When I woke up the next morning, I could say that I was in good spirits, and in modern times it is always said that there are negative oxygen ions in the forest, which is good for health. I used to think it was pseudoscience, but now I feel that there is some truth to it.

In the Song Dynasty, the common people generally had two meals a day, and breakfast was not eaten until after midnight (9 o'clock in the morning to 11 o'clock in the morning), so early in the morning, we hurried on the road with an empty stomach.

The deer we are looking for are in the depths of Taihang Mountain, so we also have to go to the mountains, Zhang Erlang group to start, Li Dang group after the break, along the way brisk walking, Xiaoxing overnight, three days have passed, although a few meals have not eaten the same game, but there is no big harvest. The state of everyone in a hurry also changed from the excitement and laughter at the beginning, to the later bowing their heads and walking violently, all of them were silent.

On the morning of the fourth day, Li Dang made a suggestion to turn around and go back, after all, this time he came out behind the back of the Zongda, and there has been no news from us for so long, he is going to die in a hurry. Erlang Saburo said that there will be a hunting ground in front soon, Lord Li, don't worry.

At noon, he still didn't find the imaginary herd of deer, so Li Dang simply scolded Erlang Saburo, saying that he would use military law to deal with the two little cubs when he went back.

Of course, I'm starting to regret my participation in the hunt. You know, I have traveled to the Song Dynasty for eleven days, today is the second day of the leap November, and the shame of Jingkang is in progress, and I don't know what happened to the battle situation in Bianliang, Tokyo, at this time.

However, although I regretted it in my heart, I still pretended to be interested, and comforted Erlang Saburo and said, don't worry, Taikang hunted in the Xia Dynasty, and often did not return for a hundred days, so it can be seen that hunting is a very time-consuming thing, and we have only been in the mountain for three days, so it doesn't matter.

Lin Xuesong, a junior member, frowned, and said, Your example is not good, King Xia Taikang lost his country on a safari, but you are worried about the world, a generation of virtuous kings, how can you be so analogous?

I said in my heart that this Lin Xuesong is quite literate, but why don't you understand what a metaphor is?

"King!" Erlang suddenly pointed forward and said, "Deer! ”

I was thrilled to hear him say this, and when I looked in the direction he was pointing, I saw only a mess of muddy ground, and a lot of horse manure and egg-like dung, presumably deer dung.

Zhang Erlang jumped off the horse, squatted down to break the deer dung, probed the heat, and then said excitedly, "King, a herd of about twenty elk, grazing here half an hour ago. King, we've found our goal! ”

I thought to myself that this is really good, if I stay in the forest for three months, I am afraid that the country will be lost.

Zhang Sanlang said that his second brother and the hounds led the way in front, and it was better for the others to get on their horses and follow him at a gallop.

Li Dare asked why he wanted to get on the horse? The forest is dense and not suitable for horseback riding.

Zhang Sanlang said that the deer are very alert, and there are so many of us, if we walk over, they will definitely be able to hear it. But if you ride over, the deer will mistake it for another herd of deer to grab territory. From their point of view, there are more than 20 deer on their own side, and only 11 deer have come to grab the territory, and they will feel that they are more powerful. In this way, the deer will not only not run away, but may also come towards us.

Zhang Sanlang is a professional hunter, and everyone was stunned when they heard these words, so they were very convinced, nodded their heads, rode on horses, and followed Zhang Sanlang and the hound to track down the deer.

Horses were not meant to go into the mountains, and they were carried to carry luggage, and now we had to get on the horses in the forest, and we riders were miserable. The branches are low, and we have to bend down and cling to the horse's back to avoid being scratched by the branches; Horses will bypass obstacles on their own, but they don't take into account the rider on their backs when they measure the distance, so our thighs are rubbed by boulders and squeezed by trees from time to time. I felt like I had been tortured and my whole body ached. The heart said that he was really full, and he didn't eat a good fish hot pot, so he went to the deep mountains and old forests to find guilt.

I don't know how long I walked, before reaching the top of a high slope, Zhang Erlang finally signaled to stop, he pointed to the hunting dogs, and saw the dogs sitting in a row with a proud face, looking at this posture should have found the target.

Zhang Erlang and Zhang Sanlang quietly dismounted, raised their legs high, fell low, tiptoed to the high slope, observed for a while, and then tiptoed up and approached us, only to hear San Lang say in a low voice, "There are twenty-four deer in total, all of them are grazing grass in the river valley." The river valley below is surrounded by mountains to the south and rivers to the north. After a while, I took the little staff and the dog around to the west to drive the deer to the east, and when the deer rushed up, everyone went up together and killed them!! ”

I still haven't been able to distinguish between the south, east, and northwest of the Song Dynasty, but Zhang Sanlang is obviously a hunting expert, and listening to him, I nodded and said softly, "Yes, you guys go." ”

Lin Xuesong heard San Lang put him side by side with the dog, his face turned green, but it was the critical time of the hunt, and he was not easy to attack, so he dismounted lightly in a puff, and really followed San Lang with the dog with the bow and arrow on his back.

Driving away the deer and driving the prey to death is Saburo's business; And setting traps and setting up siege positions here to prevent a deer from escaping is Erlang's task. I saw that he took the rope and iron hook, hid two triphorse ropes along the slope, and laid an iron clamp in front of each triphorse rope, and then let Qiu Dabelly and Shi Erlang hide behind the tree. After a while, the deer rushed over, and the two of them listened to Erlang's shouts and pulled up the rope, tripped the deer, and the deer fell to the ground, and the sharp iron clamps could definitely make them either dead or injured; And we stood in formation at the foot of the slope five feet away from the tripwire, with spears in front and bows and arrows behind, even if a deer broke through the trap, spears and bows and arrows could kill the prey in time.

Three strangulation lines may not be enough for a large force of Jin cavalry, but it is more than enough to deal with more than 20 elk. However, I was still a little unsteady in my heart, and pulled Zhang Erlang and said, "There are so many deer, San Lang and Xiao Yuanwai, how can you ensure that they really run this way?" ”

Erlang arched his hand and replied, "Don't worry, the king has a problem with the deer, all the deer will follow the deer, as long as the deer is forced here, the deer will all follow." ”

I said, "I see."

Erlang said yes, and told Li Kang, who was preparing for war with a gun in front, and his two personal soldiers, Du Fei and Lu Cheng, and instructed them to stab it in the shoulder with a gun if a deer rushed to him, and never stab his neck, because if a deer is stabbed in the neck, it will raise its hooves and kick people, and it is easy to be injured.

Seeing that Zhang Erlang arranged the position in an orderly manner, I think he looks very suitable to be an infantry commander, and San Lang is quite suitable for being a vanguard army. Originally, I had read in books that hunting was like warfare, and that people who were good at hunting were often good at fighting, but now it seems that it is true.

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly, the dog barked in the distance, and the hunt began!