Chapter 54: Early Fire
Running after a 10-ton mammoth is similar to running behind a bus.
The same smoke and dust, the same yelling, the same ...... Can't catch up.
The carnivores that have dominated the herd in the past few days are the most bitter existence on the way to escape. They are fast, but they are not suitable for long-distance running. They have sharp teeth and claws, but they are generally small. Their roars were intimidating, but with the more intimidating drums, no beast would heed them.
They are being pushed, collided, and even trampled on in the herd.
On the way to escape, they left behind a lot of their trampled bodies.
Once the beast begins to flee, it will not stop until it finds it safe. They also don't have the intelligence to turn around and resist in the middle of their escape.
Therefore, if the drums do not stop, they will flee all the way, or they will die of exhaustion.
Everyone rushed out of the defense line with the fighting spirit, thinking that there would be a difficult killing, but after running four or five kilometers, the beasts in front of them only left smoke and dust and the corpses of some carnivores, and everyone laughed easily.
Laugh at these hapless carnivores on the ground. I also laugh at the victory of the hunt in front of me.
If it weren't for the fact that the burned ground was covered with black and ash, it would have been extremely unpleasant to raise it, and everyone might have laughed even more.
Halfway through, everyone changed people to carry drums, and the drumming stopped for a while, Lin Ji was afraid that these people would be too complacent, so he hurriedly gave an order: "Don't stop, you must chase to a place where there are grass and trees, and then light the fire!" ”
The warriors of the tiger barbarians were the most powerful combat force at this time, and the battlefield discipline also made Lin Ji admire.
When the drums on his side sounded again, the people on both sides quickly followed, and the formation could basically maintain a line.
After another chase, the slowed down herd was caught up and ran wildly again.
Thus they reached the edge of the passage, and the forest trail climbed up a hill, and traces of burned trees could already be seen in the distance. At this point, you just need to see the movement of the herd and expel them to the east or west.
As long as you expel a section in either direction, even if you don't find any unburned vegetation, these beasts shouldn't go back. Because they have been successful in hunting before, they also go in these two directions, and then enter the eastern or western foothills.
Generally speaking, rivers in nature form natural fire barriers. There are many rivers in the vicinity, and the fire didn't go very far before. Therefore, there should be unburned grass and trees within three to five kilometers of the vicinity. Let's just expel them for another ride.
From the beginning of the eviction to the present, the time has only passed for more than an hour, and Lin Ji feels that as long as the eviction takes another hour or two, it should be fine. Such an effect was achieved in half a day, and there were hardly a single casualty along the way. Lin Ji couldn't help but feel a little proud.
He is really a natural general?
I can't help but say that this sense of accomplishment of expelling such a large herd of beasts with tens of thousands of people is really not ordinary. There are few deeds in later generations that can reach such a level.
A little proud, Lin Ji saw the movement of the beasts clearly in the glasses, rushed down the mountain quickly, and then gave the order: "Bypass from the east, and we will drive the beasts to the west!" ”
After the order was passed down, the formation from south to north was slowly adjusted, and the team was still carrying the ass of the herd, but adjusted the direction to run to the west.
The beast, which had run for more than ten kilometers, had just slowed down, and when the drums approached, it fled in panic again.
Lin Ji, who had almost exhausted his physical strength, gave the drumstick to the vermilion monkey, and jogged with everyone with his sour hands.
This journey is rushed, and the hunt is about to end perfectly.
After half a month of hard work, Lin Ji wanted to soak in the hot spring for two days after going back. He hadn't taken a good bath for more than ten days in a row, and he had already been rancid.
"It's a pity, they're all driven away, and then we'll be miserable for the winter." Xu Yu ran to Lin Ji and wiped the black ash on his face, which was a pity.
Most of the people in Tiger Man spend the winter in the vicinity. They usually feed on wild beasts that they can hunt and kill. For example, the beasts that are killed now will not spoil for almost the entire winter.
It's a pity that there are too few hunts and kills this time, and there are not many dead beasts. And Ji Lin and Youda brought a wheelbarrow to carry it, and said that they would have to carry it twice. Later, there may be a shortage of meat for the winter.
"Haha, I can teach you a way to fish on ice. Let you fish in Gouhu. Lin Jile laughed, this is really a beautiful annoyance. However, Lin Xi did not believe that the tiger man would lack this food. Because even if these beasts are driven away, there will still be sporadic herds of beasts heading south in the next few days.
It's just that it will be more troublesome to encircle and suppress these small beasts later.
Lin Ji has been talking about winter fishing in Ji Lin, but in fact, it was not carried out on a large scale last year. Because after the hunting of mammoths began, Ji Lin had no shortage of meat.
As the two laughed, there seemed to be a different vibration on the ground, and then some sharp beast cries came from the sound of the drums, which had become weak.
Xu Yu discovered these anomalies first, and quickly wiped his eyes and looked forward: "No, why does it seem that there are fireworks in front?" Who ran so fast and burned first? But ......"
"It's going to be bad." Lin Ji immediately raised his glasses.
At this time, the herd had not yet entered the grass and tree area, and if the front was on fire first, the herd of beasts that had been chased all the way would definitely go berserk. And once the beasts go berserk, not only will they lose their efforts, but those who follow the herd will also become the targets of these beasts.
Through the vision of the telescopes, Lin Ji really saw smoke and dust rising into the air in the distance.
There is a big difference between the smoke from a fire and the dust raised on the ground. The smoke is cyan and can soar into the sky. The color of the dust is more mixed, and the thickness is not high.
In the field of vision of the forest traces, on top of the large cloud of dust, cyan smoke appeared.
He turned around and looked in a few directions ahead, and soon saw smoke and dust rising from several directions at the same time, and they were soon connected.
Lin Ji only felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and the whole person was cold from head to toe.
"Withdraw!" Lin Ji shouted hysterically. The whole area in front of it was on fire, which meant that there was no way out for the thousands of beasts in front of them. The only thing they will do is turn back. And in the wilderness without any shelter, there is no way for these people to be able to defeat these mad fellows. It is no longer important to care about the outcome of the hunt, and to try to preserve these warriors, they should immediately retreat and make way at this time.
Lin Ji suddenly regretted that he didn't make a banner. At this time, the personnel dispersed, the drums and hooves were bursting, and the efficiency of human and sound transmission was too low.
As soon as a few people in charge of the herald around Lin Ji ran out, the herd of beasts in front of him had already undergone visible changes. As if they had hit a wall, some of the beasts ran back from the front, pushing the pack to roll and turn again, and trample in this direction.