Ding Qi was a little puzzled, he had not seen a lion since he came to this world, including the direction he went to the horse hunting tribe, and he had never seen a lion or a species similar to a lion.

Among the predators of the primitive world, Ding Qi has seen all kinds of wolves, saber-toothed tigers, leopards, bears, lynxes, hyenas, cheetahs, and large lizards, and has personally fought with them many times, and knows their images and habits better.

Among other animals, elephants, rhinos, woolly rhinos, mammoths, bison, etc. are seen. As for donkeys, horses, and reindeer, my tribe also raised a lot, but I really didn't see lions and tigers. It's possible that they're hiding in some mountain den, or that it's not yet time to evolve into tigers and lions.

But the figure under the light just now let Ding Qi know that these are lions, and he is 90% sure. Why only 90 percent? This is because they resemble lion hair, except for the head and neck. They are similar in shape, and especially resemble the lioness of the 21st century African lion, but they are taller and more powerful than the African lion.

After a quick glance just now, Ding Qi saw that these lions had broad heads and no mane on their necks, just like lionesses. But Ding Qi didn't believe that there were only females and no males in this group of animals, because the two fierce beasts he shot just now had obvious male characteristics.

Another reason is that among the big cats on earth, only lions form a group to hunt and forage.

However, Ding Qi still wondered how these lion-like animals hid their tracks, causing the domesticated wolves to not notice them in the first place. Only Xiaohong and Xiaocute may have smelled the smell of this group of lions.

Ding Qi put his right hand into his mouth to wet it, took it out again, felt the direction of the wind, and found that the group of lions were downwind, lurking perfectly under everyone's noses. However, this also made Ding Qi feel a little relieved in his heart, knowing that these lions were not some beasts against the sky.

However, the performance of the escaped dogs made Ding Qi a little dissatisfied, and it seemed necessary to optimize from them and train some hunting dogs that could dare to fight.

Ding Qi was a little puzzled, he had never heard of lions appearing in the Central Plains, it may be the ancestors of Asiatic lions who migrated here, or it may be a branch of cave lions from the north.

Of course, there is also a possibility, that is, the Yellow River in the Central Plains has flooded many times in the past 10,000 years, and Dayu has been controlling the water for many years. A large amount of sediment brought by the Yellow River is piled up on both sides of the Yellow River in the Central Plains, and the thickness is unknown how many meters. Maybe those lions and other fossils are buried deep in the ground. Even many things after the Tang Dynasty have been buried more than ten meters underground, and I dare not imagine how many meters deep the relics or fossils from 10,000 years ago will be buried underground.

Just because archaeology hasn't found it doesn't mean it didn't happen 10,000 years ago. It's possible that they migrated to other places, that they could be wiped out by humans, there are really too many possibilities. But in any case, what Ding Qi saw in front of him was a lion-like animal, and he would know when he saw it tomorrow morning. Let's call them lions for now.

Woo~

One of the warriors blew the horn, and soon a group of twenty warriors arrived on horseback and dragged the wild boars back to Ningcheng under their watch. Ding Qi took Xiong and Zhuang to the two lions that fell to the ground, and the two of them dismounted, took back the bronze arrows, tied the lion, which was estimated to be six or seven hundred pounds, to the two horses, and dragged them back together.

Ding Qi is actually a little worried that these lion-like beasts will kill back the horse pistol, and sacrifice two lions in exchange for the total annihilation of humans, how to see how cost-effective. It's a pity that they are not humans, they are just predators, and they are not yet intelligent enough to that extent. And Ding Qi's side, there are two little cuties and little red who are highly sensitive to danger, and the little cutie ran to the two lions that fell to the ground, sniffed back and forth, and began to mark the territory.

After the warriors had cleaned the blood so that they wouldn't attract other predators, they surrounded Tinchi in the middle, and even two warriors rode back on horseback.

On the way back, Tinch kept thinking about the question, why did these lions choose to come here?

They must have run around when they hunted wild boars.

It's just that they didn't expect to be hurt here, and before they knew the damage, they chose to retreat and wait and see. Depending on the direction of their escape, they should also be familiar with the jungle behind them, and they will choose a safer place for them as their evacuation route. So, they're coming here from the forest.

But what they didn't expect was that this was the territory of humans, and these humans would also "drive" fire, ride on tall horses, and have a weapon that could kill their own kind instantly, which was the main reason for them to escape.

Dingch demanded that all those outside the city withdraw to the tribe and close the city gates to prevent the beasts from attacking humans and tribal dogs. As for the crops and vegetables, they should be placed on the back burner compared to human life.

The night was uneventful, and the sun rose as usual. It's just that when I wake up, I feel that the temperature in the morning is already a little lower than in the summer.

In terms of time, it should have entered September. In September, it's another year of autumn wind!

After breakfast, the tribe issued a notice asking all personnel to stay in the city, follow the arrangements of the supervisors to do some work within their ability, and the city gate was closed and no unrelated personnel were allowed to enter or leave.

Ding Qi led a group of twenty-five elite warriors of the tribe, fully armed, wearing lizard skin armor and holding rattan shields, and rode quickly. Bows and arrows, bronze spears, bronze swords, daggers, axes and other weapons were placed in their corresponding positions on their bodies, and without conflicting with each other, they rushed out of the city gate and went straight to the place where the lions disappeared last night, following their tracks according to the messy traces of the jungle.

