Volume 1 Prehistoric Wars Chapter 55 The Peace Pact
The tug-of-war between the east and the west continues, every day, hundreds of thousands of beasts die in the war, and the reproduction speed of various races on both sides is far from catching up with the speed of death.
Although the Xuanhuang people and the Wulongs have been trying to maintain a certain balance, trying not to completely wipe out a certain central region, some unlucky races have become extinct without realizing it.
There are even some populations that come from thousands of miles away, but before they get to the battlefield here, they die in a series of serious illnesses because they are not adapted to the water and soil.
On the contrary, the number of herbivores has been rising, in the territory of the mammal camp, almost more than seventy percent of the carnivores have gone to the battlefield, and some grasslands, forests, rivers, and mountains without large hunting animals, herbivores have no natural predators, and the number of herbivores has risen like crazy under the conditions of abundant water and grass.
Although herbivores are used as military food, after every battle, the corpses on the battlefield are piled up, and the flesh and blood are enough for most carnivores to have a few full meals.
With the mentality of not wasting it, the Xuanhuang people and the Wulongs each sent a team of cavalry to pick up most of the corpses on the battlefield.
The people on both sides who carry out this work have a tacit understanding, and generally do not fight with each other, nor verbally stimulate each other, and they will also negotiate fair play for some huge corpses.
Most of the controversial large corpses, including Tyrannosaurus rex and Canglong, but also mammoths and silver rhinos, would be a great waste if they were left to decay.
In the beginning, the solution was nothing more than a duel, in a one-on-one manner, which side killed the opponent to obtain a certain corpse.
However, this kind of duel was too frequent, because there were so many huge corpses on the battlefield that it was not cost-effective to duel for each corpse, so the two sides began to discuss an equal split.
The division is basically based on body size, one dragon is equal to three or five mammoths or others, after the division is equal, these porters will make a distinct mark, after all, it is a bit unrealistic to move this huge corpse back, so they each make a mark, and then go back to bring a large group of hungry beasts to eat.
Although the corpses on the battlefield were piled up, after a meal, basically only some of Bai Sensen's skeletons were left on the ground.
This method invisibly solves some troubles, if these corpses are allowed to pile up on the battlefield, it will not be long before the entire area will stink, countless germs breed, coupled with the spread of mosquitoes, the two sides will no longer have to fight, and they will be directly put down by infectious diseases.
The corpses of the day were digested on the same day, which avoided the chance of onset to a certain extent, and each war zone was very large, so today it was a mess in a certain grassland, and tomorrow it was dark in a certain valley, or in front of a certain river, there was a happy water battle.
The three theaters of war, each with an area of more than 1.5 million square kilometers, are fully capable of maintaining its ecological balance.
The tug-of-war has lasted for a long time, and both sides of the confrontation have a feeling that it is difficult to ride a tiger, and many races have begun to be a little war-weary, although the hatred for the enemy is still there, but a sense of numbness is gradually manifested.
With the advent of winter this year, a thick winter snow covered the central theater, which was at a latitude of more than 30, most of the places were in the temperate zone, and a few places were still in the subarctic zone.
This year's winter came relatively early, fortunately, the Xuanhuang people were ready to spend the winter, and in the days when the grass and trees were withered and yellow, the Xuanhuang people united with major populations to intercept a large number of herbivores that were preparing to move south.
The Xuanhuang people knew the language of beasts, and they let go of the pregnant, newborn, and some young and strong herbivores, and the rest rushed to the valley prepared in advance, and then guarded the various passages outside the valley with heavy troops.
In order to feed these herbivores, which served as military rations, the industrious Xuanhuang people took great pains to cut the grass with bone blades and pile them into mountain-high haystacks, and throughout the winter, the herbivores either fed on these hayes or spent a few days in the bellies of some beasts of prey, waiting to be turned into organic matter and returned to nature.
In winter, the two sides are generally in a state of truce, and most of the beasts nest in a cave, eating the food allocated by the Xuanhuang people, while seizing the time to reproduce, and in the spring, if the females are pregnant, they can return to their territory and raise the next generation.
The crawling army on the opposite side also withdrew to the west more than a thousand miles early, and then lay comfortably in a cave, relying on hibernation to survive the long winter.
In the past, the Argonians would hide in underground caves every winter, and the earth would give them enough heat to survive the winter.
