Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 415: The Tiger Old Woman of the Dog Gang Combat Team

It was the beginning of June, the temperature was pleasant, and the plants in the mountains and forests were growing vigorously, but the view was severely obstructed. The green leaves and branches were crooked, and the treetops on the mountain tops swayed in the wind. Occasionally, there were howling sounds in the valley. This was the valley wind!
It is much gentler than the cold valley wind in winter. When a mountain wind blows through the grass and trees, they all make a rustling sound. This rustling sound is called scraping leaves in autumn. In some places, it is also called ringing leaves or blowing leaves...

The Dongfeng 140 was parked at the foot of the gentle slope of the west peak of Ximaduozi. There were many dandelions growing on the slope at the moment, but they were too old to be eaten. The branches of the oak trees on the top of the green hillside had sprouted tender leaves. After Xu Ning jumped off the car, he had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery. He went around to the back of the car and spread the dog gang with Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang.

A few days ago, Xu Ning, Chang Danian and others led the dog gang into the mountains, so the dogs such as Qinglang and Heilang did not run around after jumping off the car. They just went into the woods in groups to urinate, and then came back to Xu Ning's legs, wagging their tails, and kept whipping Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu's legs with their shaking tails. The big dog's tail was like a whip, and it was very painful when it whipped people.

Xu Ning hushed twice, then pointed to the gentle slope and drove the blue wolf and the black wolf up the mountain first. They had to take the lead. The trees in the mountains were quite dense now, and the vision was blocked. The dogs could smell the animals and prevent Xu Ning and others from running around in the mountains.

If the hunter is attacked by a black bear, the dog gang can help him restrain the black bear, buying time for him to escape or kill the black bear!
Some people may ask, won't there be casualties when the dogs restrain the black bear? Of course there will be casualties, but that's how dog hunting works. The role of the dogs is to find prey and restrain prey, so casualties are inevitable...

If a dog is injured or killed, Xu Ning will certainly feel sad, but why do we keep dogs? Although he feels sad, it is the dog's job and the dog has to bear it!

Besides, Xu Ning was very careful every time he hunted the dogs. When the blue wolves and black wolves started fighting, Xu Ning would always rush to the front and arrive at the battlefield as quickly as possible to kill the prey, thus avoiding the chance of dog casualties.

After reaching the top of the mountain, the group ran towards the upper reaches of the Xiaoshi River. The purpose of this trip was to hunt wild boars. Now the wild boars' activities basically revolve around the mountains and rivers. There are many water bubbles in the upper reaches of the Xiaoshi River. It rained a few days ago, and the water bubbles must have accumulated water. Wild boars like to roll around in the water bubbles, and there is more food where there is water.

Sun Lianfang asked, "Brother, how is this dog gang doing?"

"They are all good dogs. Blue Wolf's Xiangtou and Tanzi are the farthest, followed by Black Wolf and Flower Wolf. But Flower Wolf is less than a year old, so it still has room to grow."

"How far is the Qinglang scooter?" Sun Lianfang said, "The Laohei scooter my third uncle keeps is five or six miles long!"

Xu Ning glanced at her and said with a smile: "You'll see later whether she is a good dog or not. You can tell after one job."

Sun Liansheng said, "Don't always compare Lao Hei with other dogs. How much did Uncle San pay for Lao Hei?"

Xu Ning and Sun Jiye had never talked about raising dogs before. When he heard the Sun brothers and sisters chatting, he stepped forward and asked, "How many dogs does my uncle Sun have?"

"Six dogs, two leader dogs and four helper dogs. Lao Hei is just four years old and in his prime. There is also a leader dog called Hua Bang, but he is old. Usually my uncle doesn't take him with him when he goes into the mountains..."

Xu Ning was stunned. "If we don't take care of it? It will be so depressed that it will die. Will it be willing to come out of its nest now?"

Sun Lianfang's eyes lit up and she said, "Brother, how do you know it's hiding in its den and doesn't want to come out?"

