From a distance, the valley was a very beautiful place, but when you really entered the interior, you would find that it was not beautiful at all. There were weeds and shrubs everywhere, and there was almost no place to step on. Even if you used a Tang sword to cut a path, it was still very difficult to walk. From time to time, you would be caught by the branches on the shrubs or weeds.
If you didn't wear clothes, the skin of your body was very likely to be scratched. However, the guards who were opening the path in front did not have to worry about being scratched. Their armor was already able to withstand the damage of swords and sabers. For the branches with very ordinary damage, it was negligible.
The valley was a wild ecology. It was estimated that no one had been here before, so there was a wolf path, a fox path, and a cat path, but there was no path for people to walk on.
Walking in this kind of primitive mountain forest was a great torture. It consumed a lot of people's physical strength. If a person with a poor physique walked here, it was estimated that he would not be able to walk for a long time.
The soldiers were not made of iron. It was too difficult for them to look for beasts very carefully in this kind of environment. It was good enough that they could follow the path and search a little bit. How could they be expected to search too carefully? The lair of the beasts must be set in a very hidden place. So, if they did not look very carefully, they would not be able to find it.
At this moment, there were two guard dogs with a keen sense of smell joining the operation to find the fox lair. This was very advantageous for the entire search operation. In this way, the probability of finding the fox lair would be greatly increased.
"Woof woof woof …"
After walking for a while, the guard dog in the guard's hand suddenly barked in a direction and struggled to break free. It looked like it was about to rush over and fight.
"There must be a situation in front. Let's go and see."
Ang Lee was still relatively familiar with the habits of dogs. In the absence of any discovery, dogs would not bark in a direction for no reason.
There was no path in the direction indicated by the watchdog. A large number of small shrubs blocked all the space. There were only a few very small gaps near the roots of the trees. These gaps could allow the fox to pass through, and the watchdog could also pass through, but living people could never pass through. Therefore, the team could only stop.
"It's in this direction. Cut a path."
Li An gave the order to the guards.
When the guards heard the order, they pulled out their Tang swords from their waists and began to hack at the bushes in front of them. Because hacking at the bushes consumed a lot of energy, many guards took turns to hack at the bushes. If one of them was tired, they would immediately replace him. This way, they could ensure the progress of hacking at the bushes to the greatest extent.
Even though these tiny shrubs were unable to withstand a single blow from the Tang Saber, there were simply too many of them. Therefore, it took a long time to chop them down. After a quarter of an hour, the road had only moved forward ten meters.
Of course, the reason why the chopping progress was so slow was not only because there were too many bushes, but also because the Tang swords in the hands of the soldiers were not professional equipment for chopping bushes. It was not suitable to use tools for killing enemies to chop bushes.
There were only four kinds of knives in the Tang dynasty. One was the ceremonial knife, the second was the barrier knife, the third was the horizontal knife, and the last was the mo knife. In fact, there were more than four kinds of Tang Sabers, but these four were more representative.
Among them, except for the mo knife, which was very rare and was the standard of elite troops, the other three kinds of tools could be bought in shops. No matter who you were, you could buy these three kinds of knives. However, the mo knife was absolutely not allowed. If someone privately bought and owned a mo knife, it would be a big crime. If there was a large reserve of mo knives, it would be suspected of rebellion.
The sabers on the waist of ordinary soldiers were generally horizontal knives. This kind of saber was very popular. Almost all the soldiers of the Tang dynasty had such a saber. People with status would also choose to wear horizontal knives when they went out to make themselves look more elegant.
The people of the Hua Xia in later generations did not like to wear Tang Sabers on their bodies. However, the Nihon people in the East liked Tang Sabers very much. Since they learned the Tang Saber technique of the Tang dynasty, they had been passing down this technique. Therefore, for more than a thousand years, the samurai class of Nihon liked this improved Tang Saber very much and were proud of having such a precious saber.
