Zhuang Rui, who was sleeping deeply, was awakened from his sleep by the shrill howl of a wolf, and he quickly turned over and walked out of the tent.
"Bad thing, there are wolves nearby, they may disturb the wild horses..."
Barter and others got up one after another. When they heard the howling of wolves, several prairie people had worried looks on their faces.
"Brother Battle, these horses won't be surrounded and eaten by wolves, right?"
Zhuang Rui has seen the ferocity of prairie wolves. Although it has happened many years ago, looking back now, he still has lingering fear. If Zhou Rui hadn't been well prepared, everyone in his group would have been killed by the wolf's kiss.
"Surrounded?"
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Battle showed a strange smile on his face, and then said: "Brother Zhuang, this is not before liberation. The prairie wolves are almost extinct on the prairie. This is summer, and they can't survive without them."
There is no space, but this pack of wolves is only three to five, so how can it possibly surround a herd of wild horses?"
Due to the development of modernization, the living space of grassland animals has been further compressed, and the number of wolves is almost rarer than that of wild horses. This is also caused by changes in the underlying biological chain.
In fact, the decrease in wolf populations is not a good thing for the prairie. Just like Australian ranches, the wolf extermination campaign was carried out in the 1940s and 1950s, which almost wiped out the wolves. But then they introduced a kind of hare, which caused a disaster.
It's coming.
Due to the lack of natural predators, hares reproduce very quickly in Australia, but the grass in the pastures is decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into bare patches everywhere.
The Australian government had no choice but to import wolves, snakes, eagles and many other natural predators of hares from the country. This gradually reduced the harm caused by hares to the grassland.
The current Mongolian prairie also shows signs of developing towards this trend. However, in recent years, grassland people have paid attention to the protection of grassland carnivores. As long as wolves do not attack the pastures, few hunters will take the initiative to hunt wild wolves.
Such animals.
"It looks like the plan is about to change. The horses will definitely be alert when they hear the howling of wolves. Let's stop sleeping and get our things ready. Maybe we will move with the horses again..."
Battle looked very depressed. When he turned back to pack the tent, he was still muttering: "It makes no sense for a few wild wolves to go to the horses and die?"
After packing up the tents, everyone led the horses and walked closer to the horses. The sound of the howling wolves became clearer and seemed to be right in front of them.
"Stop, I know how to turn around..."
After walking for about half an hour, Barter in front suddenly raised his right hand clenched into a fist, signaling the people behind him to stop moving forward.
Timur was also very familiar with the terrain here. He looked around with a look of understanding on his face and said, "Brother Battle, is this the Wild Wolf Valley? It seems that the horses have occupied the wolf's lair, so
That’s when the conflict started…”
Battle picked up the telescope and observed it for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, but the wild horses did not occupy the wolf's lair, but blocked the way in and out of the wild wolf valley..."
"Really, this group of horses has no choice but to choose here?"
Zhuang Rui took the telescope from Battelle's hand, looked straight ahead in the moonlight, and couldn't help but laugh.
More than 400 meters in front of him, you can clearly see the shadows of many horses lying or standing, and behind these horses, there is a valley, about 30 to 40 meters high.
This kind of terrain is very rare on the grassland.
As for the few prairie wolves that screamed shrilly, Zhuang Rui did not notice their presence. However, judging from the outward direction of the bodies of some horses on the periphery of the wild horse herd, they should be hidden in the dense grass directly in front of the herd.
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"It's strange. There is no need for these wolves to fight with the wild horses. Wouldn't it be over after they leave and then go in?"
Listening to the howling of the wild wolves becoming more and more pitiful, Zhuang Rui felt a little puzzled. As Battle said, the number of wild wolves would never exceed five, and there was really no need to attack this herd of wild horses.
You must know that wild horses are not domesticated cattle and sheep, and they are completely unable to fight back against the attacks of wild wolves. On the contrary, the attack power of wild horses is probably not weaker than that of wolves. If their four hooves kick on a wolf, it will definitely kill it.
Losing combat effectiveness.
What's more, if these more than a hundred wild horses charge together, let alone three or five wolves, even if there are several times more, they will only be trampled into pulp.
"It's probably because there are wolf cubs in the Wild Wolf Valley that these wolves are anxious..."
After observing for a while, Battle, who was extremely experienced in the prairie, answered Zhuang Rui's question. Only this answer was more reasonable. Otherwise, with the characteristics of a cunning creature like the prairie wolf, he would never provoke an enemy stronger than himself.
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"Then what should we do? Wait here?"
