Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Report! Your Majesty! There is a man outside the city claiming to be the marshal of the Dayi Army, holding up a human head and demanding our surrender!"

Inside Hangzhou, Fang Tianding was waiting for news when a soldier suddenly came to report, which immediately put him to work!

"A head? Hahaha, Fang Jie is dead! Fang Jie is dead!"

Fang Tianding was extremely agitated; his first thought was that Fang Jie was dead!

"Good riddance! Finally dead!"

No one wanted Fang Jie dead more than Fang Tianding, especially if he died at someone else's hands!

"Who is this person?"

To confirm, Fang Tianding continued to ask.

"He claimed to be Du Xue, the Marshal of the Southern Expedition of the Dayi Army."

The messenger was new and not familiar with the name Du Xue.

"So it's Commander Du. Then there's no need for further explanation, Fang Jie is dead!"

Fang Tianding rose directly from the dragon throne, excitedly circled the palace twice, and then said to the messenger:

"Quickly, gather all civil and military officials and accompany me out of the city to welcome Commander Du!"

Fang Tianding really wanted to surrender. He always remembered what he had said to Li Zhu and Ren Yuan when he was at Liangshan.

As long as he surrenders, Fang Tianding can become the city lord, and Hangzhou will still be his!

Although he said those words himself, Ren Yuan didn't object on the spot, did he?

"Your Majesty, are we really going to surrender?"

In fact, He Conglong was reluctant to surrender. He had finally managed to become a second-rank official after Fang Tianding took office, and now that he had surrendered, he was afraid that he would lose his position. This made He Conglong feel somewhat unbalanced.

What we're saying is, Your Majesty, can't you be a little braver? Even if we abandon the city and flee to the mountains or islands in the south to establish a small country, wouldn't we still be able to continue being emperors?

If you can become emperor, I can continue to be the marshal of the Imperial Guard. Isn't that great?

"Conglong, the world is in such a state of affairs, let's not try to stop him like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. As the old saying goes, 'A wise man submits to circumstances.'"

Fang Tianding said, "Conglong, don't take the wrong path. We must be pragmatic. Only by being pragmatic can we live long. Only by being pragmatic can we be true heroes."

He Conglong was dumbfounded.

Your Majesty, would you like to hear what you're saying?

Suzhou has fallen, Hangzhou is about to fall, the Dayi army is at the gates, are you ready to take advantage of the situation?

If you surrender now, I find it hard to believe this wasn't pre-arranged!

"Conglong, don't worry. As long as I have food, you will have food too. I will never forget your contributions."

Fang Tianding thought He Conglong was worried about his future treatment, so he quickly gave him a guarantee.

"..."

He Conglong stopped talking. He was tired. Whatever, as long as he could live, that was enough.

Other Ming officials shared similar thoughts with He Conglong; after all, they were the Ming Cult! A nation founded on the Ming Cult! How could it simply vanish like that? It seemed Fang Tianding was truly not a wise ruler!

Therefore, many people did not obey Fang Tianding's order to assemble, but instead took off their Ming Dynasty official robes, burned them, and buried them, refusing to acknowledge that they were Ming Dynasty officials.

Anyway, they know the rules of Yi Kingdom, and they won't harm ordinary people. It's better for them to submit as ordinary people!

Therefore, Fang Tianding only managed to gather a handful of thirty or forty officials in the end.

"Why are there only these people?"

Fang Tian frowned deeply. "Can this even work? You're making the people of Yi look down on me!"

"Your Majesty, the officials have heard that the surrender is imminent, and none of them want to come..."

In fact, the Ming Dynasty court has been in turmoil recently, and many people have questioned Fang Tianding's ability to control the country. Now, there's no need to question it anymore; Fang Tianding is simply incompetent!

"Fine, don't come if you don't want to!"

Fang Tianding also lost his temper. Did you really think I needed people like you to surrender smoothly? I don't need to!

"Come on, everyone who's already here, follow me! Let's welcome Commander Du!"

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"Boss Du, what's the best way for us to deal with Fang Tianding when he comes out later?"

Lu Cheng and Liu Yijing understood Du Xue's plan, but in order to make the scene look better, they also had to come up with some ideas.

"What's there to say? Just do as I said, kill them, and then say they're plotting a rebellion, right? They're all on our side, who would say anything?"

Du Xue didn't care about this. In his view, as long as he could conquer the Ming Dynasty and unify the country as before, nothing else mattered.

At most, he'll just be branded as someone who killed surrendered soldiers. Let those people curse him! It won't cost him anything!

Moreover, if this could lead to the unification of the country and allow the people to receive a larger share of the spoils, then Du Xue would accept any amount of infamy.

"Brother Du, you may disregard your own reputation for the sake of the world, but we brothers cannot allow our leader's reputation to be tarnished. I have a plan!"

Liu Yijing said he had a plan!

"Tell me quickly, what's the plan?"

Lu Cheng was immediately excited.

"When Fang Tianding comes out, he will definitely bow to our Boss Du. At that time, Lu Cheng, you pretend to go to greet him, then bump into him and shove your sword into his hand. Then you can say that he intended to assassinate him, and Boss Du can kill him directly!"

Liu Yijing drew Lu Cheng's sword and demonstrated how to do it to him.

"Good plan!"

Lu Cheng practiced it once and found it to be very good, so he immediately agreed.

Du Xue didn't stop them. In his view, Fang Tianding was already a dead man, and it didn't matter how he died.

"General Du! General Du!"

The gates of Hangzhou opened, and Fang Tianding led his thirty or forty officials out quickly. Since they were surrendering, none of them were on horseback.

"Old Lu, get ready!"

Liu Yijing signaled Lu Cheng to prepare. When Fang Tianding approached and saw Fang Jie's head on Du Xue's spear, he was overjoyed and immediately bowed, saying to Du Xue:

"Thank you so much, Commander, for eliminating the traitor within my own ranks! Your kindness to me is immeasurable..."

"Oh!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a crash. Fang Tianding felt someone bump into him from the front and then stuff something into his hand!

Huh? What's going on here!

"General! General! Fang Tianju has ill intentions! He's drawn his sword; he's trying to assassinate us!"

Lu Cheng took three steps in two and returned from Fang Tianding's side to Du Xue's side, and said directly to Fang Tianding!

"No, it's not..."

Fang Tianding then realized that what had been shoved into his hand was actually a sword! And the tip of the sword was pointing at Du Xue!

"Fang Tianding! How dare you! My commander originally helped you eliminate the traitor within your own ranks because of your sincerity, but I never expected you to repay kindness with enmity and try to assassinate the commander under the guise of surrender!"

Lu Cheng pointed at Fang Tianding's face with a "I misjudged you" expression!

"Fang Tianding! Do you have any conscience? You're worse than a pig or a dog!"

Fang Tianding was stunned!

No, General? Do we know each other? Do we have a grudge?

Didn't you just bump into me and shove the sword into my hand? Now you're cursing and swearing, you're framing me!

"General, I..."

Fang Tianding turned his gaze to Du Xue, hoping to get some comfort from him, but what he was met was Du Xue's cold and murderous eyes!

No, no, Commander, what happened to surrendering? Why is there such a murderous aura?

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