Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Come on, come on, let's eat meat!"

In the military camp in Liaoyang, Pang Xie was entertaining Ren Yuan and Shi Qian. It must be said that he was actually quite attentive, at least providing plenty of wine and meat.

In fact, Pang Xie had his own reasons for entertaining Ren Yuan.

In the Liaoyang military camp, if you want to climb the ranks, you either need to be a Liao person or have your own power base.

Pang Xie was obviously not a Liao person, so if he wanted to advance further, there was only one way left: to cultivate his own power.

The difference between a captain with subordinates and one without subordinates is significant.

So when Pang Xie saw Ren Yuan, he was very happy, feeling that his chance had come.

In his view, Ren Yuanyi and he had a brotherhood as fellow apprentices in the same troupe, and in a sense, he was family.

Secondly, Ren Yuan is currently making a living by selling charcoal, so he must be having a hard time. If I show him the strength of the army, Ren Yuan might just defect to me.

Thirdly, look at this guy, he's tall and strong. No matter how good his martial arts are now, he can at least intimidate people!

Ren Yuan didn't know why this guy was being so enthusiastic towards him, but his intuition told him that there was no such thing as an unsolicited favor.

Moreover, the original Ren Yuan did not have a deep impression of Pang Xie, indicating that their relationship back then was just average and there was no deep brotherly affection between them.

In that case, there must be something wrong with being treated so warmly.

"Junior brother, look at what your senior brother has here. Isn't it great? Why don't you stay and work with me? Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly. I'm a captain now, and you'll be a platoon leader right away. What do you say?"

After eating several plates of meat, Pang Xie indeed sent an invitation, but Ren Yuan never expected that the invitation would be to join the army! And to serve as a soldier in the Liao Kingdom!

"Senior Brother Pang, serving as a soldier for the Liao people, this..."

Ren Yuan's face showed a troubled expression.

"Junior brother, let me tell you, in the current situation, what is the most important thing?"

Looking at Ren Yuan's expression, Pang Xie slowly spoke:

"Being well-fed, warmly clothed, having wine to drink, and money to spend—that's what's most important!"

"Could the Song army provide these things? No!"

"But the Liao people are generous! They give quite a lot! Everyone's just trying to survive, so what's the difference between high and low status? Junior brother, you work yourself to the bone selling charcoal, and you only make a few coins a day. You have to think long and hard about having a full meal. Do you really want to continue living like this?"

“I know what you want to say, junior brother, but as long as we can survive, is it necessary to distinguish so clearly between Liao people and Han people? Serving the Liao people means you can live, serving the Song Dynasty means you will die. Junior brother, what do you think we should choose?”

Ren Yuan was somewhat shocked. He hadn't expected that after so many years of rule, the Liao people had instilled this ideology so firmly!

Even Pang Xie, who was just here to make a living, no longer cared about the country's problems. So what about those who had lived under Liao rule for so many years?

Do they still consider themselves Han Chinese?

Ren Yuan felt a great sense of alarm. He felt that it was absolutely necessary to recover Yan and Yun. If it was not recovered soon, there would probably be no young people in the area who would feel the need to return to the Han dynasty.

"Junior brother, junior brother, what are you thinking about?"

Seeing that Ren Yuan remained silent, Pang Xie couldn't help but ask.

"Senior Brother Pang, this news is too shocking, and it is a very serious matter. I need to think about it first."

Ren Yuan said that this was no small matter and he needed to consider it.

"No problem! I'll consider it! I'll stay at the military camp tonight and think it over carefully! By the way, since this brother is selling charcoal with my junior brother, that's fate. Why don't you come along?"

Pang Xie very generously said that he could consider it at will.

This was also where his brilliance lay, because he knew that someone like Ren Yuan, who had suffered hardship, would definitely be cautious. But he was confident in recruiting Ren Yuan, because who would rather be a soldier in a warm tent, eating meat, than sell charcoal and starve on a cold street!

Moreover, Pang Xie also arranged for Shi Qian to be taken care of. In his opinion, given Ren Yuan's temperament, doing so was exactly what Ren Yuan wanted!

So Pang Xie didn't say anything more about recruitment. He just kept serving Ren Yuan and Shi Qian wine and meat. After they were full, he even arranged a small military tent for them separately.

"Brother, your senior brother is quite interesting."

After Pang Xie left and Shi Qian confirmed that no one was around, he lowered his voice and said to Ren Yuan with a forced smile.

"What's so interesting about it?"

Ren Yuan smiled and asked in return.

"Hehe, this guy seems to think that you're just a charcoal seller. After eating so much of his food and drink, you'll definitely side with him."

Shi Qian had actually been holding back laughter the whole time, because Pang Xie's actions were really funny.

He didn't even question his brother's or his own origins before he genuinely believed they were charcoal sellers.

"You know what, if they really are two people who are struggling to make ends meet, this kind of thing might actually make them give in."

Ren Yuan said that Pang Xie is indeed quite skilled; at least his move just now would be useful to many people.

"Brother, we just stumbled in by accident. We were planning to sneak into the city and find a way to get into the army camp, but we ended up here right now."

Shi Qian said that it was also thanks to Pang Xie that things turned out quite well by accident.

What are your plans next?

"Hehe, I'm carrying a big bag of laxatives and a small bag of poison. I'll mix these two things. If I put in a little less poison, it won't kill anyone. But it will make them completely weak, unable to move, and have incessant diarrhea. They won't be able to stand up at all and will just be lying on the ground, pooping in their pants. Hehehe..."

Shi Qian patted a package next to him and smiled slyly.

"Good heavens, how did you bring this thing in?"

Ren Yuan expressed surprise, "You weren't checked just now?"

"Brother, this whole cart is full of charcoal. Who would have thought there would be medicine in the charcoal?"

Shi Qian said, "These are all minor matters, nothing to be surprised about, nothing to be surprised about at all!"

"I plan to throw this into the well in a little while, and that will render this camp incapable of fighting tonight. Then I'll open the city gates and let our people in."

"Alright, leave the people in this camp to me. You go and poison a few more camps."

Ren Yuan said that since they have medicine, they should set up more camps, which would make the battle easier.

"Brother, are you sure you can handle this? Although Pang Xie is a dog of the Liao people, he was once a fellow disciple with you..."

Shi Qian said, "Brother, if you can't do it, I will."

"I only have a master, not a teacher. Let's not talk about those years of sumo wrestling."

Ren Yuan waved his hand. He was telling the truth; after all, the original Ren Yuan had long since died from choking on a steamed bun...

"Then this camp will be left to my brother, and the task of opening the city gates and setting off the signal flares will be mine."

Shi Qian said, "Since you're okay with this, then I can do whatever I want."

"You can't open the city gate by yourself. Go find Erlang and the others first and have them go with you to seize the gate."

Ren Yuan said, "If we don't have Wu Song to back us up, it feels very risky to rely on you, Shi Qian, alone to carry out a raid on the gate!"

"Don't worry, brother. But brother, this Captain Pang helped us by accident. How about we let him off this time?"