Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Brother, I've brought Luan Tingyu here."

Qin Ming escorted Luan Tingyu to Ren Yuan.

"Teacher Luan, I have long admired your name."

Ren Yuan looked at Luan Tingyu, feeling quite emotional.

Luan Tingyu, whose whereabouts were unknown in the original novel, has now been captured by Qin Ming, which can be seen as vindicating Qin Ming, who was captured by Luan Tingyu's ambush in the original novel.

Although he is a combat unit, Qin Ming is really not bad in one-on-one combat.

As for the Water Margin TV series, that was pure nonsense. Ren Yuan remembers the joke "Go save Qin Ming quickly" for many years.

Moreover, in the TV series, his master Zhou Tong even became a monk. What's the point? His master was teaching his junior brother Yue Fei martial arts properly in their hometown. Why did he become a monk?

"Chief Ren, I should be the one who has heard so much about you."

Although Luan Tingyu looked disheveled and had blood on his lips, he still maintained a good demeanor.

"Teacher Luan, I have to admire your skills in training those three spoiled brats from Zhu Family Village into second-rate experts."

Luan Tingyu's ability to teach his disciples is indeed quite good, and Ren Yuan also appreciates this aspect of him.

"But to be honest, if a teacher is so good at this, why didn't he try to find a way out in the military?"

"Sigh, it's a long story."

Luan Tingyu shook his head.

"Chief Ren, I am now a prisoner, why bother asking any more questions?"

“Teacher Luan, in this life, you need to have something to look forward to. Only when you have something to look forward to will you feel that life has meaning and hope, right?”

Ren Yuan was genuinely curious, so he started to mislead Luan Tingyu.

"Teachers, would you like to tell us your story?"

Luan Tingyu looked up at Ren Yuan. He saw respect, not mockery, in Ren Yuan's clear eyes, which made him feel that Ren Yuan did not ask the question on purpose to humiliate him.

"Since Chief Ren is interested, then I will speak with him."

"To put it simply, my master did have connections in the military back then. However, I was not his only disciple. I also had a junior brother. My master could only recommend one person."

Luan Tingyu organized his thoughts and began to speak slowly.

“My junior brother and I are very close. He originally wanted to give up this spot, but I know that my junior brother has a family to support, while I am all alone. So after thinking it over, I realized that my junior brother needed the spot more, so I gave it to him and secretly left the sect.”

"Later, I traveled the world and made a living by doing some guard work. Once, I helped Master Zhu deliver goods and caught his eye. He paid me a lot of money to stay and become a teacher."

“Chief Ren, although my Zhu Family Village has the ambition to dominate Dulonggang, we have never had any intention of opposing Liangshan. I have received great kindness from Chief Zhu, and I should do my best to plan for the Zhu Family Village. To be fair, do you think I have done anything wrong?”

"Each serves their own master, that's right."

Ren Yuan nodded. Luan Tingyu was indeed a hero. No wonder Song Jiang praised him so highly in the original novel, to the point of suppressing Sun Li, who betrayed Luan Tingyu.

However, Ren Yuan felt that Song Jiang was wrong to suppress Sun Li. Everyone serves their own master. Since you recruited Sun Li, and Sun Li betrayed his senior brother to support you and help you succeed, you turned around and used that as a reason to suppress him.

Song Gongming, you're just making things up!

I really think this kind of scheme is immoral. You shouldn't have used it in the first place! You should have attacked the Zhu Family Village fair and square, three, four, and five times!

Don't take advantage of someone else's benefits and then criticize them for it. What's the difference between this and a scumbag who lives with a girl before marriage but refuses to give a bride price because the girl was not very virtuous before marriage?

"However, Teacher Luan, although you mean well, the people from Zhujiazhuang have indeed done bad things. We won't even mention their bullying of men and women, but Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang also have a lot of grievances against them."

