The crowd immediately stirred, and several young men grabbed hoes and rushed forward.
Su Jianguo grabbed his younger brother's belt with such force that Su Jianjun staggered two steps.
"Nonsense! A herd of wild boars, once startled, can't be stopped by a tank!"
He turned to Zhao the hunter and found the old hunter staring intently in the direction of the canyon.
Following the line of sight, faint humming sounds could be heard coming from the distant mountain valley.
"Let's go take a look."
Zhao the hunter suddenly turned around.
"If we're going to do something, we have to do something big."
When the thirty-odd people crouched down and touched the edge of the canyon, Su Jianguo felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.
Under the moonlight.
Hundreds of wild boars were crammed into a depression no larger than two football fields, densely packed together, everywhere.
Su Jianjun's Adam's apple bobbed, and his fingers unconsciously rubbed the trigger.
Zhao the hunter suddenly grabbed his shoulder.
"See that?"
His finger pointed to the only exit at the bottom of the valley.
The gap, which is more than five meters wide, has jagged rock walls on both sides.
"This opening is the only way for these beasts to survive."
Yes, the canyon is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one way out.
It's easy to imagine that once they open the door, the wild boars will all rush frantically toward that exit.
They won't be able to stop the frightened wild boars then.
Looking down at the herd of wild boars, a crazy idea exploded in Su Jianguo's mind.
With such a large number of wild boars, simply driving them up the mountain is no longer enough to solve the problem.
Who knows if these wild boars will come down from the mountain again.
Especially in winter, when there is no food on the mountain, the presence of these wild boars seriously threatens their vegetable greenhouses.
Therefore, a ruthless glint flashed in Su Jianguo's eyes, and he immediately turned to Zhao the hunter.
"Uncle Zhao, how much gunpowder is left in the village for blasting?"
The old hunter's pupils suddenly contracted.
Su Jianjun had already started counting on his fingers.
"More than 50 jin (25 kg) of water were left over from the blasting of irrigation ditches during spring plowing, and were stored in the cellar of the ancestral hall..."
"That's enough."
Su Jianguo broke off a tree branch and used it to draw a canyon shape on the muddy ground.
The branches were heavily stuck at the exit.
"We'll bury the gunpowder here, and when the pigs get startled and rush out..."
"boom!"
Su Jianjun slapped his thigh hard.
"Blow up the exit, and we'll trap them like turtles in a jar!"
Upon hearing Su Jianguo's plan, Zhao the hunter's breathing became noticeably heavier.
After careful consideration, he felt the plan was very feasible and immediately spoke up.
"Zhu Zi! Take five young men back to the village to move gunpowder! The rest of you..."
He glanced at the excited villagers around him.
"Find large rocks and pile them over the exit to ensure there are enough rocks to block it when the gunpowder explodes."
Immediately, everyone sprang into action.
As the sun slowly rises, the rock walls above the canyon exit are piled with rocks that resemble small hills.
Su Jianguo lay on the edge of the cliff, watching the busy figures of the villagers twenty meters below.
Zhang Dazhu was leading his men to tie up gunpowder packets with hemp rope.
"Brother, will this work?"
Su Jianjun leaned closer and whispered.
His double-barreled shotgun was already loaded with large lead bullets.
Su Jianguo did not answer, his gaze falling on the newly dug pits on both sides of the canyon exit.
Hunter Zhao was personally burying gunpowder into the pit.
After the last fuse was connected, Hunter Zhao began directing everyone to evacuate.
In the canyon.
As the sun rose, the wild boar herd began to slowly show signs of movement.
Many wild boars have already stood up and are moving towards the mouth of the canyon.
Clearly, these wild boars were heading out to find food.
The wild boars were about to leave the canyon.
Zhao the hunter became anxious and immediately began gesturing to Zhang Dazhu, who was guarding the gunpowder.
"ignition!"
Zhang Dazhu understood instantly.
He quickly lit the fuse in his hand, then ran towards the safe area without looking back.
Sparks hissed along the hemp rope, darting like a venomous snake towards the explosive charge at the bottom of the valley.
A dozen seconds later...
"boom!!"
Amidst the deafening explosion, the rock walls above the canyon exit trembled violently.
Gravel rained down, and dust rose more than ten meters high.
Su Jianguo lay on the edge of the cliff and could clearly feel the ground beneath him trembling.
When the smoke cleared, the original five-meter-wide exit was completely blocked by collapsed rocks.
The wild boar herd in the canyon instantly erupted into chaos.
Hundreds of wild boars scurried around like headless flies.
A sharp howl echoed through the canyon.
A large boar knocked over three wild boar pups beside it and ran frantically toward the exit.
The sows protected their piglets as they tried to squeeze into the crevices of the rock wall, but they were trampled over by even more adult wild boars.
Su Jianguo saw a wild boar being trampled into the mud, with only its twitching hind legs sticking out.
"shot!"
As soon as Su Jianguo gave the order, more than ten guns simultaneously spat fire.
Bullets whistled through the pigs, splattering blood everywhere.
A 300-pound black-haired wild boar was shot in the forehead, and its massive body crashed to the ground, pinning down two piglets that couldn't get out of the way in time.
The canyon instantly turned into a slaughterhouse.
The gunshots drove the wild boars below even more into a frenzy.
They tore at each other, charged, and their sharp fangs pierced their companions' bodies.
The smell of blood drove them to a complete loss of reason.
Su Jianjun aimed at a large boar that was standing upright, and fired two shots with his double-barreled shotgun. The lead bullets blasted a bloody hole the size of a bowl into the boar's chest.
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