Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Guan Sheng! Do you have anything else to say?"

Li Bangyan looked at Guan Sheng with an air of confident disdain.

"My lord, I am absolutely not a spy from Liangshan. Please investigate thoroughly."

"Moreover, the junior general was personally appointed by the Grand Commandant. Your behavior shows that you do not respect the Grand Commandant!"

Guan Sheng had assumed Li Bangyan was there to cause trouble, but he hadn't expected him to be this troublesome!

Their first act was to seize power!

"Hmph, you may have deceived the Grand Commandant, but you can't deceive me! Guards, take Guan Sheng away and execute him!"

Li Bangyan is out of control!

He, a mere military supervisor, actually wanted to execute the commander-in-chief!

But then everyone thought about it again, and realized that this was the Northern Song Dynasty, so this comical scene didn't seem so comical after all.

"Lord Li, with a formidable enemy at hand, wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to change generals on the eve of battle?"

Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo stepped forward once again.

"That's right, Lord Li, this is a major taboo in military strategy."

Wei Dingguo felt that Li Bangyan had come to establish his authority, but directly beheading Guan Sheng was going a bit too far!

"Team Leader Shan, Team Leader Wei, did you two go to Liangshan with Guan Sheng that day?"

Li Bangyan countered with a question to the two men.

"No, not at all."

Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo exchanged glances. They hadn't gone and didn't know the specifics of what happened that night.

"That makes sense, you two militia commanders. It must have been Guan Sheng who fabricated lies to deceive you, which is why you were fooled as well."

Li Bangyan said that he needs to win over these two militia groups.

"Lord Li, I went along too. Am I also an inside agent of Liangshan?"

Xuan Zan was furious; he felt that Li Bangyan was just messing around!

"Your Highness, you must be careful in choosing your friends. You are the Prince's consort, and you have the Prince behind you. Are you planning to act as Guan Sheng's guarantor? You don't want to implicate the Prince, do you?"

Li Bangyan retorted in a way that left Xuan Zan speechless.

"Lord Li, I am by no means that kind of person! You cannot slander someone's innocence without reason!"

Guan Sheng dared not make a move against Li Bangyan. Firstly, Li Bangyan's official rank was indeed higher than his; secondly, Li Bangyan was a civil official and was sent by Gao Qiu; and thirdly, if he made a move now, it would only confirm that he was guilty.

Therefore, he could only desperately try to prove his innocence through words.

"That's right, Lord Li. When you catch a thief, you need to see the stolen goods; when you catch an adulterer, you need to see both of them; when you kill someone, you need to see the wounds. Lord Li, you didn't personally witness Guan Sheng colluding with Liangshan. It's not appropriate to label him a traitor like that."

Shan Tinggui spoke.

"That's right, Lord Li. Right now, we can only say that you suspect Guan Sheng is an inside agent of Liangshan, but we don't have any evidence. How can we make a decision so easily without evidence? What if someone says that you were sent by Liangshan?"

Wei Dingguo also supported Guan Sheng.

"Two regimental commanders, you..."

Li Bangyan wanted to curse his two incompetent teammates. "I've gone through so much trouble to convict Guan Sheng, what are you doing?"

Now that I've convicted Guan Sheng, won't we be in charge of this army from now on?

I'm in charge of 15,000 people, and you're in charge of 5,000 people in Lingzhou. Isn't that great?

You're just making things worse for me!

"My lord, I do not know why you are so dissatisfied with Guan Sheng, but with a great battle imminent, I think that we should let Guan Sheng redeem himself through meritorious service?"

Hao Siwen also spoke up.

"Who do you think you are? You're one of Guan Sheng's men, aren't you? Then you yourself are a suspected traitor! And you dare to accuse others!"

Li Bangyan really felt that these martial artists were all out of their minds!

"Lord Li, please allow Guan Sheng to atone for his crimes through meritorious service! He is the man I recommended to the Grand Commandant! I vouch for him with my status as the son-in-law of the imperial family!"

"If Guan Sheng has any problems, you can take my head anytime!"

Seeing that Li Bangyan was relentless, Xuan Zan couldn't sit still any longer and stepped forward to vouch for Guan Sheng.

He also put pressure on Li Bangyan.

Come on, go ahead and chop me up if you dare!

Although I have no feelings for the princess, the prince still recognizes me as his son-in-law. You, a mere schoolteacher, do you have the guts to kill a prince's son-in-law?

"My lord, how about we let Guan Sheng atone for his crimes by capturing a few Liangshan bandits to prove his innocence?"

When Li Bangyan was stuck there speechless, it was Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo who stepped in and gave him a way out.

"Since the two militia leaders have pleaded for you... Guan Sheng, remember this: you are now a criminal, so you must earn your merits!"

Li Bangyan wasn't stupid; he knew that forcibly killing Guan Sheng was definitely not going to work, and he didn't even have that idea.

However, he still wanted to stir things up.

"Regardless of Guan Sheng, you cannot fight in the first battle. Men, take Guan Sheng away and keep him under guard. We will release him only after we confirm that he has no connection with Liangshan!"

"No, Lord Li..."

Wei Dingguo wanted to say something more.

"Two militia commanders, I have already given you a lot of face. You had better give me some face in return."

Li Bangyan had a stern face. He couldn't let Guan Sheng off the hook without any punishment, otherwise, where would he put his face?

"Old Wei, stop talking."

Shan Tinggui pulled Wei Dingguo back.

"This guy did it on purpose, it's already pretty good as it is now."

"What are you all standing there for? Take him away! Put him under guard! After I investigate, if he is innocent, I will apologize to him!"

Everyone could see that Guan Sheng would definitely not be able to escape unscathed today. Considering that Li Bangyan still controlled the army's food supplies, no one could really argue with him.

"I thank you, Lord Li. I hope you will investigate the truth as soon as possible and clear my name."

At this moment, Guan Sheng was actually very angry, but he could only suppress his anger.

I'm sure Judge Di felt the same way I did back then!

In the Song Dynasty, this is how civil officials with direct subordinate relationships bullied military officials!

"My lord, if Guan Sheng is imprisoned, what will we do if we need to send troops tomorrow?"

"I asked Shan Tinggui."

"What? Without Guan Sheng, the two militia commanders can't use troops anymore? The prince consort can't use troops anymore? Is Guan Sheng that important?"

Li Bangyan launched into a tirade of sarcasm.

"Lord Li, you may not know this, but Guan Sheng is the most capable fighter among us. I have never seen anyone lock up their own best fighter before a war."

Wei Dingguo made a sarcastic remark about Li Bangyan.

"The best fighter? That's right. It's precisely because he's the best fighter that he's dangerous. If Guan Sheng is an inside man, just imagine how terrifying that would be!"

"That's why I need to lock him up first to make sure he's okay!"

"Otherwise, everyone think about it, isn't this a big problem!"

Li Bangyan's reasons for himself are, to some extent, perfectly logical!

"What if we have to fight tomorrow?"

Wei Dingguo failed to achieve his goal of using divination, and could only ask in a muffled voice.

"Tomorrow I will personally lead the army into battle. The two militia leaders, the prince consort, and who are you again? All of you will come together. With the martial arts skills of the two militia leaders and the prince consort, how could we not take down this little Liangshan?"

"Probably not. After all, the Prince Consort's reputation was known throughout the land, and the two militia leaders are also very famous. Would they be afraid of Liangshan?"

Li Bangyan reversed the Yin-Yang principle and returned to the original state.

"It's settled then. Let's all have a big meal tonight, and go into battle tomorrow!"