Chapter 147: Outside the Great Wall
Outside the frontier, the wind was cold and Xiao Touman hid among the flock of sheep, still feeling trembling.
This winter is too cold. Many cattle and sheep in Xiaotouman's tribe have frozen to death.
Although Touman is only fifteen years old now, he is already very mature and feels deeply worried about the current bad weather.
The early arrival of winter has caused the aquatic plants to wither prematurely, and almost all herbivores on the grassland are hungry and skinny.
The wolves outside the border were not very willing to attack the sheep raised by humans.
However, the living environment is too poor this year. In order not to starve to death, they have also begun to take risks.
The attack of the wolf pack caused the Crown Tribe to lose a lot of lambs, and even three of the warriors in the tribe were bitten to death by hungry wolves.
The tribe of the Turf, which was already struggling to live, became more difficult because of the early arrival of the cold winter and the continuous losses of the flock.
"Babababa!"
Touman held a little lamb, and both sides snuggled up to each other to keep warm.
Unfortunately, the lamb was so hungry that he struggled desperately in Touman's arms. He wanted to find the ewe to eat. ********** was annoyed by the lamb, so he had to let the other party leave.
The little lamb found his mother and looked for the source of fresh milk under him, wanting to have a big meal.
"Baoba!"
However, due to the lack of aquatic plants, the ewe had a serious lack of nutrition. The lamb was sucked in pain and kicked it away with one hoof.
"Babababa!"
The little lamb screamed in tears and made heart-wrenching screams.
Seeing this, Touman hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the little lamb in his arms, trying to see if the other party was injured.
"What should I do?"
Touman felt the cold and howling north wind, and then looked at the skinny flock of sheep, his eyes were filled with worry.
If this continues, many of the lambs without breast milk supply cannot survive this cold winter.
Even these adult sheep may have many frozen to death due to malnutrition.
In this way, when the green grass sprouts in spring tomorrow, the flock will become much smaller and it will be difficult to supply the meat needed by the tribe.
"Perhaps, there will be many elderly people who will be abandoned."
Thinking of his elderly grandfather, a look of worry flashed in Xiao Touman's eyes.
"Aowoo!"
"Aowoo!"
"Aowoo!"
At this moment, a shrill wolf howl sounded from all directions. Touman, who was holding the little lamb, suddenly changed his face.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
At the same time, the warriors of the patrol patrol also blew the horns.
If it were the usual, when the horn sounded, the wolves would not dare to attack the flock easily, and they would probably be scared away.
But the cold winter makes the wolves hungry.
Although they fear the two-legged animals carrying strange weapons, they are even more afraid of hunger and death.
The two powers are the least likely to be injured.
Although the wolf pack does not know this sentence, it also understands the meaning.
They walked around the horse-riding warriors and rushed straight toward the middle of the flock.
"Babababa!"
The flock of sheep panicked and fled in all directions, but Xiaotouman pulled out the bone knife from his waist and looked for the best route with a little nervousness to avoid the brutal wolf pack.
He had no doubt that if he was targeted by the wolf pack, his thin two-legged sheep would definitely become their target of attack.
When the sheep enter the wolves, the outcome can be imagined.
The sheep raised by humans are incomparable to wild animals, and they have no attack power at all.
The most important thing is that those hungry wolves do not provoke adult sheep, but specialize in picking lambs.
Basically, as long as the little lamb is stared at by a wolf, there is absolutely no possibility of survival.
Not long after the wolves rushed into the flock, most of the lamb was bitten to death.
"Chirr!"
At the same time, the creepy warriors scattered everywhere finally rode on their horses. They shouted angrily and shot hatred arrows at the hateful pack.
I have to say that these creepy warriors are all good at riding and shooting.
However, the wolves on the grassland had already been accused of these two-legged sheep, and it was not so easy to deal with.
They held their prey in their mouths and chased the flocks of sheep that fled everywhere, and actually used the flock as their own cover.
Many arrows shot by the convulsive warriors actually killed Yang who was running by chance.
Of course, if the wolves attack the flock, they will naturally pay a heavy price. The six hungry wolves that could not be dispersed were shot to the ground by arrows. Even if they were not killed on the spot, they could be imagined.
Touman mixed in the flock of sheep and tried his best to avoid the pursuit of the wolves.
"Baoba!"
Suddenly, a leopard popped out of the withered grass, and bit an adult sheep quickly and accurately. The sheep bleated and bleated, but soon lost its vitality.
Touman followed the sheep, frightened by the sudden scene.
If the leopard's target was himself just now, Touman's throat might have been bitten off by his sharp teeth.
For tribes on the grassland.
They have to deal with not only the cold winter, but also the predators who take risks because of the cold, hunger and risk.
Today's northern grasslands are not as large predators as in later generations, almost all of them are about to disappear.
In the age of cold weapons, carnivores were cruel and terrifying. Even though humans dominated the world, in some ways, they were still afraid of the cruelty of large carnivores.
They were forced to attack even humans. If they had no prey of sheep, Tauman would have been bitten to death by a leopard.
This sudden attack caused more than 70% of the lambs to be cared for by Touman.
As for adult sheep, they suffer less losses because they are regarded as secondary targets by carnivores.
Even so, many adult sheep ran away and were captured by other large carnivores lurking.
When this unbearable loss was confirmed, the entire tribe of Teng is filled with strange and restless emotions.
Although the flock of sheep that Touman cared for was only part of the many flocks of sheep in the tribe.
There is not only the only flock of sheep that can be attacked.
And as the cold winter continues, carnivore attacks will become more and more frequent. Unless the tribe raises all the sheep in captivity, the losses will only increase.
But in this way, many sheep will starve to death.
How to spend this winter?
This issue has already concern the life and death of the Canru tribe, and everyone must consider it carefully.
As for Xiao Touman, he was severely punished at this time and had no time to take care of the choices of the adults.
Even if this attack is not enough, Touman will still be held accountable when facing such a huge loss.
On the grassland, if you don’t raise idle people, even children like Touman must take on their due responsibilities.
When Touman returned home with his painful butt, he found that his father, who had always been talking, seemed to be silent.
Chapter completed!