Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

The moonlight outside the cave was bright and clear, as bright as day, and Qiu chose a bright and open place as the venue. Soon, everyone in the cave came to the venue and talked about it.

Qiu stood in front of everyone, stroked his white beard, coughed, and signaled everyone to be quiet. Then, Qiu first explained the cause of the incident: "My fellow citizens, please be quiet for a moment. Today, the Bull King led the Bull Army to attack us suddenly. The reason is that the Nian Beast wanted us to surrender and pay food last time, but we flatly refused. Afterwards, I expected that the Nian Beast would not give up, so it sent the Bull King to lead the army to attack us. Its purpose is self-evident, and of course it is to force us to surrender to them. We are dignified human beings, how could we bow our heads to wild beasts, so when the Bull King threatened me to surrender, I refused the Bull King's request without saying a word. Therefore, the Bull King was furious and was determined to defeat and force us to surrender. They killed Zong, trampled Du to death, knocked over Cheng, injured Ling, broke into Tianju Cave, trampled out the fire, and guarded us, causing us to hide everywhere, and now we can't have dinner. If the cattle don't retreat, our lives will inevitably be in turmoil. As the old saying goes: Many hands make light work. Facing a strong enemy, do you have any tricks and suggestions? Let's discuss them as a group."

After Qiu finished speaking, he glanced at Dong, Xing and others.

Dong then stepped out of the crowd, stood in front of them, and said to them passionately: "Master of the cave, the Nian beast is hateful, and the wild bull is equally hateful. I propose that everyone take up arms tomorrow, go out of the cave and fight the Bull King to the death. Kill all the wild bulls and use them as food, then use the victorious troops to attack the Nian beast and completely destroy it."

After Dong finished speaking, Xi, the South, North, Center, the Roots, and the Leaves brothers immediately raised their hands in agreement, shouting, "Brother Dong is right! We must first eliminate the Ox King, and then the Nian Beast."

The crowd was excited and expressed their support: "Yes, let's fight the Bull King again. We can't let ourselves be bullied by the bulls like this!"

"We cannot show weakness and we must not be cowards."

"Fight the Bull King, fight the Nian Beast!"

Dong was very satisfied to see that everyone strongly supported him. He turned to look at Qiu and said, "Master, you see everyone agrees with me and wants to fight the Bull King. Just give the order!"

Qiu stroked his white beard and was thinking. Zhi stood up and expressed his negative opinion: "Master, based on my experience of hunting for more than fifty years, the Bull King and his bull army are very aggressive and powerful. Moreover, they have just arrived and are very aggressive. If we had not climbed up the tree and escaped quickly today, we don't know how many people would have been killed or injured. Therefore, we can't rush to fight with them, but should guard the cave carefully to avoid the Bull King's sharp edge. Wait for a few days, maybe the bison will lose patience and retreat on their own."

Dong did not wait for Qiu to answer and immediately retorted: "Uncle Zhi, the reason we lost today is mainly because it happened too suddenly and we were not prepared enough. If you said that we just hide in the cave, we will not go out until the cattle herd retreats. If the cattle herd does not retreat for a year, we will not go out for a year. Then, instead of being killed by the cattle herd, we will be trapped to death first."

"Dong, of course we can't let them be trapped to death, but we can wait and see what happens. The cattle won't retreat now, but over time, they will inevitably become lazy and their fighting spirit will be weakened. Then we will take advantage of the opportunity and it won't be too late to fight again." Zhi explained.

Seeing that Zhi was determined not to fight, Dong still strongly objected: "Uncle Zhi, I think if we hide in the cave, the cattle will think we are easy to bully, and their momentum will become more arrogant and their fighting spirit will be higher, which will make it more difficult to deal with them in the battle. Besides, we can't leave the cave, how can we meet our daily needs?"

"Dong, with my hunting experience of more than fifty years, these stupid buffaloes are brave but not wise. How much fighting spirit and momentum can they have? As for daily needs, we still have some food in stock. We can find a way to get the rest of the food at night." Zhi argued

Before Dong could say anything else, Ping nodded and said, "I also think Zhi is right. The cattle are in full swing and their fighting power is very strong. If we fight them now, it will be like an egg hitting a rock and we will definitely lose. We should be patient for a while and then try to win."

"Uncle Zhi and Uncle Ping are right. To be cautious, we must not act impulsively to avoid causing unnecessary casualties." Xiaoxing also stood up to support Zhi's opinion.

"But, like this..." When Dong was about to say something, Qiu interrupted him, "Dong, don't say buts anymore. As the old saying goes: Be careful when you go down, and be reckless. Facing a powerful enemy, we can only deal with it carefully and not act rashly. Starting tomorrow, we will do as Zhi just said, leaving some people to guard the cave entrance during the day, and the rest of us will sleep. We will come out to move around at night. After defeating the cattle, we will go and get the fire again to show that God's will is not over."

"Yes, Cave Master." Everyone responded in unison after receiving the order.

Seeing that the cave master had made up his mind, Dong had no choice but to obey silently. After the meeting, everyone went into the cave to sleep in the dark with empty stomachs.

Xiaoxing looked at the fireless cave and sighed in his heart: "Primitive society is so pitiful. Let alone electric lights, even fire is a luxury. Fire, how to make a fire? Well, I have it. Couldn't the ancients make fire by drilling wood? Now is a good time to give it a try." Thinking of this, Xiaoxing immediately searched for two pieces of dry firewood in the dark, then went back outside the cave, found a bright place, and began to experiment.

