Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"How dare you! Who are you! State your name! How much did the Zhe family pay you? My Lai Kingdom will pay you double!"

Zhu Mian saw Han Shizhong charging towards him. Although he was a little flustered, he quickly calmed down because he was surrounded by Han Shizhong.

"We've come right up to you, and you still don't know who I am?"

Han Shizhong chuckled and closed the distance between the two of them once again.

"Block him!"

As Zhu Mian gave the order, he took out a light crossbow from his side and skillfully loaded it with arrows. Yes, although Zhu Mian may not seem like much at first glance, he was truly skilled with crossbows.

His confidants had long since given their lives for him, so even though they saw that Han Shizhong was not someone to be trifled with, they rushed forward without hesitation!

"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"

Faced with such stubborn people, Han Shizhong didn't waste any words. He wielded his twin swords and took them down one after another!

"Go to hell!"

However, Zhu Mian was very quick. His crossbow was already loaded, and he immediately aimed it at Han Shizhong! Without hesitation, he chose to fire!

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Several short arrows were fired simultaneously. It wasn't that the Song Dynasty lacked good weapons; they just didn't use them.

After Lai Kingdom inherited Tokyo, they discovered all sorts of powerful equipment from Tokyo! So Cai Jing is actually quite capable; if he hadn't been poisoned and didn't have much time left, he wouldn't have resorted to such a suicidal tactic.

Faced with Zhu Mian's sudden attack, Han Shizhong had no room to dodge this time, but he was not flustered at all. He stabbed the enemy in front of him with his knife, then released the hilt of the knife, grabbed the man's collar, and used him as a human shield in front of him!

"Puff puff……"

Zhu Mian's arrows all pierced the body of this trusted confidant!

"laugh!"

Han Shizhong forcefully pulled the knife out of the man's body, then leaped over the heads of several people, arriving just a few steps away from Zhu Mian.

"Hey Zhu, draw your knife and let's have a go!"

Han Shizhong's words were full of contempt for Zhu Mian.

"You are indeed very capable. How about this, I am the Grand General of Lai Kingdom. If you come to Lai Kingdom, I will guarantee you a position as a General Who Conquers the East. It will definitely be higher than the official position offered by the Zhe family!"

Zhu Mian remained completely unfazed. He had previously encountered bandits and strongmen who came to Lai Kingdom seeking amnesty, as well as those who spoke of national righteousness but only wanted more money. With enough money, what couldn't be resolved?

"You can guarantee me the title of General Who Conquers the East? What if I want money?"

Han Shizhong sneered, "You, Zhu Mian, are not Cai Jing. You can't just casually offer to protect your official position!"

"How much do you want? As long as you want it, our country of Lai can give it to you!"

Zhu Mian was not joking. This was Bianjing, the place where the Zhao Song dynasty had accumulated wealth for over a hundred years. The imperial palace was incredibly rich!

"Moreover, you can have women! Let me put it this way, my Lai Kingdom recently confiscated some people's homes, and in the Tokyo Jingying garrison, a batch of former officials' daughters were just sent in these past two days! They were originally intended for the victors of today's conference, but now... if you want, you can choose any of them! How about that? The Zhe family can't provide that, can they! Where did the Western Army get women?! Oh no, there are quite a few women from military households here too, how about that, you can choose any of them!"

Official position, wealth, and women—these were Zhu Mian's three tricks for recruiting people. Countless people who came to Lai Kingdom before could not escape his three tricks.

Therefore, Zhu Mian was confident that the young man in front of him would also be the same and would definitely not say no.

However, what Zhu Mian received in response was Han Shizhong's gleaming sword!

"How brave!"

Zhu Mian reacted quickly and dodged in time, but a lot of his hair on one side was cut off by Han Shizhong's knife!

"What do you mean by this? What else do you want besides these?"

Zhu Mian didn't understand why this brute was different from others.

"Hey Zhu, don't try to figure out my thoughts with your filthy brain!"

Han Shizhong didn't waste any words. He brandished his sword and stepped forward to fight Zhu Mian. When Zhu Mian tried to dodge, he found himself in a blind spot on the city wall with nowhere to hide!

He wanted to shout, "Where are all my trusted men?" But he only got halfway through the shout before he realized that he was all alone and had no one to rely on!

Helpless, he could only fight Han Shizhong himself, but the gap between the two was simply too great. In less than ten rounds, Han Shizhong disarmed Zhu Mian with a single parry and deflection of his twin swords! Then, he swept Zhu Mian to the ground with a sweeping leg kick, followed by a heavy stomp on his chest! Preventing Zhu Mian from getting up!

"Spare your life!"

Zhu Mian was now unarmed and had been stomped on in the chest; at this moment, he could only beg for mercy.

"Spare my life? When you shot your own men with crossbow bolts, did you think of that? When you ambushed me with crossbow bolts, did you think of that?"

Han Shizhong looked at Zhu Mian with a cold smile.

"Since you won't forgive others, why should I forgive you?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Shizhong swung his sword down, and with a burst of blood, Zhu Mian's head fell to the ground. His face remained filled with disbelief and terror until his death.

How could anyone in this world not love high-ranking positions, generous salaries, and beautiful women?

"Hey Zhu! I'm here! Don't you dare run away!"

Just as Han Shizhong had beheaded Zhu Mian, another person suddenly jumped in from the city wall, wielding two sharp swords as well!

This man was none other than Zhe Kecun, who had just been leading the attack on the city wall. He had finally climbed up!

But as soon as he arrived, he saw a headless corpse at Han Shizhong's feet, which looked familiar. Upon closer inspection, oh my god, Zhu Mian's head was rolling to the side; the man had been killed!

"You are... Brother Shizhong! You killed Zhu Mian? When did you do it?"

Zhe Kecun immediately guessed what had happened here. He still had a deep impression of Han Shizhong. The first time he dealt with Liangshan was when he sparred with Han Shizhong.

"Just now, a moment before you jumped in, young general."

As Han Shizhong wiped the blood off the knife, he spoke the truth.

"Oh dear! What a pity!"

Zhe Kecun slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Okay, I'm just one step away!"

"Young general, I'm leaving this place to you."

Having already achieved the feat of beheading a general, and seeing Zhe Kecun's somewhat frustrated expression, Han Shizhong didn't say much and took the initiative to prepare to leave the city.

"Leave it to me? Then where are you going?"

When this unexpected joy came his way, Zhe Kecun exclaimed, "Are you trying to give me the credit for capturing the city? How could I possibly accept that!"

"I'm going to save people."

Han Shizhong recalled what Zhu Mian had just said: a group of women from official families whose homes had been ransacked by Cai Jing had just been sent into the Beijing garrison in the past two days. Cai Jing's ransacking of homes was undoubtedly a case of indiscriminate killing, meaning these women were all innocent victims.

Moreover, it would be one thing if they were just women from official families, but Zhu Mian also had women from military households among them!

Han Shizhong, aside from other things, values ​​camaraderie among his comrades very much. We are all soldiers, so we are brothers!

He could ignore the women from official families, but he, Han Shizhong, could not leave the women from military families unattended!

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P.S.: There are important matters to attend to in the next two days, the details of which I cannot disclose, but my phone will be confiscated. I can only write during my 1 PM break.