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Although Duan Sanniang inwardly agreed with Liu Yuan's criticisms of Du Xue,
However, considering Du Xue's influence in the military...
Duan Sanniang naturally couldn't just watch him kneel in front of the camp and be humiliated.
"alright,"
Duan San Niang said expressionlessly.
"Chief Du, your matter will be addressed when the chieftain arrives to rescue you,"
"He will decide for himself!"
"Get up now!"
"The Liangshan army will be here soon,"
"You must immediately organize the soldiers and prepare the camp,"
"Regardless of the circumstances, until the chieftain's forces arrive to provide reinforcements,"
"We must all defend this village well!"
"We absolutely cannot let Liangshan continue to run rampant!"
"Yes!"
Du Xue hurriedly bowed down.
"Don't worry, Madam, I will do my best to protect this village!"
.....
Du Xue went to inspect the camp's defenses.
Liu Yuan watched his busy figure from behind.
He was filled with jealousy and resentment.
After thinking about it,
Then they arrived at Duan Sanniang's central army camp.
"Madam, why was Du Xue put in charge of the camp's defenses?"
"If he truly harbors treacherous intentions, how can we possibly defend this village!"
"After all, Lao Du has served the chieftain faithfully for so many years,"
Duan Sanniang said in a deep voice,
"He certainly won't betray the chieftain so easily!"
"But....."
Liu Yuan wanted to say something more,
But Duan San Niang immediately interrupted her.
"Alright, let's not say those things again,"
"The Liangshan army will arrive soon,"
"Now is the time for us to work together,"
"Let's deal with Liangshan together!"
"If you and Lao Du start arguing again at this time,"
"I'm afraid we'll have to scatter before Liangshan even arrives!"
"...Yes, Madam!"
Although Liu Yuan was unwilling,
But they could only agree.
After reluctantly agreeing,
He was just about to leave the camp
But when he got to the door,
Suddenly, Duan San Niang spoke up.
"Select two reliable squads of soldiers from the army, and then gather all the horses gathered by the scouts, just in case..."
"Madam, what's wrong?"
Liu Yuan was immediately startled.
"Now that things have come to this, we must prepare for the worst-case scenario."
After Duan Sanniang finished speaking,
After hesitating for a moment, he said again,
"By the way, don't tell Lao Du about this yet!"
"Yes!"
Liu Yuan was overjoyed.
Duan Sanniang told him to gather the horses.
They also selected reliable soldiers.
Clearly, they were already planning to escape in the chaos after their stronghold was breached by Liangshan.
This is obviously a very important matter.
But now Duan San Niang is deliberately telling him not to tell Du Xue.
Clearly, in her heart,
Suspicion has already arisen regarding Du Xue.
Perhaps when the camp is finally breached by Liangshan,
When they left
They won't even invite Du Xue anymore!
.....
Under Du Xuede's command,
The Huaixi army's camps are still being reorganized.
The Liangshan army had already arrived.
The more than two thousand cavalrymen created quite a stir.
This naturally startled all the henchmen in the Huaixi camp.
Fortunately, Du Xue commanded effectively.
He hurriedly ordered his guards to shout orders everywhere.
This finally spurred the bandits in the village to take up their weapons.
They each rushed to their defensive positions.
"This Liangshan is actually entirely composed of cavalry..."
Duan Sanniang stood on the watchtower,
He stared in astonishment at the Liangshan army formation not far away.
Although before,
Their spies had already reported this.
Speaking of the large army that came from Liangshan,
They're all Ma Jun!
But Duan San Niang did not actually see it with her own eyes.
Until now,
The Liangshan army has arrived.
Only then did Duan San Niang witness firsthand the might of Liangshan's cavalry!
No wonder she was surprised.
In Huaixi,
Although Wang Qing had already quelled most of the bandit groups,
But he only had three or four hundred cavalrymen under his command.
Even this was after he had conquered and expanded his territory.
I finally managed to collect it!
"I've heard that even among the Song army, these horses are rare and highly sought after."
Duan San Niang said with a headache,
"The Liangshan bandits have only been around for about half a year,"
"Where did you get so many horses again!"
"Actually, it wasn't difficult to buy horses from the Liao people on the Song-Liao border,"
Du Xue replied,
"The reason why the Song court lacks horses,"
"A large part of the reason is still the corruption of officials,"
"The money allocated by the imperial court for purchasing horses was mostly gone before it even reached the horse farms on the border,"
"The remaining money was then embezzled by the official in charge of the border trade,"
"There aren't many left, so naturally we can't buy any good warhorses..."
Chapter 1137 Holding Out to the Death
"And what about Liangshan?"
Duan San Niang frowned and said,
"Where did they get all these warhorses from?"
"Although Liangshan is located in Shandong, it is very close to Hebei,"
Du Xue guessed,
"When there was an epidemic in Hebei and Shandong before,"
"Then Liangshan brought in a divine physician to treat the plague,"
"They even specifically took in refugees from Hebei around the marshland."
"I suspect they're in Hebei,"
"There must be a mountain stronghold that specializes in buying horses from the Liao people,"
"That's why we were able to amass such a large number of warhorses in such a short time."
"What about us?"
Duan San Niang asked,
"Could we do what Liangshan did and set up a stronghold in Hebei?"
"Specializing in acquiring horses from the North?"
"That probably won't work,"
Du Xue shook his head and said,
"We can buy horses in the north,"