Biography
Pang Wanchun is nicknamed "Little Yang Youji" after Yang Youji, a famous general and archer of the Chu state in the Spring and Autumn Period. Pang Wanchun's first appearance in the story, at the battle of Yuling Pass, is striking. He kills Liangshan's Shi Jin with a single arrow shot and orders his archers Lei Jiong and Ji Ji to kill another five Liangshan heroes (Shi Xiu, Chen Da, Yang Chun, Li Zhong and Xue Yong), along with more than 2,000 enemy troops. Pang Wanchun also kills Liangshan's Ou Peng, who is famous for catching projectiles in mid flight, with a few successive arrow shots.
Pang Wanchun is lured into an ambush masterminded by Zhu Wu during an attempt to strike Lu Junyi's camp at night, where he is captured by Liangshan forces. On Lu Junyi's order, Pang Wanchun is executed by disembowelment as a sacrifice to the Liangshan heroes he killed and his head is sent to Song Jiang.
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