Xie Ming

Chapter 49 Catching Wild Boars

On the afternoon of March 16th, around : p.m.

After two days of intensive training, and with Xiao Jingchuan being a psychopath who wouldn't let anyone rest in the middle of the night and insisted on organizing a 30-mile night raid, all the soldiers, including himself, were exhausted and couldn't take it any longer.

So before 3 p.m. that afternoon, all of Xiao Jingchuan's troops stopped to rest.

After taking a nap for an hour, some energetic soldiers woke up early. They had nothing to do when they suddenly heard the roar of wild boars in the distant forest. So, led by Li Huchen, Gu Changting and others, more than a hundred people sneaked over quietly, planning to hunt a few wild boars and bring them back as a snack for everyone in the evening!

In fact, this is a good thing. Through short-term rapid training, it seems to have achieved great results. These soldiers, who originally had high quality, now have a good grasp of the essentials of reconnaissance, tracking, ambush and so on.

If we can be proactive and find ways to strengthen the training of mountain marching and fighting, why not do it?

Xiao Jingchuan has been operating neurotically these past two days, and he feels more exhausted physically and mentally than an ordinary soldier!
So he slept a little longer in the afternoon.

When he woke up and came out of the temporary marching tent, he saw that the group of people who were going to hunt pigs had already set off near the camp.

He stretched lazily, stretched his muscles in a rare lazy way, and found Qiu Zhizhong near the campfire.

Upon asking, he found out that his soldiers had been training secretly and had gone into the mountains to play with wild boars!
How could Xiao Jingchuan sit still when faced with such a thing? His interest was immediately piqued.

Without waiting for Qiu Zhizhong to say anything, he grabbed his equipment, followed the direction and traces left by the hundred or so people, and chased into the forest.

A few moments!

Just in front of a dirt slope halfway up the mountain about five miles away from the garrison point, Xiao Jingchuan saw a group of people hiding on this side of the slope, including Li Huchen, Gu Changting, Wang Chuanwu, Qi Dayong and others.

Among the group of soldiers, Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu and Jin Xuan were also mixed in. It seemed that they had already integrated with the others. Xiao Lang was quite pleased about this.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Xiao Jingchuan rushed up to the group from behind and greeted the soldiers in a low voice.

"Shh!" Gu Changting turned around first and immediately made a gesture to Xiao Lang to keep quiet.

"General! We're here to catch the wild boar!"

"It's just in front!" Changting reported in a low voice.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan was about to stick his head out from the slope to take a look.

But Qi Dayong, who was standing by, forgot the hierarchy in his haste and grabbed General Xiao back.

Xiao Lang was pulled back, but he was not angry.

"General Xiao! We have been scouting and tracking all the way here!"

"At the moment, under the leadership of our captain and deputy general Gu, we have surrounded this litter of four or five pigs, big and small!"

"We have brothers on both wings too!"

"The captain said that in order to practice our skills and save ammunition, we will not use firearms this time!"

"Before I joined the army in Beijing, my family was a doctor for animals, and I also did the job of castrating pigs!"

"Ever since I was little in the village, I've been good at catching pigs!"

"Look!"

As he spoke, Qi Dayong waved a bundle of strong rattan ropes in his hand in front of Xiao Jingchuan.

"Wait a minute, I'll be the first!"

"Use this bundle of vines to control the largest boar first!"

"Then all the brothers will gather together and surround them!"

"Yes!"

"Let's go back and heat up some oil so we can have wild boar meat tonight!"

Qi Dayong boasted proudly in front of Xiao Jingchuan, and he looked a bit cocky!
"Oh, you can do it?!" Xiao Lang pretended to be surprised and asked.

"Yes, General, don't worry, just wait and see!" Qi Dayong was still looking like he was taking on too much responsibility!
"Oh, my goodness, Dayong, you are so amazing!"

"Oh, by the way, that thing on your waist, is it the short-handled gun I gave you in front of Xizhimen?" Xiao Jingchuan suddenly mentioned this for some unknown reason.

Qi Dayong was bragging so much that he couldn't tell which way was which, and when Xiao Lang asked about this, he took off the musket from his waist without even thinking.

"Yes, General! Look, it's this one!"

As he said that, Dayong handed the gun to Xiao Jingchuan. But the moment Xiao Lang held the gun!

He suddenly stood up on the spot, stepped to the top of the slope where everyone was hiding, and completely exposed himself to the sight of the wild boars!
boom!
The sound of a short gun shook the mountains!

The nest of wild boars was not far below the slope. The loud noise caused by the firing of the pistol was like a thunderbolt. The wild boars were startled and jumped high!

In a flash, he ran away for his life!

It wasn't just the wild boars. All the hundreds of soldiers who were ambushed and surrounded nearby were also completely stunned by the sound of the gunfire!
They all stood there in a daze, their eyes wide open, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses!

"Oh, General!"

"What are you doing?" Gu Changting, this stupid boy, had a head full of question marks and he almost got angry with Xiao Lang!
"General Xiao! You..."

"Ugh!"

Li Huchen, who was standing beside him, was also very angry and punched the gravel in front of him!
"What?!"

"Hundreds of my subordinates have come together to kill a pig, but you are still so slow!"

"I, Xiao Jingchuan, am ashamed!"

Xiao Lang was almost shouting so that the soldiers lying in ambush on both wings could hear him.

"Catch a pig, and scout, track, and ambush it?!"

"Isn't it embarrassing?"

"I'm talking about you, aren't you ashamed?!"

boom!
He took out his pistol and fired another shot, scaring the man again.

The wild boars also ran faster and more desperately!
"If you want to eat wild boar meat, then chase them all!"

"Interpenetrate! Chase! Do you understand?!"

"Do you understand?!"

"What are you all standing there for? Go chase him, why don't you guys chase him?!"

"Soldiers! It's time to fight for your lives!"

"Everyone's having meat tonight! Serve it up!"

Xiao Jingchuan's move really made all the soldiers present hate him to death!
It’s so infuriating!

But he is a general, so we can't really do anything to him!

Li Huchen's face flushed red. Since he couldn't beat Xiao Jingchuan up, he decided to vent his anger on the escaped wild boar!

Then he was the first to rush out from the slope, shouting and killing, and chased after the fleeing pigs!
Behind him, Gu Changting, Wang Chuanwu, Qi Dayong, Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu and other soldiers were also roaring to vent their anger and chasing in the direction of the wild boar's escape!

Seeing this situation, Xiao Jingchuan stood alone on the slope with satisfaction and did not go with them.

His face is full of the look of a villain who has succeeded in his evil plan!

After fifty steps, the straightforward Gong Yonggu couldn't bear it anymore and roared while running wildly in the woods!

"Xiao Jingchuan, damn it!"

"If I didn't owe you a life, I would kill you right now!"

Gong Yonggu's roar echoed through the forest.

"There are so many people who want to kill me! Who do you think you are?!"

"Instead of wasting energy on cursing, it's better to chase the pig back first!"

"I won't go with you!"

"I'll go back to the camp first and wait to eat the wild boar meat you found!"

"You guys have to work harder!"

Xiao Jingchuan took advantage of the situation and yelled at the top of his voice.