Chapter 960: The Dog Gang Meets the Tiger (November Update 121)

Seeing that the little bear and the puppy were fine, Zhao Jun felt relieved. He asked the old lady and Xie Sun to go to his home later, and then he went out with Xie Zhong and Xie Chen.

After the three got in the car, the car went to Zhang Yuanmin's house again.

When they arrived outside the Zhang family's courtyard, Xie Chen honked the horn, the door of the Zhang family opened, and Xiao Lingdang ran out of the courtyard with a long black cloth bag.

When they reached the side of the trunk, Xiao Lingdang lifted the cloth bag up with both hands, and Zhao Jun bent down and took it.

"What is this?" Xie Zhong asked curiously, and Xie Chen smiled and said, "This is my brother Zhang's heirloom."

Hearing this, Xie Zhong was startled and became more curious. Xiao Lingdang's face fell under the car, and she waved goodbye to the few people.

With people, dogs, and equipment, the car left Yong'an and headed straight for the mountain field.

At the same time, a Jiefang car stopped at the place where Jiang Ershuan encountered the tiger yesterday. Jiang Ershuan didn't come today, so Zhao Youcai, Li Chunming, Qin Zhusong, Zhang Dongzhi, and Zhao Jicheng got off the car one after another.

All five of them held their guns in their hands, looking seriously at the traces left by Tiger dragging the horse on the ground and the hillside.

"Old Qin!" Li Chunming called Qin Zhusong and said, "Let's open the way!"

"Okay!" Qin Zhusong agreed, and Li Chunming looked at Zhao Youcai and said, "Master Zhao, you should be careful."

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was startled when he heard the words, and immediately felt that Li Chunming looked down on him.

But Zhao Youcai didn't show it, and only agreed lightly.

Then, Li Chunming and Qin Zhusong held their guns and went up the slope, while Zhao Youcai, Zhang Dongzhi, and Zhao Jicheng followed ten meters behind.

Following along, you can see obvious dragging marks and bloodstains. After walking more than a mile up, Li Chunming and Qin Zhusong found the poor horse in a winnowing basket.

The horse's stomach was torn open and most of it was eaten, the internal organs were all gone, and one of its thighs was torn open.

"Go up!" Li Chunming held the gun in one hand, gestured upward with the other hand, and reminded again: "Be careful!"

After that, Li Chunming gestured to Qin Zhusong, and the two continued to lead the way, and Zhao Youcai and the other three followed behind.

On the road again, the distance between the two groups of people was always kept at about 20 meters, so that they could take care of each other.

But after walking more than a mile up, Zhao Youcai suddenly whistled. Zhang Dongzhi and Zhao Jicheng who were with him were all stunned, while Li Chunming and Qin Zhusong in front hurriedly went back one after another.

"Master Zhao!" Zhao Jicheng asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Youcai didn't say anything, but waited for Li Chunming to come down, and asked directly, "Who blew the whistle, what's wrong?"

"I blew it." Zhao Youcai responded, and Li Chunming hurriedly asked him, "What's wrong, Master Zhao?"

Zhao Youcai glanced quickly to the left and right, then looked at Li Chunming and said, "This big claw is injured."

"Huh?" When Zhao Youcai said this, the four members of the tiger hunting team were all stunned. Li Chunming frowned and asked with some doubt, "Master Zhao, how did you know?"

"Look!" Zhao Youcai took two steps to the side, and when he stopped, he stepped forward and asked the four people to come and see.

The four members of the tiger hunting team came over and saw that Zhao Youcai's toes were touching a tiger's paw print.

Tigers, leopards, and lynxes are all cats, and their footprints are like cat paw prints, round and round. It's just that due to the difference in body size, their footprints are large and small.

Experienced hunters know that the footprints of the same animal walking on the snow are different in size when the snow is deep and shallow.

When the snow is thick, the snow is soft and the footprints left are small. When the snow is shallow, the footprints left are large.

This year, the snow fell late in Yong'an Forest District, and the snowfall this winter was also small.

Therefore, the footprints left by the tiger were not small.

Li Chunming and the other four people came over to take a look, and after taking a look, they all looked at Zhao Youcai blankly.

