Guan Sheng - Becoming An Outlaw

Becoming An Outlaw

Song Jiang is impressed with Guan Sheng's might and is eager to have him join the Liangshan cause of "delivering justice on Heaven's behalf". He sends Huyan Zhuo to pretend to be a turncoat and lure Guan Sheng into an ambush. Guan Sheng falls for the ruse and brings only a few men with him to meet Huyan Zhuo, armed with only a bow and arrows. He is captured in the ambush and decides to join Liangshan after being persuaded by Song Jiang. He becomes one of Liangshan's Five Tiger Generals later.

Emperor Huizong sends Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo to eliminate the outlaws after Guan Sheng's defection. Eager to prove his loyalty, Guan Sheng volunteers to lead the attack on the imperial army, along with Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen, who have also joined Liangshan. Unexpectedly, the first battle ends in disaster when both Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen are captured by the enemy. Guan Sheng confronts Shan Tinggui outside Lingzhou (凌州; present-day Ling County, Shandong), where the two engage in man-to-man combat. Guan Sheng feigns defeat and retreats with Shan Tinggui following closely behind him, then he suddenly turns around and knocks Shan off his horse, capturing him. Shan Tinggui is later persuaded into joining Liangshan and he in turn successfully persuades Wei Dingguo to join Liangshan as well.