Do you have the strength to force me to join the Liangshan bandits?

Chapter 392 Wu Yong: What can I do? I'm desperate too! [1st Update]

Erlong Mountain, the first pass.

"Pfft!"

Lin Chong stabbed a henchman to death with one spear thrust, then gritted his teeth and pushed him to the ground!

He gripped the gun tightly with both hands, pressing it firmly against the henchman's chest, his eyes glaring fiercely at the henchman who was coughing up blood and dying!
Lin Chong was panting heavily, like a hungry wolf ready to devour its prey!
The henchmen were so frightened that they retreated one after another, and finally no one dared to go forward...

But they didn't know that Lin Chong was already at his limit, and that by gripping the spear tightly with both hands and pressing it against the henchman's chest, he was actually using the momentum to his advantage!

If he didn't use this leverage to support his weak and exhausted body, Lin Chong suspected he would collapse.

All the leaders guarding the gate did the same; their desperate fighting finally deterred the chaotic army.

More than 500 corpses lay scattered in front of the pass, and the shills who had been incited finally quieted down.

In reality, over five hundred henchmen wouldn't have been enough for Lin Chong to kill on his own under normal circumstances.

In the original novel, Lu Junyi alone could scatter a thousand Liao soldiers, and Lin Chong alone could easily scatter five hundred henchmen.

However, this victory was the result of the combined efforts of so many leaders, including Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Xu Ning, Lei Heng, Mu Hong, Ou Peng, and Ma Lin.

Fortunately, they succeeded and deterred the rebellious underlings.

In reality, there weren't many of the rebelling lackeys; there were only three to five thousand of them.

Unfortunately, most of the underlings were too hungry to continue, and of course, it's possible they wanted to be opportunists, switching sides whichever side won.

Song Jiang had only gathered a little over a thousand henchmen, who, under the leadership of Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and others, fought desperately to defend the first pass.

The morale of the mutinous troops collapsed after more than 500 people died.

After all, they were just starving thugs who had been incited by Zhang Qing to surrender.

"Stop it!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Song Jiang shouted, "The government troops will not accept your surrender. Going out will only result in your deaths!"
"They won't give you any reward money; they'll only exchange your heads for it!"
"Our reinforcements have arrived. Rather than surrendering and sending our lives to our deaths, we should fight the government troops to the death!"

Amidst the chaos, someone said, "Don't lie to us, the reinforcements have been wiped out, we have no hope!"

Some people said, "There are only 10,000 reinforcements, while the government troops have 130,000. With 10,000 against 130,000, where is the hope?"

Some people even said, "If we charge out, we'll just be throwing our lives away. Surrendering might give us a chance to survive!"

"fart!"

Seeing that they were getting more and more excited, Song Jiang quickly shouted at the top of his lungs:

"I'm standing right here on the pass. How could I not see whether the reinforcements have been wiped out?"

As Song Jiang spoke, he turned around and looked over. After seeing clearly, he couldn't help but gasp in shock:
"hiss--"

The battle in the government army camp had ended sometime earlier, and from a distance, not a single figure could be seen moving.

The sounds of battle that had once faintly reached the mountain have now fallen silent.

The sparks were all extinguished, leaving only wisps of black smoke dissipating above the government army camp...

The reinforcements numbered only 10,000, while the government troops numbered 130,000. With 10,000 against 130,000, it goes without saying who would annihilate whom.
Song Jiang felt a chill run through him. Suddenly, Wu Yong covered his mouth with his feather fan and whispered a reminder:

"Brother, look! Someone's coming up the mountain!"

Looking closer, Song Jiang indeed saw a large number of menacing government troops appearing from around the bend in the mountain road!

It's just that the view was blocked by the rocks, so Song Jiang didn't notice it at first.

Song Jiang's face turned green: "They're going to break through the pass?"

Wu Yong, his face pale, said, "If the reinforcements have been completely annihilated, there's no need for the government troops to wait any longer..."

Song Jiang's heart sank to the bottom:
If the government troops were to storm the pass now, there wouldn't even be a fight; chaos would break out inside the pass first!
Left with no other option, Song Jiang could only ask Wu Yong:

"Strategist, what should we do?" What can I do? I'm desperate too!

Wu Yong shook his head with a wry smile: "Brother, we have no way out..."

If the people of Erlong Mountain were united and determined, Wu Yong would still be confident of defeating the government troops.

However, at this time, the morale of the Erlongshan army was low, and they had just suppressed an internal rebellion.

how to spell?
Wu Yong didn't say it explicitly, but Song Jiang understood that they had no choice but to fight to the death, except to surrender.

The problem is that Song Jiang doesn't want to fight to the death!

Even if he wanted to fight to the death, how many people would be willing to follow him to the death?
In this situation, some leaders couldn't withstand the pressure, especially those who could see the leaders below from the top of the gate.

"Little Tyrant" Zhou Tong pointed at the government troops coming up the mountain road below and exclaimed in alarm:
"The government troops are attacking!"

"boom--"

Zhou Tong's words immediately threw the henchmen, who had just been forcefully suppressed, into chaos again.

"The government troops have attacked! The reinforcements have truly been wiped out!"

How can we stop the government troops?

"Then why aren't you surrendering?"

"Open the door and surrender! Open the door and surrender!"

Not only them, but even the henchmen led by leaders like Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Xu Ning were shaken.

These low-level henchmen were mostly the confidants of their respective leaders, but confidants were still far from being true assassins.

The government troops have arrived, and they simply don't have the strength to defend Erlong Mountain. So why are they still holding on?
"Tiger-hunting generals" Li Zhong and Zhou Tong exchanged a glance and simultaneously made a difficult decision:

"Brother, let's open the door and surrender!"

They finally couldn't resist making the suggestion to Song Jiang, and they did so openly and honestly without any hesitation.

Song Jiang glared at them, both surprised and furious. At this moment, "The Divine Calculator" Jiang Jing also said:
"Brother, let's surrender!"

Jiang Jing's greatest skill was using the abacus; once he started calculating, there was absolutely no chance of him winning.

Since defeat is inevitable, why not surrender sooner?
"Masterful Scholar" Xiao Rang and "Jade-Armed Craftsman" Jin Dajian also said:

"Brother, let's surrender!"

Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian both did not want to join Liangshan.

In the original novel, Xiao Rang's ending was that he became a tutor in Cai Jing's household, while Jin Dajian's ending was that he became an official in the Imperial Seal Bureau of the Inner Palace.

Neither of them participated in the campaign against Fang La.

Although both Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian refused to kneel even after being captured during the campaign against Wang Qing.

But looking at the ending, how noble could Xiao Rang be, given that he was willing to serve under Cai Jing?
These leaders put pressure on Song Jiang, making him sweat profusely.

The rioting soldiers also got excited and shouted in unison:
"Open the door and surrender! Open the door and surrender! Open the door and surrender!"

Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Xu Ning looked at each other, but how resolute could they really be?

With tears in his eyes, Song Jiang looked up to the sky and sighed:
That's enough! Let's just lower the price!
Just as Song Jiang decided to open the gates and surrender, suddenly a series of shouts came from the mountain path:

"Heroes of Liangshan, uphold justice and eliminate evil!"

"The King of Justice, upholding righteousness on behalf of Heaven!"

The shouts were so synchronized, it was as if they had practiced it!
The combined shouts of thousands of people were like thunder, deafening!
"hiss--"

All the heroes of Erlong Mountain, led by Song Jiang, couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
Heroes of Liangshan? The Northern Sword King?
what's the situation?
(End of this chapter)