pasture leisure

Chapter 461
Standing in his position, Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and patted Chi Yanshan's neck lightly, talking non-stop.

"Relax, relax!"

Although it cannot be said that thousands of horses are galloping, the momentum of hundreds of thousands of horses running is still a bit amazing, especially not far from your eyes, the horseshoes knock on the ground like thunder, that kind of shock is not coming. Can't think of it.

As a member of the horse, Zhang Chi can clearly feel the eagerness bursting out of Chi Yanshan's body, and he very much hopes to join the same kind.

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

The task assigned to Zhang Chi is very simple. When the cowboys on the opposite side are driving the herd of horses, he and the cowboy on the right should separate the horses, that is, to separate the horse that is about twenty or thirty at the head of the road. The horses were separated from the main force.

The horse that runs first must be a strong horse. You may think that cowboys will choose male horses. In fact, they are wrong. Generally speaking, they will choose mares, because mares are easier to be trained and have a temper. better.

The most important thing is that mares do not need to be castrated like stallions, which saves a lot of medical expenses, and can also give birth to foals.

The reason why they didn't pick male horses was not only that the male horses were disobedient, they needed a knife to make them behave.

One of the key reasons is that wild horses, even wild horse kings, are not suitable to be stallions. You have to understand a sentence: the best stallions are in the pasture, 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 now abandoned. As for the real wild horses in the wild, it is estimated that there are only a few thousand horses, and there are only a few abandoned horses left all over the world.

If it is a good horse, how can it be abandoned?Even after living in the wild for a long time, it is impossible to surpass the specific breeding method of humans after being optimized from generation to generation.

This is science, not mythology.

Therefore, horse kings in the wild are not like the ones rendered in movies and TV dramas at all. They are god horses at every turn, and most of them are medium-quality horses.

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 19 abandoned horses in the United States. Seven or eight thousand horses, you said about 19 horses in the whole country?

Anyway, Zhang Chi didn't quite believe it.

In short, there are more horses, but there are fewer and fewer pastures and farms that adopt primitive methods of production. There are more and more mechanized pastures, and the use of animal power is reduced, which naturally brings about the problem of horse abandonment.

Zhang Chi looked at the herd of horses that had already started to run, and they were now running towards Zhang Chi's side.Obviously, the driving of several cowboys made some of them flustered, and they subconsciously followed the large group, like a group of headless chickens.

Zhang Chi saw that the horses were getting closer, and there was still a distance of three to forty meters away from him, so he gave a soft drink, clamped his legs, and signaled Chi Yanshan to run.

Chi Yanshan received the master's order without delaying for a moment, and ran towards the horses in a diagonal way.

Zhang Chi, who was sitting firmly on the horseback, took off the lasso hanging from the saddle and swung it against the wind. Soon the noose unfolded above Zhang Chi's head. Sobbing.

"Whoa, whoa!"

Zhang Chi rode his horse and rushed towards the horses, yelling strangely while swinging the lasso, scaring the wild horses.

Zhang Chi rushed towards the horses, which quickly panicked the horses, and the already scattered formation suddenly became more scattered.

He continued to drink loudly, shook the lasso in his hand, and kept squeezing the direction of the horses.

As the horses continued to stick to the river, the length of the entire horse group also increased invisible, and the horses were pulled into a longer and longer line.

Miller and another cowboy came across the river from the other side of the shallow river at this time.

Zhang Chi's side and the cowboy who was maneuvering on the left side are now on the right side.

"GO!"

With the cowboy shouting loudly, the cowboy took the reins, and the dismounted horse turned almost [-] degrees on the spot in an instant, then jumped sharply, and ran away from the horses.

When Zhang Chi heard the order, he also turned his head in an instant. Chi Yanshan turned his body in the air violently. Zhang Chi felt his body being thrown, and he firmly nailed himself to the saddle.

At this moment, Zhang Chi felt that he was almost hanging from the ground at [-] degrees to a [-]-degree angle with the ground.Fortunately, this was only a split second, before the blink of an eye, Chi Yanshan had returned to a balanced state, and ran forward with the other two horses.