Li An felt very awkward when he saw the guard wielding his saber and working hard to chop down the branches of the shrubs. This action was no different from chopping down a person. It was not the action of chopping down branches at all. This was also the correct way to use a saber. However, it was not suitable to use a saber to chop down the shrubs. One should use a specialized hatchet instead.
"You have been in the valley for three days. Don't you know how to prepare a few choppers?"
Li An looked at a soldier who was drenched in sweat and asked.
Although these soldiers looked very tired and seemed to be very hardworking, they were too stupid. They did not know how to prepare professional equipment. This was also a kind of laziness in another aspect.
These guards would rather spend more effort to chop bushes than spend more time looking for a suitable chopper. What was this behavior if not laziness?
For example, some people said that human beings invented the washing machine because they wanted to be lazy. In fact, the efficiency of the washing machine was far better than that of hand washing. This invention was a kind of hard work. How could it be a kind of laziness? This machine was invented because of people's hard work, not because of laziness. Improving efficiency itself was a kind of hard work. It should never be a kind of laziness.
"The saber is very useful. We don't need a chopper."
The soldier said awkwardly.
Ang Lee looked at the housekeeper behind him and said, "This won't do. The horizontal knives are not used to chop branches. The effect is far less than that of a chopper. After going back today, prepare more and bring them here tomorrow."
"Yes, Alang."
After a while, a few guards finally cut a very narrow path. It was so small that only one person could pass through.
"Woof woof woof …"
After passing through the newly cut path, the watchdog barked again. It seemed more excited than before.
"That's right. It seems that it's just ahead. It's very likely to be the fox's nest."
Ang Lee said.
The team continued to slowly search forward. With the watchdog as the guide, they searched forward step by step.
"There's a hole in the ground ahead. It should be inside."
Ang Lee took out the newly invented flashlight and shone it into the hole.
The hole was a little deep, but they could still see the litter of cubs inside.
"Chop off a few branches and get this nest of pups out."
Because the cave was too dark, they couldn't see very clearly. Therefore, they needed to use branches to help get the cubs out. If they used their hands directly, they might be bitten. If their palms were bitten, then the loss would outweigh the gain.
"Let me do it myself."
Ang Lee's hands were itching and he did it himself.
However, the effect of branches was not good. Ang Lee fiddled for a long time, but he could only hear the squeaking sounds from inside. He was still unable to get the cubs out of the hole. This made Ang Lee quite unhappy.
"I don't believe that I can't get you out."
Ang Lee continued to fiddle with the branches for a while, but there was still no effect.
"Ah Lang, let's smoke it! The effect of smoke is the best. I'm sure they will come out. "
The butler said.
Ang Lee felt that it made sense and said, "Listening to the sound, the cubs inside are not too small. They will probably run away. Prepare the net first, then start smoking."
The net was quickly set up, and the dried branches that could be smoked were everywhere. With a light tap, the fire was extinguished.
When the smoke drifted into the palace, there was a coughing sound unique to animals. The sound was very painful, and there were also sneezing sounds.
"Hehe, let's see if you still don't come out. If you don't come out, I'll smoke you to death."
Ang Lee laughed gloatingly.
Although this kind of behavior was a bit cruel, Ang Lee had been on the battlefield and killed people. He did not have much pity for these wild animals. Moreover, there was a special pleasure in watching these animals being tortured to death.
If this kind of behavior was known by some saints in the future, they would probably scold Ang Lee to death. They would even stand on the moral high ground and condemn Ang Lee in speech and in writing.
However, Ang Lee was like this. He never liked to be hypocritical about small things. He found it fun to torture small animals a little. Moreover, it was not very cruel. They would definitely not die.
Sure enough, the cubs that had been hiding in the cave could not take it anymore. They struggled to climb out. Perhaps it was because their bodies were too weak, or perhaps it was because they were afraid, but the speed at which they climbed out of the cave was very slow. As soon as they came out, they fell into the net that Li An had set up.
