Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 186: Ambush
Murong Jiu's proposal was deeply supported by the other two.

That's what they thought.

"Miss Murong is right. We must be very careful throughout our operation."

"The enemy's remaining troops account for about a quarter of the total number of troops. Even if we exclude non-combatants and the wounded from the days of fighting, there are at least two thousand people, not to mention the king of heaven, military advisors, and priests whose strength is unknown..."

"And there are only four of us. The difference in numbers is just too big."

The purpose of this operation is to save people, not to cause destruction. Why make such a big fuss?
"Don't worry, I can come and go freely even in the Tian Xia Association with tens of thousands of people, let alone the Xi Jian Liu with only two thousand people?"

Lu Ping gave the three of them a shot of cardiac stimulant.

"Everyone, go to bed early tonight and get enough rest. We will set out tomorrow morning and act at night!"

The next day, the four of them rented horses and left the city, galloping towards the Xijianliu base camp.

The distance between the two places normally takes half a day to walk, but if you ride a horse, it only takes less than half an hour.

To be on the safe side, the four tied two horses to the river where they were scheduled to meet, and then rode the remaining two horses to the outside of the Xijianliu camp and tied them up in a place that was not easily discovered.

What is needed next is observation and investigation.

Although I learned from the spy yesterday that Xi Jianliu would be changing shifts today, I still need to see it with my own eyes to ensure the credibility of the information.

So the four of them came to the nearby hillside and observed the movements in the Xijianliu camp from a high vantage point. By the way, based on the layout of the base, they guessed where the prison cells might be.

Xijianliu’s base is not a military camp.

This place was originally the lair of a certain big gang. After Xi Jianliu conquered it, they occupied it and renovated it. So in addition to the camp, there are halls, rooms and other places here.

Time passed quietly.

Finally, after noon, a group of people came from the north and entered the Xijianliu base one after another.

"It seems that I did not make a mistake in yesterday's trial. Today is indeed the day for the shift change."

After all the people had entered, Lu Ping asked, "What do you think of the troops that just entered?"

Murong Jiu was the first to answer: "Looking at the number of people, this team does have 2,000 people."

This is basically bullshit.

Gui Hai Yidao had seen more: "It seems that their casualties are not heavy, and they don't look like they are weakened by the long battle."

After all, this is the enemy we will face next, so it is right to pay more attention to the opponent's condition.

"What do you think, Brother Duan?"

Duan Tianya was silent for a while, then replied: "It always feels a bit strange..."

"How to say?"

"According to what we learned yesterday, the configurations of the three teams going out should be similar. So, apart from the priests, military advisors, and heavenly kings who are always guarding the base, we can roughly calculate the number of junior cadres in each team."

"But among the team that just entered, the key cadres that can be observed are clearly below average."

The conquests between the underworld forces are not like the wars between warlords, which require changing flags and sending garrisons every time a city is captured. Instead, it is enough for the other party to declare surrender.

Therefore, there is no such situation that Xijianliu sent cadres out to occupy the territories of those underworld forces.

"I think he was sent out to perform other tasks..."

Lu Ping knew that the main purpose of Xijianliu was to revive Flame Demon Genjuro.

In the original drama, the priest Tongshan Shou, with the power of the eight gates refining, used a forbidden technique at the moment of nine stars connecting to allow the soul of the Flame Demon to be reborn in a host body, and the object of this host body was Shi Yanwen's second son Xiaokong.

In fact, the host does not necessarily need to be Xiaokong, but because only Xiaokong, who suffers from macroostosis, can wear the magic armor, so he was chosen.

The Demon Armor is one of the king bones and has powerful defensive power, similar to the shield in the game that must be broken with special skills before real damage can be dealt.

Without it, the Flame Demon would be just an ordinary top master in both magic and martial arts.

Since the road is flat and the sky is unknown, it is not clear when the nine stars will align.

But if we calculate based on the Shi-Zang War five years ago and the ages of Qiao Rulai, Yi Wuxin and others, it should have been in the recent period.

Compared to the original drama, Xijianliu delayed its entry into Southern Wulin by five years, so it had no chance to kidnap Xiaokong during the battle with Shi Zang.

If the moment of the Nine Stars aligning is approaching, the cadres of the Western Sword School are very likely to be looking for a suitable host outside.

After figuring this out, Lu Ping felt relieved.

"Sent out to perform other tasks? That's a possibility..."

Duan Tianya thought about it and felt that what Lu Ping said made sense. He then looked determined, “If that’s the case, then we must not miss this rare opportunity!”

About half an hour later, another group of people came out of Xijianliu's camp. The direction they were heading in was exactly the direction the previous group that entered the base was returning in.

"Looks like they've changed shifts, let's sneak in now!"

Following Lu Ping's signal, the other three nodded and followed Lu Ping's footsteps.

