How did the birth procedure in Water Margin pass through Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, from Daming House in Hebei Province to Bianliang?

As one of the classical Four Great Classical Novels in China, Water Margin has profound cultural value, but is it really right? People often say that the water margin is really seven points off, and the Three Kingdoms is really three points off. After all, these two books are novels for entertainment, not history books, and there will inevitably be some artistic processing, so it is reasonable to make mistakes. Some may be to promote the plot, while others are the author's own problems. There seems to be something wrong with the description of a birth outline in Water Margin.

Zhicai Birth Class is a classic bridge in the Water Margin. It tells the story of Yang Zhi, a blue-faced beast, leading a group of soldiers to escort the birth plan. In order to avoid encountering robbers, he chose to travel in hot weather or at night. However, many people, such as Lao Duguan, complained bitterly, and finally refused to listen to Yang Zhi's leadership and insisted on taking Huangnigang as a place to rest, but robbers often appeared.

Classical learned from Liu Tang that Yang Zhi was escorting a birthday program and wanted to rob ill-gotten gains, so he colluded with Bai Sheng, Ruan Jinyong and Zhi Duo Xing Wu Xingyong. They pretend to be businessmen, and Bai Sheng sells wine. It was hot at that time, so they sold the wine mixed with sweat to Yang Zhi. After a while, they fell to the ground, while Chao Gai and others successfully grabbed the birthday program. Because Yang Zhi drank less, they woke up early to avoid being accused.

People will wonder why they want to bypass Shandong Yuncheng from Hebei to the capital of song dynasty. Isn't this increasing the danger? First of all, we can't deny the author's confusion about geographical knowledge. After all, there was no sailing at that time, and the author obviously had a deep literary background, but he didn't know all the geographical knowledge. For example, Lin Chong went to Liangshan on a snowy night, and Zhu Gui rowed to pick him up. At that time, the whole lake should be frozen. Why does he row a boat? Therefore, the author may have deliberately ignored the objective reality in order to promote the development of the plot.

In addition, Yang Zhi's own considerations, Yang Zhi also understand that this batch of family planning is serious, and taking the ordinary route will inevitably lead to many disasters. Maybe those thieves are waiting for them on the road, so he would rather choose the long way, which is safer. Maybe the birth show is actually a bribe to Cai Jing. It is not appropriate to take the official road in this matter. Maybe Cai Jing instructed us to go this way.

And the breach of the Yellow River. The Yellow River has been diverted many times in history, and it has also spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to control floods. Kaifeng was the flood area of the Yellow River in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there was a lot of sediment besides the water source. This road is difficult to walk. Yang Zhi naturally needed to go a long way and chose Yuncheng, Shandong Province. After all, he once escorted Hua Shigang but fell into the water, so he was still worried.

Therefore, this detail in "Water Margin" is really worth thinking about, and some people say it is an original mistake, because Shi Naian wrote this passage by imitating the legacy of Xuan He of the Great Song Dynasty. Maybe the author didn't think about it carefully, but just thought it was really novel enough to arouse readers' interest.