In fact, Xiaoxing had only heard of rubbing two sticks together to make fire, but had never put it into practice. Besides, in his time, there was no electricity, but there were lighters, so how could he make fire by rubbing two sticks together? Now he had no choice but to give it a try. He first placed a large piece of firewood on the ground, stepped on it with his feet, and then took another small stick and rotated it back and forth on the large piece of firewood. After rotating for a long time, his hands were worn off, and there was no smoke, let alone fire.

"Damn it, this thing called rubbing two sticks together to make fire, is that a lie?" Xiaoxing stopped and muttered to himself.

"Xing, what are you doing here alone?" someone suddenly asked.

Xiao Xing looked up and saw that it was Chen, so he answered: "Chen, now the fire is out and it's dark everywhere. I want to rub two sticks together to make fire and light it again."

"Drilling wood to make fire?" Chen was curious when he heard it, and asked, "Xing, you are getting smarter and smarter. How do you drill? Let me try it."

Xiaoxing then demonstrated the method again and said, "That's how it's done."

"Xing, let me try." Chen couldn't help it, so he took the small stick and the big firewood, squatted down and started working.

The two men fiddled with it for a long time, but only a hole was worn in the wood, and there was no spark. The wood didn't catch fire, but Chen got angry. He broke the stick in his hand into two pieces, threw it far away, and kicked the big piece of wood far away. He said angrily: "Xing, what kind of trick did you come up with? Drilling wood to make fire, the fire is really big enough to make people anxious to death."

"Chen, this is what the book about the future world says!" Xiao Xing was also very depressed, frowning and saying, "This method of making fire will definitely work, but we just can't get it."

"You can't do it, just take your time. I'm going to sleep." After saying this, Chen turned around and left.

Xiaoxing was puzzled, shook his head, and went into the cave to sleep.

Dong Yi returned to his dorm and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. He really couldn't understand why his uncle refused to agree to his decision to get rid of the evil. After all, this was a great opportunity to establish a greater reputation for himself. Now Xiao Xing had suddenly become smart and capable. If Xiao Xing took away the credit, it would be too disadvantageous for him. So Dong Sui called the brothers Xi, Nan, Bei, Zhong, Hei Zi, Shu Gen, and Ye Shu in the middle of the night, and then the eight of them went outside the cave to make plans.

Dong first said: "Brothers, at the meeting just now, the cave master and Zhishu and others were afraid of bulls like tigers, and they didn't let us fight the wild bulls tomorrow. It really pissed me off. I thought that today in the cave, we, together with the women, would beat up the Bull King and the three bull spirits. If they hadn't escaped quickly, they would have been killed in the cave by us."

"Brother Dong is right. The cave owner is too timid and cautious. It's just a group of wild buffaloes. We have hunted ferocious leopards and tigers before, and we have hunted many wild buffaloes. We don't think it is difficult. Look, I have hung a few bull horns for the children to play with!" Nan also felt that the cave owner's behavior was a bit unbelievable.

"Since Brother Dong and Brother Nan both think that the bison are not a concern, what else do I have to worry about? As long as you dare to come up, I will follow." The West is a fence-sitter, and only follows the East.

"Yes, I think Uncle Zhi and Uncle Ping have lost their fighting spirit because they are old and timid." Bei followed.

"If my hand wasn't still a little painful, I could lift the bison up." Heizi said, "There's nothing to be afraid of about the bison."

"Yes! Although bison are strong, they have little killing power and are clumsy and inconvenient. As long as we work together in numbers, we will be able to capture the bull king alive." said the tree root.

"The cave master is indeed too cowardly." The leaf said, "I have wanted to eat beef for a long time. Now that a cow is delivered to my doorstep, it would be a pity not to kill it."

"Brothers," Dong waved his fist and said, "If we don't fight, are we really going to hide in the cave, act like turtles, and wait for death?"

"Brother Dong, we won't be cowards. We support you." Everyone followed suit.

"Brothers, since you are willing to listen to me, why don't we secretly contact some brothers, and sneak out of the cave with me tomorrow, wipe out the cattle herd, and capture the Bull King alive. Then come back and humiliate Uncle Zhi and others. What do you think?" Dongping stretched out his right hand.

"Okay! We all listen to Brother Dong, let's do something great tomorrow to show the cave master and the others." Xi agreed immediately and followed suit with a clap. Seeing this, Nan, Bei, Zhong, Shugen, Ye Zi, and Hei Zi also stretched out their hands and clapped together.

At that moment, several people entered the cave and quietly contacted some people who were willing to fight, and agreed to set out early the next morning. They contacted in the middle of the night and invited a total of 200 to 300 people to fight. Dong was satisfied and went to sleep.

At dawn the next day, Dong took advantage of the fact that the others were still asleep and quietly gathered the people he had contacted last night. Then he took his weapons and set out with them. When they arrived at the cave entrance, the three people guarding the cave had been replaced by the three brothers Lei, Yun, and Dian.

When the three brothers saw Dong leading the others out of the cave, they asked, "Brother Dong, why are you leading the others out of the cave?"

The Eastern General Shi Fuyun waved in front of him and replied, "To be honest with you, my three brothers, the cave master wants us to hide in the cave to avoid the cattle. We really can't stand it, so we all agreed to go out of the cave together and destroy the cattle king and his army."