Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Strategist! Great news! Great news!"

Xiao Jiahui, Suo Chao, and the others had just arrived at the entrance of the nearest grain depot when they bumped into Su Ding, who was taking inventory of the goods.

"Great news? It seems there's a lot of money involved!"

Upon hearing Su Ding's words, Xiao Jiasui understood the situation. It seemed that Quanzhou truly was a major granary!

"Strategist, brothers, take a look."

When Su Ding let everyone in, they were all instantly astonished!

This grain depot was truly piled high with grain! Bags of grain were almost stacked to the roof!

"There are many such granaries in Quanzhou City."

Even Xiao Jiahui was shocked by the scene.

It seems the legend that Jeonju City could support the entire Goryeo Dynasty is not just a tall tale!

“I just asked a guard, and he held up six fingers.”

Su Ding was also shocked. Six! Good heavens, that's really something!

He roughly estimated that this one granary alone could feed the current population of Liangshan for about half a year.

With six such large granaries, Liangshan will not have to worry about any food problems for at least the next three years!

"Strategist, Liangshan has struck it rich!"

The leaders behind them were also excited. Good heavens, such a huge harvest! All those brothers they sacrificed this time were worth it!

After the initial excitement, Xiao Jiahui began issuing orders:

"Send men immediately! Protect all six grain depots! Count the exact amount, and then notify my brother right away!"

"If I'm not mistaken, my brother should have taken Naju as well. Now we have both major cities in Jeolla Province! In other words, Jeolla Province is ours!"

"But those people who ran away just now, judging from the direction they were heading, should have gone towards Yangguang Road."

"Master, Wan Chun, thank you for your hard work, Ma Jiu Regiment and Chuanyun Legion. Immediately station them at the border with Yang Guang Road to prevent the Goryeo people from making a comeback!"

"Guan Sheng, Mi Sheng, Shi Qi, your three regiments will immediately station troops in the surrounding villages and towns, pacify the local people, and try to recruit the local Goryeo garrison."

"We must make the people of Goryeo and the garrison understand that it is King Wang Yu of Goryeo who is rebelling, and that we are here to save them."

Xiao Jiahui's series of orders were clear and logical, making people want to carry them out.

“Strategist, but we don’t speak Korean very well…”

Sanskey said he really didn't know how to do that.

"Before we left, Guan Zhong assigned us a few people who could speak the Korean dialect after he trained them. Take them with you and go to the prisoners in Jeonju to see if there are any Koreans willing to surrender and help us. If there are, give them some benefits. Remember, give them in front of all the prisoners!"

"We need to make these prisoners understand that only by following us will they have a good ending."

"Strategist, what about those who are unwilling to cooperate?"

"Those who are unwilling? Send them all to the master and Wan Chun. When the Koreans attack, put them at the front and see if the Koreans will harm their own compatriots."

Xiao Jiahui's move was really ruthless.

"Strategist, isn't this a bit..."

Mi Sheng raised an eyebrow.

"Ruthless, huh? This is nothing. Besides, what blood relation do the Koreans have with us? No, right? The Koreans are also a foreign race, it's just that they aren't as hated by you as the Japanese pirates. So some methods that can't be used in the Central Plains can be used now."

"You should know that a compassionate leader cannot command an army. I don't need to explain this principle to you. My brother has also said that those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. If these people are assimilated over several generations, they can be considered as people under the rule of Liangshan. But right now, we are already being very humane by not killing prisoners directly."

Xiao Jiahui's words made Su Ding nod repeatedly.

"The strategist is right. In fact, sometimes foreign tribes are just exploiting the culture of the Central Plains. When I was a spy among the Jurchens, I heard them say that all the emperors of the Central Plains needed was superficial submission; they could just send people to put on a show."

"The better the performance, the more rewards the emperor of the Central Plains would give. Therefore, when the tribe was about to run out of money and food, people would bring some things to the Central Plains to express their submission in exchange for a lot of rewards."

"Therefore, I agree with the strategist's opinion. These Goryeo soldiers are just prisoners of our Liangshan, and the Goryeo people are not yet our Liangshan people. At this time, we don't need to be too polite to them."

Su Ding's words were affirmed by Xiao Jiasui. Given Su Ding's experience with the Jurchens, Xiao Jiasui asked Su Ding to stay temporarily to assist her in handling these matters.

Half a day later, Ren Yuan, who was resting in Luozhou City, also received the news that the entire city had been captured!

The letter brought good news: the six granaries in the whole city have no less than seven million shi of grain stored, making them the number one granary in Goryeo!

However, Xiao Jiahui also said that with so much grain, it should be the most important grain reserve in Goryeo. The troops stationed in Yang Gwangdo had to get their grain from here, so it is very likely that the military grain of the neighboring Gyeongsangdo was also supplied from here.

Jeolla Province, Yang Gwang Province, and Gyeongsang Province—these three provinces combined roughly constitute what later became South Korea.

If Jeolla Province, the granary, falls into the hands of Liangshan, the remaining two provinces, lacking food, will inevitably launch a major attack, and we need to be on guard.

“Brother, Lao Xiao’s words make sense. The entire South Korean Three Provinces are relying on the food of Quanzhou City to survive. If we take it over now, they will definitely fight back desperately.”

Upon receiving Xiao Jiasui's letter, Xu Guanzhong immediately informed Ren Yuan that it was time to send troops to defend the area.

"Aside from the navy and the five legions left to guard Kyushu Island, we still have eleven legions at our disposal. Have Brother Sun Li from Jeju Island come over tonight. That's twelve legions, six on each side. We must hold off this counterattack from these two Goryeo people!"

"If we can hold this position, then the entire three regions of South Korea will be under the control of Liangshan!"

Xu Guanzhong marked two combat points directly on the map.

"Yang Guangdao's men only had the plains along the so-called Jinjiang River to choose from."

"Gyeongsang Province was originally the territory of ancient Silla. They are separated from Jeolla Province by the natural Baeksan Mountain, so even if they wanted to invade, the only place they could choose was here! Their so-called Yeongnam region! Their Jinju!"

"Brother, as long as we hold onto these two places, the entire South Korea will truly be ours!"

Xu Guanzhong became somewhat emotional by the end.

But Ren Yuan reached out and patted his shoulder, signaling him to calm down first.

"Guanzhong, you're wrong about one thing. I'm not only going to hold the line, I'm going to fight my way out!"

"This Gyeongsang Province, didn't Wang Yu establish a Goryeo capital here? Okay!"

"Our Liangshan forces may not be able to attack the capital of the Song Dynasty right now, but surely we can take down a fake Goryeo capital?"

"With seven million shi of grain in the entire prefecture, what am I supposed to defend? Attack! Launch a preemptive strike!"