I'm really not suitable for working in an office. It would be more comfortable to go to the battlefield and not have to deal with trivial chores all day long. Claude, thinking so, was galloping on the vast prairie at the moment. The sky is high and the clouds are clear, and the endless Albato prairie brings Claude a feeling of relaxation and joy.
A few wisps of light smoke billowed from the distance. Michael Jack at the front raised his palms, and most of the people behind him began to rein in their horses and slow down. That was one of the reconnaissance cavalry teams sent by the Thunder Division. They should have discovered something before they came back to report it.
Sure enough, when the four men and four horses that were galloping arrived not far away, they reined in the reins, rolled their saddles and dismounted, and led their mounts to the front of Mike. After a few cross-examinations, Maijack led the soldier with a beard who led him towards Claude.
"Reporting to the general, his subordinate is Sergeant Linkmat of the 1301st Thunder Regiment's Reconnaissance Brigade. He came to report on the order of the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Belklin. We have discovered the migration route of the bison and are currently moving the herd. Scouting nearby, no trace of the enemy has been found." The soldier saluted Claude and reported loudly.
The migration of nearly a million bison herds is huge, but the Albato prairie is even more vast. Although the bison herds migrate in the same direction every year, from the northern plateau to the southern plains, this does not mean that the bison herds follow the same path every year. Many times, in order to chase the lush water plants, the bison herds often change their routes and deviate from their old migration routes in previous years. Therefore, if you want to find the enemies who are ready to hunt bison, you must first find the bison herd on the Albato prairie.
People who have never seen bison migrate can never imagine how huge a herd of nearly a million bison is, like an endless shadow covering the entire grassland. Looking from a distance, it was an endless cloud of clouds moving across the grassland. Where they passed, the lush and rich green disappeared, leaving only a reddish-brown patch of messy soil.
"General, we can't get any closer." said Sergeant Linkmatt who led the way. He was a member of the Overseas Territory. He was selected from the Overseas Field Corps to join the Thunder Division and had several years of experience hunting bison.
"About five hundred meters away from a herd of bison is a safe distance. Within five hundred meters is the hunting range of those carnivorous animals that hunt bison. If you enter rashly, you will easily be attacked by them. A hundred meters away from a herd of bison is the safe distance for bison." The warning area will arouse the vigilance of the bison. If the bison think that you are their enemy, they will chase you in groups until they drive you away to a position they think is safe. General, our war horses can't stand it The bison collided with each other. Sometimes in a short sprint, the bison could run faster than a war horse," explained Staff Sergeant Linkmatt.
This should be true. Claude has seen several famous carnivorous beasts in Nubicia. Among them are the tusked lions that live in groups, the nubician manticore brown lions that are agile and good at fighting alone, the spotted cheetahs, the ferocious red-haired wolves, and the brown-backed and green-haired prairie wolves. Almost all the carnivorous beasts recorded in the animal maps of the Nubisian continent appear around the migrating buffalo herds, looking for opportunities to capture their prey from the buffalo herds, but more often they are the carcass of a hunted buffalo. A fight broke out and roars continued.
"Sergeant Linkmatt, can you tell us how you hunted bison before?" Claude asked curiously.
"Of course, General." Staff Sergeant Linkmatt pointed at the buffalo herd in the distance and introduced in a flattered manner: "When hunting buffalo, we cannot be in front of their migration. Because the buffalo in the front are almost all the strongest and strongest. They are aggressive, they are equivalent to the vanguard of our troops, responsible for the task of opening the way. Any enemy blocking them can easily cause the bison to go crazy. No matter how powerful the enemy is, they will just rush over and block all the enemies. Enemies in their direction were crushed to pieces.
Similarly, it is not a good choice to hunt bison in front of or to the side of a herd of bison. Hunting bison there can easily lead to a mad pursuit by the herd, which is simply endless. I once heard from an old bison hunter that a group of nobles once visited the Nubisian continent. After hearing about the bison migration, they were ready to join in the fun. They avoided the front and started hunting the bison on the periphery of the herd from the side.
At first, they hunted a dozen bisons smoothly, but they forgot that they were too close to the herd, and the bison herd coming from behind had already trapped them in the inner circle. At the same time they also attracted the attention of the buffalo herd, which began to chase them. The result was that they were trapped among tens of thousands of bison. When their mounts could no longer run, this group of more than thirty nobles and their entourage, including men and horses, were all trampled into mud by the bison herd.
