Chapter 461: Catching Horses

Standing in his position, Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and gently patted Chiyan Mountain's neck, and kept saying.

"Relax, relax!"

Although it is not said that thousands of horses are galloping, but the situation of hundreds or thousands of horses running up is still a bit amazing, especially not far in front of your eyes, the horses' hooves are like thunder knocking on the ground, and the kind of shock is impossible to imagine without being in person.

As a member of the horse, Zhang Chi could clearly feel the eager state burst out of Chiyan Mountain's body, and it really wanted to join its kind.

But Zhang Chi had to appease such emotions, because this was not what it should do, all it had to do was to cooperate with its master and persuade his companions to come over.

Zhang Chi's task was very simple, when the cowboys on the opposite side drove the horses up, he had to separate the horses with the cowboys on his right hand, that is, the horses at the head of the road of about twenty or thirty horses and the large army.

The horse that runs at the front, it must be a strong horse, you may think that cowboys will choose stallions, but in fact, this is wrong, generally they will choose mares, because mares are easier to be trained and have a better temper.

The most important thing is that the mare does not have to be castrated like a stallion, which saves a lot of medical expenses and can give birth to a foal.

The reason why you don't pick the stallions is not only because the stallions are disobedient, but you have to use knives to make them honest.

One of the key reasons is that wild horses, or even king horses, are not suitable for stallions, and you have to understand a saying: the best stallions are in the pasture, not in the wild.

Some people may not understand this statement, but this is the case, now all the horses in the wild in the United States are abandoned, as for the real wild horses in the wild, it is estimated that there are only a few thousand, and the horses that are abandoned all over the world are left.

If it's a good horse, how can it be abandoned? Even if it has survived in the wild for a long time, it is impossible to surpass the specific breeding method of humans from generation to generation.

This is science, not myth.

Therefore, the horse king in the wild, in fact, is not at all like the one rendered in the film and television drama, he is a divine horse at every turn, and most of them are medium-quality horses.

In fact, the biggest reason is that there are too many horses in the United States, according to the statistics of relevant departments, about 190,000 abandoned horses in the United States, this number is actually not very accurate, there are almost seven or eight thousand abandoned horses on this public pasture alone, you say about 190,000 in the country?

Anyway, Zhang Chi didn't believe it.

In short, there are many horses, but there are fewer and fewer pastures and farms produced in primitive ways, and there are more and more regular and mechanized pastures, and the use of animal power is reduced, which naturally brings the problem of horse abandonment.

Zhang Chi looked at the herd of horses that had already run, and they were now running towards Zhang Chi's side. It was clear that some of the cowboys were a little flustered, and they subconsciously followed the large army like a swarm of headless flies.

Zhang Chi saw that the horses were getting closer and closer, and there was still a distance of thirty or forty meters from him, so he drank softly, clamped his legs, and motioned for Chiyan Mountain to run.

Chiyan Mountain received the master's order, and without a moment's delay, he rushed directly towards the horses, cutting diagonally.

Zhang Chi, who was sitting firmly on horseback, took off the lasso hanging on the saddle at this moment, and shook it up in the wind, and soon the lasso spread out above Zhang Chi's head, and the semi-soft and not hard lasso tore the wind, and found a whining cry.

"Woo-oh, woo-oh!"

Zhang Chi rode his horse towards the herd, flicking the lasso and screaming loudly, scaring the wild horses.

Zhang Chi rushed towards the horses, which quickly made the horses panic, and the formation, which was already a little scattered, suddenly became even more scattered.

He continued to shout loudly, flicking the noose in his hand, and constantly squeezing the direction of the horses.

As the horses continued to stick to the river, the length of the entire herd also increased invisibly, and the horses were stretched into a longer and longer line.

Miller and another cowboy came across the river from the other side of the shallow channel.

Zhang Chi's side and the cowboy who was originally maneuvering on the left side were all on the right side at this time.

“go!”

With a loud cry from the cowboy, the cowboy took the reins, and the horse that stepped down instantly turned almost ninety degrees in place, and then jumped and ran away from the herd.

Zhang Chi heard the command here, and turned his head in an instant, Chiyan Mountain's body turned in the air, Zhang Chi felt that his body was thrown off, and he nailed himself to the saddle.

At this moment, Zhang Chi felt that he had almost changed from the original ninety degrees hanging on the ground to a state of forty degrees at an angle to the ground. Fortunately, it was only a moment, and without a blink of an eye, Red Flame Mountain had already recovered its balance, and galloped forward with the other two horses.

After running for about twenty or thirty meters, everyone reined in the reins of the horses and changed to march with the horses.

