Chapter 202: Joining forces
The wolf king was dead, and the wolves were leaderless, so they immediately scattered. After Ye Jinghong commanded the cavalry and cooperated with the Centaurs to launch an appropriate pursuit, the offensive of both sides quickly subsided.
"Captain Drogo."
Sitting on horseback, Ye Jinghong rode closer and clasped his fist towards the other party as a greeting.
During this process, Drogo's attention was unconsciously attracted by Ye Jinghong and their mounts.
There was no way he was unfamiliar with these horses, as they were all captured by them and brought to Caoyuan Village.
At that time, he had no idea what Zhou Xu wanted him to do by capturing these wild horses alive, until the cavalry appeared before him.
This made Drogo's eyes flash with surprise. He didn't expect that this wild horse could have such a function.
After all, the idea of taming mounts is impossible for the Centaurs.
After a brief moment of novelty, Drogo quickly came to his senses and expressed his gratitude to Ye Jinghong.
"Village Chief Ye, thank you very much this time."
In the grassland village, Ye Jinghong is the village chief. When Zhou Xu is away, the village is managed by him. Naturally, he has had a lot of dealings with Drogo during this period, and the two sides are quite familiar with each other.
"Captain Drogo, you are too polite. We are allies, and this is as it should be."
Ye Jinghong's words were quite useful to Zhuo Ge. After a few simple greetings, he quickly turned the topic to business.
"Captain Drogo, I came out this time on the orders of our leader. I want to ask you to join forces to deal with a large beast in the area."
"Large beast..."
Hearing this word, Drogo seemed to have an idea.
"Is it a beast with two huge fangs?"
As a powerful tribe in this grassland area, Drogo has some knowledge of some of the wild beasts in this area. Under this premise, there are not many beasts in the area that can be called large and ferocious.
After much thought, the only possible one is the saber-toothed tiger.
Hearing Drogo's description, Ye Jinghong nodded immediately.
"Yes, that's it. Our leader calls it a saber-toothed tiger."
Drogo didn't have any idea about Zhou Xu's naming of the beast. After all, for these beasts, either their ancestors had names passed down, or if not, they would just call them whatever was most convenient and appropriate.
"This saber-toothed tiger must have been hungry for a long time. It attacked our camp under the cover of darkness. It has a huge advantage in night battles. Although it escaped in the end, it will be troublesome for us if it comes again at night. So according to our leader, we want to find an opportunity during the day to hunt it down!"
Having said this, Ye Jinghong paused slightly.
"However, this grassland area is large after all. After the saber-tooth tiger escaped, no one knows where it has gone. It is very difficult to find it. Our leader said that you, Chief Drogo, must be better at hunting than us, so he asked me to come and ask, and at the same time, he hopes to join forces with you."
There is no doubt that Ye Jinghong beautified this whole process to a considerable extent.
After all, when the two forces are interacting, we can't let our side fall into a disadvantage invisibly.
Zhuo Ge had no doubt about Ye Jinghong's words. After understanding the whole thing, he nodded.
"Village Chief Ye, just like you said, we are allies. How can we talk about whether to join forces or not? This hungry saber-toothed tiger is also a threat to us. I agree to hunt it down!"
Drogo is a straightforward person by nature. Before the winter came, they had fought with the saber-toothed tiger several times from a distance.
However, the saber-toothed tiger had no intention of fighting them, and they were busy hunting hyena people at that time, so no conflict occurred between the two sides.
But after winter, the hungry wild beasts will become more ferocious in order to obtain food. The wolf pack that attacked them this time is the best example.
Normally, they were not on the wolf pack's attack list.
Under this premise, the saber-toothed tigers that also live in this area have undoubtedly become a threat that cannot be ignored for them.
Now that Zhou Xu and his men have taken the initiative to come to them to join forces, this is undoubtedly a good thing for Drogo.
"I support hunting that saber-toothed tiger, but..."
Having said that, Drogo showed a look of embarrassment on his face.
"Food is very scarce in our tribe right now. The most important thing for us right now is to find food as quickly as possible."
In this era, primitive people were not good at preserving food. After all, they did not have enough food. The same was true for the Centaurs.
Before winter, there was a relatively abundant amount of prey on the grassland, and the Centaurs could rely on their excellent hunting skills to obtain food relatively stably through hunting.
But once winter came, those animals began to disappear, and the food source of the Centaurs was naturally greatly affected.
This winter is far from over. Previously, a blizzard swept through and they were forced to find a place to hide from the wind and snow.
Now that the snowstorm is over, according to Drogo's idea, they will probably leave this area temporarily, which is the so-called migration. When the prey leaves, they will leave too.
But if they want to join forces with Zhou Xu and others to deal with the saber-toothed tiger, they must first stay in this area and conduct a carpet search.
This will significantly delay their plans.
How to solve their food problem during this period? This is a rather troublesome problem.
After confirming Drogo's difficulties, Ye Jinghong fell into a brief period of silence.
[Facing the saber-toothed tiger, we lack effective means to deal with it. It is too dangerous to deal with it on our own. Even if we go out during the day, the casualties that may be caused are unpredictable. However, as long as we join forces with the Centaurs, this matter will be much simpler.]
Thinking of this, Ye Jinghong directly demonstrated his decisiveness.
"How about this, Chief Drogo? We can lend you some food first, so that you can solve your food problem temporarily. But in exchange, when you kill the saber-tooth tiger, its body must belong to us."
Faced with Ye Jinghong's proposal, Zhuo Ge did not give an immediate answer.
A ferocious beast like the saber-toothed tiger is not comparable to ordinary wild beasts, so its corpse naturally has greater value. For example, each of the two saber teeth can be used to make a weapon.
In addition, there may be "essence and blood" in the other party's heart, which is also of great value.
However, if they did not agree this time, the saber-toothed tiger would have nothing to do with them. If they agreed, they could get a batch of food first and solve their urgent needs.
Drogo was also open-minded and did not care about the gains and losses. After thinking about it for a while, he nodded and agreed to this matter.
"Okay, let's do it!"
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(End of this chapter)
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