Chapter 1482: Ang-ang-ang

After they arrived here, they discovered that animal feces could be seen everywhere, especially sheep feces, because those small, granular sheep droppings are relatively easy to recognize; they were scattered about, and wherever there was grass, one could see sheep feces.

However, such common sheep feces meant that the number of sheep on this land was extremely high, but having many sheep was not a good thing, because sheep cause severe damage to vegetation, and if there were no wolves or other wild beasts to hunt and maintain their numbers, they would soon destroy the ecology of an entire region.

Zhang summoned a Wujian to question him: "In this place of yours, are there many wild beasts like wolves?"

After the translation, the Wujian understood the question and hurriedly replied: "Many, very many. Wherever we graze, there are wolf packs everywhere; they even follow us, and no matter how many we kill, they never end, it is especially annoying."

"There are also bears and leopards, which are also very numerous; they are always snatching our livestock. If it weren't for those wild beasts, our flocks of sheep would have long since filled this valley."

After listening, Zhang sneered in his heart; it was fortunate that there were so many wild beasts controlling these savages, otherwise, they would have truly become a great pastoral tribe, breeding livestock without restraint and hunting wild beasts, and in an environment like this, it would be ruined in a few years, and they would certainly leave this place, leaving behind a barren land devoid of life.

But now Huaxia has arrived, and it will take back the land that belongs to Huaxia, and teach these savages how to graze properly; such land must not be ruined.

Because these savage tribes are nomadic and do not live fixedly in one place, it is not easy to find their settlements, but as long as one searches along the river valleys, it is relatively easy to find them, because the river valleys have more lush water and grass, and also have enough water for the livestock to drink.

The valley is full of feces and claw marks from wild beasts, which will inevitably attract a large number of wild beasts, and the wild beasts do not care if you have domesticated them; since they are food, they will catch them and eat them.

Huaxia also followed these traces to pursue them continuously, and based on the freshness of the feces and the traces of grazing on the surrounding mountains, they could also roughly judge where these savages were.

These savages are not always here; according to the Wujian and the savages interrogated earlier, there is only a large tribe of several thousand people here, and they are separated, each occupying an area; besides grazing, gathering and hunting are also things that must be done, otherwise, grazing alone cannot support them, but at least not too many people will starve to death in the winter.

This time, it was to seize the territory of the Jiangshui Tribe, so the surrounding tribes all gathered here; the Soldiers went out to plunder those tribes, and the remaining people continued to graze here; after the Tribal Chief returns with the Soldiers, these tribes will separate again, each returning to their own territory, or re-dividing the territory to continue grazing.

Occasionally on the hillsides, one could still see rows of small holes, not deep, at most enough for one person to crawl in and lie down; the Wujian said those were places for the herdsmen to rest or hide from the rain; that is their habit and tradition; as long as it is within their own territory, they will take advantage of their leisure time while grazing to dig such small holes.

The summer sun is too hot, so one can hide inside to cool off; if a heavy rain suddenly falls, one can also go inside to hide; otherwise, one can only hide under the belly of a cow, and such small holes can also be used to hide from wolves, as at least only one side faces the wild beasts, which is not so terrifying.

Walking and observing along the way, a Soldier brought a piece of special feces for Zhang to see; because it was already dry, he just held it in his hand.

After Zhang took a look, his eyes widened instantly, because he had seen this kind of feces in Huaxia; it was horse feces; horse feces are larger, but unlike the large, loose piles of cow dung, horse dung is like a steamed bun, semi-circular, one by one, large pieces of feces, which are very recognizable, so it could be discovered in such a wilderness.

"What kind of livestock's feces is this? Do you raise such livestock?"

After the Wujian looked at the feces, he gestured wildly to the translator and then began to make strange "Ang-ang-ang-ang" sounds.

The translator suppressed a smile and explained: "Division Commander, he says this is a type of animal here called a Mori; it grows very tall, has a pair of large ears, and will make the 'Ang-ang' sound just like he did a moment ago."

"Mori?" Zhang frowned; this name is very strange; he did not know if this was the name for a horse in their area; after all, at first, only Huaxia called a horse a 'horse', and the names for horses in other places were different, but this "Ang-ang-ang-ang" sound was a bit wrong; horses don't make that sound, do they?

So, regarding whether this wild beast was a horse, Zhang remained skeptical; he urged and asked: "Then is it raised by them? He hasn't said yet!"

After the translator explained again, he finally got a reply: "It is not raised by them; it is wild here; he says they have caught a few before, but their temper was incredibly bad, and they even kicked people to death, so they didn't dare to raise them; now when they see them, they just kill them for meat."

Zhang glared at the Wujian; these people are truly barbaric, not knowing how to domesticate wild beasts, only knowing how to eat meat; he did not believe there was anything in this world that could not be domesticated; if the King were given a tiger, he would probably be able to domesticate it; however, this could barely be considered good news; a creature similar to a horse had appeared on this territory, which is exactly what Huaxia needs most right now; Huaxia urgently needs more horses to expand its breeding scale and cultivate real Cavalry as soon as possible.

Now that he looked at it, when the King created the character for Cavalry, the character for horse was next to it, not the character for cow, which shows that the King had long known about this and had been planning for it; horses are of great significance to Huaxia; if he could catch a few and take them back this time, that would be a great achievement; would he become a General because of this?

After dealing with this small interlude, they continued to move forward; the traces discovered now were even fresher and clearer, and the human traces were also very clear.

From the expected destination mentioned by the Wujian where they discovered the enemy's traces, to the current pursuit, another two days had passed; fortunately, they were about to find the enemy's location, so they did not need to be so panicked and anxious; at least they knew their direction was correct and had not wasted time.