"Master Zhao." Li Chunming asked Zhao Youcai: "What do you want us to see?"

"Take another look." Zhao Youcai did not answer the question directly, but said: "This paw print is different from others."

When he heard Zhao Youcai say that it was different from others, Li Chunming squatted down and observed carefully.

This time, he really saw that it was different.

Li Chunming, who was squatting, tilted his head and looked up at Zhao Youcai, and said in surprise: "It's a bit of a groove."

Drooping is the jargon of local mountain runners, referring to the traces left by the hooves and claws of wild animals dragging on the ground when they walk.

Like wild boars and red deer, these animals like to drag grooves when they walk slowly in the mountains. In this way, the footprints they leave on the snow are sometimes one by one.

When tigers and black bears walk slowly, they don't drag grooves, and the footprints they leave are one by one.

Among the series of footprints left by this tiger, one quarter are grooved. Although not obvious, it is very obvious when compared with other footprints.

This means that the tiger can't move one leg, so it must be injured.

Hearing Li Chunming's words, Zhao Youcai's expression did not change, and the three people next to him surrounded him instantly. The four members of the tiger hunting team squatted in a circle to look at the footprints.

The four of them were not like Chu Anmin before. Chu Anmin had never hunted before he went up the mountain with Zhao Jun, but Li Chunming and his team had. Every winter, they would go down to the surrounding forests to hunt roe deer and wild boars for a few days, one for fun, and the other for meat.

They usually had good harvests when they went up the mountain, but they relied on their excellent physical fitness and sophisticated weapons and equipment to hunt.

To put it bluntly, their hunting was simple and rough, and they had no skills.

They had no problem hunting wild boars and roe deer in this way.

But the tiger is no ordinary tiger. Yesterday, four people tried to kill it but failed. This is also the reason why when there was a tiger riot in Yongan more than 20 years ago, the Forestry Bureau only deployed guns but not personnel.

Those years were difficult times, and the livestock in the mountains were starving, so tigers often attacked cattle and horses in forest farms.

The Forestry Bureau at that time had experience, so even though they had veterans from the northern battlefield, they never sent anyone over.

You know, those people are all heroes, but fighting and hunting are two different things.

In the past ten years, the mountain livestock has become thicker and thicker. Especially last year and this year, the thickness of mountain cattle reached unprecedented heights.

Tigers have no shortage of food, so they will naturally not attack cattle and horses, so the current Forestry Bureau has never experienced such a thing.

But when Zhou Chunming went to the bureau that day, he hid his secret. After all, these capable people in Yong'an Forest District are either his neighbors or relatives, and it would not be good to hurt anyone.

Therefore, it was Zhou Chunming who asked Chu Anmin to send people to destroy the tiger.

When it comes to fighting sieges, Chu Anmin is an amateur, and so is Zhou Chunming. They didn't think much about it, they all believed in the elite soldiers and generals in the bureau.

As for the Tiger Fighting Four, they don’t consider themselves amateurs. As soon as I heard about hunting tigers, I came to Aoao.

"Huh?" Zhao Jicheng asked doubtfully at this time: "We looked at its front that day and didn't see that it was lame?"

Zhao Youcai glanced condescendingly at Zhao Jicheng, curled his lips and said, "Don't look at it, the right front leg is injured."

"Huh?" The four members of the tiger-fighting team were all startled when they heard this. At this time, Zhao Youcai continued: "As long as it is not injured, it cannot attack people or horses."

After saying this, Zhao Youcai looked back at the way he came and said, "If its hind legs are injured, it can't drag the horse uphill."

In the past few years of siege, Li Chunming has encountered lame beasts. He also concluded that if a beast's front legs are injured, it must run uphill, and if its hind legs are injured, it must run downhill.

However, Li Chunming suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked Zhao Youcai: "Master Zhao, when the horse knocked on it yesterday, didn't it go downhill from uphill?"

"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai nodded unexpectedly, and then said: "Not to mention the horse yesterday, the horse it knocked against last Saturday also came down from above."

When Zhao Youcai agreed, the four members of the Tiger Fighting Team were stunned. When a beast runs from uphill to downhill, it must use its front legs to exert force. If the tiger's right front leg was injured as Zhao Youcai said, it would contradict the way it killed the two horses.

