Water Margin, Chapter 15: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Seven allies gather at Chao Gai’s estate, and Wu Yong devises a secret plan using Bai Sheng and Yellow Mud Ridge.
2. Liang Zhongshu appoints Yang Zhi to escort the gifts and orders Steward Xie and the adjutants to obey him.
3. Yang Zhi disguises the convoy but drives its burdened soldiers through dangerous country in fierce daytime heat, provoking resentment.
4. At Yellow Mud Ridge, the exhausted escort stops beside seven apparent date traders and argues over buying wine.
5. The traders stage a drinking display, secretly drug the remaining wine, and steal eleven treasure loads when the escort collapses.
6. Yang Zhi recovers before his companions, tears up his delivery receipt, and runs toward a slope intending to jump.

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The protest exposes the resentment created by Yang Zhi’s discipline. His companions increasingly resist his judgment, even when his warnings identify genuine danger.

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