At first, the mountains and forests in the Yanghe and Sanggan River basins were destroyed - from the 36th year of Jiajing to the beginning of Wanli, and then as far as the Wutai Deep Mountains and the southern edge of Datong were deforested, and the remote forests were also destroyed.

Under the influence of the Ming imperial family's large-scale felling of mountains and forests, and allowing merchants to sell large quantities of timber, the garrison and merchants here also went on a large scale. Because the big wood has been poor, the timber is expensive, and the more expensive the price, the more profitable it is to trade the big wood, so the officials, merchants, military and civilian groups tend to come, compete to cut down, the mountains and forests along the line become wind, and the destruction of the mountains and forests is extremely serious.

From Jiajing to the beginning of Wanli, the wind of indiscriminate logging became more and more intense. In less than 100 years, the forests south of Datong have almost been destroyed.

Now it is in the north of Datong, close to the outside of the Saiwai, and you can still see such a large forest.

These big trees don't know how long they have grown, whether they are birch poplars or pine trees, they are tens of meters high, the highest ones are up to 100 meters, and the thickest ones can be hugged by dozens of people, even if they are thin, they also need to be surrounded by several people.

The leaves of the birch and poplar trees have been lost, leaving only the bare trunks of the bark-mottled trees, which rise above the ground and reach into the sky.

There is a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground, and when you step on it, you only feel that it is extremely soft, and you don't know how many leaves have been crushed into powder under your feet.

Dong Ce turned around and smiled: "Hou Gongzi, but you want to go in together?" ”

Hou Fangyu was a little timid when he saw this large area of deep mountains and old forests, but when Dong Ce said this, he naturally said: "Of course, I also have to see the heroic posture of Brother Hanchen's sword." ”

Dong Ce waved his hand: "I can't rely on me alone, and this hunting is not as easy and comfortable as Gongzi thinks." ”

After he had finished speaking, he ordered the group to go into the forest, and all of them dismounted, otherwise they would not be able to walk normally in the forest. Although the forest is very spacious between the trees, it is not enough to ride a horse, and once the speed of the horse cannot be increased, it is not as flexible as walking.

The forest was quiet, except for the footsteps of the crowd and the occasional neighing of the horses.

After all, it is winter, everything is quiet, and those who should hibernate are also hibernating, and there are many hiding in the cave and not coming out, and there are many fewer beasts active in the forest. In fact, although the ancients often said that reading in spring and autumn and hunting in autumn and winter, in fact, autumn hunting is naturally very good, and it is the time when all kinds of beasts and birds eat beautifully for a year, and the most fat and tender meat. But winter hunting is not a good time.

However, Dong Ce was looking for a reason to enhance his relationship with Hou Fangyu this time, as for the prey or something, it was a little bit fine, but he didn't care about anything else. In winter, at least pheasants and hares are still a lot.

The drunkard does not mean to drink.

After walking more than 200 steps, I found a glade in the woods, and a small river flowed from the forest, the river was not wide, but it was very deep, and the steep bank was about a zhang high, tearing a crack in the distance of the dense forest.

The river suddenly opened up in the open space about dozens of zhang around it, and it was about two zhang wide, and it turned a bend and flowed eastward.

The clearing of this forest was overgrown with weeds, a yellow desolation, and occasionally a lot of shrubs, clumps and clumps. The clearing is undulating, like a low hill, through which a small river flows. At this time, however, the river water has already been frozen solid, and the river water is not deep, I am afraid that it has been frozen up and down, frozen into a big ice mound, and the strong one on it can directly run horses.

There are still large and small hoof prints and claw marks on the riverside, and it is thought that wild beasts often drank here before the freeze, but now these marks are also very hard.

At this time, there are no air cushion shock-absorbing shoes and the like, everyone is wearing thick-soled cotton shoes, which is often called a mille-feuille bottom in later generations, and they are a little panicked when they step on the hard ground.

"Alright, here it is!"

Dong Ce looked around and gave an order.

He divided the family into four teams, each with four people, who were responsible for the four directions of east, west, north and south.

"Each of you spreads out, keeping a certain distance from each of you, and engulfing as far as you can, taking your bow and arrows, and when you see your prey, you release your arrows, and if you can't shoot them, you cry them out, and push them in this way, and then the great circle shrinks into it, and at last concentrates on the clearing. The terrain is open and there are no trees to cover it, so it's perfect for hunting, you know? ”

"Yes!"

All the families agreed with a bang.

Dong Ce's subordinates are basically from farmers, and there is no hunter at all. This is also a matter of course, after all, the mountain forests in northern Jin are cut down too heavily and too ruthlessly, even if they are originally hunters, what can they do? The mountains and forests have been cut down, and you can't change your job?

