Warring States Eagle

Now that the plan has been made, it is not too late.Accompanied by Onishi Kuniji and Tsuda Hiromune, Masara gathered 11 Archers Ashgaru, and then led by Shinzo and three other old hunters into the woods southwest of Nodaka Village.

It was the first time for Zhengliang to enter this area.Walking along the road, all you see are some low bushes or wild grasses.Zhengliang carefully paid attention to the surrounding soil conditions. Since the fallen leaves accumulate all year round and gradually mix with the soil, the land here is relatively fertile, and it is not difficult to cultivate it. Just a fire can basically destroy these bushes. And dispose of the weeds, and then continue to cultivate.Coupled with the fact that there are several small streams flowing here along the road, it is completely possible to transform this place into a paddy field.Zheng Liang secretly decided that after those wild boars were dealt with, this place would be the focus of future reclamation.

After walking into the depths of the woods for nearly half an hour, the surrounding trees began to gradually change from shrubs to trees, but the trees were not very old, and they could be cleaned up with a little effort.In the case of sufficient manpower, you can also consider organizing the people to carry out reclamation.

In this way, he walked intermittently for nearly an hour, and finally came to a small hill.

"My lord, look," Shinsan stood next to Zheng Liang, pointing to a small hill with dense trees in the distance ahead and said, "the wild boar's old den is right there."

Zhengliang looked in the direction pointed by the new three fingers.About a mile away, there is a small hill that is much higher than the surrounding mountains, and there are dense forests around the small hill.The small hill is just in the transition zone between tall trees and relatively short bushes.From the perspective of location, except for the small hill, there are no hills with relatively high terrain around it, which is not conducive to using the terrain for hunting.

Zheng Liang frowned, and asked softly, "Is this the only den for wild boars?".If the wild boar's daily activity range is near that hill, it will indeed increase the difficulty of hunting.

Shinsan pondered for a moment, then looked up at Zhengliang and replied, "My lord, we followed these wild boars from a distance yesterday for a day, and according to their footprints, we found that they were basically active near the dens, but at noon, they Will go to a pool over there to drink."

Um?After Zhengliang heard Xinsan's report, he immediately remembered.Yes, wild boars like to go to pools and bathe in muddy water in hot weather.Look at the distance of the water pool that Xinsan pointed out, it is about one mile to the left of the wild boar nest.This distance is basically an instant distance for wild boars.

"Come on, let's go and have a look." Zheng Liang decided to go to the pool to have a look.

A group of more than ten people walked lightly through the bushes and came near the pool.I saw that the water pool is located between three hills. Due to the low-lying terrain, it is formed by the collection of small streams on the hills.There are three entrances to the pool, one of which is facing the direction of the wild boar nest.

"Where do wild boars usually enter the waterhole?" Standing on the side of the road near the entrance in the direction of the wild boar's nest, Masara asked Shinzo while looking at the surrounding terrain.

"My lord, the wild boars entered through this entrance yesterday, and judging from the plants along the road, the wild boars usually go through this entrance." Xin San pointed to some small shrubs that were regrowing their leaves after being broken.

"Well, that's good. That's all for today, let's go back." Looking at the sun in the sky, it was almost noon, and the wild boar was coming soon. Zheng Liang hurriedly called everyone to leave.

Back in the territory, Zheng Liang immediately assigned several tasks.First of all, in the afternoon, people had to make two three-dimensional triangular fences with a length of about 2 meters and a height of about 5 meter. A row of wooden guns was tied obliquely to one side of the fence.Secondly, let people collect a large number of wild fruits that wild boars love to eat nearby, and prepare enough dry thatch; finally, personally lead the spear ashigaru to practice the square spear array with the fence.Everyone knew that the lord was preparing to deal with those terrifying wild boars, and they were very excited. They put down their farm work that afternoon and joined in the preparations one after another.

