Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Qingzhou.

In the Qingzhou government office, a general nearing forty was conducting the final defensive preparations before the New Year.

He was Huyan Zhuo, who was brought over by Murong Yanda through his sister's influence after Qin Ming went up the mountain.

It has to be said that people from families that have served as generals for generations are truly remarkable.

After Huyan Zhuo took over the defense of Qingzhou, he stabilized the situation in Qingzhou in a very short time. Even though Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others had gathered a lot of people in Qingfeng Mountain, they did not dare to cause trouble in Qingzhou.

However, compared to Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo is less likely to become Murong Yanda's confidant because the Hu Yan family is renowned, and he doesn't have much affection for Murong Yanda, who only got the position of prefect because of his sister.

"Uncle, there's a letter from Great-Grandpa."

Just as Huyan Zhuo was carefully studying the defense plan for next year in his room, there was a knock on the door.

"Oh, it's Asheng. Come in."

A young general entered through the door. His name was Huyan Sheng, and he was Huyan Zhuo's cousin (whoever is making this cameo, please claim it). He lost both his parents at a young age and was raised by Huyan Zhuo.

"uncle."

After Huyan Sheng entered, he respectfully bowed to Huyan Zhuo.

"What's wrong? Whose letter did you just say?"

Huyan Zhuo looked at his cousin with great satisfaction.

Now his nephew is becoming more and more outstanding, and is already a very good deputy general. He can say that he has done right by his cousin.

“It belongs to my great-grandfather.”

"Oh? Let me see."

Hu Yanzhuo's brows furrowed, because his grandfather usually didn't write to him. The last time he wrote was when he had just been transferred to Qingzhou.

"it's here."

Huyan Sheng handed over the envelope with both hands. Huyan Zhuo opened it and quickly read it through.

After reading it, his expression was neither good nor bad.

"Uncle, what did Great-Grandpa say?"

Hu Yansheng was somewhat curious.

“Your great-grandfather said that there’s some movement in the imperial court. After the New Year this year, we might have to go to war with Liangshan.”

Huyan Zhuo put down the letter and tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table.

"Liangshan? Is that the Liangshan that Great-Grandpa mentioned, the one that reached a cooperation agreement with our family?"

The cooperation between the Huyan family and Liangshan was known even among the core members of the family. As Huyan Zhuo's deputy general and a nephew, Huyan Sheng was naturally aware of this as well.

"Yes, this time Liangshan attacked Jiangzhou, and Cai Jiu returned to the capital crying and complaining. Cai Jing then prepared to have our Qingzhou and Dengzhou forces attack Liangshan together."

"With two groups of people coming together, Uncle, it's not easy for us to just go through the motions."

The Huyan family and Liangshan are allies, so they definitely won't attack each other; at most, they'll just put on a show. But if there's another force from Dengzhou, then things will be complicated.

After all, it wasn't the Pinghai Army from Dengzhou that was dispatched.

"I don't know about Dengzhou, but I guess your great-grandfather will give them a heads-up. But who will ultimately represent Dengzhou is anyone's guess."

"Then, Uncle, should we still obey the imperial court and send troops?"

"It's definitely not an option to not send troops, but we can't be too eager to send them either. The two thousand linked cavalry we brought from Runing will be less effective if it snows. We can use that as an excuse to delay for a while longer."

Huyan Zhuo had two thousand heavily armored cavalry under his command. These were his old subordinates who had followed him for many years. They were extremely powerful and were Huyan Zhuo's lifeblood.

He had no intention of risking his precious possession just to avenge Cai Jiu.

Moreover, Liangshan is already an ally of the Huyan family, so there's no need, absolutely no need.

"Understood, Uncle. I will inform our people that if they receive orders, we should say that we need to rest."

"Well, we can ignore that old codger Murong Yanda's orders and let the imperial court issue the order directly."

……

Dengzhou.

"Commander Sun!"

"Commander Sun!"

Sun Li, the military commander of Dengzhou, was also inspecting the Dengzhou camp.

Sun Li was the most formidable general in Dengzhou. Since Hu Yanbao's Pinghai Army was not part of the Dengzhou garrison, the Dengzhou prefect could not mobilize the Pinghai Army at all. Therefore, Sun Li was the most capable fighter under his command.

This Sun Li, with his steel whip, iron spear, and riding a black horse, has been an invincible force in Dengzhou for many years.

Therefore, in Dengzhou, everyone called him "Sick Yuchi".

"Commander, someone is looking for you!"

Just as Sun Li was on his inspection tour, a junior officer suddenly came to report that someone was looking for him.

He was somewhat surprised, but he still followed the person out of the camp. Upon seeing who it was, he smiled.

"Little brother, what brings you here?"

"Brother, you're working hard in the army. I've come to bring you some food today."

The visitor was Sun Li's younger brother, Sun Xin.

Sun Xin, Sun Li's younger brother, looks seven or eight parts like his brother. He is also a hero, and like his brother, he is skilled in whip and spear techniques, and his martial arts skills are not low.

However, Sun Xin did not join the army. Instead, he opened a hotel outside the east gate of Dengzhou and got married.

His wife was also very famous in Dengzhou, nicknamed "Mother Tiger" and known as Sister-in-law Gu.

Sun Xin's kung fu skills are already quite good, but if they were to actually fight, he might not be able to beat his wife.

“There are plenty of military personnel available, it’s too tiring for you to make this special trip.”

Sun Li took the food box from Sun Xin, opened it, and found roast chicken, meat patties, and two jugs of fine wine inside—all his favorite foods.

"Brother, what we get in the army can't compare to what we make at home?"

Sun Xin chuckled.

"You'd rather open a shop than be my deputy. If you were in the army, how could you possibly be bad?"

Sun Li said to his younger brother.

"Hehe, having my older brother in the army is enough. I'm too lazy to be a good fit, hahaha."

As the two brothers were talking, someone suddenly came over and spoke to Sun Li.

"Commander, the prefect wants you to come over."

"See, brother, you're too busy. That's why I'm not joining the army."

Upon seeing this, Sun Xin immediately said to Sun Li, "What's so good about being a soldier? You're just being bossed around by these intellectuals. It's nothing compared to the freedom of running a shop."

"Okay, you can go back now, I'm going."

Sun Li's expression immediately turned serious. Although he didn't particularly like civil officials, they were, after all, his superiors. This urgent notice must mean something big had happened.

When Sun Li arrived, the prefect gave him a notice.

"Sun Li, news from the court: after the New Year, troops from Dengzhou and Qingzhou will attack Liangshan. Go back and prepare accordingly."

"Attack Liangshan? My lord, so suddenly?"

Sun Li was somewhat surprised. This was too sudden, and Liangshan had never had any conflict with Dengzhou.

"Don't worry about it. You're told to fight, so just fight! That's it! You decide what to do."

The prefect of Dengzhou left immediately after speaking, showing no respect to Sun Li whatsoever. In any case, winning this matter would bring him prestige.

What if they lose? That would be Sun Li's loss, what does it have to do with him, the prefect of Dengzhou?

Well, if Sun Xin saw this scene, he would definitely say:

See? So it was the right decision of me not to join the army!