If the domestication of adult horses cannot be successful, then we can only settle for the next best thing and focus on a few ponies as our main goal.
There are four foals that should be just born in the spring. They are only half a meter tall and a hunter can trap them and subdue them.
This is because after these nursing ponies were caught, the nursing mares had already escaped, but they were reluctant to part with the ponies, so they came back and ran back and forth around the hunters, and then they were also caught.
Therefore, if you don’t want to let go of your children, you won’t be able to trap the wolf.
Even the wolves protect their cubs, let alone the horses, who will protect their cubs even more, and would rather be caught than run away.
Xu Chen likes this kind of beast that protects its cubs the most. He can catch it accurately every time, which also gives him more experience in rounding up other beasts in the future.
It's shameless, but it's effective.
There are also three half-year-old foals, probably born in the spring of last year.
These seven ponies are the best candidates to be tamed in the future.
There are also two semi-adult horses that are about two years old than the ponies. Such young horses that already have a middle-class temperament are not easy to tame, but these two are from the same group as the ponies I ride.
Brothers and sisters, if they get used to being raised together, they might be able to tame them slowly.
The remaining seven are all adult horses, three stallions and four mares.
If these horses can be tamed, they can be ridden and used directly, but they will definitely be very difficult. If they cannot be tamed, they can only be raised first and slowly find ways to tame them.
If that doesn't work, keep them for breeding and let them be a few happy stallions.
After all, Xu Chen would not let the ducks fly after all. He had to use this group of wild horses as seedlings to successfully tame the horses.
Because this is the best opportunity and the horse breed most likely to be domesticated.
Amid the cheers of men, women, old and children, more than a dozen wild horses were dragged back by a group of hunters, and then temporarily placed in the second phase courtyard for feeding.
Because they were just captured, these wild horses are so wild that they are almost completely inaccessible.
In order to better care and raise them, Xu Chen had someone build a simple pergola as a stable in the second phase of the courtyard.
In order to facilitate management, each horse was forcibly put on a simple bridle and reins. Every time the adult horse was led in and out, two people had to pull the two reins, one on the left and one on the right, to prevent sudden violence, stamping, and kicking.
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The power of a horse's hoof is very powerful. Even a tiger will be seriously injured if it is kicked. A wild wolf can even be kicked to death.
The bite force of wild horses is also amazing, but they are not very good at using violence to fight, but are used to running.
With more people and greater strength, the stables were successfully built in half a day.
In order to appease the horses, Xu Chen mixed his pony with the wild horses.
But I didn't expect it to have a miraculous effect.
A group of wild horses that were originally very nervous, frightened and had a bad temper quickly calmed down under the leadership of the pony.
When the wild horses were first brought into the stable of the yard, hundreds of people were dragging and driving them, almost half-pushing and half-lifting them into the stables. During the process, many people were kicked or even bitten by the wild horses when they struggled. The yard
The door was almost knocked down.
But after raising the pony with these wild horses for a night, Xu Chen personally led the pony out of the stable the next morning. A large group of horses saw that the pony was so well-behaved and obedient. They all became quiet and were led to follow.
After the pony went out to graze, and when they were brought back at night, under the leadership of the pony, a group of wild horses did not resist and make trouble on a large scale. Except for a few majestic adult horses who were very resistant, a group of ponies and mares
They all seemed more cooperative and quiet.
Xu Chen didn't expect that his inadvertent actions would have such good results, so he had greater ambitions for the domestication plan of this group of wild horses.
Under the guidance of the pony's demonstration, maybe these horses will be successfully tamed soon.
In order to test his idea, two days later, one day before setting off to Gonghuo Clan, Xu Chen led three adult stallions and two two-year-old ponies from a group of wild horses to the river beach far away from the compound.
Conduct a taming test.
All the men in the clan followed.
And each one of them was shouting excitedly all the way.
Ever since they learned that wild horses can be tamed and ridden, all the savages have been completely inspired by this exciting behavior of riding the beasts to conquer.
After arriving at the place, Xu Chen first rode a pony on the river beach and ran back and forth around a few wild horses to let the wild horses become familiar with the appearance and movements of being ridden.
Of course, it is not unheard of to see wild horses such as pony packers. After all, they have always lived in the valley. In the beginning of spring, we often see Xu Chen running around on horseback, and sometimes the distance between them is only a hundred or ten meters.
After the riding performance, Xu Chen specially asked several skilled hunters to ride their ponies back and forth in order to familiarize themselves with the movements and essentials of horseback riding.
Of course, because the pony has been tamed and has a saddle, it rides very smoothly. Apart from a simple bridle and reins, these wild horses have nothing on their backs.
However, I heard that people on the grassland don’t need bridles or reins when riding horses. The locals can just jump on the back of the horse and ride away.
It was a completely innate skill, a move passed down from ancestors. Not to mention that Xu Chen couldn't compare to it, and a group of savages had no idea.
But in terms of physical fitness, strength and speed, these savages are far more capable of conquering wild beasts than the normal humans of the grassland peoples.
Because they are born to fight against all kinds of wild beasts.
It's like rounding up this group of wild horses. Almost everyone goes into battle with bare hands. Except for poles and ropes, they rely entirely on their body strength to fight the wild horses. A few people can overturn a powerful wild horse on the ground.