It was still some time before sunset, but it was the darkest time of the day. The four of them used their lightness skills to avoid the sight of the sleepy Xijianliu guards on duty and successfully sneaked into the base.

Perhaps because of the shift changes, even if some people were awake, they were busy, so the four of them had almost no obstruction along the way.

The four of them stopped only when they reached a deserted place.

"Although we need to arrest someone first to question him, who should we arrest?"

It was his first time as a thief, and in the enemy camp. Murong Jiu was so nervous that his heart was pounding, and he lost his usual coolness and composure.

"Of course, I'm looking for the person who manages the food!"

Lu Ping had already made plans for this problem.

"Food?"

Murong Jiu was stunned when he heard this, but the other two understood.

"Prisoners are also human beings. They may be able to tolerate dirt and various punishments, but they cannot go without water, food, or sleep." "Although depriving them of sleep is mentally tormenting and depriving them of food is physical torment, it is also a form of punishment, but this kind of punishment cannot last long. Otherwise, once people die of thirst or hunger, they will lose the purpose of being prisoners."

Murong Jiu nodded, not quite understanding.

Gui Hai Yidao seemed to be thinking of something, and his originally dark and rough face turned pale and colorless.

Only Duan Tianya still had that sad and compassionate look on his face.

Lu Ping didn't bother to pay attention to what the three of them were thinking and looked up at the sky.

Dinner time would be in another hour, but the Xijianliu army was large in number, and the meals for thousands of people would definitely need to be prepared a long time in advance, so now was the right time to prepare.

Sure enough, wisps of smoke were rising from the northwest corner of the Xijianliu camp.

"It seems that's where the kitchen is..."

Lu Pingyuan thought for a while, then turned around and said, "In order to save time, let's act separately."

"Miss Nine and I will go to the kitchen first to add some ingredients to the dinner for the Xijianliu army. As for Brother Duan and Brother Gui, you two should first look for the location of the 'study room' and 'prison cell' in this base and act accordingly."

"understood."

Isn’t his last name Gui Hai?

Before Murong Jiu could react, the three of them had already taken action.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Ping and Murong Jiu found the kitchen. They lay on the roof of the kitchen together, uncovered a piece of brick and tile, and secretly observed the movements of the kitchen staff.

As a place for preparing meals for the army, there are quite a few people busy here. There are dozens of people preparing ingredients in the yard alone, and dozens more cooking in the kitchen.

There are at least a hundred people in total, inside and outside.

Lu Ping had seen a scene of thousands of people preparing for a fight once in Cuiwei Mountain, but this was the first time he had seen hundreds of people working together to prepare a meal.

I have to say, it is indeed spectacular.

"Hey, have you ever seen this scene?"

"Yes, why are you asking this suddenly?"

"…Nothing, sorry to bother you."

Murong Jiu raised his lips slightly and asked, "With so many people, who should we arrest to question?"

"These people are only there to prepare the food. If we want to arrest someone, we must arrest the one who delivers the food."

"Then how do we know who is responsible for delivering the cell?"

"We'll find out later."

The air suddenly became quiet.

A few seconds later...

"No, are you really just waiting?"

Murong Jiu's face was full of disbelief: "I feel that this action plan is so stupid. Instead of staying here, I might as well do the same as them and go directly to find the location of the cell..."

"Come on, this can't be the only reason we're here."

"What else?"

"Have you forgotten what I said I was going to do in the kitchen?"

"Add some extra ingredients to their food..."

Murong Jiu muttered softly, and then immediately reacted, "You want to poison me?"

Lu Ping smiled and nodded: "Ruzi is teachable."

Putting poison in the dinner of the Xijianliu army will make them lose their fighting capacity tonight.

"I didn't realize you can use poison, too?"

There was something strange in the way Murong Jiu looked at Lu Ping.

"I don't know how to use poison, but I have poison!"

I see……

Murong Jiu understood and asked again: "How much did you bring?"

"Quite a bit."

Lu Ping took out a small package from his arms and opened it. Inside were more than a dozen finger-sized small medicine bottles.

The medicine bottles made a ping-pong sound when they touched each other.

In the yard, a worker who was washing vegetables heard the sound, looked around, but saw nothing.

"What the hell is that noise?"

Logistics A nudged his colleague next to him and said, "Hey, did you hear the sound just now?"

The person next to him shook his head: "No! You probably heard it wrong..."

"is it?"

"I must have heard it wrong, or there must be a rat."

"Oh, that should be the sound of mice."

On the rooftop, the two people who were almost discovered lowered their voices.

"If so many poisons work together, won't their original toxicity be weakened?"

"There is one more thing. I heard that among the six departments of the Western Sword School, there is a medical department that seems to specialize in treating poison."

(End of this chapter)