn in the hotel. You must know that there were no clocks in the Song Dynasty, so this rooster that announced the dawn was quite precious. But Shi Xiu and others have a very bad attitude. If you put on a show, I will eat it. What can you do to me? Then the name Liangshan was revealed, which meant that I and others are from Liangshan, so what do you want to do? The hotel in Dulonggang was protected by Zhujiazhuang. Of course, Shi Xiu and others could not scare each other by mentioning Liangshan's name, so the two sides took action, and Shi Qian was arrested by Zhujiazhuang's brothers. Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong escaped and happened to meet Du Xing. Du Xing originally committed a murder when he was living in Jizhou, and Yang Xiong, who was the warden of Jizhou Prison at the time, took his life. Now Du Xing is doing well. He is the number one celebrity of Li Boss Putiandiao Li Ying in Dulonggang Lijiazhuang, and serves as the general manager of Lijiazhuang. With this relationship, Du Xing introduced Shi Yang and the two to Boss Li. Boss Li is also an old man in the world. He knows that it is better to resolve enemies than to make them end. He relies on his old friendship with the Zhu family to try to resolve this dispute. Unexpectedly, I don’t know whether the Zhu family took the wrong medicine, or whether they didn’t pay attention to Li Ying at all and ignored Boss Li at all. Boss Li lost face and attacked Zhu Biao, the third son of the Zhu family, and he was hit. I wish Biao an arrow. Now Boss Li couldn't take care of it anymore, so he asked Shi Yang and the others to go to Liangshan for help, but he didn't want to help anymore. Zhu Biao's arrow also completely offended Boss Li, and also broke up the alliance of Zhu, Li, and Hu families. When Liangshan cleaned up Zhujiazhuang in the future, Boss Li just stood aside and watched.

Send troops

Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong arrived in Liangshan and cried for a while. When Chao Gai heard this, he felt that something was wrong. It was ridiculous that these three little scoundrels used Liangshan's reputation to steal other people's chickens and come to ask Liangshan to help them. So the instinctive reaction was to kill these two little ruffians. Chao Gai's reaction was normal. Interestingly, when Li Kui went down the mountain later, he met a hero named Han Bolong in a hotel who had come to Liangshan. This Han Bolong was at least recommended by Zhu Gui, but because Song Jiang was ill, he had no time to take him up the mountain. Li Kui killed Brother Han with one blow of an ax. The reason was, "I know this birdman from my village." This shows how big a sin it is for the brothers in Liangshan to pretend to be members of the organization. Now Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong and others haven't even gone to Liangshan yet. They claim to be Liangshan heroes. They stole human chickens and committed crimes. If they had encountered Li Kui, they would have been killed. But Shi Yang and the two of them were really lucky. On the one hand, their recommender is Song Jiang's confidant Dai Zong, not some small role Zhu Gui. On the other hand, it happened that Song Jiang had just taken the second position and was eager to carry out a big action to establish his authority. This was not a good excuse. It stands to reason that this matter lies in Liangshan. Liangshan had no moral reason to attack Zhujiazhuang. Someone used Liangshan's name to invade Zhujiazhuang's territory. It was good that Zhujiazhuang didn't ask for an explanation from Liangshan. Now, Liang Shan seems to be very reasonable and wants to beat Zhujiazhuang. But whoever has the biggest fist in the underworld has the truth. Boss Song brought a large group of brothers to Liangshan and expanded the organization three times. Wouldn't he be very sorry for himself if he didn't take this opportunity to check his strength? What's more, Zhujiazhuang has accumulated a lot of wealth through so many years of operation. If it can be taken away to cover Liangshan's expenses for several years, how long will it take to rob passing merchants alone?

So with Song Jiang's strong insistence, Chao Gai could not refute the second brother's face, not to mention the smart third brother Wu Yong also expressed his support for Song Jiang's suggestion. So the first major external operation organized by Liangshan began. For Song Jiang's first appearance, he basically used his own team, which was divided into two groups. The first group was Song Jiang, Hua Rong, Li Jun, Mu Hong, Li Kui, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, Huang Xin, Ou Peng, Yang Forest. The second group is Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Dai Zong, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Ma Lin, Deng Fei, Wang Aohu, and Bai Sheng. Except for Yang Xiong, Shi Xiulin, Chong Bai Sheng, they are all direct descendants of Song Jiang. Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu wanted to take advantage of Yang Xiong's relationship with Du Xing to recruit Li Ying to the mountain. Lin Chong was the most powerful brother in Liangshan at that time, so Song Jiang still had to rely on his military force. What is interesting is that Wu Yong is not on this list. And we know that every major action in the Chao Gai era in the future will be the Song Jiang Wu Yong model. Maybe Song Jiang at this time has not yet figured out the true position of Mr. Jialiang, the military advisor.

