Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Jiangzhou City.

Qingfeng Mountain Camp.

The situation here is not good. The soldiers are exhausted from days of fighting, and with the unfavorable situation, many of them look weary.

Why bother attacking prefectures and counties? Wouldn't it be better to just stay in the mountains and be a strongman?

In this situation, we're stuck, unable to move forward or backward, and the food is dwindling every day. We could die at any moment!

"Guan Zheng, we can't stay in this passive position any longer."

In the central command tent, Wu Yong's eyes were bloodshot; he had been working through the night for many days.

Unfortunately, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with any particularly good solutions.

The Qingfeng Mountain team is now truly in a dilemma.

Upon entering, the fortified city of Jiangzhou made it impossible for Qingfeng Mountain to launch an attack.

Chao Gai personally led his men to charge several times, but they were all driven back. Hong Li, Han Bolong, Mu Hong and others were even hit by stray arrows and are now wounded.

Moreover, the several forced sieges have already caused the Qingfeng Mountain troops to lose hundreds of men, and now the soldiers' morale is very low.

As for retreating, there's no way to do so now.

The forces from Chenzhou and Yingzhou completely blocked their retreat, and the two leading generals were quite skilled in martial arts. Together, they repelled several attacks from Qingfeng Mountain.

There aren't many leaders in Qingfeng Mountain who can beat them one-on-one, and Han Tao and Peng Qi don't even fight; they just bully you because they have more people!

A respectable person like me would engage in a duel!

The original force of over 1,500 people has dwindled to only 800 or 900, and most of them are injured. It's a miracle they haven't mutinied.

Chao Gai's face was black and he looked exhausted, as he hadn't washed it for several days.

"Strategist, what do you want me to do now?"

Chao Gai's voice was already hoarse.

“Zhang Zheng, Song Gongming fell into the trap and was captured, that’s his problem. We still need to consider the whole stronghold. Qingfeng Mountain only has this much strength left. If we fight again, we’ll have nothing left.”

Wu Yong pondered this several times.

Jiangzhou City, which 1,500 men couldn't even take, now has enemies behind them. With only 800 or 900 men left, let alone taking Jiangzhou, it's questionable whether they can even return to Qingfeng Mountain alive.

Moreover, with so few people left, attacking the city is definitely the worst option!

Even if they manage to break through and rescue Song Jiang, how many men will be left?

With only one or two hundred men left, how could they possibly be a match for the combined forces of the two states outside the city?

He'll probably be locked up again as soon as he gets out of prison.

"But Gongming..."

Chao Gai found it very difficult to watch Song Jiang get into trouble without helping him.

"Guan Zheng! You are now the master of Qingfeng Mountain. You must consider the entire Qingfeng Mountain! Consider all of us brothers!"

Wu Yong was furious. "You like Song Jiang so much? Why don't you just go into the city and go to jail with him?"

"No, strategist, even putting aside my personal relationship with Gongming, I am the leader of this stronghold. If my brothers are captured and I don't rescue them, how can I face the world after this?"

Chao Gai felt that Wu Yong was too hostile towards Song Jiang.

"Look, Gongming has added three highly skilled leaders to the stronghold, as well as so much money and grain. It can be said that he has made great contributions to the stronghold, but he never takes credit for himself and is still willing to be the eighth leader."

“He’s in trouble now. If I don’t help him, who will be willing to come to Qingfeng Mountain in the future?”

Wu Yong shook his head helplessly. "What are you thinking about at a time like this?"

“Zhangzheng, I know Song Jiang is helpful to the stronghold, but have you thought about what kind of people he’s brought up? That Iron Buddha and the Flying Centipede, although their martial arts are not bad, they are all villains. Do you think any heinous person can come to our Qingfeng Mountain?”

"Furthermore! It's not that we don't want to save them! It's just that there's no way to save them now! How many people were there when we arrived? How many are there now?"

"If saving one brother results in the deaths of many more, sir, do you think that's saving brothers or putting them in danger?"

"Moreover, in my opinion, he is the eighth brother, who repeatedly prevents you from going down the mountain, while he himself has gone down the mountain many times to represent Qingfeng Mountain. Do you think he is building momentum for himself, or does he really want to make Qingfeng Mountain bigger?"

"Guardian! Wake up! This isn't child's play; you're the leader of this stronghold! Every decision you make could result in someone's death!"

Wu Yong's words were extremely hurtful; almost every word pierced Chao Gai's heart.

He knew, of course, that many people from Qingfeng Mountain had died trying to save Song Jiang.

Moreover, he knew that Wu Yong was always worried that Song Jiang would become too powerful and usurp his authority.

But he really didn't want to believe that a good friend he had known since childhood would betray him.

Besides, Song Jiang did it to save Lei Heng, who was also Chao Gai's friend! Song Jiang was willing to go to jail to save Lei Heng, so why couldn't Chao Gai risk his life to save Song Jiang?

"Strategist, shall we fight one last time? I'll personally lead the charge! If we still can't break through this time, we'll retreat back to the mountain?"

Chao Gai said to Wu Yong.

Wu was almost heartbroken.

They're still charging? There are only eight or nine hundred of them. How many will be left after the initial charge? How do they break through?

"It's alright, strategist. Have you forgotten that Brother Liu Tang has already gone to Liangshan to ask for reinforcements? Liangshan will definitely come to our aid!"

Chao Gai suddenly thought of something and immediately comforted Wu Yong.

It's alright, we still have our Liangshan brothers!

"Guardian, have you really forgotten that Yang Zhi is at Liangshan!"

Wu Yong really wanted to slap Chao Gai to bring him to his senses!

"Even if Ren Yuan doesn't hold our past against us, do you think he'll send troops if Yang Zhi isn't willing? Wake up, Chief!"

"Is Song Jiang really that important? Must we save him?"

"Is Qingfeng Mountain owned by the Chao family or the Song family?"

Wu Yong's last words were undeniably heavy, leaving Chao Gai speechless for a moment.

But as soon as Wu Yong finished speaking, someone burst into the central command tent.

"Who is it that doesn't intend to save Brother Gongming and my younger brother?"

Mu Hong led the way, followed by Li Li, Cui Daocheng, and others who strode in, waiting for Wu Yong.

"Wu Yong, don't think you can decide everything just because you're the strategist. Let me tell you, you must save Brother Gongming and my brother! Whoever doesn't, I'll kill them!"

Mu Hong, that local thug, opened fire on Wu Yong as soon as he entered.

"That's right! Brother Gongming has made great contributions to the stronghold, but he can only be ranked eighth. Some people do no work at all, yet they can be ranked third. They really have no shame!"

Qiu Xiaoyi was also sarcastic and eccentric.

Who are you talking about?!

Hong Li, Li Kui, Yan Shun, and others also entered the central command tent, but they were in strong support of Wu Yong.

"Without a strategist, you would all have lost your lives on the battlefield the day before yesterday! Now, not only do you not know how to be grateful, but you're also making sarcastic remarks here?"

For a moment, the small tent was clearly divided into two distinct areas!

"Bullshit! It's clearly Wu Yong's incompetence that's why we're stuck here unable to move!"

"You're the one talking nonsense! If Song Laoba hadn't been an idiot and gotten captured, would we have needed to go down the mountain to attack Jiangzhou?"

"Try swearing at me again? I'll chop you up first!"

"Do you think I'm easily scared? Come on then! Let's see who chops whom up!"

……

The argument between the two sides grew increasingly heated, and Chao Gai's expression became increasingly grim!

He never expected that his team would be so difficult to manage!

What are they all arguing about?

I am the boss of Qingfeng Mountain! I'm not dead yet!