Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Liang Zhongshu's birthday tribute has been stolen again this year!

According to rumors, this time, it was Chao Gai, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King of Dongxi Village, who led a group to rob the place and even killed the leader of the escorts, Yang Zhi, a former palace guard with the nickname "Blue-Faced Beast"!

However, the official account from Daming Prefecture is that Yang Zhi colluded with the bandit Chao Gai and others to rob the birthday tribute, and then disappeared.

This left both the legitimate and criminal elements somewhat bewildered.

I don't know which statement is correct.

At this time, Tian Hu of Hebei, one of the bigwigs in the northern bandit world, also released a message saying that they had actually stolen the birthday tribute, and that Liang Zhongshu should come and fight them if he dared!

When this news spread, the entire bandit community was stunned.

What? Did Tian Hu steal it?

How can each person have their own version?

Ren Yuan was dumbfounded. Wait, is Tian Hu out of his mind? Why did he jump out like that?

“Tian Hu might need this to bolster his power. After all, we are developing very quickly now. Everyone in the bandit world is saying that the Song Dynasty has four kings: the two northern heroes, Tian Hu and Ren Yuan, and the two southern strongmen, Wang Qing and Fang La.”

Hsiao Chia-hui offered her opinion.

“Our Liangshan has developed rapidly in the past year or two. We just did a survey not long ago, and the total population of the stronghold has now exceeded 35,000, including more than 10,000 soldiers. This force has greatly threatened Tian Hu’s power in the north.”

"So, he wants to just come out and admit to it so that more people will come to him?"

Ren Yuan also realized what was going on. Oh, if that's the case... Tian Hu is truly a great teammate!

"Brother really understands things quickly; I'm pretty sure that's the case."

“Alright, then tell Commander Yang to rest and recover from his injuries. Once he’s healed, the position of commander of the Sixth Battalion of the Cavalry will be his.”

"Didn't Liang Zhongshu order him to escort this birthday tribute? Tell him that all the expenses for building his cavalry will come from this birthday tribute!"

"Taken from the people, used for the people. Since Yang Zhi was injured because of the birthday tribute, let's use this money to give him a full-strength cavalry battalion!"

"Okay, then I'll go."

Xiao Jiahui accepted the order, took two steps, and then turned back.

"Brother, then this Ma Liuying will be called the Birthday Camp?"

"Old Xiao, if you're not afraid Yang Zhi will fight you to the death, I have no objection."

Ren Yuan shrugged. "Shengchenying, Lao Xiao, you're good at naming things."

"Hahaha, never mind then. Oh right, brother, what about Chao Gai? Daming Prefecture has issued a warrant for his arrest. I reckon he won't be able to stay in Dongxi Village for long."

"Anyway, Liangshan won't let them come up here, otherwise we'd have to fight them to the death. If they want to come and join us, just tell them that the northern bandit camp is vast, don't just look at Liangshan, Erlong Mountain next door, the now ownerless Baihu Mountain, the weak Taohua Mountain, and the crippled Qingfeng Mountain are all good options. If they can't make it in the north, there's also the abandoned Siming Mountain in Wanchun in the south, they can go there."

“We Liangshan are not people who do not uphold the code of chivalry. If Chao Gai has any grain, grass, cattle, or sheep that he wants to sell, we can buy them at the market price. We don’t have any more than that.”

"Okay, I understand."

Xiao Jiasui went downstairs to deliver the appointment to Yang Zhi. Ren Yuan, on the other hand, was planning something else: to visit Chai Jin's estate in a few days, as he figured that the person in question was still there with Chai Jin.

"Your Excellency, how are you feeling?"

"Military Advisor Xiao."

When Yang Zhi saw Xiao Jiasui coming over, he quickly got ready.

"You lie down, don't move, or Doctor An will beat me to death if he sees me."

Xiao Jiahui was joking.

"I've come to give you two pieces of news."

"First, your birthday gifts were stolen by Chao Gai and his men. But by sheer coincidence, they later passed by a teahouse belonging to our Tianmu Camp, and the soldiers of Tianmu Camp robbed them and rescued you. So now, the birthday gifts are on our mountain. You see, if you want to go back to Daming Prefecture, I'll have my brother decide to return the birthday gifts to you."

As Xiao Jiasui spoke, she kept watching Yang Zhi's expression.

"Strategist, you jest. It seems I, Yang Zhi, am not destined to be unlucky forever. Look, the birthday gifts have returned."

These past few days, Yang Zhi has come to terms with things. In particular, the day Ren Yuan said that he would fight against the foreign tribes on the northern battlefield, which would allow him to restore the glory of his ancestors, made Yang Zhi's heart boil with passion once again!

Now, he can't wait to get better.

"Haha, it's good that you've come to your senses."

