Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Marshal! Marshal!"

Before Wanyan Loushi could recover from the news of Tuoba Cang and his disciples being wiped out, he suddenly saw a scout rushing towards him with a look of panic.

"What are you panicking for! As a scout of the army, what kind of behavior is this, all flustered and disorganized!"

This feeling made Wanyan Loushi very uncomfortable, so this time he loudly reprimanded the scout!

The scout rushed back, only to be met with a barrage of insults, which frightened him so much that he immediately lowered his head and shut up.

"Say!"

Seeing that the scout had fallen silent again, Wanyan Loushi suddenly felt a strange sense of irritation and immediately signaled for the scout to speak!

"Yes, yes, it's the Imperial Advisor..."

Before the scout could even utter the words "Imperial Preceptor," Su Ding and Xie Ning pounced on him, interrupting him!

"What happened to the Imperial Advisor? Did he kill any generals?"

"Did the Imperial Advisor defeat that old Taoist priest?"

Well, their reaction is quite reasonable. In any case, Wanyan Loushi didn't see anything wrong. As a deputy general, it's normal for him to care about his commander at this time.

"Please don't be anxious, both of you. The Imperial Advisor has seven wolves assisting him this time, so it should be..."

Wanyan Loushi first comforted Su Ding and Xie Ning, intending to say there would definitely be no problem, but then suddenly remembered what had happened with Tuoba Cang earlier, and immediately shut up, turning to ask the scout:

"You, speak quickly! What happened to the Imperial Advisor?"

"General, Imperial Advisor, we have been defeated."

The scout had recovered by this time. Although his face was still quite pale, his speech was much more fluent.

"Defeated? Be more specific! Are the people still alive? What about the Seven Wolves?"

Su Ding and Xie Ning once again beat Wanyan Loushi to the punch and asked the question.

"The wolf pack appears to have been completely wiped out, as for the Imperial Advisor..."

The scout first glanced at Wanyan Loushi before speaking to Su Ding and Xie Ning:

"The Imperial Advisor seems to be dead..."

"What?!!"

This time, Wanyan Loushi could no longer suppress his emotions and grabbed the scout's clothes before anyone else could!

"Can you say that again!"

There was no way he could not be anxious. He had just heard that Tuoba Cang and his disciples were all dead, and now the Imperial Preceptor Pufeng was also dead. It seemed that half of the experts in his Great Jin army had died today.

"It seems the Imperial Advisor has died."

"What do you mean 'seems dead'? Is he dead or not?!"

The veins on Wanyan Loushi's temples were bulging; he had completely abandoned any semblance of a great general.

"Commander, calm down."

Su Ding and Xie Ning were overjoyed, but they had to pretend on the surface, so they blocked Wanyan Loushi.

"That's right, Commander. The scout only said it was possible, not certain. Maybe he was mistaken."

"Yes! You're not seeing things, are you sure it's the Imperial Advisor?"

"The Imperial Advisor is kneeling, while the Taoist priest is still standing. It must be that the Imperial Advisor lost..."

The scout didn't know what to say; he even wanted the commander to go and see for himself.

"Withdraw! Withdraw! Everyone back!"

Wanyan Loushi gritted his teeth and signaled for everyone to retreat.

"General, why are we withdrawing the troops now?"

"That's right, Commander! How can we retreat in this chaos? Here's what we'll do: the two of us go find the Imperial Advisor. Maybe he's just injured! The two of us brothers can bring him back to life!"

Su Ding and Xie Ning then began their performance, displaying unwavering loyalty and courage, which moved Wanyan Loushi to tears.

“I know you two have a good relationship with the Grand Preceptor, but in this chaotic situation, your presence here probably won't be very effective. If I'm not mistaken, your troops have likely suffered significant losses as well. Now, focus on preserving your strength as much as possible. There's a saying among the Han people: victory and defeat are common occurrences in war. It doesn't matter if we lose today; we can win again next time!”

