Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Huaixi.

These past few days, Assistant Li has been having trouble sleeping.

Because recently, everyone in Huaixi has heard the news that the Duan family and Wang Qing have separated their families, which has caused a great deal of panic among the people of Huaixi.

Moreover, thanks to the Duan family's manipulation, many people in Huaixi have already started to take sides.

Wang Qing, of course, would not sit idly by and wait for his doom. For the sake of his future well-being, he also began to win people over.

As Wang Qing's closest confidant, Li Zhu naturally sided with Wang Qing.

Especially after seeing Wang Qing pitifully come to him for help, Li Zhu once again chose to forgive Wang Qing's previous mistakes.

Relying on his prestige in Huaixi, he helped Wang Qing win over a group of people. Moreover, Wang Qing seemed to genuinely intend to repent and reform. Wang Qing would personally meet and talk for a long time with these people who had been won over by Li Zhu, and his attitude was impeccable.

Although Li Zhu didn't know exactly what Wang Qing and the others were talking about, seeing how hard Wang Qing was working made Li Zhu feel that all his hard work was worthwhile.

He even felt that as long as Wang Qing could maintain his current attitude, it wouldn't hurt for him to spend more time with Tong Jiaoxiu.

It must be said that Li Zhu's reputation was still quite effective in Huaixi. Under his intimidation, the Duan family did not have a smooth time recruiting people, especially generals with high martial prowess. The Duan family did not gain much from them.

On Wang Qing's side, there were more generals with high combat skills, especially the Teng brothers, who chose Wang Qing over the Duan family!

These two brothers are among the top five in Huaixi right now! With Boss Du remaining neutral and these two brothers around, Wang Qing felt much more comfortable.

Duan Sanniang, didn't you think you could replace me? But look at yourself now! How many heroes of Huaixi are willing to follow you?!

Teng Kui and Teng Kan were naturally also instilled with the idea of ​​surrender by Wang Qing. The two brothers did not oppose the surrender, especially when Tong Jiaoxiu and Wang Qing made promises to them, saying that they could be appointed as generals of the imperial court in the future. The two brothers resolutely declared that they would follow Wang Qing's lead from now on!

After realizing that she was having difficulty winning over those generals with high combat prowess, Duan Sanniang decisively changed her strategy!

She began to win over the ordinary soldiers in Huaixi, as well as the generals who were of lower rank and weaker in combat!

But they didn't come away empty-handed, because they won over Kou Xi!

Kou Xi, the Poison Flame Ghost King, is a guy who is good at using fire attacks. His twin flaming swords are incredibly powerful, and he also has a way to control fire to assist in battle. Among all the Taoists in Huaixi, Kou Xi's status is second only to Li Zhu!

With Kou Xi on their side, military generals like Kou Meng and Gu Cen were also willing to pledge allegiance to the Duan family.

Finally, there's the neutral faction. Du Xue has firmly united the remaining lions, as well as the Huai Xi navy, who have also chosen to remain neutral. Then there's Liu Min, who has been overseeing the battle from the front lines. This strategist isn't unwilling to take sides; he simply doesn't have the time. He's already exhausted from fighting Liu Fa every day, and Liu Min has no time to deal with the division of the family.

Oh, he did write a letter to Wang Qing, in which he told Wang Qing to prioritize the overall situation and to discuss any problems after Liu Fa was defeated.

Thus, the division of the Great Chu into three kingdoms was a foregone conclusion. However, due to the presence of Liu Fa as an external enemy, although everyone belonged to different camps, they were still united against a common foe.

After working continuously for eight or nine days, Li Zhu received a message from Du Xue that, for some unknown reason, Liu Fa at the front line had suddenly retreated fifty miles.

"Liu Fa suddenly retreated? What's the outcome of our recent battles with them?"

Something unusual must be going on. Liu Fa was a well-known veteran, and Li Zhu felt a chill run down his spine, sensing that something was amiss.

"In the past few days, Boss Du, along with General Wei, General Feng, and others, has launched repeated attacks on Liu Fa's army formation. Perhaps Boss Du's offensive was too fierce, which is why the enemy had to retreat."

The junior officer who delivered the message shared his opinion.

"Alright, that's settled then. You can go back now, I'll go find the Alliance Leader."

Li Zhu felt that he should tell Wang Qing about this matter.

With this message in mind, he turned and headed towards Wang Qing's residence. However, he did not notice that the guard at the door suddenly changed his expression when he saw him.

Is the King inside?