After running for about 30 meters, the crowd reined in the horses again and moved forward with the horses.

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

And the horses that were separated from the back have calmed down at this moment. They understand that the target of this group of people is not themselves, and they are not chasing themselves. companions.

Only then did you understand why herbivores such as horses can only win by numbers. After their own danger was lifted, these guys who were cut apart all became spectators, and they had no intention of helping the same kind at all. The same kind were their companions a few minutes ago.

These guys who relieved the danger were just about to take the bench and bring some peanuts and melon seeds.

Zhang Chi was in the team at the moment, and six or seven cowboys separated from the two sides and galloped with the horses. At this time, the speed of the horses had already been driven up.

With the speed of the horses increasing, the cowboys and mounts were naturally pulled down more and more.

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

When the herd of horses is getting farther and farther away and is about to lose contact, the leaders on both sides have to decide which horse they want to leash, and put the lasso in their hands around the neck of the horse before the herd of horses breaks away.

Of course, mistakes are also allowed. Even if you are a master, you will make mistakes at this time, but before you make a mistake, it is best to let your companions know which horse you are targeting.

Only then will the lasso in their hands reach the target.

On Zhang Chi's side, he is not the main worker. The horse picker is an experienced old cowboy who decides what kind of horses to harness for this trip.

As for which horse to choose from outside the herd first, and then set it up, that is, a set of domesticated horses. There are so many wild horses in a group, and you don’t know which one you picked when they run around and around. Where did the horse go, so picking out the desired horse first is actually equivalent to magic.

The old cowboy picked his target, and the lasso in use was thrown up.

Seeing Zhang Chi here, he immediately threw the noose in his hand, waiting for the old cowboy to noose the noose in his hand to a horse.

At this time, when picking a horse, there is no time for you to think about it. In less than a minute, you can make a decision, otherwise, you can only wait for the next round.

The old cowboy's lasso shot.

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

Howling!
The little mare became nervous, shaking her head and wagging her tail, trying 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 had to take a few steps back the moment she put the noose on.

Even if it thinks about it, it can't do it, because wild horses in nature don't retreat, that is, they don't go backwards. They can only run in the opposite direction by turning a corner.

The old cowboy quickly put the lasso in his hand, and wrapped the noose around the head of the saddle. At this moment, it was wrapped with a loose buckle, and the rope was released around the head. Because of the strength of the horse, the rope and the head As the head rubbed, a puff of white smoke rose from the friction between the rope and the head.

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

Just like the old cowboy, Zhang Chi started to let go of the rope when he got the horse's neck, and the rope in the glove was quickly pulled away by the horse. The smoke from the friction between Zhuangtou and the rope made Zhang Chi smell a smell of burnt wood.

Zhang Chi and the old cowboy let go of the noose for a split second before and after, and the last piece was quickly tied with a slipknot, and it was directly stuck on the rope loop that was originally put on the head of the village, and the noose was completely contained. At the same time, the horse speed of the filly in front was also brought down.

When the speed slowed down, Zhang Chi heard the old cowboy drink lightly, and immediately clamped the horse's belly, and let out a yell~!

Chi Yanshan stood still in an instant, dragged the filly with his own body and the weight of his owner, and tightened the noose.

As soon as the two horses exerted their strength, the little mare could still run, but the obviously panicked little mare didn't give up struggling. It kept jumping and swinging, trying to get rid of the noose around her neck. It's a pity that at the moment its struggle is useless.

"What a beautiful little guy!"

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

Zhang Chi also got off the horse at this moment, and he took off his thick gloves, which are quite wear-resistant, but very hard, and the rope has been put on just now, which made the gloves smell a bit.

"It's pretty," Zhang Chi echoed.

Over there, Miller and the others also harvested a sorrel filly, which was quite good in stature and shape.

Everyone looked at the struggling filly while talking and laughing, and waited for it to give up before taking it back to the camp.

The ponies' struggles subsided quickly. They were used to being aggressive, and soon realized that their resistance was pointless, so they quickly calmed down, stood where they were, and breathed heavily.

At this point, Zhang Chi's work is officially completed, and the rest of the work is not within his scope of work.

(End of this chapter)