Seeing that Yang Zhi's expression didn't seem fake, Xiao Jiasui was relieved and said to Yang Zhi:

"The second piece of news is that once you recover from your injuries, the position of commander of the Sixth Cavalry Battalion will be yours. Your brother said that since it was the birthday tribute that caused your injury, all the expenses for setting up the Sixth Cavalry Battalion this time will come from the birthday tribute. You can set it up however you like. Oh, by the way, our Liangshan cavalry battalion consists of 500 men per battalion, and currently each battalion has 350 horses. This time, your brother will go to the north to buy more horses from the birthday tribute, and these horses will be given priority to your battalion."

"Thank you, strategist! Thank you, Brother Ren Yuan!"

Yang Zhihu's eyes turned red. He never expected that Ren Yuan would directly appoint him as the commander of an entire cavalry battalion as soon as he entered Liangshan!

This is much more reliable than Liang Zhongshu's empty promises!

Moreover, Yang Zhi knew that Ren Yuan would be going north to fight against the foreign tribes in the future, so these current combat battalions would definitely need to expand in the future, and the current battalion commanders would all become future generals and military governors.

And the current roster is the foundation of his confidence for future battles!

How could Yang Zhi not feel his blood boiling? He wished he could immediately bring out an army of the Yang family to show everyone that he, Yang Zhi, had not disgraced his ancestors!

"Alright, I've delivered the message. Your Excellency, please rest well. There's plenty of time in the future!"

Xiao Jiasui left with a smile. Liangshan has gained another capable general, which is great news!

……

"Go to Chai Jin's place?"

Lin Chong was somewhat surprised. Why would his junior brother suddenly want to go find Chai Jin?

"Yes, senior brother, the population of the mountain stronghold is growing. Although our eight hundred li of water is enough for everyone to live on now, what about in the future?"

Ren Yuan pointed to a map he had drawn from memory and said.

To be honest, with the boost from maxed-out comprehension, the drawing is actually pretty good, and the handwriting looks much better now too. I wonder what else this cheat can do besides martial arts.

“There’s a large island here, a large island in Korea. It doesn’t have a name yet, but I plan to call it Jeju Island. This island can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, and the eastern part of the island has excellent grazing land. If we take it, we won’t lack horses for Liangshan in the future.”

"And here, this is the closest large island to us from the Japanese pirates, called Kyushu. This island is also remarkable, surrounded by many smaller islands with abundant resources, especially this place, called Tsushima, which has a large silver mine. The total land area of ​​Kyushu is about seven times the size of Liangshan Marsh, and it is very suitable for farming. Once we take over this place, we won't have to worry about land and food. People who come to the mountains can go directly there. The Song Dynasty cannot tolerate this peaceful and prosperous era, so we will create one ourselves!"

Ren Yuan's plan was to take over Jeju Island and Kyushu Island.

First of all, these two places are closest to Shandong. As long as we can build large ships and send people to stabilize the route multiple times, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Secondly, Ren Yuan needed a rear area far from the Song Dynasty's homeland as his base. In his previous life, Ren Yuan read a Water Margin fanfiction, and the character Secretary Wang did a very good job in this regard.

Finally, neither of these two islands currently has the main force of Goryeo or Japanese pirates. Liangshan can win! There aren't many people on Jeju Island, and as for Kyushu Island... although there's Dazaifu, it's not a big problem. Decades ago, the Jurchens only just went there for a short trip (the Dao Yi invasion incident). Ren Yuan thinks that the fighting power of the Liangshan army is much stronger than that group of Jurchens at that time.

So, I want both of these islands!

First attack Jeju, then use Jeju as a springboard to attack Kyushu! Then things will be much easier; you have two paths to take.

They could either conquer the entire Korean Peninsula and then directly threaten the rear of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Or head straight north and attack Tokyo!

Ren Yuan still favored the first path. What Goryeo? Didn't you hear me? This is Lelang County of the Great Han Dynasty!

Seoul? Never heard of it! This place will always be Hanseong!

What King Sejong? Never heard of him! Where on earth is this nobody?

What kind of pickled vegetables are these?! Oh, this is acceptable, but these are traditional Chinese pickled vegetables! To be precise, they're all from Chongqing~ (I think Xue Rengui brought them over, but please correct me if I'm wrong).

Let that thieving nation disappear from the history books forever!

As for the Japanese pirates' territory, well, what more needs to be said? Whoever attacks them will be the first to be honored in the family genealogy!

“Junior brother, this is too grand in scale. I think we should invite the strategists to come and take a look.”

Looking at Ren Yuan's plan, it would be a lie to say that Lin Chong wasn't tempted.

But this really was a bit beyond his expectations.

"Yes, yes, don't worry, senior brother, I know what I'm doing. We haven't arrived at this place yet. The reason I'm going to Lord Chai's residence this time is to ask him to inquire at a high price whether people who do maritime business know the way, and also to find people who can build large ships! Then I'll have Xiao Wu and his battalion test the waters first. We can only implement this plan after we have a safe route."

Ren Yuan knew very well that he really wanted to take those two regions as backup areas, then cut directly from Korea to the rear of the Great Kim, and then move south from north to south!

As for the Song Dynasty, hmph, Wanyan Gou, you could actually change your surname to Ren. Ren Gou sounds pretty good, right?

But even if you change your ways, I still have to hit you!