Li Zongren's suggestion was to dig a pitfall trap. The people on the Guangxi side were very skilled at this, splitting open bamboo, cutting off half of it and burying it in the trap. Once the wolf jumped down, it would definitely have no way out.

  Song Haomin's approach was to encourage the able-bodied men in the village to participate together, as he discovered that they were quite skilled and everyone knew how to use a broadsword and a hatchet. In Song Haomin's view, these two things would be much more useful than rifles when wolves approached at close range, especially since they didn't need to be reloaded after each shot. At the time, lighting fires and equipping the local men with these weapons would make this battle easy to win.

  It was Zhang Xuguang's idea that was the most vicious. He observed that these wolves would always line up voluntarily when attacking. Based on this characteristic of the wolves, he suggested using a string and the fuse of a hand grenade to tie them up and bury them on the path that the wolves must take. As soon as the wolves touched the string, it would ignite the hand grenade. The effect would be absolutely effective, much better than using mortars to blast those agile wolves. If we really used our portable mortar to attack, it would be like using a cannon to shoot mosquitoes.

  Wan Yao Huang, who was usually serious, now looked very happy and nodded repeatedly. After all, many people have many ideas, so let's do it this way. Everyone will go back to organize the manpower and start work. He himself took the guide to find the owner of the village and discuss what to do.

  The most likely outcome was that Wan Yaohuang would be the one to persuade the bandit chief. When he met with the chief, he was first scolded by the poor chief for going out of their way to provoke the wolf god. However, afterwards, the chief voluntarily suggested working together with the Han army to defend the stronghold. This noble and righteous attitude made Wan Yaohuang break a cold sweat, but upon careful consideration, it made sense - if the stronghold were to be breached, they would all be doomed, and no one inside the stronghold would be able to escape alone. Wolves aren't like the coastal defense forces of Guangdong in later times; when they bite people, they don't care whether you're a local resident or just a temporary visitor - their instinct is to bite anyone they see.

  Zhai Zi's mobilization was impressive, within half an hour, more than 200 strong men and 300 native dogs in the village were gathered together, unified under the command of the Han army. Although these strong men were not tall, Wan Yao Huang saw a kind of bravery from their physique and expression, they were all qualified soldiers, if they could be supplemented to our regiment after the battle... thinking about it, saliva almost flowed out.

  Wiping his mouth, Wan Yao-huang led the guards to the edge of the village, where Tao Zong-yue and Li Zong-ren were leading the first battalion's soldiers in digging a pit. The biggest mistake this time was not expecting any earthwork, so they didn't even bring any engineering troops. Now these old soldiers are in a miserable state, only hearing Li Zong-ren yelling: "You're digging this hole so deep, are you planning to let wolves rush in and eat you?"

  The scolded veteran also had a temper, seeing Li Zongren was not his direct superior, yet still so arrogant, so he retorted in a huff: "I'm not an engineer soldier, but I have to do this job, if you want it dug, dig it yourself, otherwise don't blame me for having no strength to hold my gun at night."

  Tao Yunyue happened to hear it not far away, and scolded with a sideways glance: "Shi Wendong, what nonsense are you spouting? Whose father are you? Hurry up and dig yours, if wolves get in, none of us will be able to escape!"

  Although he was older than Tao Zongyue, after all, he was his own captain, Shi Wenyi helplessly shrank his neck and continued to dig honestly.

  Wan Yao Huang saw this scene and smiled, then walked to the edge of a well-dug trap. One look at it made him jump in fright. Inside were buried sharp bamboo tips, each one extremely sharp. To say nothing of wolves, even if a person fell in, they would probably not survive, or at least be crippled.

  After a chill ran down his spine, he still decided to go and take a look at Song Haomin's buried hand grenade. This was a somewhat risky thing to do, as Song Haomin and the others were working outside the village.

  It's not hard to live, a small wooden stick is tied with a thicker hemp rope, the other end is hung with the string of a hand grenade, and the hand grenade is also buried upside down in the soil.

  A dozen soldiers responsible for the sentry duty were tense, pointing their guns at a thicket of shrubs tens of meters away. From time to time, a wolf would poke its head out, but strangely, it didn't charge over. It seemed to be observing, but couldn't figure out what the humans were doing. The humans, on the other hand, didn't dare fire their guns, fearing that they might provoke the wolves if they did.

  Everything is arranged smoothly, and everyone is waiting for the arrival of nightfall...

  In the mountains, it's pitch black at night and you can't see your fingers when you stretch out your hand. But tonight is special, the sky is filled with countless stars, as if they want to illuminate the entire earth.

  The surroundings of the village were quiet, and none of the officers and soldiers of the Wolf Extermination Regiment dared to fall asleep. They all stood guard at their respective posts, their eyes fixed firmly on the front, not even daring to blink once.

