Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Lu Junyi failed to catch up.

The main reason was that Shi Wengong was determined to escape, and he was familiar with the terrain, his Red Hare horse was fast, and he kept harassing the enemy with arrows!

Before Lu Junyi could catch up, Shi Wengong successfully bypassed the village by the side gate and, with the help of his trusted confidants, slipped into the village!

"Shi Wengong! You coward! Get out here right now!"

Lu Junyi chased after them to the gate of the stronghold, but was stopped by a hail of arrows. Helpless, he could only curse loudly!

But Shi Wengong ignored him completely. After rushing into the village, he did only one thing: immediately took his confidants and ran away through the back gate of the village!

This village is no good, let's go, let's go back to Zhongzhai!

Because of the excellent location of this stronghold, there were no Liangshan soldiers at the back gate. Shi Wengong led several hundred trusted men out and the journey was unimpeded!

However, the soldiers who remained in the village were unaware of this situation; they still believed that their commander, Shi Wengong, the chief instructor of Zengtou City, was still fighting outside.

"Sir, don't pursue a cornered enemy! Let's break through this stronghold first!"

Lu Fang and Guo Sheng caught up with Lu Junyi and saw him cursing loudly at the side gate but unable to rush over. The two quickly pulled him back.

The two of them had barely managed to block one of Shi Wengong's attacks by working together, which left them both feeling lingering fear.

Those two used to think they could compete for the title of the best halberd user at Duiying Mountain, what a frog in a well! They've made a laughingstock of themselves!

"But I promised my junior brother I would take down Shi Wengong, and now..."

Lu Junyi's expression was particularly unpleasant.

He recalled what he had said before: what was Shi Wengong? He, Lu Junyi, could take him down with a single move.

As it turned out, before they even really fought, the other guy just said one thing, and Lu Junyi was distracted!

This is truly a disgrace!

"Master, it's not that we're incompetent, it's just that Shi Wengong is too cunning. Brother won't blame you. Let's break through this stronghold first, and then we can continue looking for him later!"

Guo Sheng comforted Lu Junyi, saying that Shi Wengong's methods were indeed a bit excessive.

What happened to the epic battle between top-tier warriors? How can they play it like this?! Are they sore losers?

"Yes, I'll definitely not let him off the hook next time!"

Lu Junyi stared at the side gate and said fiercely!

Then, he, along with Lü Fang and Guo Sheng, rejoined the troops attacking the village.

Without Shi Wengong, the defense of this stronghold was undoubtedly weakened. Under the fierce attack of Wu Song, Tie Ta, and others, Liangshan broke through the stronghold in front of the village in less than an hour!

"Where is Shi Wengong?!"

After the stronghold was breached, Lu Junyi was the first to rush in, and the first question he asked was this.

"Teacher Shi? Isn't Teacher Shi out there fighting with you?"

In the main camp, the Zengtou City Jurchen soldiers who had not yet been killed had no idea where Shi Wengong had gone.

"That guy didn't run away, did he?"

Ren Yuan and the others then entered the village. After hearing what the prisoners said, they all looked at each other in bewilderment.

Did Shi Wengong actually abandon the village and run away?

"It does seem like something someone who values ​​their life would do."

Xiao Jiahui spoke slowly, drawing on her own understanding of Shi Wengong.

"Hmph, take them away and ask them about the specific layout of these villages, the troop strength of the next few villages, and the situation of the pits. Find out everything."

“Anyone who doesn’t cooperate, just kill them. A bunch of Jurchens, they’re not worthy of swaggering on Han Chinese soil.”

The Jurchen people of Zengtou City were probably used to bullying the Han people in the past. They were all arrogant and boastful. They refused to surrender during the battle. After their stronghold was destroyed, some of them even told the Liangshan army that they were eagles of the grasslands and wolves of the mountains, protected by the gods and deserving to be treated well.

In response, Ren Yuan simply beheaded the people who had uttered those arrogant remarks.

I don't care if you're an eagle or a wolf, you'd better behave yourself here! Otherwise, I'll chop your head off!

Shortly after Ren Yuan broke through the village's main stronghold, another piece of good news arrived!

Lu Zhishen, Deng Yuanjue, and Huyan Zhuo successfully breached the southern stronghold of Zengtou City! Among them, Zeng Mi, the garrison commander of the southern stronghold of Zengtou City, was captured alive by Deng Yuanjue!

"Great! One of the five tigers of the Zeng family has been caught. Zeng Nong, who dotes on his son, will probably give Shi Wengong a headache."

Ren Yuan felt relieved upon hearing the news. It was just a pity that they hadn't captured Zeng Suo, the third brother. Otherwise, he would have had him executed to pay tribute to the more than three hundred brothers who had died in Liangshan who had bought horses!

"Have Master Deng bring Zeng Mi here. When we attack Zhongzhai in Zengtou City, I want to see if that Zeng Nong loves his own son!"

Later that day, good news also came from Tang Bin and Yuan Lang! In the Dongzhai of Zengtou City, Zeng Kui, the fourth son of the Zeng family, was struck heavily on the back by Yuan Lang's sudden strike amidst the chaos of battle, coughing up blood and fleeing from his saddle! The Dongzhai is now under siege, and the capture of the village is imminent!

"Good, good! Now let's see if Zengtou City is still so arrogant!"

Ren Yuan clapped his hands in delight. Zengtou City had a total of six villages, and today almost half of them had been destroyed. Only one remained. Awesome!

"Pass down the order: all units shall take turns resting and regrouping, remain vigilant, and guard against a night raid on the camp by Zengtou City!"

"Tomorrow, we'll press on and raze Zengtou City to the ground!"

"Send all the wounded to the Rejuvenation Camp! If any of the injuries affect the operation, withdraw them all!"

"The lives of my Liangshan soldiers are more important!"

Ren Yuan issued one order after another. He would stay temporarily at Shi Wengong's main camp in front of the village for the day, and would head straight for the central camp tomorrow. He still needed to discuss the battle plan with Xiao Jiasui. Soon after, Deng Yuanjue also arrived with Zeng Mi. Ren Yuan also kept Deng Yuanjue behind to discuss tomorrow's battle.

"Report! Chieftain, some people from Zengtou City came last night, saying they have important military intelligence to report!"

Just as Ren Yuan and the other leaders were preparing to rest that night, a junior officer suddenly reported that civilians from Zengtou City had arrived with military intelligence. This surprised all the leaders, who all turned to Ren Yuan and Xiao Jiasui to ask for their opinions.

"People from Zengtou City? Who are they?"

Xiao Jiahui asked first.

"They were two monks, who said they were from Fahua Temple in Zengtou City."

The junior officer replied.

"What temple?"

Ren Yuan picked at his ear in disbelief.

"Fahua Temple, yes, that's Fahua Temple!"

The junior officer looked at the chieftain, who was in shock, and thought he had said something wrong. But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that he was right. It was Fahua Temple!

"Brother, could there be something wrong with this Fahua Temple?"

Deng Yuanjue was a monk, so he was quite sensitive to temples. Upon hearing this, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Ren Yuan waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing, and nodded to the junior officer to call the two people in.

He knew it was a trap.

But he just wanted to see if what Shi Wengong had Fahua Temple do this time was the same as in the original story.

Chao Gai will never be able to come to Zengtou City in this lifetime. Does that mean I, Ren Yuan, should make a trip to Fahua Temple in his place?