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"When I returned to report the news, I saw this area about ten miles ahead,"

"There is a place with abundant water and grass,"

"It's a place where not only the soldiers can rest, but also where the horses can get proper rest,"

"Why don't we go over there to rest and recuperate?"

"Alright,"

Zhao Yuan didn't think much of it.

He nodded in agreement.

Although the cavalrymen all carried soybeans with them to feed their warhorses,

Throughout the journey, they tried to use packhorses to travel as much as possible.

Not riding warhorses,

But after traveling more than two hundred miles,

The warhorses were inevitably somewhat tired.

If only there could be a good place

Let the warhorses get a good rest too.

Regarding the upcoming great battle,

Clearly, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

"Alright, get up, everyone!"

Zhao Yuan called out loudly,

"There's a good spot ahead, let's go another ten miles,"

"Once we reach the front, we'll rest together with the horses!"

.....

Du Xue led more than five hundred henchmen.

After two hours of rushing,

Finally, they arrived before Liangshan.

They arrived at the grove where he had planned to lie in ambush.

Although it was already late autumn,

Most of the leaves in the forest have already fallen.

But the forest is crisscrossed with ravines.

Everywhere there were withered branches and fallen leaves.

They wanted to hide about five hundred people.

It's clearly more than enough.

Du Xue ordered all his henchmen to hide in the woods.

They rested while waiting for the big battle to come.

He himself brought three to five people with him.

Carefully follow the road,

Keep looking ahead.

But unexpectedly, after walking only two miles,

Then I heard the ground shaking.

"Oh no! The Liangshan bandits are here!"

Du Xue hurriedly tried to lead his men back.

But two legs,

How could it possibly outrun four legs?

Seeing that the Liangshan army was about to catch up and discover them.

Du Xue quickly led his men to hide in a ditch by the roadside.

I also picked up some withered branches and fallen leaves.

Cover them with it!

"Da da da....."

The sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground.

The ringing lasted for more than fifteen minutes before it finally stopped.

Once the sound of horses' hooves had faded into the distance,

Du Xue then hurriedly climbed out of the ditch.

But they just happened to see the departing figures of the large cavalry force from Liangshan.

"Come on!"

Du Xue urged,

"We need to get back quickly,"

"While the Liangshan soldiers are resting, let's charge out in one fell swoop!"

"Even if their soldiers are highly skilled, as long as they can frighten the horses,"

"If we can't let them rest properly here, then our ambush will be considered a success."

.....

Du Xue had a good plan.

But when these people set off,

Because they were worried that riding a horse would attract too much attention.

They all walked out.

The Liangshan army rode down the mountain on horseback.

Du Xue brought his men.

But they could only make their way back on their own two legs.

And it was this delay that caused the problem.

He rushed as fast as he could.

When they returned to the woods where they had been lying in ambush,

What you see before your eyes

It was a forest engulfed in flames.

The Liangshan soldiers surrounded the edge of the forest and slaughtered them.

There were also Huaixi henchmen wailing and begging for mercy, running around in all directions!

"W-what's going on?"

Du Xue stared in disbelief at everything before him.

"How...how could Liangshan have known we would ambush them in the woods?"

...

Half an hour ago,

I learned from Wang Dingliu that

There's a good place ahead.

This would allow his cavalry to get a proper rest.

Zhao Yuan then led his soldiers to rest.

But unexpectedly, halfway through,

They happened to run into the naval soldiers sent by Fei Bao and his men.

Upon learning that the Huaixi army's camp had begun to reorganize,

Clearly, this was in preparation for a major battle with the Liangshan reinforcements.

Zhao Yuan hadn't thought much about it yet.

Zhu Wu immediately expressed his concern.

"Chief, what if the Huaixi army is already on guard?"

"That place that the Wang brothers mentioned, a suitable place for the cavalry to rest,"

"We need to be careful when we cross!"

"Strategist, what do you mean?"

Zhao Yuan frowned and said,

"Then the Huaixi army might have laid an ambush beforehand..."

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"Our Liangshan army has arrived!"

Zhu Wu analyzed,

"Judging from the fact that the Huaixi army began to reorganize its camps,"

"They clearly intend to hold the village,"

"They're just waiting to have a go at us."

"But throughout history, those who only know how to stubbornly defend their positions have mostly ended up dead."

"The leader of the Huaixi army, as long as he's a bit smart,"

"Nine times out of ten, they'll be planning to ambush us first."

"In that case, even if we have to hold out to the death, the army will still have more morale."

"Um,"

Zhao Yuan nodded.

“If that’s the case, then send out more scouts,”

"Carefully inspect the surrounding environment!"

"We can always find clues about enemy ambushes."

"Chief, I just heard the six brothers Wang Dingliu say..."

Zhu Wu laughed,

"That place where the water plants are abundant,"

"On one side is a river, and on the other side is a forest,"

"If we really rest there,"

"Where will you ambush us, Chieftain?"

"Of course it's the forest,"

Zhao Yuan laughed.

"If the Huaixi army can ambush us in the river,"

"Then their swimming skills are probably not much worse than our Liangshan navy,"