Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

The main camp of the imperial army.

Well, when Gao Qiu led his army out to fight today, only ten thousand Jinling naval troops remained to guard this place.

To be honest, without enough warships, the Nanjing navy is now a bit of a burden.

Those who know, know: once online trolls go ashore, if they don't have enough fighting power, they're just a burden.

Therefore, even Liangshan had to appoint Shan Tinggui as the naval instructor to increase the navy's combat effectiveness.

But the Jinling Navy... well, although Liu Menglong was a good general, the Jinling Navy didn't usually pay special attention to this kind of training.

Even Gao Qiu was unwilling to lead them into battle and was left to guard the house.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen of Dazhai, the former commander of the Nanjing Navy was sweating profusely as he chopped vegetables with several cooks.

"Commander Liu, you should take a rest."

Old Fan, who was in charge of the kitchen, came in from outside carrying a large bucket of rice. Seeing Liu Menglong busy at work, he quickly told him to rest and gave a lecture to the cooks.

"You lot, how dare you make Commander Liu chop vegetables with you? You'll tire him out! Don't slack off, chop as much as you're supposed to!"

"I'm not tired, Lao Fan. When do you think we'll eat? Any news from Dajun?"

Although he had been demoted to a cook, Liu Menglong was still very concerned about the army's situation.

"Commander Liu, don't worry about the army. Grand Commandant Gao and his men are on the verge of annihilating Liangshan. They might already be storming the top of Liangshan and celebrating their victory. How could they possibly be back at the main camp for a meal?"

"Commander Liu, you should take a break. Sometimes, you may do a lot, but if your superiors don't like it, there's nothing you can do!"

"Do you really think that Grand Commandant Gao would promote you back just because you ate a meal? Commander, that's impossible."

As one of the leaders of the cooks' team, Lao Fan actually felt quite sorry for Liu Menglong.

Because Liu Menglong was truly a pretty good general, and he treated his subordinates very well. Back when the Jinling navy was suppressing the bandits in Xichuan, Liu Menglong took the lead and even shielded his men from harm. In the Song Dynasty army today, there are very few commanders like him.

However, this time Liu Menglong made a mistake in his decision-making. He tried to cling to Gao Qiu's coattails, but ended up being used as a tool for Gao Qiu to vent his anger. Now, he has been reduced from a naval commander to a cook.

"Sigh...that's true."

Hearing Lao Fan's words, Liu Menglong sighed helplessly and put down the kitchen knife in his hand.

He had actually considered whether cooking a good meal might make Gao Qiu happy enough to reinstate him after he returned and ate it.

"Commander Liu, the Dang brothers are now Gao Taiwei's confidants. Since Gao Taiwei has put them in power, he will not return that power to you."

"I think you shouldn't think about these things. Just stay with my cooks. Commander Liu, don't worry. As long as I, Lao Fan, am here, you'll be comfortable in the cooks. I will never let you be tired or hungry here!"

To be honest, hearing these words from Lao Fan really warmed Liu Menglong's heart.

It feels like I'm being cared for!

Hmm, it seems I didn't spoil my subordinates for nothing!

However, they did not know that many warships had appeared on the lake near the stronghold not long ago; they were the Liangshan navy!

The leader was none other than the three Ruan brothers!

"Brothers! Those on the shore are the garrison, the Imperial Navy of Nanjing! They are the navy! We are the navy too! Don't let them look down on us!"

Ruan Xiaoqi's buttock injury hadn't fully healed, but that didn't dampen his excitement for the pre-battle pep talk:

"Now, everyone pick up your weapons and charge with us!"

At the main gate of the stronghold, two infantry units suddenly rushed out and seized the gate with lightning speed!

These two teams were the Shengwu Legion, which had previously lured the enemy, and the Fuhu Legion, led by Wu Song.

Gao Qiu did not leave any infantry troops in the stronghold, as these Nanjing naval forces were simply no match for these two super elite infantry units!

Then this stronghold naturally cannot be defended!

"Old Fan, what's all the noise outside? Why don't you go out and see if they've returned victorious?"

Although the cooks were located in the very center of the camp, far from the water and the gate, the noise had already reached them.

Liu Menglong instinctively wanted to go out and take a look, but as soon as he stood up, he realized that he was probably no longer in charge of the navy, so there was no point in him going out.

It would be better to let Lao Fan go out and see the world. At least he's the head of the cooks, so his words carry some weight.

"Alright, I'll go out and take a look. You guys continue. Commander Liu, you just rest and don't do anything."

Old Fan agreed and stood up to leave, but before he could move, the curtain at the kitchen door was suddenly lifted, and more than a dozen heavily armed figures rushed in and pinned them down before they could react!

"Who are you! How did you get in! Guards! Guards!"

Old Fan was shocked and immediately prepared to call for help!

"Stop shouting. Your entire village has surrendered. Who else can you shout at?"

Ruan Xiaoqi walked in, gently patted Lao Fan's face, and said:

"You're the cooks, right? What are you planning to eat for lunch today?"

"Who exactly are you people?"

Old Fan looked at Ruan Xiaoqi with a truly shocked expression.

"Us? We are the Liangshan navy. This is Liangshan territory. We're already being lenient by not asking who you are, okay?"

"By the way, you still haven't answered me what we're having for lunch today."

……

At this moment, at the main gate of the village, Wu Song, Shi Yong, and the four leaders of the Shengwu Legion were all standing together.

"Go, set up more tripwires, and make the pits more concealed. Be quick! Their defeated army should be here soon."

Wu Song instructed his soldiers to prepare to meet the defeated army.

"Brother, I think this stronghold is quite well-organized. The gate is very sturdy. If we hadn't acted quickly and if these naval troops hadn't been so incompetent at guarding the stronghold, it wouldn't have been easy to take it down!"

Fan Rui was quite satisfied with this village.

"Well, it can only be said that Gao Qiu was too confident. He didn't arrange for anyone to guard the main camp, only leaving the navy. This is just handing us credit! Alright, pass down the order, everyone be on high alert!"

"Yes!"

The group went down to prepare, and less than half an hour later, they heard the sounds of fleeing and shouting getting closer and closer. The group quickly moved into their ambush positions and then secretly looked outside.

Zhang Kai was leading over 30,000 men he had gathered along the way, running desperately towards the main camp. It felt as if thousands of monsters were chasing them from behind!

"Tripping rope!"

"Fire arrows!"

When they entered the ambush range, Wu Song made a decisive decision and immediately gave the order!

The crowd obeyed orders, and in an instant, the more than 30,000 people that had been gathered together were thrown into chaos!

"A tripwire? How is that possible? A shield! A shield!"

Seeing the many soldiers tripped by the tripwires and the arrows flying down from the sky, Zhang Kai panicked a little.

No, this place was clearly our imperial camp this morning, what's going on now?

"The Lone Tiger is here! Who's guarding the camp? Don't you recognize me?"

Zhang Kai reined in his warhorse and shouted loudly!

"Lone Tiger? I am Wu Song, the Drunken Tiger Subduer from Liangshan! I have been waiting here for a long time!"