Failure

Song Jiang rushed to Zhujiazhuang with great ambition, but he did not expect that this bone would still be difficult to chew. The terrain of Zhujiazhuang is complex and there are winding roads everywhere. Song Jiang almost couldn't get out of the siege, because Shi Xiu, who was engaged in espionage work, asked how to identify Pantuo Road and led Song Jiang out of the maze. This is Shi Xiu's first appearance, showing his outstanding spy talents. In the future, Shi Xiu will also be an important figure in the Liangshan intelligence department. Even so, Song Jiang still lost his troops and generals, and Yang Lin and Huang Xin were captured by Zhujiazhuang.

Logically speaking, Li Ying should know the topography of Zhujiazhuang and how to identify Pantuo Road. But this boss Li was very knowledgeable and did not tell Liang Shan this information at first. After Song Jiang failed to attack Zhujiazhuang, he went to see Li Ying. Li Yingze pretended to be ill and disappeared, and asked Du Xing to tell Liangshan this information and the truth about Zhujiazhuang. If Liangshan loses, Boss Li can put all the blame on Du Xing. Liangshan's victory over Li Ying is equivalent to doing Liangshan a big favor. On the surface, it still strictly maintains neutrality. Looking at Li Ying's actions, we know that this person is not simple. No wonder he has been in a high position since he went to Liangshan.

Song Jiang's defeat in the first battle was a big blow to Song Jiang. You must know that this is Song Jiang's first battle after joining the organization. If he loses, he may not be able to protect his status. Therefore, Song Jiang must not accept the option of failure, and he must fight on if he cannot win.

So after taking a short rest, Song Jiang began to attack Zhujiazhuang for the second time. This time Liangshan was still defeated, and Song Jiang was almost captured himself. Liangshan's losses were considerable. Luan Tingyu from Zhujiazhuang captured Qin Ming and Deng Fei, and Hu Sanniang captured Wang Ying. However, Liangshan also made some gains. Lin Chong captured Sanniang Qinghu, who was ten feet tall.

The capture of Hu Sanniang led to the complete bankruptcy of the three Dulonggang alliances. Because Zhu Biao shot and injured Li Ying, Lijiazhuang has remained neutral and even secretly aided Liangshan. Now that Hu Sanniang was captured, Hujiazhuang was beaten painfully. After all, the Zhu family and the Hu family were two different families, so the son of Hujiazhuang, Hucheng, sued Liangshan for peace. After negotiations between the two parties, Hujiazhuang decided to withdraw from this muddy water and remain neutral. Liangshan does not regard Hujiazhuang as its enemy. Therefore, Liangshan's main enemy is Zhujiazhuang. But Song Jiang still couldn't deal with Zhujiazhuang.

Song Jiang's performance was really unsatisfactory. He dispatched 19 brothers, including masters like Lin Chong, Qin Ming and Hua Rong, and more than 6,000 minions, but they couldn't help a mere Zhujiazhuang. As for Zhujiazhuang, the three brothers Zhulong, Zhuhu, Zhubiao and their master Luan Tingyu were obviously at a disadvantage, especially after Liangshan learned about the terrain of Zhujiazhuang through Shi Xiu and Li Ying. Under this situation, Liangshan still had no choice but to do anything to Zhujiazhuang, and Zhujiazhuang captured Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Deng Fei, and Wang Ying. Song Jiang gradually became a tiger-riding force and was in a dilemma.

Sun Li

Just when Song Jiang was at his wits end, things took a turn for the better. The Dengzhou Orion brothers Xie Zhen and Jie Bao had a dispute with Mao Taigong of the local big family Mao Group over a tiger that the Jie brothers died. Boss Mao played a dirty trick and colluded with the government to falsely accuse the Confessor brothers of robbery and put them in jail.

Even in terms of ability, a grown man was no match for Hu Sanniang, so he was captured by Hu Sanniang. When it comes to young heroes, they are definitely not as good as Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao's appearance is "with a young warrior in the middle, sitting on a snow-white horse, fully equipped with bows and arrows, and holding a silver spear." He fought with Li Ying for 17 rounds, and injured Li Ying in 8 rounds. What's more, he is a child of an aristocratic family. Compared with Wang Xiaohu, this kind of person is probably a huge difference.

