Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

After the meeting at the military advisor's office, Ren Yuan went to the garrison of the 9th Army Corps of the Ma Army.

For more than a month since returning from Daming Prefecture, Lu Junyi had been diligently training his troops at his Ninth Army Corps' base.

In Su Ding's words, the commander-in-chief was holding a huge grudge!

"Second Senior Brother! Second Senior Brother!"

Ren Yuan stood at Ma Jiu's door, shouting loudly.

Although he was the chieftain, he never barged into the military camp, as a sign of respect for the army commander.

Because the chieftain was so principled, the discipline of the Liangshan army was even stricter.

"Chief, please have a seat. Please wait a moment while I go and inform them."

The junior officer on duty from the Ninth Army Corps quickly brought Ren Yuan a chair for him to sit on.

"It's alright. I'm tired of sitting in the strategist's office all day. Standing for a while is good."

Ren Yuan waved his hand, indicating that the junior officer didn't need to go to such trouble.

A moment later, Lu Junyi and Su Ding came out together.

"Junior brother! Is there any important military intelligence?"

Lu Junyi's face was now covered in sweat, and the words "I want to fight" were written all over it.

In the past month, he has been training the Ninth Legion extensively. Although the Ninth Legion has just been established, its daily training volume is no less than that of the older legions.

Thanks to the Ninth Regiment's personnel, in addition to the elite reserve soldiers trained by Wang Jin, there were also 50 veterans from each of the other eight cavalry regiments who had been on the battlefield. With the old men mentoring the new ones, plus Su Ding's coordination, they were able to get through this period of frantic extra training due to the commander's personal reasons.

"Senior brother, your chance has come!"

Ren Yuan could tell from Lu Junyi's sweat-drenched appearance that his senior brother was working extremely hard.

"Daming Prefecture? Junior Brother is preparing to attack?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Junyi's eyes shone even brighter!

“Something happened to Wang Qing. Liang Zhongshu took Li Cheng, Wang Ding, and 15,000 elite troops from Daming Prefecture to Huaixi. Currently, only Wen Da and Suo Chao remain in Daming Prefecture.”

"Of the 40,000 soldiers in Daming Prefecture, he took 15,000 elite troops with him? Junior brother, attack! Let me go!"

Lu Junyi was also from Daming Prefecture and was very familiar with the situation there. As soon as he heard Ren Yuan say this, he understood the situation.

"Of course I can't forget my senior brother. This time, the Ninth Legion must go."

Ren Yuan said with a smile.

This time, Liangshan is preparing a blitzkrieg to forcefully break through Daming Prefecture!

This is one of the four capitals, and it has an exceptionally large amount of money, grain, and military equipment!

Back then, He Tao helped Liangshan complete its most basic military equipment by smuggling armor from Daming Prefecture.

When do we set off?

Lu Junyi was very serious.

"In just one or two days, once Tianmu confirms that Liang Zhongshu has left Daming Prefecture, we'll set off secretly. Liang Zhongshu will go to Huaixi, and we'll go to Daming!"

This time, Liangshan's main strategy is to exploit a time difference, so as not to give Daming Prefecture too much time to react.

"it is good!"

Lu Junyi's mind was now filled with thoughts of storming Daming Prefecture and capturing those two adulterers alive!

After resolving Lu Junyi's matter, Ren Yuan went to find Bian Xiang.

"Brother, are you saying I should impersonate Zhou Ang?"

"No one in Daming Prefecture has seen him. Let's just say we've taken the wrong road, or that we've come to Daming Prefecture for help. Maybe the garrison will fall for it!"

Ren Yuan smiled broadly; he was going to play the government soldier trick again this time. For some reason, Ren Yuan seemed to have become somewhat addicted to impersonating government soldiers.

However, upon closer examination, this method makes perfect sense. As the deputy chief instructor of the Imperial Guards, Zhou Ang is mostly based in Tokyo, and not many people know him. At most, people just know that he's a master axe user.

With Bian Xiang's physique and demeanor, a little disguise wouldn't be a bad idea! They all use big axes, so it's the perfect excuse!

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"This time, in the attack on Daming Prefecture, the cavalry force consists of Qin Ming, Yang Zhi, Hua Rong, and Lu Junyi, with four legions; the infantry force consists of Yuan Lang, Bian Xiang, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, and Shan Shiqi, with five legions; and the Imperial Guard force consists of Lin Chong, Lü Fang, and Guo Sheng, who lead their personal guard battalion to accompany the chieftain."

Zhu Wu was mustering his troops. This time, Liangshan was preparing for a swift victory, but they also wanted to raid the entire Daming Prefecture, so their forces couldn't be too small. This time, they sent a full 30,000 men.

