呼延灼天威星 · 8
Leaf 8 of the marsh · 双鞭 Double Whips
Huyan Zhuo 呼延灼
In Water Margin 水滸傳 (c. 1400) · rank 8 of the 108 Stars · nicknamed 双鞭 “Double Whips”
The general whose linked horses nearly ended Liangshan — then became its anvil.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 54
Linked Horses Ride Down Liangshan
連環馬壓寨His linked-horse cavalry rides down everything Liangshan sends, until hook-spears are taught in secret.
- ch. 57
Chasing the Stolen Imperial Steed
失馬走青州His imperial steed is stolen and he follows it into a trap at Peach Blossom mountain.
- ch. 58
Won by Courtesy, the Army's Anvil
禮降呼延灼Song Jiang's courtesy turns him; he holds the line as the army's anvil for the rest of the war.
結局 The ending
Made commander of a frontier garrison after the amnesty, and died still holding it. The heavy cavalry that once broke the marsh open outlived every man it was sent against.
The book itself: how it ends, and who was left — The ending