Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

Two hours later.

"Commander Gu, the prison area has been thoroughly investigated, and nothing suspicious has been found."

"it is good!"

"I'm all done here too, everything's normal."

Gu Yuankai then nodded to Lü Wenyao: "Let's leave it at that for now."

"Thank you for your full cooperation, Warden Lü."

"We have official business to attend to, so we won't stay any longer."

"However, I must give Warden Lü a special reminder—this is a special time, and things are quite chaotic outside. Your First Prison is a crucial place for guarding prisoners."

"Warden Lü must strengthen the prison's security and prevent any trouble from arising."

"If this gets caught up in the chaos outside, or if someone takes the opportunity to cause trouble, then it will be a real problem."

"Thank you for the reminder, Commander Gu!"

Lu Wenyao said solemnly, "Please rest assured, Commander Gu, we will immediately raise the level of defense and strengthen the security of the prison. We will ensure the prison is safe and secure and will absolutely not cause any trouble for the Protectorate at this critical juncture!"

"Good! That's good!" Gu Yuankai smiled. "With Warden Lü personally overseeing things, there shouldn't be any problems."

"Alright, Major Yu, let's make our retreat then."

"Yes!" Yu Lixin replied, then waved his hand and ordered, "Fall back!"

"Warden Lü, then we'll meet again someday."

"Commander Gu and Major Yu are on official business, so we won't insist that they stay."

"Next time I have the chance, I will definitely have a good drink and chat with Commander Gu and Major Yu!"

"Good! Good! Good! I'll remember what Warden Lü said today, and I'll definitely find a chance to make up for it with this drink later..."

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As the military convoy carrying out the search mission gradually drove out of the prison, Lü Wenyao waved goodbye with feigned enthusiasm, and the weight in his heart finally lifted.

"Warrior, we really got into a close call this time..."

Watching the departing military convoy, Liu Sanhe, standing to the side, said with lingering fear, "Fortunately, the military wasn't in charge of this investigation this time."

"Otherwise, things might get really bad..."

"Yes!"

"Fortunately, we ran into a greedy Gu Yuankai this time."

Lu Wenyao also breathed a long sigh of relief: "At least we've escaped this calamity for now."

"If the person leading the team today were someone who wouldn't listen to reason, we'd probably already be locked in a shootout with the military by now..."

"Sanhe, what are your thoughts on this critical situation today?"

“Warden, you know me.”

"I, Liu Sanhe, owe my success today entirely to the warden's support and guidance."

"I've already thought it all out—if things really come to light, I'll fight them to the death!"

"In my next life, Sanhe still wants to follow the warden!"

"Hahaha................."

Completely relieved, Lü Wenyao smiled and patted Liu Sanhe on the shoulder: "Alright, tell the brothers to cheer up."

"Although we have now established a connection with Gu Yuankai, the situation outside is complicated, and we must not let our guard down, especially at this time."

"Stay vigilant and absolutely do not allow any mishaps."

"Once things calm down, I'll make proper arrangements for the brothers to relax!"

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"Commander Gu, I have already arranged for sentries to keep watch around the First Prison in the Philippines."

"What the hell is going on?"

"Could there be something wrong with this No. 1 prison?"

Yu Lixin looked at Gu Yuankai, whose expression was solemn, with a puzzled expression.

"This is a huge problem!" Gu Yuankai said while calming himself down. "Damn it! We've been putting on an act with Lu Wenyao and his gang the whole time. If we're not careful, we could all be dead in the First Prison!"

"We've just stepped into a den of thieves!"

"The sixteen cartloads of stolen gold and those vicious armed men are hidden in that dungeon in the prison!"

"Immediately request military assistance and formulate an encirclement and suppression plan!"

"I've pretty much figured out what's going on in the dungeon."

"More than two hundred fully armed militants were hiding inside."

"These militants are all specially trained desperados, and they have a large number of heavy weapons."

