frightfiction Chapter 450 The Forestry Team Was Aggressive
Chapter 450 The Forestry Team Was Aggressive
The wolf-hunting team organized by the forest farm brought together the most experienced hunters from several nearby villages, and many skilled hunters joined the team.
Captain Chen of the forest farm was also a shrewd man. He knew that the sly bandits had been causing trouble in recent years, and that the scale of the trouble was beyond what ordinary wolf-hunting teams could handle. So he specifically considered how to hire the most hunters with the least cost, and preferably a few more gunners.
So Captain Chen asked Old Zhang from the forest farm to lead the team. Old Zhang was very popular and knew all the hunters in the nearby villages. He was also a kind-hearted man and came from a hunter's family. Asking Old Zhang to be the leader was a pretense; the real purpose was to have him win over and recruit the other leaders into the team.
Li Ju'an counted the number of people in the group.
A total of forty-six hunters came this time. Among them were Jiang Pao from Wangxingtun, Zhang Pao from Xiaolingcun, Sun Quande, himself, Zhao Pao, and two middle-aged hunters from the five or six villages in the barley field. The number of hunting dogs they brought was even greater; he brought nine hunting dogs, and there were sixty-eight others, not to mention many more falcons. Zhao Pao's group of falconers brought nine falcons, all experienced gyrfalcons with at least three years of hunting experience.
Seventy-seven hunting dogs, twelve falcons, and forty-six hunters—this magnificent team, assembled by Lao Zhang, was so impressive that even Sun Pao and Sun Quande, who had spent most of their lives hunting in the mountains, were greatly shocked. They said, "Old Chen is still awesome. Old Chen is cunning and shrewd. He only spent 500 yuan to bring in so many people. He could have easily persuaded them to come up with a team for ten yuan each."
Sun Quande cursed, saying how could he possibly get anyone to come, but he still came. For no other reason than that, hunters had been increasingly attacked by stags while hunting in the mountains in recent years. It wasn't just the mountain people and ginseng farmers; even experienced hunters were suffering terribly from the stags' encirclement. In the past three years, countless lives had been lost in the mountains, and often entire teams never returned. Several search parties had also gone missing.
Old Zhang picked up his megaphone and spoke with a powerful voice, just like the inspiring broadcasts in the village: "Comrades! This time, we're mobilized for the village and for the safety of the mountains, all to take down that scoundrel! Many hands make light work! Let's go all out, take down the scoundrel, and safely descend the mountain to return home."
The entire team shouted, their momentum strong, the echoes deafening: "Beat the shrews!"
"Beat the shrew!"
"Beat the shrew!!"
Li Ju'an suddenly heard a familiar voice, turned around and saw that Lu Zhiqiang had also secretly mingled in the group, wearing the clothes typical of fishing villages and the hats only fishermen wear. He grabbed Lu Zhiqiang by the collar and glared at him, saying, "What are you doing here, kid? Didn't your old man forbid you from coming?"
The Lu family, from top to bottom, had a penchant for going into the mountains for a while two years ago. From the eldest uncle and second eldest uncle to the aunt and third uncle, they all liked to sneak into the forest. But this time, hunting wolves was extremely dangerous, and the Lu family patriarch forbade his descendants from joining the group, which was the biggest concession he could make.
Lu Zhiqiang chuckled and said, "Well, the old man won't allow it, but I'm not here for the Lu family. I'm here on behalf of the fishing village."
"Pah! You've got a sharp tongue, I'll have Lu Jinyang drag you back."
"Hey, no, no, good brother, good buddy, godfather! You are my godfather! Don't say it, really don't say it."
Lu Zhiqiang could even call him "godfather," so Li Ju'an really couldn't say anything. He glanced at the three large yellow dogs beside Lu Zhiqiang. Knowing that the fishing village had given him all their hunting dogs, his father-in-law had indeed nodded in agreement.
Li Ju'an laughed and said, "We're going into the mountains to hunt, why are you bringing three water retrievers? It's not like we're going to fish in the river."
Lu Zhiqiang chuckled and said, "Brother, you don't understand. What I brought wasn't a dog, but a gift from my wife, father-in-law, and mother-in-law."
"Ha! Shameless bastard, calling me godfather."
"Oh, Godfather!"
Lu Zhiqiang was shameless, and Li Ju'an let him be.
Because there were so many hunters, they were too big a target. The seventy-odd hunting dogs couldn't keep up with the gang, and the eight leader dogs were all unwilling to submit to each other, almost leading to a dogfight.
Old Zhang had no choice but to split the wolf-hunting team into three groups, each searching for wolf packs from one of the three mountain ranges. The groups fired warning shots at each other, and whoever had a clue about a wolf's eyes fired three shots into the air. If they encountered a small pack of wolves, they simply shot them down.
Lu Zhiqiang whispered, "Li Ju'an, with so many hunters, even a small wolf pack wouldn't dare to come out."
"That's right. If you ask me, even the big wolf pack wouldn't dare to come out. We'd have to find it ourselves by searching."
Li Ju'an knew that luring Wolf Eyes out wouldn't be easy. Three years had passed since his last confrontation with Wolf Eyes, and no one knew the extent of Wolf Eyes' pack's power now.
Sun Weimin was in Sun Quande's group. He came over with a blank expression, not even glancing at Li Ju'an, but said, "Our father said that the wolf pack can't be very large. We have to split into groups, and the wolves have to split into groups too, otherwise how can we feed so many wolves in the dead of winter?"
A large number of hunters will lead to conflict, and a large number of hunting dogs will prevent them from forming a cohesive pack. The same principle applies to wolf packs.
When the wolf pack becomes too large, the alpha wolf can no longer control it, and there isn't enough food in the dead of winter, so it will naturally fall apart.
Lu Zhiqiang was relieved and said with a smile, "What's so great about Wolf Eyes? It still has to take care of a whole family. If the whole family is starving, let's see what this Wolf Eyes can do. Just mess around."
Li Ju'an and Lu Zhiqiang were assigned to Jiang Pao's team.
Jiang Pao and Li Ju'an were also acquainted. Back at the hydroelectric power station, Li Ju'an beat Guo Xiong in two ways and rescued Jiang Pao and Lao Chen.
The area that Jiang Pao and Lao Chen were assigned to this time was also near the barley fields, and just to get there, they had to cross several mountains.
The group traveled along the sled track, slipping with every step. The hunting dogs watched the footprints on the ground and spotted a few small wolf packs along the way.
The falcons circled in the air and actually swooped down twice. There were three falcons: a golden eagle in its prime and two goshawks that were already three years old and adults, both very strong. The three falcons swooped down at the same time. On the first swoop, their sharp talons snatched a small roe deer and flew high into the air, throwing it down to Li Ju'an.
In the second episode, the three falcons clearly showed signs of a struggle, then flew into the air carrying a dark shadow, and a fox fell down from the sky.
Everything was thrown down, but there was no green skin.
The hunting dogs barked loudly, and what they found was a group of wild boars. Li Ju'an really didn't want to hunt wild boars. He had already hunted three large, wandering wild boars along the way, which was both laborious and impossible to carry. They could only be fed to the hawks and dogs, and they tasted foul and fishy, with tough meat.
Big Tiger charged at the yellow-haired bastards and began to fight. The hunting dogs surrounded them, their morale high. Li Ju'an could only raise his gun, pull the trigger, and kill the three yellow-haired bastards and two old sows with each shot.