Is “征讨梁山” true?
The novel fictionalizes that Tong Guan led an army to campaign against Liangshan and returned in defeat. The "History of Song: Eunuch Biographies" records that Tong Guan held military power, provoked border conflicts, and was eventually executed, with no mention of a campaign against Song Jiang; the "Annals of Emperor Huizong" records that the one who suppressed and captured Song Jiang was Zhang Shuye, the prefect of Haizhou, not a high-ranking minister of the Privy Council level personally leading the expedition. The original text states: "Song Jiang rose from the north of the Yellow River, raiding ten commanderies in succession, and the government troops dared not confront his sharp edge." Afterward, "Jiang then surrendered." ("History of Song: Biography of Zhang Shuye")
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