Chapter 8: Hunting
Han Shi hid behind an uncle who hugged him, and made a quiet gesture to his companions who were ambushed in the grass on both sides, and the firewood knife in his hand was slowly clenched.
About ten zhang away in front of the left, a brown and chestnut boar about seven feet long was vigilantly looking down for food, looking around from time to time.
The wild boar's hair is shiny and shiny, and its thick hind hooves often pull clods of soil on the ground, and from time to time insects the thickness of chopsticks are turned out and rolled up by the wild boar's tongue to become a delicacy in the mouth.
The two fangs, more than a foot long, shimmering with cold light and with blood stains on them, were obviously large adult wild boars.
Unlike those small prey, adult wild boars are extremely dangerous.
When a villager was hunting a large wild boar, he was accidentally stabbed into the chest with fangs, and the blood flowed profusely, and he died before he could carry it back to the village, leaving only a pair of orphans and widows.
Today, this big wild boar actually penetrated the hunting circle and came here, if Han Shi hadn't found it early and informed everyone in time, the wild boar would have found them now.
Han Shi looked at the woods behind him, this is the edge of this forest, not far from Hanjia Village, less than five miles, today the hunting team has gone out to hunt, if the wild boar is allowed to break into the village, only the old and weak women and children are left in the village, and the consequences can be imagined.
Han Shi had already made a decision in his heart, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, "Even if you want to take your life today, you have to kill it." ”
"Sir, if you're still here, a rain crystal will do the trick. ”
Han Shi's hunting team, consisting of nine people, is the youngest of the five hunting teams in the village, most of them are composed of children aged sixteen or seventeen, mainly sweeping the tail of the hunting circle, responsible for the small prey that escaped in fright.
Large prey is generally hunted in front of the front, and there is little chance of escaping to the periphery.
The village also has the attitude of training them, and there are generally no very dangerous things, so the hunting task is very easy.
Although fifteen-year-old Han Shi was the youngest, he was agile, observant, and had a calm temperament, and was soon elected by everyone to become the captain of the hunting team.
In the past two years, Han Shi and the other eight people have tacitly cooperated, although they are only carrying out the task of sweeping the end, they have gained a lot every time, so that the smallest hunting team has also been looked at and praised by the village elders, so the other eight people are very convinced of him.
Although the situation was critical today, the cooperation between the team members was still tacit, and under Han Shi's gesture, everyone was lying quietly in the grass.
Although they saw the wild boar's fangs shining with cold light, everyone did not panic, but more of a sense of excitement, a kind of trust in Han Shi, as if as long as he was there, the problem would be solved.
Han Shichao made a gesture to the left and right, and the three people on the right immediately got up, cat-on, came to a big tree and hid, and the three of them had a hunting net in their hands.
This hunting net is similar to a fishing net, it is very useful when catching small prey, often a net can be thrown, you can catch a dozen, but the net line is extremely tough, the general sword can not be easily cut, the net is densely covered with barbs, very sharp.
These three people are the ones in the team who are specifically responsible for casting nets, and after a few years of partnering, the three of them have a tacit understanding.
The five people on the left also quietly got up and came to a slightly higher place.
There is a two-person high mountain rock here to turn a corner, which happens to be the blind spot of the wild boar's sight, and the five people untie the quiver behind their backs, bend their bows and arrows, and aim at the wild boar together.
Teenagers in Hanjia Village must learn to shoot arrows since they were young, and being able to draw a bow with one stone is the minimum requirement.
These five people are all holding three-stone bows, which are powerful and can shoot at targets of about 30 zhang, and the arrows with cold light flickering have grooves on them, and if the prey is hit by an arrow, it will be difficult for the wound to heal, and it will bleed to death.
If someone looks down in the air at this time, they will find that the direction occupied by the three groups of people is exactly a triangle, and the distance between each corner and the wild boar is almost the same, which is about ten zhang.
After everyone was ready, Han Shi picked up a stone, threw it at the wild boar with all his strength, and the stone hit the boar's hind legs like a meteor.
The wild boar suddenly suffered a pain, became ferocious, turned to look at Han Shi, the ferocity in his eyes was even stronger, and he roared, and he was about to rush towards Han Shi.
At this time, behind the rocks, there was a loud buzzing sound, and five arrows were fired almost at the same time, aiming at the head, eyes, legs and other vital points of the wild boar.
