In Jiangzhou Song Jiang is arrested and sentenced to death for being the author of a seditious poem found on a wall in a restaurant. The outlaws from Liangshan Marsh rush to Jiangzhou and save him just when he is going to be beheaded. But they are stranded at a river bank. In the meantime, friends that Song Jiang has made in the Jieyang region, led by Li Jun and including Li Li, are sailing to Jiangzhou to rescue Song. They come upon the group and ferry them to safety. Together they head to Liangshan, where Li Li becomes one of the chieftains.