In other words, Zhao Youcai's words are contradictory.

But just when Li Chunming wanted to ask again, he heard Zhao Youcai say: "The big claw is different from other things. When it gets angry, it jumps out."

"Ah..." The four members of the Tiger Fighting Team seemed to have some realization.

Zhao Youcai's expressive ability is limited and his description is not appropriate. The three top cat hunters in the Northeast are leopards who are good at running, tigers who are good at jumping forward and backward, and lynxes who are good at jumping up and down.

Relying on its special body structure and strong physique, even if a Siberian tiger is injured in one leg, it will not affect its short-range continuous jumps.

Therefore, only the uphill stretch of dragging the horse is when the Siberian tiger is in trouble. If the hind leg is injured, it will never be able to drag the horse uphill.

Seeing that the four of them seemed to understand a little bit, Zhao Youcai pointed at Zhao Jicheng and said, "Family, you said that when you look at the big paw in front of it, doesn't it jump up if its legs are not lame?"

After being named by Zhao Youcai, Zhao Jicheng nodded repeatedly. At this time, Li Chunming also realized that Zhao Youcai was more than just a guide, so he hurriedly asked Zhao Youcai for advice, saying: "Master Zhao, where do you think we should go next?"

Hearing this, Zhao Youcai raised his eyes to look up, then raised his hand to see the high mountain behind him, and said to Zhang Dongzhi: "Master Zhang, have you seen that top man?"

"I saw it!" Zhang Dongzhi responded, and then heard Zhao Youcai say: "Let's go up now. There are two stubble in front of us. Let me tell you, this big paw is not sitting on the ground, so it must be pushing up. It's over. Walk 57, walk 60, and go to the Rakshasa side.”

When Zhao Youcai spoke, everyone felt that this man was too powerful. At this time, Zhao Youcai pointed to the top of the mountain again and said: "The top of the mountain is 57, and there are two forks over there. Why did I say 60? Because the stubble over there is 62, and 62 is over there. It’s 66, and above 66 is what people here call Lao Guitouzi Ridge, and there’s a big claw on the top.”

"Is there another one?" Zhao Youcai's words shocked the four members of the Tiger Fighting Team.

"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai nodded and continued: "That big paw is from a local household. This outsider will definitely not dare to go to 66, so it must do what I say."

Regardless of whether he is the section chief or someone else, who dares to underestimate Zhao Youcai at this time?

Li Chunming hurriedly asked for advice again and asked Zhao Youcai: "Master Zhao, tell us what we should do, and we will listen to you."

Li Chunming said this today, but he spoke from the bottom of his heart.

Zhao Youcai pointed at the top man again and again and said to Li Chunming: "Let Master Zhang drive you, and then pick up someone else when you're done. You guys can get in the car and get in the car with the top man."

Zhang Dongzhi was indeed from outside, but he still couldn't lose it even though he drove on the mountain road to get to the top.

Although Zhao Youcai hadn't finished speaking at this time, the Tiger Fighting Team already understood what he meant.

Three people took a car and went to block it. Then Zhao Youcai led a man to chase the tiger's footprints, which was equivalent to fighting a battle.

As long as the three of them arrive at the entrance of the battle, they will wait for the tiger to fall into the trap!

"Master Zhao! No wonder the Chu Bureau asked us to find your son, saying that as soon as the little Zhao Pao arrives, the tiger will be able to knock it down." Li Chunming took Zhao Youcai's hand in surprise, shook it and said, "Oh, either we say tiger The father has no son, I have seen it today."

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai felt that the logic of Li Chunming's words was strange, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it.

…

At this time, Xiao Zhao Pao and his party arrived near the old brick kiln in Yong'an. Yesterday, Zhang Lifu saw a herd of wild boars running in the direction of Linban 62 right here.

Today Li Baoyu was driving, and Wang Qiang was sitting in the passenger seat. They didn't need anyone to show them the way, and drove straight to 62 Linban.

But the car stopped before it reached the place. Zhao Jun, who was sitting in the back of the car, was startled. When he got up with his gun, he heard Li Baoyu shout: "Brother, get out of the car!"

