Chapter 126 We still need to use artillery.

In winter, to determine whether there are living creatures in tree holes or stone caves, the main thing to do is to look for white frost at the entrance.

Although it's not officially winter yet, the weather has been cold lately, and the sun doesn't shine much in these rock crevices, so the temperature inside is quite low.

Therefore, Zhang Zhijun could see that there was a thin layer of white frost hanging on the cave entrance, indicating that there was likely something inside the cave.

So Zhang Zhijun carefully squatted down and looked into the stone cave. He couldn't see anything, but he felt that it must be quite deep inside.

Having no other option, Zhang Zhijun had to step out from the crevice and discuss the matter with Sheng Xiping.

"Xiping, what should we do? Should we set it on fire to smoke it out?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianshe and the others became somewhat anxious.

The crevice in the rock is too narrow for an average person to get in, and the entrance inside is even smaller. What can we do?

"Is smoking your hair your style?" Sheng Xiping laughed when he saw his good buddies looking so worried.

"Come on, let me see what I brought."

As he spoke, Sheng Xiping pulled out a firecracker from his pocket.

When going into the mountains, besides guns and dry rations, this was the thing Sheng Xiping loved to bring the most.

Sometimes, this thing is really useful.

"Damn, you're really ruthless. Are you going to bombard it with cannons?"

Everyone laughed when they saw this, and couldn't help but recall the time they used firecrackers to blow up the badger's den.

Sheng Xiping smiled dismissively, thinking, "What's the harm in it? As long as it's useful, that's all that matters."

There were several firecrackers in his pocket. Sheng Xiping took out three of them, tied them together with thin wire, and braided the fuses together as well.

Then I took the fuses off the other firecrackers and figured out how to connect them together, linking them to the fuses of the three firecrackers.

Extending the lead wire is mainly to buy more time.

Otherwise, the firecracker would have exploded before Zhang Zhijun could even safely evacuate, which would have been too dangerous.

While tying things up, Sheng Xiping taught Zhang Zhijun how to do it.

"Understood, Brother Xiping, you guys stay outside and lie in ambush."

"If that mountain weasel comes out later, whatever you do, don't let it escape."

Zhang Zhijun wasn't stupid; he immediately understood Sheng Xiping's meaning, so he took the items and went back into the crevice.

Outside, Sheng Xiping told Wang Jianshe to stay behind and meet up with Zhang Zhijun later.

The others stepped back to a safe distance.

Sheng Xiping, holding a gun, hid in the crevice between the rocks.

If this tactic works, it should force the civets out of the cave.

Sheng Xiping had to take advantage of the moment when the guy was disoriented from the cannon fire and shoot him dead.

Everyone outside was ready, and inside the crevice, Zhang Zhijun tied the firecracker to a small stick.

Light the fuse with a match, stretch out your arm, and push the stick with the firecracker attached as far in as possible.

Confirming that the fuse was burning, Zhang Zhijun quickly used a clump of dry grass to block the entrance of the stone cave, and then swiftly squeezed out from the crack in the rock.

As soon as Zhang Zhijun emerged from the crevice, Wang Jianshe grabbed him and dragged him away.

At that moment, the first sound came from inside the cave.

Although the first sound wasn't very loud, it was still quite powerful in this confined space, causing soil and gravel to fall from the cracks and walls.

Immediately afterwards, a second sound rang out, extremely loud and deafening, echoing through the empty canyon.

Sheng Xiping felt as if the ground beneath his feet was shaking.

About three or four minutes later, thick smoke began to billow out from the cracks in the rocks, but there was still no movement inside.

Sheng Xiping dared not be careless, holding his gun and aiming it at the crevice in the rock, ready at any moment.

A little while later, the sound of a mountain weasel howling came from the crevice in the rocks.

The sound was somewhat like the noise a cat makes when it's in heat, carrying a kind of intimidating quality.

That whooshing sound coming from the back of the throat is truly chilling.

Then, a light brown shadow emerged from the crack in the rocks, accompanied by thick smoke.

This guy was incredibly fast; he dashed more than ten meters out of the crevice in an instant.

Then it stopped, arched its back, its fur standing on end, and roared in Sheng Xiping's direction.

Only then did the people lying in ambush finally see what the legendary mountain fox looked like.

This thing looks like a cat, but it's much bigger than a cat, and it feels only slightly smaller than a dog.

It has light brown fur with black spots, two tufts of black hair on the tips of its erect ears, and long hair hanging down on its cheeks.

This thing has an ugly tail; it's too short, less than fifteen centimeters.

It would look much better if the tail were a little longer.

Sheng Xiping didn't take this guy's intimidation seriously at all. Taking advantage of the moment when the mountain fox was still in shock after being bombed, he pulled the trigger directly.

Sheng Xiping was very close to the mountain fox, less than thirty meters away.

With a bang, the mountain fox was shot and fell to the ground before it could react.

The shot hit the lynx squarely on the head, instantly splattering its brains. It collapsed to the ground, twitched twice, and then lay still.

"It's done, it's done, Xiping, you're amazing!"

Wang Jianshe and the others who were hiding nearby saw it and cheered. They hurriedly ran out from their hiding place to check.

"Wow, this thing is huge. Xiping, a lynx pelt can fetch a good price, right?"

"Yeah, it must be at least two or three hundred." Sheng Xiping was also quite happy, not expecting such a big haul today.

A regular squirrel pelt can sell for over ten yuan, and a fox pelt for several tens of yuan. Lynx pelts are extremely rare, so their price is naturally high.

Especially this one today, it only has a gunshot wound to the head, the rest of its body is perfectly intact, and it's in good condition. I estimate it can fetch a good price.

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