Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Zhe Kecun, spurring his horse and brandishing his spear, charged straight at Yang Zhi!

But Yang Zhi wasn't worried at all, because he knew he probably wouldn't have to lift a finger today!

Sure enough, a large, fat figure rushed out from beside him, and the heavy Dragon Tiger Demon-Subduing Staff tore through the air and blocked the spear that Zhe Kecun was thrusting at him!

"Ding!!!"

Despite the clash between the spear and the demon-subduing staff, Lu Zhishen remained as steady as a mountain, and his horse did not move an inch.

But Zhe Kecun's situation wasn't so good. He sat down, his hind hooves supporting his weight, and he half-stood up, raising his front hooves high and neighing incessantly!

"Great monk! And who are you?!"

With just that one move, Zhe Kecun astutely realized that he was no match for this big monk!

Just now, after that shot, the big monk didn't even move, not even his horse! But his arm was numb from the force of the gun rebounding!

"Hahaha, you're not bad! I am Lu Zhishen, or you may have heard of my other name, Lu Da."

Lu Zhishen looked at Zhe Kecun with a smile, his eyes full of the appreciation of a senior for a junior!

"Young General! This man is Lu Da! The former personal guard commander of General Xiao Zhong!"

At this moment, the lieutenant also remembered who Lu Zhishen really was!

"General Xiao Zhong's former personal guard commander? So it was him!"

Zhe Kecun also remembered that Lu Da was quite famous in the Western Army back then.

Back then, the Western Army held a nationwide open selection for the personal guards of the various generals. This Lu Da broke through the ranks of ordinary soldiers, made it to the final round, and won first place in the entire army! In the end, he was snatched up by the Zhong family. After being trained under the old Zhong for more than a year, he was assigned to the young Zhong as the personal guards!

It could be said that during that period, wherever Xiao Zhong went, Lu Da followed! In the entire Western Army, everyone knew Lu Zhishen!

Back then, it wasn't that no one wanted to challenge him in the military and take his place; it's just that all those who challenged him lost, and they were completely convinced of their defeat.

"Commander Lu, you also come from the Western Army, why are you stopping me today?"

"It is precisely because I am from the Western Army that I am here to stop you!"

Lu Zhishen stopped Zhe Kecun and said very seriously.

"The Western Army is meant to fight against the Western Xia, not to be used against our own people!"

"The Western Army belongs to the imperial court; you are rebels. We are here to quell the rebellion on imperial orders!"

Zhe Kecun stated that his deployment of troops was perfectly reasonable!

"The imperial court? Which imperial court? Which one is the one that has always suppressed military men, killing them whenever there's trouble, and killing them even when there's nothing wrong?"

Lu Zhishen responded with great disdain.

"Moreover, the Zhe family army has always been stationed on the frontier and has not set foot in the Central Plains for many years. How come the Zhe family army came with Tong Guan this time? Zhe Kecun! Did you follow the orders of the court or did you take benefits from Tong Guan?"

"Commander Lu, I, Zhe Kecun, am not that kind of person!"

Zhe Kecun was somewhat unsure of himself, because it was true that when they sent troops, it was Tong Guan who came to them for help, and the Zhe family also received some benefits from Tong Guan.

"I'm not good at preaching, but I can tell you something: I also have a Western Army under my command! Shizhong, come here!"

Han Shizhong came to Lu Zhishen's side, and Lu Zhishen pointed at Han Shizhong and said:

"My brother here was in the Western Army back then, and he distinguished himself on the border! He shed blood!"

"But what happened? Tong Guan, in order to give credit to his own people, completely suppressed my brother's achievements! He even gave his credit to someone else!"

"Zhe Kecun! Do you know that my brother once made a meritorious contribution by being the first to scale the walls in Western Xia? He even beheaded the Western Xia's military supervisor and son-in-law!"

"Is this happening?"

Zhe Kecun was greatly surprised. How could there be such a fierce general in the Western Army? How come he didn't know?

"General Zhe, you should have heard of my other name, Po Han Wu."

Han Shizhong looked at Zhe Kecun, who was even younger than himself, and sighed helplessly.

Back then, he also wanted to make a name for himself in the Western Army, but he was never favored by his superiors. Every time he fought, he was at the forefront and made great contributions, but in the end, all the credit was taken by others.

Han Shizhong did consider talking to his superiors about this matter, but they didn't like him at all. Rumors spread that Han Shizhong had a bad temper and talked back to his superiors. In the end, Han Shizhong became a notorious scoundrel throughout the army.

Then, Tong Guan sent him to Gao Lian, and finally he met Lu Zhishen in Gaotang Prefecture and went up the mountain with him.

"You're Han Wu? Aren't you just a troublemaker? Are you saying that all those rumors were false?"

Zhe Kecun had heard that there were many troublemakers in the Western Army, with Po Hanwu being the most famous of them. He was later driven out of the Western Army by Tong Guan.

"If I weren't a troublemaker, how could those credits have been stolen from me? General Zhe, in the eyes of Tong Guan and his ilk, I have to be a troublemaker! Even if I'm not, I have to be!"

Han Shizhong shook his head helplessly. It was fate. Back in the Western Army, when his merits were suppressed, his comrades spoke up for him, but what good did it do? No! What good was it if he couldn't speak up?

Lu Zhishen continued the conversation:

"General Zhe, did you hear that? If the Western Army had remained under the command of General Liu, General Zhong, or General Zhe, I would have been willing to continue serving in the Western Army! But now? Ever since Tong Guan joined the Western Army, is it still the same as before?!"

"Now, all these Western Army brothers are following me to Liangshan! There are no crooked tricks in Liangshan! This is the atmosphere of the Western Army that I longed for back then!"

Zhe Kecun fell silent, unsure of what to say. After a while, he finally asked:

"Lu Zhishen, how many of our Western Army brothers are in Liangshan?"

"Brothers of the Western Army pay their respects to General Zhe!"

Han Shizhong addressed the soldiers behind him, and the former Western Army soldiers of the Vajra Army all gave Zhe Kecun a Western Army salute!

"You, you are all from the Western Army?"

Zhe Kecun was stunned by what he saw. He had thought there might only be a dozen or so people, but he hadn't expected there to be so many!

He was about to return the greeting when Lu Zhishen stopped him.

"General Zhe, the Zhe family army is the elite of the Western Army. The military salute the brothers just gave was for the Zhe family. You don't need to return the salute."

"Commander Lu, tell me, in this situation, what do you want me to do? Let me make this clear from the start, I have no intention of going with you to become an outlaw."

Although the Zhe family desires merit, they will not allow it if it requires harming others who also came from the Western Army. At least Zhe Kecun would not do such a thing!

"We didn't ask you to become an outlaw!"

Yang Zhi also came up the mountain at this time, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhe Kecun.

"We're all from the Western Army, we're all one family, so let's stop fighting. Zhe Kecun, this is a letter of alliance my brother wrote to the Zhe family. Take a look."

"If you think it's okay, let's discuss it..."