When I was a child watching "Water Margin", the best people in Liangshan were not Song Jiang, Lin Chong, and Wu Song, but the flea on the drum. Shi Qian is good at flying cornices and walls, and has his own sense of joy, which is always very pleasing to children.
When he grew up, he re-read "Water Margin" and found that Shi Qian was the most depressed good man in Liangshan. At the time of Liangshan Dajuyi, Shi Qian ranked 107th in the 108 Good Hanli, the second-to-last, only higher than the Golden Retriever Duan Jingzhu. Duan Jing lives in Liangshan without connections, no outstanding skills, and has repeatedly messed up business, ranking at the bottom is really deserved. However, after moving to Liangshan, he participated in almost all major military operations and made many military achievements, far from being comparable to Duan Jingzhu, why was the ranking so low?
Let's first take a look at what merits Shi Qian has made for Liangshan:
When Hu Yanzhuo conquered Liangshan, he used a chain of horses to make the good men of Liangshan suffer thoroughly. At this time, Tang Long, the golden leopard, recommended his cousin Xu Ning, the golden gunner, saying that his hook and sickle gun could break the chain horse. Shi Qian was then ordered to come to the capital and steal the family heirloom treasure Yan Ling Circle Golden Armor from Xu Ning's family, and lured Xu Ning to Liangshan. Xu Ning taught the Liangshan generals hook and sickle tactics, and indeed broke Hu Yanzhao's chain of horses.
During the third attack on the Daimyo Mansion, Shi Qian infiltrated the Daimyo Mansion, hid in the Cuiyun Building, and set fire to it as agreed in advance, guiding the Liangshan army to attack the Daimyo Mansion. Under the combination of li and outside, the good han of Liangshan conquered the Daming Mansion and saved Lu Junyi.
During the second attack on Zengtou City, Shi Qian showed his skills, on the one hand, he entered Zengtou City and heard the traps set by Shi Wengong clearly; on the other hand, during his time as a hostage, he climbed the bell tower and hit the bell as a trumpet, once again guiding the Liangshan army to launch an attack.
During the third defeat of Gao Qi, Shi Qian, along with Duan Jingzhu, was sent to Jeju to assist Zhang Qing, Sun Xin, Sun Erniang, and Gu Dajie in setting fire to the shipyard. Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu believed that the light was to burn the shipyard, showing their own skill, so they changed their strategy, taking advantage of the fire in the shipyard, and burned the Jeju Castle Tower and the Seongseo Hay Yard respectively.
During the conquest of the Liao state, Song Jiang led his troops to attack the city of Jizhou, but the Liao army could not hold out. Shi Qian and Shi Xiu, who had already mixed into the city, set fire to the city. Shi Qianbaoyan Temple Pagoda and Buddha Hall lit a fire respectively, Shi Xiu set fire to the state court, three fires burned the people in Jizhou City, Jizhou guards knew that Song Jiang had people in the city, and fled in a hurry. Song Jiang's army then captured jizhou city.
During the conquest of Tian Hu, Shi Qian and Shi Xiu joined forces again, they wore the northern army uniform, mixed into Gaizhou City, so they repeated the trick, burned the hay field, and set fires everywhere in the city. Song Jiang's army received information from the city, attacked fiercely, and finally captured gaizhou city.
During the conquest of Fangla, Sun Xin and Gu Dajie took Li Li, Tang Long, Shi Qian, and Bai Sheng to Dusong Pass overnight, setting fire to it, and the enemy guards would be scared away. Shi Qian and Bai Sheng captured the former shogun Wei Heng alive. During the attack on Yuling Pass, Shi Qian touched Yuling Pass alone from the small road overnight, and then set fire to it and set off artillery, and the defender Pang Wanchun was so frightened that he was not possessed and fled. Lu Junyi successfully captured Yuling Pass.
In Liangshan, good men like Shi Qian, who have made meritorious contributions in almost every battle, are really rare. Whether it was the theft of gold armor in Tokyo, the burning of Cuiyun Building, the spying on Zengtou City, the banging of the bell Hohwa Temple, the burning of Jeju, or the burning of Baoyan Temple, the undercover Gaizhou Castle, the burning of Dusongguan, the burning of Yuling Pass, etc., all played a key role in determining the outcome of the war. It is no exaggeration to say that Shi Qian's unique contribution to Liangshan, even if it is not as good as Song Jiang and Wu Yong, is enough to keep pace with the Five Tiger Generals. The lack of one of the five tiger generals did not hinder the normal operation of Liangshan; liangshan lacked time and time, and many battles could not be fought.
So, why is Shi Qian's status in Liangshan so low, and it only ranks 107th?
In the final analysis, it is because the identity of the time shift is too humble.
Shi Qian's identity belongs to the "chicken and dog thieves", and even steals graves. Shi Qian's first appearance in "Water Margin" was when he "dug up some ancient tombs and looked for two things" in Cuiping Mountain, and happened to bump into Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu here to kill Pan Qiaoyun and Ying'er. In ancient times, although "thieves" were used in conjunction, there was a big difference between "thieves" and "thieves". Most of the good men of Liangshan can be called "thieves", robberies carried out by open fire; Time Shift can only be regarded as "thieves", stealing quietly. "Thieves" look down on "thieves."
When Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu went up to Liangshan, they were treated kindly, "everyone was very happy and gave way to sit down", but when they said the "deeds" such as the report of stealing Zhujiazhuang's chicken, Chao Gai became angry on the spot and wanted to kill Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu: "The old and new brothers who went up the mountain, each has the glory of Haojie. These two of them stole chickens to eat in the name of Liangshan Po's good man, so they caused me and other humiliations. Seeing that there is none, if the "thief" pretends to be a "thief", it will make the "thief" feel insulted.
Song Jiang dissuaded Chao Gai in time and said, "That drum on the flea shi qian, he was originally such a person, so that he provoked the Zhu family to fight, is it these two sage brothers who want to insult the cottage?" From these words, it can be seen that although Song Jiang spoke for Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu, he still looked down on the change of time.
Therefore, even if he stole gold armor in Tokyo, burned the Cuiyun Building, spied on Zengtou City, and hit the Bell Fahua Temple, and made many achievements in battle, in Song Jiang's mind, he was still a gentleman on liang, and could not be compared with Lu Junyi, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others.
At the same time, Liangshan did not establish a normal mechanism for promotion and decline. Liangshan was ranked at the time of the Great Gathering, and has not changed since. Therefore, even if Shi Qian made great achievements, he could only stay in the 107th position and did not have any room for promotion.