"People have tempers, dogs have tempers too. Running in the mountains and hunting is its job. If you don't let it run in the mountains, then what's the point of it living?"

Sun Liansheng pondered for a moment and said, "Erning, when we get to our village, you can talk to my third uncle. Huabang is now guarding the gate of my second uncle's house, but it doesn't bark at all when someone comes in."

Xu Ning frowned and said, "If I don't take it into the mountains, the dog will be really depressed. Has my uncle Sun ever raised a dog before?"

Sun Lianfang shook her head, "I've never raised one. Huabang was brought out by my fourth uncle from my second uncle's family. Later, my fourth uncle was paralyzed on the kang and couldn't move, so he sent the dogs to the village. Usually, my third uncle feeds them and takes them into the mountains... Last time when I came to Qing'an, I saw you raising so many dogs, so my third uncle brought the dogs from the village home to raise."

Wang Hu asked, "What's going on with Lao Hei?"

"Lao Hei was the dog of Lao Guotou of our forest farm. Last summer, the reservoir flooded and Lao Guotou died trying to save two children. My uncle gave Lao Guotou's wife 300 yuan and took Lao Hei home."

Li Fuqiang was surprised and said, "Three hundred? That's really not less."

Sun Liansheng said: "It's out of humanitarianism. Old Guo has a good relationship with my third uncle. His family conditions are not very good..."

Xu Ning seemed to understand what was going on. No wonder Sun Jiye was determined to invite him to Sandaohe. Perhaps he wanted him to help look after and tow the dog.

However, this should be just one of the reasons. The more important reason is that Sun Jiye and Xu Ning are both mountain runners. Last time in Snail Shell, Xu Ning and his four companions shot a brown bear with a gun and chopped a jackal with an axe, which has already impressed Sun Jiye. It is understandable that he wants to talk more about mountain running with Xu Ning. After all, Xu Ning has the nickname of Little Xu Cannon.

According to human nature, people in the same industry are in a competitive relationship, especially mountain runners. With a shotgun in hand, they glare down at their peers and no one is willing to submit to anyone else.

But Sun Jiye was not a competitive person. He was good at making friends, had a clear understanding of himself, and was willing to listen to advice. If he were a stubborn person, even if he saw Xu Ning's hunting handle, he would not be convinced and would even compete with Xu Ning secretly.

At this time, the group had reached the mountainside on the northern side of the upper reaches of Xiaoshi River. As soon as the blue wolf jumped from the stone to the fallen tree, it raised its head and moved its nose, then howled twice.

The black wolf and the flower wolf were stunned, because they didn't smell anything at all. They looked at Xu Ning behind them with innocent faces, and then ran out after the blue wolf...

"It's on!"

Sun Lianfang exclaimed.

"Chase!" Xu Ning shouted hurriedly.

Then everyone ran out, but he noticed the black wolf and the flower wolf looking back, and added: "Be careful to save your energy! Only the blue wolf is making noises, the black wolf and the flower wolf are not moving at all, which means the animals are four or five miles away!"

Sun Lianfang asked in surprise, "Four or five miles away?"

Sun Liansheng was stunned, then turned around and asked, "Is Qinglangxiangtou five or six miles away?"

Li Fuqiang grinned and said, "Not only that! This dog incense head and the trip are very far!"

Sun Liansheng and Sun Lianfang retracted their gazes, lowered their heads to look at the road under their feet, and jumped down the mountain. Guan Lei followed not far from Sun Lianfang. He did not run too fast because Xu Ning had specifically told him at the door of the toilet in the morning to take care of Sun Lianfang after entering the mountain. After all, she was a girl and her physical strength was definitely not as good as that of men.

In front of us were Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang, driving side by side. They each chose their own way down the mountain. A footprint was left when they poked their feet down the hillside. When they reached the bottom of the mountain, the dog gang was nowhere to be seen. Only faint barking could be heard. Following the sound, Li Fuqiang turned around and said, "Brother, this is the lower reaches of Xiaoshi River, in the direction of Laoniugou!"

