183 Beijing Operas - Huyan Zhuo - Number 150

Huyan Zhuo

Beijing Opera - "The Chained Horses"

Huyan Zhuo with a black broken-flower face stars in the opera "The Chained Horses." Huyan Zhuo, a Song general, is sent to attack the outlaws on Mount Liangshan. He defeats them with his formidable array of chained horse, but later a man called Xu Ning teaches the outlaws how to trip the horses with hook spears. They annihilate Huyan's army, capture the man, and persuade him to join their cause.