It's an amazing feeling to spend a night in a herd without a fire.

At nightfall, the herd shrinks inward, and only the strongest stallions remain on the periphery. The forest trail gathered the ten elephants and the selected horses together, and also crowded them in the middle of the herd. Horses can sleep standing up, as can elephants. Because he had planned to spend the night on the elephant's back, he let the elephant rest for a while in the afternoon.

The night was not a good one.

The wolves don't know when they appeared.

As soon as the wolves appeared, the whole pack spun like a millstone, and the horses inside moved with it. The elephant team where Lin Ji and the others were located also moved, otherwise they might be squeezed outside.

The sound of hooves, the neighing of horses, and the howling of wolves almost all night. Lin Ji and others, who were tied to the elephant's back with a rope, also did not close their eyes almost all night. lest a wolf rush in.

After daybreak, the wolves gradually dispersed, and the horses were rarely quiet for a while. Lin Ji and the others also took the opportunity to close their eyes, but not long after, the long whistling of the white horse resounded in the field, and the horses began to run and move in the morning mist.

The herd is too large for the grass under its feet to be eaten in a short time, and if the grass is eaten alone, the horse needs to eat for six or seven hours a day, so this transition should be done at least three or four times a day. A few kilometers near and more than a dozen kilometers away, the horse's running ability is also practiced in this kind of transition.

Quite a few horses and wolves died overnight yesterday, so this transition went a bit far.

Lin Ji slept in a daze, and was turned upside down on the elephant's back for more than half an hour, almost falling apart.

After stopping, Lin Ji rolled down from the elephant's back and got up angrily: "Everyone hurry up and choose a good horse, we will leave the herd and go back today." ”

Lin Ji said a little angry, but the guards agreed. It was nothing to spend the night in the herd, they were young and physically fed, but they probably wouldn't be able to stay for another day.

Lin Ji also felt that it was too troublesome to be tamed like yesterday. It's better to pick some good horses out first, whether they can be tamed or not, first put on the reins with the help of the white horse, and then rush back. For the rest, just wait for the picking, let the white horse divide part of the horses in the herd and drive it back directly.

Nowadays, there is no such thing as a territory in the grassland, and thousands of square kilometers around the pasture on the shepherd's side can be grazed and raised with horses, as long as the number is not too large, there is no problem in raising a herd of horses there. When the time comes, pick it slowly, and tame it slowly.

Thinking about it in this way, Lin Ji first fed the selected horses and white horses with concentrate, then rode on the white horses and began to select good horses among the horses.

There were white horses, and the guards took the sheath poles, and soon picked out the strongest horses in the herd. The horses were tied to the reins and tied together. They are not treated badly, and if they are not noisy after being pulled, they will be fed with a small pot of concentrate. Those who make a fuss come out from the white horse, kick and beat them again, and clean them up until they obey.

By noon, the horses had eaten all the grass on the ground. Lin Ji also picked out nearly 200 horses. The white horse runs through the herd, ready to lead the herd from one to the other.

Lin Ji hugged the neck of the white horse and pointed to the guide, "Let's take a group of horses back to the south, and the other horses will come back to see them, okay?" ”

This meaning is a bit complicated, and Hakuba probably didn't grasp it. But Lin Ji hugged the white horse's neck, so that it could not raise its head and scream, and some of the horses on the edge had slowly spread into the distance.

Woodtrack told the guards to drive the chosen horses and the little white foal to the south, while Woodtrack rode the white horse into one of the corners of the herd, drove a herd of about 2,000 horses out of the herd, and drove them south.

Some of the horses in the herd behind looked this way, but they didn't receive any orders from the white horse, and not many horses followed. As Lin Ji drove the ponies away, several horses that never seemed to have raised their heads slowly raised their heads, looking around with a height half a head higher than ordinary horses, and soon after, the battle of the horse kings began in the herd. At this time, the figures of Lin Ji and others had not disappeared from the horizon.

Walking with a herd of horses is not very fast. Fast horses can run hundreds of kilometers a day. But if there are ponies and pregnant horses in the herd, they can't go fast. Moreover, horses run long distances and need to replenish protein and salt in time. Lin Ji didn't have enough feed to feed the two thousand horses right now, so he couldn't drive them too fast.