At this time, under the impact of Miller and others, the head and tail of the horses have been divided, and the leading horse is still running.

The horses that had been divided behind them had now quieted down, and they understood that the goal of the group was not themselves, and they were not chasing themselves, so they stopped and looked at their companions who were still running as they were being driven.

That's when you understand why herbivores like horses can only win by numbers, and these creatures who have been cut apart have all become spectators after their danger has been removed, and they have no intention of helping their own kind, even if they were their companions a few minutes ago.

These de-dangerous guys almost took the bench and brought some peanuts and melon seeds.

Zhang Chi was in the team at the moment, six or seven cowboys separated from each other, and galloped with the horses, and the speed of the horses had been driven up at this time.

The speed of the horses came together, and the cowboys and the mounts were naturally pulled down more and more.

Mounts are different from mustangs, one of them has a person on their back, and the other has a smooth and slippery body, which one do you say is fast? It's definitely a mustang.

And when the horses are getting farther and farther away and about to disengage, the leaders on both sides have to decide which horse they want to leash, and put the noose in their hands around the horse's neck before the herd leaves.

Of course, mistakes are allowed, even if you are a master, there will be mistakes at this time, but before you make a mistake, it is best to let your companions know which horse you are aiming for.

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Only then will the lasso in their hands be applied to the target.

On Zhang Chi's side, he is not the main worker, and the one who picks the horses is an experienced old cowboy, and he decides what kind of horse to set this time.

As for which one to pick out outside the herd first, and then set this thing, that is, a set of domestic horses, there are so many wild horses, and you don't know where the horse you picked is running around, so it is about magic to pick out the horse you want first.

The old cowboy picked the target, and the noose in the middle was flung up.

When Zhang Chi saw this, he immediately threw up the lasso in his hand, waiting for the old cowboy to put the lasso in his hand on a horse.

At this time, there is no time for you to think about it, and it will take less than a minute for you to make a decision, otherwise, you can only wait for the next one.

The old cowboy's lasso shot.

The lasso landed firmly on the neck of a little yellow mare.

Wow!

The little mare became nervous, and shook her head and tail to shake off the noose around her neck, but unfortunately she didn't know that if she wanted to shake off the noose, she would have to take a few steps back the moment she put it on.

Even if it thinks about it, it can't do the way, because the wild horses in nature don't retreat, that is, they don't walk backwards, they can only turn a corner to run in the opposite direction.

The old cowboy quickly put down the lasso in his hand, and wrapped the lasso around the saddle of the head, at this moment it was wrapped around the live buckle, and the rope was released around the head, because of the strength of the horse, plus the friction between the rope and the head of the village, a burst of white smoke rose from the friction between the rope and the head of the village.

Zhang Chi also threw out the lasso in his hand at this moment, and his lasso also fell accurately on the horse's neck.

Like the old cowboy, after hitting the horse's neck, Zhang Chi began to release the rope, and the rope in the glove was quickly sucked away by the horse, and the smoke from the friction between the head and the rope made Zhang Chi smell a smell of scorched wood.

Zhang Chi and the old cowboy all emptied the lasso for a moment, and the last section was quickly tied into a slipknot, which was directly stuck on the rope loop that was originally set on the head of the village, completely retracting the tail of the lasso, and at the same time, the horse speed of the little mare in front of him was also brought down.

When the speed slowed down, Zhang Chi heard the old cowboy's gentle drink, and immediately pinched the horse's belly and drank out~!

Chiyan Mountain stood still instantly, dragging the little mare with his body and the weight of his master, and tightened the noose.

As soon as the two horses exerted their strength, the little mare still running, but apparently the panicked little mare did not give up the struggle, it kept jumping and flailing, trying to get rid of the noose around his neck, but unfortunately at the moment its struggle was useless.

"What a pretty little one!"

The old cowboy jumped over and dismounted, looked at the struggling little mare and said with a smile.

Zhang Chi also got off the horse's back at this moment, he took off his thick gloves, this thing is quite wearable, but it is very hard, and it has been putting the rope just now, which makes the gloves smell a little.

"It's pretty beautiful," Zhang Chi echoed.

Over there, Miller and the others also harvested a chestnut mare, which was quite good in size and shape.

Everyone laughed and looked at the struggling little mare, and when he gave up, they could take him back to the camp.

The little mares' struggles quickly subsided, and they, accustomed to the flames, soon realized that their resistance was pointless, and they soon fell silent, standing still, and breathing heavily.

At this point, Zhang Chi's work is officially completed, and the rest of the work is not within the scope of his work.