America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 7 The man who sets the horse, you are mighty and majestic
Cookies don't taste great, especially without a lot of moisture.

Chen Jianqiu slept badly that night. They chose a leeward place on Shiyan to build a temporary camp, so that they would not be crushed to death by the rocks blown by the wind in the middle of the night.

The temperature difference between morning and evening in the mainland wasteland was huge, and despite the existence of campfires and jackets, it still made him feel extremely cold.Fei Niao pulled some nearby shrubs that didn't look so prickly as cushions, and the three of them took turns sleeping until dawn.

Then they discovered a more serious problem.

There is not much water left.

The horses had been scared away last night, taking all the waterskins, even the ones from their original Shire.Now they only had half a bag of water in Asuka's hand.

"Boss, maybe we have to die here." Sean looked up at the sun above his head.worried.

"Are you now regretting that you didn't hold back the bag of urine last night?" Chen Jianqiu glanced at the anxious black man, smiling playfully, "Don't worry, it's really not possible, you can chew the grass on the ground."

Fittingly, when a gust of wind blew, a few yellow tumbleweeds rolled happily past them, the black man was teased and speechless, his complexion, because of his skin color, did not show any change.

"Look, Chen, there is someone in front." Asuka led the horse and suddenly said to the two of them.

Chen Jianqiu looked around, there was a wave of yellow sand on the road not far away, a passerby was riding a horse, coming towards them along the main road.

Sean trotted onto the road, and Asuka hurriedly followed behind.The two stopped in the middle of the road, waving their arms and shouting at the horse.

"Hey, stop!"

When the horse was about to approach, it first gradually slowed down, and then stopped about [-] meters away from Xiao En and the others. The person on the horse seemed to observe it, and then immediately turned the horse's head and ran away.

"You guys, don't make trouble." Chen Jianqiu led the horse and walked over.

Based on the cognition of those white people, coupled with the appearance of the three of them now, it is estimated that most of them will be regarded as gangsters who intercepted along the way.

"Let's hurry up."

The three continued to walk forward for a long time.

Suddenly, a group of wild horses appeared in their field of vision.

The native wild horses on the North American continent have long been extinct. Later, with the arrival of Europeans, many domestic horses were "released" to this continent, such as what they did last night.

Freedom is precious to any creature, so domestic horses became wild horses, and wild horses formed a new population.

"They seem to be drinking water." Asuka said with sharp eyes.

"Let's go, add some water first."

The three of them walked towards the horse herd.

As Chen Jianqiu walked, he observed the situation ahead. He also noticed the changes in the vegetation along the way. There is very little rainfall here every year. If there is really water in front, it means that they are not far from the Green River.

But soon, his attention was attracted by a pure black horse in the herd. This horse looked taller than the other horses beside it.

As the distance got closer, he could gradually see the specific appearance of the horse. The horse's hair was black from top to bottom, and its strong muscles were intoxicating under the sunlight. the lines.

At this time, after drinking two sips of water, it raised its head, pawing the ground impatiently.

"Asuka, let me ask you a question." Chen Jianqiu pulled Asuka who was still looking around, "How do you train a horse?"

Asuka was a little confused: "First of all, you'd better approach Ma slowly when he was young..."

"Then, what about the adult wild horse?" Chen Jianqiu interrupted him.

"For a reason, you have to let it recognize your ability and courage. Wait, you don't want to catch a wild horse now, do you?"

"Yes, I think the dark horse is fine."

Asuka was a little surprised. Taming a wild horse didn't take a few years of study, and it didn't take a dozen or so blows. How could it be done?

Although the Chinese in front of him is very brave, but the strong black horse in front is obviously the leader of the wild horse group, even the most experienced cowboy may not be able to handle it.

"Chen, this doesn't seem easy..." Asuka wanted to say something else.

"You guys wait here for me, eat and drink, I'll try it." Chen Jianqiu lowered his waist.

He hid in the bushes and cautiously approached the horses from the direction of the downwind.

But he still underestimated the vigilance of the wild horses. The dark horse sensed the movement, like a movie that was paused and suddenly pressed the play button, and rushed out like black lightning.

The herd of horses who were drinking water just now also started to run.

"Get on the horse!" Asuka's voice came from the back of Chen Jianqiu's head, and Huey, who was galloping at the same speed, came from the back of Chen Jianqiu's head, the mount of Asuka.

Chen Jianqiu took Asuka's hand and turned over, jumping onto the horse.

Asuka handed over a noose: "Wait a second and put the horse's neck."

The two rode together and followed closely behind the herd of horses.

A rocky rock appeared in front, and the dark horse changed its direction while advancing at high speed. Chen Jianqiu saw the opportunity and threw the lasso.

The black horse was not in a hurry, and when the horse turned its head, the noose was empty.

Huey also seemed to have lost his temper, and he rushed forward, as if he wanted to compete with the black horse.But after all, there were two more people on him, the black horse suddenly increased its speed, and instantly opened a distance from the horses, and the distance between the two was getting bigger and bigger.

It didn't even use its full strength just now.

"We only have one chance!" Asuka said to Chen Jianqiu, ignoring the blowing dust.

The lasso behind him slowed down his breathing, concentrated his eyes, judged the ups and downs of the black horse's body, and shot again with the lasso in his hand.

The speed of the lasso was faster than last time, and the black horse wanted to hide, but was firmly trapped.

It shook its head violently, and Chen Jianqiu at the other end of the noose suddenly felt a huge drag along the rope.The whole person was suddenly dragged off the horse's back.

This horse is very fierce.

Chen Jianqiu looked at the galloping horses behind the black horse, and he knew that if he fell to the ground, he would be dragged for hundreds of meters, trampled to death by the horses.

He clamped Huey tightly with his legs, leaned out half of his body, tightened his waist and abdomen, and his arms were bulging with blue veins, entangled like green dragons.

Asuka whistled, and Huey used his strength to pull the distance between him and the black horse desperately again.

When he was still half a body away from the black horse, Chen Jianqiu stretched his legs, jumped up, and rushed towards the black horse.

He held the rope with his left hand, and patted the black horse's butt with his right palm. With a twist of his figure, he landed firmly on the horse's back.

The black horse suffered pain in its buttocks, and ran forward with its hooves, leaving the horses and birds behind in a blink of an eye.Chen Jianqiu stuck tightly to the horse's back, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and grabbed the horse's mane with his hands to prevent himself from being thrown off.

The black horse became more and more furious, it twisted its body frantically, trying to throw off the man who was like a tarsus maggot on its back.

A broken rock with a width of several meters appeared in front of it. The black horse strode like a shooting star, jumped high and high, and landed on the ground with a height difference of more than one meter behind the broken rock.

Half of Chen Jianqiu's body was thrown high up. He tried to keep his balance, but his butt was still thrown off the horse's back.

He clamped the horse's neck with one arm, and when the rear half of his body fell to the ground, he touched the ground with one foot, and turned over lightly on the horse's back again like a dragonfly.

The black horse was extremely irritable, running faster and faster, beads of sweat oozing from the black skin.And the man on his back wasn't much better off.The man and the horse were in such a stalemate, galloping on the desert of the western plateau, heading west towards the horizon where the setting sun was about to set.

(End of this chapter)