So none of his subordinates had hunting experience, and neither did Dong Ce. Speaking of which, this was his first time hunting.

And hunting in this era is really not an easy thing. Looking at some books, or in the scripts or the pictures of some literati and artists, hunting, especially winter hunting, is a thing full of heroic and romantic colors. The horizontal knife is immediate, the long arrow is vertical and horizontal, and the sound of the hammer sounds, the beast is killed, it is very heroic and heroic, and the man is righteous.

Such scenes are not uncommon, but they are rare. For example, if the emperor wants to hunt and has tens of millions of people to drive him, it will be very easy and comfortable. For example, he can almost be called the most hunting emperor in history, the last emperor in the history of the Great Liao, and the Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi. This gentleman is best hunting, and the emperor spends two-thirds of his days hunting. And he not only loves to hunt, but also loves to hunt with great momentum.

Every time they hunted, hundreds of thousands of leather room soldiers accompanied them, and a piece of fat and creamy prairie was selected, and hundreds of thousands of leather room soldiers were released for dozens of miles to drive all the prey to the middle position. There are also all kinds of hunters who are good at ventriloquism, constantly learning the sounds of various animals and luring them out.

These prey fled to the location chosen by Emperor Tianzuo, and this supreme, the prey around him rolled in, as long as Emperor Tianzuo opened his bow and shot arrows. With so many prey, there is always something that can be shot, right? Moreover, he was accompanied by thousands of fierce warriors, and as soon as a fierce beast such as a man, bear, and insect appeared, a skilled warrior would immediately go over to attract the attention of the prey, and then the skilled warrior would start shooting at the beast's vital point, but not killing it. This last blow was naturally completed by Emperor Tianzuo.

The beast was killed, and the soldiers shouted long live the tsunami, such a scene naturally made people burst out with pride and happiness.

But this is also a treatment that only the emperor can enjoy.

For example, for example, Dong Ce and their biggest problem now is that there is no prey.

Beasts are not fools, on the contrary, although they have no civilization and no writing, they are not much inferior to humans in terms of treachery and cunning. When they saw humans killed, they wouldn't think that these humans were here to do good deeds, so they naturally ran away.

Except maybe it's just a stupid roe deer who hasn't seen anyone before, but the problem is that there are no roe deer here.

Generally speaking, hunting is also a labor-intensive job, and the more people there are, the better it is to do things, and the more prey there are.

If it is a person, it is not easy to do, and the single action is basically to find out the living habits of the animal, the range of activities, and then prepare - for example, to put medicine arrows, dig big pits, set up condoms, set traps, and so on. Then, when everything is ready, just wait not far away. To put it bluntly, its technical content is on the same level as catching birds and birds with baskets and millet in winter.

This kind of scale is limited, that is, it can catch a bird and a rabbit, and the big livestock can't deal with it, and even if it is killed, it can't be dragged back. And there will be a lot of accidents, such as encountering a mink or a fox such a dexterous beast, usually encountering this kind of small beast with precious fur and almost no one is rare, the hunter in order to ensure the integrity of the fur, do not dare to shoot arrows, so they have to follow behind the buttocks. And these little beasts are dexterous and tight, and the speed is also fast, and if they are lost, even if they catch up in the end, they often have to chase for a day and a half, and maybe they will get tired of a serious illness.

Dong Ce now has nearly twenty people under his hands, which is not bad, and he can carry out a hunt on a local scale.

And this hunting is actually very good for military training, why is Jiannu so good at hunting? Why did the Mongols fight so hard in the past? Why the steppe peoples have been almost natural warriors since ancient times.

Hunting on the grasslands has become a part of their lives, and hunting and war are almost the same. Outflanking and hunting, intimidating and driving away...... The generals of Jiannu, who were almost directly transformed from hunters, were also very familiar with this set, and the technical and tactical level of the grassroots officers was almost not weaker than that of the Ming army, and even far superior to the rotten Ming army.

Coupled with a strong body, accurate archery, and a habit of being able to endure hardships, they are naturally invincible to the Ming army.

Dong Ce and the others also suffered a loss - they didn't bring hunting dogs. Hounds can help their owners drive away their prey, chase injured prey, and even bite small healthy prey. If you can bring two dogs, even if you can handle a ferocious boar alone.

Everyone brought bows and arrows, and in order to protect them from moisture, they were all packed in bow bags, and they took them out one after another. There are not many arrows, only about ten per person, but this is enough to use, so if you can't use a smooth knife. Anyway, it hasn't gone deep into the mountains and forests here, so there are no big beasts. Wang Tong arranged it again, and everyone fled into the forest one after another and began to act. There were only two people left in the clearing, Dong Ce and Hou Fangyu, Hou Fangyu was very curious about this place, and looked around, the cold in the wild was too strong, so cold that he stomped his feet from time to time.

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