The heavy snow fell for a whole day and a night before it stopped, and after the snow stopped, Ning Yuan began to take people to clear the snow in the camp, and when several Terran soldiers opened the gate of the camp and were about to push the snow out, they were suddenly stunned, followed by inexplicable ecstasy.

"Lord, lord, come and see, white horse....... White horses, a herd of horses appeared. ”

After seeing the herd of wild horses rolling in the snow by the river in the distance, the soldiers shouted excitedly.

After hearing the word Ma Qun, Ning Yuan immediately rushed out of the camp, and then he saw a scene that haunted him.

Hundreds of wild horses were chasing and playing in the snow, and they were not afraid of the winter cold, and some of the half-sized foals were still rolling excitedly in the snow.

A rough count with my eyes shows that there are about three hundred and twenty wild horses, but because many wild horses are constantly chasing and running, this number is not very accurate, and there will be great fluctuations up and down.

After seeing the herd of horses, Ning Yuan did not rush to launch the capture operation, but hid in the distance and quietly observed.

Through observation, Ning Yuan found that this wild horse herd was composed of more than a dozen small horse herds, they all seemed to have their own social status and social circles, and many horses were neither too far away nor too close, and the hierarchy was very strict.

Most of the more than 300 wild horses are white, a small part is gray, and some are brownish-yellow.

The white horses are very good-looking, their muscles bulging, and they look full of power.

The golden mane and horsetail swayed in the wind, looking so free and elegant, full of wild charm, Ning Yuan, who was secretly watching from a distance, was careful of his liver fluttering and jumping, he simply loved these white horses.

No wonder people always like to use Prince Charming to describe the ideal young man in the minds of young women, look at the shape of these white horses, can men ride it without adding points?

The gray mustangs, though similar in size to the white horses, are noticeably more immature, while the brown-yellow mustangs look like young horses in any way, after all, they are too small.

After some careful observation, Ning Yuan found that although the gray wild horses liked to play, their status among the horses was not very high, and they only played with the same gray wild horses.

As for the brown and yellow ponies, they are inseparable from some white horses, and those white horses look like their parents in any way.

Seeing this, Ning Yuan suddenly realized that he suddenly understood.

In nature, there are some animals whose young are born with a hair that is significantly different from that of their parents.

In fact, it is a protective color, which allows the animal cubs to blend into the surrounding environment, so as to avoid the attack of some predators, and when the cubs are gradually becoming adults, they will take off this protective color and become exactly like their parents.

Ning Yuan remembered that he once watched a documentary, in which the baby seals were all snow-white except for their eyes when they were born.

The baby seals will stay on the ice alone when the mother seal goes out to hunt, and from a distance, you will find that there is only a patch of snow white and nothing.

You won't find the immobile baby seals at all, because the snow-white coat on them allows them to blend naturally into the surrounding ice and snow.

So although there are now three different colored wild horses in the herd, they are all supposed to be white horses.

The reason why young horses are brown and yellow when they are first born should also be a protective color, because when they are born, it is still summer, and brown yellow allows them to better integrate into their surroundings.

And as they grow up and have good running ability, it is difficult for predators to threaten their lives.

At this time, they will slowly fade from this brown-yellow coat, and the color of their hair will be closer to that of their parents, that is, these gray wild horses in the herd.

When they reach adulthood, gray turns white, and they become true white horses. (Don't accept doubts, if you don't know, you can search for swamp mustangs, French Camargue marshes, of course, the author just borrowed it.) ）

After understanding all this, Ning Yuan's expectations for these white horses were even higher, thinking that in the future, he would have a cavalry regiment under his command that all rode white horses, and Ning Yuan's heart became more and more hot.

But such a large group of white horses is not something that can be caught if you want to.

Although Ning Yuan had already made a large number of horse ropes and horse poles in advance, and had also practiced for a long time.

However, since there were no horses in the Condor tribe, and the objects of their practice were only some bison and wild deer, when facing the real wild horse herd, Ning Yuan actually didn't have any bottom in his heart.

There are so many wild horses, it is definitely impossible to catch them all one by one, so if you want to win them all, you must find the king of horses in the wild horse herd.

Horses are amazing creatures, they live in groups and are very social.

The male stallion leader has his own harem, and they are very possessive and will never allow other stallions to get their hands on their concubines.

However, they do not refuse the existence of other stallions in the herd, so the stallions that can become the king of horses are often the strongest, most powerful, and most domineering stallions in the wild horse herd.

The King of Horses has absolute dominion over all the wild horses in the herd.

It eats grass and eats the most tender piece, and when it drinks water, other wild horses must wait for it to finish drinking before drinking, and it is the emperor of the whole herd, and no one dares to challenge its authority easily.

After carefully observing for most of the day, Ning Yuan found several candidate horses that matched this trait.

Why are they considered to be the best horses?

Mainly because Ning Yuan found that they all had their own harems, and the other wild horses were very afraid of them.

Ning Yuan guessed that it might be a gang of wild horses.

