Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"You're calling me for help?"

Ren was taken aback at first, then asked.

"Say it again, what does the person who asked us for help look like?"

"A big, dark-skinned man with a prominent red mark on his temple."

The junior officer replied.

"Liu Tang."

Ren Yuan immediately knew who it was.

"Liu Tang, didn't he go to Qingfeng Mountain with Chao Gai?"

Wen Huanzhang and the others knew that Chao Gai and his men had gone to Qingfeng Mountain, so why would they come to their aid now?

"Let's take him to the Hall of Righteousness. Strategists, let's rest for a bit and go see this red-haired devil."

Ren Yuan decided to meet Liu Tang anyway. This guy was a loyal man, and for him to risk his life to deliver a message, Chao Gai must have gotten into trouble.

"Okay, this is a good opportunity to take a break."

Xiao Jiahui and the others put down the documents in their hands. Perfect timing, they had been reviewing them for most of the day, so they took the opportunity to rest!

A moment later, at the Liangshan Gathering Hall.

Ren Yuan and his strategists met Liu Tang.

This loyal man was covered in blood, his face stained with gunpowder, and the hastily bandaged wound on his arm seemed to still be bleeding.

"Brother Ren Yuan! I'm in dire need of help!"

As soon as Liu Tang entered the gate, he knelt down and kowtowed to Ren Yuan.

"Get up, sit down and talk slowly. Someone, go to Huichun Camp and fetch a doctor to examine Brother Liu Tang."

Ren Yuan knew from the situation that this was a serious matter; Liu Tang's injuries were clearly not minor.

"Thank you, Brother Ren Yuan, I'm fine."

Liu Tang quickly got up, and then the junior officer brought him a chair, which he quickly sat down.

Indeed, this frantic run had taken its toll on even this tough guy.

"Brother, please ask Liangshan to send reinforcements to Jiangzhou to rescue Brother Chao Gai!"

"Jiangzhou?"

Everyone was taken aback. Wait, weren't you all fine at Qingfeng Mountain? How did you end up in Jiangzhou?

"You Qingfeng Mountain people have really made something of yourselves now, daring to attack prefectures and counties."

Ren Yuan shook his head slightly. "Liangshan doesn't even attack prefectures and counties much. You Qingfeng Mountain people are really bold!"

"Yes, brother, you don't know this, but after we went to Qingfeng Mountain, we unexpectedly saved Song Jiang, who is known as the Timely Rain. He became the eighth leader of our Qingfeng Mountain."

"After the Eighth Leader arrived at the mountain stronghold, he frequently went down the mountain, each time claiming to be recruiting talent or borrowing grain."

“Every time Brother Chao Gai was about to go down the mountain, Song Jiang would say that he was the leader of the stronghold and should not be moved lightly, so he would usually lead his men down to carry out his mission.”

"However, this Song Jiang is indeed quite capable. He went down the mountain several times and did bring people up. In the past few months, he brought three Buddhist and Taoist figures up the mountain: Iron Buddha Cui Daocheng, Flying Yaksha Qiu Xiaoyi, and Flying Centipede Wang Daoren. He also obtained 20,000 to 30,000 strings of cash and grain to recruit soldiers and horses, which has indeed strengthened the strength of Qingfeng Mountain."

"Isn't this a good thing? You have manpower, money, and provisions when you need them. How did it turn out like this?"

Ren Yuan was stunned. Good heavens, Song Jiang, you really don't discriminate, you bring all kinds of people to the mountain.

Who are these Iron Buddha, Flying Yaksha, and Flying Centipede? Why don't you, Song Jiang, recruit Deng Long from Erlong Mountain as well, and create a two-on-one team for yourself?

"Because Brother Chao Gai tried to save Brother Lei Heng, he and Song Jiang spent money. They were old acquaintances in Yuncheng County, so they did him a favor and found a death row inmate who looked similar. They cut his tendons and poisoned him to make him mute, so he could take Brother Lei Heng's place. Then they sent Brother Lei Heng to Jiangzhou."

"Dai Zong, the chief of the two courts in Jiangzhou, was an old acquaintance of Military Advisor Wu. The Lei brothers were exiled there. It would have been a good thing if he had taken care of them. But the problem was that Song Jiang wanted to send the Lei brothers to the mountain ahead of time, so he frequently went to Jiangzhou. As a result, he met the death-bringing judge Li Li and the Mu brothers."

