Chapter 229: Hell Flames
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Jia Dongsheng was stunned for a moment, smacked his lips and said, "Where is the fire oil?" How could we have such a precious thing? Lin Gongzi, don't talk nonsense. All the supplies are here, and they are all taken to you to see, what else do you want? ”
Gao Muqing shouted coldly: "Nonsense, I obviously heard that Hai Dongqing asked you to come back and distribute materials such as oil ballistas to various docks. You're still quibbling. ”
Jia Dongsheng was stunned and said, "What did you hear? How did you hear that? ”
Gao Muqing sneered: "When you discussed, I listened in the side hall next door." You're not honest yet. Why do you think we're targeting you? That's Hai Dongqing naming your identity, so we followed you. Otherwise, who knows that you are the leader of this underground warehouse? ”
Jia Dongsheng was stunned and speechless, these people were simply too bold, not long ago when they were discussing in the Juyi Hall, they actually mixed in the Juyi Hall. It's unimaginable.
Lin Jue said coldly: "Leader Jia, it seems that you don't want to cooperate." Leader Jia, when we come out to mix, we all pay attention to mutual communication. You respect me a foot, I respect you a foot. You've disappointed us so much. ”
Liang Qi said angrily on the side: "What else did Gongzi Lin tell him? This kid is full of lies and has a belly full of bad ideas. It's better to find a secluded place to take care of him, and the province is verbose with him, all of which he asked for. ”
Jia Dongsheng's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly said: "Three are angry, three are angry." I'll take you there. Fire oil elsewhere. Don't kill me. ”
Lin Jue said coldly: "Don't lead the way yet?" ”
Jia Dongsheng agreed repeatedly, and hurriedly led everyone to a dark and remote corner in the corner of the cave. Lin Jue and the others followed closely, bypassing several stalagmite piles, and the light around them dimmed. There were no torches, no lanterns, just a few wind lanterns hanging ghostly on a few stone pillars.
Several black figures in front of them swayed, as if they suddenly poured out, and a dozen figures appeared from the surrounding shadows, surrounding everyone in the middle.
"Who? Don't trespass here, don't you know the rules? Someone shouted.
"Zhang Lao Liu, it's me. Jia Dongsheng. Jia Dongsheng shouted.
"It turned out to be Leader Jia, we thought it was the other brothers who didn't know the rules and broke here." A thin, hard-working pirate stepped forward to salute, and the surrounding bandits also saluted.
"I'll see what happens here. The oil is stored in a heavy place, and it cannot be sloppy. ”
"Leader Jia, rest assured, there is nothing wrong here, in strict accordance with Leader Jia's orders, there is no open fire here, no one is allowed to approach, and there will be absolutely no accidents."
"Very well, I'll take a look at the oil depot, and you will lead the way."
"Okay, Leader Jia is slow, the road here is not easy. It's black and rumbling inside, but don't fall around. ”
The bandits led the way, Jia Dongsheng, Lin Jue and others followed behind, walking through the crooked path, the front seemed to be a dead end, facing a cave wall, and there were stalagmite pillars on the left and right. Lin Juezheng wondered to himself, only to see the bandit named Zhao Laoliu command, and the two minions stepped forward to grope on the cave wall, and then brushed and pulled open a grass curtain. An irregular hole more than a man high immediately appeared in the cave wall.
Lin Jue suddenly saw that the grass curtain covered the entrance of the cave, and the grass curtain and the cave wall were integrated, but he didn't see it.
The mermaids rushed in, and entered the cave by the glimmer of light. The entrance of the cave extends diagonally downward, and soon the area grows larger, and after a turn, a natural cave appears in front of it. The area of this cave is not small, the size of two main houses, and if you look inside, there are round wooden barrels. There was also a hint of pungent smell in the air. Lin Jue knew that these barrels must be filled with fire oil.
With the glimmer of light, Lin Jue calculated the number slightly, and there were as many as three hundred barrels of fire oil piled up here, and he couldn't help but be surprised. It must be known that the refining of fire oil is extremely costly, even the Great Zhou court can only refine more than 2,000 barrels of fire oil a year. Moreover, most of these fire oils are used by the main border forces and are used to play a key role in critical times. The cost of refining a barrel of fire oil reaches hundreds of taels of silver, which is really expensive. And these precious materials, the pirates actually hoarded so much, and I don't know how to get them.
After seeing these fire oils, Lin Jue also breathed a sigh of relief. If these oils were used against warships, they would be deadly. This oil burns in water, and the rain is useless to it, and if it is spilled on the ship, the ship will be burned up. And now, having found them themselves, they are lucky for the warships of the Ning Navy. But for Lin Jue and Gao Muqing, this is a difficult choice.
Lin Jue and the others withdrew from the cave and stood in a secluded place to discuss in a whisper.
"Lin Jue, what are you going to do?" Gao Muqing asked.
