In the middle of the prairie, a winding river coils like a dragon on the green earth, which is the source of life on this prairie, like the milk of mother nature, which is pregnant with countless plants and animals.
On both sides of the river, endless green fresh grass grows freely, and as the sun sets, the red glow reflects the sparse clouds in the sky, highlighting the immaculate sky on the grassland. Occasionally frolicking birds fell from the sky into the reeds by the river, flocks of wild ducks rattled and flew away from the water, cattle and sheep in the distance made their way home to the roar of the shepherds, flocks of wild sheep jumping in the grass, rabbits crept into the weeds, and marmots stood at the mouth of the cave and squeaked at the sunset.
The grasslands that are approaching at night appear quiet and serene, and the animals come and go, all busy preparing for the night, all looking for a place to live at night.
prairie
People often mistakenly think that this is a pair of cooking smoke, which makes people feel sad about the way home. But in fact, for many animals, this is the most important and stressful time of the day, and the night is not a time to rest, but the most dangerous time.
The danger signal came from the cold wind whistling in the valley of the wolves. The prairie is very empty, after experiencing the scorching heart of the day, once the night falls, the large temperature difference forms a wisp of breeze, when these breezes encounter the barrier of the Wolf Mountain, they roar out of the Wolf Valley, forming a whistling wave.
The faint howl of wolves in the midst of the mighty waves heralded the coming of the king of the steppe. Yes, the wolves are the masters of the steppe after nightfall, and when the wolf howls sound, the small animals on the grassland are even busier and flee to their hiding places, as to whether they can see the sunrise again tomorrow, to see their luck, perhaps it is more to see Providence.
As the sun gradually disappeared into the sky, the remnants of the sun shot high into the sky like blood, and gradually engulfed by the night. The sky was like a curtain, and by the cool light of the stars, the savannah suddenly appeared silent, the insects and birds disappeared, the antelopes disappeared, and even the groundhogs hid in the caves.
Mustang Batu
"Whoops..." A long wolf howl broke the silence, like a thunderclap across the grassland, and the animals were even more frightened. Then the howls of wolves sounded in a disorderly manner, and with the mountain wind of the Wolf Valley, they roared out and spread to all corners of the grassland.
The wolves began their first reunion in more than a month, gathering together, playing and playing, touching each other's noses in greeting, an indispensable activity for them and a precursor to a great war. On weekdays, wolves are scattered to feed, and when the wolf king gathers the wolves with a call, it means that the next step will be to hunt large, dangerous prey.
The horses also heard the dangerous howl of wolves, and the experienced old horse king raised his guard, it hissed loudly, and several stallions gathered together a huge herd of horses, and then the stallions watched nervously from the periphery to guard against the wolves.
The untamable wild horse Batu
The wolves finally set out, and under the leadership of the Gray Wolf King, they gathered their voices and walked through the night like swordsmen, and soon rushed out of the mountain pass of the Wolf Valley. They were greeted by a tall black shadow, the wolf pack suddenly stopped, and just when the wolves were surprised, the shadow man stood up, hissed loudly, and then slammed on the ground, making a loud noise, and then catapulted out like an arrow from Xuan.
The wolves understood that it was the wild horse again, and they howled and chased after it angrily. Here is a brief explanation, the reason why it is the wild horse again is because it is an old acquaintance with the wolves. This wild horse did not know when it appeared on the grassland, it has always been alone, the herders tried to tame it, but broke many sets of horse poles and failed, people gave it a name batu, which means stubborn warrior.
Mustang Batuu kicks the Night Wolf
Batuu likes to play with wolves the most, often luring wolves in the mouth of the Valley of Wild Wolves. But it was so fast that the wolves never chased it, and occasionally one or two wolves barely caught up with it and were kicked by it.
Tonight, unlike before, the wolves had their own goal, that is, the horses, and the wolf king stopped the commotion with a long roar, and they turned west in an orderly manner and disappeared into the grass. Batuu notices that the wolves are not keeping up with him, looks back, and soon understands the target of the wolves.
It seemed to have a natural feud with the wolves, intending to spoil the good deeds of the wolves, it turned around and chased straight, and in a few moments it rushed from the periphery of the wolves, flew to the ground, kicked and injured a lone wolf that was outposted, and then flew away. The wolves roared and chased after them, but Batuu had disappeared into the night.
Batuu was so familiar with the prairie that he knew the location of even the rat holes in the prairie that would break the legs of horses. Perennial wandering life makes it not only courageous, but also good at surviving in the night, it has a keen intuition and excellent night vision ability.
A herd of horses in a defensive formation
Batuu ran wildly, rushing into the pasture where the horses were located, and hissing past the horses. The old horse king heard Batuu's voice, they were strange and familiar, this wild horse had great strength but never approached the herd, but the experienced old horse king understood its warning.
The old horse king immediately began to prepare for the response, and it galloped around the herd, gathering the horses closer together, and the horses had obviously experienced a similar situation. The old and young horses were surrounded in the middle, the adult horses were surrounded by the periphery, the horse's head was formed in a circle towards the periphery, and the old horse king and some strong grand duches wandered outside the circle.
The horses waited warily, and sure enough, not long after, a series of dark shadows emerged from the grass, and dozens of wolves surrounded the horses. But apparently the horses were well prepared, and the grand duches trampled on the ground, and some even rammed the wolves, their hooves so strong that the wolves were difficult to deal with.
