Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Open Beijing.

Four or five days have passed since Li Ziqian placed Wang Yu under house arrest and seized control of Gaegyeong.

During this time, the troops from both South Goryeo Provinces have been assembled and are heading north from Yang Gwang Province, with their sights set on Gaegyeong!

These people, calling themselves the Anti-Rebel Army, led by Li Genshuo, a descendant of the Li family of Renzhou, marched north under the banner of "purging the emperor's inner circle"!

Moreover, they seem to have the support of the Song Dynasty, with His Highness Prince Liang of the Song Dynasty behind them!

The Prince of Liang led the Song army as a backup for the anti-rebel forces, providing them with support!

Yang Guangdao's defending troops had no chance to resist the onslaught of the two armies and were forced into a series of defeats!

Some people even turned against the rebels on the spot and joined the anti-rebel army!

Of course, there were some tough guys among them. One general, also from the Lee family of Renzhou, was surrounded and then cursed Lee Geun-seok:

"Traitor! You lowly branch disciple will never become a member of the main branch of the Li family in Renzhou!"

But what responded to him was the sword in Lee Geun-suk's hand.

The silver-white sword pierced the man's body again and again. By the time Lee Geun-seok stopped, the blade was covered in blood.

The white knife goes in and the red knife comes out.

"There is an old saying in the Great Song Dynasty: 'Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?' Our army to punish the rebels is here to overthrow you, the disciples of the main lineage who are usually high and mighty!"

"Why are you mainline disciples born high and mighty, able to have whatever you want?"

"Why should we, the disciples of this branch, have to be your slaves just to receive a pitiful little bit of charity? And even when we receive your charity, we have to be all smiles?"

These past few days, Lee Geun-suk has been indoctrinated with a lot of道理 (principles/truths) by Xu Guanzhong and Xiao Jiasui. The Lee Geun-suk of today is not the same Lee Geun-suk as he was a few days ago!

He's improved!

The general from the main branch never expected Lee Geun-seok to be so eloquent. Coupled with being stabbed several times, he no longer had the strength to speak and could only go to see their ancestor with resentment and bitterness.

This scene has been playing out in Yang Guangdao for the past few days.

Among the troops sent to quell the rebellion, there were not only disciples from a major family branch like Lee Geun-seok, but also many people from other family branches!

Because they heard that the King of Liang had declared that a branch that doesn't want to be the main branch is not a good branch!

Anyone with this idea should join the army to quell the rebellion! Zhao Yuan, in the name of the Prince of Liang of the Great Song Dynasty, will help them realize their dreams!

These words immediately stirred up even more turbulent events throughout Goryeo!

"Brother, the rebel army is growing stronger and stronger. What should we do in the future? Should we really let them become the masters?"

Xiao Jiahui asked Ren Yuan, who was looking at a map.

"Why are you asking me? Didn't that say something like Zhao Yuan, the Prince of Liang of the Great Song Dynasty? Who here is named Zhao Yuan?"

Ren Yuan looked up, his face filled with confusion.

"Brother, your skin is getting thicker and thicker."

"Old Xiao, your skin is getting itchier and itchier."

Xu Guanzhong watched the two bickering with a smile. He was used to it. Among all the strategists in the bandit camp, only Xiao Jiasui dared to make trouble with Ren Yuan like this.

"Report! Commander, General Yang and General Sun have captured Guangzhou!"

"Report! Commander! General Guan and General Qin have captured Hanyang! Yang Guangdao is now indefensible!"

"Report! Commander! General Bian and General Lu have repelled the enemy reinforcements from Jiaozhou and are now besieging the rebels in Chunzhou!"

……

In Ren Yuan's central command tent, similar messages would arrive almost every few hours.

On the map, the Liangshan army, along with the Goryeo anti-rebel army, swept all the way, and now the territory they occupied was almost to the vicinity of the 38th parallel in later times!

Kaesong is just around the corner!