"Two choices." Lin Jue muttered: "First, we only destroyed the oil and don't care about the rest. Maybe we can get out of here. Second, we burned everything in the cave with oil, but in that case, we probably wouldn't be able to get out. ”
Gao Muqing was silent. After a while, he said: "If we just destroy the oil oil, won't we be able to achieve our goal?" Our goal is to burn all the supplies on the island, so that the pirates will not have enough supplies to support them. ”
Lin Jue smiled: "Yes, this is also where I am entangled. Ants are still stealing life, and when it comes to the end, it is really difficult to choose. If there really is only one exit, even if it is not burned to death when the fire starts, it will be smoked to death. ”
The three of them fell silent, and such a choice was indeed difficult. Jia Dongsheng on the side heard their conversation the whole time, his face became gray, unfortunately he was predicted, Gao Muqing and Lin Jue really had such an idea. These three are the real outlaws, they don't want to live themselves, and they can be expected to spare their lives? Besides, if he sets the fire to it, if he doesn't run away, I'm afraid he will die here.
Thinking of this, Jia Dongsheng no longer hesitated, rolled his eyes a few times, and suddenly pointed to the side: "What are you doing?" ”
"What?" Lin Jue and the others were startled, and involuntarily looked in the direction of his finger, where there was a mess of rocks, and there was nothing. Lin Jue only felt that his arm was empty, and he immediately reacted, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that Jia Dongsheng had already escaped a few steps.
Lin Jue subconsciously raised the Wang Ba box and pulled the trigger on the back of his heart, and when the gun rang out, Jia Dongsheng's body suddenly disappeared, and he heard a splash, and Jia Dongsheng actually jumped into a stream of water in the shadows. Lin Jue's shot also missed, and sparks flew on the stalagmites on the opposite side.
"Come on, there is a fine work, catch them."
Jia Dongsheng shouted loudly and threw forward along the ditch. Lin Jue quickly loaded the ammunition, and when he was ready, Jia Dongsheng's figure had already disappeared behind the stalagmites along the current.
There was no need for Jia Dongsheng to shout, the roar of the shot just now had already alarmed the bandits in the cave. A large group of pirates had already rushed towards this side with torches, and Zhao Laoliu and the others, who were originally guarding here, also immediately drew their blades and rushed over first.
Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "Don't worry about it, it seems that there is no choice." Brother Liang, immediately go down to carry the oil drum up, and your master and the master of the village are here to carry it. ”
Liang Qi said in a deep voice, and went headlong into the hole in the rock wall to the small cave where the oil was stored. Lin Jue and Gao Muqing stood side by side at the entrance of the cave to resist Zhao Laoliu and the others who rushed up. Lin Jue no longer had any scruples, Zhao Lao Liu rushed to the front, and Lin Jue raised the Wang Ba box and shot him in the face. Zhao Lao Liu and a bandit beside him fell to the ground. When Lin Jue was loading the ammunition, Gao Muqing had already ravaged up and started to move, the steel knife in his hand flashed, killing two people in a row, and the rest of the bandits turned around and fled when they saw that the situation was not good.
However, at the turn in front of us, amid the shining torches, countless pirates were already boiling over, and in a moment they were about to rush closer. At this moment, Liang Qi came out of the hole with two barrels of fire oil between his left and right armpits.
Lin Jue said loudly: "Go and move again." ”
Liang Qi put down the oil drum and went back to the ground to carry it. Lin Jue rolled the two barrels of fire oil to the front, and slashed the barrels several times, and the fire oil gushed out from the two barrels, spreading a large area along the stone cracks in the ground.
"Mu Qing, you and I are probably going to die here today, but we can't die at their hands, we would rather be burned to death by fire. I'm going to do it. Lin Jue turned back to Gao Muqing and shouted.
Gao Muqing nodded with tears in his eyes and said: "Husband, you and I die in one place, Mu Qing will die with you, and I will come to you again in the next life." It's a pity we can't destroy all the supplies here. ”
Lin Jue nodded, lifted the Wang Ba box and fired a shot at the ground. After a bang, stone chips flew across the ground and sparks flew in all directions, and then with a bang, the fire oil on the ground was ignited by sparks, and a wall of fire was ignited in an instant.
The ferocity of the fire was breathtaking, and the entire ground soaked in the oil began to burn. The stones cracked when they were heated, and the ground was filled with beeping smoke and dust, and sparks were flying. The flames rose to a height of more than one person, and the heat wave made Lin Jue hurriedly retreat to the entrance of the cave.
Lin Jue did this because he wanted to block the opponent's attack with a wall of fire and buy time for himself. Of course, he can go to the stone room below and light the fire directly, but it is human instinct to live for a moment.
Liang Qi came up with two more barrels of fire oil, and was a little sluggish when he saw the fire in his eyes. Lin Jue said loudly: "Throw these two barrels into the fire as well." ”
Gao Muqing raised his foot and kicked, and a fire oil drum flew into the fire, hitting a stalagmite and bursting open. With a bang, the flames rose several feet high, and the flames with fire oil were even more terrifying, and for a time thick smoke billowed out, and there were fires everywhere. Liang Qi also threw another bucket into the fire, and the flames were a few points stronger.
"Huh? How can it be boiled in water? Gao Muqing suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Jue and Liang Qi followed her gaze and saw a fire dragon extending along the dark river that Jia Dongsheng had escaped from just now. The oil floating on the surface of the water did not go out, but sparked a tongue of fire for several feet and meandered along the direction of the river.
Lin Jue was overjoyed and said, "Why didn't I think of this? Hurry up, let's go carry the oil drums together. ”
“…… How so? Gao Muqing asked.
"This dark river is swirling and flowing in the cave, and we just used this dark river to burn all the supplies. As long as the oil is constantly added, the fire will spread throughout the cave. Hehe, we're going to die, but we can do it. Lin Jue laughed.