Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

On Wang Qing's side, his vanguard was being chased all over the mountain by Liangshan!

Meanwhile, on the other side of Liangshan, another army was also attacking Liangshan.

This army was flying the banner of the Zhe family of the Western Army, and its leader was none other than Zhe Kecun.

"Young General, why do we still need to fight Liangshan? Wouldn't it be enough to just help Tong Guan this once?"

Some of the lieutenants didn't quite understand why the Zhe family army wanted to get involved in this mess. In their view, the Zhe family army should just maintain its position in the Western Army and there was no need for them to get involved in this bandit-fighting activity.

"The Western Xia region has been relatively quiet lately. In addition, after General Liu returned from suppressing the rebellion last time, he ordered all units of the Western Army to train hard in preparation for the major battle with the Western Xia."

Zhe Kecun responded to his deputy general.

"How do you train your troops to their best? You probably already know the answer: real combat. I've heard of Liangshan; they have formidable fighting power. Those military governors who were recruited from the outlaw world back then all perished at Liangshan. Using them as sparring partners for our Zhe family army is the perfect solution."

Zhe Kecun arrogantly declared that Liangshan was merely a whetstone prepared for him by God!

"But young general, we haven't joined forces with Tong Guan. Won't we be a bit outnumbered and outmatched?"

The deputy general was worried about this, since the Zhe family army only sent 20,000 men this time, while Tong Guan's side had more than 100,000.

"Outnumbered and outmatched?"

Zhe Kecun smiled dismissively.

"Although Tong Guan has a large number of men, it is inevitable that his subordinates will be somewhat chaotic, and I think Tong Guan's ability to manage his subordinates is quite average."

Clearly, Zhe Kecun did not have a high opinion of Tong Guan's leadership abilities.

"Young General, shall we head straight to Liangshan?"

"Didn't Tong Guan also send a vanguard to Liangshan first? Let's just consider ourselves another vanguard."

"Report! Young General! There is an army blocking the road ahead. Judging from their banners, they are the Liangshan troops!"

The scouts ahead report back.

"The Liangshan forces?"

Zhe Kecun reined in his horse, his brow furrowing.

"How could the Liangshan forces have arrived so quickly?"

Zhe Kecun was quite surprised. He hadn't marched with Tong Guan, and logically, he shouldn't have been discovered so quickly.

"They seemed to have arrived a long time ago, just waiting for us."

The scout stated his judgment.

"Let's go take a look. I want to see what these Liangshan bandits are up to!"

Although he found Liangshan's actions somewhat strange, Zhe Kecun, as one of the most outstanding members of the ninth generation of the Zhe family, could not possibly be frightened.

So he took the lead and led his men forward.

"Brother Commander! The Zhe family army is here!"

This Liangshan army blocking their way is the Liangshan Vajra Army and the Yangyong Army.

Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong were both leaders from the Western Army.

Yang Zhi, whose family was related to the Zhe family, also came.

"The Zhe family army, it's been a long time since we last met."

Lu Zhishen touched his bald head and looked at the approaching army from afar, feeling a pang of sadness.

"Brother Commander, when you were in the Western Army, did you ever deal with the Zhe family's army?"

Looking at Lu Zhishen's appearance, Han Shizhong suddenly asked.

"I've met him, but not this Zhe Kecun, but his older nephew, Zhe Yanzhi."

"The Zhe family's generational hierarchy, Brother Yang Zhi, is quite similar to yours."

Han Shizhong then spoke to Yang Zhi.

"You mean Yang Wen?"

Yang Zhi smiled helplessly. Indeed, Zhe Kecun and Zhe Yanzhi's situations were very similar to his and Yang Wen's. They were all older nephews and younger uncles.

"Brother, did Yang Wen contact you after he went back?"

Lu Zhishen also remembered this matter.

"No, but judging from the news coming from Tokyo, he should be fine."

"Okay, that's good. By the way, brother, if we're talking about seniority, which generation of the Zhe family are you from?"

Lu Zhishen suddenly remembered this question.

"Let me think... it's not easy to match. If I really have to match it, I should be from the Ke generation of the Zhe family, that is, the generation of Zhe Kecun's father."

Lu Zhishen's question surprised Yang Zhi, who thought for a while before answering.

"Brother Yang Zhi, is it very troublesome for your big families to calculate these things?"

Han Shizhong was, after all, from humble origins, so he didn't know much about large families.

"Shizhong, you'll understand what's going on when your family becomes a large family too."

Yang Zhi smiled.

"Brother Yang Zhi is joking. I'm just a lone wolf, what family do I have?"

Han Shizhong did not understand Yang Zhi's meaning.

"Haha, not now, but who knows in the future! Okay, stop chatting, the person is here."

Yang Zhi patted Han Shizhong on the shoulder, and then stood side by side with Lu Zhishen at the front of the group.

"A monk? A blue-faced man?"

At this moment, Zhe Kecun had already led his men to the front of the Liangshan group, and he also saw the two leaders.

"Young General, why does this monk look so familiar?"

Zhe Kecun's deputy general had been in the Western Army for many years. He had also seen the big monk from Liangshan. He always felt that he had seen this person somewhere before!

"Is that General Zhe Kecun of the Zhe family who's approaching?!"

Yang Zhi spoke, focusing his energy in his dantian as he asked.

"It is indeed I! Now that you know my name, why don't you step aside!"

Zhe Kecun answered in a loud voice as well.

"Hahaha, Zhe Kecun, if your father or uncles had said that, I would have left immediately! But you, you're not ready yet!"

"Insanity!"

Zhe Kecun's expression changed. Although the man seemed to have some respect for his Zhe family in his words, Zhe Kecun could clearly feel the contempt in his words!

"Who are you!"

Zhe Ke asked, holding a long spear in his hand.

"I will never change my name or surname! Yang Zhi of Tianbo Mansion!"

Yang Zhi patted his chest in response.

"You're from Tianbo Mansion? Yang Zhi? You're that Blue-Faced Beast?"

Zhe Kecun raised an eyebrow.

Although the Tianbo Mansion is currently in a weakened state, it is indeed related to the Zhe family.

Zhe Saihua, a famous female general of the fifth generation of the Zhe family army, married Yang Ye, the then master of Tianbo Mansion!

From then on, the Yang family and the Zhe family became related.

As a direct descendant of the Yang family, Yang Zhi did indeed have some Zhe family blood flowing through his veins.

"In terms of seniority, you should call me uncle."

Yang Zhi looked at Zhe Kecun and said that he now realized that sometimes having a higher seniority is really a good thing.

"Yang Zhi! Don't try to take advantage of me! Even if we're related by blood, we're still distant relatives!"

Zhe Kecun was young after all, and his expression wasn't very good after Yang Zhi said that.

"Is this how the Zhe family teaches the next generation? Isn't a distant uncle an uncle anymore? Or are you, Zhe Kecun, already able to disregard family etiquette?"

Yang Zhi refused to fight Zhe Kecun, his main argument being: "I'm your distant uncle, so go ahead and try to fight me if you dare!"

"Very well, Uncle Yang, is that right? Uncle Yang, you'd rather give up a perfectly good official position than become a thief in the mountains. Well then, let your nephew see what you're capable of today!"

Zhe Kecun, enraged, laughed and spurred his horse to charge at Yang Zhi!

"Uncle Yang, weapons have no eyes, I recognize you as my uncle! But the gun in my hand doesn't!"

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