Chapter 1004: Wood Knife
The valley is a very beautiful place from a distance, but when you really enter the interior, you will find that it is not beautiful at all, there are weeds and shrubs everywhere, and there is almost no place to put your feet, even if you cut a path with a Tang knife, it is still very difficult to walk, and from time to time you will be caught by branches on the bushes or weeds.
If you don't wear clothes, there is a high chance that the skin of your body will be scratched, but the guards who open the way in front of you don't have to worry about being scratched, their armor is already able to defend against sword damage, and it is negligible to branches with very average damage.
The valley belongs to the wild ecology, and it is estimated that no one has been here before, so there are wolf roads, fox roads, and cat and mouse roads, but there is no humane road that can be walked by people.
Walking in this kind of primeval mountain forest is completely a great torture, and the physical consumption of people is particularly large, if the physical fitness is not very good, if you walk here, it is estimated that you will not be able to walk for a long time.
Soldiers are not iron-clad, let them in this environment, very careful search for the beast, it is too difficult for them, they can follow the road a little bit of search is good, where can they be expected to look too carefully, and the beast's nest must be set up in a very hidden place, so, if not very carefully search, it is impossible to find.
At this moment, two watchdogs with a keen sense of smell have joined the operation to find the fox's nest, which is really advantageous for the whole search operation, so that the probability of being able to find the fox's nest will be greatly increased.
"Woo Woo ......"
After walking for a while, the guard dog in the hand suddenly yelled in one direction, and broke free with all his might, and had the posture of rushing over to fight.
"There must be a situation ahead, go over and take a look."
Ang Lee still knows a lot about the habits of dogs, and in the absence of any discovery, dogs will not bark in one direction for no reason.
There is no road in the direction indicated by the watchdog, and a large number of tiny shrubs block all the space, only near the roots of the ground, there are a few small gaps, which can accommodate foxes to enter and exit, and the watchdogs can also pass, but the big living people can never pass, so the team can only stop.
"That's the direction, cut a path."
Ang Lee gave the order to the guards.
Hearing the order, the guards pulled out the Tang knife on their waists and began to chop the bushes in front of them, and because chopping these shrubs consumes a lot of physical strength, for this reason, multiple guards take turns to chop, and if one person is tired, he will immediately replace him, so that the progress of the chopping can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.
Although these tiny shrubs looked vulnerable in front of Tang Dao, because the number of these shrubs was too much, the chopping was also quite slow, and in a moment, the road only advanced ten meters forward.
Of course, the reason why the chopping progress is so slow, in addition to the fact that there are too many bushes and too dense, there is also a very important reason, that is, the Tang knife in the soldier's hand is not a professional equipment for chopping shrubs, and cutting shrubs with tools to kill the enemy is not suitable in itself.
There are only four main knives in Datang, one is the instrument knife, the second is the obstacle knife, the third is the horizontal knife, and the last one is the Mo knife.
Among them, in addition to the Mo knife is very rare, it is the standard configuration of the elite troops, the other three props can be purchased in the shop, no matter what status you are, you can buy these three kinds of knives, but the Mo knife is absolutely not, if someone buys and owns the Mo knife privately, it is a big crime, in case there are more reserves, then there is a suspicion of rebellion.
The saber on the waist of ordinary soldiers is generally a horizontal knife, this kind of knife is very popular, almost all Datang soldiers have such a knife, people with status will choose to wear a horizontal knife when they go out, so that they look more temperamental.
Later generations of Chinese people, no longer like to wear a knife Tang knife on the body, but in the east of the Wa country, but very fond of the Tang knife, since they learned the Tang knife technology of the Tang Dynasty, they have been passing on this technology, so that in the next thousand years, the samurai class of the Wa country is very fond of this improved Tang knife, and is proud to have such a treasure knife.
Watching the guards wielding a horizontal knife and cutting down shrubs and branches, Li An felt so awkward, this action is no different from chopping people, it is not a chopping action at all, it is too wide open and closed, this is also the correct use of the horizontal knife, but cutting the bushes is really not suitable for using a horizontal knife, you should use a special firewood knife.
"You've been in the valley for three days, don't you know how many firewood knives to prepare?"
Li An looked at a sweaty soldier and asked.
Although these soldiers look very tired and seem to be very industrious, they are also too stupid to know how to prepare professional equipment, which is in essence a kind of laziness, and it is another aspect of laziness.
These guards would rather go to the extra mile of cutting down the bushes than take the time to find a firewood knife suitable for cutting the branches of the bushes, and this behavior is not laziness.
For example, some people say that human beings invented the washing machine because they want to be lazy, in fact, the efficiency of the washing machine is far greater than that of hand washing, this invention is a kind of diligence, how can it be said to be a kind of laziness? It is because of human diligence that this kind of machine was invented, not because of laziness, and improving efficiency itself is a kind of diligence, and it should never be a kind of laziness.
"Sabres are very useful, you don't need a wood knife."
The soldier said embarrassedly.
Li An looked at the housekeeper behind him and said: "This is not good, the horizontal knife is not used to cut branches, the effect is far inferior to the wood knife, after I go back today, I have to prepare more and bring it tomorrow." ”
"Yes, Aaron."
After a while, several guards finally cut out a very narrow passageway, small enough to fit only one person through.
"Woo Woo ......"
After passing through the newly cut path, the watchdog barked again, and seemed even more excited than before.
"That's right, it looks like it's right ahead, and it's probably a fox's lair."
Li An said.
The team continued to search slowly forward, using the watchdog as a guide, step by step.
"There's a dirt hole in front, it should be inside."
Li An took out the flashlight that had just been invented and shone it at the earthen cave.