When the wild boar saw this, he turned around and ran, and three of the five arrows missed, and the other two arrows hit the boar's back and bounced.
Wild boars often rub on the trees, so the fur on their backs is not only smooth and translucent, but also absorbs the resin and becomes very hard, and the three-stone bow and arrow are not enough to shoot through.
The direction in which the wild boar ran happened to be towards the three people who cast the net, and the three of them looked at each other, almost at the same time, and the coordination was perfect, and a large net was spread out against the wild boar.
The wild boar was running wildly, and suddenly saw a large black black thing pounce, and immediately fell on his body, entangled his legs and feet, and after the wild boar rolled back and forth a few times, it no longer moved, but kept howling in place.
"Well done, this wild boar is big enough, I believe Uncle Yuanshan will praise us fiercely. Several people slowly surrounded him, and Han Shi clenched the firewood knife and walked briskly towards the wild boar.
The prey does not die, and it is generally Han Shi who makes up for the last sword, which is the duty of the captain.
But the injured beast is often very dangerous, and the fatal counterattack before death, someone will often be injured or even lose their lives, so this is also everyone's trust in his skills.
If anyone in the adult hunting team in front of them witnessed all this at this time, they would also be amazed, and under the leadership of Han Shi, the team was divided into three, and the terrain was excellent.
The cooperation with each other is also seamless, there are those who take the initiative to lure the enemy, there are those who attack behind the back, and there are those who cast nets to end the prey, which is already a relatively mature hunting team's methods and tacit understanding.
The wild boar was tightly tied up by the hunting net, lying on its side, rolling non-stop, staring at Han Shi with a fierce light in his eyes, Han Shi's eyes swept over the eyes of the wild boar, and his steps couldn't help but slow down a step, and suddenly an inexplicable dangerous aura struck, making Han Shi's hairs stand up.
"Everybody stand back. ”
Han Shi burst out and rushed towards the wild boar, which was brown and chestnut all over its body in the sun, and even shimmered like a spar.
When Han Shi was less than three steps away from it, raising his knife towards his neck to slash, the wild boar's eyes showed a smug look in the depths of his eyes, and if he only looked at this look, he would mistake it for a person's eyes.
Seeing this strange look in an instant, Han Shi felt a sense of crisis, forcibly withdrew the firewood knife that had been chopped, kicked the ground with both legs, and jumped up like a spring.
At this moment, the wild boar that was originally lying on its side suddenly jumped up from the ground, the hunting net did not trap the wild boar, the sharp fangs brought up two strings of phantoms, and the sound of breaking the air sounded, stabbing towards Han Shi fiercely, and the powerful force wanted to pierce Han Shi through the heart.
The wild boar and Han Shi's figures staggered, and after landing, Han Shi rolled around and immediately turned around, less than a foot away from the wild boar.
Han Shi slowly straightened up, standing in place and staring at the wild boar, his left arm against the shoulder was bleeding, and the bright red blood slowly flowed down his hand, dripping from his fingertips to the ground.
Putting the bloodied fingertips in his mouth and licking them, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Han Shi's eyes, and his right hand clenched the chai knife and pointed obliquely at the ground.
The companions on both sides were already stunned, the eight of them were still ten zhang away, the nets were all small prey before, even if they escaped, it didn't matter, the situation of such a big prey escaping from the hunting net was the first time it appeared, and it put the captain Han Shi in danger.
Han Shi and the wild boar were too close, and the archers did not dare to release their arrows, for fear of accidentally injuring Han Shi, so they could only draw their bows in place and aim and wait for the opportunity.
"This wild boar knows how to set traps and lure people into being fooled, if I hadn't dodged in time today, it wouldn't have been as simple as a bruise, it must have been seriously injured, and maybe it would have lost his life. ”
Thinking that he might be stabbed to death by a wild boar with his teeth, Han Shi couldn't help but shake his head, revealing a self-deprecating expression.
"And its human-like eyes, it can break through several layers of hunting circles in front of it, it must be strange, although it is very dangerous, but in order to protect the village, I must not let it go today. ”
Thinking about it, Han Shi's eyes suddenly became murderous, and the firewood knife in his right hand was raised diagonally, and he used force under his feet, rushing straight towards the wild boar.