The prairies of South America are sparsely populated, and many wild animals live in the vast prairie.
In a grassland on the edge of the desert, a group of antelopes were grazing and watching their surroundings vigilantly. Two pumas were lurking on either side of the antelopes, waiting for an opportunity to attack.
The puma, also known as the American golden cat, is similar in size to a leopard, but has no patterns on its appearance and a smaller skull. Its body length is 130 to 200 centimeters, its tail is about 100 centimeters long, its shoulder height is 55 to 80 centimeters, and its weight is 35 to 100 kilograms.
It is the largest of the cat subfamily.
Unlike the African lion, the petite mountain lion likes to live alone and has a docile personality. Under normal circumstances, it does not actively attack people. Only when people attack it, it will injure and kill the attacker in self-defense.
In the Americas, some people capture puma cubs and tame them. When they grow up, they can live in peace with cats and dogs, and guard the door like dogs. They have gained the reputation of "friends of mankind".
The antelope that was grazing suddenly raised its ears alertly, as if it had discovered danger. At this moment, a gunshot broke the tranquility on the grassland, and an antelope that was close to the puma was killed on the ground.
Li Mingyuan put away his smoking rifle, waved his hand, and the cavalry around him immediately moved forward to surround the antelope herd.
During the cavalry drill, Li Mingyuan was left with more than 300 security troops. When he had nothing to do, Li Mingyuan took his men hunting.
The roaring cavalry attacked from three sides and drove more than a hundred antelopes and two pumas towards the north.
The panicked antelope herd couldn't find a way out, so they could only be driven by the cavalry. In a few minutes, the antelope herd ran a distance of more than three miles. The two pumas were not as fast as the herd. The soldiers who caught up with them forced them with guns.
running around randomly.
"Don't fucking shoot, I want to live." Surrounding the antelope group, Li Dawei accidentally discovered two pumas. He was in a good mood and loudly stopped the soldiers who were about to shoot.
"Brigadier, this beast has very sharp reflexes. You can't catch it without shooting."
"Idiot, the people on both sides widen the distance and drive them towards the antelope." Li Dawei observed that the antelope was not far from the ambush circle and said loudly.
"As ordered." The cavalry on both sides quickly opened the distance and drove the puma forward.
To the north of the antelope group is a dense grassland with slender water plants that are half a person tall. Without looking inside carefully, it is difficult to find that there are more than a hundred people hiding inside.
A dozen antelopes took the lead and ran to the edge of the grassland. When they were still five or six meters away from the grassland, more than a hundred people suddenly stood up, leaving a gap of ten meters between each person.
The huge net completely blocked the antelope's escape path.
"Plop, plop." One after another, the antelopes couldn't control their inertia and hit the big net directly.
"Monitor, there are too many sheep, I can't hold it anymore."
"Hold on, don't let the antelope escape."
The squad leader turned around and saw that more than twenty antelopes had crashed into the seven- to eight-meter-long net, dragging the soldier holding the net forward.
The strength of the twenty or so antelopes was so great that the soldiers holding the nets on both sides did not hold on for long before they were dragged by the antelopes and ran on the ground, tripping over five or six soldiers around them.
"Brothers, hurry up and catch up, don't let go of the prey." Li Dawei saw the situation in front of him, and immediately shouted an order to the surrounding cavalry, while he himself turned the horse's head and headed towards the two pumas on the left.
go.
The two pumas ran away separately at first, but after being forced by the cavalry behind them, they still ran together. Since they could not run as fast as the antelope, when the antelope hit the net, the two pumas also noticed something unusual and quickly turned around and headed towards the other side.
Run to the left.
Lions can attract the attention of soldiers more than a group of antelopes. As soon as the two pumas turned around, the soldiers holding the net in front immediately tightened the big net, and Li Dawei and a group of cavalry behind them also quickly arrived.
"Immediately spread out to both sides and drive them into the net." Seeing the two pumas right in front of him, Li Dawei shouted excitedly.
The cavalry who followed dispersed and immediately drove the two pumas into the net, finally catching them.
The antelope herd in front was gradually stabilized by the soldiers, with no possibility of escaping, while Li Mingyuan hung far behind the cavalry, smiling as he watched them hunt.
Hunting on the grassland is a rare interesting thing in the army. Hunting with the soldiers can encourage them to show their bravery and relax the soldiers' emotions.
When Li Mingyuan was about to speed up his horse, he suddenly heard a subtle "purr" sound, which sounded like the meow of a domestic cat.
Li Mingyuan turned the horse's head and headed carefully towards the source of the sound. The sound was getting closer and closer. Li Mingyuan jumped off the horse and walked into a patch of grass. At this time, the sound suddenly stopped,
"They must have heard the noise of strangers. That's why they stopped barking."
Li Mingyuan thought to himself, and then stood still. Li Mingyuan's guess was not wrong. Within two minutes, a cat-like sound came from the grass again.
The cry was very close to Li Mingyuan. Li Mingyuan heard the source of the sound clearly, and after digging through a patch of grass not far away, he discovered four small gray animals.
The four little animals were very shy. When they discovered Li Mingyuan's arrival, they immediately buried their heads together and shouted "Gulu, Gulu".
"What a cute little guy." Li Mingyuan smiled and picked up one of them, while the little animal in his hand struggled uneasily, not daring to look up at the person who caught it.
Based on the sounds and their appearance, it was not difficult for Li Mingyuan to determine that they were the famous pumas.
"Haha, don't be afraid, little one. You will be raised as a guard lion for me in the future." Li Mingyuan said with a smile.
In his previous life, rich people in the Middle East raised eagles and lions, and Li Mingyuan was no worse than them. He already had one eagle, and now four more pumas have been discovered. Although pumas are not as big as African lions, pumas have a gentler personality.
Suitable for feeding, pumas raised since childhood are more suitable for guarding and nursing homes.
Imagining the life of raising eagles and walking lions in the future, Li Mingyuan laughed unconsciously, then packed the four little guys in cloth bags and rode forward.
"Your Majesty, look what I caught!" Li Dawei triumphantly showed off to Li Mingyuan who arrived.
The two pumas were tied to the ground by the soldiers and could not move, roaring from time to time.
"Haha, Venus is very nice. She knows that I like raising animals, so she specially gave me two cougars."
"Don't get me wrong, Your Majesty, these two lions are not for you," Li Dawei explained quickly.
"It's not for me, do you still want to keep it for yourself?" Li Mingyuan pretended to be angry.
"At worst, I'll give you one."
"Don't worry, I only want the small one and leave the big one to you."
"That's pretty much it." Li Dawei muttered.
Female pumas are half smaller than males. The smaller puma captured by Li Dawei was probably the mother of four cubs, so Li Mingyuan took it over.
After settling the issue of the mountain lion's ownership, Li Mingyuan asked about the results of the hunting these days.
"Your Majesty, this time we captured a hundred cannons, twelve antelopes, two wild deer, fifteen... what are their names?"
Li Dawei forgot the name of the last animal as he talked.
"You're talking about the alpaca."
"Yes, it's the kind of animal that looks like a camel and a goat." Li Dawei said, patting his head.
"Your Majesty, why are the animals here different from those in the Central Plains? There are alpacas that look like camels and goats, small lions, and pangolins that only eat ants and have no skin armor..."
"This question is difficult to explain." Li Mingyuan smiled and shook his head. Many animals in America are different from other regions. Even if Li Mingyuan talked to Li Dawei about zoogeography in the 21st century, he couldn't understand it, so Li Mingyuan did not explain it to him.