Fall and winter are great times for hunting, but not now.
Because it had just snowed a few times, it was very cold in the mountains. Whether horses or people stepped on the snow, there was a crunching sound. The animals in the mountains were very alert, and their little heads would kick with melon seeds at the slightest unusual disturbance.
He raised his head and looked around cautiously.
The several prey he encountered in a row were so keen, Zhao Hanzhang reined in the horse, simply took the quiver and put it on his back. Then he gestured to Zhao Erlang, Zeng Yue and others, and everyone settled the horse and immediately followed the instructions.
Spread out and move forward in an encircling manner.
Zhao Zheng and several other young men followed suit and tiptoed forward, and asked Zhao Erlang in a low voice: "Why do you want to dismount?"
Zhao Erlang: "I don't know, my sister asked me."
Zhao Zheng:……
After walking forward for a while, the guard's ears twitched and he whispered: "There is the sound of water. There is a water source ahead. Maybe there will be prey."
When the teenagers heard this, their spirits perked up and they walked more slowly. They walked through a forest that was not too dense. They saw the sky was bright in front of them and a stream gurgling from top to bottom. There were four or five birds by the stream who were bowing their heads and drinking.
The elk and three roe deer in the water were far apart from each other. Zhao Hanzhang's sharp eyes also saw movement in the grass beside the stream. A gray rabbit's head poked out and quickly retracted.
The elk and roe deer raised their heads from time to time and looked around. They continued to lower their heads when they found no enemy.
Zhao Hanzhang pointed everyone in several directions, and everyone dispersed with a tacit understanding.
Zhao Hanzhang walked a few steps forward, hid behind a tree, and gently placed the arrow on his bow. He did not pull away, but waited for everyone to arrive at the designated place before taking action.
She's been here all morning, and she wants all the prey by the river!
Everyone arrived at their place. When Zhao Hanzhang saw it, he raised the corner of his mouth, drew the bow in his hand, and walked out of the tree. When the elk and roe deer by the stream saw the people, they screamed in surprise and ran away. Zhao Hanzhang's bow was fully drawn.
The arrow shot out like a meteor and hit the neck of a running elk...
Zhao Zheng was still trying hard to aim. He couldn't help but let out a "wow" when he saw it. Zhao Rong and others' eyes lit up. One arrow shot out again, and together with the other, they killed an elk that ran into the forest.
, she glanced at Zeng Yue in the other direction, turned around and shot the panicked roe deer that was running amok and couldn't find its direction.
Precisely because it doesn't even run regularly, it's harder to shoot. Zhao Hanzhang's arrow grazed its neck and nailed it to the ground. Generally speaking, shouldn't animals turn their heads and choose another direction to run when they are exposed to such a sight?
The roe deer also wanted to do this, but it seemed that it couldn't tell the direction. After being frightened, it jumped wildly on the spot twice, stepped on the arrow with one foot, and ran forward again. Then, Zhao Erlang caught up from behind with an arrow, and made a swoosh.
Shot onto the ground.
Zhao Hanzhang led a group of people to surround him and shoot at them. Naturally, the animals could not escape. Even four gray rabbits hiding in the grass were caught.
Zhao Hanzhang stepped forward and picked up a big fat gray rabbit, turned around to cheer at them, and was about to speak when he saw Zhao Zheng and Zhao Rong dashing towards a deer, their eyes swept across a tree, and their expressions suddenly changed.
, shouted: "There is a trap, avoid it——"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Zheng stepped on it. With a click, his eyes widened and he fell down with a sound.
Zhao Rong only had time to catch him, and then he was pulled down.
Zhao Hanzhang flew up and fell to the edge of the pit with a thud. He stretched out his hand to grab Zhao Rong who was falling down. His whole body was pulled forward and slid forward, but she quickly kicked out of the pit with her feet to slow down.