The horses were not in a hurry, the wolves lost their lead, and after a night of confrontation, the wolves returned home.
Successful defense saved the horses, which is inseparable from the wisdom of the old horse king. However, some new forces have gradually emerged in the herd, and the young grand duches are in their prime, and they are eager to challenge the mind of the horse king.
The Dark Horse King challenges the Horse King
A young and strong dark horse won the opportunity, although it failed to defeat the old horse king, but successfully took most of the horses, leaving a small number of the old horse king to follow the growth. The herd of horses split, the old horse king was too cautious and stern, and the new herd, led by the black horse king, marched up the river, chasing more abundant pastures.
A few months later, a blizzard covered the grassland with a white wind, and the horses huddled together to keep warm at night, the old horse king chose to spend the night in an open snow nest, and the black horse king led the horses to the mountain pass behind the Wolf Mountain, which was more sheltered from the wind.
Such a night is the most vulnerable time for the horses, and the wolves certainly do not miss this wonderful opportunity, they rush out of the nest. The primary target was a smaller number of old horses, which had been sharply reduced after a split.
But the old horse king was an excellent leader, and when confronting the wolves, when the defense line was breached, it hissed, and the horses suddenly changed their strategy, stepping on the snow in a neat and orderly manner, running in circles along the wide snow nest. This location was carefully chosen by the old horse king, it is flat and unobstructed, and the horses are very familiar, and they can run around without panic even at night with their eyes closed.
Wintering herds of horses
The old horses ran unhurriedly, and the wolves chased after them for a while but could not start. At this moment, the lone wolf who was sentry in the distance heard a wolf howl, and after the wolf king responded a few times, led the wolf pack to disappear behind the hill.
It turned out that the wolf sentry found a herd of black horses hiding in the mountain col behind the Night Wolf Mountain, where the terrain was narrow and the ground was rugged, although sheltered from the wind, but once it encountered danger, it was easy to frighten the herd, the horses were not familiar with the terrain, it was easier to panic, and once the horses were frightened and fled, the opportunity for the wolves came.
The Wolf King led the wolves to quickly surround them, they quietly lurked nearby, under the command of the Wolf King, several large wolves secretly climbed to the top of the mountain pass, and the rest of the wolves gently crawled towards the horses from the foot of the mountain, and under the cover of the howling white hair wind, they quietly approached the horses.
With a howl of the wolf king, the wolf pack pounced on the horses, the black horse king quickly organized a defense, it led the big ductum to guard the mountain pass, the adult horses faced outwards facing the wolves, forming a confrontation situation, as long as they stayed up until dawn, the wolves would naturally leave.
Dark Horse King
The Dark Horse King was full of confidence, and it strode to the front of the horses with its head held high, and its hooves flew up a large piece of snow, proudly staring at the Wolf King. But the cunning wolf king did not care about the black horse king's provocation, it roared a few times, and several large wolves jumped down from the top of the mountain pass, jumped directly into the herd, and tore the horses everywhere.
The young horses inside the herd exploded their nests at once, and they crowded outwards, and the defense line of the horses suddenly dispersed, and the wolves rushed up, and the wolf roared and the horses roared through the grassland. The Dark Horse King was also dumbfounded, and was carried out by the herd of horses, a large group of horses crowded on the narrow and rugged mountain road, the horses were frightened, the Dark Horse King fought with wolves, while fully controlling the horses, but there was nothing he could do.
The Dark Horse King looked up to the sky in sorrow and cried out in sorrow. The wolf pack had already begun a feast, and the horses were either bitten to the ground or trampled and injured by the horses after falling, and the screams of panic spread throughout the grassland.
The galloping mustang batu
The Dark Horse King was desperate, and it stood dumbfounded at the edge of the horses, as if it had somewhat confessed its fate. At this moment, a black shadow galloped from a distance, it was like a hurricane lightning tearing through the barrier of the white hair wind, and in the blink of an eye, it rushed into the horse herd, and it crashed into the body of the Black Horse King, who was a toe, and it recognized the other party, it was the wild horse Batu.
Before Batuu could explain, the body man stood up, roared in the direction of the river, and then rushed towards the front of the herd. The Dark Horse King hesitated, but immediately understood Batuu's intentions, and it followed Batuu closely, blocking the way in front of the horses.
Batuu then turned around and ran to the east, the Black Horse King roared loudly and led several leading horses to guide the horses to follow Batu closely, under the guidance of Batuu, the horses rushed upstream along the river, and when they reached a narrow section of the river, Batuu jumped down and rushed into the river, the Black Horse King hesitated, and jumped into the river, under their leadership, the horses jumped down and quickly swam to the opposite bank.
The Dark Horse King, who follows the wild horse Batu to stop the horses from fleeing
When the horses crossed the river, the wolves stopped, they did not dare to cross the river, they turned around and left, they went to enjoy the feast. In winter, the rivers are cold and bone-chilling, the sections of the grassland are mostly shallow but wide, the bottom of the river is full of silt, and the horses are easily frozen to death when they fall into it, while the section of the river selected by Batuu is a small section of the stone river, narrow and deep, not easy to freeze, and is a section of the river that a few horses can wade through.
Early the next morning, people were surprised to find a herd of horses on the other side of the river, and the leading horse king became Batu, the unruly wild horse. On the other side of the river, the old horse king who witnessed all this on the top of the snow nest also chased after him, and soon after, the horse herd became one, and the wild horse king Batu had an additional responsibility.