"Lu Wenyao is the mastermind behind this gold robbery!"

"If we had broken ties with Lu Wenyao and his gang just now, we might have suffered a great loss!"

“Lu Wenyao invited me to his office under the pretext of confidential business, just to confront me and offer me a large sum of money to bribe me.”

"Under those circumstances, I had no choice but to play along with Lü Wenyao and his men's plan!"

"No wonder Commander Gu suddenly changed his mind and wanted to explore the dungeon alone, it turns out..."

Yu Lixin exclaimed in surprise and anger, "This Lü Wenyao is actually the mastermind behind this gold robbery!"

"Drive faster, this is extremely important! I need to report the situation at the First Prison in Philippine City to my superiors immediately!"

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After a while.

The Protectorate of the Philippines.

"what?"

"Is the problem with the First Prison?"

The Protector-General of the Philippines, Zheng Tianyi, looked incredulously at Liao Xingwen, the equally shocked deputy director of the Secret Intelligence Bureau: "You mean Lu Wenyao, the warden of the First Prison in the Philippines, is the biggest bandit leader???"

"Is there some mistake here?"

“Absolutely not!” Gu Yuankai looked at Liao Xingwen and continued, “I pretended to cooperate with Lü Wenyao and agreed to cover up this matter.”

"After gaining Lü Wenyao's trust, my subordinates took the opportunity to go down into the dungeon and check it out themselves."

"Sixteen cartloads of gold, a total of forty-eight tons, are all piled up in the dungeon!"

"The militants who attacked the gold convoy are also hiding in the prison dungeon."

"These militants possess a large number of heavy weapons."

According to Lu Wenyao's own confession, Lu Wenyao had long been using the Philippine First Prison as a cover to secretly engage in shady businesses, including opium smuggling and assassination.

"And the desperate armed force in Lu Wenyao's hands was trained and left over from the time of the Western Ro people's colonization."

“These people have received special operations training from the Xiluo people, and each of them has been carefully selected.”

“Back then, when the Xiluo people completely withdrew from Qianzhou, these specially trained armed personnel were left behind.”

"The task assigned to them by the Xiluo people was to continue to lie in wait in the Qianzhou area and carry out sabotage operations."

"However, after the Xiluo people left, these people knew that the Xiluo people would not be coming back, so they simply cut off all contact with the Xiluo side."

"Later, by chance, Lü Wenyao became the new boss of this desperate armed force."

"This gold robbery was orchestrated by Lü Wenyao and his men!"

"My subordinates have roughly figured out the terrain of the prison dungeon and the personnel deployment of this group of armed men."

Liao Xingwen nodded thoughtfully: "When you evacuated from the First Prison of Philippine City, were you sure that Lu Wenyao and the others did not suspect anything?"

"I don't think so!" Gu Yuankai replied immediately. "In order to gain Lü Wenyao's trust, my subordinate pretended to ask him for an exorbitant amount."

“Originally, Lü Wenyao wanted to use 50% of these sixteen carts of gold to bribe me and get me to cover up this matter for them.”

"I voluntarily increased my stake to 70%!"

"The more you present yourself to Lu Wenyao as greedy, the less likely Lu Wenyao will suspect you."

"When my subordinates withdrew from the First Prison in the Philippines, they had already arranged for the military to secretly set up sentries around the prison to monitor it."

"We can know about any movement at the First Prison in the Philippines immediately!"

"Okay! Well done!"

Liao Xingwen gave Gu Yuankai an approving look: "While Lü Wenyao is still unaware that we have slipped up, let's quickly devise a plan to encircle and annihilate him before we alert him."

"We must wipe out this gang of audacious desperados in one fell swoop!"

"Your Excellency Protector-General, the situation is clear now. We must quickly plan our actions."

"Good! Since Deputy Director Liao has been sent by the higher authorities to handle this matter with full authority, the Protectorate will naturally cooperate fully."

"I will follow Deputy Director Liao's instructions!"

