Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Iron Rod Luan Tingyu.

A mysterious figure in Water Margin.

In the original novel, after the fall of the Zhu Family Village, no one was found alive or dead. A certain Jiang claimed they were dead, but not a single leader of Liangshan stepped forward to claim this immense credit. (Please don't mention the drastically altered suicide ending in the TV series; please don't watch the TV series, just read the original novel.)

Furthermore, why is it that the man nicknamed "Iron Rod" never used a stick in battle, but always used a spear?

Li Ying also wanted to know the answer to this question.

But he's busy right now because the two of them have already clashed!

After this exchange, Li Ying realized that Luan Tingyu's skills were truly formidable.

His barrage of attacks was completely neutralized!

What a talent Luan Tingyu! He's really got some skills!

“Master Li, we really can talk this over slowly.”

Luan Tingyu felt that Li Ying was so angry that his disciple must have really done something serious, and he still wanted to settle things peacefully, so he remained on the defensive.

"Talk? Tie up your three apprentices first, then come and talk to me!"

Li Ying only wanted to fight; he had no time for talk! At the same time, he wielded his spear even faster!

Helpless, Luan Tingyu knew that prolonged defense would inevitably lead to defeat, and Li Ying's skill was truly no worse than his own. He could no longer hold out and had no choice but to use his spear skills to attack Li Ying.

The two spears clashed repeatedly, both men being top-tier spearmen of their time, neither able to gain the upper hand! The Zhu brothers on the side were dumbfounded. In their eyes, their master was the most powerful, but they never expected that Li Ying, who usually didn't stand out much, would be on par with their master!

"Third brother, didn't you once say you wanted to fight Li Ying one-on-one?"

Zhu Long swallowed hard.

"Big brother, you're mistaken. It was second brother who said it."

Zhu Biao shook his head like a rattle drum. He was joking. Usually, when they fought with their master, they were the ones who got beaten up. Li Ying was able to fight their master to a draw, so beating them up was a piece of cake.

After forty or fifty rounds, Luan Tingyu deflected Li Ying's spear, turned his horse around, and rode away!

"Hmph, your disciple was like this just now, and now you're doing the same thing. Like master, like disciple!"

Li Ying scoffed and then spurred his horse to give chase!

You want to ambush me with a bow and arrow? How can you be so shameless?

But Li Ying did not expect that Luan Tingyu would not reach for the bow and arrow, but instead twist his waist and turn around, then raise his hand and swung out a meteor hammer!

This meteor hammer was incredibly fast. Li Ying was caught off guard and tried to dodge, but the meteor hammer was already in front of him!

"Oh!"

The hammer struck Li Ying's left shoulder heavily. Even with armor protecting him, the injury was still quite severe. Li Ying's body swayed violently, and he almost fell off his horse!

"Whizzing!"

But Li Ying's fighting spirit also flared up. Despite his injured left shoulder, he immediately grabbed his spear and threw two throwing knives at Luan Tingyu with his right hand!

Luan Tingyu reacted quickly, dodging one attack and blocking the other with his gun. He then stopped and looked at Li Ying.

“Master Li, let’s stop here. Stop making things harder for yourself.”

Luan Tingyu remained very polite.

"Hey, Mr. Luan, what are you doing?"

Li Ying endured the pain and tried hard to control his voice.

"You hurt me, and then you pity me? Who do you take me for?"

“Master Li, I think it’s a misunderstanding. I’ll go back and ask my unworthy disciple, and then I’ll definitely give you an explanation, okay?”

Luan Tingyu was also a good man, and he admired Li Ying's abilities. Therefore, he really didn't want to become enemies with Li Ying for no reason. It seemed that he would have to ask his disciple about it when he got back.

"Master! Why waste words with him? This guy is colluding with Liangshan to attack our Dulonggang!"

Zhu Long and Zhu Biao, seeing that their master seemed to have the upper hand, immediately started shouting.

"Shut up!"

Luan Tingyu scolded the two arrogant fools, saying that Li Ying was indeed injured, but even if he was injured, if he fought desperately, he could take one of Zhu Long and Zhu Biao with him even if he died in the end!

"I'm colluding with Liangshan? What a joke!"

Li Ying pointed at Zhu Biao's nose and cursed:

"You little brat, even your father wouldn't dare pin this crime on me, and you dare to say such a thing? Fine, fine, I'll see what evidence you have!"

"We have no evidence, but a quick search will reveal it!"

Zhu Long spoke up.

"Just let us search Li Family Village, that's all. If you haven't colluded with Liangshan, you have nothing to fear! What's wrong with letting us search?"

"Right, that is it!"

Zhu Biao echoed this sentiment.

"Hahahaha, Luan Tingyu, this is the good disciple you've taught!"

Li Ying laughed loudly, looking up at the sky.

"This is it? You still want to say there's a misunderstanding? Misunderstanding my ass!"

Li Ying's anger was further ignited.

Do you really think I, Li Ying, am incapable of swearing?

His eyes darted around, and he said to Zhu Long and Zhu Biao:

"Kid, you three are actually my children, you know that?"

"Bullshit! You old dog Li, how dare you insult my parents!"

Zhu Long and Zhu Biao were furious when they heard this. "Li Ying, you old bastard, how dare you take advantage of me like this!"

"Hehe, you don't believe me? Go back and ask your parents. Back then, your dad couldn't have children, so he made me take his place, hahaha, and what I got in return were you three little bastards! I should have just refused, but your dad was too enthusiastic, I couldn't refuse..."

"You bastard! Die!"

Zhu Long couldn't take it anymore and spurred his horse towards Li Ying. He hadn't expected Li Ying to be so venomous! How dare he say such a thing!

"Disciple, be careful! It's a trap!"

Luan Tingyu quickly reminded him, but it was too late!

"Whizzing!"

Just as Zhu Long rushed out, two throwing knives came flying at him like lightning!

He hurriedly ducked, but only managed to dodge the first knife. The second knife drew a strange arc and landed squarely on his buttocks!

"what!"

Zhu Long felt a sharp pain in his buttocks and could only quickly grab the horse to keep it from moving around, otherwise it would hurt even more!

"Hmph, you really think you have three unfilial sons like you? Bah!"

Li Ying cursed angrily. It wasn't that he couldn't argue. He had cursed even more rudely when he was young and wandering the world.

"Master Li, you went too far just now..."

Luan Tingyu stepped forward to catch Zhu Long, then frowned, preparing to speak.

"Bullshit! Luan Tingyu, why didn't you say anything when they said they were going to search my estate? Now what are you pretending to be, playing the righteous official? You think you're so great?"

Li Ying clutched his left shoulder. Damn it, that blow really hurt.

"Li Ying, now that you've lost your throwing knife and are injured, confess your crimes quickly, or don't blame me for taking you to the authorities!"

When Zhu Biao saw that Li Ying seemed to be failing, he instantly felt that he could do it again!

"Hmph, Third Brother Zhu, if it weren't for your master, you would have been dead long ago!"

Li Ying ignored him and led his men to retreat.

"Listen up, Zhu Family Village! If Du Xing is injured or dies, I, Li Ying, will use all my connections to fight you Zhu Family Village to the death. Today, I admit defeat and I'm out!"

After saying that, Li Ying left without looking back.

Although Du Xing couldn't be saved, injuring two members of the Zhu family was still a decent outcome.

At least his desperate efforts would deter the Zhu Family Village from making any rash moves for a period of time.

"Master, what do we do next?"

Li Ying was protected by his trusted confidant, who then asked in a low voice.

Without hesitation, Li Ying immediately spoke:

"Quickly, go and invite Chief Ren Yuan!"