On this day, Lin Ji only ran about a hundred kilometers with the horses. It didn't get dark before it was enough to stop camping.

Before dark, the horses graze freely, and Lin Ji and the guards nailed a simple fence with iron railings, and when it was dark, the white horse drove all the horses into the fence.

The wolf still followed that night. However, in the first half of the night, Lin Ji only arranged Xiaobai and three guards to be on duty.

Xiaobai fought outside the fence for half the night with a big sword and shield, and there was no movement at all in the second half of the night. Lin Ji got up on duty in the middle of the night with a gun and a flashlight, and found that there were only a dozen dead wolves outside, and the rest of the wolves had long since disappeared.

Xiao Bai was sleeping outside the fence with a knife, and the armor on his body was stained with a lot of blood.

A few days later, Lin Rui took everyone back to the place where the shepherd was, and a lot had changed here.

The sunny slope and a large area of land below were fenced off by improvised fences, and a stream was led down the hillside, where new green sprouts of corn sprouted.

On the hillside, a three-meter-high stone village has also basically taken shape, and houses with stone and mud walls are under construction.

There was a shepherd riding a deer running merrily among the sheep. Someone wielded a black knife and chopped wood on the hillside.

When they saw a large number of horses coming down the hillside, the people of the hill came down to meet them. Before everyone arrived in front of Lin Ji, they knelt down for Lin Ji again. Legend has it that the one who tame the horse can tame the entire herd, and it seems to be true.

Although Lin Ji did not bring back the entire herd, the two or three thousand horses brought back were enough to convince everyone. The old man felt that it would not be a problem to convince the other horse guards now. Suo Yi also felt that showing kindness to this distant guest was the most correct thing to do in his life.

Lin Ji jumped off the horse, helped the old man in front of him and Suo Yi, and also let the people behind him get up, and said: "This is the first batch, let's raise it here first and slowly domesticate it." If there are more people, we will go to the grassland and get more. Now, let the warriors pick their own mounts and tame them. ”

With horses, the core problem of forming a Mongolian tribe was solved. People here are looking forward to the future with confidence.

The young men rushed to the horses and tamed their mounts as the guards had taught them. The children followed Xiaobai, grabbed the soybeans and circled around the foals, and boldly climbed onto the back of the foals and rode away.

Lin Rui led the people to a relatively flat position on the hillside, and nailed the iron fence again to become a temporary horse ring. If you want to build a topped horse ring, you have to wait a little more before you plan.

The wound was just sharp, and suddenly he found a blue horse in the herd, and he was about to go up to ride, but the horse was pushed away.

Bayang hurriedly helped her up and said, "Take your time, these horses must be tamed before they can be ridden." Look at mine. ”

Bayang jumped on the back of the green horse and tried to hold the horse's neck and compete with the horse. I can't help but say that his bravery is still very powerful. The green horse, which was almost a rival to the white horse, was under his ride and jumped all afternoon, and when it was dark, he was finally convinced.

The horses in front of them were the strongest ones selected from the herd, and their tempers were naturally the greatest, and many of them were taken off when they got on the horses. This is still the first horse to be tamed.

On the way to tame the horse, suddenly Gege turned to pick a docile cyan mare, but he was quickly tamed.

When Bayang tamed the big green horse, he had already rushed into the grassland, and suddenly he was afraid that he would lose, so he rode his green mare and followed.

When the sun sets, the two step on the sunset together and lead the horse back, and the picture is also extremely warm.

On the hillside, the forest trails have seen everywhere, arranged the manpower of the herding horses, and brought back some of the prey for people to deal with, and is discussing the next arrangements with the old man.

After Bayang came back, he said, "In the past few days, Hu Erge and I will go to her tribe first." Her people are better at riding and familiar with horses, and when they come, they can help both in horse training and horse breeding. ”

Lin Ji said: "Wouldn't it be too urgent to go now?" Now that the horses are not tamed and cannot be ridden, will it be troublesome if they come without horses? ”

Bayang said: "They already have horses themselves? Give me a dozen more men and two hundred horses. These horses we can tame on the road. When you get to them, you can also ask them to help tame. This saves a lot of time. ”

"I feel that if the grasslands are full of horse hunters, sooner or later we will see these things about horse training. They'll learn along, too. Truth be told, according to you, it can be done if you are brave enough. It is impossible for a horse hunter to be without courage. I'm afraid they'll train horses too. So we're going to be fast. Bayang added.

