Song Jiang is arrested and sentenced to death for composing a seditious poem, which he wrote on the wall of a restaurant after getting drunk. The outlaws from Liangshan Marsh hurry to Jiangzhou, storm the execution ground and rescue him and Dai Zong, who is implicated for his attempt to rescue Song. After fleeing Jiangzhou, the group is stranded at a riverbank. Luckily, Li Jun, leading other friends of Song Jiang from the Jieyang region, arrives with boats on his way to rescue Song. Li Jun follows the band to Liangshan.