Generally speaking, the side and rear of the buffalo herd is a better hunting place. However, the carnivorous beasts must leave this area first and let them understand that this is a human hunting area. This will allow the buffalo hunters to have time to clean up after themselves. of hunting. Most of the bison that fall behind the herd are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are the prey of predators. For bison hunters, the bison hunted at the rear and sides of the herd are of little value. The quality of the hides is poor and the taste of the beef is not good. They are generally used to make beef jerky for sale.
At the same time, if you are hunting from the side and rear, you should also pay attention to the sneak attacks of those carnivorous beasts. Small groups of buffalo hunters often cannot maintain their hunting areas and are raided by those ferocious beasts. If they are not careful, they may be harmed. Therefore, bison hunters basically abandon their hunting areas during the day in the evening and retreat to a campsite thousands of meters away with their prey to prevent being attacked by wild beasts at night. Wait until the next day, and then use the strength of the crowd to snatch the next hunting area from the carnivorous beasts.
If a hunting team of more than a hundred people can be organized, then the best place for hunting bison is at the tail end of the migrating bison herd. Many of the bison there are old and weak who cannot catch up with the big herds, but there are also many young and strong bison who have just grown up and started living alone. For bison hunters, this is the best prey.
The advantage of hunting bison from the tail of the herd is that you don't have to worry about the bison counterattacking in groups, but you should also be careful of those half-sized bison that suddenly go crazy and attack the team. Bisons as big as this are often very aggressive. They don't care whether you are a hunter or a wild beast. If you annoy these bisons, they will chase them until they die.
When hunting bison at the tail end of a herd, the ones you need to be most wary of are the wolves. Whether it is a pack of red-haired wolves or a pack of prairie wolves, they are the most hated enemies of bison hunters. These wolves are numerous and very vengeful. Every time the bison herd migrates, these wolves will combine from small groups into large groups and follow the bison herd. On the one hand, they hunt the old and weak bison for food, and on the other hand, they rob other carnivorous beasts. Hunted. Even the most ferocious manticore brown lion can only give up food and leave when encountering a pack of wolves.
Once upon a time, a bison hunter relied on the strength of their numbers to kill a dozen red wolves that were following the bison herd and competing with them for their prey. As a result, at night, their campsite was surrounded by thousands of wolves. Then the human-wolf war lasted for three days and three nights. The buffalo hunters suffered many casualties before they were able to defend the camp and killed hundreds of red wolves. Finally, the bison herd left and the red wolf pack withdrew, and they had no choice but to return home to rest and recuperate. It can be said that they lost money.
Nowadays, experienced bison hunters organize teams to hunt bison at the rear of the herd. They will leave the old and weak bison killed by the wolves and take away the carcasses of the young and strong bison themselves. This way, humans and wolves will not invade each other. The boundaries are clear. Our previous experience is basically that if you hunt three bison, you must leave at least one. Otherwise, if we take them all away at once, the next time there are hunting bison, the wolves will rush up and fight for the carcass."
A circle of people gathered around Sergeant Linkmatt and listened with interest to his story about hunting bison. McJack asked: "Sergeant Linkmatt, what do you think is the most important thing in hunting bison?"
Sergeant Linkmat thought for a while and replied: "The most important thing is a well-defended camping site and sufficient auxiliary personnel. Because hunting bison is what we bison hunters should do, but to hunt good prey After that, there must be auxiliary personnel to transport the bison carcass to the camping site for immediate processing, skinning, draining the blood, smoking and drying the beef, and preliminary processing of the horns and hides to prevent decay. These are all things that are urgently needed. The matter is related to the proceeds from our buffalo hunting activity.
In addition, since there are many carnivorous beasts in the wild, they will pose a great threat to us buffalo hunters at night, so it is very important to have a campsite with good defense performance that allows us to safely rest and recuperate at night. When organizing a team to hunt bison, bison hunters will only account for one-third, and the rest will be support staff. We all found a suitable location to build a campsite thousands of meters away from the bison herd. Basically, the construction materials were transported from behind, and trenches were dug and fortifications were built to ensure safety. "
The big man Germi suddenly asked: "Are the abandoned, semi-collapsed campsites we saw when we came here just now the campsites you built before?"
Sergeant Linkmat nodded: "Yes, the earliest one was built ten years ago, but now the migration routes of the bison herds are becoming more and more eastward. These built forts are basically separated by one or two. It was abandoned in 1998. After all, it is too far away from the buffalo herds and the long journey to transport the hunted animals is not only unsafe, but will also cause rigor mortis and affect the quality of the skin and meat."