"Keep track! The wind is against us now. Who knows where the wind is coming from?"

The valley wind flows along the mountain. The wind between two mountains is called valley wind. If this kind of wind really blows, it would be really difficult to move, but now only a slight wind resistance can be felt.

After running more than two miles, the barking of the dog disappeared. Xu Ning looked at the not very obvious dog tracks on the ground, pointed in the southwest direction, and led the five people to run away.

Along the way, no one spoke a word, because the visibility was not as good as in winter. They needed to look at their feet and keep an eye on the messy branches. It would not be beautiful if their faces were scratched by the branches.

Sun Lianfang had been staring at Xu Ning. She found that Xu Ning was really quite capable. First of all, he was very good at tracking and his eyes were very sharp! Secondly, his steps were very light, and it seemed like he was flying when he ran down the mountain...

Xu Ning would look back at Sun Lianfang from time to time. This girl was indeed very strong. She had been running with a group of men for such a long time, but she had not fallen behind, nor had she complained. It was really surprising.

If Xu Feng was taken to run in the mountains, she would definitely shout: Second brother, my arms and legs... my whole body hurts! Contrary to what Li Fuqiang said, the dog gang did not run towards Lao Niugou, but climbed up the short hillside, and down the slope was Liushugou!

The willow trees here are basically level with the mountain. Looking down from the air, you can't tell where the ditch is and where the slope is. The trees on the slope are three or four meters high, and the trees in the ditch can reach more than 20 meters. Don't believe it? Then you can go to the mountain to take a look yourself.

The branches of the willow trees in the ditch were growing upwards. The group crouched and moved forward quickly. Half an hour later, Wang Hu heard a dog barking. He pointed to the south of the willow ditch and shouted, "Second brother! There is a dog barking over there!"

Xu Ning and Li Fu changed direction and ran forward along the edge of the ravine under the stone slag. At the same time, they took off the 56 semi-automatic rifles on their shoulders, held them in their hands and quickly pulled the bolts, but did not turn on the safety...

After running more than 200 meters forward, they heard the screams of wild boars and the barking of dogs.

"Are you doing it?" Sun Lianfang was a little surprised.

Guan Lei grabbed her arm and said, "Hurry up! Brother Sheng, you go ahead and I'll keep an eye on her."

"Okay!"

Sun Liansheng strode away, leaving the two behind and chasing after Xu Ning. It only took him a short while to catch up with Xu Ning, which was enough to show that Sun Liansheng had great leg strength. Of course, Xu Ning didn't run desperately, because he heard the howling of a wild boar in front of him, which indicated that the dog gang had subdued the wild boar.

But after running forward more than fifty meters, Xu Ning felt something was wrong. Why were there still dogs barking enthusiastically?

His heart was shaken, and he shouted, "Brother! There are pigs ahead! You and Huzi go around from the right!"

"It's done!" The two of them walked around to the right side together.

Xu Ning and Sun Liansheng ran straight ahead. They could not see any dogs for more than 50 meters. It was not until they passed six or seven pine trees that they saw the dog gang!
At this moment, the dog gang was divided into four groups. Blue Wolf, Hua Danzi, Hua Xiong and Xiao Huang were holding an old sow weighing more than 200 kilograms. Black Wolf, Second Wolf, Third Wolf and Da Huang were holding a yellow-haired pig weighing less than 200 kilograms. The hair on the back of this pig had turned black, and only some yellow hair was left on the ventral side.

The spotted wolf and three black dogs were tearing at a yellow-haired little cat weighing more than 100 kilograms, while the gray wolf and the one-eyed one were restraining two yellow-haired little cats and a big egg-digging cat...

Seeing that Big Egg-Packer was about to attack Blue Wolf's butt, Gray Wolf rushed to Big Egg-Packer and shouted twice. Big Egg-Packer was so scared that he immediately jumped sideways and turned his head to attack One-Eye Wolf.

