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Chapter 461

Standing in his position, Zhang Chi reached out and patted Chi Yanshan's neck gently, and kept talking.

"Relax, relax!"

Although it cannot be said that tens of thousands of horses are galloping, the momentum of hundreds or even thousands of horses running is still a bit amazing, especially when it is not far in front of you, and the hoofs of the horses hit the ground like thunder. This kind of shock is unimaginable if you have never experienced it in person.

Can't think of it.

As a member of the horse group, Zhang Chi could clearly feel the eagerness to try erupting from Chi Yanshan's body, and he really wanted to join the same kind.

But Zhang Chi had to appease its emotions because this was not what it should do. What it had to do was cooperate with its master and persuade its companions to surrender.

The task assigned to Zhang Chi was very simple. When the cowboys on the opposite side were driving up the horses, he and the cowboy on his right had to separate the horses.

The horses were separated from the main group.

The horse that runs at the front must be a strong horse. You may think that cowboys will choose male horses. In fact, this is wrong. Generally speaking, they choose mares, because females are easier to train and have better temperaments.

Better.

The most important thing is that the female horse does not need to be castrated like the male horse, which saves a lot of medical expenses and can also give birth to foals.

Why not choose male horses? The reason is not just that male horses are disobedient and require a knife to make them be obedient.

One of the key reasons is that wild horses, even the king of wild horses, are not suitable to be stallions. You have to understand one sentence: the best stallions are on pastures, not in the wild.

Some people may not understand this statement, but it is the fact that all 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, leaving only abandoned horses all over the world.

How could a good horse be abandoned? Even if it survives in the wild for a long time and is selected from generation to generation, it cannot surpass the specific breeding methods of humans.

This is science, not a fairy tale.

Therefore, the kings of horses in the wild are not at all like those portrayed in movies and TV dramas. They are always magical horses. Most of them are horses of average quality.

In fact, the biggest reason is that there are too many horses in the United States. According to statistics from relevant departments, there are about 190,000 abandoned horses in the United States. This number is actually not very accurate. There are almost as many abandoned horses in this public pasture alone.

There are seven to eight thousand horses. You said there are about 190,000 horses in the country?

Anyway, Zhang Chi didn’t quite believe it.

In short, there are more horses, but there are fewer and fewer pastures and farms using primitive production methods. There are more and more pastures with strict rules and mechanization. The use of animal power is reduced, which naturally leads to the problem of horse abandonment.

Zhang Chi looked at the group of horses that had already started running. They were now running towards Zhang Chi's side and front. It was obvious that the driving by a few cowboys made some of them a little panicked. They followed the large group subconsciously, like a group of headless flies.

Same.

Zhang Chi saw that the horses were getting closer and closer, still thirty or forty meters away from him, so he shouted softly, clamped his legs together, and signaled Chi Yanshan to start running.

Chi Yanshan received the order from his master and without any delay, he ran directly towards the horses in an diagonal manner.

Zhang Chi, who was sitting firmly on the horse, took off the lasso hanging on the saddle and threw it into the wind. Soon the lasso was unfolded over Zhang Chi's head. The semi-soft lasso was tearing at the wind, and he found that whining

A whimpering cry.

"Ooooh, ooh!"

Zhang Chi rode his horse towards the herd of horses, swinging the lasso and making a strange cry loudly, scaring the herd of wild horses.

Zhang Chi rushed towards the horses, which quickly caused the horses to panic. The already scattered formation suddenly became even more fragmented.

He continued to shout loudly, swung the lasso in his hand, and kept squeezing the horses in the direction.

As the horses continued to move closer to the river, the length of the entire group of horses also increased invisibly, and the horses were pulled into a longer and longer line.

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

Zhang Chi's side and the cowboys who were originally maneuvering on the left side all moved to the right side at this time.

"GO!"

As the cowboy shouted loudly, the cowboy took the reins, and the horse he dismounted turned almost ninety degrees in an instant, then jumped sharply and ran away from the horses.

Zhang Chi heard the command and turned his head instantly. Chi Yanshan's body turned violently in the air. Zhang Chi felt his body being thrown away, and he nailed himself to the saddle.

At this moment, Zhang Chi felt that he was almost hanging from the ground at an angle of 40 degrees from the original 90 degrees. Fortunately, this was only a moment, and in the blink of an eye, Chiyan Mountain had already returned to its normal position.

In a balanced state, he followed the other two horses and ran forward.

After running for about twenty or thirty meters, everyone reined in the horses again and moved forward with the horses.

