Cao Zhi saw Zhou Cang's figure appearing at the entrance of the passage. Cao Zhi was relieved that the reinforcements had arrived. Several people would be able to subdue Li Hei, the bull, and drag him away from this dangerous place.
Just as Zhou Cang was shouting something unknown and was about to rush into the cave through the muddy tunnel, Cao Zhi was holding Li Hei's bull's neck tightly, trying to control him temporarily so that Zhou Cang could come up and join forces with him.
Suddenly, there was a soft "bala" sound, and another piece of black mud fell from the leaking cave wall. In the meantime, the water poured into the cave was vented again doubled.
What followed was that the water flow that originally hit the zigzag channel mouth diagonally suddenly increased, and the impact force of the water flow was suddenly increased, and suddenly changed to a straight impact.
Both Cao Zhi and Li Hei were exerting themselves in the cave, and the pressure on Li Hei's back suddenly relaxed. They both held back their strength and looked back blankly to check.
Seeing that the waterfall on the cave wall turned into a fire hydrant that was opened, and the water column became straight and concentrated, I habitually moved my eyes along the water inlet to the place where it was hit.
"Ah!"
"Bounce!"
A piece of soil on the roof of the tunnel couldn't withstand the huge impact and collapsed. Cao Zhi and Li Hei kept fighting and jumped back at the same time. But it was still a step too late, and the collapsing soil hit them in the air.
, shooting them directly to the ground.
Then, the water column rushing in did not stop. After collapsing a piece of mud and rock on the top floor, it continued to rush forward. The earth and rock behind also started a chain reaction under the impact and collapsed one after another.
The earth and rocks on the top of the tunnel fell for a while. Zhou Cang and others who had no time to step into the cave screamed in surprise and could only retreat one after another. Seeing the falling earth and rocks completely blocking the zigzag entrance,
Hold on till death.
The last thing Zhou Cang saw at the end of the tunnel was that Cao Zhi and Li Hei were crushed under the collapsed mud and rocks at the same time. They didn't know whether they were dead or alive. Zhou Cang and the last soldier were also hit by the falling earth and rocks.
It took a few hits, but he retreated quickly and was not buried alive.
But at this moment, Zhou Cang did not feel lucky that he survived the disaster. On the contrary, he almost felt like crying. Because his lord Cao Zhi was buried inside, he hated himself. He should have rushed forward just now.
Bu, even if he dies now, he will be buried with Cao Zhi, which is much better than worrying now.
"What the hell are you doing standing still? Dig quickly, quickly!"
Zhou Cang shouted almost sistily, while he grabbed the shovel from the hand of a stunned soldier behind him, and quickly dug up the mud and rocks from the landslide.
Zhou Cang exerted all his strength and wanted to dig through the original passage as quickly as possible to see if Cao Zhi was alive or dead. He completely forgot that even if he was allowed to dig through, there would be water behind the cave wall.
They would also drown or the water flow would cause landslides again. At this moment, he could no longer think clearly, and was almost losing his mind and mechanically digging the soil in front of him with all his brute strength.
At this time, the command at the scene was chaotic. There was almost no one directing the soldiers. The soldiers in the zigzag passage wanted to help. Everyone knew that the person buried behind the passage was their lord. But this passage was very dangerous.
It is narrow. During the excavation, only one person was considered to pass through. Now so many people want to rush to the front to help, but they can't squeeze in, so the work performance at this time is very low, and they are all used for crowding.
Enter. When we were panicking just now, the few oil lamps that were there had been extinguished long ago. Now no one thought of lighting the lamps first. Everyone was working hard to complete their actions in the dark and narrow tunnel.
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Although Zhou Cang and the others in front were digging quickly, they discovered that the soil shoveled in front of them was just piled on top of them.
Behind him, everyone was busy trying to open the passage, but no one was moving soil out of the hole.
This was a waste of work. At this time, someone also remembered that the people on the ground should be notified so that we could respond together.
Zhou Cang took a few breaths and was now much more awake than before. While he sent people out of the tunnel to inform Deng Ai and Pu Hu in the main tent, he organized soldiers to light fires, found the fallen oil lamps, and moved soil out of the cave.
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Just as Zhou Cang finished arranging everything and was about to continue excavating the collapsed earth, suddenly there was a sound from behind the earth and rocks.
Zhou Cang called out in time and listened attentively, "That's right, it's the other side who's knocking on the wall. Hurry, dig quickly!"
Just as Zhou Cang was about to poke the collapsed earth with his shovel, the soft knocking sound came more urgently. Zhou Cang couldn't figure out what it meant for a moment. He raised his head and listened with the shovel, not knowing whether to continue digging or what to do.
Looking at the soldiers nearby, they all shook their heads, expressing confusion.
At this time, a barbarian soldier brought by Li Hei from Jiangxia squeezed through the crowd, stretched his neck and said to Zhou Cang who was at the front: "Captain Zhou, this is the code word used by my leader. He told us not to dig!"
"Ah!" When Zhou Cang heard that someone understood, he quickly called out to the soldier and said, "You understand! Hurry, let those people go and come here."
The soldier finally, under Zhou Cang's command, squeezed past the soldiers in front and climbed to Zhou Cang's side.
After Zhou Cang helped him up, he couldn't wait to ask: "Is this Li Hei knocking?"
"Yes, he is the leader of my family."
"If he doesn't let them dig, how can we go over and rescue them? Oh no, let's forget about it and ask him if the master is okay?"
When the soldier heard that he had to convey such a difficult message, he burst into tears, shook his head and said, "May I ask if your lord is okay?"
"right!"
"Won't!"
"Ah! No, do you understand Li Hei's code words?"
"Understood! But I never asked my lord if he could be safe."
"What's that?"
"You can dig, and you can hit it with a long sound, but you can't dig and hit three short sounds in a row. The leader of my family just hit three short sounds."
"That's all?"
"Also, turn left and tap two short notes, turn right and tap two long notes, tap straight..."
The soldier recited the code words that Li Hei gave them to Zhou Cang in one breath. In fact, this is how it is. It is said that such a collapse accident is very likely to happen during the tunnel digging work. In order to deal with this kind of situation, Li Hei and other barbarians
This simple communication code was invented when the buried person could be rescued in time, or when information could not be exchanged underground using words. However, the information that could be provided was very simple and limited. If it is as complicated as Zhou Cang asked,
It definitely can't be translated.
"What a fucking code code, you can't even say a whole sentence, ****!"
Zhou Cang, who had originally raised his hopes, was about to lose his mind again. He raised his leg and kicked the barbarian soldier who had just half stood up.