Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"What brilliant plan do you have? Tell me quickly."

Tong Guan was extremely anxious.

"General, our warship is too conspicuous. The enemy's swarms are coming for you. The best course of action now is to abandon ship."

Feng Mei said to Tong Guan.

"As the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, am I to show weakness to a bunch of bandits? And even abandon ship?! This is an utter disgrace!"

Tong Guan was furious; he felt that Feng Mei was giving him a terrible idea!

"General, General, a true man can bend and stretch. Today's naval battle was a surprise attack by Liangshan. We were caught off guard. Under these circumstances, there is no problem with us retreating!"

Feng Mei quickly comforted Tong Guan, saying that this boss was good in every way, except that he was too concerned about saving face!

"That's right, Commander! Liangshan wanted to ambush you, but if you escape successfully, wouldn't that mean their tactics have failed? That would actually be a victory for us!"

Bi Sheng was also brainwashing Tong Guan.

"Does this mean that with my army of over 100,000 men, I, Tong, am unable to protect my life and can only flee in panic?"

Tong Guan still couldn't let go of his pride.

"General, this is the bandits' lair. We are unfamiliar with the area and were ambushed by them. It is normal to suffer a temporary setback. After all, victory and defeat are common occurrences in war!"

Feng Mei and Bi Sheng were still trying to persuade her.

"Alright, so what's your plan?"

Tong Guan hesitated for a while before agreeing to listen to Feng Mei and Bi Sheng's opinions.

"General, we have dozens of small boats on our big ship. Let's launch all of them now! Fill them with people, and then break out in different directions!"

"Although the water ghosts are dangerous, with so many of our ships charging together, they might not be able to find the commander's ship!"

"Once we break through this dangerous area, the commander can lie in wait. After dawn, these demons and monsters will definitely not dare to confront us on the front lines. Then the commander can gather the troops again!"

"Alright, let's put the boat down and head out!"

Tong Guan thought about it and realized that Feng Mei and Bi Sheng's words made a lot of sense. In that case, he would leave.

At that moment, his men came to report that they seemed to hear water ghosts banging on the bottom of the ship, and that they were trying to chip away at the ship!

This news further solidified Tong Guan's determination to leave.

Feng Mei and Bi Sheng hurriedly made arrangements. Just as Ruan Xiaoqi and his men jammed the rudder and the second team of water ghosts had already chiseled a hole in the bottom of the large ship, all the small boats on the large ship were also lowered down!

"Seventh Brother! Seventh Brother!"

The commotion of the large ship alerted the boat-drilling water ghosts, who quickly dived down to find Ruan Xiaoqi.

Ruan Xiaoqi saw the water ghosts' gestures and quickly surfaced.

As soon as they surfaced, Ruan Xiaoqi saw at least twenty or thirty small boats, packed with people, all heading in different directions at the same time!

"Oops!"

Ruan Xiaoqi was startled and exclaimed that something was wrong!

"Seventh Brother, what should we do?"

At this moment, some water ghosts also surfaced, and they also saw the small boats that had left the large ship.

"Bah! That old bastard Tong Guan is really cunning. He knew we didn't have enough people, so he deliberately released so many small boats all at once. We don't even know where he's hiding now!"

Ruan Xiaoqi spat out a mouthful of water, extremely annoyed. This great achievement that she had just gotten was gone just like that?

"Seventh Brother, then let's..."

"Keep digging! Even if we can't catch that old scoundrel Tong Guan, taking down this ship will still be a great achievement!"

Ruan Xiaoqi declared, "If I can't catch Tong Guan, then I'll catch his boat!"

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Meanwhile, Tong Guan was hiding on one of the small boats, running with the others!

Feng Mei and Bi Sheng naturally protected him tightly! Although the warships were preparing to split up, there was only one commander-in-chief!

"Feng Mei, Bi Sheng, where are we going next?"

Tong Guan asked.

"General, let's try to go back to the village where we settled before."

Feng Mei and Bi Sheng were not familiar with Liangshan either, so they could only try to retreat as far as possible.

