Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

A golden sword stopped three inches in front of Wang Qing's throat.

Li Zhu held up the sword, his face ashen.

Many generals around him had already stood up, but they were still some distance away from Li Zhudu and could not stop him at all!

"Strategist, strategist, are you going to kill me?"

Looking at the golden sword right in front of him, Wang Qing nervously swallowed.

Li Zhu remained silent; his feelings were extremely complex.

From the moment they met, he worked hard for Wang Qing, helping him build such a large foundation in Huaixi.

He said he missed Tong Jiaoxiu, so Li Zhu helped him bring Tong Jiaoxiu back.

When the Duan family wanted to separate from him, Li Zhu even helped him gather his soldiers.

And then, in the blink of an eye, Wang Qing actually wanted to surrender!

Moreover, judging from today's situation, everyone present knows about this except for Assistant Li!

Good grief! You're only keeping this from me, aren't you!

"Strategist, what are you doing? Brother Qing is your lord, and to be honest, if Brother Qing returns to the court now, he will at least be a defense commissioner. You are threatening a court official!"

"Strategist, I respect you, but if you intend to harm Brother Qing, you'd better kill me too. Otherwise, I, Tong Jiaoxiu, swear that I will use all my connections to fight you to the death!"

Tong Jiaoxiu suddenly reached out to protect Wang Qing and even threatened Li Zhu.

"Are you threatening me?"

Li Zhu was already in a bad mood, and after hearing this, he felt even worse.

He glanced at Tong Jiaoxiu and said coldly:

"Your Highness, the reason why the Alliance Leader is considering accepting amnesty is because of you, isn't it?"

"After you arrived, the Alliance Leader started acting increasingly problematic, neglecting state affairs and even falling out with Consort Duan. He wasn't like this before you came!"

"May I suggest that it was you, Lady Tong, who instigated this behind the scenes, which led the Alliance Leader to consider accepting amnesty?"

"Yes, I did suggest that Brother Qing accept the imperial pardon, but I did it for his own good. If he accepts the pardon, he will become a court official and can bring honor to his ancestors. It's better than being a bandit for the rest of his life!"

Tong Jiaoxiu and Li Zhu stared at each other, neither backing down.

"Fine, fine, you admit it! Alliance Leader, you listened to this woman and abandoned the great land of Huaixi. Do you know what kind of behavior that is?"

"Tong Jiaoxiu! You femme fatale! I should have killed you with a single sword strike on the road! That way, Huaixi wouldn't have fallen into turmoil!"

Li Zhu looked at Tong Jiaoxiu with murderous intent in his eyes!

"It's not too late to kill you today!"

After saying that, he suddenly flicked the golden sword in his hand, ready to take Tong Jiaoxiu's life!

"Strategist! No!"

"laugh!"

Blood splattered as Li Zhu's sword tip sliced ​​through something!

That was an arm, a man's arm!

In that split second, Wang Qing pulled Tong Jiaoxiu back into his arms and used his arm to block Li Zhu's sword.

Fortunately, Li Zhu stopped in time, so the sword only caused a superficial scratch; otherwise, Wang Qing's arm would have been ruined!

"Your Majesty!"

"Brother Qing, you're injured!"

When Wang Qing was injured, the other generals finally became worried. Wang Qing was supposed to lead them to surrender, so they couldn't afford to have any problems at this time!

"Don't even come here!"

Wang Qing shouted something at everyone, then looked at Li Zhu and said very sincerely:

“Strategist, I am grateful for your help back then and for your unwavering support, but Jiaoxiu is right, strategist, you never asked me what I wanted.”

"I, Wang Qing, don't actually have that many ambitions. I'm just someone who wants to live a peaceful and simple life!"

"Strategist, you want me to marry Duan Sanniang, I will; you want me to become a mountain king, I will; you want me to be the leader of the Huaixi Alliance, I will! I will listen to everything you say, because I know you won't harm me!"

"But strategist, these are not what I want!"

"Then what do you want!"

Li Zhu abruptly withdrew his longsword; blood was still flowing from Wang Qing's arm.

"I just want to be with Jiaoxiu, and have a good time together."

Wang Qing gritted his teeth, enduring the pain in his arm, and looked at Assistant Li.