  At this time, the rustling sound came from all around, which was the sound of wolf feet and dry leaves touching. This sound is not fun at all, indicating that the enemy has approached and may attack at any time. The soldiers began to sweat nervously, not only on their backs, necks, but also on the palms of their hands holding guns.

  A long and mournful howl pierced through the night sky, and suddenly countless pairs of red eyes opened around, it was a wolf!

  The wild wolf began its crazy attack, the rustling sound became incredibly dense, and everyone's breathing almost stopped at this moment.

  At this time, the first hand grenade was detonated by the wolf pack, boom, as many as seven wolves were blown into the sky. Immediately after, the explosion sounds became more and more frequent, and also closer and closer, all the women and children in the village were frightened to hide at home, praying for the protection of the gods.

  But the wolf pack did not stop, and the huge casualties did not make them afraid, but instead stimulated their blood nature, they continued to charge.

  Fire, Tao Zongyue gave the order, and there was no need for illumination at all. Just aim at the red light source and fire.

  Just after finishing a clip, Tao Zhuoyue shouted "Withdraw" and everyone ran along the designated route towards the second stone wall, where there were also young and strong men from the village and the instructor team.

  The wolf pack quickly passed through the four-sided leaky fence, but soon fell into the trap one after another, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't climb out. The sharp bamboo tip pierced the body of the wild wolf without mercy, many wolves died on the spot, those who didn't die let out a mournful howl, making their companions feel chilled to the bone.

  The pack was too numerous, and soon they filled the pit with corpses, then surged forward in waves.

  At last, after paying a terrible price, the wolf pack rushed to the edge of the low wall. However, at this time, along the low wall, torches were quickly lit, and the surroundings were illuminated brightly.

  The wolf pack finally began to panic, although they wanted to rush over and bite those damned humans to death, but their innate fear of light made them lose their basic courage.

  Next was the merciless slaughter, the soldiers were used to it, every gunshot meant the end of a wolf's life. The few wolves that continued to charge forward without fear of gunfire were also picked off by the militiamen with a single blow from a broadsword or a spade, and in less than four or five minutes, the number of wolves had decreased by two-thirds.

  The wolves lost their organization and dispersed. Li Zongren shouted loudly: "Draw your bayonets, kill all these beasts."

  Then he himself led a team to rush out, and the Wan Yao Huang who was watching from behind was shocked, hurriedly calling everyone to follow up. This Li Zongren knew that he was a recent wind and cloud figure in the brigade, and had performed exceptionally well in the Nanjing rebellion and the Changsha military change, especially for capturing Mei Xing and making great contributions. Before departure, he had also heard Wang's brigade commander praise this man as having both courage and strategy, and he must not be killed in this mountain ditch.

  Someone took the lead in charging, what else to wait for, everyone rushed out with a loud noise, and the militiamen in the village were not willing to fall behind. They, who thought they were braver than the Hans, also grasped their machetes and jumped out shouting, chasing after the wolves that kept scattering was a chaotic fight.

  Wan Yao Huang hastily ordered the troops to retreat, joking that if this group of sons were allowed to charge into the mountain forest, it would be unclear whether they were chasing and killing wolves or being chased and killed by wolves.

  After this battle, various participating units successively produced a large number of braggarts. Whenever they saw someone, they would boast about their own heroic stories of fighting against the wolf pack in that dark night where one couldn't see five fingers when stretching out their hand. Often old soldiers responded with scornful laughter, while new recruits listened with relish and boundless admiration.

  The next day, after counting, there were as many as 6,000 wolves dead here. It was incredible that there would be so many, and Wan Yao Huang was deeply shocked by this biological miracle. Could the wolf pack still play on such a scale?

  After the most thrilling period, the wolf disaster in the west was solved. After the wolves suffered heavy losses, they also realized the power of humans. The participating wolves chose to cherish their lives and stay away from humans, hiding deep in the mountains, never daring to show their heads again. Anyway, without several decades of reproduction and growth, it's impossible for them to become a disaster again.

  And the bravery of this Han army was also spread throughout the big and small Miao villages, Dong villages in Jingzhou Prefecture. When people saw them, they would say to those around them: "Look, it's them, they defeated the Wolf God, they are the real brave warriors."

  This mouthful of good fortune was that when Wan Yao Huang returned to Qu Yang Town, he brought back more than 800 Miao and Yao youths. These simple-minded, honest, strong and robust, and skilled in mountain warfare high-quality soldiers made Wang Zhen Yu extremely delighted.

  The victory of Operation Wolf Slayer not only enhanced his reputation among the people but also filled Wang Zhenyu with confidence in what he would do next.

  Since coming to this era, our classmate Wang Zhenyu has been full of ambition, seeking to make a big impact and never being timid.

  But to achieve something, having ambition is not enough, you also need wisdom and skill.

  Wang Zhenyu suddenly felt that his future self had done one thing right, which was to read a large number of books on political systems. Because he walked around Jingzhou City and couldn't find the library, he was sweating profusely.