Unfortunately, Hu Sanniang was captured by Lin Chong. Zhujiazhuang was destroyed by Liangshan, and Hu Sanniang's family was not spared. Song Jiang's confidant Li Kui not only killed Hu Sanniang's fiancé, but also her parents and family, and only one brother escaped. A woman lost all her relatives overnight. Not only that, the enemy who killed her father also wanted to marry her to a dirty man by recognizing her as her sister. I don’t know how Hu Sanniang turned around mentally. What was written on the Water Margin was simple: "Yizhang Qing saw Song Jiang's deep loyalty and could not refuse, so the couple had no choice but to say thank you." Master Wu Zhai felt that Uncle Shi was taking it for granted. Does Song Jiang's loyalty matter to Yi Zhangqing? Could it be that just because the gang boss who captured him was loyal to his younger brother, he could willingly marry his greedy, lustful and incompetent younger brother? The real reason for this, Master Wu Zhai believes, is the mentality of a young disciple who suffered a major blow, including the destruction of his family, plus a little bit of survival psychology. As a prisoner, Liangshan killed his entire family. If he didn't obey, Liangshan would only kill one more person. The so-called man is a knife and I am a fish. If Yi Zhangqing had a choice, Master Wu Zhai would never marry Wang Ying.

Song Jiang promised Wang Diaohu a foot of green to repay Fengshan's promise. Song Jiang didn't have much interest in female sex, which can be seen from Song Jiang's attitude towards Yan's mother-in-law. To Song Jiang, a woman was nothing more than an object, so he gave Wang Xiaohu a piece of green to fulfill his promise. This will give Song Jiang a better reputation in the underworld. I remember there was a gangster movie in Hong Kong called King of Kings. The fourth brother played by Xie Xian was the most powerful among the 13 gangsters who were sworn brothers. When he first arrived in Shanghai, he was penniless and came into contact with many small people. After he became successful, he To reward these little people, his famous saying is: "What you want from the fourth master is respect. As long as you trust the fourth master, the fourth master will help you." Song Jiang is actually the same. He uses the happiness of his whole life to show that he is an important person. The character of Nuo is a big brother who keeps his word. She is tall and beautiful, has great martial arts skills, and is a lady of the family. People like Wang Xiaohu marry beautiful women just because they have a big brother like Song Jiang. I don't know how many Liangshan brothers will envy him. But who wouldn’t give a thumbs up to our Brother Song? The Water Margin says, "Chao Gai and everyone else were happy and praised Song Gongming Zhen as a virtuous and righteous man." But who cares about Hu Sanniang's real thoughts. When Hu Sanniang faces her slanderous man every day and has to deal with the enemy who killed her father, the pain of life being worse than death will probably not be expressed in Uncle Shi's writing.

The story of Hu Sanniang is a common plot in many gangster movies later. The gangster brother killed his rival but left one of his rival's girls to marry as his wife or lover. The girl either endures the humiliation and seeks revenge, or she accepts her fate and becomes a member of the female gang who is the boss. Yi Zhangqing is obviously the latter. But no matter what, she will never be happy again in her life.

Postscript

With the victory of the third attack on Zhujiazhuang, Liangshan basically completed the strategic goals beforehand, wiped out the Dulonggang gang forces headed by Zhujiazhuang, and robbed a huge Wealth, Zhujiazhuang's food alone was 500,000 shi, and the wealth of Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang all went to Liangshan. It also expanded Liangshan's strength. The Dengzhou faction headed by Sun Li surrendered on their own initiative, while Li Ying, Duxing and Hu Sanniang were coerced. In any case, the leaders of the Liangshan organization increased their number by 11 to 60.

Although Song Jiang failed initially, he finally handed in a brilliant answer. This completely consolidated his position as the second brother in Liangshan. From then on, Liangshan formed a pattern of action in which Chao Gai guarded the home and Song Jiang and Wu Yong went abroad.

The third attack on Zhujiazhuang was also the first time that the Liangshan organization took the initiative to find prey and attack. In the future, as the Liangshan organization expanded, the scale of Liangshan's targets became larger and larger, and Liangshan's action plan became more and more perfect until the attack Government-controlled administrative states and counties. Song Jiang also exercised his actual combat capabilities and seized Liangshan's actual leadership position in subsequent external operations.

Hitting Zhujiazhuang three times is an important milestone for Liangshan. It was the starting point for the large-scale violent external actions organized by Liangshan, and also the turning point in the transition from the Chao Gai era to the Song Jiang era. It was of great significance to Song Jiang. From then on, there was no obstacle, and the leadership of Liangshan slowly became his possession.