Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

At dawn the next day, the Bull King led his army of bulls to the entrance of Tianju Cave. Everyone obeyed his orders and guarded the cave carefully without going out to fight. The Bull King was trapped the last time he broke into the cave, so he didn't dare to break into the cave again. He led the herd of bulls in front of the cave and shouted loudly: "Listen, people in the cave: If you have the ability, come out and fight with me. If you don't have the ability, come out and surrender. Didn't you brag so much yesterday? Why are you all cowards today, just hiding in the cave? Moo, moo..."

Dong, Xi, Xing, Xia, Chen, Feng, etc., who were guarding the cave entrance, were furious at the Bull King's arrogant and sarcastic attitude, but they could do nothing. Seeing that people were locked up, the Bull King had no choice but to run and jump outside the cave entrance with the bull spirits, showing their evil deeds.

Xiao Xing watched the bison galloping recklessly in front of the gate, trampling the grass into a mess. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he slapped his head and shouted, "Got it!"

"What's the matter? Xing, you wouldn't be scared to insanity by the herd of cattle, right?" Chen was startled by Xiaoxing's sudden shout.

"You are the one who is crazy. I have figured out a way to deal with the bison. Let's go and discuss it with the cave master." Xiaoxing took Chen's hand and went straight into the cave to find Qiu.

Qiu was frowning at the bottom of the cave, thinking hard, but still had no idea what to do. He murmured helplessly, "As long as the fire is not extinguished, God's will will not end. Now that the fire is extinguished, is it God's will to exterminate us humans?"

He was racking his brains for ideas when Xiao Xing and Chen came over and called out, "Cave Master."

Qiu came back to his senses and saw that it was Xiao Xing and Chen. He asked kindly, "Xing, Chen, why don't you two guard the cave gate? What do you want from me?"

"Cave Master, I just thought of a way to deal with the bison, so I came to discuss it with you." Xiaoxing replied.

"Oh!" Qiu was delighted when he heard it and asked, "What's the solution? Tell me about it."

"Master, the wild bulls only know how to rely on their brute force, but they are actually very stupid. I have come up with a plan to dig traps to deal with them." Xiao Xing straightened himself up and continued to talk about the plan with a beaming face: "Tonight, we will mobilize all of our people to go out and dig more than a thousand traps outside the cave, and then cover them with loose soil and make secret marks. Tomorrow, we will lead some people to deliberately challenge the Bull King, and then lead the Bull King to the trap, and we will run away according to the secret marks. The Bull King will not notice and will definitely fall into the trap. At that time, the Bull King can neither climb up nor jump up, and no matter how powerful it is, it can only surrender."

"What a great plan! What a great plan!" After hearing this, Qiu clapped his hands excitedly and shouted, "Xing, I fully support your plan. Just do everything according to your plan, and the Bison will definitely be captured tomorrow."

"Xing, your idea is really great!" Chen gave him a thumbs up upon hearing it, and then said enviously: "Hey, Xing, you are really getting smarter and smarter. You are simply our wisdom star."

"Chen, please don't praise me like that, okay?" Xiaoxing punched Chen. He didn't like being flattered.

Qiu agreed to Xiaoxing's plan, stroked his white beard, and said earnestly: "Xing, you are worthy of being the son of a tiger-killing hero. Your uncle is optimistic about you. I hope that you will take on the responsibility for everyone in the future, not afraid of difficulties and hardships, and lead everyone to prosperity and strength. Your uncle is old, just like the setting sun. From now on, the responsibility of the cave master will fall on you young people! Remember: you must work hard and make more contributions to the development of mankind."

"Yes! Cave Master!" Xiao Xing raised his head and chest, and answered firmly and forcefully, "I will definitely work hard, learn from you, work hard and never complain, and never let you down."

"Okay, I'm glad you think this way." Qiu nodded with satisfaction, as if he had discovered a rising star, and then continued: "Uncle is good at nothing except hunting. Xing, you are now very smart and will definitely achieve great things in the future. Remember, use your brain more in everything in the future, and think twice before you act when you encounter a problem."

"Yes. Cave Master, I understand!" Xiaoxing nodded in agreement.

After giving the instructions, Qiu immediately came to the meeting place and then summoned all the hunters to the meeting. Soon, Ping Hezhi, Lao Yang, Lao Liu, Dong, Xi, Xia, Feng, Yun, and other warriors came to the meeting place. Qiu stroked his white beard, looked around at everyone, and said slowly: "Dear warriors, the bull king outside the cave is very arrogant. If we fight hard, there will be heavy casualties. Xing just suggested a trap plan to me. Let's all consult it together."

Qiu then explained to everyone the detailed steps of how to set the trap. When Zhi heard it, he immediately gave Xiaoxing a thumbs up and praised him: "Xing, with my hunting experience of more than 50 years, I can't think of such a clever idea. You are really smart."

The others immediately followed suit and praised: "Xing, you are simply amazing!"

After praising Xiao Xing, everyone discussed the details of the plan again. After the discussion, everyone waited for the sun to set and then took action.

The Bull King finally waited for the sunset. He had been running outside the cave all day. Seeing that people still didn't come out, he said angrily, "Cowardly human, you can hide on the first day, but can you hide on the fifteenth?" After that, he had to lead his troops back to the camp to rest.

As soon as the cattle herd retreated, Qiu immediately ordered his men to take action: Xia and Xiaoxing led a thousand people to dig the pit; Chen and Feng led a hundred people to get branches and other things to cover the pit mouth; Dong and Xi led a hundred people to cover the loose soil and make marks.

