The pack of wolves gradually expanded from three or two to seven or eight, and then gradually expanded to a dozen or dozens. Chen Chao counted them carefully, and there were a total of eighty-six wolves, much more than the group of black wolves that attacked the Tianyuan tribe before.
A trace of doubt also arose in his heart. You must know that the wolves have an extremely strict hierarchy. The number of wolves in a pack is usually about 7, the so-called seven wolves, and some wolves have reached more than 30.
Usually a family of wolves is led by a pair of dominant mates, while a group of brothers and sisters is led by the strongest wolf. And the number of wolves encountered in these two encounters was above sixty. Could it be that the natural enemies of wolves have not yet recovered
It's just that he is not allowed to think too much now, once the wolves start to attack the horses, he will take the opportunity to run to Ma Wang's side.
Although the wild horses are very powerful, they are now facing a large pack of wolves, and there are only 17 wild horses, including three cubs.
As the wolves gradually grew, the wild horses began to neigh uneasy, and the ponies also leaned against the mare in fear.
The wild horses consciously began to move inward, and the three ponies were surrounded in the innermost part, and Chen Chao, a weak chicken with two legs, was also consciously protected by the wild horses in the innermost part.
If this two-legged beast dies, if I want to lick the salt in the future, I will have to run a long way. Running back and forth in a day is still very tiring...
The pack of wolves gradually surrounded them, engulfing some other medium-sized animals on the pasture, such as alpacas and sheep...
"Hiss..." A horse on the periphery retreated after being bitten by a wolf and screamed miserably, and all the horses began to move. At this time, a high-pitched horse neighed, and the restless horse herd gradually calmed down. The brown-red horse king who had already put on the bridle rushed towards the pack of wolves like lightning, raised two huge hooves and stepped on the murderer's body fiercely, and the other stallions also attacked the pack of wolves.
The wolves obviously underestimated the enemy, seeing the three wolves turn into flesh under the iron hooves. But the whole pack of wolves did not start to panic, and continued to surround them in an orderly manner, biting the prey in the circle from time to time.
They just deliberately avoided the horse king. Except for some old, weak, sick and disabled prey being eaten, the wolves did not provoke those who seemed to be young, strong and powerful.
The prey in the encirclement began to move under the bite and intimidation of the wolves, and the gaps of the three wolves that were killed before were not filled, which seemed to let the animals see life.
The herd of wild horses stamped their hoofs restlessly, and the howling of wolves sounded one after another at the outermost edge of the encirclement. The whole herd of wild horses, surrounded by the animals in the encirclement, began to break out towards the gap.
Chen Chao also found an opportunity to run to Ma Wang's side, and tried to follow the horses at first, but soon he realized that according to human physical strength, trying to keep up with a group of galloping wild horses is simply whimsical!
He tried several times to jump on the horse's back but failed, but without the help of the stirrup as a point of support, and the horse was moving, it was almost impossible to do it.
At this moment, a giant wolf rushed over and bit a mare behind the horse king. After seeing the wailing of his companion, the horse king was furious, turned around, raised his front hoof and stomped hard.
As soon as the culprit was dealt with, the five giant wolves next to him took advantage of Mawang's most vulnerable abdomen, and were about to start biting. The marching rhythm of the wild horses was also temporarily disrupted.
It's just that besides Ma Wang, besides a mare who was injured and fell to the ground, there was only Chen Chao with a wicker basket on his back.
Chen Chao took a look at the surrounding situation. The other horses in the wild horse herd stood around the five giant wolves, forming a bigger encirclement circle for the five giant wolves. As for himself and Ma Wang, they were surrounded at the innermost side.
As if they were waiting for the Mawang's order, they raised their iron hooves and trampled to death these ugly giant wolves.
Chen Chao also pulled down the stone ax fixed at his waist with his backhand, and pulled it out directly.
Seeing that he raised the stone axe, Ma Wang let out a long hiss, and the horse and the horse looked at each other, as if they understood what the other was going to do.