But over the years, the Argonian people gradually changed this habit, and they also began to wear thick fur and also began to use fires for warmth.
For animal fur, these war zones are probably the easiest places in the world to get animal fur, throughout the war season, a large number of mammals die every day, bears, wolves, tigers, leopards, elephants, rhinos, cattle, sheep, horses, etc., etc., the Wulongs use sharp bone knives, their fur and meat are carefully separated, and a little processing can be directly put on the body, the warmth effect is very good.
As for fire, it was after dealing with the Xuanhuang people that they slowly changed their attitude towards fire, they used to be very in awe of fire, but now, fire has become an indispensable tool in their lives.
In addition to heating, they also often use fire in some large-scale scenes, and they feel that after the flame rises, every moment is ever-changing, and for them, it seems that there is some kind of mysterious meaning hidden in it.
Although the two races have always been in a hostile relationship, their lives are becoming more and more imaginary, and even certain habits are slowly getting closer, such as eating cooked food, dancing around a campfire, and so on.
Just when the old side thought that this war would last for a certain number of years, a group of Xuanhuang people, on a snowy evening, came to the territory of the Argonians, this time, after the Argonians were a little surprised, they did not add swords as before, their eyes intertwined on each other's faces for a long time, and then, according to some simple etiquette of the Argonians, they invited the Xuanhuang people to sit down by the campfire.
The two sides talked for a long time, and although the old side did not understand a word, he knew that the two sides were talking about a truce.
When they talk, most of them rely on gestures and gestures, which are laborious, but at least both parties already understand what the other means.
It was at this time that Lao Fang discovered that the two races had formed their own languages.
It may be that this language is very primitive and very difficult to express, but it is also a great progress for the whole civilization.
Peace was thus negotiated that winter, and in the end, the leaders of both sides left their handprints on a piece of animal skin.
This may be the first contract on the entire Xuanhuang Star.
The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, winter passed.
Spring is coming, under the warm sunshine, the ice and snow turn into clear and sweet flowing water, from the top of the high mountain, through the gullies washed out by hundreds of millions of years of trickles, through layers of dead leaves, wading through pieces of round pebbles, flowing into the young grass-fragrant stream, into the panting river, jumping without hesitation in front of the waterfalls with great drops, and then merging into a large river......
The Xuanhuang people left some wolf horsemen as garrisons, and then withdrew from the three major war zones with tens of millions of troops.
A great war that lasted for more than 200 years, on such a day, finally ushered in peace.
All the survivors were full of mixed feelings, looking at the place where they had fought, at the place where countless of their kind had been buried, and then, facing the golden glow of the early morning, they headed towards the hinterland of the east.
After two hundred years of war, the number of beasts of prey has dropped dramatically to less than 30% of the original, many animal species have disappeared forever in the long river of history, and many originally powerful races have directly become endangered animals.
The hatred with the reptilian army is still there, but the war has grown tired of all the species that participate in the war.
Lao Fang overlooks the whole earth, speaking of which, the living space of mammals is still very vast, from south to north longitudinal more than 10,000 li, from east to west, transverse more than 16,000 li, a total of more than 40 million square kilometers of land area, enough to feed dozens of times the number of carnivores.
However, no species knows how vast their land area is, even the Xuanhuang people don't have any concept, and the land at this time is too vast for them.
This leads them to become a little strange in the allocation of land.
Along the way, whenever you encounter large forests, grasslands, mountains, rivers, and other areas suitable for thriving, there will always be some races willing to stay.
However, hundreds of years of war have taught these beasts to live and die when they met each other, and at the same time, certain races have also developed friendships in battle.
In this kind of territory, as long as one race first shows its attention, the other races will no longer dispute the territory.
If there is some dispute, these races will also obey the arrangement of the Xuanhuang people.
The intelligence and contribution of the Xuanhuang people to the war are obvious to all races, and they are fluent in the beast language and can communicate with all the beasts.
There are mountain eagles overlooking the earth from thousands of meters as spies, and the Xuanhuang people have a large number of land information with abundant water and grass and a large population of herbivores.
Lao Fang looked at these herds of spirited beasts, he felt like he was watching a fantasy movie, lions and tigers could speak, and creatures with three heads and four hands would also grunt with the Xuanhuang people, if he hadn't turned into this form, he would feel very incredible.