The so-called gang nature is that a group of stallions defeat the other stallion leaders through collective strength and rob their mare harem.

When the stallions reach adulthood, they leave their parents to go outside, and they form a herd with other stallions that have just come of age.

Once the stallions have been formed, they will wander around, constantly collecting some of the females they come across.

When they encounter a large herd of horses, they may challenge some of the old stallion leaders, and as long as they are able to achieve victory, then the old stallion leader is expelled from the herd, and the winner becomes the new herd leader and takes over all the harems of the old boss.

At this time, the other stallions of the herd will continue to follow their leader, and as the herd grows, they will gradually get their own mare harem.

After all, there is only one person in the stallion leader, and no matter how strong its "ability" is, there will always be a limit, so when the number of stallion leaders' harem reaches the upper limit, the opportunity for other stallions will come.

This should be the case with this group of white horses in front of him, so Ning Yuan must find the real horse king, only when the horse king is caught, the other wild horses will obediently bow their heads and obey, otherwise they will continue to follow the horse king's footsteps and wander everywhere.

Soon, Ning Yuan locked on a target, it was a large stallion with a strong physique, its white fur glowing silver in the sunlight, and its golden mane dancing lightly in the wind, bringing out its unruliness and wildness to the fullest.

Of course, the most important thing is that it has a large harem, and all the white horses are instinctively afraid of it, and everywhere it passes, the white horses show a gesture of submission.

After locking on the King of Horses, Ning Yuan quietly approached with a small team of horsemen.

The white horse group also quickly discovered Ning Yuan and his party, but looking at their expressions, it was obvious that they had never seen humans, so they did not show fear, but just looked at Ning Yuan and them with some curiosity.

Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, the horses did not choose to run away, Ning Yuan's hanging heart finally let go, in order not to make the horses hostile, he let the horses throw all their weapons to the ground, holding only a lasso in his hand, and cautiously approached the horse king.

Eighty meters, sixty meters, fifty meters.

When he reached a distance of only fifty meters from the wild horse herd, Ning Yuan waved his hand to signal everyone to stop, and they all sat on the snow, quietly watching the wild horse herd.

After ten minutes of sitting, he led the man cautiously forward ten meters, and then sat down again.

Ten minutes later, Ning Yuan advanced ten meters in the same way.

At this time, the wild horse herd began to become vigilant, the mare and ponies retreated into the herd, and the stallion leader snorted while snorting and stabbing the ground with his horses' hooves, warning Ning Yuan and his party.

The distance of thirty meters was already very close, so after seeing that the King of Horses began to become hostile to his group, Ning Yuan quietly ordered his horsemen to charge together at his command, and everyone's goal was the King of Horses.

"Rush."

Ning Yuan let out a low roar and rushed directly towards the Horse King.

"Whew."

Seeing that someone dared to challenge his authority, King Ma immediately became angry, and it roared as it rushed towards Ning Yuan.

"Damn, everyone, pay attention to dodge."

Looking at the horse king who rushed over, Ning Yuan was taken aback.

The horse king's reaction was completely different from what Ning Yuan expected, in his expectation, seeing them rushing over, the horse king should start to escape with the horses, and then they took the opportunity to use the lasso to lasso the horse king.

But what kind of situation is it now, this horse king actually took the initiative to attack, and its wildness is too great.

Fortunately, only ten of them came this time, and only one horse from the wild horse herd rushed over, and the other wild horses were in a wait-and-see state, as if they had absolute confidence in their leader.

The horse king rushed in front of Ning Yuan with one acceleration, and then it directly raised its front hooves high and stepped towards Ning Yuan fiercely.

"Holy."

Looking at the rapidly growing horses' hooves, Ning Yuan directly came to a lazy donkey to roll and dodged the horse king's attack.

Although he dodged the attack in time, the danger was not over, and as soon as he got up, the next attack of the King of Horses followed.

This time, the horse king did not use the trampling attack, but opened his mouth wide and bit Ning Yuan fiercely.

Looking at the big snow-white teeth that appeared in the mouth of the King of Horses, Ning Yuan had no choice but to continue rolling on the snow in order to avoid the attack of the King of Horses.

When attacking an enemy, a wild horse generally has three moves: trampling with its front hooves, trampling with its hind hooves, and gnawing with its beak.

At this time, the king of horses only used his front hooves to trample and bite the horse's mouth to force Ning Yuan into embarrassment, and he kept rolling on the snow.

Now let alone capture the Horse King, if there is no one to support, without weapons, Ning Yuan is likely to be tortured to death by this White Horse King, because in the face of the White Horse King's powerful attack, he will not find a chance to fight back.

Fortunately, this time he didn't come alone, he also brought a small team of Condor warriors. Although Ning Yuan had just ordered everyone to throw away their weapons, the soldiers were still holding lassos in their hands.

Although Ning Yuan himself was in danger of being attacked by the White Horse King, he won a precious opportunity for the other fighters of the Horse Riding Squad.

When the other members of the lassoe saw that their lord had attracted the king of the white horse, they threw the lasso in their hands at the king of the white horse.