The hole is a bit deep, but you can still see a litter of cubs inside.
"Chop down a few branches and get this litter of cubs out."
Because the cave is too dark, you can't see it very clearly, so you need to use branches to help get the cubs out, if you use your hands directly, you may be bitten, if you bite the palms, it will be worth the loss.
"Let me do it myself."
Ang Lee's hands were a little itchy, so he did it himself.
However, the effect of using branches was not good, Li An tinkered for a long time, and could only hear the sound of babbling from inside, but he was never able to get out the little cubs hiding in the hole, which made Li An's heart quite unhappy.
"I don't believe I can't get you."
Li Ang continued to work hard to pluck the branches, and was busy for a while, but there was still no effect.
"Alang, smoke it! The smoke is the best, and it will come out. ”
The butler said.
Li An felt that it made sense, and said: "Listen to the voice, the little cub inside is not too small, it is estimated that it will run, prepare the net first, and then start smoking." ”
The nets were quickly laid, and the dead branches that could be smoked were everywhere, so a little light, and then the open flames were extinguished.
When the smoke drifted into the palace, there was a coughing sound peculiar to animals, the sound was painful, and there was a sound of sneezing.
"Hehe, see if you don't come out yet, if you don't come out again, you will be smoked."
Ang Lee smiled gloatingly.
Although this behavior is a bit cruel, Ang Lee has killed people on the battlefield, and he doesn't have much mercy for these wild animals, and watching these animals being tortured to death has a special pleasure.
If this kind of behavior is known to some Virgins in later generations, it is estimated that they will scold Ang Lee to death, and even, standing on the moral high ground, will criticize Ang Lee.
However, Ang Lee is like this, he never likes to be hypocritical in small things, and he thinks it's fun to abuse small animals a little, and it's not very cruel, and he can't die at all.
Sure enough, the little cubs who had been hiding in the cave couldn't stand it anymore, and struggled to crawl out, maybe their bodies were too weak, maybe they were afraid, they crawled out of the hole very slowly, and as soon as they came out, they fell into the net that Ang Lee preset.
"Hey, it's not a little fox, what is it?"
The butler smiled curiously.
Li An carefully observed the little guy and counted six of them.
"This should be a small wild dog, not very different from a domestic dog, maybe the domestic puppy has been living in the wild for a long time, and it has become a wild dog."
Li An said.
Although there is a relatively high level of research on dogs, Ang Lee cannot distinguish all types of dogs, after all, after thousands of years of hybridization, there are too many types of dogs, and it is difficult for even experts to distinguish all dogs, especially dogs in the wild.
In addition, the dog is an animal domesticated by humans, and after thousands of years of domestication, the dog became less and less wild and eventually became a very docile animal.
But since the dog can be domesticated, then, in the same way, the dog can also be wildened, a domestic dog, if it is artificially abandoned, then, it is entirely possible for him to enter the wild life, so that after several generations of heredity, the puppy born after it has a very complete ability to survive in the wild, and such a dog can also be called a wild dog, but after this domestic dog is wild, the appearance has hardly changed, and the domestic dog is very similar, people who do not understand, still think it is a domestic dog?
But this kind of wild dog, after all, is an animal that lives in the wild, his wildness is very large, it is likely to hurt people, and even eating people is not a problem, so it is necessary to be very careful when encountering dogs in the wild.
Even domestic dogs are wild, and if they are not their owners, they are likely to be attacked.
In addition, although very loyal to the owner, the dog is also very jealous, and when the owner focuses on the new dog and neglects to take care of it, he will become angry, do not follow the habits that have been formed, become irritable and destructive, leaving the owner confused.
Dogs also have vanity and like people to praise it. When it does a good deed, or does some trick activity, you clap your hands and praise it, you stroke it, and it will be satisfied.
Dogs are also shy, and if they do something wrong or their fur is cut too short, they will hide somewhere and wait until they are hungry.
Revenge psychology, dogs often according to their sense of smell, sight, hearing, will have maliciously treated their own object in the mind, at the appropriate time to implement the revenge plan, the dog in revenge, almost crazy, there is a lot of meaning to put the other party to death.
However, even if the dog has many advantages and benefits, Ang Lee also dislikes dogs very much, as for why, it is probably because he was bullied too much by dogs when he was young in his previous life!
Walking on the country road, he was often bullied by dogs, and sometimes because the vicious dog blocked the country road, Li Ang had to change his route, thus wasting a lot of precious time, and he was always worried and panicked.
Therefore, in Ang Lee's heart, he hates dogs very much, even when he grows up, the reason for this hatred of dogs is that he was bullied by dogs too much when he was a child, and this kind of young psychological shadow will never disappear for a lifetime.
"Ah Lang, what should you do with these little wild dogs?"
The butler asked.
Li Anke didn't want to raise these little wild dogs, so he said casually: "Release, steam, braised and raised, you can do whatever you want, I want fox cubs, I don't need these little wild dogs." ”
After speaking, he led everyone to continue searching in the jungle.
To say that in this jungle, the danger is still very great, from time to time you will encounter poisonous snakes and scorpions, and some small lizards, however, these wild animals are very afraid of humans, as long as they knock on the grass and branches when walking, these guys will run away in advance, under normal circumstances, they will not take the initiative to attack humans, unless they feel that their safety is threatened, this will hurt people.
After more than an hour of hard searching, the two teams found a large number of animal nests, including the nests of three pairs of foxes, obtained more than a dozen small foxes, in addition, there are many small wild dogs and other small animals, and even, they also captured an adult big cat, much larger than a domestic cat, but smaller than a leopard.