Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

The establishment of a new dynasty is bound to be anything but smooth sailing.

Especially on the Western Army's side, although everyone felt that surrendering at this time was a very good thing, the problem was that not everyone was willing to surrender to Ren Yuan.

For example, Zhu Dingguo, a fierce general under Liu Fa, did not want to surrender to Ren Yuan.

In Zhu Dingguo's words, how could he, a former general, possibly bow down to a bandit?

"Old Zhu, what are you being so stubborn about?"

As a fellow general under Liu Fa, Zhai Jin had no such concerns. He listened to Liu Fa and did whatever Liu Fa said. Wherever Liu Fa went, he went too.

"I'm not being stubborn, my name is Dingguo! Dingguo! Dingguo means the Great Song Dynasty! Not this damned Yiguo!"

Zhu Dingguo usually listened to Liu Fa, but he was very dissatisfied with this matter.

General, what's wrong with you! How could you surrender so easily? Where is your backbone?

"Old Zhu, didn't the general say that surrendering to Yiguo was to fight the Western Xia and to open up the Western Regions?"

Zhai Jin stated that he was willing to fight as long as he could fight the Western Xia people and the Western Regions.

"The general is old. He believed that Ren Yuan's nonsense, and you believe it too?"

Zhu Dingguo said, "How can you just let Yuan do whatever he wants?"

"Ren Yuan says he'll attack Western Xia, and he says he'll attack the Western Regions, and he says he'll attack the Western Regions? Who does he think he is? Is Western Xia so easy to conquer? Is the Western Regions so easy to conquer? If they were so easy to conquer, why hasn't anyone conquered them all these years?"

Zhu Dingguo said that Ren Yuan's words are just something to listen to and not believe.

"But they did attack Western Xia, and even helped Commander Zhong capture a Western Xia stronghold."

"So what? They're just a bunch of amateurs in the end. I refuse to be with them! Who knows when they'll fall? A strongman becoming emperor? What a joke!"

Zhu Dingguo stated that he would absolutely not be with Ren Yuan.

"So, what do you want to do?"

Zhai Jin asked Zhu Dingguo.

"I will leave with my men. Didn't they say that those who want to stay can stay, and those who don't want to leave? I'm leaving, and I'll see if they'll let me go!"

Zhu Dingguo had already made up his mind, and Zhai Jin couldn't persuade him any further. He could only tell Zhu Dingguo to go and say goodbye to Liu Fa properly.

But Zhu Dingguo didn't listen. Before leaving, he didn't say goodbye to Liu Fa face to face. Instead, he went to Liu Fa's residence alone, silently kowtowed three times to Liu Fa, and then turned and left.

What Zhu Dingguo didn't know was that when he kowtowed to Liu Fa, the gate of Liu Fa's mansion was not closed properly, and there was a crack through which one could actually see outside.

Liu Fa was actually sitting in the courtyard at the time, watching Zhu Dingguo kneel down and kowtow in front of his mansion. At that moment, Liu Fa's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

Zhu Dingguo, Zhu Dingguo, why were you so foolish? Did you really have to take that step?!

"Master, General Zhu..."

Seeing Liu Fa's excited expression, Liu Fa's old steward couldn't help but come up and say something.

"That's fine. Everyone has their own way of living. Since Dingguo has made his choice, I have no reason to stop him."

Liu Fa shook his head slightly, then gave instructions to the old steward.

"Send someone to inform the Prince that we need to be careful on his return journey."

"Sir, you mean..."

The old steward was somewhat surprised. Why was the prince suddenly notified?

"You can go then. The prince should know what's going on."

Although Liu Fa appeared calm on the surface, the white knuckles on the back of his hands and the bulging veins told a story of his inner turmoil.

the other side.

After leaving Liu Fa's residence, Zhu Dingguo went directly to the military camp, where he took his loyal soldiers and prepared to leave.

Of course, others would still try to persuade him to quit and stay, but Zhu Dingguo remained unmoved and insisted on leaving with his men.

Because in his heart, he had already planned what he would do after leaving.

He had about two thousand men under his command, and in Zhu Dingguo's view, each of these two thousand men was an elite force.

He had it all planned out. With these two thousand people as his core team, Zhu Dingguo was sure he could achieve great things!

How many men did Ren Yuan have when he started his rebellion at Liangshan? Now he's become the overlord of the land.

In terms of background and team, Zhu Dingguo far surpasses Ren Yuan back then. If Ren Yuan could succeed, why can't he?

Since the Song Dynasty is gone, rather than making him submit to someone like Ren Yuan, it would be better to let Zhu Dingguo establish his own country!

What excited Zhu Dingguo even more was that he heard something!

It seems that Ren Yuan is about to travel light and return to Liangshan in the next few days. Although he doesn't know exactly what happened, this news gave Zhu Dingguo an idea.

What if I intercepted and killed him halfway?

"He'll be traveling light, so he definitely won't be taking many troops with him. The reorganization of the Western Army also requires manpower, so he won't be accompanied by many generals!"

Zhu Dingguo himself was there analyzing the feasibility of the plan.

"In that case, as long as I occupy a favorable position and launch a surprise attack, it's not impossible for me to take him down!"

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more confident he felt that his plan was feasible!

Therefore, after he and his men left, he specifically found a relatively secluded corner to continue discussing and refining the plan!

"Brothers, since ancient times, are kings and generals born with a special destiny? Ren Yuan was just a nobody who succeeded because of luck. Are we any worse than him? Besides, if we kill him, we can claim it's to avenge the Song Dynasty! Who in the world dares to disobey us?"

Zhu Dingguo has become obsessed. He regards Ren Yuan as a stepping stone for Zhu Dingguo to go further!

"Follow Boss Zhu!"

"Follow Boss Zhu!"

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Those who were loyal to Zhu Dingguo naturally shared similar ideas with him, so they were easily brainwashed by Zhu Dingguo and prepared to follow him in doing something big!

So they quickly chose an ambush location, which was the fastest route back to the Central Plains from the Western Army's territory. Zhu Dingguo judged that Ren Yuan would definitely take that route in order to get back as quickly as possible!

"Boss Zhu, the problem now is, we only have two thousand men. What if we fail to kill Ren Yuan?"

"Let's gamble on that one shot. If we fail, we'll retreat immediately. We know the terrain well, they won't be able to catch us."

Zhu Dingguo spoke with great certainty.

"Besides, since Ren Yuan wants to return to Liangshan quickly, he certainly won't spend too much time chasing us. So as long as we run fast enough, we'll be fine!"

"So, what do you say? Are you going to do it or not?"

"Do!"

"Yes! It's Ren Yuan we're dealing with!"

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Meanwhile, Ren Yuan was looking at the report Shi Qian had brought, and pointing to the letter delivered by Liu the Pharaoh's steward, he said to Shi Qian:

"We can relax a bit on General Liu's end, since his letter has made his stance clear."

"Yes."

Shi Qian nodded, and did whatever his brother said.

"As for this Zhu Dingguo?"

Ren Yuan raised his eyes, and a domineering aura that could shake the world suddenly surged from his body!

"All I want to do is go home and see my son, but he's trying to cause trouble?"

"Then I'll grant his wish! Let's see what he's really made of!"

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