Chapter 234 Avalanche and Ground Crack
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It was still raining and the wind was still strong. The sea is rough and the waves are rolling. The three of them couldn't tell where they were for a while, so they struggled to swim out of the sea where the cave was located under the cliff, and soon after, there was a rocky beach under the cliff, and the three of them could finally step on the ground and breathe a sigh of relief.
The wind and rain were too strong, and the three of them found a sheltered place to breathe, and at the same time to discern the direction and discuss. The three of them soon saw the small island of Optimus Standing on the sea in the distance, and from this point they could conclude that their position was under the high cliff east of Peach Blossom Island. This is basically the same as Lin Jue's judgment, the entrance to the dense forest where the underground warehouse is located is located in the east of the island, so it is also very likely that the exit is under the cliff on the east side of the island.
The three of them estimated the time and thought that it should be the middle of the morning. If the time estimate is accurate, then at this moment, the officers and men of the Ning Navy are about to launch an attack on the island. Ning's ships should have also arrived at the perimeter of Peach Blossom Island. But being under the cliff in the east of the island is obviously not the direction of Ning's navy's attack, so Lin Jue and the others have no way of knowing the specific news.
"Lin Gongzi, we have destroyed their food and supplies, and the bandits will be chaotic. The officers and soldiers should be able to capture Peach Blossom Island soon. Otherwise, we will hide here and wait for the officers and soldiers to successfully attack the island. I'm afraid it's unwise for us to show up at this moment. Liang Qi suggested.
Lin Jue pondered for a moment and said, "No, we must determine whether the officers and soldiers will start attacking the island." And even though we just destroyed the island's underground storehouse. However, the officers and soldiers may not be able to successfully attack Peach Blossom Island. Without the fire oil and bed crossbows, the pirates could still rely on the advantage of geography and numbers to defend to the death. We must completely break their insistence. Don't forget, there is a lot of food hidden in that stone pillar reef, and the pirates still have the capital to hold on to this island. ”
Gao Muqing and Liang Qi looked at Lin Jue in astonishment, and Gao Muqing said, "Are you planning to destroy the materials in that Stone Pillar Island again?" Isn't it crazy? How can we get in there? It's impossible to even get close. ”
Lin Jue hurriedly shook his head and said, "Is it really that I am crazy?" I didn't dare to go, it would be like sending me to death. But we can destroy the ropeway. If the ropeway is broken, they will not be able to transport supplies. Let's go south and take a look, it's too far away to see clearly. We'll have to get closer to the bottom of the ropeway and see what happens. ”
The three of them slowly touched south under the cliff against the wind and rain, and traveled for several miles, and the outline of Big Bird Island in the wind and rain in front of them was already extremely clear. The ropeway connecting the two islands is also in sight. After the three of them hid on the reef and looked up, they saw that the rope bridge in the wind was shaking violently like a swing in the wind, and the bridge was empty, and there was no imaginary situation where the bandits were desperately transferring supplies to Peach Blossom Island. However, the sound of the horn in the wind was unusually clear, it was the horn blown by the bandits at the top of Otorishima, sometimes long and sometimes urgent.
"Look at it like this, it seems that the officers and soldiers have not arrived, otherwise how could they not transfer supplies? What does this trumpet sound mean? It sounded like the officers and soldiers were attacking the island again, and I didn't know what was going on. Gao Muqing said confusedly.
"yes, we look at it like we're blind. I don't know what's going on now. Liang Qi also said.
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "The officers and soldiers are here, they must be the officers and soldiers coming." ”
Gao Muqing and Liang Qi were surprised: "How can you see it? ”
Lin Jue said: "The sound of the horn is changeable, this must be the signal they transmit. The top of the island can be observed, and even in such weather conditions, the visual distance can cover the island's perimeter. With such frequent horns, what could it be if it wasn't the officers and soldiers coming? ”
Gao Muqing and Liang Qi were noncommittal, Lin Jue was just a speculation, but it was not necessarily the case.
"Also, didn't you find the supplies in transit? What is moving above the rope bridge? Lin Jue stretched out his hand and pointed above the rope bridge.
"Supplies in transit?" Gao Muqing and Liang Qi both looked at it carefully in surprise.
This time, with Lin Jue's guidance, they finally saw it clearly. Although no one was carrying supplies on the rope bridge, things were moving in the sky above the rope bridge. Small black dots are moving at an extremely slow speed from Big Bird Island towards Peach Blossom Island. If you look closely, it was a bundle of wrapped things suspended in the air, which was obviously hanging from a rope, but the rope above it was not visible because of the distance.
At this time, Gao Muqing and Liang Qi suddenly realized.
"What a clever way. Thick ropes are hung above the rope bridge, so there is no need to carry them by humans, just by ropes. At the top of this cliff, someone must have pulled the goods with a long rope. Gao Muqing exclaimed.
