Chapter Ninety-Six: Growing Up in the Hunt

The sambar deer had no natural predators on this island, but from now on they were about to be, and a group of men with arquebuses had a bad attitude towards them. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The eight sailors who had been rowing knew that they were going hunting, and when they saw that they had shovels and pickaxes, they also understood that they had to dig traps to catch sambar deer.

But what did they do with a bow and a crossbow, but with an iron pipe? Each of them still had ropes tied around their arms......

The water of the Badao River is now clear and bright, and the fog that permeated the entire surface of the river in the early morning has lifted.

As they continued to ascend, the vegetation on both banks began to thin, such as reeds began to be less than those in the estuary.

It was quiet everywhere, but the sound of their paddling occasionally startled the waterfowl on both sides, and the waterfowl flew in the air and chirped as if protesting against the harassment of these people.

Gu Jianshan took the arquebus and aimed at it indiscriminately, and screamed "pop, pop" in his mouth, imitating the sound of gunfire.

But his behavior made Wang Defa criticized, saying: "Gu Jianshan, hunting should be cost-effective, and in this period, is it appropriate for you to use a lead to shoot a water bird?" ”

Of course it wasn't suitable, Gu Jianshan immediately put away the arquebus, his face was serious, and he held the gun in his arms like someone else.

Zhang Depei, who was next to him, chuckled.

Gu Jianshan whispered, "What are you laughing at?" The fire rope is not lit, where can a gun be fired? ”

Zhang Depei said: "The king's family didn't say this, he taught you to calculate the cost account......

"Shut up!"

“……”

The two boats continued to go up against the right bank, and Wang Defa stared at the grass on the right bank.

Compared to other animals, the sambar deer on Liuqiu Island is dumb, which may have something to do with the fact that it has no natural predators here.

It has always been a path to drink, and it will never change.

It is an animal that respects traditions and habits, and resolutely does not change until it dies.

This is easy to do, as long as you find its way, you can "watch the road".

Since it only walked one path for a long time, there were always traces of it from the weeds on the shore.

At this time, a sharp-eyed sailor saw it first, he stopped paddling, turned his head to Wang Defa and said, "Wang Gangshou, there is a deer road......

Everyone looked at the wooden pulp he lifted, and sure enough, on the shore less than thirty meters in front, they saw a very messy weed that had been trampled on.

It seems that sambar deer, a common animal on the island, is also familiar to other sailors.

Wang Defa carefully stood up on the boat and saw that there were hoof marks in the low recess on the river beach.

He looked around again, and it was all tall trees, and the weeds were not as dense and tall as those of the estuary, less than half a man tall.

There was no danger, and with a wave of his hand, he let the two boats dock.

Everyone jumped on the river beach smoothly, only Wu Jie didn't jump well, and stepped into the water with one foot!

It's good that I didn't wet the gunpowder on my body, this kid is stupid, so you can walk in wet shoes......

They carefully avoided the muddy spot on the river beach and came to the low recess.

It must have been a mud pond that had evaporated over the dry season.

Look at the hoof prints, large and small, indicating that this is a place where sambar deer often come.

Wang Defa looked at his watch, it was more than ten o'clock, and they were going to drink water at noon.

He smiled and said to Bao Wei: "This is where the sambar ambar is haunted, how do you design an ambush?" ”

I? Bao Wei's face turned a little red, he looked at the surroundings and said, "Why don't you all hide in the grass on both sides, and when the sambar deer comes, shoot at them from all sides, and you won't let one escape!" ”

Wang Defa nodded, did not comment, and asked others if Bao Wei's plan was good.

Guo Beyu saw that Wang Defa seemed to be satisfied, and immediately said: "Very good, I can't run away!" ”

Everyone began to loudly agree.

Wang Defa said coldly: "This is a wrong decision! ”

He crouched on the ground and drew a circle and said, "Do you see that circle?" If you shoot, it's very likely that you didn't hit the sambar, but you hit your own people! ”

He nodded vigorously on both sides of the circle and said, "Now you are in a circle, show me this circle, and think about it!" ”

Everyone gathered in a circle, staring at the circle on the ground, and then looked up and saw the partner opposite, everyone stared wide-eyed, really, it would hit the partner......

Wang Defa arranged it directly, let them form a battle line, hide on one side, and wait in the grass.

Now is the time when there are many mosquitoes, so let them put on mosquito protection hoods and apply mosquito repellent cream on their hands.

For these half-sized children, they really have to be cultivated as generalists, and if they can't keep it, they can cultivate a few talents.

The half-sized children waited patiently, this was their first time hunting, nervous and excited.

But the main family Wang Defa was next to them, and they gave a lot of peace.

Wang Defa whispered: "When the time comes, let the sambar deer cross and light the arquebus while they are drinking, and I will shoot again when I say shoot!" ”

The crowd said yes.

The time passed quickly, and it was a long wait, but by noon, sure enough, everyone heard the sound of branches and leaves in the woods.