"But because Song Jiang went to the prison too many times, he was discovered by Huang Wenbing, the prefect of Jiangzhou. Huang Wenbing investigated Song Jiang's background and directly arrested the brothers Dai Zong and Lei Heng, setting a trap for Song Jiang to fall into. As a result, he really fell for it! Together with Li Li and the second son of the Mu family, he was directly arrested by Huang Wenbing!"

Liu Tang talked on and on, and everyone felt like he was telling a story.

Wow, you guys are really brave to actually do something like replacing death row inmates.

“Brother, you know that Brother Chao Gai values ​​loyalty the most, and he and Song Jiang are childhood friends. How could he not help Song Jiang when he is in trouble?”

"Unable to dissuade him despite Wu's earnest efforts, Brother Chao Gai had no choice but to obey. This time, Brother Chao Gai personally led most of the mountain stronghold's troops down the mountain to join forces with the eldest brother of the Mu family. With more than 1,500 men from both sides, they directly attacked Jiangzhou City!"

"Fifteen hundred men? You think you can take Jiangzhou with that many?"

The Liangshan strategists were all amused. Did they really think Jiangzhou was something made of paper?

This is a huge state, you know!

"Chao Gai has the guts to attack Jiangzhou with only 1,500 men. If you gave him 15,000 men, would he dare to attack Dongjing?"

Ren Yuan shook his head helplessly. "Why did you, Chao Gai, save Song Jiang? Wouldn't it have been better not to?"

But he then asked Liu Tang:

"Fifteen hundred men, that's not a lot, but it's not a small number either. Even if we can't take Jiangzhou, you shouldn't be injured like this, right? If we can't beat you, can't we just run away?"

"Brother Ren Yuan's insight is brilliant."

Liu Tang expressed his admiration for Ren Yuan.

"That Huang Wenbing is indeed very shrewd. It seems he anticipated that Qingfeng Mountain would attack the city, so he specially went to request two reinforcements in advance!"

"One force is led by Han Tao, the military commander of Chenzhou, with a thousand men, and the other force is led by Peng Qi, the military commander of Yingzhou, also with a thousand men. These two forces are blocking our retreat. Now our Qingfeng Mountain troops can neither advance nor retreat! If this drags on any longer, our supplies will run out!"

"Therefore, Military Advisor Wu ordered me to fight my way out of the encirclement and come to Liangshan for help!"

"Brother Ren Yuan, I beg you to forgive and forget! This is an emergency! From now on, Qingfeng Mountain will follow the lead of Liangshan!"

As Liu Tang spoke, he rose from his chair again and kowtowed.

"Get up! A man's knees are worth gold. This habit of kneeling at the drop of a hat is unacceptable."

Ren Yuan had Lü Fang and Guo Sheng help Liu Tang up, then asked the strategist behind him:

"Strategists, what do you think? Should we go this time?"

"To be honest, Chao Gai and we don't have much of a relationship. Even if we do, it's because of past grievances."

Xiao Jiahui spoke first, looking at Liu Tang with a playful expression.

"Moreover, when his birthday tribute was stolen, he was desperate and had nowhere to turn. It was Liangshan who bought his things and raised money for him to go to Qingfeng Mountain to develop. To be honest, we have already done more than enough."

"Strategist, I know we have offended Liangshan in the past! But please, strategist, for the sake of us being fellow outlaws, save my brother Chao Gai! Liu Tang kowtows to you!"

Liu Tang is truly a man of great loyalty and righteousness. Now, for Chao Gai's sake, he is willing to disregard his own dignity.

No sooner had Xiao Jiahui finished speaking than he immediately began to kowtow to her repeatedly!

Lü Fang and Guo Sheng quickly pulled the guy back. Good heavens, we didn't even look at him, and you kept kowtowing? And so hard at that! Don't you kowtow yourself to death in my Liangshan camp!

"Stop kowtowing, I haven't finished speaking yet!"

Xiao Jiahui was also won over by Liu Tang's sincerity.

To be honest, this guy is really loyal.

"But after all, Liangshan is one of the four great outlaws of the Song Dynasty. Since you've come begging, we can't refuse you."

"However, Liu Tang, if you want Liangshan to send troops, you'll have to get someone to forgive you first..."