Zhao Jun, Xie Zhong, and Jie Chen hurriedly got out of the trunk, and the three of them went to the front of the car to join Wang Qiang and Li Baoyu.

The road they drive on is called the firewood road, and they can drive large vehicles. The path up the mountain is called a sledge road, which is used by oxen and horses to lead to various trumpets.

Sledges can be used on the firewood transport road, but cars cannot be used on the sledge road.

This road is smooth because of the traffic of cars and sledges, but there are road maintenance workers in the forest farm to take care of the road. They burn sand pits nearby every now and then, and then spread sand and soil on the road to prevent cars from rolling away and sledges from running downhill.

At this time, the road was covered with sand. There were no footprints in the sand, but there were a lot of wild boar excrement.

Some of these wild boar excrements are crushed by vehicles or sledges, and some are frozen and then crushed by vehicles and sledges.

But whether it is flat or broken, it is enough to prove that a large group of wild boars passed through the firewood road yesterday.

If it's footprints, you can tell them apart, but feces can't. However, according to Zhang Lifu, the wild boars were originally going from Linban 64 to Linban 62.

But here, the wild boar suddenly changed its route. They came down from Linban 63 on the right, crossed the firewood transport road and went to Linban 60.

Of course, this is just speculation. It could also be another group of wild boars, running from Linban 60 to Linban 63.

In this case, even if Zhao Boutou came in person, he would have to go into the woods on both sides of the road and look at the footprints left by wild boars to tell the difference.

But the Zhao family doesn't need help because they have dogs.

"Release the dog!" Zhao Jun gave the order, and Li Baoyu and Jie Chen climbed into the trunk to untie the dog's rope.

Letting the lead dog go first, the fat man jumped off the back of the car. When it landed, the dog's fur was trembling from the back of its neck to its buttocks, and its shiny yellow fur looked like yellow waves in the sunlight.

The big fat man turned to the front of the car, didn't bother to get close to Zhao Jun, sniffed the wild boar dung, put his nose to the ground and ran to the left side of 60 Linban.

Then Black Tiger, Green Dragon, and Black Dragon followed Big Fatty into the poplar forest, and then White Dragon, Erhei, Third Fatty, Tabby Cat, Hualang, Rhubarb, and Xiaohua came out one after another.

At this time, Zhao Jun held a gun in his right hand, held Huang Long in his left hand, and followed Hua Long behind him.

He opened the way in front, followed by Wang Qiang, Li Baoyu, Jie Zhong, and Jie Chen.

The five of them had not walked for ten minutes when they heard the barking of dogs as the mountain wind blew.

In the mountains, there are wild grapes growing around the trees. The branches of the mountain grape vines, which have been there for many years, are messy and dense.

As the snow falls, it pushes the vine branches down, creating an arch above the ground.

The one weighing less than 200 kilograms weighed heavily the next year, and somehow he became alone.

At this time, it was lying under the arch formed by the grape vines. The strange thing is that at this time of year, it is the time when wild boars gather in gangs. And now it is nine o'clock in the morning, which is when the wild boars should lie down.

But this one got heavy every year. He didn't sleep or find a group. He just lay under the arched vines, curled up and shivering.

The fat guy didn't even pause when he got here, he pounced on it and bit it. Then the hunting dogs swarmed up and subdued the next year in an instant.

Under the bite of the hunting dogs, Shen hissed and howled every other year.

The barking of dogs and the hissing of pigs are carried away by the mountain wind, heading south from here, all the way up. When they were about to reach the camelback of the mountain, they saw traces of blood and heavy objects being dragged.

This is very similar to the traces of a tiger dragging a horse, and it is located above the hunchback, in a nesting circle.

Half of the wild boar was lifeless, and its waist and pole were bitten off. The front half of the body was lying there, and the back half of the body must have been eaten clean.

And the one who eats it is lying next to it.

That's a tiger.

After hearing the whine of the wild boar carried by the mountain wind, the Siberian tiger got up from its sleep.

This tiger is bigger than the tiger that fought with the black bear spirit.

Its head and body are two meters and a half long, and its weight is nearly five hundred kilograms. But such a huge body appeared twenty meters away in an instant as the tiger jumped out.