The Rise of Primitive Tribes Farming

Chapter 497 Wildebeest and Ostrich

"Quick, quick, grab it!"

On the prairie, warriors of the Mang tribe are catching antelopes. They are not catching antelopes for food, but for domestication.

Therefore, they don't care much about the adult antelopes, and what they want to catch are the young antelopes.

Not only antelopes, but also zebras and even giraffes are all within the scope of capture.

This place is a grassland, and many traps that can be set in the forest are useless. Therefore, it is more difficult to catch people alive than in the Southern Wilderness.

"Caught one!"

A soldier was hiding in the grass, and when a cub of antelope was running by, he pounced on it, and after catching it, a bright smile appeared on his face.

The little antelope kept kicking in his arms, making a cry of "bleat" for help, but the big antelopes didn't dare to come over.

The warrior quickly tied up the little antelope's legs with a rope, and carried it back.

The other fighters were also experienced hunters. Facing a large herd of antelopes, they could always find a chance to catch a few of them.

In the end, they caught six small antelopes and five half-grown antelopes, and happily brought them back to the tribe's new settlement.

When walking halfway, one of the warriors suddenly found a group of different animals in the distance.

"Is that herd bison?"

In the distance, a dozen animals with horns and strong bodies passed by, like bison, but not like bison.

"No, the buffalo are much bigger than they are, and they are so strange."

"Catch a few and go back and ask the leader, so you know?"

"Yes, yes, grab a few and go back."

The most exciting thing for everyone in the hunting team is to meet all kinds of wild beasts that they have never seen before. Hunting these wild beasts will give them a sense of accomplishment.

Soon, more than 50 hunting team fighters, leaving two people to guard the small antelope, and others holding various weapons, quietly touched the dozen or so animals that looked like bison from the grass.

The dozens of strange-looking animals were very vigilant. After hearing the sound in the grass, they raised their heads and looked around.

It's just that, because they have never seen humans, they don't have a strong sense of defense against humans.

If predators such as lions, hyenas, and cheetahs come, their vigilance will increase a lot, and they will even run away immediately.

The soldiers of the Mang tribe quietly formed an encirclement circle, and then suddenly attacked.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Dozens of short spears flew at the animals, and some fell to the ground on the spot, while the rest were wounded or frightened, and immediately began to run away.

They are very fast when they run, as vigorous as an antelope.

Of the dozen or so animals, five were caught, and the rest escaped.

The hunting team soldiers happily carried the new prey and returned to the tribe's settlement with the small antelopes.

Near the settlement, a large herd of bison and rhinoceros grazing leisurely, and they did not hide when they saw people coming. Because of the relationship between the bison king and the rhinoceros Banyue, these two groups already belonged to the Mang tribe, and they would not run away without domestication.

The bountiful harvest of the hunting team soldiers made those who stayed in the tribe smile.

Because of these prey, everyone can eat.

"Leader, come and see, a new prey."

Chen Bei was called over, and after he approached, he realized that what the hunting team brought back was actually a wildebeest.

Wildebeest is a very strange species. They look like cows in appearance, but they are a little smaller than cows, and they also have two big horns on their heads.

But their faces are those of horses, with manes on their backs, long tails, and flowing goatees on their chins.

This species, from a distance, looks similar to a bison, but upon closer inspection, it looks like a horse, which is weird anyway.

Usually, wildebeest live in small groups and look for food.

But in the dry season, they will spontaneously gather together to form hundreds of thousands, or even millions of wildebeest army, unite together, travel long distances, looking for a new playground.

Chen Bei had only seen that kind of scene on TV in his previous life, but now he has the opportunity to witness it with his own eyes.

He circled around the dead wildebeest for a few times, and said, "This kind of prey is called wildebeest. It likes to live in groups. If you are lucky, you may even see wildebeest gathering together all over the mountains and plains."

The hunting team soldiers' eyes lit up when they heard this, wildebeests all over the mountains, isn't that just hunting casually?

One of the soldiers asked the most concerned question: "Boss, what kind of wildebeest is this, can it be eaten?"

Chen Bei said: "I haven't eaten it either, but other ferocious beasts will prey on them, so they should be edible."

"It's good if we can eat, then we can rest assured."

The young warriors of the hunting team smiled, and immediately dragged the wildebeests to the river, skinned and washed them, and then cut the meat, roasted some of them, and boiled some of them in a copper pot brought by the Mang tribe.

Because of the long distance, the pottery tripod was too heavy and fragile, so the copper pots they brought this time were the benefits of the first generation pioneers of the Rhinoceros Continent.

"Whoa..."

The wildebeest's blood flowed into the river, attracting many large carnivorous fish, including crocodiles. They swam to the shore, opened their bloody mouths, and rushed fiercely at the soldiers of the hunting team.

"Hey, I'm waiting for you!"

The Mang tribe lived by the river, and there were too many attacks by big fish. How could the people who stripped the wildebeest be unprepared?

They put down the half-washed wildebeest temporarily, and fought with crocodiles and other big carnivorous fish at the water's edge with bronze spears and other weapons.

After the fishing team discovered the situation here, they rushed over immediately and joined the battle.

Soon, three large crocodiles and two other large carnivorous fish were killed by the soldiers of the hunting team and fishing team, and became the new food of the Mang tribe.

On that day, the food of the Mang tribe was very rich, and Chen Bei also tasted the meat of the wildebeest.

I don't know if the cooking method is wrong, it tastes old, hard to chew, and the taste is just the same. Chen Bei is quite disappointed about this.

However, wildebeests have strong adaptability and relatively strong reproductive ability, so you can try breeding them.

As for whether it tastes good or not, Chen Bei believes that there must be a problem with the cooking method. Slowly develop the cooking method in the future, and it will always become delicious.

Days passed, and the Mang tribe lived in a different place every day. The people of the Mang tribe quickly adapted to the way of life here.

For the soldiers of the hunting team, the hunting route gradually extended to farther places.

On this day, they brought back several big birds to Chenbei, big birds taller than people.

"Leader, leader, look what we have caught."

A hunting team soldier excitedly ran to Chen Bei's door and woke up Chen Bei who was taking a nap in the thatched hut.

"What good thing did you catch? So excited?"

Chen Bei felt a little helpless, because it was a new environment, there were so many things he didn't know, and people always came to ask him.

"We caught a big bird that couldn't fly, but it ran fast and was covered in meat. We thought it was very suitable for breeding."

"Oh? Then I'll go and have a look."

Chen Bei walked out of the thatched hut, and followed the hunting team soldiers to the open space in front of the gathering place.

There were several large birds tied up in the clearing. They were indeed huge, and they seemed to be covered in flesh.

"Ostrich! You actually caught the ostrich back!"

Chenbei didn't expect that the big bird mentioned by the soldiers of the hunting team was an ostrich, which is really suitable for breeding.

"Boss, there are two more eggs!"

A soldier walked over holding two large ostrich eggs, the diameter of which was as big as a sea bowl, and they were heavy.

Chen Bei took the two eggs, weighed them, and sighed: "It's really a good thing, one can make ordinary people full."

The soldiers immediately smiled, because they had found both the ostrich and the eggs.

(End of this chapter)