Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

The battle of Jiangzhou brought Liangshan a huge profit.

Putting everything else aside, those three hundred-plus divine crossbows instantly elevated Liangshan's offensive and defensive capabilities by several levels.

"Give a few Divine Arm Crossbows to Mo Shifang and his wife in the engineering team and see if they can disassemble them, replicate them, or improve them. Then let Tang Long and the others see if they can mass-produce them."

"And as for Ling Zhen, give him another 100,000 strings of cash from this spoils, and try to get him to build brand new cannons for me next year."

Ren Yuan and the others have been back in Liangshan for a while now, and he's getting busier as the year draws to a close.

He had to handle all sorts of affairs at Liangshan.

First of all, after Hou Jian joined the Liangshan Mountain Weaving Bureau, he immediately became the general manager of the bureau. However, Ren Yuan jokingly called him "Director Hou," so everyone followed suit and called Hou Jian that too.

Hou Jian had a task right away this time, because he had to embroider battle flags for several regiments.

Based on the year's achievements, Liangshan will be awarding flags to quite a few battle groups this year.

On Ma Jun's side, Xu Ning's troops, thanks to their outstanding achievements in the Battle of Dongchangfu, successfully earned the right to be awarded a banner. They will use Xu Ning's nickname, "Golden Spear," as their banner.

Qin Ming's troops, also based on their merits throughout the year, plus their great achievement in attacking Jiangzhou, were also qualified to be awarded a banner. Their banner was also related to their commander, and it was called "Thunderbolt".

As for the remaining four regiments, they haven't been deployed yet, but Yang Zhi's troops will be heading to the Jeju battlefield after the spring, at which time Yang Zhi's troops will also be given their flags.

On the infantry side, Sun An's Second Infantry Regiment, currently the strongest fighting force in Liangshan, was also awarded a flag with the name "Soaring Dragon" for its achievements this year.

Bian Xiang's Fourth Battle Regiment also earned the right to be awarded a flag due to their accumulated merits; their flag was named "Zhenwei".

Lu Zhishen's Fifth Battle Group was also highly decorated, so it was also qualified to be awarded a flag, named "Vajra".

On the naval side, because there weren't many battles this year, only Ruan Xiaoer's First Naval Regiment was awarded a flag, named "Dragon Shark".

Finally, there were two guards: Lin Chong's "Po Jun" from the Cavalry Guard and Mi Sheng's "Lie Shan" from the Infantry Guard.

Look, without Hou Jian going up the mountain, it's hard to even distribute the flags! Because you can't embroider anything particularly beautiful.

In addition, Li Jun, along with his formidable brothers, also began to establish the Seventh Naval Regiment.

As for Han Tao and Peng Qi, don't worry, they were both highly sought after because everyone was short of deputy generals, but in the end, Yang Zhi won.

“Brother, as you know, I’m going to Jeju soon. My Sixth Regiment doesn’t have a single deputy general besides myself. I need to get someone to come and help me.”

When Yang Zhi, who is usually quiet and reserved, starts playing the victim, who can resist him?

"Then how about we let Brother Han Tao come with you?"

"That's great! Thank you, brother!"

Finally, Han Tao was taken by Yang Zhi, which was a complementary arrangement. Yang Zhi had a particularly bad habit of scolding and beating his soldiers. Ren Yuan had already reminded him of this, but he hadn't completely corrected it yet. Han Tao, on the other hand, was quite capable in dealing with his subordinates. With his help, things would be much better for Yang Zhi.

As for Peng Qi? He was eventually taken away by Wang Jin. When Wang Jin asked for him, no one on Liangshan dared to rob him.

Because Wang Jin was in charge of training all the reserve troops in the stronghold, he knew exactly who the promising talents were. In addition, he was highly skilled in martial arts, had good character, high reputation, and was also related to the stronghold leader as his senior brother (although they weren't blood relatives). No one in the stronghold dared to disobey him.

Peng Qi was first appointed as a deputy general under him, and they trained troops together, which was also a good thing.

"Brother, speaking of which, the New Year is coming soon. Aren't you planning to go back and visit your master?"

At the Broken Gold Pavilion halfway up the mountain, Xiao Jiahui pulled Ren Yuan out to play chess. Everyone was tired from reviewing memorials at the strategist's office all day, but Xiao Jiahui was good at taking a break from her busy schedule.

"Haha, I'm afraid he'll beat me up. Eat your horse!"

Ren Yuan spoke as he played chess.

"Brother, you're mistaken. By establishing Liangshan, you've benefited countless people in the surrounding area. It's not like Tian Hu and his ilk who were granted fiefdoms or anything like that. You haven't gone against the wishes of your hometown people at all. Draw the chariot, General!"

"I was thinking that after we take Jizhou, I'd invite him to visit. After all, that place no longer belongs to the Song Dynasty. Right now, I'm going against the court, and who knows how much affection my master still has for it? By the way, is there any way to back out now?"

Ren Yuan shrugged. It wasn't that the old man had any complaints about him. After all, Liangshan had become so famous in the past two years. How could the old man not know what he was doing? He sent people to deliver things to him during holidays, and the old man received quite a few gifts in return.

By all accounts, he doesn't seem to have any dissatisfaction with himself.

"I have no regrets, brother. You play chess so well. Only someone like me would have stopped playing with you long ago."

Xiao Jiahui said this while agreeing to Ren Yuan's decision to renege on his move.

"If you ask me, brother, you should find some time to go back in person. What's wrong with you? The mighty Dongba of the Great Song Dynasty is afraid to go back to see your master. People will laugh themselves to death if word gets out."

"I'm not afraid of my master, it's called respect, you know what respect is? Hehe, it's my turn! General!"

General Ren said that as for going back to see Zhou Tong, he already knew what to do.

"Hehe, brother, I don't believe you for a second. Sorry, I'll have to go first. You're out of pieces. Brother, if you don't improve your skills, you'll really be a terrible chess player."

Xiao Jiahui put down the chess piece in her hand, looking smug.

"Wait a minute, I think I can back out one more time..."

"Brother, you're Optimus Prime, have some shame..."

……

A certain place in Henan.

"Master, where are we going for the Chinese New Year this year?"

At the age of ten, Yue Fei was already much older than Ren Yuan had been gone for some time.

"Pengju, do you miss your senior brother very much?" (To reiterate, Yue Fei's father had already chosen his courtesy name a long time ago, so please stop arguing that he had a courtesy name at such a young age.)

In recent years, Zhou Tong has increasingly exuded an air of otherworldly elegance. Currently, he only has Yue Fei as his disciple, and it can be said that he has devoted all his energy to Yue Fei.

And Yue Fei did not disappoint his expectations; at such a young age, he already possessed extraordinary skills.

"Master! Are we going to find our senior brother?"

Upon hearing the words "senior brother," Yue Fei immediately perked up!

Although Zhou Tong had many disciples, only Ren Yuan currently enjoys the treatment of being called "senior brother" by Yue Fei.

After all, Yue Fei arrived late, and the others had never lived together.

"Your senior brother is now a very famous person in the martial arts world. I, as his master, may have already been forgotten by him."

Mentioning Ren Yuan still makes Zhou Tong a little angry. This mischievous monkey did indeed achieve great things after completing his apprenticeship, and he would send gifts through others during festivals, but he never dared to come back in person.

Does this kid think I'm going to hit him?

absurd.

"Master, no! Senior Brother will definitely welcome us! Let's go to Liangshan, Master!"

Yue Fei was still young at heart. He had only heard that Liangshan was very popular and he really wanted to see it for himself!

"Alright, then let's go to Liangshan and see what your third senior brother is up to..."