After assigning the tasks, everyone left the cave and started to act according to the plan under the bright moonlight. Qiu led some people and selected a flat land. Then everyone used stone knives, stone axes, and spears to dig and dig. Fortunately, the soil was mainly fine sand, so digging was not very difficult. In about an hour, a pit with a length and width of two feet and a depth of about two feet was dug. Chen immediately led people to cover the pit mouth with chopped branches. After covering it tightly, Dong asked people to cover the branches with a layer of loose soil and disguise it as a place that had not been dug as much as possible. Finally, a branch was inserted next to the trap as a secret mark. In this way, a trap was set. Everyone worked hard all night, and all 1,000 traps were set.

Seeing that the sky was about to brighten, Qiu hurriedly ordered everyone to retreat into the cave, and then selected 500 strong hunters, including East, West, Down, Star, Chen, and Wind, to prepare to lure the cattle. Each of them carried a bow and arrow, held a stick, and a spear, and led by Qiu, they went out of the cave and headed towards the cattle camp.

At this moment, it was already daybreak. Qiu led everyone to walk about a mile southwest, and they ran into the Bull King and his herd of cattle who were attacking them.

Qiu Yao pointed at the cattle and shouted, "Damn you, evil cattle. If you don't go back to the Nian beast today, I will capture you alive, skin you, pull out your tendons, and chop you into pieces."

After saying this, he ordered everyone to draw their bows and shoot at the cattle. The cattle were very angry yesterday because humans did not fight, but today they were very excited to see people coming out of the cave to fight. After hearing Qiu's words, the Bull King shook his ears and replied: "You cowards, you always say these big words to scare me, and my ears are calloused. If you have the guts, don't climb trees or hide in caves, and fight with me seriously, then you can be called a real hero."

"Hmph! Listen to me, evil bull: we will never hide from you today. We will not retreat until we fight to the death. If you are strong enough, just come over!" Qiu deliberately angered the Bull King.

"Moo! I'm not exaggerating. If you don't hide today, I will kill you all. Then, let's see if you will surrender or not." After the Bull King finished speaking, he shouted to the herd, "My people, attack! Charge!"

Qiu saw the cattle rushing towards them without avoiding the arrows, and hurriedly ordered everyone to turn around and run. Everyone dispersed and ran towards the place marked by the branches. When the bull king saw people running away, he naturally chased them regardless of his life or death. These simple-minded cattle had no idea that there was a trap waiting for them in front of them. While chasing, they happened to step on the trap, and suddenly stepped on nothing. With a loud "boom", the huge bull king fell into the trap.

The bull king and half of the bull army, who were chasing in the front, fell into the pit one after another. The bull king was trapped in the narrow pit. Although he was strong, he could not use his strength. The heavy buffalo, who was not good at climbing, could only turn around in the pit. He was so angry that he roared and yelled madly, but he could do nothing.

This sudden situation frightened the buffaloes behind. They stopped and looked at each other in confusion. A brave buffalo asked hurriedly: "Moo - King, why are you so powerful today that you even crushed the ground?"

"You idiots, the ground was so solid yesterday, but today it's empty underneath. It must be the humans who did that last night, so I fell down. Come and rescue me quickly." The Bull King raised his head and shouted.

The bull spirits received the order and gathered around the Bull King's well, but seeing that the well was deep and small, they were helpless.

"My king, this well is so deep and so small, how can we save you?" a buffalo spirit asked helplessly.

"You idiots, think of a solution quickly! Are you just waiting for me to let humans capture you alive and chop you into pieces?" The Bull King roared at the bull spirits.

"My king, we really want to rescue you, but we idiots can't do it!" said the buffalo spirit, shaking his head.

"You fools, idiots, humans are about to attack, what should we do?" The Bull King was like an ant on a hot pan, running around in a panic.

"Don't worry, my king. We will stay here to protect you. If any human dares to come over, we will fight them." said a yellow bull demon.

"Yes, we swear to protect the king until death." The bull spirits followed suit.

Qiu and Xiaoxing looked back and saw that the bison had indeed fallen into the trap. They were overjoyed. Qiu immediately stopped everyone: "Dong, Xing, and fellow warriors, don't run away. The herd has fallen into the trap, and the bull king has also fallen into the trap."

When everyone heard this, they stopped and turned around, and saw that the trap had collapsed by half, and the bison were trapped in it and wailing non-stop, so everyone applauded and celebrated.

Qiu pointed at the herd of cattle surrounding the Bull King and said, "Warriors, those bull spirits are gathered there, that must be where the Bull King is in trouble. Come with me and destroy the Bull King."

After saying this, Qiu led his people with spears, knives, and sticks and rushed towards the Bull King, shouting, "Where are you going to run to, you evil bulls? You all will die."

In order to protect the Bull King, the bull spirits did not flee, but continued to attack the humans. Qiu led the people to fight with the bulls for a while, then turned around and ran towards the trap again. When the wild bulls saw the humans fleeing in defeat, they could not help but become beastly again and chased after the humans with all their might. Soon, the wild bulls were fooled again, and fell into the trap one after another with a "thump, thump".

At the end of the chase, only a hundred or so buffaloes were lucky enough not to fall. Qiu saw that the herd was doomed, so he turned around and ordered everyone: "My fellow warriors, there are only a few buffaloes left, it's time for us to counterattack."

Dong Hexia, Xiaoxing and others received the order and stopped luring the enemy, and turned to besiege the small group of bison. The situation was reversed, and there were more people than cows. Basically, four or five people joined forces to deal with one cow. Soon, several calves that had not yet become spirits were killed. The bull spirits then realized how powerful humans were, and knew that they would surely die if they continued to fight, so they left the bull king behind and fled back to their nest on the glacier plateau.