bookrebus Chapter 452 Sun Pao Faces Off Against Wolf-Eyed Black Bear
Chapter 452 Sun Pao Faces Off Against Wolf-Eyed Black Bear
Meanwhile, Sun Quande's team, located three hilltops away from Li Ju'an and Jiang Pao's team, was suffering the first wave of attacks from a large wolf pack.
Sun Quande's team included Sun Weimin, thirteen of his uncles and cousins, seven or eight falconers led by Zhao Pao, and four people including Zhang Pao from Xiaoling Village. The team had twenty-four hunting dogs and nine falcons, making them a very strong force.
After the lead dog in Sun Quande's hand charged out with a howl, all the hunting dogs and falcons of the dog gang rushed in the same direction.
Hearing the high-pitched cries of the falcon overhead, Zhao Pao used whistles to communicate. After hearing the falcon cry out again, he shouted, "Spotted a green shrew!"
Falconers and falcons have a unique way of communicating, much like a well-trained dog handler can communicate with a dog through barks and simple language, understanding the dog's excitement and emotions. The falcon, highly excited, charges directly into the wolf pack, being the first to swoop down.
The falconers of Yingtun raise gyrfalcons and golden eagles with powerful talons that can snatch small green swarms from the ground and lift them high into the air. Small packs of wolves are no problem for gyrfalcons and other falcons.
Two wolf cubs were indeed lifted into the air by the falcon and flew swiftly towards Zhao Pao's direction, intending to hand over the captured wolves to the falconer. However, the wolf cubs struggled in the air, and the falcon, in pain, released its grip, causing the two wolves to fall to the foot of the mountain, clearly beyond saving.
The howls of wolves echoed from all directions, mournful and low-pitched, reverberating throughout the valley.
Sun Weimin felt his head buzzing and throbbing, his ears ringing, and a strong sense of fear descending upon him for the first time in over twenty years.
Sun Weimin had been running around in the mountains since he was a child, and he had killed many bandits, but this was the first time he had felt fear. He said, "Father, the bandits are probably going to take revenge."
Sun Quande, much calmer now, said coldly, "It would be best if these beasts dared to retaliate; we're actually afraid they wouldn't come. If they come, we'll fight them! We'll fight them one group at a time!"
The wolves howled loudly, their howls sending chills down the spines of those watching in the moonlight. Every hunter felt goosebumps rise on their skin, as if every hair on their face was standing on end, their scalp was tingling, a cold draft ran down their spine, and their whole body was icy cold.
The young falconers had never seen anything like this before. They were so frightened that their crotches were soaked with sweat, their knees buckled, and they sat back down, crying out, "Zhao Pao, Zhao Pao, we're probably going to be surrounded by thugs!"
Zhao Pao heard the wolf howls rapidly approaching and changing direction, and knew that the wolf pack numbered at least sixty or seventy, a considerable size capable of occupying an entire hilltop. Moreover, more wolf howls were joining in from all directions.
The echoes were so strong that even the experienced Zhao Pao and Sun Pao couldn't tell how many swarms of swarms were attacking them from all sides.
Sun fired three warning shots into the air.
boom! boom! boom!
After the three gunshots, a moment later, three more gunshots echoed from two other distant locations.
This was the agreement Old Zhang made before setting off to hunt the wolf pack. Whichever of the three teams spotted the wolf pack first would fire a warning shot, and the other teams would respond by firing three shots in return.
Sun Pao said in a low voice, "We'll use ourselves as bait. We can't let Wolf Eyes escape this time! Start digging a trap right here."
"Okay!"
The Sun family army was well-trained, and the dozen or so members of the Sun family were very familiar with digging traps on the spot, and they cooperated very well in the attack.
Zhao Pao's falconry team was responsible for releasing the falcons, which would cry out to indicate their location while observing the mountains. But as darkness fell, the gyrfalcons and golden eagles quickly returned, falling silent.
At this moment, the wolf pack fell completely silent. There were no insects chirping or birds singing around, and the silence was eerily deathly still.
Sun Weimin knew that this was because when surrounded by large wild beasts, the smaller animals in the forest had to remain quiet to protect themselves, which was why they behaved this way. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead as he thought to himself: Li Ju'an, where have you been? Shouldn't you be rushing over here right now?
The traps that Sun Quande and his men had dug were not yet finished when the wolf pack arrived.
The wolf's charge was incredibly fast. In the distance, the pack of dogs was barking fiercely, and the hunting dogs that had been drawn there soon began to let out mournful howls.
Zhang Pao from Xiaoling Village led four or five men, guns in hand, to provide support. The intense gunfire made Sun Quande restless, and he shouted, "Stop digging, go first!"
He felt sorry for the dogs he had just trained. This group of dogs was the result of his careful training over the past three years, which had taken a lot of effort and time.
By the time Sun Quande rushed over, the first wave of wolf attacks had ended. Zhang Pao and four or five other men were scattered around the tree roots, driven apart by the wolves. The ground was covered in mottled bloodstains, but there wasn't a single wolf carcass. Instead, Zhang Pao's arm was dripping with blood.
Sun Quande rushed over and took a closer look, only to find that Zhang Pao had stepped into the snare, his entire leg was trapped and he couldn't break free, which was why he was surrounded and attacked by the wolves.
He slapped his thigh and shouted, "How did I step on a condom? This condom looks quite old, it must be from ten years ago."
Zhang Pao was also frustrated. This used to be a hunting ground, but who would know that there were snares left by hunters more than ten years ago? But these bastards knew about them and used them as a barrier, causing the hunters to step into the old snares. It was quite ironic.
The hunting dogs were still grappling and howling with the sly dog ahead. Sun Quande aimed his gun, but in the dim moonlight, he couldn't aim accurately in the dark woods. He could only curse and give chase.
When he caught up, he saw four hunting dogs lying on the ground, their bellies torn open, their internal organs scattered everywhere, their large and small intestines dragged out and bitten through, looking very pitiful.
The four hunting dogs that were viciously attacked by the sly were three of Sun Quande's beloved dogs, and the one whose spine was bitten off was his lead dog.
His lead dog sensed its master's footsteps, and whimpered in pain, gently swishing its tail and trying to lift its head, but it couldn't, and could only whine.
After Sun Quande reached out his hand, the dog even stuck out its tongue and gently licked the back of its master's hand. The dog's eyes were wet. A good dog protects its master, and a good dog knows everything.
With tears streaming down his face, Sun Quande turned his head away in anguish, pressed the hunting rifle against the head dog's brow, and ended the dog's suffering with a bang.
The remaining three hunting dogs were clearly not going to survive; their internal organs had been dragged out and gnawed on. Sun Quande was afraid that the wolves would drag away the bodies of his beloved dogs, but he couldn't take them with him, so he painfully shot each of the remaining dogs.
As he finished off the enemy, his heart was bleeding. The intense pain and heartache made him so angry that he almost lost his mind.
Sun Quande shouted and led his family to chase after the wolf tracks in the snow. However, before the group could even get close to the wolf pack or fire a shot, two black bears rushed out from the side and pounced on them.