Soon, all the work will be ready.That night, nothing happened all night.The next morning, Zheng Liang and Tsuda Guangzong took 12 ashigaru spears and 11 ashigaru bows and arrows, and led by 6 old hunters, they entered the woods again.This time everyone was carrying, in addition to weapons, two fences made in a hurry yesterday, some wild fruits and dry thatch, several hoes, and three 2-year-olds that were dismantled from the only long trawl net in the territory. a small fishing net.

The remaining Ashgaru are under the command of Onishi Kuniji, who are temporarily responsible for defending the territory and preventing bandits.Dongxiang Heiji also stayed behind and was responsible for the daily collective work management of the territory.

After an hour of trekking, I finally came to the water pool. It was already past 9 o'clock in the morning.On the way here, I was lucky not to encounter wild boars, because wild boars usually go out for food in the morning and evening, and spend the rest of the time around their old nests.

Before entering the water pool, there is a section of about 50 meters, with relatively steep hillsides on both sides, and the road between the two steep slopes is only about 5 meters.Zhengliang first asked people to dig a 2-meter-deep, 5-meter-long, and 3-meter-wide pit on the narrowest section of the road near the water pool. Cover it with leaves and spread some mud from the side of the road.Since wild boars have a very sensitive sense of smell, most of the mud collected as much as possible is mixed with the smell of wild boars, so it is not easy for wild boars to detect abnormalities.After the pits were set, several similar pits were set along the two sides near the edge of the steep slope. The pits were relatively narrow and far away from the middle road.

The two fences were all wiped with the surrounding mud once, and placed in the roadside bushes near the side of the wild boar nest.Finally, let people sprinkle wild fruits on the road along the direction of the wild boar's nest. The closer to the water pool, the more wild fruits, until the edge of the water pool.Of course, the wild fruit is wrapped in mud, mainly to cover up the scent of the few people left on the wild fruit with the smell of mud.

When all the preparations were done, the crowd was divided into several groups according to Zheng Liang's request.The bow and arrow ashigaru divided into two teams and climbed to the top of the hills on both sides. Once the battle started, when the wild boar was going to forcefully climb up the steep slope to escape, he tried his best to block it from above with bows and arrows and long bamboo spears. The three old hunters covered their bodies with thick mud and hid them near the fence.Zhengliang and the rest of the people covered their bodies with shallow mud and hid in the bushes 3 meters away with dry thatch.

Wild boars have a particularly sensitive sense of smell. They can use their noses to tell the maturity of food, and they can even search for a walnut buried under snow with a thickness of up to 2 meters.The male beast can also determine the location of the female beast by smell.Therefore, Zheng Liang was not worried that the wild boars would not be able to find the wild fruits scattered on the ground, but he was worried that his group would be discovered, so to be on the safe side, he took the above hidden measures.

The waiting time is long.After waiting for nearly an hour, with the unique "humming" sound not far away, the wild boar finally appeared.The wild boars were digging wild fruits on the ground while walking towards the water pool.One of the larger wild boars raised its head from time to time to look at its surroundings, looking very vigilant.

Zheng Liang counted carefully, good guy, there are at least 13 adult wild boars, and the largest one should weigh more than 300 catties.In addition, there are about 10 piglets with yellow and white fur, which should be piglets less than 6 months old.

While eating the wild fruits along the road, the herd of wild boars happily moved towards the water pool. Ten minutes later, seeing that the last few wild boars were about to completely cross the blocking point set at the beginning, a dangerous situation appeared at this time.I saw a little wild boar running towards a pit on the side of the road.Zhengliang suddenly became nervous. Once the little wild boar fell into the pit, it would definitely alarm the surrounding wild boars. At this time, the main herd of wild boars was too close to the blocking point. Once they woke up and ran back, even if the three old hunters there tried their best As long as the prepared fence is blocked, it will also cause most wild boars to escape.If this is the result, it will be troublesome, and his plan will fail.

As the little wild boar continued to approach the pit, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.