Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"What the hell! You want me to camp outside?!"

"Do you believe I'll storm your county town?"

Dong Ping's temper flared up instantly. He drew his two pistols and prepared to call on his men to attack the goal!

"Supervisor Dong, if you are truly Supervisor Dong, you should know the rule that armored soldiers are not allowed to enter the city at night!"

"If you insist on attacking the city, then we will have no choice but to resist!"

But the guards Dong Ping encountered tonight were incredibly disrespectful and stubborn, even threatening to resist.

This infuriated Dong Ping so much that he wanted nothing more than to trample the city gates with his horse!

"Boss, we're outnumbered, let's forget it."

"That's right, boss, let's retreat first and talk about it tomorrow morning."

Dong Ping's subordinates advised him to stop. This time, they were all cavalry, and their numbers were small, only a little over two hundred. The cavalry were not good at attacking cities, and it was nighttime. If a real battle broke out, they would suffer a great loss.

Let's wait until tomorrow morning to demand an explanation.

"Hmph, I'll remember you! You wait! Get out of here!"

After being persuaded by his subordinates, Dong Ping became more rational. Indeed, the current situation was not in his best interest. Since he couldn't get in, he would wait until tomorrow.

However, he had some doubts. Yanggu County Lieutenant had always been quite reliable in his work, so why would he do something so strange today?

Could it be that something went wrong in Yanggu County?

"Boss, shall we go and check out the surrounding villages? If all else fails, we can just spend the night in one of them?"

His thuggish soldiers offered their advice.

"Are you trying to take advantage of me again?"

The two hundred-plus men under Dong Ping were all veterans who had robbed ordinary villages in the Song Dynasty. They had very poor discipline, and if they entered a village, they would basically extort and demand bribes.

“Commander, this is not our fault. Yanggu County will not open the gate for us to rest, so we will have to go elsewhere to make a living. We have traveled for so long, so we should eat and drink well and get some rest.”

One of his subordinates said this.

"That makes sense. Humph, Yanggu County, you brought this on yourselves."

Dong Ping took one last look at Yanggu County, then led his men away, cursing and swearing. Their target was clear: the villages near Yanggu.

As luck would have it, the place closest to them was where Shi Qian and Ma Ling had settled Wu Song's family!

Meanwhile, Wu Song and Shi Qian had just arrived in the village and they met up relatively smoothly.

"Erlang, are you alright?"

The moment Wu Dalang saw Wu Song, his tense heart finally relaxed.

Although he knew his younger brother was highly skilled in martial arts and could even fight tigers, Wu Dalang was genuinely worried about his safety just now.

After all, tigers are beasts, but sometimes, the wickedness of human nature is more dangerous than tigers!

Seeing Wu Song return safely, Wu Dalang could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, brother. How are you all? Are you all alright?"

After seeing his brother, Wu Song was relieved. It was good that his brother was alright.

"We are fine. Leader Ma told us to wait here while he went to Liangshan to ask for help."

“Brother, we must set off immediately. I killed Ximen Qing and the county magistrate. But the county magistrate said he has powerful backers, and I’m worried that they will retaliate. So we can only be completely safe once we reach Liangshan.”

Wu Song thought for a moment and realized that this place was not a good place to stay. It was too close to Yanggu County. They had to leave as soon as possible.

"Okay, no problem, I'll call them right away."

Upon hearing this, Wu Dalang immediately understood the gravity of the situation and quickly prepared to wake up his Taishan family and Yunge's family.

"Okay, I'll go call Yun Ge'er's family and Brother Shi Qian. Please prepare the horses and such."

"No problem, Brother Wu Song, don't worry. There shouldn't be anyone coming out to chase us from Yanggu County, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get out of the city gate just now."

Shi Qian felt that there shouldn't be any major problems in Yanggu County.

"As for the pursuers from Dongping Prefecture, although they are close by, I don't think Dongping Prefecture will find out what happened so quickly. After all, the county magistrate didn't know during the day that he would be beheaded that night, so it's obviously impossible for him to go to Dongping Prefecture to call a bunch of people in advance. Do you think I'm right?"

Yes, Shi Qian's analysis is correct. The problem is that he doesn't know that Dong Ping came not to avenge the county magistrate, but to deliver goods.

“That makes sense, but I don’t know why, I just feel a little uneasy.”

Wu Song didn't know how to explain it, but it was just a gut feeling that told him to leave quickly.

However, the family members traveled at a slower pace. Just as everyone finished packing and was about to leave the village, suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from the direction of Yanggu County!

"This is quite a force! Where did Yanggu County get so many cavalry?!"

Upon hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Shi Qian's expression changed drastically. What was going on? Had the magistrate of Yanggu County changed his mind?

"That's impossible! I don't remember having so many cavalry in Yanggu County!"

Wu Song was completely bewildered. Could it be that the magistrate was doing this on purpose, so that he would find his family and then capture them all at once?

"Brother Wu, you all need to hide!"

Shi Qian made a quick decision and immediately ordered the carriage to hide in the woods by the roadside, leaving only himself and Wu Song with their two horses in the middle of the road.

"Remember, stay far away, don't make a sound, and don't move. Wait for that leader, Ma Ling, to return, understand?"

After giving instructions to Wu Da and the others, Shi Qian then said to Wu Song:

“Brother Wu Song, they seem to have ill intentions. However, the closer we get to them, the safer Brother Wu and the others will be! But we…”

"Brother Shi Qian, why don't you take my elder brother with you and hide together?"

Wu Song felt bad about letting Shi Qian suffer with him, so he wanted him to go and hide away.

"Brother Wu Song, what nonsense are you talking about? My mission is to protect you. Let's go, let's go take a look together."

Shi Qian smiled, listening to Wu Song's words of concern for him, which made him feel that this tiger-fighting brother was indeed someone he could get along with!

"Brothers!"

Wu Song patted Shi Qian on the shoulder. They had only just met, yet this brother was willing to stay with him. Wu Song felt more and more that the Liangshan brothers were all great!

"Boss, there are two people ahead!"

Moments later, Wu Song and Shi Qian ran into Dong Ping's troops!

"What are these two doing sneaking around in the middle of the night? I'm not a thief, come on, arrest them!"

At Dong Ping's command, his men spurred their horses and surrounded Wu Song and Shi Qian.

"Who are you two?"

Dong Ping stepped forward and asked sternly.

"Reporting to you, sir, I am a constable from Yanggu County, and this is Wu Song, the head constable of Yanggu County. We are on official business and are on our way back to the county seat."

This is where Shi Qian comes in; he can say things like that so readily, something Wu Song could never do.

The problem is, Shi Qian didn't know that Dong Ping had just suffered a setback in Yanggu County!

At this point, you say you're a yamen runner from Yanggu County, well, isn't this just a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road?

"I'm waiting for the yamen runners from Yanggu County!"

Dong Ping smiled, then drew his spear and said to his men:

"Brothers! Let's take down these two guys! Let's vent our anger!"