On this day, I was training in the camp, and suddenly saw four or five squires from a distance, and saw Yang Lin, led by Huang Hui, a man from Yilong Yingshan County, knelt down and said: "Ruzhen, I finally found you, although I know that it is important for you to train and fight local tyrants, but I really have no choice, so I have to come and ask you for help." ”

Yang Lin was shocked and hurriedly helped him up, and comforted: "Brother Huang, if you have something to say, as long as you can help, I am duty-bound." ”

In ancient times, there were often wild beasts in the sparsely populated deep mountains and old forests, and there were two large and small Peng Mountains at the junction of Yingshan County in Xiangru County, the mountains were high and dense, and it was the place where wild beasts dwelled, and there were often tigers, leopards and wild wolves infested, and the scourge of the place.

In the past, the world was peaceful, but since the disaster of the local riots last year, there is a tiger that often breaks into the village, taking away the people's livestock, and often bites the villagers to death, and the people are miserable.

Two days ago, forty or fifty strong men in the vicinity went up the mountain to fight the tiger, and although everyone beat gongs and drums and drove them away with torches, the tiger was very brutal, and instead bit one person to death and several others.

Now the people in the surrounding miles are not at peace, and in desperation, Huang Huifang will come to ask for help together with several squires. (At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the four tigers and leopards were infested, and some people believed that as many as 20% of the people died from tigers and leopards.) ）

After ordering the gathering of soldiers and horses, after the three-way drum, the dam was full of people, and Yang Lin pressed the handle of the knife and said: "Brothers, what are we participating in the Pengzhou soldiers for?" ”

When everyone heard this, they raised their right hands and said, "Keep the villagers safe." ”

Yang Lin nodded and said: "We are different from other soldiers and horses, we come from the countryside, we come from ordinary people's families, we eat the people's food, we wear the people's clothes, of course we want to keep the people safe."

Thirty miles away from this there are large and small Pengshan, now the local tigers and leopards are infested, just now Yingshan raised people Huang Hui and other squires to ask for help, we should drive tigers and leopards, to protect the safety of the villagers, so that the villagers can live and work in peace and contentment. ”

After two months of training, everyone not only thought that they were capable, but also that this errand was much easier than training.

Yang Lin was overjoyed, and immediately decided to personally lead the escort team, cavalry team, Yang Cheng's first division, and Liao Qifang's fourth division to expel the tigers and leopards.

With nearly 500 people fighting tigers, this is probably a bit of a cannon to fight mosquitoes, but in order to ensure success, Yang Lin sent heavy troops this time.

Liao Qifang led the fourth game first, and rushed to Pengshan early the next morning to understand the surrounding situation, and Yang Lin led the team to arrive at the destination at noon the next day.

Hearing that Yang Lin led his troops to round up the injured tigers, although the surrounding villagers were suspicious, everyone gathered from all over the country, some came to see the excitement, and some came to help.

Looking at the crowd of more than 1,000 people around him, Yang Lin was also interested, and asked with a smile: "Folks, tigers hurt people is really hateful. ”

Everyone expressed their gratitude again and again, but some were also full of doubts, blinking their eyes and touching their beards, and said: "My lord, this tiger is a monster in the mountain, and it is a refinement. ”

Yang Lin smiled and said: "Although the tiger has become a spirit, I am like the Monkey King, who specializes in subduing demons and eliminating demons, and today I have the support of the villagers, why worry about the tiger not being destroyed?" ”

Everyone was skeptical, and an old man said, "My lord, do you know how to do magic?" ”

Yang Lin laughed, lit the fire rope and pointed the bird gun at a crow on the branch fifty meters away from him, pulled the trigger, the fire flashed, the smoke rose, and the crow was shot to the ground in response.

Seeing that Yang Lin's marksmanship was so accurate, everyone applauded loudly.

Put away the gun, throw it to the guards next to him to clean up the residue inside, and facing the surprised people, Yang Lin stood on a high place and shouted: "Everyone, everyone knows the power of the strong bow and crossbow, compared to the strong bow and crossbow, the power of the bird gun is far above it."

