Now that the plan has been decided, it is not too late. Accompanied by Kuniharu Onishi and Hiromune Tsuda, Masarashi gathered 11 men of Bow and Arrow, and then led by Shinzo and three other old hunters into the woods southwest of Nodaka-cho.

It was the first time that Masashi had stepped into this area. Walking along the road, all you can see are some low bushes or wild grasses. Masara paid careful attention to the surrounding soil conditions, because the fallen leaves accumulate all year round and gradually mix with the soil, so the land here is still relatively fertile, and it is not difficult to reclaim, as long as a fire can basically dispose of these bushes and wild grasses, and then continue to reclaim. In addition, there are several small streams running through the road, so it is completely possible to convert this place into paddy fields. The political conscience secretly decided that after the disposal of those wild boars, this would be the focus of future reclamation.

After walking deeper into 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 cleared with a little effort. In the case of sufficient manpower, it is also possible to consider organizing the people to carry out reclamation.

I walked on and off for nearly an hour, and finally came to a small hill.

"Look, my lord," said Shinzo, standing next to Masayo and pointing to a small, wooded-looking hill in the distance, "the wild boar's nest is there."

Masara looked in the direction that the new three fingers were pointing. About a mile away, I saw a small hill with much higher terrain than the surrounding mountains, and there were dense forests near the hills. The hill is located in the transition zone between tall trees and relatively short bushes. From the point of view of location, except for the small hill, there are no small hills with relatively high terrain around it, which is not conducive to using the terrain for hunting.

Masara frowned and asked softly, "Is this the only nest of wild boars?" ”。 If the daily range of wild boars is near the hill, it will indeed increase the difficulty of hunting.

Shinzo pondered for a moment, then looked up at Masara and replied, "My lord, we followed these wild boars from afar yesterday for a day, and according to their footprints, we found that they are basically active near the den, but at noon, they will go to a waterhole over there to drink. ”

Well? When Masahiro heard Shinsan's report, he immediately remembered. Yes, wild boars like to go to the waterholes and bathe in muddy water in hot weather. Looking at the distance of the waterhole referred to by Xinsan, it is about a mile to the left of the wild boar's nest. This distance is basically a fleeting distance for wild boars.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look", Masarashi decided to go to the waterhole to have a look.

A group of more than a dozen people walked lightly through the bushes and came to the vicinity of the waterhole. The waterhole is located between three hills, and due to its low-lying terrain, it is formed by the water of a small stream on the mountain. There are three entrances to the waterhole, one of which is directly in the direction of the boar's den.

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

"My lord, the wild boar entered through this entrance yesterday, and judging from the plants along the road, the wild boar basically walks through this entrance every day," Shinzo said, pointing 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", looked at the sun in the sky, the time was close to noon, the wild boar was coming soon, and Masato hurriedly beckoned everyone to leave.

Returning to the territory, Masato immediately ordered several tasks. First of all, in the afternoon of the same day, two three-dimensional triangular fences about 5 meters long and 1 meter high were made, and a row of wooden guns was tied diagonally on one side of the fence. secondly, let people collect a large number of wild fruits that wild boars like to eat nearby, and prepare enough dry thatch; After the last, he personally led the spear ashigaru to cooperate with the fence to practice the square spear formation. Everyone knew that the Lord of the Dao Dao was ready to deal with those terrible wild boars, and they all seemed very excited, and they put down their farm work that afternoon and joined in the preparations. …,

Soon, all the work was ready. That night, all night without incident. The next morning, Masarashi and Tsuda Hiromune entered the woods again with 12 spears and 11 bows and arrows, led by 6 old hunters. This time, in addition to their weapons, each of them carried two fences that had been made yesterday, a few wild fruits and dried thatch, a few hoes, and three small fishing nets dismantled from the only long trawl in the territory.

The remaining ashigaru is under the command of Onishi Kuniji, who is temporarily responsible for guarding the security of the territory and preventing bandits. Togo Heiji also continued to stay behind and was responsible for the daily collective work management of the territory.

After a two-hour trek, I finally came to the waterhole, and it was already past 9 o'clock in the morning. On the way, I was lucky not to encounter wild boars, because wild boars usually go out to forage in the morning and dusk, and spend the rest of the time near their nests.

Before entering the waterhole, there is a section of about 50 meters, with steep slopes on both sides, and the road surface between the two steep slopes is only about 5 meters. Masahiro first asked people to dig a pit 2 meters deep, 5 meters long, and 3 meters wide in the narrowest section of the road near the waterhole, and inserted a dense number of short and thick bamboo guns under the pit, and then covered it with branches and leaves, and then covered it with some mud next to the road. Because 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, and it is not easy for wild boars to find abnormalities. After the pits were set, several similar pits were set along both sides near the edge of the steep slope, and the pits were relatively narrow and far from the middle road surface.

Both fences were wiped with all the mud around them and placed in the roadside bushes near the side of the boar's den. At the end of the day, people are asked to sprinkle wild fruits along the road in the direction of the boar's nest, and the closer you get to the waterhole, the more wild fruits will be until you reach the waterhole. Of course, the wild fruit is wrapped in sludge, mainly to mask the smell of the people who did not have much left on the original wild fruit.

When all the preparations were in place, the crowd divided into several groups according to Zhengliang's request. Divided into two teams, the archers climbed to the top of the hills on either side, and once the battle began, when the boar was about to force its way 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 were covered in thick mud and hidden near the fence. Masayo and the rest of the people were covered in shallow mud and hid in the bushes two hundred meters away with dry thatch.

Wild boars have a particularly keen sense of smell, they can use their noses to tell the ripeness of their food, and they can even search for a walnut buried under snow up to 2 meters thick. Males can also use their sense of smell to determine where females are. Therefore, Masahiro is not worried that the wild boar will not be able to find the wild fruit scattered on the ground, but he is worried that his group will be discovered, so for the sake of safety, he has taken these hidden measures above.

The wait is long. After waiting for nearly 1 hour, with the unique "humming" sound of the wild boar not far away, the wild boar finally appeared. The wild boars were walking in the direction of the waterhole while digging wild fruits on the ground. One of the larger boars also raised its head from time to time to look at its surroundings, appearing rather vigilant.

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

The wild boar herd was eating wild fruits along the road as they happily headed towards the waterhole. 10 minutes later, seeing that the last few wild boars were about to completely cross the original blocking location, there was a danger at this time. I saw a small wild boar running in the direction of a pit on the side of the road. Masaliang suddenly became nervous, once the little wild boar fell into the pit, it was bound to alarm the surrounding wild boars, at this time the main group of wild boars was too close to the blocking point, once they woke up and ran back, even if the three old hunters there desperately blocked with the fence that had been prepared for a long time, it would also cause most of the wild boars to escape. If this is really the result, it will be troublesome, and his plan will fail.

As the little wild boar approached the pit, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.