Ren Yuan looked at Luan Tingyu: "Teacher, what's the use of you keeping yourself pure? It's like a phoenix falling into a coal pile. So, I'd like to invite you to my mountain stronghold to sit for a while and see how we do things. I wonder if Teacher Luan would be interested?"

"Does the chieftain want me to come up the mountain too?"

Luan Tingyu went straight to the point and asked.

"My brothers from Liangshan came up here because we share the same ideals, and we didn't force anyone. I just didn't want to see such a beautiful gem buried in the countryside."

Ren Yuan waved his hand and said, "You, Luan Tingyu, are indeed quite good, but that's all you're good for."

There's no need to force you to go up the mountain.

"In that case, I'm willing to go and take a look."

Luan Tingyu thought about it and thought it was a good thing. He wouldn't die, and he could even go and see what was going on at Liangshan. It was a pretty good thing.

"That Zhu Family Village..."

"Teacher, the Zhu family village will naturally get what it deserves, so you don't need to worry about it."

Ren Yuan interrupted Luan Tingyu, saying that this matter was a secret of Liangshan, and Luan Tingyu was no longer a leader of Liangshan, so there were some things he couldn't ask.

"Alright, as long as Chief Ren doesn't harm the people."

Luan Tingyu thought for a moment, then decided against it. All three of his disciples were gone, and the old master was nowhere to be found. Who was he supposed to plead for? There was no one!

"Teacher Luan need not worry about that. Ever since Liangshan raised the banner of 'Acting on Behalf of Heaven,' it has enjoyed a very good reputation among the people, at least much better than the Zhu Family Village."

Ren Yuan's words were utterly rude and cruel. Luan Tingyu was taken aback, then fell silent again.

What else could he say?

Ren Yuan is absolutely right!

"Pass down the order: all troops are to enter the village! Gather the surrendered soldiers and pacify the people!"

"Remember our three principles: those who disobey will be executed!"

With everything settled on Luan Tingyu's side, Ren Yuan didn't waste any words and ordered the entire army to advance into the village.

Zhujiazhuang is so big, there's a lot to move, let's hurry!

……

The path behind Zhujiazhuang.

The fox, with a blade of grass dangling from its mouth, waited listlessly.

"Chief, we've fired the signal flare twice. Shouldn't we have taken Zhujiazhuang by now?"

A junior officer asked about the matter.

"I don't know, but I guess so, after all, Liangshan's strength is still sufficient."

Mi Sheng shrugged and said, "You're asking me? Then who am I supposed to ask?"

"Then, leader, should we continue to lie in ambush here? If we continue like this, we won't get any credit at all, and there are so many people from Hu Family Village. It's a bit embarrassing if we don't get any credit."

The junior officer was somewhat unwilling. If the Zhu Family Village was breached, their ambush would be meaningless, or even a waste of effort.

"I ask you, what is the first ironclad rule for Liangshan when we go out to fight?"

"All actions are subject to command."

"That's right. The mission my brother and the strategist gave our battalion is to lie in ambush here, so we can't go anywhere! Unless we see the signal to retreat! Do you understand?"

Mi Sheng looked very serious. If Wen Huanzhang were here, he would be extremely gratified, because this was all taught in class in Pingzhai.

Of course, it wasn't just Wen Huanzhang who spoke; Ren Yuan would also say a few words.

"But the merit..."

The junior officer was still somewhat unwilling. This was the Zhu Family Village, such a lucrative opportunity! If they missed this chance, who knew when they would get another chance!

"We'll get our credit eventually. As our brother's personal guards, what are we afraid of not having battles to fight? Let's broaden our horizons!"

Mi Sheng patted Xiao Xiao on the shoulder; he was starting to feel increasingly proud of himself.

"Chief! Chief! There's the sound of horses' hooves ahead! Someone's coming!"

Just as Mi Sheng was correcting the thinking of his junior officers, a scout suddenly reported back, which immediately invigorated Mi Sheng!

"See? Who said we didn't get credit for lying in ambush here? Look at the credit we've earned!"

"Brothers, grab your weapons!"