This time, I led two rounds of soldiers and horses to fight the tigers, and thirty percent of the brothers were equipped with bird guns, which could shoot at long distances and fight like spears at close range. Even if you encounter a fierce tiger, I don't think it's much of a problem. ”

Everyone claimed that it was, and everyone joined the ranks of rounding up the tigers, and more than 300 people gathered in less than half a sound.

Yang Lin discussed with Huang Hui, Liao Qifang, Yang Cheng, Fan Mingshan, Yao Chonglie and others, this hunting is different from hunting, in order to alarm the beasts in the mountains, you need to prepare pots and pans, firecrackers and torches, etc., to drive away the beasts in the mountains, and then concentrate on extermination.

Most of the people had no experience, so the hunters were very valuable, and all those who had experience in hunting were assigned to the various squads to teach hunting skills.

The big and small Peng Mountains are more than 20 miles in circumference, the mountains are full of clouds and mist, there are many forest vegetation, the mountain roads are rugged and narrow, and there are many pebbles, and the tiger is hiding in it.

On a flat land, Liao Qifang placed different stones of different sizes to explain the topography, which is the most primitive sand table in ancient times, which is said to have been used in the early years of the Han Dynasty when General Fubo Ma Yuan conquered the southern barbarians.

The tiger is a large carnivore, from time to time will make a low whistling sound, the sound shocks the valley, a radius of several miles can be heard clearly, after making a big move, it is completely possible to lock the tiger's position according to the tiger roar, and then gather and kill it.

According to the terrain, the cliffs in the west and north are steep, and there are only two mountain paths connecting with other peaks, so it was decided to send Fan Mingshan to lead two teams to intersperse the past, dig ravines in dangerous places, and set up mechanisms to cut off the tiger's retreat.

Liao Qifang and Yang Cheng each led two bureaus of soldiers and horses to round up from the southeast and southeast directions.

And Yang Lin personally led the escort team and cavalry team to reinforce it.

The task was quickly assigned, and while Fan Mingshan led his troops to carry out the interspersed tasks, Yang Lin asked people to set up a marching pot, and everyone cooked and rested first.

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the hunt officially began, and the people walked along the various roads, beating gongs and drums, beating tree branches, setting off firecrackers, lighting torches, and walking in a row.

All of a sudden, the sound of people within a radius of four or five miles was noisy, the sound of gongs and drums shook the sky, the mountains shook, and the people who came from the seven towns and eight miles were quite novel.

After being frightened, rabbits, monkeys, and wild deer came out of their nests in a panic.

The people saw that these animals were very fresh, and they often broke away from the team to go to catch them, but these animals had already had the ability to escape, and suddenly burrowed into caves or fled deep into the jungle during the pursuit of the people.

In this bustling sound, Yang Lin stood on a hill behind, holding the pergola with his hands from time to time, observing the movement ahead, letting the surrounding soldiers tear their throats and shout loudly, responding to the progress of each department.

Yang Lin was thinking about it, while looking at the progress of the hunting on the four or five hills in front of him, the people were in a commotion, everyone was in a hurry, and there was no coordination at all, so there was a lot of vacuum.

Despite this, the main purpose of today's hunt is to hunt and kill the tiger that is harming the people, and the tiger target is too big, and the traces are exposed in less than a stick of incense.

In order to show that he is sacrosanct, there are bursts of tiger roars in the distant mountain col that are very low, which makes people feel creepy.

Hearing the roar of the tiger, the people reacted at two poles, some timidly stopped, and more were at a loss.

According to the previous terrain model, after some throat-tearing shouts, the actions of the various units gradually unified, and everyone slowly surrounded the hill where the tiger was.

Liao Qifang was the first to spot the tiger, on a hill, the tiger stood on a big rock and screamed at this group of people who dared to violate their territory, everyone was very excited, many people shouted loudly with clubs in their hands.

In the distance, a large white-fronted tiger walked back and forth on the hill in front of it, and from time to time let out a low hissing sound to frighten everyone.

