Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Yang Zhi and his companions spent the next few days on the main road.

That basically means spending half a day walking and half a day resting.

Although everyone was quite puzzled, no one dared to say much after Yang Zhi made this decision.

The soldiers actually thought that Commander Yang was not bad, as he didn't make them too tired.

Carrying a load out during the hottest part of the day is really uncomfortable.

After several days of this, they ended their journey on the main road and began to enter the mountain roads.

This is even worse.

There were no shelters along the mountain road, and the sun was particularly strong, causing the group to sweat profusely.

There are occasional groves of trees along the mountain road, but Yang Zhi never allows anyone to rest in the woods.

Whenever someone needed to rest, Yang Zhi would stand next to that person, cursing and saying unpleasant things, which made them very unhappy. If they still didn't leave, he would take a rattan cane and beat them to make them leave quickly.

The fighting was real. Every soldier had been beaten by Yang Zhi. On one occasion, even a rattan cane was broken!

Eight or nine days passed in this way, and all the soldiers had been beaten by Yang Zhi at least once, with some being beaten six or seven times.

"Yang Zhi, please reduce the amount of force you use."

When Lao Xie first saw Yang Zhi break the rattan cane, his eyes widened. He began to carefully recall whether he had offended Yang Zhi along the way and whether he would be beaten to death by him.

After thinking it over, it seems there isn't one; their only conflict was the one before they came out.

“Sir, if we don’t fight them, they’ll be incredibly slow. You’ve seen this forest; it’s in the middle of nowhere. What if some bandits are lying in ambush in there?”

Yang Zhi brought up the idea of ​​a strongman again, but this argument has been used so much lately that it no longer seems as intimidating.

"Strong man, strong man, look around here! Where's the strong man? Forget strong man, there's not even a person here!"

Before Lao Xie could say anything, the two officers jumped out and started arguing with Yang Zhi.

"That's right, Yang Zhi, look at what you've done to everyone along the way! If we're talking about strongmen, I think you're the real strongman!"

"What do you two know? Do you even know the methods of those powerful people?"

Yang Zhi retorted fiercely. As someone who had once been a bandit in the Song Dynasty (after the Huashi Gang shipwrecked, Yang Zhi hid in the Jianghu and could be considered to have lived there), he was familiar with the methods of these powerful figures.

"People like us, carrying large amounts of wealth and goods, are doomed once targeted by bandits. There's no chance of survival. And you won't die a quick death. Do you know what it means to be burned alive? Do you know what it means to be stuffed with meat? Do you know what it means to cook a live sheep?"

Yang Zhi's series of questions made the two officers a little hesitant.

But they can't just give up like that!

So, the two of them, with their necks stiffened, said to Yang Zhi:

"Don't try to scare me! There's no such thing as all that nonsense! Yang Zhi, don't think that just because you've been around in the underworld for a few years you can just spout off like that!"

"Exactly, we don't believe your nonsense! Besides, there are more than a dozen of us, how could he possibly kill us all? Furthermore, the current emperor is a wise ruler, and the country is peaceful under his rule. You, Yang Zhi, are talking about so many dangers, are you implying that our Great Song Dynasty is in a particularly chaotic state right now?"

"You two!"

Yang Zhi was furious. He hated people who were clearly unreasonable but still wanted to argue with him!

Enraged, Yang Zhi prepared to pick up the rattan cane beside him and give the two guys a good beating!

In Yang Zhi's view, there is nothing that cannot be solved with a beating; if there is, then two beatings will do!

But Lao Xie stepped forward and stopped him.

“Yang Zhi, these are not ordinary soldiers. They are commanders. In terms of status and rank, they are no less than you. You can fight ordinary soldiers, but you can’t fight these two.”

Nonsense! These two officers are Xie Duguan's own men. If Yang Zhi attacks them, isn't that slapping Xie Duguan in the face?

Old Xie, he's a man who cares about his reputation!

"Humph!"

Yang Zhi had no choice but to snort coldly and then angrily urge the others to hurry on their way.

"Steward, you saw that, didn't you? Yang Zhi is incredibly rude!"

"Exactly! Everyone's in charge! We're both your men, but look at Yang Zhi! He doesn't give us any face at all!"

After Yang Zhi had gone a little further away, the two officers immediately complained to Lao Xie.

"Shut up, you two! Knowing he's highly skilled in martial arts, why did you both go and provoke him?"

Old Xie told them to shut up.

These two officers are loyal, but they're a bit foolish.

He was old, so he had heard some of the things Yang Zhi mentioned when he was young, but he had only heard about them and had never seen them in all these years.

He was dissatisfied with Yang Zhi's itinerary arrangements. After all, he was getting old, and traveling during the hottest part of the day was really too much for him.

But although Yang Zhi was prone to beating and scolding others, he still respected himself, which made it difficult for Lao Xie to cause trouble for Yang Zhi for the time being.

Moreover, if they really encounter a strong person, Lao Xie isn't stupid. Among his group, only Yang Zhi is capable of fighting, so they'll have to stick close to Yang Zhi.

So, during his rest time, Lao Xie personally went to comfort the soldiers who had been beaten by Yang Zhi, which made the soldiers' goodwill towards Lao Xie rise sharply!

However, Yang Zhi's high-pressure management style remained a major problem! So much so that within a day or two, almost everyone was complaining about Yang Zhi to Lao Xie!

On this day, amidst Yang Zhi's scolding and beatings, everyone set off early. At first, the weather was indeed quite cool, but when they arrived at a place called Huangnigang, the weather became unbearably hot!

The sky was cloudless, and the sun blazed overhead. Only the very top of Huangni Ridge had trees; the rest was bare yellow earth and sand.

Under the scorching sun, the entire Huangnigang area felt like a steamer, with heat rising from the ground and the sand and stones burning hot underfoot.

The soldiers, carrying their loads, were exhausted from walking on this kind of road. They all begged Yang Zhi to rest for a while, but Yang Zhi observed the terrain and knew that Huangnigang was a particularly dangerous place, not a good place. There was no guarantee that there wouldn't be any bandits there, so he resolutely refused to let them rest.

Unable to express their grievances, they could only hurry towards the top of Huangni Ridge under Yang Zhi's urging.

Once they reached the top of Huangni Ridge, they suddenly discovered that there was a forest at the top! In this weather, the shade of the trees was especially precious, and the wind coming from the forest carried a cool feeling!

Therefore, all the soldiers, disregarding Yang Zhi's orders, rushed into the woods with their loads on their shoulders, threw down their loads, and immediately lay down to rest!

It's nice to find shade under a big tree! It's a good place to rest on Huangni Ridge! Lying here, the contrast with the heat just now is like night and day!

They just want to rest! They don't want to leave! No matter who tries to urge them, they won't go! Anyone who leaves is a dog!

Even if you beat me to death today, even if you make me jump off Huangni Ridge, I won't leave!

"Get up! Get up, all of you! Are you all crazy! Rest here!"

When Yang Zhi saw this, his eyes widened in disbelief!

Are you all crazy? What kind of place is this? Resting here? Do you want to die?!