Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

To be honest, although Ren Yuan's impression of Yang Xiong was rather average, seeing such a tall and strong man crying like this, Ren Yuan felt that Pan Qiaoyun and Pei Ruhai had gone too far.

You two can't just take advantage of an honest man like that. Since Pan Qiaoyun's family is a big butcher, why don't you just divorce Yang Xiong and make Pei Ruhai return to secular life? Wouldn't it be better if you two lived happily ever after?

They forced this honest man, Yang Xiong, to take action. Look at them now, they've become a pair of star-crossed lovers!

"Brother Yang Xiong, stop crying, get up."

Ren Yuan told Yang Xiong to get up. The man was crying like a dog, which was really unsightly.

“I know your predicament. Although you killed people, it was out of necessity. How about this, I will allow you to participate in this Northern Expedition. Since you killed two people, you will atone for your sins a hundredfold by killing two hundred foreign tribesmen. Is that alright?”

"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness! Yang Xiong is willing to serve as a lowly soldier under Your Highness's command!"

Upon hearing that Ren Yuan had granted him permission to participate in the Northern Expedition and even ordered him to kill two hundred foreign tribesmen, Yang Xiong finally broke into a smile through his tears!

Great!Great!

Then, in his excitement, he was about to kowtow again, but Xu Ning stopped him this time.

“Brother Yang Xiong, my brother said this is Liangshan, not a royal palace. Let’s follow the rules of the Jianghu.”

"If you keep kowtowing like that, what are the others supposed to do?"

"That's right, Yang Xiong. You just said you wanted to be a pawn. You're quite capable. If I really made you a pawn, wouldn't that make me look bad at judging people?"

Ren Yuan also comforted Yang Xiong.

"So, the man beside you is Xu Ning, one of the veterans of the Liangshan cavalry and the commander of the Golden Spear Army. Xu Ning will also be going on this Northern Expedition. You will follow Xu Ning and serve as his deputy. Xu Ning will arrange the specifics for you. How does that sound?"

Although Yang Xiong was capable, the requirements for Liangshan were too high, so he could only start as Xu Ning's deputy general.

"I do! Thank you, Your Highness!"

Yang Xiong originally only wanted to be a lowly soldier, but now he could become a deputy general. How could he not want that?

"Okay, that's settled then. Xu Ning is in your hands now."

"Don't worry, brother."

Xu Ning just looked at Yang Xiong, and overall, he had a pretty good impression of Yang Xiong and thought he could join his team!

Yes, the first requirement for joining Xu Ning's Golden Spear Army is that you can get along with them; if you can't get along with them, Xu Ning won't hire you.

Therefore, the entire Golden Spear Army, just like their commander, is training diligently without competing or vying for anything.

In other words, they are very proactive in clocking in and out, but working overtime is out of the question.

This is also an important reason why the Golden Spear Army was included in the list of Northern Expeditionary Forces this time. If they don't go out a few more times, the Golden Spear Army might be forgotten!

The news of Yang Xiong joining the Golden Spear Army spread that very day. Gongsun Sheng and Ma Ling, who were also from Jizhou, even went to visit this fellow townsman.

Of course, people from Henan, such as Lin Chong, Xu Ning, Qin Ming, and Zhang Qing, also went to visit their fellow townsman Yang Xiong.

Everyone sympathized with Yang Xiong's plight, but they all advised him, "A real man shouldn't worry about not having a wife. Once you've achieved success in the north, you can hold your head high and marry a good one! One should always look forward!"

Lu Junyi, who had a similar experience to Yang Xiong, took the initiative to talk to Yang Xiong for a while. Perhaps amazed that Lu Junyi, the number one in the world, had the same experience as him, Yang Xiong actually became more open-minded afterwards!

Yang Xiong's matter was a minor episode, and it temporarily came to an end after he joined Xu Ning's Golden Spear Army as a deputy general.

Meanwhile, Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing were putting in their utmost effort, relentlessly training the remaining group of people in the training camp.

