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"Several squads of soldiers were dispatched,"

"Guard all the key points and routes in the north,"

"Upon discovering the movements of the Liangshan vanguard,"

"We'll receive the news soon..."

As soon as Du Xuede finished speaking,

The sound of henchmen reporting could be heard outside the camp.

"Chief, news has arrived from Liangshan in the north!"

"Quick! Let him in!"

Du Xue quickly greeted them.

The curtain at the camp gate was lifted.

A henchman from the Huaixi army walked in, panting heavily.

"Chief Du, we've seen the Liangshan army!"

"In total, there are at least two thousand people,"

"Return, return..."

"What else?"

Liu Yuan couldn't help but urge him on.

"And they're all cavalry!"

After catching his breath, the henchman

He hurriedly said,

“I saw it clearly,”

"More than two thousand men, all fully armored and armed cavalry!"

"what!"

This news,

Clearly, this completely terrified Liu Yuan and Duan Sanniang.

"We need to get out of here quickly!"

Liu Yuan said anxiously,

"If it gets any later, and the Liangshan army catches up with us,"

"It seems we won't be able to leave even if we wanted to!"

"Yes, yes,"

Duan San Niang also panicked and said,

"This time, we brought these three thousand henchmen with us,"

"They are all elite troops under the chieftain's command!"

"We've already lost six or seven hundred men,"

"If they all perish here,"

"How can we face the chieftain now!"

"Wait a moment,"

Du Xue quickly got up and stopped Duan San Niang and Liu Yuande from their panic.

He then asked the scout henchman...

"How far is the Liangshan army from here?"

"They are all cavalrymen,"

The henchman immediately replied,

"I'm afraid it won't even take half a day,"

"Then Liangshan is coming!"

Upon hearing this,

Du Xue clenched his fists, his face grim.

We can't leave yet!

"Why?"

Duan San Niang asked in surprise,

"Old Du, those from Liangshan have over two thousand cavalrymen,"

"Although our forces are roughly equal in size, our henchmen are all infantry,"

"Once we face them head-on, how could we possibly be a match for Liangshan!"

"I know, but that's precisely why we can't leave immediately!"

Du Xue looked at the two of them and explained,

"Those two thousand-plus men under Liangshan's command were all cavalry,"

"How can we, with only two legs, possibly outrun those with four legs?"

"If we retreat now, and morale collapses, we might really be wiped out..."

Chapter 1127 Holding Out and Awaiting Reinforcements

Upon hearing this, Duan Sanniang and Liu Yuan

That is indeed the case.

The Liangshan cavalry is currently some distance from here.

It's less than half a day's distance.

Even if they immediately abandoned the camp,

I'm afraid we won't be able to walk more than ten miles.

They were about to be caught up by the Liangshan cavalry.

There will be no camps to block our way then.

These two thousand or so infantrymen,

They'll probably soon become cattle and sheep to be herded away.

Let the Liangshan bandits slaughter them at will!

"What should we do now?!"

Duan San Niang said anxiously,

"We can't just stay here and wait to die!"

"If I had known this would happen, I would have been better off having found out the cargo ship belonged to Liangshan."

Liu Yuan said meaningfully,

"We should withdraw our troops immediately!"

"Now look what's happened, all two or three thousand people are stuck here."

What he meant was...

It was clearly a complaint against Du Xue.

They shouldn't have suggested staying in the first place.

These were the leaders under Wang Qing's command.

Because many of these people were gathered together by Wang Qing through forced merging of the villages.

The relationship between them was not harmonious.

Du Xue was Wang Qing's most trusted and capable subordinate.

Liu Yuan naturally felt jealous of her.

It's not good to say much in the past.

In this situation,

He couldn't help but complain.

Du Xue also knew,

He bears a great deal of responsibility for this incident.

He didn't make any more excuses.

"This time, I didn't think things through."

"I never expected this,"

"Then Liangshan actually has so many cavalrymen under their command!"

"Alright, this matter can't be entirely blamed on Lao Du,"

Duan San Niang spoke up.

"We both agreed to stay back then."

"The main problem is that none of us could have come up with this,"

"Liangshan is so generous, they can actually mobilize more than two thousand cavalry at once!"

It's no wonder the Huaixi troops were surprised.

Wang Qing had been ruling the mountain for over a year.

They also captured two or three cities in Huaixi.

Now,

His elite troops could fight off his underlings.

There are already tens of thousands.

But considering all the factors involved in the Ma army's actions,

It's less than three hundred.

Too few

Horses are precious.

Wang Qing's men were simply unwilling to use these horses to build a cavalry army.

They were simply left to the scouts.

Used to quickly transmit messages.

"For now, the only option is to rely on the camp for defense."

Du Xue pondered for a moment,

"Since the Liangshan forces are all cavalry,"

"They are certainly not good at storming camps."

"We will defend the camp while sending someone back to inform the chieftain."

"Now we can only wait for the chieftain to lead his troops to our rescue."

"But wouldn't this mean that Huaixi and Liangshan would have to fight a major battle?"

Duan San Niang said with a headache,

"Everyone is against that imperial court,"