"Hey, it's not a little fox. What is it?"
The butler smiled curiously.
Li An carefully observed the little guys and counted that there were six of them.
"This should be a little wild dog. It is not very different from a domestic dog. Maybe a domestic puppy ran out to live in the wild for a long time and became a wild dog."
Ang Lee said.
Although Ang Lee has a relatively high level of research on dogs, he can't distinguish all kinds of dogs. After all, dogs have been hybridized for thousands of years. There are so many kinds that it is difficult to distinguish. Even experts find it difficult to distinguish all kinds of dogs, especially the dogs in the wild. If the group is not large, it generally receives little attention.
In addition, dogs are animals domesticated by humans. After thousands of years of domestication, the wildness of dogs has become smaller and smaller, and eventually it has become a very docile animal.
But since dogs can be domesticated, then dogs can also be wild. If a domestic dog is abandoned by humans, then it is entirely possible for it to enter the wild to live. In this way, after several generations of inheritance, the puppy born after that has a very complete ability to survive in the wild. Such a dog can also be called a wild dog, but after this kind of domestic dog is wild, its appearance has hardly changed. It is very similar to a domestic dog. People who don't know it will think that it is a domestic dog.
However, this kind of wild dog was, after all, an animal that lived in the wild. His wild nature was very big. It was very likely that he would hurt people, and even eat people was not a problem. Therefore, when encountering dogs in the wild, one had to be very careful. One could not treat wild dogs as domesticated dogs.
Even domestic dogs had wild instincts. If it wasn't their owner, it was likely to be attacked.
In addition, although it is very loyal to the owner, the dog is also very jealous. When the owner pays attention to the new dog and neglects to take care of it, the dog will be angry and not abide by the habits that have been cultivated. It will become irritable and destructive, making the owner confused.
Dogs also have vanity. They like people to praise them. When they do a good thing or do some small skills, they will be satisfied if you clap your hands to praise them and pet them.
Dogs also have a shy heart. If they do something wrong or their hair is cut too short, they will hide somewhere and wait until they are hungry.
With the mentality of revenge, dogs often use their sense of smell, sight, and hearing to remember the person who has maliciously treated them in their mind and carry out revenge plans at the appropriate time. When dogs seek revenge, they are almost crazy and have the intention to kill the other party.
However, no matter how many advantages and benefits a dog has, Ang Lee does not like dogs very much. As for why, it is probably because he was bullied by dogs too much when he was young in his previous life!
Walking on the small roads in the countryside, Li An was often bullied by dogs. Sometimes, because the dogs blocked the small roads, Li An had to change his route, thus wasting a lot of precious time. He was always on tenterhooks, constantly in a state of panic.
Therefore, in Ang Lee's heart, he hates dogs very much. Even after he grew up, the reason for this hatred is that he was bullied by dogs too much when he was young. This kind of childhood psychological shadow will not disappear for a lifetime.
"Alang, how do we deal with these little wild dogs?"
The housekeeper asked.
Ang Lee does not want to raise these little wild dogs. He said casually, "Set them free, steam, braise, raise them. You can do whatever you want. I want fox cubs. I don't need these little wild dogs."
After that, he led the people to continue searching in the jungle.
It must be said that the jungle was still very dangerous. From time to time, they would encounter poisonous snakes, scorpions, and some small lizards. However, these wild animals were very afraid of humans. As long as they knocked on the grass and branches when walking, these guys would run away in advance. Under normal circumstances, they would not take the initiative to attack humans unless they felt that their safety was threatened. Only then would they attack humans.
Hard work pays off. After more than two hours of hard work, the two teams found a large number of animal nests, including three pairs of fox nests. They got more than a dozen little foxes. In addition, there are many small animals like small wild dogs. They even caught a big adult cat. It is much bigger than a house cat but smaller than a leopard.
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