Chapter 55: The Great Migration of the Wildebeest
The further south it goes, the wetter it becomes, the desert scene of the Yellow Desert Desert gradually becomes, the savannah landscape, zebras, antelopes, giraffes constantly flash in front of Menes' eyes, and from time to time lions jump out.
The dry season is about to pass, the rainy season is coming, the sky is already gathering dark clouds in the distance, the arid and yellow grassland is about to usher in the most beautiful time of the year, the grassland under the scorching sun, glowing with golden light.
In the early morning, Menes squatted in the tent on all sides, carrying a wooden bowl to deliver the dried tofu to the old man's mouth, and Gu A enjoyed the pleasure of chewing the dried tofu with his few teeth, "The dried tofu is a little old!"
"Sir, tofu can't be stored for a long time, you can order the dried tofu, I'll do it for you when you go back? Look at it, it's been nine days, and I haven't caught a few prey, so I'm going to be beaten up if I go on like this." Menes said.
Gua squinted his eyes, enjoying the morning sun, and did not speak.
"You have a word, if it doesn't work, I'll just go back now, and if you are beaten, you will be beaten, and the army will not have meat to eat, so let them eat vegetarian, anyway, there is still bread, and in the future, the strange beasts will come, and they can't beat the undead beasts to fill their stomachs." Menes continued.
Gua suddenly sighed and said, "I want to build a temple of Babel in your territory, I wonder if you can?"
"Build a temple, of course, I'll build you a glorious temple. Menes nodded immediately.
"Won't your priests object, what about the Holy City?" said Gua.
"It's okay, I'm a religious freedom figure, the Holy City can't manage me, I still want to trouble him, don't worry!"
"My believers are vegetarians, can you accept that?"
"What's wrong with this? Amitabha, I've been talking about it before, it's okay, I can't help you recruit believers?" Menes said.
Isn't it just about building a temple? There used to be monks in the world, and there was no problem creating a Buddha here.
"Alright!" said Gua, standing up and pointing to the southwest, "where there is a river, and in two days there will be a large number of wild beasts gathered, you go, just this once, and exchange these creatures for the peace of the world." ”
After speaking, Gu A glanced at the dried tofu and said, "I still like to eat tofu, and I am doing a little trouble after completing the hunt." ”
Okay, it turns out that it's still the credit of tofu, okay, you have the final say.
Menes immediately shouted loudly, "Pack your things and get ready to go, there's prey in front of you, ready to hunt!"
The news of Gua's opening immediately spread throughout the camp, and everyone excitedly began to pack their things.
By dusk, the sky had gathered heavy dark clouds, and a bolt of lightning pierced the sky and slashed across the grassland.
"My lord, it's going to rain, let's set up camp!" said Bata.
"No, the place Gu Ah said hasn't arrived yet, we must hurry, we can't arrive if it's late, and we will move forward in the rain. Menes said.
"However, the thunder and lightning are terrible, and there will be heavy rain. "The Kemert people have lived in an arid river valley since childhood, and this kind of weather has basically never been seen, and thunder and lightning are Seth's anger in their eyes, and this kind of weather will be hit by Seth's wrath if they don't hide.
Menes can't do so much, and must get there as soon as possible, won't it just thunder and rain?
Soon the rainstorm in the savannah taught Menes a hard lesson, the lightning split the trees, and the rumbling Thor scared the camels into a scream, and the team members desperately controlled the camels to avoid running away.
The torrential rain is like a reservoir that opens the floodgates, smashing down from the sky, the road is muddy, the water droplets hit the face and hurts, you can't open your eyes at all, and lightning may hit everyone at any time.
There was really no way, Menes had to arrange for everyone to camp on the spot, tents and the like did not need to be thought about, and it was useless to open them, so they could only reluctantly use camels to surround the city in a circle, and everyone stayed in the middle.
Close to the camel's side barely sheltered from the rain, fortunately, Rasim's ability to domesticate camels is outstanding, and at the critical moment, Gua also used his psychic skills to stabilize the camel's mood, so he barely let the camel calm down, besieged the city, and even then still lost a lot of camels.
It rained all night, and it didn't get a little smaller until the morning, and everyone couldn't sleep all night, very tired, but they still had to move forward, and time waited for no one.
All the people stepped on the muddy ground in the rain, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and the dry food they carried was also soaked in the rain, and everyone could only barely stuff some of the blister flatbread into their mouths, Menes endured it and didn't eat, and the rain was not clean, so don't eat it badly.
The heavy rain continued on the prairie until the morning of the third day finally stopped, and the whole prairie was instantly restored to life, and the prairie that had been dry the day before now turned into a green carpet.
The early morning sun shines on the grassland, shining brightly through the dewdrops, a breeze blows, mixed with the faint fragrance of grass, and flamingos flutter in the distance, flying towards the sun.
The morning sun rises and the birds spread their wings, the grass is swaying, thousands of horses are galloping, there are no horses and no sheep here, there are thousands of cows and zebras, stepping on the muddy grass galloping.
Hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebras galloped with a loud noise, and all the team members stood in place in shock, forgetting that hunger and fatigue were the gift of the gods, the greatest sight in the world.
Gua stood in place and silently looked into the distance, stretched out his hands to salute the great gods, thanking the great gods for bringing life, and today a symphony of blood and life will be staged here.
Menes has been standing for a long time, this is the annual wildebeest migration, and there is also a wildebeest migration in this place?
Menes had no way of knowing the answer, and she didn't need to know the answer, just that there really was a large herd of animals coming here.
Everyone gathered together to discuss how to hunt, there were too many of them, and the time was really limited, but they couldn't kill them with the bows and crossbows at hand.
"There are sixty of us, and fifty of them are about the same for each of us. Rasim said excitedly that he had never seen so many animals, and that he wished he had so many camels.
"It's impossible, we can't kill the crossbows even if they're torn apart, and besides, many of our crossbows are already soaked in water and can't be used, and it will take time to dry. Bata said.
"Yes, even if the crossbow is normal, if we get close to the wildebeest, it will cause a commotion, and the animals will gallop, and we will not be able to catch up at all. Menes said.
"Then we just have to keep chasing, and spend a few days chasing and killing. Jett added.
"This will not work, it will take more time, and it will not be good for Zuo Sai to deliberately pick thorns, and besides, the hunted animals are not easy to deal with, we must not only hunt, but also dispose of the carcasses of animals, otherwise they will soon be eaten by wild beasts." Menes vetoed Jet's approach.
Menes suddenly turned to look at Isu and asked, "Is there anything you can do?"
Isu recovered quickly, and has been acting with everyone in the past few days, but he barely speaks, and only occasionally says a word or two to Gua.
Isu looked at Menes in a daze and said, "Hunting"
Hunting, of course Menes knows, but there is no purse seine net, it can't be enclosed artificially, this is a large group of animals, even if there is a seine net, it can't block the impact.
Menes looked at Gu A again and smiled, "Old man, if you don't do it, it's okay to talk to them about suicide?"
Gua sat on the ground and said, "The gods have granted your wishes, and now that the animals have sent them, they are throwing themselves into a net." ”
Menes knew that it was impossible for Gua to let all the animals kill themselves, this was impossible, how could he have this ability.
"Throw yourself into the net," Menes muttered to herself, suddenly looking up and saying, "Let's go, let's go scout the terrain." ”
Then, without waiting for everyone to set off directly on their camels, Rasim and Bata hurried to follow.
The three rode their camels into the distance, and at noon, when they stopped on the hillside, Menes pointed ahead and said, "This is it, I'm going to let the wildebeest throw itself into the net." ”
Rasim looked into the distance and was at a loss, and Bata saw the doorway, "Adults are trying to drive animals off the cliff?"
"Yes, it's a cliff, as long as we drive the animals somewhere!"
Menes returned to the camp to tell everyone what he thought, and after Menes finished speaking, everyone thought it was feasible, only one point was that the slope up the mountain was very open, it was difficult to block the animals, and someone in this area had to block the animals, otherwise the wildebeest would definitely escape along the gap next to it and would not enter the cliff area.
Menes thought for a moment and said, "Well, that's right, this place is given to the mummies, these guys' cries are very penetrating and should be able to scare the animals." ”
After arranging the action plan, everyone will prepare, take a good rest today, eat and drink enough, sleep well, and set off hunting tomorrow.
The next morning, Menes took the lead in setting off with the mummy to the designated place to ambush, Bata took a team to the other side to prepare, Rasim with the main force was responsible for driving the wildebeest, Rasim was the best suited to drive the animals, and the camels and wildebeest were almost the same.
Menes arrived at the appointed place and waited anxiously for the wildebeest to arrive, when at noon a distant dust appeared in the distance, the earth began to tremble, and the wildebeest rushed over.
Rasim tried to control the formation and drove the wildebeest up the hill, but the wildebeest apparently realized the danger and refused to obey, and began to move in the direction of Menes, Rasim could no longer control it, and the wildebeest galloped.
Getting closer and closer to Menes, the fastest group had come to Menes, Menes let go of the first few scattered wildebeests, and when the group approached, there was a sudden roar, and the twenty mummies roared in unison and made a harsh and high-pitched sound, and the whole wildebeest group was frightened and cried out, and the wildebeest that rushed to the front even fell directly to the ground and was trampled to death by the behind.
The mummy still did not stop, and continued to shout loudly, the wildebeest group could not stand it, and began to turn around and flee, running up the hillside, and the wildebeest group behind saw the leader running up the hill as well, and Menes began to chase the wildebeest up the hill with the mummy.
Some of the wildebeest wanted to turn around and run from the side, but were blocked by Bata and Menes, so they could only run around and squeeze each other until Menes thought that there were enough of them, and they gave the order to get out of the way and let the other wildebeest go.