According to Zhu Wu, 30,000 people should be enough to move Daming Prefecture.

After this expansion, Liangshan's cavalry and infantry both increased to six battalions, all at full strength, with three thousand men per regiment. The navy was slightly smaller, with each naval force consisting of five battalions and two thousand five hundred men.

Currently, Liangshan has nine cavalry regiments, eleven infantry regiments, and eight naval regiments, totaling 80,000 men. In addition, there are the three regiments of the Imperial Guards led by Lin Chong, Mi Sheng, and Luan Tingyu, totaling 9,000 men, as well as the 1,500-strong Shengwu Battalion and the 500-strong Personal Guard Battalion. Liangshan's main front-line combat troops now exceed 90,000.

With the addition of the logistics regiments, Liangshan's combat force actually numbered 100,000.

Everything was just right. Jeju Island was captured, which allowed them to send some of the people out. Otherwise, the pressure on Liangshan would have been quite high, since more and more people were coming to join them.

According to the strategists' precise calculations, maintaining a permanent population of between 200,000 and 250,000 in the 800-li Liangshan Marsh would be just right; any more would be problematic.

"So it was right that Liangshan didn't blindly expand its army. The most important task now is to quickly transfer some of the people to Jeju Island to stabilize the rear."

"Secondly, inform Ou Peng and Sun Li that they must take Tsushima Island for us as soon as possible. There are silver mines on it, and we want them! As for the Japanese pirates on the island, if they resist, kill them all and build a mound of kyō. Those who don't resist, make them laborers to mine for us!"

"Thirdly, we must not let any of the warehouses needed for this attack on Daming Prefecture be left untouched! Not even a single grain of rice should be left for Liang Shijie!"

Ren Yuan was satisfied with the results of this military expansion. Of course, he also knew that things were pretty much settled for now.

“Junior brother, this time when we expanded the army, all of my reserve troops were given out. We can’t expand any further in the short term. Don’t be like Tian Hu, who forced together 200,000 men to fight against the court. You have to understand that we haven’t encountered that kind of predicament yet. We can’t do things that are like draining the pond to catch all the fish.”

Wang Jin's reserve training team was truly emptied out this time, and he came to remind Ren Yuan that they could not blindly continue to expand the army.

"Don't worry, senior brother. I know what I'm doing. Liangshan shouldn't be increasing its troops for a long time to come."

Ren Yuan also gave Wang Jin a guarantee, and he was very serious about it, which made Wang Jin feel relieved.

Thankfully, my junior brother didn't get carried away.

“Brother, I’ve brought two more brothers with me.”

Yang Lin then entered with two other people.

Ren Yuan looked up and saw two people. One of them was about eight feet tall, with a pale yellow, bony face, bright eyes, no beard, and wearing a pig-snout headscarf.

The other was also about eight feet tall, with strong limbs, a fierce face, and particularly powerful hands and feet. He was dressed in all black.

“Brother, this is from Daming Prefecture, named Shi Yong, nicknamed General Shi. This is from Zhongshan Prefecture, named Jiao Ting, nicknamed Faceless. They are both newcomers to the mountain. I saw that these two brothers are quite capable, so I brought them here with you.”

Yang Lin introduced the two to Ren Yuan, who nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Yang Lin has a sharp eye; Shi Yong and Jiao Ting were both originally from Liangshan.

Both men were fairly skilled; Jiao Ting was a professional sumo wrestler, while Shi Yong, though only average in martial arts, was brave.

"Brother Ren Yuan, I am Shi Yong, a man from Daming Prefecture. I am quite strong and work as a bouncer at gambling dens in Daming Prefecture, specializing in catching cheaters. I received a favor from Master Lu, and when I heard that he had been arrested, I thought of rescuing him. However, Master Lu was rescued beforehand. The authorities said that Tian Hu rescued him, but I don't believe it. After making inquiries, I learned that it was Liangshan who rescued Master Lu, so I came here to join them."

Shi Yong told Ren Yuan that when he was working as a bouncer at the gambling den, he was once short of money. Lu Junyi happened to pass by and gave him ten taels of silver, which helped him out of his immediate predicament.

Shi Yong will remember this kindness for the rest of his life.

“Brother Ren Yuan, I am Jiao Ting. My family has been making a living through sumo wrestling for three generations. I am most shameless, so everyone calls me Faceless. I have always admired your name, brother. This time, I came to the mountain and met Brother Shi Yong, so we came together. I hope you will take me in.”

Jiao Ting also said to Ren Yuan.

"Alright, if the two brothers are willing to go up the mountain, then there is naturally no problem."

Both men had impeccable backgrounds and some skills, so Ren Yuan naturally wouldn't refuse them.

After all, Liangshan is still lacking in talent!