"What's Li Ziqian's reaction?"

Looking at the map, Ren Yuan asked the two strategists.

"Kaesong is now under full martial law. Yang Guangdao's garrison has been retreating again and again, and they will soon be all retreating into Kaesong."

“But brother, there are still elite troops of the Lee family in northern Goryeo. I think they may have been transferred back.”

Xu Guanzhong offered his speculation, mainly because Kaesong was now in Li Ziqian's hands and under martial law, making it difficult to obtain specific information.

"Shi Qian isn't here, but even if he were, it wouldn't matter, he doesn't understand Korean."

Ren Yuan said with some regret that if Shi Qian were here at this time, it would have been even better to gather information.

“Gaegyeong was built in a true replica of Chang’an, the capital of the Han and Tang dynasties. Before Wang Li established the Goryeo dynasty, Gaegyeong was already a fortified city. Later, it was continuously renovated and expanded. It can be said that Gaegyeong and the surrounding capital region were the most heavily fortified areas in the entire Goryeo.”

Xiao Jiahui picked up a pen and marked it on the map.

“Brother, my suggestion is to let the Koreans fight on their own first. The anti-rebel army already has more than 20,000 men, right? Let them attack the city first, and we, Liangshan, will cover their rear.”

"Tell them that whoever is the first to breach the city in the anti-rebel army will be granted a fiefdom after Goryeo is pacified, and the fiefdom will be hereditary."

"We can't let the punitive expeditionary force be wiped out. After all, we still need to win over Goryeo people like Lee Geun-seok, who are simple-minded but quite loyal, so that it will be easier to assimilate the whole of Goryeo in the future."

Hsu Kuan-chung said that it's definitely fine to let the Koreans go first, but we can't let them all go first.

"Inform Ling Zhen that this time when we open the capital, I will allow him to use the Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire, which is not yet fully completed."

Ren Yuan thought for a moment and decided to have Ling Zhen bring out the strongest weapon that their Divine Machine Legion currently possessed.

Thunder and Fire is the most powerful weapon that the Divine Machine Legion has developed so far. To put it bluntly, it is a large explosive charge, but it is not yet fully completed.

The whole thing looked like a big bag, filled with gunpowder prepared by the Divine Machine Legion, as well as various fragments and debris. Once it exploded, its power was astonishing.

However, this thing is not very stable, so the Divine Machine Legion has never dared to use it. The main reason is that the fuse of this thing cannot be made too long, so it is quite dangerous when it is detonated. If you are too slow, you will be in trouble.

The Divine Machine Legion had been conducting this experiment in the no-man's land on Jeju Island, but it also killed and injured some people, which caused Ren Yuan great distress. Therefore, this thing cannot be considered a conventional weapon to this day.

"Does my brother mean to use heavenly thunder and earthly fire to blow up Kaijing City?"

Xiao Jiasui and Xu Guanzhong were also aware of the power of this thing, and when they heard Ren Yuan say this, they both raised their eyebrows.

Is my brother trying to... finish this quickly?

"Kaifeng City is indeed sturdy, but if I were to blast it with dozens of thunderbolts and fireballs at once, I refuse to believe that I couldn't collapse a section of it!"

Ren Yuan slammed his fist on the table.

"Let the anti-rebel army go first to cover the Shenji Legion in setting up the Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire. After that, bombard the city with Thunder Cannons and Stone Projectiles!"

“Brother, if we use it like this, I’m afraid we’ll use up a large portion of the Shenji Battalion’s stockpile of artillery shells and gunpowder over the years.”

"Use it boldly! If we run out, we'll just build more! Buy more! Are the lives of my Liangshan soldiers less valuable than the cost of ammunition?"

Ren Yuan waved his hand and it was settled!

He was reluctant to bomb within the Song Dynasty's borders, but outside of the Song Dynasty, he could bomb at will!

Li Ziqian, with your ammunition reserves at Liangshan, are you scared yet?