Chapter 173 The Hunting Begins
Maria’s plan to make money has to slow down because the hunting activity has officially begun.
The sound of horns floated in the north wind, the hounds rushed out of the camp, the falcons circled over the forest, and the hunters rode towards the hunting grounds with great expectations.
Frederick rode Dawn on the ground and rushed to the selected area with his men. At the same time, he once again instructed: "Remember, we can't work too hard today. The harvest must be less than Archduke Byrne. In short, the principle You just can’t be the first among the guests!”
Little Franz asked him in confusion: “Why should we do this? The Grand Duke of Mainz said that the first place among the guests will receive precious gifts. Giveaway.”
Frederick said seriously: "We must not ask for that gift!"
Little Franz had a question mark, but the master said so, so just obey.
The hunting competition relies on piling up the prey to see who can pile the highest and largest. If there are monsters in the prey, it will be a bonus.
Frederick has already chosen his main hunting area, which is around a small lake with a diameter of more than 100 meters deep in the forest. From the traces around the lake and on-site reconnaissance, it can be judged that many animals come there every day. Drink water.
What they have to do is to form an encirclement with the lake as the core, drive the surrounding animals to the lake, and then surround them and eliminate them.
Frederick knew nothing about hunting, so today's operation was left to little Franz to direct.
The team quickly dispersed in platoons, and then something happened.
Although the leaves of the trees in the forest were almost falling off, the sight was still not good. The command post on the top of the mountain lost the team in the blink of an eye.
Frederick did not take off with Dawn to look for troops, but looked at little Franz scratching his head anxiously.
In the past, troops were dispatched on a large scale, and there was much more movement than now, and they could be seen from a long distance.
If it is a small-scale operation, there are often only one or two teams, and the commander will be in one of the teams, so at least half of the team will not be lost.
Now it is a large-scale small-unit operation. Dozens of people enter the forest without making much noise, just like spreading salt into water.
Whether it is marching or driving, losing control of the situation is the beginning of disaster. This sense of loss of control brought huge psychological pressure to little Franz.
Frederick didn’t say anything, so he asked him to find a way to solve the problem. He took Liebherr, Schmidt, BASF and more than a dozen people who had come to fly the hot air balloon to a place farther away. A mountain looking for Hell Wolf.
On the way, Frederick asked Liebherr: "Why didn't you say earlier that your hometown was in the Principality of Mainz?"
BASF also said to his junior fellow student and fellow countryman: "Yes, if your father hadn't come to pull your ears, I wouldn't have known about it. I haven't seen you back in the past two years."
The reason why they started from Junshi Tambur came here mainly because there were many locals. All Might's hometown is in the Principality of Bain, and the village is less than fifty kilometers away from the Duke Bain's castle. BASF's family is a famous dye merchant in the Principality of Mainz, less than 100 kilometers away from the city of Mainz. Liebherr's home is farther away, adjacent to the Principality of Bain, but his family is a famous architectural family in the Principality of Mainz, and his father is currently an official in charge of construction projects in the palace.
Liebherr said a little embarrassedly: "I sneaked away to Constantbul by myself. My family was very angry. I heard that there was still a wanted order for me hanging in the city."
Schmidt asked him curiously: "There are many people sneaking away to Constantbul to study. How did you make your family so angry?"
Liebherr raised his head and looked at Looking at the blue sky through the iron-like branches, he said calmly: "My family wanted me to marry into a family of material dealers, so I ran away at noon on the day of the engagement."
After speaking, he sighed deeply.
BASF started thinking there and said after a moment: "It turns out that person is you. No wonder, if you were me, I would run away too." Before anyone could gossip, they suddenly smelled the faint aroma of barbecue wafting in the air. And it's the kind without seasoning.
“Attention!” BASF gestured, “There are hell wolves nearby!”
Everyone immediately cheered up and gathered in a circle, pointing their weapons around. , pay special attention to the location of the downwind outlet.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, and there was an occasional sound in the wind. It was obvious that something was surrounding them.
Not long after, the temperature of the wind blowing from the upwind outlet became a little higher, and the surrounding circle took shape.
The body of the hell wolf is very hot, and the area it has just stepped on feels hot to the touch. When it bites the prey, the place it bites can even be cooked. Strong adults can even breathe fire, and the meat is warm. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing the kidneys, boosting yang, strengthening strength, and replenishing blood and qi. It is suitable for consumption in winter.
This time they came to hunt hell wolves mainly to prepare some wolf meat for BASF’s wife. With the current medical level, it is still quite dangerous for pregnant women to survive the winter. Eating some hell wolf meat on weekdays can enhance their resistance and avoid cold.
Like other wolves, hell wolves are good at hunting and sneak attacks. They will surround their prey and then swarm it.
However, these guys who look like prey this time have no martial ethics.
“Throw the gas bomb.” Frederick said calmly.
A few people in the downwind immediately took out fist-sized smoke bombs and threw them away. After a while, thick white smoke surged toward the woods with the wind.
In less than two minutes, bursts of wailing sounds came from the white smoke, and it became quiet after a while.
The five-florin gas bomb looks very effective. The hell wolf over there should be asleep.
On the other side of the encirclement, the hell wolves not only did not escape after hearing the wails of their companions, but also launched an attack on Frederick and others.
Although this group of people work on machinery on weekdays, they are all real magicians, and they all hold double-barreled shotguns for hunting. Within a moment, these dozen hell wolves rushed over They were all beaten to death.
Seven hell wolves were stunned by poison, and their limbs and mouths were quickly tied up. They would be called back later to pick them back with a wooden stick.
With this batch of Warcraft base, everyone will not be left behind compared to the prey this evening.
On the other side, little Franz contacted all the teams through the sound of the bugle, and started to act after seeing that they were all present.
Everyone yelled and ran through the forest, causing pheasants, deer, wild boars, rabbits, red foxes, lynx and other animals to flee.
The encirclement gradually narrowed, and the beasts kept running around the lake, trying to find a breakthrough, when gunfire rang out.
After noon, the soldiers began to collect the prey and pile it up according to species.
Before evening, Frederick ordered people to divide into two groups. First, move the large prey to the camp of the Grand Duke of Mainz and pile them up. If there are too many people, add some more, and wait for the rest in the evening. Then he moved back to his camp to add some food, and asked him to spread it out and pile it up a little lower.
In the end, the Archduke of Mainz had the most prey, and the Archduke Byrne ranked second. It seemed that under Frederick's control, his prey should be ranked third, but some people refused to accept it.
(End of this chapter)