Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Master, do you mean... a prison break?"

Ren Yuan also came to his senses. "That's right, we don't necessarily have to fight head-on!"

"Yeah, he's already the leader of a mountain stronghold, yet he's still so impulsive."

Zhou Tong instructed Ren Yuan:

“You don’t have to attack every prefecture and county just because everyone is arrested, understand? Although you have conquered Jiangzhou and Gaotangzhou, it doesn’t mean that you can conquer every one of the four hundred prefectures and counties of the Song Dynasty now.”

"In the current situation, a clever approach would be better."

“Master is right.”

Ren Yuan also felt that his master was right. Indeed, it had only been a short time since the battle of Zengtou City, and preparing for another battle was truly a painful experience.

Moreover, even if they mobilize another 3 men, Daming Prefecture is not Zengtou City; it's unrealistic for 3 men to attack Daming Prefecture.

We need at least 5 people!

"Shi Qian, gather the most capable brothers from Tianmu, and you will personally lead a team to Daming Prefecture to find out the situation."

"Then we'll gather all the leaders and discuss who will go to Daming Prefecture this time."

Ren Yuan made a decision: this time, they wouldn't send troops; their leaders would go!

They should break into the prison and run!

"Yes!"

Shi Qian accepted the order and immediately used his lightness skill to run away.

"Master, we need to go to the Hall of Gathering Righteousness now. We need to have a proper discussion about Second Senior Brother's matter."

"Go, bring your second senior brother back safely."

Zhou Tong waved his hand, indicating that Ren Yuan could leave.

As for him, although he personally killed a beast today, he still needs to chat with his old friend.

"Junior brother, you stay with Master, senior brother, let's go."

Ren Yuan and Lin Chong bowed to Zhou Tong, and then the two of them rushed towards the Hall of Righteousness.

"Master, since Second Senior Brother's martial arts skills are unparalleled, how come he was arrested by the government? Why didn't he resist?"

Yue Fei didn't quite understand.

“You’re still young, you don’t understand. Sometimes, it’s not that he doesn’t resist, but that he’s unwilling to resist. Your second senior brother comes from a wealthy family, so he still has a natural trust in people in the government.”

Zhou Tong stroked Yue Fei's head and said.

"Sigh, my senior brother is the best. He makes me feel at ease no matter what he does, and he has never made a mistake."

Yue Fei compared Lu Junyi and Ren Yuan, and still felt that Ren Yuan was better!

"Master, if Shi Wengong had been an honest and upright person back then, would you have accepted him as your disciple?"

"Hmm...that's possible."

Zhou Tong said to Yue Fei:

“Pengju, remember this: a person’s talent is important, but character is even more important, just like this Shi Wengong.”

"He is indeed incredibly talented, but he is dishonest, so the more capable he is, the bigger the trouble he causes."

"So when you grow up, if you want to take on apprentices, you must examine their character. If their character is not good, you must never pass on your skills to them, understand?"

"Master, I understand!"

Yue Fei nodded solemnly.

"Good, you truly are my good disciple. Come, let me teach you this 'suspended spear' technique. If your senior brother teases you again, just use this move to fight him..."

Yes, as expected, the treatment of a closed-door disciple is indeed different!

Juyi Hall.

At this moment, many leaders were rushing inside one after another.

"Brother, are we going to attack Daming Prefecture this time?"

As the most prestigious strategist among them, Wen Huanzhang asked this question on behalf of everyone.

"No, sir, we don't plan to attack Daming Prefecture this time. Daming Prefecture is well-equipped with troops. Even if we take it, we will be severely weakened. It's not worth it."

Wen Huanzhang originally thought that Ren Yuan was determined to attack Daming Prefecture, and he was thinking of trying to persuade him. However, to his surprise, Ren Yuan directly said that he would not fight.

"Brother, should we still save Master Lu?"

Zhu Wu also asked.

"Yes, we can save them, but we can still save them without attacking the city."

Ren Yuan said with a smile.

"Brother, you mean, break him out of prison?"

Xiao Jiahui reacted quickly and immediately understood Ren Yuan's meaning.

"Yes! This time, we're going to break them out of prison!"

"Great! Brother! This is a good idea!"

"That's great, brother! Do you have any plans?"

Upon hearing that a prison break was planned, the leader, a man from the Jianghu (江湖, the martial arts world) background, became extremely excited!

Indeed, leaders from humble backgrounds are better at prison breaks, while leaders from military officer backgrounds are better at fighting.

"As for a plan, there isn't one yet, since we've never done this kind of work before. So we called everyone over to brainstorm and discuss it."

Ren Yuan stated that he had never done a prison break before and had no experience, so he needed to discuss it with everyone.

"Brother, what you're saying is ridiculous. We've never robbed anyone before, haha."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Brother is really joking, as if we've been robbed!"

The atmosphere in the entire gathering hall immediately became more relaxed.

"Ahem, everyone stop laughing, let's discuss this."

Since Shi Qian had already gone to gather the people of Tianmu, Ma Ling brought the map of Daming Prefecture that their Tianmu camp had collected earlier to the Juyi Hall.

Ma Ling pointed to the map and said.

"Looking at the whole map, Daming Prefecture's defenses are truly the most difficult city we've encountered so far, far surpassing Jiangzhou and Gaotang Prefecture."

"The permanent garrison in Daming Prefecture is around 40,000 men. Among the garrison commanders of Daming Prefecture, Wen Da, the Great Swordsman, and Li Cheng, the Heavenly King, take turns guarding the pass outside the city. There is also the Swift Vanguard, Suo Chao, who leads his troops to patrol inside and outside the city from time to time."

"As for the city, the infantry garrison of Daming Prefecture, although there are no famous people there, they routinely check people coming and going at various exits of Daming Prefecture."

"Of course, Daming Prefecture is not inaccessible. Brother Shi Qian has already led people to scout ahead. We can wait for news from Shi Qian before deciding how to formulate a plan."

"Given the situation in Daming Prefecture, I'm afraid we brothers will have to enter in batches this time."

Xiao Jiahui looked at the entire map and had some plans in mind.

"Old Xiao, tell me your thoughts."

Seeing that Xiao Jiasui seemed to know what was going on, Ren Yuan hurriedly asked.

"This time, we need a few naval leaders to come to the moat. I think Xiao Er, Xiao Qi, and Zhang Shun will do. You two will dress up as fishermen and sneak into the moat."

“There is a Buddhist temple in the south of the city. Master Lu, Master Deng, and Master Guanghui, the three of you, disguise yourselves as wandering monks and ambush them in the temple.”

“The Taoist temple in the north of the city, Yi Qing, Dao Qing, Ma Ling, Fan Rui, the four of you, are all disguised as wandering Taoist priests and then ambushed inside the temple.”

"That's all I can think of for now. We'll have to wait for news from Brother Shiqian for the rest."

"By the way, we need to have our men disguised as government troops outside the city. Only in this way can we provide support for our troops after the prison break."

Xiao Jiahui's mind raced, and he devised his own plan.

Everyone listened attentively; after all, it was their first time breaking into a prison, and they were all secretly a little excited…