Text Chapter 326 - Eastern Expedition to Longyou (32)

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The prisoners of war were busy using pots and pans for cooking, and all the utensils that could hold water, but fortunately, the source of the spring water was close to the left, and they soon took the cold spring water and poured it on the boulder.

Li Zicheng's eyes have been staring at this boulder, the ridge is quite high, the temperature in the valley is obviously low, the spring water is even cooler, so much cold water is poured on, the stone can be intact, is it possible that the principle of "thermal expansion and cold contraction" does not work on this dangling boulder?

The road in the mountains was narrow, and dozens of prisoners of war carrying water could not use it at all, so the people who took the water were divided into orders, from the boulder to the spring, and the prisoners of war lined up in a long line along the way.

He Xiaomi is also nervous, most of the governors act, although they are a little weird, but they can bring a surprise to people every time, starting from the ambush of the Mongols in Zhenhai Fort, to the development of the Xining rifle, and now to take most of the Longyou, which time is not a big surprise? In his mind, the Metropolitan Governor is already a god-like existence, is it ...... Is it going to be a disappointment this time?

Even if one or two times are unsatisfactory, it will not affect the status and image of the Metropolitan Governor in the Heavenly Mandate Army, but He Xiaomi is still looking forward to it, expecting the Metropolitan Governor to be able to remove this monstrous boulder and open up a direct way to heaven for the Heavenly Mandate Army.

The prisoners of war didn't think about it so much, they did whatever the Metropolitan Governor asked them to do, they were prisoners of war of the Mandate of Heaven, and if they could work to save their lives, it would be an opening of the eyes of the sky, even if the boulder couldn't be removed, it was just a joke between the Metropolitan Governor and them.

Who made them prisoners of war?

Almost every one of them had taken the springs twice, but without the orders of the Grand Governor, they did not dare to stop, and could only repeat the same action mechanically, and in any case it was easier to transport the springs than to repair the roads in the valley.

Li Zizheng saw that the time was getting longer and longer, and it was estimated that this time it was a failure, and even if there was no spring water, the surface of the boulder would gradually cool down, so he was ready to let the prisoners of war stop carrying water.

Do you want to regenerate fire on the surface of the boulder? Li Zicheng was thinking about it, when suddenly the voice was wrong, and an invisible wave of air in the air spread in all directions.

"Boom...... Sneer............"

Suddenly, a loud noise was heard, but a mist rose from the boulder, which was four or five feet high, mixed with large particles of dust flying in all directions, and the prisoners of war who were watering it, as if they heard a thunderbolt on a sunny day, were suddenly stunned in the mountain road, and even the utensils in their hands were crackling, and there was a crisp sound in the valley.

The prisoners of war closest to the boulder felt their faces tighten, and when they touched it with their hands, blood was already oozing.

He Xiaomi was stunned for a while, and after the sound passed, he jumped forward, escorted in front of Li Zicheng, and shouted in his mouth, "Protect the Grand Governor!" ”

The soldiers behind didn't know what was going on, and thought that the prisoners of war had done something, so they quickly divided into two groups, one group to guard around Li Zicheng, and the other group to pounce on the prisoners of war who were in a daze.

Li Zicheng knew that the sound came from the boulder, and he knew that the boulder had changed, so he hurriedly pushed away He Xiaomi and the soldiers in front of him with his hand, and said lightly, "Don't be nervous, it's this mountain rock that has changed, Xiaomi, let people go to the mountain stone to take a look." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi hurriedly picked up the two personal soldiers and went to investigate the boulder, not worrying in his heart, he was still just protecting Li Zicheng's side, once there was any trouble, he would rush ahead of his brothers and immediately rush over.

The two pro-soldiers bent their legs like devils entering the village, pressed their right hands on the hilt of the knife at their waists, and walked towards the boulder step by step, seeing that the boulder did not move again, they leaned over, and when they turned to the north side, they hurriedly shouted, "Dadu, the mountain and rock have cracked a ...... A hole is four or five inches long...... Can you put a fist ......"

"Ah...... Such a big mountain rock was shattered......" He Xiaomi's mouth opened like a hippopotamus for food, and he unconsciously turned his head to look at Li Zicheng.

The prisoners of war immediately discussed, "Is it really broken?" Who got it? ”

"It can't be a trick to deceive, right?"

"Since such a large mountain rock can be broken, can't it be broken even smaller? Can you really move this boulder out of the way......"

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Li Zicheng knew that once the mountain stone was broken, the heat accumulated on the surface would be dissipated, and it would not crack again for a while, so he separated everyone, slowly came to the mountain stone, stroked the crack of the mountain stone with his hand, and pushed the boulder, but it did not move, he called the leader of the prisoners of war and ordered, "Just follow this method, let the mountain stone crack a few more times, dig out the soil and stone below, and this mountain stone can be removed." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" The leader was stunned at this time, it turned out that the governor asked them to pile up firewood on the boulder, burn it with fire, and then pour cold spring water, just to make the boulder crack, if it is allowed to crack a few more times, this boulder will naturally become a very ordinary number of rocks, if you dig out the floating soil at the root, the boulder can naturally be removed, although it will take some time, but in this way, the mountain road here ......

How did the Metropolitan know?

He Xiaomi stood on the back of the boulder, looked at the east and west sides, and couldn't help but shout excitedly, "Dadudu, if you can remove this mountain stone, not only can you save three or four miles of road, but this section of post road will also be smoother and wider, and even the dangerous road that swings around will be avoided......"

Li Zicheng also looked left and right, it is true that he can save several miles of distance, and this section of the post road, the slope is much gentler, under the visual inspection, the actual height has dropped by at least one zhang and five, which is more valuable than shortening the distance on the post road in the mountains, and it will be passed in the future