"Ugh……"

Tong Guan was helpless. He never expected that he would be forced to run away with so many people.

However, they were not pursued by the water ghosts during their escape, which suggests that Feng Mei and Bi Sheng's plan was quite effective.

After the small boat sailed for a while, it seemed to have reached a secluded part of the marshland, far from the main battlefield.

"General, we should be safe now."

Feng Mei and Bi Sheng cautiously looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when they found that things were gradually calming down.

The closer Liangshan Marsh gets to the shore, the more reeds there are, but the reed beds seem relatively calm at this moment, so there should be no ambush.

"General, let's make do in the reeds tonight. We don't know the way, and it's too risky to sail at night."

There were two other boats traveling in the same direction as Tong Guan and his group. Feng Mei and Bi Sheng then signaled those two boats to come closer, preparing for the three boats to travel together for the night.

After such a long and arduous journey, Tong Guan was already feeling quite exhausted. Looking around, he saw that the area did indeed appear relatively safe, so he agreed to their suggestion.

"Men, bring the boat over here and position it on the left and right flanks to protect the commander!"

"Old Bi, let's take turns keeping watch tonight!"

"Okay! I'll do the first half of the night, and you do the second half!"

Feng Mei and Bi Sheng made the arrangements in a hurry, and so, the dignified Privy Councilor of the Imperial Court and the commander-in-chief of an army of hundreds of thousands of people managed to spend the night in this unknown reed marsh.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Tong Guan, who hadn't had enough sleep, was awakened by the rocking of the boat.

"General, it's dawn. For our safety, we need to prepare to depart. We should rendezvous with the other generals as soon as possible."

The guards around him noticed that Tong Guan looked unwell after waking up and quickly reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Tong Guan also remembered that he needed to gather his defeated troops.

Although it was already daylight and the water surface was clear, the reed marshes were extremely large. Tong Guan's three small boats circled around for quite a while but still couldn't get out, which made everyone anxious.

Just when they were at their wits' end, suddenly, the reeds not far ahead parted, and several fishing boats appeared in Tong Guan's sight.

On the lead fishing boat, a fish with snow-white skin was humming an unknown fishing song.

"Hey! You fish-toothed fellow! Do you know the way?"

Tong Guan was overjoyed and immediately sent soldiers to inquire.

"I've been fishing here all along, of course I know the way. Who are you people? What are you doing here?"

Yu Yazi turned to look at the soldier who had asked the question and asked in return.

"How dare you! You scoundrel, how utterly rude! Do you know who this is? This is the Privy Councilor of this dynasty! He has been ordered by the Emperor to arrest the Liangshan bandits! He has mistakenly entered this place because he is unfamiliar with the roads!"

The soldiers were very respectful to Tong Guan, but very dissatisfied with Yu Yazi's attitude.

"Since you are a local Yuyazi, you should naturally lead the way for the Privy Councilor!"

"Hahahaha!"

To the soldiers' surprise, after hearing their words, the fish-toothed man not only did not offer to lead the way, but instead burst into laughter.

"Interesting. You say he's the Privy Councilor, but do you have any proof? I'm busy fishing every day. If I lead the way and it interferes with my fishing, what will I eat and drink today?"

"You scoundrel! You are a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty! Helping the Privy Councilor is your good fortune! And you dare to talk about eating and drinking here?!"

The government troops were very dissatisfied. How could you, Yuyazi, not cherish this opportunity to serve the court?

"Heh heh, I don't owe this court anything! Since you say he's the Privy Councilor, then today I'm going to catch this big fish!"

Yu Yazi looked at Tong Guan, grinned, and then with a "plop," plunged straight into the water!

The people on the fishing boats nearby also jumped into the water with smiles on their faces!

"Oh no! This man is a Liangshan bandit! Run! Commander, run!"

Feng Mei and Bi Sheng realized what was happening and quickly prepared to run away!

But in such a reed marsh, they encountered Zhang Shun, the White Streak in the Waves, and his men. Could they escape?