Zhao Erlang was close and was the first to react. He rushed forward and grabbed Zhao Rong's arm. Zeng Yue and his guards also ran over and helped pull Zhao Rong and Zhao Zheng, who was holding Zhao Rong's arm tightly.
stand up.
The two of them sat slumped on the ground and looked at the wooden thorns in the pit, their faces turned pale and they could not say a word.
Zhao Hanzhang rubbed his shoulders, walked to the trap and looked down. With a "ho" sound, he saw that the trap was not shallow, and there were many wooden thorns stuck in the bottom of the pit. Fortunately, Zhao Rong held Zhao Zheng back.
Otherwise, if he had fallen like that just now, he would probably have suffered an intestinal rupture.
Zhao Zheng and Zhao Rong looked up at Zhao Hanzhang with lingering fear, tears welling up in their eyes and trying not to fall away.
When Zhao Hanzhang saw it, he comforted him and said, "It's okay. This is a trap left by a hunter. Do you see any traces on the tree? The three stones on the ground are all trap marks."
Zhao Rong turned around to look, but Zhao Zheng was frightened. He only had Zhao Hanzhang in his eyes. When he heard her soft voice, he didn't even hear her words clearly. He felt aggrieved and scared. He hugged the legs in front of him and burst into tears.
stand up.
Zhao Rong, who was so frightened that he was about to crawl to see the mark, was startled and looked back at him.
I saw Zhao Zheng, who had always been precocious and intelligent, holding Zhao Hanzhang and crying out of breath. It was rare for him to look like a young man.
Zhao Hui and others also gathered around and watched silently.
Zhao Erlang scratched his head and saw that Zhao Zheng's tears and snot fell on his sister's pants. He immediately became unhappy and stepped forward to pull him away. "Stop crying. Isn't it just a trap? You stick to it."
It won't be a problem if you slide down the wall of the pit."
Seeing that Zhao Zheng was still holding Zhao Hanzhang's legs and crying, Zhao Erlang became even more unhappy. He originally pulled him, but now he went to tear his hand off, "Stop crying, you are still not a man. This is my sister."
…”
Zhao Hanzhang patted Zhao Erlang on the head angrily, squatted down and patted Zhao Zheng on the back.
Zhao Zheng blushed. This was the first time since he was a child that he was held by a woman like this, even if it was just a virtual hug. He stopped crying, raised his head to look at Zhao Hanzhang, and was sniffing and choking.
Said: "Third sister, you look like my mother."
Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but rub his head and pat his back to calm him down.
Zeng Yue asked his personal guards to set a trap and pull out all the wooden thorns.
Zhao Zheng also slowly calmed down. He wiped the tears on his face, ignored Zhao Erlang's glare, held Zhao Hanzhang's hand and followed her closely after he stood up.
Zeng Yue asked Zhao Hanzhang: "Does this hole need to be filled?"
"No need," Zhao Hanzhang touched the soil on the wall, "This trap was dug just a few days ago. It was dug near the water just for hunting. Just pull out the wooden thorns."
She turned to Zhao Zheng and Zhao Rong and smiled and said: "A false alarm can be considered a blessing in disguise. Come, let Zeng Yue teach you how to survive in the mountains and forests. The first thing you need to learn is to spot the hunter's trap."
Zhao Rong had just recovered from his shock and asked unhappily: "Third sister, you shouldn't open the mountains and swamps at this time. The snow in winter will cover up the traces. It's not easy to find traps. These people are so vicious, just dig holes.
If there are so many wooden thorns inserted into it, if someone is as unaware of the trap as we are and falls into it, but no one is as powerful as the third sister to catch it in time, wouldn’t their lives be in vain?”
Zhao Hanzhang nodded and said, "You are right."
She turned to Zhao Erlang and Zhao Zhengdao: "The county government issued an announcement and called the chiefs of each district. People can go into the mountains and marshes to hunt, but they are not allowed to insert wooden thorns into the traps. The traps must be marked next to them to avoid accidental injuries."