"I never imagined that such a shocking thing would happen in the Philippine Protectorate. How could a prison warden be doing such a despicable thing behind the scenes!"

"This Lü Wenyao is incredibly audacious!"

"I think Chen Yuanxiu's job as chief inspector is done for! His subordinates have turned the world upside down and he's completely oblivious!"

"This is a serious oversight and dereliction of duty..."

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"This is a full layout map of the First Prison in the Philippines."

There are 1,133 inmates in the prison.

"There are 127 prison guards."

"What is certain now is that almost all the guards at the First Prison in the Philippines are Lu Wenyao's confidants."

“These people have already boarded Lü Wenyao’s pirate ship.”

"The 48 tons of gold that were stolen are now all hidden in the dungeon of the First Prison in the Philippines."

"This dungeon was built during the colonial period of the Western Ro people."

"After taking over the first prison in the Philippines, Lu Wenyao secretly reinforced and renovated the dungeon."

"Based on my observation, there should be many hidden fortifications in the dungeon."

"This is something we must pay particular attention to if we launch a military offensive..."

Gu Yuankai explained the details of the dungeon in the First Prison of the Philippines to everyone.

"What is the military's opinion?" Liao Xingwen, who was presiding over the meeting, immediately looked at Xu Zhensheng, the commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Protectorate in the Philippines.

"Since the entire First Prison of the Philippines is a den of snakes and rats, completely rotten, then we have nothing to worry about."

"The structure inside the dungeon is quite complex."

"Moreover, as mentioned earlier, these militants hiding inside not only possess a large number of heavy weapons, but they have also received rigorous special operations training."

"I must say—these outlaws are quite capable in combat."

"To avoid unnecessary casualties, our military's recommendation is that there is no need to launch a ground offensive."

"It would be easier to just launch a devastating attack on the dungeons of the First Prison in the Philippines."

"Directly dispatch bombers to destroy the dungeon."

"Anyway, there's bound to be a lot of gold inside."

"It's just that the subsequent excavation and sorting will be a bit more troublesome, but it's safer."

"More importantly—we can easily annihilate this group of militants without suffering any casualties!"

"Of course, if the Secret Intelligence Agency wants to capture as many people as possible alive, we can certainly take military action."

"Our special forces are absolutely capable of handling this kind of mission."

"Apart from Lu Wenyao, the mastermind, there's no need to leave any of the other desperate criminals alive."

Liao Xingwen thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, as long as we catch Lü Wenyao, we can pry all the inside stories out of him."

"Besides—for a reckless fellow like Lü Wenyao, simply blowing him up would be too lenient..."

“Deputy Director Liao is right!” Xu Zhensheng nodded: “It would be too lenient to just blow up that traitor Lü Wenyao!”

“As far as I know, Lü Wenyao doesn’t usually go to the dungeon easily.” Gu Yuankai then said, “If we just want to keep Lü Wenyao alive, then we can simply avoid Lü Wenyao’s office.”

"Then this matter will be easier to handle."

Liao Xingwen immediately made the decision: "Then let's proceed with Commander Xu's plan—to launch a surprise air raid on the dungeon and destroy it."

"After the dungeon is destroyed, the military's special forces will enter to clean up the remaining members of Lu Wenyao's faction."

"Our mission is to achieve the greatest results with the least casualties!"

"It would be best if we could capture Lu Wenyao alive."

"If we can't capture them alive, it doesn't matter if we just kill them!"

"Deputy Director Liao, please rest assured. If our special forces can't even capture Lü Wenyao alive, it would be a disgrace to our Great Qian Zhenguo Army!"

Commander Xu Zhensheng, the garrison commander in the Philippines, patted his chest and assured, "Now that the plan has been finalized, leave the rest to us."

"We must capture Lü Wenyao alive."

"Killing him outright would be too lenient on him."

"If we don't give him a proper 'welcome,' we'll be letting down our fallen brothers..."