Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

After leaving Huanhan Village, Ren Yuan and his group quickened their pace considerably.

Perhaps spurred by what they just witnessed in Huanhan Village, they are now all eager to speed up the battle!

"Did you all see what just happened? The people of Yanyun yearn for their homeland so much, yet they have experienced disappointment time and time again. We cannot let them down again, do you understand?"

Ren Yuan roared at the soldiers behind him, "Who says iron men are heartless?" The actions of those civilians just now had brought tears to Ren Yuan's eyes.

"understand!"

"Hua Rong!"

"exist!"

Hua Rong clasped his hands in obedience.

"The Divine Arrow Army are mounted archers, the fastest of all. You lead them ahead to support Tong Guan!"

"Yes!"

Without any hesitation, Hua Rong agreed immediately, then turned his horse around and prepared to charge towards his Divine Arrow Army.

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing that Hua Rong was about to leave, Ren Yuan suddenly called out to him.

"what happened?"

Hua Rong turned around and looked at Ren Yuan with some confusion.

"The Liao people are skilled archers, and the four Yelü brothers have mostly cavalry under their command. Brother-in-law, be careful."

Ren Yuan gave Hua Rong some instructions. Although the Divine Arrow Army was the strongest horse archer in Dayi trained by Hua Rong, they had been virtually invincible on the battlefield before.

But this is, after all, a battlefield of the Liao Kingdom. The Liao people have many archers, and their horsemanship is even better. The Divine Archer Army won't have much of an advantage against them, so we still have to be careful.

"Brother, rest assured! Since our Divine Arrow Army has the name of Divine Arrow, we will not live up to it! Today, let the Liao people see what the strongest mounted archery is!"

Hua Rong patted his chest, nodded vigorously, and then turned and left.

A moment later, the brothers of the Divine Arrow Army broke away from the main army and, led by Hua Rong, quickly headed towards Nanjing!

"Pass the word down: all teams, prepare to accelerate! The Divine Arrow Army is going to lead the vanguard, we can't fall too far behind!"

"Yes!"

……

The Nanjing battlefield.

"You sons of the Zhao Song dynasty! Do you dare to fight? If not, kneel down and call me grandpa! Offer up gold and silver treasures and we may let bygones be bygones!"

"Exactly! Are all the sons of the Zhao Song dynasty incapable of producing any testicles? They were quite capable before, but now they've all become cowards!"

"Hey, stop talking about it. People can't even call themselves Zhao Song's sons anymore, Zhao Song is gone!"

"Yes, yes, these people are just a bunch of homeless stray dogs! Let the old man bark a couple of times, and if he's in a good mood, he might spare your lives!"

……

On Tong Guan's side, they encountered some trouble because the news of the fall of the Song Dynasty spread far and wide. In addition, with 200,000 troops in the camp, there were many people and opinions, and it was inevitable that some of them would turn to the Liao people.

So the Liao Kingdom also learned of the fall of the Song Dynasty. When the four Yelü brothers heard this, they thought, "Isn't this great news? You've lost your country, so what are you still fighting for? What do you have left to fight us with?"

So they came to challenge the Song army camp every day. Although the Song soldiers were resentful, Tong Guan ordered them to hold their ground and not to fight, so they could only endure it.

Why not play?

Because Tong Guan needed to get those who wanted to retreat to leave quickly, and he wanted to purge the entire military camp. What Tong Guan wanted was a united military camp where everyone could work together against Liao!

Therefore, no matter how much the Liao army outside cursed him, Tong Guan refused to fight and instead focused on preparing his troops under cover of darkness!

Meanwhile, the four Yelü brothers, atop the city walls of Nanjing, watched as Tong Guan's army continued to dwindle away.

After all, the entire army was suddenly reduced by half. Even if Tong Guan tried his best to maintain the appearance of 200,000 men, the four Yelü brothers were not blind and could naturally see through the trickery.

So even though the Song camp had raised the sign of truce, the Liao people kept attacking the camp, trying to break through the Song camp!

But Tong Guan was risking his life this time. He had already declared that he would cooperate with Ren Yuan to attack Nanjing. In order not to lose face, he put in all his strength and held his ground!

To boost the morale of the entire army, Tong Guan personally charged into battle on the front lines! And so, he was struck by Yelü Zongyun's blade and nearly became his own victim.

If Ma Ling hadn't returned in time and deflected Yelü Zongyun's broadsword with a gold brick, that old rascal Tong Guan would probably have made his mark on history books much earlier.

"My lord, the Liao people are still shouting and cursing. They've gone too far. Shall we charge out and fight them?"

The soldiers couldn't take it anymore after being insulted by the Liao people. One of their representatives rushed into Tong Guan's tent, trying to persuade him to advance!

But when they entered the tent and saw the knife wound that covered almost half of Tong Guan's body, they didn't know what to say.

Lord Tong is not afraid of battle, but he simply cannot win!

"Hiss... They're hurling insults again?"

After being stabbed, Tong Guan has been recuperating for the past few days. Although he has recovered somewhat, the wound will definitely reopen if he engages in strenuous physical activity.

"Yes, the insults were very harsh."

One soldier said, forcing himself to speak.

"Are you all so lacking in self-control? If someone insults you, why don't you just insult them back?"

Tong Guan was furious when he heard this! Can't these people just give themselves a break?

"Even if you don't curse back, can't you just plug your ears and ignore what those Liaoning dogs are saying?"

"Alright, what's wrong with you? Aren't you afraid your wound will reopen?"

Ma Ling no longer needs to stay behind the screen; he now sits on the other side of Tong Guan's tent, guarding Tong Guan. Everyone knows that this man with exceptional lightness skills is an important leader under Ren Yuan.

"The reason why the Liao people dared to come is probably because they know that there are only a little over 100,000 people left here. Your biggest advantage before was that you had a lot of people and could intimidate them. Now you don't have as many people as they do, and your combat strength is not as high as theirs, so it's normal for you to be cursed."

Ma Ling's words were absolutely scathing; the truth is the most deadly.

"Brother Ma, if my men had the fighting strength of the Dayi Army, I, Tong Guan, would fight the Liao people even if it meant sacrificing my life!"

"But that won't work now. The difference in strength between us and the enemy is too great. I can only hold my ground. Let them curse us. It won't hurt them at all."

Tong Guan has resorted to his rogue tactics. So what if you're a coward? Only those who survive will have the chance to write history!

"Otherwise, seeing you get stabbed like that, I would have cursed you long ago."

Ma Ling shook his head, then stood up and said to Tong Guan.

"Gather my troops, give me ten thousand of your most elite soldiers!"

"Brother Ma, what... what's going on?"

A flicker of surprise crossed Tong Guan's eyes.

“Although Zhao Song deserves to be criticized, you will all be my brothers in Dayi soon. I can’t pretend I didn’t hear them cursing you like this!”

Ma Ling's eyes were filled with murderous intent!

“Your martial arts skills are not good enough to defeat those four from the Yelü family. It’s no wonder you took a knife.”

"They've humiliated the Han people like this, so I'll see if this Yelü Si can get away with it from me!"

"Old Tong, I'll teach you how to fight this kind of battle!!"