It's only around two o'clock in the morning. Although watching the stars on the prairie is something that many couples long for, when you are here, you know that this is not a place that makes people feel happy.
Apart from anything else, Zhuang Rui couldn't stand the mosquitoes that were used to raging in the middle of the night. Even though he was wearing long sleeves and trousers, he couldn't bear the unshielded things on his neck and face. It only took a while.
, he slapped himself several times.
"Wait a little longer. If there are really wolf cubs in the valley, these wild wolves will not be able to bear it. When the time comes, as long as the horses are in chaos, our opportunity will come..."
Battle didn't care at all about the mosquitoes buzzing in his ears, and stared straight ahead at the herd of wild horses confronting the wild wolves. This situation was rare even for a prairie man like him.
After Zhuang Rui heard what Battle said, he could only shut his mouth. He didn't even say anything to the little girl Wu Yunqiqige. As a man, he had nothing to complain about.
"The wolves couldn't bear it anymore..." Suddenly, Battle's face became excited.
Sure enough, just as Battle finished speaking, a howl came from the wolf pack, and a low figure jumped out of the grass and ran towards the wild horses.
Zhuang Rui's telescope immediately focused on the wild wolf. At first glance, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
This wild wolf is really not that big, not even as big as some local dogs in the countryside. It is covered with gray hair, and only its two eyes that glow with green light can make people feel a bit of coolness.
The wild wolves burst out of the grass, causing the herd of wild horses to become a little commotion. The few wild horses on the outermost edge were uneasily pawing the grass in front of them with their front hooves. After all, there is a qualitative difference between herbivores and carnivores. So,
This fear is also innate.
"Restore the law..."
Suddenly, a horse neighing that resounded throughout the world came from the wild horses. The sound was so loud that it was like a flat thunder, exploding throughout the prairie.
The sound was so loud that Zhuang Rui and others who heard it hundreds of meters away were a little shocked. Could this be made by a horse? Even the horses around Zhuang Rui looked uneasy.
"This is the winning horse. It seems that I still underestimated it. It is much better than the red-blooded breed..."
There was a solemn look on Battle's face. If he was still 60-70% sure of capturing the winning horse, now that he heard this neighing, his inner expectations immediately dropped to 30%.
Because Battle discovered that just when the head horse looked up to the sky and neighed, his blood-red eyes also showed an expression of fear and uneasiness. This is the expression that a weak person will show when he sees a strong person.
"I saw it, my God, what a beautiful horse..."
As soon as Zhuang Rui heard the neighing sound, he used his binoculars to find the owner of the sound. It was not difficult to find the winner, because no horse dared to get close within five or six meters of it.
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This is a wild horse that is as bright red as jujubes. The hair on its body is very short. Only on the neck is there some fluffy hair. Its eyes are as black as glue. It stands there motionless, staring at the wild animals running in the distance.
Wolf.
The height of this top horse is much taller than the wild horses around it. Zhuang Rui visually estimated that it is about 1.8 to 2 meters tall. Standing there bathed in the moonlight, it looks like a celestial horse, majestic.
"This... I'm afraid it's just a mixed Dutch horse, but it's not as good as this horse, right?"
Zhuang Rui once watched a horse race in Hong Kong. The horses used there were all mixed-breed horses from the Netherlands or the United Kingdom. The characteristics of this kind of horse are tall and handsome. But compared with the horse in front of him, it is simply
As inconspicuous as a local dog.
While Zhuang Rui was observing the leading horse, wild wolves also approached the horses. Behind the wild wolf that ran out first, there were two more wolves, one behind the other, running towards the leading horse in a triangle shape.
It seems that the prairie wolves also use tactics and know the principle of catching the thief first. As long as this horse is defeated, the entire herd of wild horses will collapse without a fight.
The distance between the two was only a few tens of meters. In just over ten seconds, the wild wolf that ran out first came to the front of the leader, and after letting out a low, intimidating roar,
He jumped up and rushed towards the leading horse.
Seeing this scene, the wild horses around the leading horse were a little commotion, but the leading horse was very calm. When the wild wolf pounced, the premise suddenly rose.
As if aware of the power of the horse's front hooves, the wild wolf dexterously turned around and changed direction in mid-air. However, his body came to the leader's buttocks and stretched out his sharp claws to grab the leader's butt.
When wild wolves hunt, for animals that are much larger than themselves, they often cut open the abdomen or buttocks, cut the skin of the prey, and then claw out its intestines to cause it to bleed to death.
This wild wolf obviously had this idea in mind, and its tactics were also very successful, as its sharp claws had already caught the leader's buttocks.