Claude looked at the sky and ordered to camp on the spot. At the same time, he told Staff Sergeant Linkmatt to take some people to hunt a few bison and add some fresh meat dishes to dinner to see if he was as good as a bison hunter in the past. still
Sergeant Linkmatt without hesitation greeted a small group of soldiers who had been buffalo hunters, and drove three carriages toward the buffalo herd in the distance. Claude took Michael Jack and others to stand on a small mound and watched them from a distance with a monocular as they hunted bison.
Sergeant Linkmatt and his team first rode their horses and shouted, waving their whips to create a great noise near the buffalo herd, scaring away the three spotted cheetahs hiding in the grass, and then let the three carriages Stopping there, he continued to lead the small group of soldiers towards the buffalo herd.
They did not rush straight into the buffalo herd. Instead, under the leadership of Linkmat, they rode their horses along the edge of the buffalo herd and separated the four or five buffalo from the surrounding buffalo herd. Come forward and use your war horses and whips to drive these buffaloes away from the attention of the buffalo herd.
One of the buffaloes had a very hot temper. It suddenly stopped and turned around while running, lowered its head and pointed its sharp horns at the soldier's mount behind it, and rammed it without hesitation. However, this soldier had been warned by Sergeant Linkmatt and had already taken precautions. He reined in his horse and moved to the left to get out of the way of the bison, causing the bison to miss him.
The bison missed its target, and after charging for a while, it stopped and realized that it was very close to the herd. He seemed to be worried about what had just happened. He shook his head and looked around, then walked a few steps towards the bison herd. He soon stopped and continued to eat weeds on the ground with his head lowered.
At this time, Sergeant Linkmatt and the others had driven the remaining four bison about a hundred meters away from the herd. They changed their formation, and two riders were running with a bison between them, making it impossible for the bison to change. direction. Sergeant Linkmatt, who was sitting on the horse, had already held the musket with a lit match in one hand and stretched the muzzle to the back of the neck of the running bison.
There was a "bang" and white gunpowder smoke came out.
In Claude's monocular, he could clearly see a splash of blood on the bison's head. The running bison continued to run forward for a few steps, then suddenly stumbled, then stumbled forward for about ten steps, and fell headfirst on the grass, its hooves twitching all the time.
The remaining three bison were also shot in the same way. One of the bison, like the one hunted by Sergeant Linkmatt, soon fell to the ground. But that was not the case for the remaining two bison. One bison jumped up suddenly after being shot, as if it was going crazy. However, another soldier next to him had quick eyesight and shot him again, knocking it to the ground.
The last bison took a shot from the soldier on the right, but then bumped to the left, forcing the soldier on the left who hadn't fired yet to rein in the reins and turn his horse's head to avoid the collision of the bison, and then looked at this A bison broke out of the encirclement and ran wildly to the left. Several soldiers following behind opened fire on the bison, but the bison seemed to be uninjured even though it was bleeding. It ran faster and further, farther and farther.
Sergeant Linkmatt and the others had nothing to do with the wild bull that was running wildly. The matchlocks in their hands had already fired one round, and it was useless to catch up. They could only stop where they were, and while calling the three carriages to transport the three hunted bison, they loaded the muskets and re-clip the match ropes to guard against the eagerly looking carnivorous beasts around them.
After the carriage arrived, except for the four or five soldiers who were sitting on horses to guard the surrounding area, all the remaining people got off their horses and struggled to move the three bison carcasses onto the carriage. , then he got back on his horse and ran back behind the carriage.
Claude watched a buffalo hunting show with his own eyes, and then he understood how the buffalo was hunted. Different from what he imagined, it was almost necessary to put the muzzle of the gun against the back of the bison's head to kill the bison with one shot, instead of being able to kill the bison from a distance of a hundred meters as he thought. Just look at the bison at the end and you can come to the conclusion that if you shoot the bison from a distance of a hundred meters, unless you hit the target, it will only anger the bison and attack the hunter, which is more dangerous.
According to Sergeant Linkmatt, the three bison hunted this time were probably weak because they only weighed about a thousand kilograms. Basically, strong bison weighed more than 1,500 kilograms. . A few years ago, the Buffalo Trading Company killed and injured two or three buffalo hunters before killing a king buffalo. The carcass weighed more than 2,700 kilograms. It is said that when it was not dead, it was nearly two meters tall when standing. It was a very scary person. behemoth
The hunted bison became a snack in the evening. Claude ordered the Thunder Division not to hunt the bison for the next two days. The most important thing at the moment was to find traces of the enemy. Did the volunteer light cavalry regiment formed by retired soldiers from the Principality of Karnars enter the Albato prairie in the Beringana Direct Territory again to hunt the migrating buffalo herds
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