The story breaks the traditional narrative framework and focuses on the core of heroism: Song Jiang built Liangshan into a fortress to protect the common people with the iron rule of "do not disturb the people, only kill corrupt officials"; Lin Chong's loneliness and anger when he climbed Liangshan on a snowy night, Wu Song's determination to splash blood on the Yuanyang Tower, and Lu Zhishen's heroism in uprooting the weeping willows all burst out with shocking power in the author's writing. The work digs deeply into the spiritual world of the characters, not only describing Song Jiang's ambition of "daring to laugh at Huang Chao but not her husband", but also not avoiding his inner struggle between "loyalty to the emperor" and "resistance to violence", creating a tragic hero of flesh and blood.
