Keen to recruit Li Ying and Du Xing, Song Jiang carries out a plan in which Xiao Rang and a few others pose as government officials to arrest the two for collaborating with Liangshan. As Li and Du are being escorted to the county office, the outlaws intercept the convoy to rescue them. Taken to the stronghold, Li Ying has no choice but joins Liangshan. Du Xing follows his master.