For people on the grasslands, hunting is a very important way of survival.
The water and soil of one place nourishes one person.
There is land for farming in Daxia, and the people on the grassland naturally have their own source of livelihood.
The hunted wild beasts are used as food supplements, and the furs can also be used as clothing or exchanged for other necessities of life.
For them, this started from the very beginning.
In the eyes of the grassland barbarians.
The yellow sheep, wild deer, wild wolves, black bears, etc. on these grasslands are all livestock of the Immortal God, given to them by God for food.
Therefore, in the past, before each tribe went out to hunt, they would hold some rituals such as offering sacrifices to the heavens.
Pray to the Immortal God for hunting blessings so that they can catch enough prey.
Even in the peaceful times of the grassland, whether it was the Sky Eagle tribe or the Kled tribe, similar ceremonies would be held.
And for hunting on the grassland, the grassland people have quite a few rules.
When can you hunt, where can you hunt, what animals can be killed, and what cannot be killed, there are all agreed-upon rules among the grassland herdsmen.
For example, if you hunt more than ten wild beasts, you always have to let some go. If you catch a pregnant female animal, you will let it go. The reason is actually the same as not fishing in the marsh.
Others are the private property of other large tribes. Some large tribes will demarcate pastures and mark the livestock on this pasture, such as stamping their tribe's unique emblem on sheepskin, as a kind of private property. .
For most grassland barbarians, hunting is for food, and there is no concept of hoarding or selling goods. In addition, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and hunting is done properly. On the grassland, various livestock breed in large numbers.
The main reason why the grassland people can survive on the grassland even if they have no food and grass, while the Daxia people will be in desperate situation after they run out of food and grass, is the difference in hunting methods.
In Daxia, there is also a lot of hunting.
But most of them are in the mountains and forests, and the main method is through traps.
Even the royal family and nobles would organize hunting on some pastures, but for those hunting prey, they were all captive-bred goats, wild deer and the like.
The range of the pasture is also limited, so you can naturally return with a full load every time.
But it's different in the grassland.
All kinds of prey are almost at the whim of the wind.
Moreover, on the grassland, the wind direction will bring the smell from more than ten miles away, and many prey will have fled long ago.
Therefore, along the way in Daxia, I could only watch some prey from a distance, but when I wanted to pursue them, they would have already run very far away.
It is simply impossible for them to chase it from beginning to end.
But for people on the grassland, they have their own methods. The most common one is hunting.
The time for hunting is usually at night. People from each tribe work together to take advantage of the darkness and go to the gathering points that have been decided before.
Late at night, we began to quietly shrink the encirclement.
In order not to alert the beasts inside, they all moved quietly, so as not to spread over a large area.
By the time dawn breaks and the sky is still dark, the encirclement has basically taken shape.
At this time, you can start to make various noises and wake up the various prey in the encirclement. In panic, they will panic and flee.
But at this time, almost all the places outside were surrounded by various tribes.
Especially when rounding up yellow sheep, a male leading the herd often runs in front, followed by many ewes and lambs.
But male yellow sheep are aggressive, especially the leader of a group.
Under this kind of aggression, the ram has to rush out from the intercepted place. At this time, the people surrounding him can let him go.
For most yellow sheep, they do not urinate overnight.
They usually peed in the early hours of the morning, and when they were suddenly awakened, they would run away in a panic and not care. After chasing for most of the day, these yellow sheep couldn't stand it any longer. They couldn't bear it anymore and stopped peeing.
At this time, people hunting around swarmed in.
It's very simple to kill or capture.
This is the most common way of hunting.
For some large tribes, tens of thousands of people would go out to hunt together, which would take several months.
At night, bonfires lit within dozens or even hundreds of miles can make the entire encirclement vaguely visible.
As time goes by, the entire encirclement becomes smaller and smaller, and the people surrounding the encirclement become thicker and thicker, so the possibility of breaking out becomes smaller and smaller.
Slowly, the beast in the middle is squeezed in, and the density in the middle becomes larger and larger.
When these prey become panicked or even crazy, it is a good time for them to hunt.
At this time, each tribe often sends its bravest warriors to fight in the middle.
After all, there are not only things like yellow sheep and wild deer, but also things like wild wolves and bears that they need to fight.
So on the grassland, this kind of roundup is not just for eating, but also a kind of experience.
Over time, it became easier to understand the ferocity of the prairie people and their galloping on the grassland.
When the first competition began, whether it was the troops from the Klei tribe or the troops from the Sky Eagle tribe sent by Zhang Bao and his team, they all chose the hunting method in the process.
However, the people of the Klei Tribe chose the area near the snow-capped mountains, while the people of the Sky Eagle Tribe chose another area.
Simply speaking from this aspect, the Sky Eagle Tribe has fallen into the inferior position.
After all, within the scope of the Sky Eagle Tribe, many wild animals have been disturbed by the march.
But for the place under the snow-capped mountains on the Kele tribe, this situation does not exist. Naturally, there are more prey visible than outside.
But there is nothing they can do about the Sky Eagle Tribe.
After all, it was the men and horses of the Kled tribe who were running in front, and they were chasing after them. If they went to the snowy mountains without telling the men of the Kled tribe, it would naturally not be possible given that both sides were now hostile to each other. realistic.
"Lao Hu, I feel that this competition is a bit on the line."
Zhang Bao also frowned and said.
"It doesn't matter, we'll do our best!"
"There is a forest within our range, so we can only hope that there will be some harvest in that forest."
Hu Dugu said to Zhang Bao.