Wanyan Loushi stopped Su Ding and Xie Ning from continuing their charge, which made the two of them feel a great pang of regret, otherwise they could have sent another wave of casualties.

"Notify all scouts to sound the gongs and bugles! Signal everyone to retreat!"

Wanyan Loushi issued an order to all his personal guards to retreat. He could already foresee that the losses in this battle would be enormous, and now he wanted to save as many troops as possible.

"Listen up, you scouting teams! Gather information on these people with all your might! We absolutely cannot be completely ignorant of them again next time we fight!"

……

"Withdrawal? What happened?"

"How can we retreat? We're still entangled with the enemy!"

"Where are the generals? Why aren't there any generals giving orders?"

"This is the commander's order. I'm just a messenger. You all get ready quickly. I still need to inform the others. I'm off."

When the Jin army received the order to retreat, the soldiers were also confused. Now everyone was scattered, and if they wanted to retreat, they could only find their comrades nearby and gather together.

Are the Jurchens going to retreat?

Xu Guanzhong had been observing the entire battle situation. He could see that many Jurchens were beginning to gather, seemingly preparing to return.

"Strategist, should I also charge in?"

Bian Xiang asked from the side.

"Stop killing them. We've suffered a lot in this mess. If the Jin army wants to retreat, we won't pursue them. Just have the archers snipe from a distance."

Xu Guanzhong did not choose to pursue them. Firstly, one should not pursue a desperate enemy. Secondly, in the midst of a chaotic battle, if someone were to venture too far into enemy territory and pursue them too relentlessly, they would be beyond saving.

"clear."

Bian Xiang nodded. At this moment, everyone on the field was in a state of turmoil, with everyone intertwined and interdependent, making it indeed difficult to manage. Even if he led the team onto the field, his impact would not be significant.

"Are the Jurchens about to retreat?"

Ren Yuan and Lin Chong fought for a while, when they suddenly discovered that the Jin army around them was retreating and regrouping.

"They really are going to retreat. It seems they already know about those people who died in battle."

After observing for a while, Lin Chong nodded in agreement.

"Tuoba Cang and his four disciples, all experts, have been wiped out in today's battle. On the surface, the Jin people only have Wanyan Loushi as their sole expert."

Ren Yuan turned around and laughed with Lin Chong:

"Senior brother, do you think Wanyan Loushi can defeat you, or Second Senior Brother? Or Brother Bian Xiang?"

“But junior brother, Wanyan Loushi’s command ability should be quite good. In this chaotic situation, he was able to make the Jin army retreat in such an orderly manner. I, your senior brother, cannot do that.”

Lin Chong expressed his approval of Wanyan Loushi's command abilities.

"Senior brother, everyone has their own expertise. If everyone could do the commanding job, then Guan Zhong and the others would be out of work!"

Ren Yuan patted Lin Chong on the shoulder.

"That's true, junior brother. How about we launch another attack while they're retreating?"

Lin Chong straightened the steel spear in his hand, glanced at Ren Yuan, and indicated that he could still fight.

"How did you know I wasn't done yet, senior brother?"

Ren Yuan laughed loudly and swung his three-pointed dagger forcefully in the direction the Jurchens were retreating!

"Sky Riders! Charge with me!!"

……

In the summer of 1116 AD, the Jin army defeated the Liao army, and the Liao general Wuyan Guang was captured. The remaining Liao army retreated to Xijing and was no longer able to resist the Jin.

At the same time, the Jin army and the Dayi army clashed for the first time on the northern border. The two sides fought a massive battle involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers, entangled with each other from morning to afternoon, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

However, this final battle ended with the Jin army taking the initiative to retreat. The Dayi army did not pursue them. The two sides used Longzhou and Songwajiang as the boundary, with the area north of Longzhou belonging to Jin and the area south belonging to Dayi, leaving some buffer zones in between to temporarily maintain a stable situation.

Meanwhile, Guan Sheng's army, which was leading the westward expedition, was already not far from the western capital of the Liao Kingdom...