Shan Tinggui - Becoming An Outlaw

Becoming An Outlaw

After Guan Sheng defects to the outlaws from Liangshan Marsh, the Imperial Tutor Cai Jing recommends Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo to the emperor to lead the imperial army to quell the outlaws. When the outlaws receive news of the attack, Guan Sheng volunteers to lead an army with Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen to engage the enemy. At Lingzhou, Hao Siwen and Xuan Zan are lured into the enemy formation by Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo respectively and captured. Hao Siwen and Xuan Zan are escorted as prisoners of war back to Daming Prefecture (in present-day Handan, Hebei). Along the way, the bandits from Mount Deadwood led by Bao Xu and Li Kui attack the convoy and free the captives.

Guan Sheng challenges Shan Tinggui to a fight outside Lingzhou. Guan Sheng feigns defeat and retreats to lure Shan Tinggui to follow him. He turns around suddenly and knocks Shan Tinggui off his steed with a surprise attack. Shan Tinggui is captured and escorted back to Liangshan. Song Jiang treats Shan Tinggui with respect and succeeds in persuading Shan to join the Liangshan cause of "delivering justice on Heaven's behalf". Shan Tinggui proceeds to persuade Wei Dingguo to join Liangshan as well and succeeds.