When facing Wang Qing or when there are familiar people around, Li Zhu is used to calling him the Alliance Leader. However, when facing some ordinary soldiers, Li Zhu will also call Wang Qing King, after all, he has to give Wang Qing face.

"Yes, yes, military advisor..."

For some reason, the guards were speaking haltingly.

However, Li Zhu didn't think much of it. With the recent turmoil in Huaixi, these guards might have just been bribed by the Duan family, but now they've come to their senses and are embarrassed to see him.

"Alright, I'll go in myself. You guys continue."

Li Zhu didn't linger at the door; he went straight inside to find Wang Qing.

"Alliance Leader! Alliance Leader! Alliance... what are you all doing here?"

When Li Zhu entered, he was surprised to find that in the main hall of Wang Qing's residence, there were some military generals of the Great Chu, including the Teng brothers, and at the head of the hall, in addition to Wang Qing, Tong Jiaoxiu was also there!

Upon seeing Li Zhu arrive, a hint of unease flashed across the faces of these people.

Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be discussing something, but the discussion came to an abrupt halt when Assistant Li arrived.

"Brother Qing, you can continue discussing important matters. I'll take my leave now."

Tong Jiaoxiu reacted quickly, immediately picking up a teacup next to Wang Qing, bowing to everyone, and gracefully taking her leave.

As she passed by Li Zhu, Tong Jiaoxiu bowed again.

"Greetings, sir. Brother Qing is discussing important matters with the generals regarding the Western Army. I saw he was working hard, so I brewed him some herbal tea to relieve his internal heat. You seem to be in a hurry, so you must have something important to discuss. Would you like a cup of herbal tea to relieve your internal heat as well?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, but I won't need it."

Li Zhu returned the greeting, but instead of asking for tea, he spoke directly to Wang Qing:

"Alliance Leader, Boss Du has an urgent report: Liu Fa has suddenly retreated fifty miles. This is unusual and something is definitely amiss. Boss Du is asking what to do next?"

"Ah, strategist, we're currently discussing Liu Fa's problem, ah..."

For some reason, Wang Qing suddenly became hesitant in his speech.

"So, they haven't reached a conclusion yet?"

Assistant Li frowned; he felt things weren't that simple.

Of all the military officers in this room, not a single one could voice their opinion.

“Yes, strategist, we’re all rough men. The king was just saying that we might need to use some strategy to test Liu Fa’s side, but we haven’t decided on the specific strategy yet, and then you arrived.”

Teng Kui stood up and said to Li Zhu.

"Yes, that's true. I'm sorry to have troubled you with coming up with a plan."

Li Zhu looked around the room, which was full of military officers, and nodded. He thought that he shouldn't have too high expectations for these people. As long as they could fight, that was enough. He shouldn't expect them to come up with any strategies.

"So, Alliance Leader, what are your plans for the next step?"

Li Zhu asked Wang Qing.

"Strategist, I haven't thought of that yet. Why don't you give me some suggestions?"

Wang Qing threw the question back at him.

“There’s definitely something fishy going on here, but we don’t know the specifics yet. My idea is to call Zhibo back immediately and ask him what’s going on. What do you think, Your Majesty?”

Liu Min, another strategist in Huaixi, is currently on the front lines.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you, strategist, to make the trip. After all, there's a great battle at the front, and Zhi Bo is a scholar, not very skilled in combat..."

Wang Qing suggested to Li Zhu that he personally go and pick up the person.

"Okay, no problem, I'll go pick him up right away."

Assistant Li nodded, then looked at the others:

"It's okay if you can't come up with a plan. Just focus on doing your jobs well, understand?"

"understand!"

The military officers present nodded vigorously. Li Zhu nodded, gestured to Wang Qing, and then turned and left.

What he didn't see was that after he left, everyone in the main room seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

……

"Your Majesty, shouldn't we tell the strategist about our plan to be granted amnesty?"

A moment later, Teng Kan looked at Wang Qing with a puzzled expression.

Is this really a good idea?

"Tell him? Let me tell you, the strategist is not going to be recruited. Why would I tell him?"

Wang Qing plopped back down in his seat, staring in the direction Li Zhu had left, lost in thought. But soon, he snapped out of it.

"Remember this, General Liu's retreat of fifty li this time was a signal to us. We must proceed according to plan, do you understand?"

"understand!"

The people in the main room responded to Wang Qing, clearly indicating that they had just been discussing how to be granted amnesty!

Just as everyone finished speaking, a terrifying sound suddenly came from the doorway!

"Act according to plan? Alliance Leader, what plan is it? How come I don't know anything about it?"