In the dense forests of Northeastern Ross, a huge hunt is going on.
This is the first time for such a large-scale hunting in this northern land.
Dill, who relied on his superb archery skills to become a soldier of the prince, has now returned to his old profession, leading a group of soldiers and hunters to drive away wild beasts and prepare for the big hunt.
This was Dill's first time to participate in such a large-scale hunt. In the past, village hunts only involved a few dozen people at most, but now hundreds or even thousands of people participated in the hunt.
This made him feel nervous. Although this was not a battlefield, hunting on such a large scale was no less than a battlefield to a certain extent.
Many people in Dill's team were armed with instruments that could make loud noises. They struck these instruments to make earth-shattering noises, frightening the wild beasts in the forest and driving them in a predetermined direction, towards their death.
Such noises were heard from all around, which showed the scale of the drive and the scale of the hunt.
No matter what kind of animals they are, whether they are timid deer, rabbits, ferocious wild boars or bears, they all flee in panic in the sound that seems to resound throughout the world. They have never seen such a sight, heard such a scene.
The deafening sound and survival instinct prompted them to subconsciously escape.
Even the sky was full of frightened birds, and they subconsciously ran away from the loud noise. Some birds were even frightened to death, and just fell straight from the sky.
Occasionally, there are beasts that bravely resist the humans behind them, but unfortunately they are shot through the head with sharp arrows, telling other animals the consequences of resisting, and urging them to run faster.
Finally, groups of wild beasts ran out of the dense forest and came to the unobstructed wilderness. Just a few minutes later, more animals rushed out of the forest. These were driven out by other teams.
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At this moment, all the teams stopped pursuing, because if they attack rashly and let the beasts see the truth, many beasts will fight back, which will cause many casualties.
But the most important thing is that if you step forward, you run the risk of being accidentally injured.
In front of the huge herd that was driven out, there was a group of archers waiting, and warriors holding Ross's rare crossbows mounted the weapons on their shields. They had already drawn the bows and strings, and arrows were ready at any time
Can be ejaculated.
"shooting!"
After that command, there was the sound of countless bowstrings ringing, and then there were waves of wild beasts wailing. Under the overwhelming arrows, these beasts had no chance of survival.
After a while, the wilderness was completely soaked in blood and countless animal carcasses.
The hunters reacted very quickly. Based on the experience accumulated in these days, they stepped forward to remove the arrows, and then loaded the animal carcasses onto the long-awaited cart.
Soldiers wearing armor walked around among them, supervising people's work.
These prey are very diverse, including bears, deer, rabbits, birds... many of them are natural enemies, but they are all lying together like this, lying together as corpses.
"No matter how many times I see this scene, I still feel shocked."
Dill, who had already boarded a carriage loaded with animal carcasses, held his bow and sighed. This farmer from Northeast Russia increasingly felt that joining the army was the right choice. How could he have seen such a scene if he had not joined the army.
The carriage carried the soldier along the animal trails in the forest, and after walking for about ten minutes, a huge camp appeared.
The carriage stopped, and the moment it stopped, soldiers came forward to carry the corpses. Then these corpses would be sent to the pile of corpses that was already piled like a hill. Even if people kept taking these corpses, the height
It is still increasing slowly.
At a glance, there are people processing animal carcasses everywhere. First, the animals are skinned. The experienced tanners skillfully remove the furs perfectly. Then the carcasses are sent to the butchers for further decomposition. Finally, they are salted.
Stuff it into the bucket.
This is a lively work scene, and everyone is in high spirits, because the Prince of Moscow will distribute it to everyone according to the total amount, and the greater the total amount, the more everyone will get.
In addition to the carriages loaded with animal carcasses, from time to time there were hunters and even farmers carrying prey to sell to the prince, and Rostislav was happy to accept their goods.
After the corpses on the carriage were moved, Dill immediately shouted to the coachman to turn the horse around and go back to work.
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Since mid-March, Rostislav Vladimirovich has been on a hunt of enormous proportions.
This hunt mobilized most of the troops of the Prince of Moscow, and the Prince's purpose was simple: he wanted to eliminate the beasts that plagued the wilderness.
Although due to the construction of the walled city, the roads in Northeastern Rus are considered very safe, but once they leave, people have to face danger, and in most cases this danger does not come from humans, but from wild beasts.
Yes, beast.
In this era, wild beasts pose a great threat to humans. In the wilderness, groups of wolves even dare to attack villages and go to the villages to kill people openly.
Bears are not honest and steal honey from villagers. Honey is an important foreign trade commodity in Northeast Russia, so every family has a bear hunting spear.
They are so arrogant even in settlements, let alone travelers in the wild.
Therefore, the prince launched this large-scale hunting, aiming to reduce the number of these beasts and create a safer wild environment. What is important is that the prince took this opportunity to declare his authority over the rural areas of Northeastern Rus.
It is embarrassing to say that although Rostislav has been a prince for several years, he is very sure that more than half of the farmers in this land still treat him indifferently and ignore him.
Therefore, the prince needs to increase his presence in the countryside, and the best way is to launch a large-scale hunt to show his extremely powerful strength to the group of country bumpkins - this is why the prince dispatches so many elites.
Hunting is also beneficial to the princes, and local residents must participate in the hunting. After all, it is also beneficial to them. This is an opportunity to establish authority. It can also exercise militia and cronies. Large-scale hunting can be said to be a large-scale military.
A preview of the action.
And after a little processing of the large amounts of meat and fur obtained, it can also bring huge wealth.
When they first set off from Moscow, Rostislav's hunting party only numbered a thousand people, but as time went by, the number of the hunting party exceeded three thousand in a very short period of time.