One-Eye was very agile. He hid behind a tree and played hide-and-seek with Big Egg Planer. But Big Egg Planer was obviously not too impressed. He stopped his head at the thick-legged oak tree, took two steps back and was about to run up the mountain.

However, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu had already reached the top of the mountain. When they saw the big gun charging towards them, instead of hiding, they hid behind a tree and loaded single-headed bullets into the chambers of their guns. After two single-headed bullets were loaded into the chambers, the two men quickly closed their guns, leaned half of their bodies out, handed over their guns, and fired.

Bang!Bang!
The two single-headed bullets pierced into the head and neck of the big egg digger. Then the big egg digger knelt on its front legs and fell straight down the hillside, with its four hooves stiff and twitching...

At the same time, Xu Ning opened the safety and held out the gun, pointing the gun at the two little yellow-haired guys who were about to run away, and fired two consecutive shots from the side.

Since the distance was less than thirty meters, about twenty-five or twenty-six meters, Xu Ning's bullets basically hit the target. Both bullets penetrated the little yellow-haired guy's head. Seeing the little yellow-haired guy fall straight down, Sun Liansheng who was preparing to shoot was stunned.

He turned around and looked at Xu Ning in surprise, "So fast?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "How can we not hurry up? Will we let the pork slip away?"

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu laughed loudly and shouted, "Brother! Are you playing with a knife? Come on, I see there seems to be a hole in Hualang's belly."

"Bleeding! Huzi, give the knife to Brother Sheng."

"okay!"

Xu Ning turned around and patted Sun Liansheng on the shoulder and said, "Brother Sheng, since I didn't satisfy you, let's play some knife hunting."

"Okay! The main reason is that you guys were too quick. Before I could even react, you fired the gun."

"Haha, I've learned it..."

At this time, Guan Lei and Sun Lianfang rushed over. Sun Lianfang stared and asked: "Where is the pig? Where is the pig? Let me show you my marksmanship!"

Guan Lei said speechlessly: "What are you looking at for his marksmanship? Didn't you hear the gunshot just now? My brother killed the wild boar!"

"Oh! Why didn't you wait for me..." Sun Lianfang felt a sense of inexplicable loss.

Sun Liansheng took the knife from Wang Hu and turned around and said, "Lianfang, these three brothers work too fast, why don't you try knife hunting?"

Sun Lianfang turned his head to look at the dog gang not far away, and immediately clapped his hands and shouted: "Oh my god! This dog gang can also be divided into combat teams? Big brother, look at these dogs!"

In fact, Sun Liansheng was also very surprised and felt quite confused. He had seen dog gangs harassing prey and waiting for hunters to come and kill the prey. He had also seen dog gangs biting and besieging prey like crazy, but he had never seen a dog gang that could be divided into combat teams.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "This is normal. Blue Wolf, Flower Egg and Flower Bear are from the same family. Black Wolf, Second Wolf and Third Wolf are from the same family. Flower Wolf and the three black dogs are brothers..."

"Where are the remaining two dogs?" Sun Lianfang asked with her neck tilted.

Xu Ning sighed and said, "They are both slippery dogs, they just like each other!"

"Hahaha……"

At this time, Sun Lianfang took the knife from Sun Liansheng, aimed at the sow's neck and stabbed it. Sun Lianfang's movements were smooth and fast. When the knife was pulled out, only the tip of the knife was stained with a little blood.

The pig's blood spurted out instantly, and the old sow lay on the ground on her side, struggling and screaming desperately. The blue wolf grabbed the sow's crotch and pulled it back with all its might, as if trying to make the old sow shut up, but the old sow was trembling with pain and could only howl for the last time in her life.

Sun Lianfang held the knife in his hand and said with a grin, "How's that? My knife skills are pretty good, right?"

Guan Lei pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "As for the matter of going to Sandaohe... I think I need to think about it..."

"What?" Sun Lianfang glared, turned her knife, and asked, "Say it again?"

Xu Ning stood there looking at them, thinking: This old woman Tiger... is so fierce!

(End of this chapter)