Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Old Xue! Old Xue!"

When they saw Xue Yuanhui fall backward, Yu Zhi and Wen Wenbao's eyes widened in shock!

The three of them always followed Gao Lian. Although they sometimes joked around, they usually had a very good relationship!

Xue Yuanhui, although he can be a good actor at times, is truly a man of action when his brothers are in trouble!

So the two of them immediately pulled Xue Yuanhui back!

"Cough cough..."

Blood was already oozing from the corner of Xue Yuanhui's mouth. He was clutching his chest with one hand, but he couldn't stop the blood from gushing out.

"Old Xue!"

Yu Zhi and Wen Wenbao looked at their old brother, their eyes reddening.

"Hehe, Lao Yu, Lao Wen, I was so brave just now, wasn't I!"

"You're so brave, incredibly brave!"

"That's good, hehe. Let me tell you, I suddenly feel... it's getting cold. You... you guys need to wear more... clothes..."

Xue Yuanhui's voice went from fluent to intermittent, from loud to weak, until finally, it could no longer be heard...

"Old Xue!"

In Yu Zhi and Wen Wenbao's arms, Xue Yuanhui lay quietly, his eyes looking at the sky, a smile seemingly lingering on his lips.

"Damn it, all of you get to the city wall! Anyone who doesn't get up there, I'll chop them down!"

Wen Wenbao immediately ordered everyone to go up to the city wall! In an instant, the defenses of Gaotang Prefecture's city wall became even stronger!

"Old Wen, you stay here! I'm going down!"

Yu Zhi was envious and led his men down from the city wall!

"Yu Zhi, what's wrong? Has the city wall fallen?"

Gao Lian was still directing operations from below the city wall when he saw Yu Zhi come down, which surprised him.

"Your Excellency! Old Xue is dead! I request permission to open the gates and fight! I want to avenge him!"

Yu Zhi was filled with murderous intent.

"Confused!"

Gao Lian directly criticized him!

"Look at this city gate! Can you tell who's outside? Do you think you can win?"

"We have to fight even if we can't win! Otherwise, Old Xue died for nothing!"

Yu Zhi looked furious!

"Get out of here! Go and defend the city!"

Gao Lian told him to get lost.

However, Yu Zhi was a stubborn man. When he saw that Gao Lian wouldn't let him come to the South Gate, he turned around and spurred his horse towards the West Gate, which he was guarding.

"Yu Zhi! What are you doing! Go up to the city wall! Do you believe I'll arrest you!"

"Prefect! Yu Zhi is defying orders this time! If he manages to return, arrest him as you see fit!"

"you!"

Gao Lian was furious after hearing this and was about to summon his men to arrest him when a loud "boom" came from the south gate!

Upon closer inspection, a crack had been smashed into the top of the south gate!

"Prefect! The city gates are about to collapse!"

"Get out of here! Barricades! Barricades! Someone, go and keep an eye on that idiot Yu Zhi. If he does anything stupid, take him down!"

Gao Lian couldn't leave at the moment, so he could only order his trusted subordinates to chase after Yu Zhi. Then he immediately had people bring over barricades. Looking at the city gate, which was already in dire need of repair, he thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and made a difficult decision!

"Surround the city gates! Bring oil and firewood!"

"grown ups?"

"Hurry! Use barricades to surround the city gate, then set it on fire!"

Although the soldiers around him were puzzled by Gao Lian's order, they didn't hesitate since he had said so. They quickly used barricades to form a semicircle around the city gate, then threw in a lot of firewood and oil, and finally set it on fire!

Gao Lian felt somewhat relieved after seeing the flames and thick smoke that suddenly rose up.

Since the city gate is almost broken anyway, let's use fire to block it for now!

You Liangshan bandits, if you have the guts, come in stepping on flames!

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Because a fire had been lit inside the city gate, and a crack had been made in the gate, a large amount of choking smoke was billowing out, forcing the Liangshan army, which was on the front line of ramming the gate, to retreat.

"Two masters! What's going on!"

Wu Song was positioned relatively far back, so he hadn't noticed the problem yet.

