Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Whose forgiveness do we need?"

Liu Tang immediately perked up.

"Hey, Guo Sheng, go and call Governor Yang here."

Ren Yuan shook his head. "You robbed Yang Zhi back then, and now Yang Zhi is with my Liangshan. You want me to send Liangshan to rescue him? Didn't you think about that?"

"Yang, Commander Yang? Is that Yang Zhi, who was escorting the birthday gifts back then?"

Liu Tang is a loyal and righteous man, good in every way, except that he is a bit careless in his work. He didn't even know how long Yang Zhi had been in Liangshan.

"Yes."

Xiao Jiahui nodded as well.

"Brother Liu Tang, I admire your courage to risk your life for your brothers."

"However, Commander Yang is now a brother of Liangshan. If you value loyalty, we must also value loyalty. Therefore, the decision in this matter does not lie with us, but with Commander Yang."

“Military Advisor Xiao is right, Liu Tang. I understand your feelings very well. You want to save Chao Gai, which is a good thing. But as Military Advisor Xiao said, we Liangshan brothers are all like-minded.”

Ren Yuan also said to Liu Tang.

"Yang Zhi is now one of our Liangshan men. The grudge between him and you needs to be settled by you. Otherwise, we really can't go to rescue Chao Gai. What will he think then?"

Liu Tang fell silent. He knew Ren Yuan was right; it was indeed the case. But there was no other way now. If Liangshan didn't send troops, Chao Gai would surely die this time!

Therefore, Liu Tang was prepared. Even if Yang Zhi wanted his life, he would give it to him, as long as they could save Chao Gai!

"Brother, you wanted to see me? Oh, all the strategists are here? Is there something important you want to entrust to me?"

A short while later, Yang Zhi was brought in by Guo Sheng. He was in a good mood recently because he knew that he would soon be going to attack Jizhou.

“Commander, someone has come to Liangshan seeking help, but this person happens to have a grudge against you. So I called you over to take a look. If you feel it is not appropriate, Liangshan will follow your wishes.”

Ren Yuan said to Yang Zhi.

"Oh? You have a grudge against me? Who is this person? I don't remember offending anyone."

After Yang Zhi released most of the pent-up frustration in his heart, he became much more cheerful and started joking around with everyone. This would have been impossible a few months ago.

"Liu Tang, you speak to the governor yourself."

Ren Yuan stepped aside, and a person suddenly appeared from behind him.

"Commander Yang, it's been a long time. We were guilty in the past, please forgive us."

Yang Zhi saw a burly, dark-skinned man kneeling down in front of him. At first, he didn't think anything of it, but upon closer inspection, he noticed that the man had a cinnabar mark on his temple!

Instantly, several figures appeared in his mind!

"It's you! How dare you show your face in front of me!"

Yang Zhi's expression changed immediately.

He certainly wouldn't mistake one person for another. Of the nine people who robbed him at Huangnigang, only Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian didn't directly attack him, so Yang Zhi didn't hate them.

Moreover, after Xiao sent Jin Dajian up the mountain, Yang Zhi already knew that they had also been tricked by Wu Yong, so he naturally resolved this minor grudge.

However, the remaining seven people are different!

Yang Zhi was drugged at the time, which reduced his martial arts skills by more than half. The remaining people did not hold back against him!

If I hadn't been lucky enough to fall off the cliff and then been caught by the crooked tree, I might have lost my life there!

“Your Excellency, we were blinded by greed back then, but we had no intention of harming you. None of the escort teams from Daming Prefecture were injured. If you hadn’t resisted, you would have been safe.”

Liu Tang said, "Yes, that's the truth. They really didn't kill anyone from Daming Prefecture."

But it wouldn't sound good to say that now.

Yang Zhi was both angry and amused upon hearing this.

"Are you saying that I brought this on myself when I fell off the cliff?"

"Of course not, but Commander, I know you come from a distinguished family, but may I ask, if the old general could know this in the afterlife, what would he think if he saw you helping a group of corrupt officials transport the people's hard-earned money?"

"So you mean I should thank you?"

Yang Zhi's hand had already started to clench into a fist.

"What is Liu Tang doing? Does he still want the governor to not forgive him?"

Everyone said they didn't understand. Did Liu Tang want Liangshan to send troops, or did he not want to?

"No, but I think it's not wrong for us to rob such ill-gotten gains. It's just that we accidentally injured the commander at the time, which was indeed wrong."

"I, Liu Tang, am willing to give my life today to exchange for the governor's forgiveness. I hope the governor can send troops from Liangshan to save my brother Chao Gai!"

After saying that, Liu Tang suddenly drew his waist knife, closed his eyes, and was about to slit his own throat!

"Qiang!!"

But Liu Tang was stopped. Yang Zhi used his family's heirloom sword to knock Liu Tang's waist knife away, blocking his suicide attempt.

“You…”

Liu Tang opened his eyes in surprise. Yang Zhi had forgiven him?

What's the point of you committing suicide?

Yang Zhi said as he sheathed his knife.

“You were just following orders. No matter how angry I, Yang Zhi, am, I know what’s important.”

"Besides, I once thought that what you destroyed was an opportunity for me to restore the glory of the Yang family. But later I realized that it was just an opportunity to be someone's dog."

"So in a sense, I should thank you. You saved me from being someone's dog!"

Yang Zhi pulled Liu Tang up from the ground.

"Although I look down on Chao Gai and Wu Yong, you are a decent person."

"It's impossible for us to be friends, but it's possible to settle our score."

"Brother, Yang Zhi has volunteered for the mission. Let me go."

Yang Zhi volunteered to go and provide support.

"Commander Yang! I, Liu Tang, owe you my life!"

Liu Tang knelt down before Yang Zhi, truly surprised that Yang Zhi had forgiven them.

“Your Excellency, you have a much bigger task to prepare for, so let’s skip this one.”

However, Ren Yuan and his strategists did not agree. Yang Zhi's Sixth Regiment needed training and rest at that time.

"Liu Tang, since Commander Yang has said he's willing to rescue your Chief Chao, then Liangshan can send troops this time. What do you say, brother?"

As the most authoritative strategist, Wen Huanzhang's words generally indicate that there are no problems.

"Yes, I know Huang Wenbing, the prefect of Jiangzhou. He's always ripping off the people. His brother, on the other hand, is a very kind person to the people and is known as Huang the Buddha."

Ren Yuan nodded in agreement after hearing Wen Huanzhang's words.

"But this Huang Wenbing has done all sorts of bad things and is called 'Wasp Sting' by the people of Jiangzhou. It's puzzling that brothers born of the same mother are so different."

"Since Chao Gai is trapped in Jiangzhou, let's go there. First, to rescue Chao Gai and uphold the code of chivalry; second, to remove this thorn in the side for the people of Jiangzhou!"

Also, Li Li and the Mu brothers have both been found by Song Jiang, so shouldn't Li Jun, you should be appearing soon too...?