At this time, under the impact of Miller and others, the horses had been separated from head to tail, and the leading horse was still running.

The horses that were separated behind them had calmed down at this moment. They understood that the target of this group of people was not them, and they were no longer chasing them, so they stopped and looked at the horses that were still running.

Companions.

Only then did you understand why herbivorous animals such as horses could only win based on numbers. After their own danger was eliminated, these cut-off animals all became spectators, with no intention of helping the same kind at all, even if they were

The same species were their companions just a few minutes ago.

All these guys need to do to eliminate the danger is to bring some peanuts and melon seeds with a bench.

Zhang Chi was in the team at the moment, and six or seven cowboys separated on both sides, carrying the horses and galloping away. By this time, the speed of the horses had been driven up.

As the speed of the horses increases, the cowboys and their mounts will naturally be pulled further and further down.

The mounts are different from wild horses. One of them has a person on its back and the other is smooth. Which one do you think runs faster? It must be the wild horse.

When the horses are getting further and further away from contact, the leaders on both sides have to decide which horse they want to lasso, and put the noose in their hands around the horse's neck before the horses break away.

Of course, mistakes are allowed. No matter how good you are, you will make mistakes at this time. However, before you make a mistake, it is best to let your companions know which horse you are targeting.

Only in this way will the noose in their hands reach the target.

On Zhang Chi's side, he was not the main worker. The person who picked the horses was an experienced old cowboy. He decided what kind of horses to hitch for this trip.

As for choosing which horse to tether out of the herd first, that is to say, a set of tethers for domestic horses. There are so many wild horses in a herd, and you won’t know which one you picked when they run around in circles.

The horse has gone somewhere, so picking out the horse you want first is almost like magic.

The old cowboy picked his target and the lasso he was using was thrown up.

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

When choosing a horse at this time, there is no time for you to think too much. It only takes less than a minute for you to make a decision. Otherwise, you can only wait for the next round.

The old cowboy's lasso was released.

The noose fell firmly onto the neck of a pale yellow mare.

The law!

The little mare became nervous, shaking her head and tail in an attempt to get rid of the noose around her neck. Unfortunately, she didn't know that if she wanted to get rid of the noose, she would have to take a few steps back the moment it was put on.

Even if it thought about it, it would be impossible for it to do so, because wild horses in nature cannot retreat, that is, they cannot walk backwards. They can only turn a corner to run in the opposite direction.

The old cowboy quickly put down the noose in his hand and wrapped it around the saddle head. At this moment, it was wrapped with a live buckle. The rope was released around the press head. Because of the strength of the horse, the addition of the rope and the saddle,

The friction between the rope and the village head caused a burst of white smoke to rise from the friction between the rope and the village head.

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

Like the old cowboy, Zhang Chi hit the horse's neck and began to let go of the rope. The rope in his glove was quickly pulled away by the horse. The smoke from the friction between the head of the village and the rope made Zhang Chi smell the smell of burnt wood.

Zhang Chi and the old cowboy let go of the noose in an instant. The last part was quickly tied with a slip knot and got directly stuck on the rope loop that was originally tied to the village head, completely closing the noose.

At the same time, the speed of the little mare in front was also reduced.

When the speed slowed down, Zhang Chi heard the old cowboy's gentle drink. He immediately pinched the horse's belly and let out a scream~!

Chi Yanshan stood still instantly, using his own body plus the weight of his master to hold the little mare down, and tightened the noose.

The two horses tried hard, but the little mare couldn't run anywhere. However, the obviously panicked little mare did not give up her struggle. She kept jumping and shaking, trying to get the noose off her neck.

It's a pity that its struggle is useless at this moment.

"What a beautiful little guy!"

The old cowboy jumped off his horse, looked at the struggling little mare and said with a smile.

Zhang Chi also got off the horse at this moment. He took off his thick gloves. They were very wear-resistant, but very hard, and the rope had been placed there just now, which made the gloves smell a bit.

"It's quite beautiful," Zhang Chi agreed.

Over there, Miller and others also harvested a chestnut filly, which was of good size and shape.

Everyone was talking and laughing while looking at the struggling little mare, waiting for it to give up before taking it back to the camp.

The little mare's struggle subsided quickly. They were accustomed to following others' directions, and soon realized that their resistance was pointless. So they quickly calmed down and stood there, breathing heavily.

At this point, Zhang Chi's work is officially completed, and the remaining work is no longer within the scope of his work.


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