Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 182: Bei's Revenge
It took a lot of time for everyone to encircle and eliminate the wolves in the mountains.

After that, they took great pains to get all the wolves back, and then they skinned them and stewed their meat. By this time, it was almost dark.

It would be difficult for them to go down the mountain and go home now, as it would be dark before they could get far.

Darkness is beneficial to wild animals, and humans are too vulnerable to attack in the wilderness with no shelter.

Therefore, they cannot go down the mountain for now and can only stay in this small house and wait it out.

As long as we can get through tonight, we will be basically safe when tomorrow morning comes.

Thinking of this, Qu Shaoyang immediately went into the house and called everyone out to work.

Some people quickly skinned the remaining wolves and put them away.

Another group of people set traps inside and outside the garden of the wooden house.

When this wooden house was first built, a location was chosen that was adjacent to a rocky cliff on the north side, with slopes on the other three sides, and two garden poles on the outside.

To prevent wild animals from jumping in, the garden pole is about ten feet high.

Moreover, the pillar bases were made of wood as thick as a bowl and were buried deep in the ground.

Each piece of wood that supported the stick was also buried partly in the soil and tied firmly up and down with a crossbeam as thick as an arm.

When it snowed in winter, the garden stick was buried deep in the snow, so it was impossible for wild animals to dig through the garden stick and get in.

Both layers of the garden sticks have a door in the middle. The door is made of red pine and can be bolted from the inside. It is then supported by a huge tree, so ordinary wild beasts are not capable of knocking it open.

Moreover, birch stakes were placed between the two layers of garden poles and around the wooden house.

The roots of the wooden stakes were rammed deeply into the ground, and the tops were sharpened to a very sharp point. Even if a wild animal jumped in from the garden pole, it would be injured by the sharp stakes.

The sleds and hunting dogs were in the innermost yard, and then everyone used huge logs to prop up the two wooden doors.

Afterwards, everyone quickly checked their guns, loaded ammunition, and loaded arrows into the crossbow boxes, ready to fight at any time.

After finishing all these, it was getting dark outside.

Qu Shaoyang asked everyone to hurry up and eat, to fill their stomachs first, and then talk about it.

When they came out, everyone brought dry food with them. There was still some food stored in the wooden house, and with the pot of wolf meat stewed in the big pot, everyone had a full meal.

Then I mixed a lot of cornmeal and potato dog food and fed it to the dogs.

Qu Shaoyang divided these people into three groups, and the three groups took turns on duty, while the rest of the people took the time to rest.

The night gradually deepened, and outside the wooden house, the howling north wind blew stronger and stronger.

Gradually, the sound of the whistling wind brought some different movements, and faintly one could hear that it was the howling of wolves.

Qu Shaoyang, who was originally a little sleepy, suddenly became alert. He immediately woke up the others and asked everyone to get ready for battle.

Then, the howling of wolves was heard getting closer.

When I walked out of the cabin, I saw many pairs of yellow-green lights swaying in the surrounding woods. They were the eyes of wolves.

The hunting dogs in the yard were all barking wildly outside.

Outside the yard, the howling of wolves could be heard one after another. Judging from the howling and the yellow-green eyes outside, there were at least hundreds of wolves outside the wooden house at this moment.

Fortunately, the north side of the wooden house is right next to a stone cliff, which is quite high, thus eliminating the risk of the wooden house being surrounded on all sides.

Moreover, the other three sides are slopes, making it difficult for the wolves to attack, while it is much more convenient for people to guard in the yard from a high vantage point.

"Light the torches, the more the better, to light up the yard." Qu Shaoyang ordered.

Most wild animals are afraid of fire, so lighting torches in the yard can frighten the wolves.

On the other hand, it can also illuminate the surroundings, allowing their counterattacks to be more accurate. "Big brother, second brother, Xingjia, follow me to the roof."

Qu Shaoyang looked at the current situation and decided that there was no need to say anything tonight, just a fight to the death.

It works. None of these wolves can escape. Their lair has been completely destroyed and they can no longer do evil.

If they fail, they will become food for the wolves.

If it really comes to that, the wolves won't be able to gain any advantage and will definitely suffer heavy losses.

The Qu and Chen families have a total of eight quick-firing rifles, and currently have more than 300 rounds of bullets left.

As long as they occupy the advantageous terrain and have the advantage of guns, they should not suffer a disastrous defeat.

Eight people jumped onto the roof, four of them were responsible for the front, and the remaining four were responsible for the left and right sides. No matter which side the wolf was, they would shoot as soon as it showed its head.

The quick gun has a long range and can effectively suppress the wolves from approaching the cabin.

The people below were holding muskets and would wait until the wolves broke through the first layer of garden sticks and reached the second layer of garden sticks before opening fire.

Wang Mulin and the young man from the Gao family were seriously injured and unable to shoot, so the two of them were responsible for loading gunpowder and sand to save time as much as possible.

At this time, the howls of the wolves became louder and louder. It was obvious that the wolves could not bear it any longer and were about to launch an attack.

The slope outside Yuanzhangzi was cleaned up by the Qu family's servants at the beginning of winter, so the view is wide and there is nothing blocking it.

In this way, the wolves' attack would naturally have no cover.

Suddenly, a group of wolves rushed out from the dense forest at the foot of the hill.

At this time, Qu Shaoyang on the roof gave an order, and everyone took turns shooting, directly killing seven or eight wolves.

The wolf king in the woods seemed to be enraged and let out a shrill roar. Then another group of wolves rushed up.

There were many wolves and they were moving very fast. Before Qu Shaoyang and his men could shoot them all, the remaining wolves had already arrived outside the first level of the garden.

At this time, a wolf accidentally triggered the trap, and the mechanism made a "click" sound, followed by a miserable howl from the injured wolf.

When a group of five or six wolves in front were caught in a trap, the wolves behind them used their heads and mouths to push those wolves around quickly.

As a result, all the surrounding traps were triggered and became ineffective.

Then, the wolves piled the injured ones at the base of the garden poles, and then the other wolves ran quickly, using the momentum to leap over the first layer of garden poles.

However, between the two layers of garden sticks, there were not only traps, but also birch stakes.

The first wolves that jumped in were caught in traps or injured by birch stakes.

The lighter cases may be injuries to the dewclaw, while the more serious ones may be directly pierced by the sharp stakes.

At this time, a loud roar was heard from the woods, and a wolf with huge body, carrying a small animal with silver-white fur on its back, walked out of the woods.

Qu Shaoyang saw clearly that the thing on the wolf king's back was exactly the wolf.

At this time, one of the wolf's front legs was broken.

This is the price that the wolf-dog has to pay for commanding other wolves. If it wants to rely on other wolves for help in revenge, it must cut off one of its own legs.

It can be regarded as an explanation to the original wolf pack, and also a statement of determination to other wolf packs.

At this time, the wolf king's wolf-dog made a very strange sound from its mouth.

It sounded like laughing and crying, sobbing and complaining, which made people feel nervous when they heard it.

(End of this chapter)