Lin Jue nodded and said, "Yes, I've been wondering what the meaning of this rope bridge is. Once the wind and rain hit, such a long rope bridge will shake like a streamer and it is difficult to stand on it, so how can they transport supplies and soldiers and horses in bad weather? Now the answer is right in front of you. Normally they can transfer supplies through the rope bridge, but in this case they can use the zipline to transfer supplies, which is a smart way. From this, it can also be determined that there is only one underground warehouse on Peach Blossom Island, which has been destroyed by us. And Hai Dongqing is ordering people to transfer grain and grass materials from that small island. Therefore, we must destroy this material supply channel again, and completely isolate Peach Blossom Island. The basis for my judgment that the officers and men had arrived was that this method of transporting supplies did not need to be communicated through horns, but could be done with flags and gestures. Is the sound of the trumpet playing? It is clearly a means of informing the enemy. ”
"What Lin Gongzi said is very reasonable. Lin Gongzi, do what you say. Although I just want to hide here and not show my face at the moment, if the officers and soldiers cannot win, we will also die. Let's do one more vote. Liang Qi nodded.
Lin Jue said: "Okay, we have to go up the cliff, cut this ropeway, and it's done." ”
"It's as simple as that?" Liang Qidao.
"Yes, it's that simple." Lin Jue smiled.
Gao Muqing glanced at Lin Jue and said, "Is it that simple?" There must be a great crowd of bandits up there. Can there be less manpower for transporting materials and transporting them to the island? ”
Lin Jue laughed and said, "I was seen through by you." But no matter how many people there are, they have to do it. Of course, we can't do it hard, let's go up and see the situation first, and then discuss a solution. In any case, the ropeway is going to be broken and it is done. ”
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Time goes back to more than an hour ago, when Hai Dongqing and Xu Xing rushed to the place where the warehouse was located, the fire in the warehouse was already in full swing, and the cave was collapsing. The smoke and dust coming out of the shaft were as terrifying as a volcanic eruption.
Hai Dongqing rushed to the position of the shaft and jumped like thunder, shouting loudly and ordering people to go down to check, this order is obviously an order that has lost his mind, who dares to go down from the shaft with smoke billowing to check, it is not looking for death. No one dared to go down, Haidong was angry and wanted to kill, Xu Xing hurriedly persuaded him.
Soon after, a loud explosion from the depths of the cavern made the ground tremble, like a landslide. Xu Xing hurriedly ordered people to pull Hai Dongqing away from this place, because he knew that there was a large amount of fire oil hidden in the warehouse, and these fire oil had obviously exploded and caught fire. Although it is in a cave at a depth of more than 20 feet underground, it is still extremely dangerous.
Not long after they evacuated the dangerous place, a large area of the ground began to fall, and soon the entire storehouse area and the large area of dense forest formed a huge depression with a circumference of dozens of feet, as if the sky had collapsed. After the collapse of the huge cavern below, there would have been another layer of rock to hold on. But the power of the explosion of hundreds of barrels of oil caused the rock to shake and crack, and it actually partially collapsed, forming a chain reaction. As a result, the entire ground collapsed, but it did not collapse completely.
Everyone watched in amazement, horror and fear rolling in the hearts of each of the bandits. They knew that the hundreds of people down there had all been buried alive under the rocks. The trees on the ground were crooked, and smoke billowed out of the cracks in the ground, as if they had experienced a violent earthquake.
"Lao Tzu's fire oil, Lao Tzu's ballista, Lao Tzu's hundreds of thousands of stone grains, Lao Tzu's armor and weapons. Lao Tzu has saved more than ten years of belongings. It's all over. Hai Dongqing roared loudly, swinging his mace and hitting the surrounding trees, mud and water splashed. He'd never been so gaffe, he had never been so sad. He had never been so heartbroken when his wife and concubines and several sons died, and at this moment, he really felt that he was about to collapse.
The belongings that have been saved for more than ten years are ready to rely on these belongings to make a big difference. And at this moment, it was all ruined. The hope that had taken so much effort was vanished with the complete destruction of this storehouse.
Xu Xing was also heartbroken, but at this time, only he dared to come forward to persuade him. The others didn't dare to approach Hai Dongqing at all, for fear of being blown away by his mace.
"The Holy Father's wrath, the Holy Father's wrath. At the moment, the Holy Father cannot do this, but he needs to cheer up. The officers and soldiers are coming, we must hurry up and transport supplies from Otorishima, and the brothers need orders from the Holy Father. Take care, Holy Father. ”
"It's all you, I told you a long time ago, I want you to open another warehouse to store the oil and supplies separately. You're just prevaricating, now it's okay, it's served in a pot. Hai Dongqing said angrily.
Xu Xing's face turned red, but he still maintained humility and said: "Yes, yes, yes, it was my mistake." When the officers and soldiers are repulsed, I will be able to deal with what the Holy Father does. But now please calm the wrath of the Father. ”
Hai Dongqing sighed, the mace fell in a low voice, looked up to the sky and yelled a few times, turned his head and said: "Brother Xu, I don't blame you, it's me who is angry." It takes a lot of manpower to open up an underground warehouse, so how can it be so easy? You offered to store on the ground, and I didn't allow it because I was worried about hurricanes and safety. It's all my fault, it's none of you. You're right, the officers and soldiers are coming, we can't be discouraged because the supplies are destroyed, as long as our Peach Blossom Island is still there, these things will be there sooner or later. Yes, yes, immediately transfer food and supplies from Big Bird Island, quickly, and be afraid of delay. ”