In his heart, he planned to take this opportunity to take Suddenly Ge away from Lin Ji's side. The last time she came here, Lin Ji gave her all kinds of things that he had promised to give to Kuerge. Lin Ji also gave her another set of summer clothes before going out. A few days ago, he was recuperating from his injuries, and these things basically didn't come in handy. In the past two days, her injuries gradually healed, so she began to dress up, and then changed into that set of clothes, and her whole body became radiant.

Now suddenly Ge is here, and he is the focus of men anytime and anywhere. Suddenly, Gege became more confident, and in his words, his praise for Lin Ji became more straightforward.

Now that Lin Ji has got the horse back, Bayang is worried that if he lets Hu Erge get along with Lin Ji like this again, he will have to fall out of love again. Therefore, he wanted to take the opportunity to go out with Sudden, and win her heart outside.

But his plan was deliberate. He didn't mess around.

"You said that you will set off in a few days, which means that you should first familiarize yourself with the nature of the horse, so that it is convenient for a dozen people to drive two hundred horses?" Lin Ji asked.

Lin Ji's understanding made Bayang very comfortable. He said cheerfully, "Yes." I also want to keep it for another two days. ”

At critical moments, you must always swear your ownership.

"Good. You have your own plan, just do it. Lin Ji completely ignored Bayang's careful thinking and agreed.

Although Bayang has a problem with indecision, that is when it comes to his clan, and at other times, he is still quite courageous. Lin Ji believes that he has done a good job. This can be regarded as a test of the forest trail for the roasted sun.

After Lin Ji agreed, Bayang began to select people. In addition to bringing the warriors of the Mao tribe, he also asked Lin Ji for two Huaxia guards, and also brought the people of Montenegro and the warriors here.

A dozen of them quickly got together to discuss the arrangements for the trip, and after the guards in Huaxia made some suggestions, Bayang also asked Lin Ji for some salt, soybeans, weapons and other supplies.

A few days later, they selected 200 horses from the herd and set out on a journey under the leadership of Huerge.

When the old man of You Yuan saw that Bayang had already set off, he also embarked on the journey on horseback with more than a dozen warriors. They are going to travel all the nearby grasslands and inform all those who support the gods and horses to come here.

After these two groups of people set off, Lin Ji also became busy. In addition to leading people to train horses, plant, and build weapons and horse harnesses, he also had to take people out hunting, trying to get more meat and fur, and waiting for a large number of people to come.

At the same time, he had to build a stronger defense against being attacked.

The old man went out to inform the people who supported the gods, and the horse hunters would inevitably get the news. They can also strike at any time.

Fortunately, the 200 or so people left behind could eat a wide variety of food because of the supply of the small forest town, which made their enthusiasm for doing things extremely high, and no one complained about being busy all day long.

In the construction of Lin Ji's side, the first person to come to vote was not those horse guards, but a neighbor of Suo Yi. This was quite unexpected.

With the horses, Suo Yan's movements are no longer limited to the surrounding twenty kilometers. One day he was in the mood and went along the mountains to his neighbor's side, fifty kilometers to the east.

There is also a tribe that lives by shepherding sheep. The peso is bigger here. Soyan went there to show off his horse, and came back before it got dark. Lin Ji didn't notice that he had gone out.

As he showed off, he said a little bit about the situation here. As a result, the shepherds drove thousands of sheep and walked for more than a day to take refuge.

The arrival of this tribe made Lin Ji a little excited. It's finally like a king.

So these people also got the best hospitality. A set of clean clothes per person, and a knife such as a kitchen knife and fruit knife per person. On the first day, I had enough rice and drinks.

A new stockade was built at the foot of the hillside, and the men soon moved into large tents made of tent cloth. After getting drunk, these people pulled Lin Ji and made their own request, asking for horses. At least one warrior wants a horse. They also have to go to distant lands to hunt and herd sheep.