Chapter 164 Oh~
Unexpected big business.
To be honest, he probably underestimated the abilities of the Centaurs.
He really didn't expect that the other party could be so efficient.
Zhou Xu had previously advanced Drogo ten lassos in exchange for two wild horses. For the remaining eight wild horses, he also needed to pay Drogo forty arrows.
After taking the forty arrows, before leaving, as an ally, Drogo habitually told Zhou Xu about the hyena people they had encountered on the grassland a few days ago.
"They didn't fight with us. As soon as they saw us, they immediately ran away in different directions. At that time, we were carrying the wild horses we had captured, so it was not convenient to chase them. How have you been doing during this period?"
After briefly explaining the situation on his side, Drogo threw the question to Zhou Xu.
In response, Zhou Xu also casually said...
"We haven't found any traces of the hyena people recently. It's possible that they are deliberately avoiding us. After all, although they have elected a hyena queen, their internal situation is not good. They probably don't dare to conflict with us."
At this point, Zhou Xu changed the subject slightly...
"But the more this happens, the more we can't let them have peace!"
Zhou Xu's words touched Drogo's heart completely, and he agreed greatly.
"That's right, we must not give them a chance to recover!"
After a group has lost population, there are basically two ways for it to recover or expand: either annex other groups or reproduce.
As for the former, according to Drogo, there are no other hyena groups in this grassland area.
In other words, the hyena people can only use the second method.
However, Zhou Xu was obviously not aware of the information about the hyena people's reproductive ability, so he could only pin his hopes on Drogo.
And Drogo actually knew a lot, after all, they were sworn enemies living in the same area for many years.
The two sides have been fighting for a long time, and it is impossible not to know some information.
After quickly organizing the information provided by Drogo, Zhou Xu had a rough idea of the information.
[That is to say, after hyenas conceive, they give birth to babies about ten months later, and each litter usually has one to two babies. This is similar to humans, but unlike humans, hyenas' babies can quickly become combat-ready when they are two to three years old, which is a very tricky thing.]
This information is very important to Zhou Xu.
Because this can basically be said to be the period for the hyena people to recover their vitality. Considering the pregnancy time, it will take at least three years at the fastest.
Before that, although it cannot be said that the hyena people are no longer a threat, their actions will certainly be restrained.
Not to mention that at this moment, Zhou Xu and Drogo have already begun planning to continue suppressing the hyena tribe.
After all, none of them wanted the hyena people to really recover, so they agreed on this matter.
After a brief discussion, Zhou Xu asked someone to lead the ten newly traded wild horses back to the camp.
This situation quickly excited the soldiers who were training in the camp at the time.
With only three horses in the camp, there were simply too many people to take turns for riding practice, which resulted in poor results in daily training.
Of course, leaving aside the training issue, another very direct reason is that they are a little addicted to riding horses.
It's fun even if you just ride on a horse or take a walk on the grassland.
Unfortunately, there were only three horses in the camp, and the horses also needed to rest, so each person had even less time. They had to get off before they could have enough fun.
But now, their leader turned around and brought back ten wild horses. Once these ten wild horses are trained, everyone will be able to have more time to ride horses.
Thinking of this, the soldiers jumped out to help.
After all, they are all able to climb onto a horse and have mastered riding skills to a certain extent, so they can still do the simple task of leading a horse.
From now on, Zhou Xu no longer needs to worry about the settlement of these ten wild horses.
With the passing of midsummer, the climate has become much more comfortable. Sleeping in a tent no longer feels stuffy and uncomfortable.
It was a new day and Zhou Xu was sleeping soundly. In his dream, he felt his face was wet, as if something warm was rubbing back and forth on his face.
His mind was now groggy and confused, he couldn't even open his eyes, and all he wanted to do was hold his head and continue sleeping.
But the other party wouldn't let him go and kept scratching his face.
It wasn't just that his face was wet, the most important thing was that it felt like a rubber brush was constantly brushing his face, which was not comfortable at all.
In the end, Zhou Xu couldn't stand it anymore, and with his strong willpower, he forced his eyelids open.
The next second, in the dim tent, the first thing that caught Zhou Xu's eyes was a pair of eyes emitting green light in the darkness, and they were right in front of him! This situation instantly made Zhou Xu's hair stand on end, and he suddenly woke up.
He instinctively used his hands and feet to get up as quickly as possible, and at the same time he took out the self-defense dagger under the pillow, ready to fight the opponent at any time.
At the same time, because of Zhou Xu's actions, there was a "thump" sound, and the figure that was originally lying on him fell directly to the ground.
Then, a soft cry of "Ah~" came into Zhou Xu's ears.
The voice sounded childish, and somehow he could still hear a hint of grievance in it.
It also made Zhou Xu, who had just woken up, gradually come to his senses.
"You, you can't be..."
Zhou Xu seemed to have thought of something and quickly reached out to touch the swaddling clothes he had placed in the tent. He immediately discovered that the baby animal in the animal skin swaddling clothes had disappeared.
Then, looking at the figure with green eyes in front of him, how could Zhou Xu not know who it was? "It's you? Holy shit! He finally woke up?!"
The longer the cub slept, the more he felt that it was extraordinary.
In other words, what was extraordinary was the drop of blood that the young animal accidentally swallowed.
The camp is very quiet at night, and even if you speak casually, the sound will be very clear.
The movement from Zhou Xu's side undoubtedly attracted the attention of the night watch members at the first moment, so they hurried over with torches.
"Chief? What happened?"
"You guys came just in time, give me a fire!"
"yes!"
As they were talking, the night watch members outside had already opened the curtains of the tent and lowered their torches to let the light shine in.
With the help of the firelight, at this moment, Zhou Xu could clearly see the whole appearance of the little guy.
Now this little guy, not counting the tail, is already 50 centimeters long. From birth till now, he has eaten nothing except that drop of blood, and he has grown several times bigger after sleeping.
The lanugo on its body has all fallen off, replaced by long brown hair with some black patterns.
In the light of the fire, the fur even took on a hint of golden luster, and the tail dragged behind like a big broom.
At the same time, the blue film on its eyes faded away, revealing its true pupil color. It was a pair of dark golden eyes. Even under the light of the fire, it still exuded an icy luster, which invisibly added a lot of majesty to it.
“Ah~”
If it doesn't make a sound...
(End of this chapter)
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