The team quickly advanced upwards. The area of Zhangzi Mountain is not small. More than a hundred people can only cover a forest on the north slope, which cannot play the role of encircling all the prey. But even so, it is quite effective. Prey in Zhangzi Mountain
There are indeed many of them. The higher you go up, the more you can see the figures of prey galloping in the forest. There are quite a lot of them here and there.
However, the beasts such as tigers, wolves, leopards and bears that concerned Zhu Houzhao the most were not found, and each team did not report that they had found traces of the beasts. This made Zhu Houzhao a little anxious and disappointed.
As they moved toward the top of the mountain, the encirclement became smaller and smaller, and hares, deer, and wild boars appeared frequently. Everyone bent their bows and shot, and gained a lot, but without seeing any beasts, Zhu Houzhao always felt unsatisfied.
Finally, the rounding up team came out of the forest. Above it was a large rocky and grassy hillside with few trees. The driven beasts had nowhere to hide. The smoke and dust flying on the hillside was very spectacular. At this moment,
From down the slope on the right came Wu Zhan's shout of surprise.
"Leopard, there is a leopard."
Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly ran down and asked loudly: "Where is it? Where is it?"
Everyone quickly followed and arrived at the bottom of the slope where Wu Zhuan was. They saw Wu Zhuan pointing to the rock on the hillside above and saying: "There is a leopard right there. It got into the gap under the rock."
Zhu Houzhao was about to step forward, but Zhang Yanling quickly stopped him and said: "Your Highness, don't get involved in danger. That's a leopard. And it's hiding in a dark place, so be careful."
Zhu Houzhao said excitedly: "What should we do? We have to catch it."
Zhang Yanling looked at the terrain and said: "Surround it first and don't let it run away. It must have been frightened and hid under the rocks. If it runs directly to the south, we can't stop it."
"Yes, yes, yes, Wu Zhuan, order people to surround you. Quick, quick." Zhu Houzhao's voice changed with excitement, and he shouted waving his arms.
Wu Xuan hurriedly gave the order, and all the guards began to gather and surrounded the huge rock up and down. Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait any longer. He held his bow and arrow and tried to get closer. Suddenly, he heard a roar and a golden head.
The leopard sprang out from under the rock and rushed up to the top of the huge rock.
Everyone was startled, and Zhu Houzhao also staggered. Zhang Yanling helped him and stabilized his body.
The leopard was lying on the top of the rock, baring its fangs and barking at the surrounding crowd, making a low and angry roar. It looked extremely ferocious and scary.
Liu Jin said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, back away quickly, back away quickly, you can't mess with this beast."
Although Zhu Houzhao was very excited before, but when a big money leopard was right in front of him, staring at him with eyes wide open, his heart went crazy. But he refused to give in, bent his bow and arrow and shouted: "
Watch me kill this beast with one arrow!"
With the sound of a string, Zhu Houzhao shot an arrow, and the arrow flew away with a whistling sound. However, this time it was not as accurate as before. The arrow passed by the leopard's head, and the leopard jumped up with a roar.
Zhu Houzhao cursed and fired another arrow. This time the arrow flew past the side of the leopard's neck, and a strand of golden hair flew away in the wind, but it still missed.
The leopard was finally angered. All animals at the top of the food chain, such as tigers and leopards, are spiritual. They know where the threats are. Not only do they have rudimentary IQ, but they also have various emotions. For example: revenge.
The leopard pounced on none other than Zhu Houzhao.
Everyone was shocked and Zhang Yanling shouted: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
Whoosh whoosh! Several arrows were shot out, but they failed to hit the flying leopard. The leopard was as fast as lightning and was in front of Zhu Houzhao in an instant.
Zhu Houzhao stood there blankly, so frightened that he even forgot to draw the weapon from his waist. The guards of the Near East Palace did not have time to react, and saw the leopard pounce on Zhu Houzhao's head. Zhang Yanling stepped forward and reached out.
Grabbing Zhu Houzhao's arm. His idea was that as long as he grabbed Zhu Houzhao and rolled him down the slope, he could escape from the leopard's claws and buy time for the guards next to him.
However, just when his hand was about to grab Zhu Houzhao's arm, Zhu Houzhao shouted and rushed up the hillside. He must have been frightened, and suddenly saw the leopard opening its mouth and fangs right in front of him, and instinctively thought
He ran away. However, in a daze, he no longer knew where he was.
He made a diagonal thrust, but Zhang Yanling missed it. However, how could he be as fast as a leopard? The next moment, the leopard had pounced on Zhu Houzhao and threw him to the ground.
Everyone was stunned. For a moment, everyone's brains seemed to have been petrified, without any thoughts. Their bodies seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, frozen in place. They could not move, thinking.
They couldn't think of it either. But soon, Zhu Houzhao's horrified shouts brought them back to reality.
"Set the arrow, shoot the arrow! Shoot the leopard to death! Save the prince!" Liu Jin screamed and shouted loudly.
"You can't fire arrows! Are you crazy? That will hurt the prince." Zhang Yanling roared loudly and rushed forward.
The leopard knocked Zhu Houzhao down from behind and was trying to bite off Zhu Houzhao's throat with its sharp teeth. However, Zhu Houzhao was wearing armor, his collar was tightly closed and his head was shrunk, unable to swallow for a while. This gave Zhang Yanling a little time.
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Zhang Yanling did not dare to use the weapon, but he had hands. He reached out and grabbed the leopard's hind legs and pulled it back with all his strength. The adult leopard is not small, but it only weighs more than a hundred kilograms.
Lions and tigers are incomparable. Zhang Yanling pulled the leopard off Zhu Houzhao's body. But the leopard was very flexible. Although its hind legs were pulled, it turned its head, opened its fangs, twisted its waist and hit Zhang Yanling's face.
Bite it over.
Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, Zhang Yanling lowered his head suddenly and pressed his helmet against the leopard's mouth, which was equivalent to putting his head into the leopard's mouth. However, Zhang Yanling was wearing an iron helmet, so he dared to do this. The next moment, Zhang Yanling
He rushed forward and hugged the leopard's waist tightly. One of them fell to the ground and the other leopard rolled.
Zhu Houzhao got up and turned around to see Zhang Yanling and Leopard rolling beside him. He drew out his dagger, but he did not dare to cut it randomly. Suddenly, he got wise and stretched out his hand to untie the cowhide rope around his waist and saw the opportunity to strangle him.
He grabbed the leopard's neck and pulled hard. The cowhide rope tightened around the leopard's throat. The leopard roared and bit, causing Zhang Yanling and Zhu Houzhao to roll down the slope. But neither of them let go.
The two of them hit a bush and stopped. Wu Zhan and other soldiers had already arrived. Seven or eight soldiers rushed forward to grab the legs, some pressed the head, and the other grabbed the tail.
He came down and pressed the leopard to the ground. Although the leopard roared loudly, it was suppressed by seven or eight soldiers and could not move at all.
Only then did the rest of the people help Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Yanling up. The two men looked pale and pale, and they were all frightened.