With an axe, he slashed at a giant wolf with its bloody mouth wide open. Chen Chao and Ma Wang were like horns. After finishing off the third wolf, the remaining two wolves were also turned into flesh under the iron hooves of the surrounding wild horses. mud.
He raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, the moonlight today was extraordinarily bright, like daylight. Just as Chen Chao was about to raise his feet and follow the wild horses, he saw Ma Wang lowering his body slightly.
He looked at Ma Wang's big black shiny eyes, a little lost in thought. I just feel that those eyes are full of human charm, as if to say, Twolegs, look at you running so slowly, what should you do if you fall behind and get eaten by giant wolves? My Mawang sees that you helped me just now, so I can barely give you a ride.
Ma Wang let out another long hiss, and even arched Chen Chao with his huge horse's head. Only then did he realize that he had tried so many times to get on the back of the horse, so this is it
Super Chen is not hypocritical, and now is not the time to be hypocritical. Although 8 giant wolves have been killed by horseshoes and stone axes, there are still more than 70 giant wolves behind, and there is no chance to be hypocritical. So he saw the right moment and jumped onto the horse.
Chao Chen, who jumped onto the horse’s back, had no time to grab the reins (the reins) on the bridle, and was thrown by the horse king. He was so frightened that he bent down and hugged the horse king’s neck, although he knew that the horse king was not Deliberately, this was just a sign that he started to run, but it still made Chao Chen almost fly out.
His legs clamped tightly around the horse's belly, so he barely fell off the horse. Fortunately, the rattan seat cushion tied on the horse's back played a big role, acting as a buffer between Chen Chao and the horse's back, and also greatly reduced the pain in Chen Chao's legs when sitting on the horse's back. Feel.
But it still hurts!
At this moment, Super Chen really missed his pants, all kinds of trousers...
This hurt the little stone in his arms, but he also knew that the current situation was very critical, so he curled up tightly in Chen Chao's arms and dared not make any sound.
However, it was precisely because of this posture that Chen Chao could hold the ax in a low position, and make up for the giant wolves that approached from time to time. Let Ma Wang have no worries for the time being.
And the horse king who is running is also very satisfied with his new two-legged beast boy. Although he looks weak, he is still very strong!
Chen Chao, who was still hugging the horse's neck, didn't dare to control the horse king with the bridle for the time being, and the wolves were still chasing after him, which made the horse king temporarily ignore the two people who were still hugging his back. foot beast.
It's not that Chen Chao didn't think about standing up and swinging the stone axe, but it was basically something he would not do without stirrups. Because without the help of stirrups, a person can sit on the horse's back fixedly, relying on his feet to clamp the horse's belly.
So it is basically impossible to stand up, even if you barely stand up, you will not be able to swing the stone ax at all.
The driving time of the wolves is regular, sometimes slow and sometimes fast, giving some hope from time to time, so that the prey feel that there is a glimmer of life. Sometimes they pursue so closely that the prey never have a chance to stop and catch their breath!
The purpose is already obvious, this is also the tactic used by the wolves, don't they know that the wild horses with the horse king are powerful? Under normal circumstances, with the horse king's wild horse herd, the wolves would not easily provoke them.
But now you can walk them, and you have more people than your opponent, why not make them tired and have a full meal
You must know that a horse cannot maintain a long-distance running posture until it has a horseshoe on. It will cause great damage to the horseshoe if it keeps rubbing against the ground and stones with high intensity.
The wolves obviously understand this very well, and what is really terrible is not dying immediately, but waiting for death in fear and exhaustion.
Relying on the false glimmer of life to constantly wear down the physical strength of this group of prey, when the time comes, they will be able to collect all of them without any effort, and they can have a delicious meal.
The sky was dim, and the sun was slowly rising. The wild horses who had been running all night were tired and thirsty, their nostrils were dilated, and hot air with a strong smell of grass came out from their nostrils. The injured horses could no longer support themselves and fell to the ground, screaming whine.