Everyone squatted deeper.

At this time, a group of sambar deer, about seven or eight of them, appeared, and they lined up and walked towards the water's edge.

Everyone held their breath and waited for them to drink.

In advance, Wang De gave them a box of matches for every five people, and one match could light five fire ropes.

The half-sized children quietly began to light it.

All the sambar sambar were drinking, or heard the sound of striking matches, and a tall sambar, with its head on its antlers, looked around arrogantly, and then drank with its head down in distraction.

At this time, Wang Defa ordered in a low voice: "The first and second Keju teams will shoot five on the left, and the third Keju team will shoot three on the right...... Wang Zheng and Xiao Er kept the guns! …… Preparation...... Shoot! ”

The half-sized boys suddenly stood up and shot at the sambar herd.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

A row of lead was struck, and the deer burst into a bloody flower!

Six of them fell, and two were wounded and on the run!

Wang Defa also raised his arquebus and shouted: "Mend the gun!" ”

"Smack! Syllable! ”

One deer fell, and the other ran into the woods with its legs rotting......

Why are there only two gunshots?

Wang Zheng said with a crying voice: "Just now, I forgot the order and shot with everyone...... Go after that one! ”

After saying that, I thought about rushing into the woods!

Wang Defa shouted: "Stop! ”

Wang Zheng was startled, and stood there not daring to move.

The sound was so loud that it frightened even the eight sailors who had been waiting on the ship, God, so the iron pipe was of such use......

They've all seen and caught sambar, but they've never seen anything like this......

They had never seen anyone who could kill a sambar deer with an arrow, but the iron pipe could kill a sambar deer at once......

Wang Defa waved his hand at this time and shouted to the sailors who had been on the boat: "Come up, go and clean up the sambar deer......"

He then turned to the half-sized men and ordered, "Reload!" ”

Then they remembered and immediately began to reload.

Wang Defa watched them load one by one, probably because they were so excited just now, many people didn't load them well, and even forgot the order of action......

Wang Defa sighed in his heart, will more than ten hunting activities make them really learn to use the arquebus, but also learn to abide by discipline and cooperation?

But don't rush, take your time.

After Wang Defa finally loaded the bullets, five minutes had passed, hehe, this was the first time to hunt.

Wang Defa led them to see their results, and everyone laughed, some sambar deer were hit by three or four shots, and some were killed by one shot, the power of this lead bullet is amazing.

Wang Defa said: "Everyone has seen, in fact, the power of the arquebus lies in the salvo, this time we can ambush close, it seems that a single can also be used, but if we are far away in the future, we must fire a salvo." ”

Everyone looked at the sambar on the ground and nodded happily in approval!

Wang Defa said again: "Wang Zheng didn't obey the order just now, everyone saw the consequences, right?" ”

Wang Zheng's little face turned red and he couldn't speak.

"Also, running a sambar deer is nothing, but it's a second mistake to go into the woods for this...... Because he is out of this team, only if we work together will there be such a harvest, the strength of one person is not enough, without orders, you can't act alone! ”

Everyone looked at the sambar on the ground and nodded happily in approval!

Well, Wang Defa thought, after more such experiences, they will mature.

They hurriedly dug a trap on the deer road, and everyone took turns to exert their strength, and in a short time they dug a trap of one on the left and one on the right.

Everyone covered the top of the trap and went back.

Since it was going downstream, it was less strenuous to row and the boat was much faster.

Wang Defa is wondering whether to teach them to sing the song "Let's Swing the Sculls".

Suddenly, someone called softly, and it turned out that a group of sambar deer walking was found on the shore!

There were thirty or forty of them, and they didn't pay any attention to them sailing on the river!

They don't seem to have learned to be afraid of people!

Wang Defa looked at the black smoke in the distance and thought that they might have been driven out by this mountain fire, well, this is also a good way to hunt......

He immediately ordered: "Regardless of the squad, five people on the port side of the two boats light the arquebus!" ”

The sailors who were paddling immediately stopped rowing, and they watched with great interest.

After re-lighting the arquebus, the ten arquebusiers on the two boats aimed at the sambar deer who were walking leisurely.

Wang Defa shouted: "Aim at the sambar deer in front of your gun!" Preparation...... Put! ”

This time it was neat, almost all the guns went off together, and the smoke was spewed together...... As a result, five sambar deer fell on the shore!

The rest of the sambar sambar realized that the river could also pose a danger to them, and immediately ran into the woods in a panic.

When they were ambushed just now, they were less than twenty meters away from the sambar, so they could almost hit it, but now they are only forty meters, and their accuracy has dropped by half, and everyone has practiced beforehand.

However, for an arquebus, this hit rate is also considered high.

They hurried ashore to collect their prey.

At this time, Gu Jianshan and Zhang Depei fought again, one said that he hit the first one, and the other said that he actually hit the first one.

The quarrel between the two was quite loud.