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"It's not easy to transport it to Huaixi either!"

"From Hebei to our Huaihe River region, if you go east, you have to cross Shandong territory,"

"This is Liangshan's territory!"

"They will never let us buy horses in Hebei on a large scale."

"But if we go west, we will pass through Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Those officials in the imperial court have always been insatiably greedy,"

"If our horses pass through Kaifeng Prefecture,"

"I'm afraid they'll all be embezzled by those court officials."

"well,"

Upon hearing this, Duan San Niang couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, when facing government troops in Huaixi,

They have always been invincible.

Therefore, they underestimated the heroes of the world.

Even before,

I heard that Liangshan defeated the imperial army of 20,000 in their encirclement and suppression.

Duan San Niang and the others didn't really care.

They only thought that Liangshan could face the imperial army.

Just like the government troops they encountered in Huaixi,

They all crumble at the slightest touch!

Until this trip to Shandong,

In contact with Liangshan,

However, after a series of defeats,

Duan Sanniang and the other people from Huaixi,

Only then did I truly understand the strength of Liangshan!

"Madam, please don't sigh,"

Du Xue laughed.

"The Liangshan bandits only benefited from their advantageous location,"

"If we could open up the southwest section of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway,"

"We can also get good horses from the Western Xia."

Liu Yuan, who was standing nearby, heard this.

He simply snorted coldly.

"That western part is the territory of the Song court's 'Western Army',"

“That’s the imperial court’s most elite army,”

"Putting everything else aside, there are nearly 200,000 soldiers alone."

"If our small force dares to provoke the Western Army,"

"I'm afraid they'll wipe us out in no time."

"Although Song Ting's Western Army is formidable,"

Du Xue shook his head and said,

"But all the officials and generals in this court are the same kind of people,"

"As long as you spend some money to bribe them,"

"Let's not even talk about buying horses from the Western Xia,"

"They might even sell us the warhorses that the Western Army has acquired!"

"The reason Liangshan got the pig iron was because they bribed the iron official in Xuzhou,"

"And then you got your hands on it!"

“We can definitely follow suit.”

"That is indeed a good idea,"

Duan San Niang couldn't help but nod.

"Previously, we only dealt with the government troops in Huaixi,"

"Those government troops are all useless."

"Whether or not Ma Jun is there makes no difference."

"But later, whether facing the Western Army of the imperial court,"

"It's still Liangshan in Shandong; it just can't function without Ma Jun."

"There's really no need to rush things regarding Ma Jun's matter,"

Du Xue advised,

"Our Huaihe region isn't as flat as Shandong,"

"At this point, infantry is enough."

"When the chieftain has completely conquered the entire Huaixi region in the future,"

"We can consider this when we need to send troops out of Huaixi."

Liu Yuan, standing nearby, watched the two exchange questions and answers.

They were afraid that Du Xue would regain Duan San Niang's trust.

He quickly interrupted,

"It's pointless to say all this now,"

"What we need to think about now is how to deal with this Liangshan army in front of us!"

"Yes, Chief Liu is right,"

Duan San Niang nodded.

"If we can't even get past this hurdle,"

"We won't need to consider anything else in the future."

"Judging from the fact that Liangshan was able to foresee our ambush,"

Du Xue said in a deep voice,

"The leader who came from Liangshan is clearly quite intelligent."

"If we rashly leave the camp again, I'm afraid we'll be ambushed by Liangshan again,"

"At this point, all we can do is hold on."

"But can we really hold out by simply holding on?"

Duan San Niang said worriedly,

"The new reinforcements from Liangshan are all cavalry,"

Du Xue offered words of comfort.

"These cavalrymen are much more valuable than the infantry,"

"Liangshan certainly wouldn't send them to attack our camp..."

Chapter 1138 Just Hold On

"The only things we need to worry about are two things,"

Du Xue said in a deep voice,

"First, the Liangshan navy and cavalry launched a night attack together,"

"But this isn't a big problem,"

"Just keep people watching both sides."

"The rest are the troops that came after Liangshan."

"Will more people from Liangshan come?"

Duan San Niang exclaimed in surprise,

“There are tens of thousands of people in our village,”

Du Xue sighed.

"In terms of sheer numbers and power, Liangshan far surpasses us."

"I'd heard people say before that Liangshan Marsh..."

"There are at least 100,000 troops there."

"The reason we only have two thousand cavalrymen right now,"

"It's mostly because the cavalry is fast,"

"The remaining infantry must still be lagging behind!"

"More than 100,000 troops?"

Duan Sanniang and Liu Yuan exchanged a glance.

They both saw fear in each other's expressions.

"From here to Liangshan Marsh,"

Du Xue didn't notice what the two looked like.

continued,

"It's about the same distance as our Huaixi mountain village."

"But if we send someone to inform the chieftain, it might be a day or two later than Liangshan."

"These Liangshan cavalrymen before us are not to be feared."

Du Xue said with certainty,

"The real trouble is the foot soldiers of Liangshan."

"But there's no need to worry too much, in my estimation,"

"Once those Liangshan infantrymen arrive, we only need to fight them to the death for a day or two,"

"The chieftain must have already sent reinforcements."

"But if Liangshan really does have more than 100,000 troops,"

Duan Sanniang said with regret,

"Even if the chieftain arrives, I'm afraid he won't be able to defeat them!"

"If we had known it would turn out like this, we shouldn't have provoked Liangshan in the first place!"

"Madam, if you ask me, if we wait for the chieftain to arrive, we might not even be able to fight Liangshan."

After Du Xue finished speaking,

Seeing that neither Duan Sanniang nor Liu Yuan understood,

He could only explain that,

"We and Liangshan are all of one mind in rebellion,"

"If a fight breaks out now, the one who will benefit in the end will be the one who wins,"