When everyone saw the tiger appear, one by one, their hearts rose to their throats, and some were even more nervous and ready to beat gongs and drums to drive away the tigers, everyone did this in the past, how could people compete with the tiger, the king of beasts?

Yang Lin raised his hand to stop everyone and quickly formulated a killing strategy.

The assignment was quickly completed, Yang Cheng and Liao Qifang led the crowd to beat the branches and wave torches in the distance, while the tiger saw that there were many people under the mountain, just walking back and forth in the mountain stream, roaring from time to time.

Under the leadership of the local hunters, Yang Lin led the brothers of the three firearms teams to trot all the way to the back mountain, and climbed to the top of the mountain along the sheep intestine path.

According to the original plan, it was to wait until it was more than 100 meters away from the tiger to light the fire rope and load ammunition to kill the tiger, has the situation changed now?

At this moment, there was a burst of heavy footsteps in the distance, and everyone was shocked, could it be that the tiger left the mountain stream and pounced on the top of the mountain?

didn't have time to think about it, Yang Lin asked everyone to load gunpowder, iron pills, and primers, but the movements were very cumbersome, and the footsteps became heavier and heavier.

When the tiger appeared in front of him, half of the people around him had not finished reloading.

The tiger also sensed that there was someone in front of him, and suddenly stopped, raised his head and let out a low roar, as if to tell everyone that this was his territory.

Yang Lin took a deep breath and commanded everyone to line up and surround the tiger.

Considering that the tiger moved quickly, everyone moved very slowly, so they moved to more than fifty steps, and just when Yang Lin was about to give the order to fire, he suddenly saw the tiger running to the left.

Yang Lin immediately gave the order to fire, the flames flashed, thick smoke drifted overhead, more than a dozen birds fired one after another, and for a while, crackling gunshots came from the entire forest.

From a distance, he saw the tiger being shot by the iron ball, but quickly got up from the ground, let out a burst of hissing sound, and ran north.

Yang Lin was shocked, he couldn't imagine that the tiger's movements were so agile, and the ten bird guns couldn't shoot the other party, and now seeing that the tiger wanted to flee to the north, the tiger was obviously injured, and there was blood everywhere on the ground.

After everyone reloaded, they outflanked the blood in three ways along the flowing blood.

Everyone put gunpowder on one side, iron pills and primers on the other, and the speed of the pursuit can be imagined.

But the tiger was injured just now, and with these two hills, the tiger's hiding place was very limited, so everyone pursued all the way along the bloodstains.

After running less than 100 steps just now, Yang Lin was shocked when he saw the tiger preparing to turn back and run back, and hurriedly stopped everyone, and set up a formation to shoot.

The tiger was probably eager to try, and just after running two steps, the sound of a bird bell sounded, and the tiger was frightened and immediately turned back and fled.

In this way, it took two pillars of incense to finally force the tiger to the edge of the cliff in the north.

The tiger was visibly hurt, and now it suddenly rushed towards everyone after seeing the crowd constantly surrounding, and after making a series of terrible hisses.

Everyone was shocked, everyone held their breath, and those who lit the fire rope pulled the trigger one after another, and because the distance was too close, about half of them hit the tiger's body.

The tiger was obviously injured, and his body shook slightly, and he kept tossing left and right in the hope of avoiding the bird, but this time the injury was not light, and he fell heavily to the ground when he rushed to the front of everyone for more than ten steps.

Everyone was overjoyed, and some of the bold birds were about to celebrate, but to everyone's surprise, the tiger actually stumbled to his feet, and then prepared to turn back and run backwards.

But it was too late, and the brother who had arrived by other means pulled the trigger, and after a dense burst of gunfire, the tiger was struck and slowly collapsed in a pool of blood, never to get up again.

Blood kept flowing back and forth on the ground, looking at the tiger whose body was blurred, and there was only breath out but no breath in his mouth, Yang Lin sighed, this was the first time that everyone had gathered their strength to kill the tiger.

In addition, the hunt was quite smooth, and the tiger was successfully defeated in less than an hour, which made people feel unsatisfied.