"Their officers and soldiers number about four hundred in total!"

"More than two thousand men have already been captured, but this time only about 500 are being transported!"

“We have 489 men under our command, but we only brought 300 with us. The remaining 189 are in the mountains, guarding our home!”

"They're all on horseback, so they're thinking of setting up some tripwires here first!"

"I've brought 50 archers with me; they'll ambush us on this mountain!"

"Once they come over, pull the tripwire, then shoot them with these arrows, and then we'll charge down and fight them at close range!"

"Take this opportunity to rescue those people!"

Lin Ru nodded in agreement, finding the statement quite reasonable. She glanced at the arrows of those men, which appeared to be extremely sharp.

But surprisingly, there was no poison on it!

He couldn't help but frown!

She took out a packet of poison from her bosom and handed it to Ji Wenxuan!

"Brother Ji! Distribute this poison to those 50 archers! Have them smear the poison on their arrowheads, so that even if they miss, they'll be poisoned to death!"

"This will also reduce some casualties!"

"Don't even think about that trick; those who are underhanded and malicious won't use it!"

"If they can find scapegoats, then it's nothing for us to just put some poison on our arrows. This is a life-or-death struggle, a battle of wits!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Wenxuan nodded.

"I completely agree with you! It's just that we couldn't buy poison before!"

He took the poison and handed it to his brothers behind him!

"Be careful when you use it, and don't stab yourselves!"

Those people carefully took it and nodded repeatedly!

Then everyone started setting it up!

Ji Wenxuan looked at Lin Ru with great difficulty!

"Hey! Miss Lin! Could you please ask that young man to release our boss, and my two brothers as well? They're a bit simple-minded, but they're not bad people. If they've offended you in any way, I apologize on their behalf!"

Lin Ru then remembered Gao Du and Zhang Tiedan!

She quickly stepped forward and put their jaws back in place!

Then they gave each of them an antidote pill!

As soon as Wu Ling released the leader, he clutched his stomach and fell to the ground!

Ji Wenxuan quickly ran over and helped his eldest brother up!

Taking the opportunity, Bai Chengye pulled Lin Ru aside and asked with some concern, "Ru'er! What's wrong with this man? Did you know him before?"

"Are you sure he's reliable? I have a feeling his subordinates aren't very trustworthy. Look at those two! They look a bit dim-witted!"

Lin Ru followed her maternal grandfather's gaze and looked at Gao Du and Zhang Tiedan!

These two are really stupid!

She simply believed in Ji Wenxuan!

She told her maternal grandfather about Ji Wenxuan's situation!

Bai Chengye then looked as if he had just realized something!

"Oh, so this is the magistrate you were talking about! The one who told you about the Prince of Zhenxi's rebellion! Didn't you say his family was from the capital? How come he's a bandit now?"

"No, I have to go and thank him properly later. Without him, we wouldn't have been able to make preparations in advance!"

When Lin Ru heard this, she remembered that she had made up a lie to get the Bai family to leave early, saying that the magistrate of Huiwu County had told her that the Marquis of Zhenxi was going to rebel!

She truly never imagined that she would have the chance to reunite with Ji Wenxuan in this lifetime!

If my maternal grandfather really went to see him, then the truth would be revealed!

So she quickly stopped her maternal grandfather!

"Grandfather! Now is not the time to talk about this. Let's quickly discuss how to help them rescue the person. Besides, I don't think he wants to bring up what happened before!"

"Now that he's become a bandit, he must have had a falling out with his family. Let's not rub salt in his wounds!"

Bai Chengye felt that his granddaughter's words made a lot of sense, so he gave up the idea!

Meanwhile, Gao Du, Zhang Tiedan, and the bandit leader were starting to question their existence. They never imagined that they would be defeated by a little girl!

And this little brat even knows their second-in-command!

He agreed to help after just a few words!

They really suffered a loss they couldn't speak of!

The three of them, one clutching his stomach, two clutching their chins!

He sat quietly to the side, watching the second-in-command and that little girl direct everyone as they began to set up the trap!

But little did we know they weren't finished setting it up yet!

Someone ran back to report that the officers and soldiers had arrived with their men and were almost there!

Ji Wenxuan had no choice but to abandon the remaining tripwires!

Quickly lead your men back to the woods on the hillside and lie in ambush!

They held their breath and looked down at the people below!

These officers and soldiers looked around very vigilantly. Whenever they saw a hillside or a dense forest nearby, they would send some civilians ahead to scout the way!

Check for any hidden traps or ambushes!

It's the same old trick this time!

They looked at the lush forest on the hillside next to them, but it was nighttime and they couldn't see clearly. They wondered if anyone was hiding in the forest, so they ordered a halt!

Then he summoned several timid villagers, tied ropes around their waists, and whipped them repeatedly on the back with horsewhips, like herding livestock! He made them walk forward to scout the way for him!

Seeing the scene before them, one of the soldiers felt a pang of pity!

He knew he couldn't change their minds, but he still spoke up to stop them!

"Boss! These people are already pitiful enough, please don't whip them! I..."

Before he could finish speaking, a riding whip lashed his body!

"What's it to you? They're just a bunch of scapegoats!"

"Mind your own business! If it weren't for your brother, I'd kill you!"

"You lowly bastards! You two brothers are no different from these animals!"

After saying that, he whipped the minor official again!

They didn't stop until they whipped the official off his horse!

Seeing this, the bandits gripped their knives tightly, their veins bulging from their rage!

The civilians were beaten and covered in injuries. They knew what they were about to face and that these soldiers did not value their lives.

But they were powerless, their hands were tightly bound together, and they had no way to resist. They dared not speak out in anger! They could only obediently move forward!

One of the men seemed to see a tripwire under his feet, but he didn't say anything!

My heart was pounding with nervousness!

Only when the rope around their waists tightened did the soldiers behind them catch up!

When they had traveled halfway, Ji Wenxuan immediately ordered the tripwire to be pulled up!

The horses suddenly lurched forward, and the people on them fell off with a thud!

The people in front quickly ran forward to create distance between themselves and the others, and the scene immediately became chaotic!

Before the officers and soldiers could even stand up, a volley of arrows rained down from the hillside!

The whooshing sound of something cutting through the air sent a shiver down everyone's spine!

They frantically swung their knives to defend themselves, but some still managed to slip through their fingers, grazing their arms and shoulders!

They hadn't noticed anything beforehand, only thinking they had escaped a disaster, but they never expected that the blood flowing from the scraped areas would be black!

A wave of dizziness washed over them, and they realized that the sword was poisoned, but it was too late!

The second wave of arrows has arrived!

Those people immediately tried to grab a few civilians to resist!