Water Margin, Chapter 40: samenvatting

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1. The rescuers defeat pursuing Jiangzhou troops and gather at Mu Hong’s estate, where Song Jiang insists on immediate revenge.
2. Xue Yong brings Hou Jian, whose knowledge of Huang Wenbing’s household helps Song Jiang arrange a night attack.
3. The attackers enter Wuwei, slaughter Huang Wenbing’s household, seize valuables, and burn his house while he remains absent.
4. Li Jun and Zhang Shun capture Huang Wenbing on the river, and Li Kui tortures and kills him at the manor.
5. Song Jiang commits to Liangshan, and four leaders at Huangmen Mountain join the traveling company.
6. Liangshan welcomes forty leaders; Song Jiang accepts second place, then requests leave for an unexplained journey.

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Song Jiang proposes separating established leaders from newcomers rather than immediately comparing achievements. This settles seating after he refuses Chao Gai’s offer of supreme leadership.

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