The most direct result of this approach is an increased elimination rate; without realizing it, more than half of the people have already been eliminated!

Those who are eliminated don't need to worry too much. They can try again next year. For now, they can go to some grassroots units in Liangshan to train. For example, Tao Zongwang's engineering army is expanding rapidly. Although it is not a front-line main force, the engineering army is everywhere, building roads, bridges and houses!

To Yue Fei and the others' surprise, the people from Qingfeng Mountain were actually quite good. Chao Gai, Liu Tang, and Lei Heng occupied the top three spots, and even Wu Yong and Zhou Tong were able to rank in a relatively safe position, where they were not likely to be eliminated.

"Senior brother, our training has been going on for almost half a month now. I didn't expect the people of Qingfeng Mountain to be so resilient."

Over the past two weeks, Yue Fei has used all the techniques he had learned, including those from Ren Yuan and others, on these soldiers. The results have been quite noticeable; at least now everyone is running without being as out of breath as they were at the beginning.

"Qingfeng Mountain, after all, was one of the larger strongholds after the four heroes of the Green Forest, so it's true that they have some ability."

Ren Yuan flipped through the list and indeed, many of the people on it were from Qingfeng Mountain, including not only Chao Gai and his men, but also their soldiers.

Especially after Yang Xiong was directly transferred, the three giants of Qingfeng Mountain have already swept the top three spots in the training camp.

"Brother, I need to talk to you about something."

On this day, Yuan Lang suddenly approached Ren Yuan.

"What's up? Just say it!"

Ren Yuan was somewhat surprised, because Yuan Lang was also the kind of person who kept a low profile. Even though he was Ren Yuan's first general when he raised an army in Liangshan, he was not arrogant at all.

"Hehe, brother, then I'll say it. Brother Xu Ning took Yang Xiong away, so I want one too."

Yuan Lang was a little embarrassed.

"Oh, I forgot, we really need to assign you another assistant this time."

Ren Yuan then remembered that, yes, the current deputy commander of Yuan Lang's Ever Victorious Army is Jiao Ting. Although Jiao Ting is very good at sumo wrestling and can train the fighting ability of the Ever Victorious Army soldiers, he can indeed provide limited help to Yuan Lang on the battlefield.

"Then you choose: Liu Tang, Chao Gai, or Lei Heng? Who do you want?"

Without saying a word, Ren Yuan directly told Yuan Lang the names of the three leaders of Qingfeng Mountain and told him to choose whichever he wanted.

"Then I'll choose Liu Tang. He's a loyal guy, he's to my liking, and we're practically acquaintances, so he'll be easy to use. Brother, do you agree?"

"What's wrong with that? It's Liu Tang's good fortune to be with you."

Ren Yuan waved his hand and directly gave Liu Tang to Yuan Lang. As the second most capable foot soldier in Liangshan in the original Water Margin, after Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, Liu Tang, this fierce man, can indeed make the Ever Victorious Army's strength even better!

"Thank you very much, brother!"

Yuan Lang was naturally delighted. It wasn't that Jiao Ting was useless, but rather that everyone has their own expertise.

When it comes to training soldiers' unarmed combat skills, Jiao Ting is undoubtedly the best. However, when it comes to charging into battle, the Ever Victorious Army, besides its commander Yuan Lang, also needs a fierce general like Liu Tang.

"Huh? I... I can join the victorious army now?"

When Yuan Lang went to inform Liu Tang, Liu Tang himself was completely bewildered.

Back in Chaojiazhuang, Liu Tang had met Yuan Lang before. He never imagined that he would be working under Yuan Lang now.

It's truly fate, it's wonderful!

Seeing Liu Tang's stunned expression, Yuan Lang laughed loudly and went up to hook his arm around Liu Tang's neck.

"Brother Liu Tang, the past is the past, and the future is the future. We must look forward. From now on, in the Ever Victorious Army, we are brothers sharing the same rice bowl, so we must work together!"

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