In the sky, it is Xiaojin circling; On the ground, the cutie quickly shuttled through the forest, and everyone acted quickly to find the lions as soon as possible and strangle the danger from them at the source.

After the lizard skins that Ding Qi brought back were tanned, Qiao'er and his group of tailors made thirty sets of leather armor in advance, of which twenty-five sets were given to them. The other five sets were taken away by Ben, one was worn by himself, and the other four sets were handed over to the four platoon commanders of Tongcun and Yancun. Ding Qi himself is still wearing his own set of leather armor, get used to it!

Before leaving, Tinch specially examined the two lions, and once again confirmed that they were a type of lion, male, much taller than the African lion of the twenty-first century, without a mane. The two forepaws have sharp claws that are retractable, and Ding Qi believes that if they go down, the elephant's skin will be torn. As for the sharp teeth in the mouth, it is even more daunting, and I don't want this tooth to bite on my neck.

This is a group of dangerous animals that must be killed or driven out. Since the advent of bows and arrows, there have been no large predators around the Ding tribe. Even though there are more and more herbivores around, the carnivores never dare to approach, because they have learned the power of human weapons.

The surrounding trees are tall and dense, blocking out sunlight and making the forest particularly dim. Xiao Jin flew over the forest, but did not show its advantages, and could only stare at some of the clearings in the forest to see if there were any large beasts gathered.

But such an environment can be described as a fish in water for the little cutie. Follow the trail left by the lions at night and move quickly.

Half a day later, Ding Qi, who had been following the traces for most of the day, was resting in a clearing in the forest. The air in the forest was sweltering, and it was a little annoying that they had not found the lions after walking for so long. If it weren't for the traces, they would have thought that the lion had disappeared out of thin air.

Having replenished their strength, and feeding the horses fodder and water, they got up again and made a quick progress along a small stream.

Wow~

In the air, the little blonde showed a warning sound. Apparently, in a clearing not far ahead, it spotted its target. And just now, while everyone was resting, the little cutie who ran out also quickly ran back from the front at this time. After lying in front of Ding Qi for a while, it immediately turned around, glanced at Ding Qi, and motioned for him to follow.

According to the time when the two called the police, it was the cutie who discovered the location of the target first.

The people quickly dismounted and tied their horses to the trees, leaving one person to look after them, while the others, under the demonstration of Tinchi, disguised themselves with vines and branches and leaves, so that they could draw their weapons and shoot arrows. Then everyone grabbed wooden sticks and followed Ding Qi to sneak forward. The whole group remained silent, except for the sound of the wind weaving through the woods.

Downwind, Ding Qi, who was lying in the grass, saw through the weeds that in a clearing next to the stream not far away, a total of ten lions of all sizes were lying on the grass after eating and drinking, taking advantage of the afternoon sun to nap.

This group of stray lions from the north had just arrived in the forest, and a few days ago they spotted humans walking through the forest on horseback. They can't figure out the details of human beings, and they never dare to "mouth" humans on horseback. Therefore, they follow behind the human butt to observe, and after they need more information about the weapons that the human carry, they always drive a group of wild boars to the outside of the human territory under the leadership of the leader, and wreak havoc to see if they can give them an opportunity to destroy some of the humans.

After traveling such a long distance, they know that human meat is still relatively tasty.

Unfortunately, they miscalculated. The boar was wiped out, and his companions were discovered, resulting in the deaths of two members of the group for no apparent reason, and they still don't understand how the two members died.

Luckily, their leader made a quick decision and quickly fled the way he came, so that he could escape a possible tracking. After they escaped here, they killed a few sambar deer who drank and graze, and finally cleared some of the fatigue caused by the long journey, and replenished food and water. Besides, you should have escaped the pursuit of humans!

The leader of the tribe was slumbering there, and as a leader in the prime of life, it consumed the most physical strength, so it ate the most. It is now using gasping to burn off energy in the body and facilitate the digestion of food in the stomach.

In the distance, some bushes were swaying silently, as if the wind was blowing. Some of the shrubs grew taller, some climbed up the tree along the trunk, and some stopped just by coming to the trunk and remained motionless.

"That's interesting! When these shrubs were able to run on their own, it seems that I will be qualified to blow each other when I return to the far north! ”

But very suddenly, it heard a loud sound, followed by a "whoosh~", and suddenly realized that something was wrong, and it immediately stood up. But suddenly it noticed a pain in its neck, as if something had suddenly been lost, and by the time it tried to stand up, it had no strength.

"Roar~"

It only had time to roar, and then it had no strength to make a sound, and it took in less air and more out of breath, and soon lay there motionless, completely silent. As for its companions, there were only two or three of them who could get up and run away at this time.

Under the protection of good camouflage, after Ding Qi shot the first arrow to eliminate the most powerful male lion, they shot their own sharp arrows to eliminate the lions that were resting. But there are always people who miss, after all, this is the first time they have hunted this kind of beast whose leader is called a lion, and it is normal for their hands to tremble and slip.

The three lions fled, but three other figures chased them out, namely Cang, Xiong and Zhuang. They didn't show any performance last night, but they held their breath at this time, just to win glory. And from the point of view of killing the lion, they will compare who killed the target first, and this is the only way for them to witness!