The ground was firmly pressing on me and I couldn't break free, so I wasn't afraid of getting hurt at all.
After a group of wild horses were captured, almost everyone had some scars on their bodies.
Especially the wind made me almost die.
The three worst guys were dragged downstream by a wild horse for two or three miles. In the end, the wild horse was so strangled that it couldn't breathe, and then went into shock and fell into the river before they were captured. The three men were covered in blood and flesh and were being searched for.
By the time I was carried back, half of my body was almost bald.
But fortunately, they were all skin injuries. The weeds on the river beach were relatively deep, and they were basically injured by thorns. No muscles or bones were injured, but they were definitely very painful.
As long as these barbaric primitive people master certain skills and ensure that they are not quickly knocked off their horses by wild horses, that will be enough.
Xu Chen believes that the process of taming is very simple, that is, a powerful force can work wonders, forcing the wild horse to adapt to the feeling of being ridden. As long as it feels that it cannot get rid of people's riding, it will gradually become accustomed to it.
Compared to domesticated carnivorous wild wolves, herbivores are timid and docile by nature, and are easier to tame.
Xu Chen doesn't have much time to communicate with these wild horses right now.
In other words, these wild horses that have reached adulthood or are about to become adults have passed the point where they can be moved by emotion.
Therefore, we can only compete with them in terms of strength.
After Xu Chen's careful instructions, a group of hunters were all gearing up to start.
Several wild horses also sensed the ill intentions of humans and began to become agitated. Especially the three adult stallions, which were neighing and clawing at their hooves, were constantly struggling. The atmosphere soon became extremely restless.
"Everyone spread out around and prepare rope nets to cover horse poles and ropes. Once the ride fails, catch the horse immediately and don't let it escape!"
Xu Chen was fully prepared for this forced domestication.
Once the rider fails and is knocked off his horse, the wild horse may take the opportunity to escape. To ensure that nothing goes wrong, he specially prepared more arresting tools such as poles and rope nets.
The first person to appear is Mo. He is now the military leader of the tribe after Feng. He is very agile. Except for his height and physical strength, which is not as good as Feng, he is better in other aspects and is also younger.
The first thing he chose was the most handsome dark horse.
Because of the restraints of the bridle and reins, the black horse was very anxious, but could not break free. The reins were pulled by two powerful hunters on the left and right, and it could only neigh and struggle on the spot. Do not approach the black horse slowly to avoid its kicks.
After looking back and forth with his hind hooves, he took advantage of his unpreparedness and jumped up suddenly, grabbed his long mane and nimbly rode on the horse.
"Lie down, hug your neck, and squeeze your legs together!"
Amidst the cheers, Xu Chen reminded loudly.
In fact, Xu Chen didn't need to remind him. As an excellent hunter, and with Xu Chen's initial warning, Mo almost put his legs around his neck and clung to the horse's back the moment he stepped up.
When has a free-spirited black horse been ridden by someone? Suddenly there is a heavy object on its back. In an instant, it bursts out with primitive power. With a neighing sound, its two front legs are raised high, and the whole body touches the ground.
It was almost at a right angle of 90 degrees. The two guys pulling the reins were completely unable to control themselves, and they were almost torn to the ground.
However, standing upright this time did not knock Mo off. He hugged the horse's neck tightly with both hands and clamped the horse's belly with his two powerful long legs. He lay on the horse's back like a gecko.
The dark horse stood upright several times in a row without knocking Mo off. He dropped his back prong twice and bounced on the spot.
This move is more fierce.
Mo was tossed around on the horse. Although he was not thrown off, his whole body could hardly hang on and half of his body collapsed.
Perhaps because he felt that he was about to succeed, the black horse became even more excited, and his body suddenly stood upright again. This time, Mo couldn't hold the horse's belly anymore, and he slid off the horse's back, but his hands were still tightly clasped around the horse's neck.
, even biting the mane tightly in his mouth.
"Eh~~"
The wild horse felt much more relaxed. He rushed forward and broke away from the horse's reins. He took Mo and ran wildly on the river beach. He jumped around while running and tried every means to get Mo off.
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"Wan Ga, don't die!"
At this moment, Mo was hanging on the horse's neck like a wombat, with his legs dragging on the ground. As the wild horse ran and jumped, he would fall off at any time. If he was stepped on by a few more horses' hooves, he would probably be disabled.
Many hunters who were watching kept exclaiming, and many people started to chase and intercept the black horse with horse poles and rope nets. The black horse had nowhere to escape and could only rush here and there on the river beach. The situation looked very critical.
Xu Chen didn't expect that Dark Horse would be so fierce, and he didn't even expect that Mo would be so desperate.
In fact, the moment he was knocked off his horse, he should have given up quickly, so that he would not have faced such a dangerous situation.
"Give me the harness!"
Xu Chen turned over and mounted the pony, reached out to take a roping pole, knocked the horse's belly and went straight to the black horse.
At this time, the black horse was already very anxious. Surrounded by hunters, the dense roping poles and rope nets were full of threats. It could only fight back and forth on the narrow river beach.
Just when it stood up high again and was about to make a final jump to get rid of Mo, suddenly a roping pole fell from the sky and was lassoed around its neck.