In the Water Margin, Song Jiang gained a good reputation of "timely rain" because of his good charity, which made the good men of the jianghu respect Song Jiang. Many good men, when they heard the great name of Song Jiang, were worshippers. Song Jiang's prestige in the hearts of the good men in the jianghu is very high, but the real Song Jiang is actually not so good, especially these 4 good men, who respect Song Jiang very much, treat him as a brother, and finally be sold by Song Jiang.
1. Chao Gai
Chao Gai was a Baozheng from Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, and had a good family, but under the persuasion of Wu Yong, Liu Tang, and others, he and Wu Yong, Liu Tang, Gongsun Sheng, and seven others robbed Liang Zhongshu of the 100,000 birthdays given to Cai Jing. Soon after, Bai Sheng was arrested, the matter was leaked, and the government wanted to arrest Several people in Chao Gai. Song Jiang took advantage of his position to reveal this news to Chao Gai, allowing Chao Gai to escape the disaster.
Later, Song Jiang was arrested by the government and beheaded after writing "anti-poetry" after drinking. In order to repay his kindness, Chao Gai led his brothers down the mountain to rob the law field to save him. After saving Song Jiang, Chao Gai offered to cede the position of chief to Song Jiang. Although Song Jiang very much wanted to be the leader of Liangshan, he was afraid of the mouth of the people and did not dare to take it, and finally Chao Gai made Song Jiang the deputy leader of Liangshan. Chao Gai regarded Song Jiang as a brother, which was not bad for him, but after Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he fought with him openly and secretly, and competed for the position of leader. Song Jiang also co-opted the Liangshan brothers and emptied Chao Gai.
Chao Gai was not willing to concede defeat and led the brethren to conquest Zengtou City, and was finally shot by the enemy hiding in the shadows, and lost to Song Jiang.
2. Li Kui
Li Kui was one of Song Jiang's main confidants. Li Kui worked as a small prison under DaiZong and lived a miserable life. Later, when he met Song Jiang, he gave him 10 taels of silver for the first time. After Li Kui took the gamble and lost, Song Jiang did not scold him, but instead gave him 10 taels of silver. Song Jiang's 20 taels of silver made Li Kui completely impressed, and from then on, he followed Song Jiang with all his heart and became his little brother.
When Song Jiang was about to be beheaded by the imperial court for writing "anti-poetry", Li Kui did not hesitate, so he carried a large axe and went to rob the court alone. After going to Liangshan, Li Kui killed many innocent people, including Xiao Yanei, for the sake of Song Jiang, and became a "demon king" who killed countless people. Li Kui was incomparably loyal to Song Jiang, but after recruiting An, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and other traitors poured poisoned wine on Song Jiang in order to avoid trouble.
After drinking poisonous wine, Song Jiang was afraid that after his death, Li Kui would rebel and ruin the reputation of the Liangshan brothers, so he also called Li Kui to his side and let him drink poisonous wine. After Li Kui learned the truth, he was very sad, but he did not blame Song Jiang, but struggled back to Zhenjiang.
3. Zhu Tong
Zhu Tong was the head of Yuncheng County, and song Jiang was a colleague. Song Jiang's correspondence with Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Liu Tang and others was known to the concubine Yan Poxi. Yan Po used this as a bargaining chip to blackmail Song Jiang and ask Song Jiang to give her one hundred and two gold. Song Jiang could not come up with it, and Yan Po did not spare it, and finally angered Song Jiang, and he put Yan Po to an end with a knife. After the matter was known to the government, the government wanted to arrest Song Jiang and punish him. In order to avoid Song Jiang being trapped in a cage, Zhu Tong took advantage of his position to reveal the news to Song Jiang and help Song Jiang escape the disaster.
Zhu Tong was a very righteous man, and he saved Song Jiang. Later, after his colleague Lei Heng beat him to death, Zhu Tong also used his position to release him, which implicated Zhu Tong and was assigned to Cangzhou by the government. After arriving in Cangzhou, Zhu Tong took care of his youngest son Xiao Yanei for the governor of Cangzhou, and the two formed a deep friendship in their daily life, but Song Jiang, in order to force Zhu Tong to go to Liangshan, let Li Kui kill Xiao Yanei.
Fourth, Wu Song
Wu Song was despised by Chai Jin during his time of taking refuge in Chai Jin's mansion because he killed people, which made him depressed and had a feeling of sending people under the fence.
Later, after Song Jiang went to Chai Jin's mansion, he saw at a glance that Wu Song was not idle, and he invited Wu Song into the back room to eat with them, and also saw that Wu Song's clothes were old, and took out ten pieces of silver to make a dress for Wu Song. Song Jiang's actions made Wu Song feel respected. At the same time, Song Jiang's act of sending charcoal in the snow also made Wu Song feel very grateful in his heart and regarded Song Jiang as a brother of his own.
At first, Wu Song respected Song Jiang in his heart, when he was treated as an elder brother, but later, in order to realize his wish to become an official, Song Jiang led his brothers to recruit the imperial court, and also led his brothers to fight non-stop, resulting in the tragic death of most of his brothers, which made Wu Song disappointed in him.
After the conquest of Fang La, Lin Chong fell seriously ill and could not go to the Beijing Division, and Wu Song, who had broken an arm, offered to stay and take care of Lin Chong, song Jiang only said "Let your heart follow" and left with his brothers. After that, Song Jiang never visited them again, nor did he send someone to inquire about the situation of Lin Chong and Wu Song, which made Wu Song feel that the world was cold and even more disappointed in Song Jiang.
The brothers on Liangshan trusted Song Jiang very much and followed him to Recruit An, but Song Jiang betrayed the trust of his brothers. After he recruited An, he led his brothers to fight everywhere, resulting in a large number of brothers dying in battle, and finally only a few people such as Yan Qing and Zhu Tong survived.