"Cough cough, Gao Lian has gone mad, setting fire to the city wall. The temperature is so high and there's so much smoke, we have to retreat."

Lu Zhishen and Deng Yuanjue had to retreat temporarily, not only because the smoke made it hard to breathe, but also because the temperature was too high.

"Setting fire to his own city gate? Is he that ruthless? If he sets fire to it, will his gate still be usable?" This was the first time Wu Song had encountered such a ruthless person.

"He probably just wants to stop our attack this time. There's no other way, our battering ram has to retreat first, otherwise even if we break through the gate, we won't be able to get through."

Indeed, the city gate is now filled with fire and smoke. Even if Liangshan manages to break through the gate, how will they get in? Crossing a line of fire is possible, but crossing a burning inferno is not so feasible!

Of course, this tactic would cause great damage to the city gate. Once the fire is extinguished, the city gate would probably be ruined after being rammed a few more times.

"Reporting to brother, we need to split our forces and attack from another location!"

Wu Song made a quick decision and prepared to lead his Ninth Legion to fight at another gate!

"Captain Wu, what are you going to do?"

Deng Yuanjue wiped the sweat from his face.

"Masters, please keep Gao Lian's attention focused on this south gate! Wu Song will launch an attack on the other gates! I refuse to believe that the guards at the other gates would have the courage to burn them down!"

Wu Song immediately led his men to retreat and prepared to attack from another gate along the city wall.

"Brother, the south gate is now heavily guarded by Gao Lian! We can't take it for now. Brother Wu Song, I request to switch gates and attack! Let's catch them off guard!"

"The west gate is closer to the south gate on the map, so we can send him to the west gate! Let the two masters maintain pressure on the south gate! Since Gao Lian is currently at the south gate, let's keep him pinned down there!"

Looking at the map, Ren Yuan quickly made the same judgment as Wu Song.

"Tang Bin, can the infantry of the Wind Tiger Legion be deployed?" (As mentioned before, due to a shortage of horses, all cavalry battle groups are currently a mix of cavalry and infantry.)

"Brother, no problem! Our cavalry can go too!"

Tang Bin, on the other hand, also looked ready to fight!

"Good! Have your infantry join the siege! Support Shi Jin's forces! Put more pressure on the south gate!"

"Also, tell Brother Wu Song to break through Ximen as soon as possible!"

Upon receiving the order, Wu Song immediately led his men to the west gate!

Meanwhile, after returning to the West Gate, Yu Zhi immediately gathered his 1,500 men from the West Gate, preparing to go out through the West Gate and then attack the Liangshan army from the flank!

"Commander Yu! The prefect said you are not allowed to go out; you must hold your ground! Otherwise, you will be disobeying military orders!"

Gao Lian's confidants also rode over and immediately stopped him!

"Get lost! My brother of seven or eight years is gone! Gone! I'm going to avenge him!"

Yu Zhi forcefully shook off Gao Lian's confidant's hand!

"Let me tell you! There are loyal people in the Song army too! I had a seven or eight-year friendship with Lao Xue and Lao Wen! I watched Lao Xue die right before my eyes!"

"If it were you, would you seek revenge?!"

"But the prefect said that defending the city is the most important thing..."

"Then I'll leave you 300 men! You'll command them! You'll guard the west gate!"

"I'm taking my men out today! Even the Heavenly King himself can't stop me! I said it!"

After Yu Zhi finished speaking, regardless of what Gao Lian's confidants thought, he immediately shouted to the soldiers on the city wall:

"Leave one battalion to guard the city! The rest of you, open the city gates! Follow me out to kill the enemy!"

What he didn't expect was that the Ninth Army Corps of Liangshan Infantry, led by Wu Song, was also rapidly heading towards the West Gate!

"Ninth Legion, listen up! Everyone, buy us time at the South Gate. We need to take the West Gate quickly!"

Yu Zhi versus Wu Song! The West Gate garrison versus the 9th Regiment of Liangshan Infantry!

It seems a fierce battle is destined to take place here in Ximen!