A chill started from the center of Wu Nian's head and instantly swept through his entire body. He shivered unsatisfactorily.
This is the instinctive fear that humans have when encountering such a big cat.
Wu Nian took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his mentality, and calmed down.
He raised his head and took a cursory glance. The fence outside the cave is still intact, which acts as a barrier to the Siberian tiger.
The bonfire was burning brightly, which also acted as a barrier.
After making sure that he was relatively safe, Wu Nian began to look at the Siberian tiger. The visibility was very high tonight, and this big cat had no secrets under his eyes.
It should be an adult male Siberian tiger. At a rough glance, it weighs at least four to five hundred kilograms. Its muscles are extremely exaggerated.
Its eyes were full of temptation.
The law of the jungle is the law of the jungle. Although his size is petite and exquisite compared to it, its first step is to test.
After seeing the size of the big cat clearly, Wu Nian completely gave up the idea of killing it.
There are many ways to kill it, you can use spears, and it is a spear formation composed of at least ten people. Fighting with a big cat with a knife is a sure way to die.
Secondly, a strong bow, at least a two-stone strong bow, can cause substantial damage to it.
There are also crossbow arrows.
Like Wu Song fighting a tiger, it's completely a plot of a novel. Even the strongest human being on the surface, even if he drank gasoline, would not be able to kill a Siberian tiger of this level with his bare hands.
At this time, the big cat cannot be angered. The right way is to use intimidation.
Wu Nian quickly took a wooden stick, tied it with a piece of cloth, smeared it with animal fat, and made a simple torch.
"ah!"
"Hi!"
Wu Nian waved the torch in his hand and kept roaring at the big cat. He spread his hands as wide as possible, showing his strong and threatening side.
The temptation in its eyes turned into caution. His ears twitched, his tail flicked, he slowly but firmly took a few steps back, and finally turned around and disappeared into the night.
"It seems that this tiger is not short of food. If it is hungry, it may pounce. Although the fence around it is strong, it cannot stop it. I have to make more barbs, otherwise tonight, Don’t even think about sleeping.”
Wu Nian put down the torch, his heart beating so fast that it almost flew up. Not sitting down on the ground is already very bold.
Even though he was good at surviving in the wild, this was his first time meeting such a big cat.
Siberian tiger.
Even black bears are on its diet.
Wu Nian quickly picked up the knife, whittled many sharp wooden sticks, and strengthened the fence. But this kind of fence is still not safe.
Wu Nian didn't dare to fall asleep completely, so he was half asleep and half awake, watching the cave and the bonfire waiting for dawn.
At this time, the benefits of taking hunting dogs into the mountains or forming a team to go into the mountains are revealed. It is too difficult to keep vigil alone.
Wu Nian held his knife tightly and finally persisted until dawn. At this time, his head was a little groggy.
He first took the water he had reserved yesterday and set up a small iron pot. After cooking a pot of unpalatable but nutritious meat porridge with offal and dry food, I regained my energy.
The original owner's body was too weak. After eating these two meals of meat, he became stronger to the naked eye.
Wu Nian came to the bamboo basket and took a look. There was still a golden pheasant, a rabbit and a pheasant left in it.
"Taking these things back won't change my life. It's only enough for me to eat three meals. I have to hunt at least a 100-pound sika deer to change my family's situation and give Chen some meat."
"But there is actually a Siberian tiger nearby."
Wu Nian thought of the scary big cat last night and smiled bitterly. Although Mrs. Chen had reminded him that there were tigers, leopards and jackals on this mountain.
But due to human activities, there have been no tigers in these four weeks for a long time.
Chen's reminder, he actually didn't take it seriously.
He was now directly under threat from the tiger. There were caves, bonfires, and fences last night, which were enough to scare the big cat away. If we meet directly face to face on the mountain, there is only one way, climbing a tree.
It's really dangerous.
But if I don’t bring back a hundred pounds of prey, my family will...
Wu Nian took a deep breath, his eyes firm and sharp.
"This is the so-called knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, so go to the tiger mountains. If you meet on a narrow road, you can only adapt to the situation."
Wu Nian tightened the knife in his hand, put his bamboo basket on his back, strode out of the cave, and continued hunting.
Wu Nian was very lucky this time. The tiger ran away or something. He didn't see it. This is relatively normal. A tiger's territory is generally very large and is not limited to a mountain.
Wu Nian also quickly encountered the prey he really wanted, a group of seven sika deer. He hid behind a big tree, drew his bow and nocked an arrow.
After a few meals, his strength increased. Drawing the bow becomes smoother.
With a "swish" sound, the black arrow was like lightning, hitting the neck of a large sika deer, and penetrated deeply into the meat.
"Bump." The sika deer fell heavily to the ground. The other sika deer were frightened and fled in all directions.
Wu Nian felt happy and went to check. He thought for a moment, first took out a knife, bled the sika deer, quickly returned to the cave, and then further cleaned the sika deer.
Remove the guts and peel the skin. Wu Nian weighed it and found that it was about one hundred and twenty kilograms of meat.
A smile appeared on Wu Nian's face. This is the amount of meat needed to change his life.
Wu Nian came out of the cave and checked the weather. It was already noon. Carrying such a heavy prey, it was impossible for him to return to Baihusuo before dark, and rushing at night would be courting death.
We can only leave at dawn tomorrow.
I hope that big cat won’t come to play with me at night.
In the next three meals, Wu Nian ate other prey and the deer's edible internal organs. After freeing up the space in the bamboo basket, early the next morning, he picked up the cleaned venison, covered the bamboo basket with deer skin, and strode back to Baihusuo.
Carrying the heavy bamboo basket, Wu Nian's heart was filled with joy. Although it comes with great dangers, it is also full of rewards.
These one hundred and twenty kilograms of venison were his and Liu Xiang's hope of surviving in this world.
There is also childhood sweetheart Chen and her daughter Li Ya.
Heavy.
In the evening after a long day's trek. Wu Nian returned to the outside of Beishan Fort. When he saw the city wall, Wu Nian exhaled, but then his eyes narrowed, a look of astonishment appeared on his face, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
On weekdays, there are almost no guards at Beishan Fort. He remembered clearly that when he left, there were only two old guys guarding the door.
Now, above and below the city, there were large groups of soldiers armed with bows and swords, and their swords were at war.
What happened?
Were the Mongolians going south to plunder?
Or are bandits and bandits attacking?
Most of the joy in Wu Nian's heart was gone. At this moment, he just wanted to go back and see if Liu Xiang was safe.