"So, you're a total romantic, huh? It turns out that all these years, I, Assistant Li, have been serving a total romantic like this!"

Assistant Li laughed, a laugh filled with utter helplessness!

“Strategist, even if you become a king, you’re still just a band of outlaws. Tian Hu was one, Fang La was one, and so are we.”

Wang Qing looked at Li Zhu and opened up to him:

"I am very grateful for everything the strategist has done for me, but I am not the kind of person who can achieve great things. I'm sorry, strategist, I have let you down!"

"Wang Qing! So many of us risked our lives to help you build this business in Huaixi! Why didn't you say back then that you weren't destined for greatness?!"

Wang Qing's words made Li Zhu truly both angry and amused!

"Now that you're facing difficulties, you're backing down and want to be granted amnesty? Why did you even declare yourself king in the first place? All those brothers who died on the battlefield these past few days, did they die in vain?"

"You say you'll do it, then you say you won't; do you have any conscience? Have you ever considered our feelings?!"

"That's why I didn't tell you I wanted to offer amnesty! I know you disagree! So I only gathered those who were willing to accept amnesty! I didn't force anyone else!"

Wang Qing also raised his voice! This was the first time he had ever argued so loudly with Assistant Li!

"Strategist! Do you know? I only took 30,000 men who were willing to surrender with me! And of the grain, fodder, gold, and silver, I only took my share of the money! I left the rest untouched! I left it all for my brothers!"

"I only wanted to pursue what I wanted, was I wrong?"

"If I truly disregarded the lives of others, I would have taken all the gold, silver, and provisions with me! Wouldn't that have been better? The more I took, the higher my status would be after I was granted amnesty! But I didn't do that!"

Wang Qing became more and more agitated as he spoke, and even waved his injured arm!

"Do you dare? It's not that you don't want to do it! It's that you're afraid!"

Li Zhu stared intently at him:

"Ren Yuan once said, 'When undertaking great tasks, one must be mindful of one's own safety.' Do you know who he was talking about? He was talking about you! Now it seems he was absolutely right!"

"You were just as good as him before! But look at what you've become!"

"Offer amnesty? Tian Hu was beaten so badly, yet he didn't offer amnesty, and you're the first to jump out and offer amnesty! Bah! Spineless!"

Assistant Li was also angry and uttered some harsh words.

"Hmph, what are Ren Yuan? What are Tian Hu? They're courting death by going against the imperial court head-on. Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse! Strategist, just you wait and see, they'll be finished sooner or later! And I will become the Great General of the Song Dynasty!"

"Strategist, you are too stubborn! For bandits to oppose the imperial court is like an ant trying to shake a tree, or a mantis trying to stop a chariot!"

Now that things are out in the open, Wang Qing is no longer hiding anything!

"Good, good, good! You're a great general, you're amazing!"

Li Zhu felt a chill in his heart. He knew that he and Wang Qing had parted ways!

So he took two steps back, picked up his sword, and forcefully drew a sword mark on the ground!

"Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together. The ancients spoke of severing ties by cutting off one's robe. Today, I, Li Zhu, hereby sever all ties with you!"

"From now on, you go your way of surrendering to the emperor, and I'll go my way of joining the rebels. When we meet again on the battlefield, you will be my enemy!"

Then Li Zhu stretched out his hand and pointed at each of the military officers present, one by one:

"You, you, and you, all of you remember this: from now on, you and my Assistant Li are enemies!"

After saying that, he sheathed his sword, turned around, and prepared to leave!

"military adviser!"

At that moment, Wang Qing suddenly called out to him.

Li Zhu stopped walking, but did not turn around.

"Strategist, this is the last time I will call you strategist."

Wang Qing watched Li Zhu's retreating figure and clenched his fist.

"Liu Fa will launch a night attack on Boss Du and his men tonight. Tong Guan's Western Army arrived two days ago and is waiting to encircle Boss Du and his men."

"If the strategist sets off now, there might still be a chance to save Boss Du. If we wait any longer, it will be too late."

"Wang Qing!!"

Li Zhu suddenly turned around, looked at Wang Qing, and spoke in a very unfriendly tone.

"If something happens to Boss Du, you'd better stay at Tong Guan's residence from now on!"

After saying that, Assistant Li strode away!

Boss Du, hang in there!

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