Relying on their years of experience in living on the grasslands, the Hun nobles ran all the way without being discovered.
But he knew he couldn't escape this time.
The guards had determined his general range. They rode fast horses and had surrounded the area.
Once the encirclement is closed, thousands of troops will search the place carefully like a sieve. It is impossible for him to escape.
Finally, the Hun nobles gritted their teeth, turned around and ran towards the guards.
If you want to survive, you can only make dangerous moves.
He found a lone guard, jumped up from the ground, and then threw the guard off his horse.
Then he strangled the guard tightly by the neck and tried to kill him.
But the movement just now had alarmed people not far away. The Hun nobles heard someone shouting: "What's going on?"
He knew there was no time, so he stepped on the guard's face hard, then mounted his horse and galloped away.
The target on horseback was huge and there was no way to hide it, but the Hun noble knew that he had to do this.
You must escape from the encirclement on horseback, otherwise you will definitely die.
It was night at this time, the moon was sparse, and with the faint moonlight, the Hun nobles showed their riding skills to the extreme.
Half an hour later, he successfully escaped from the encirclement.
There are still pursuers behind, and they are not far away. The Hun nobles have already felt it.
There was a gentle slope in front of them, and the Hun nobles galloped around on their horses, bypassing the gentle slope.
Taking advantage of the gentle slope that blocked the view of the pursuers behind them, the Hun nobles turned over and jumped off their horses, then lay motionless in the grass.
The empty horse ran faster.
The Hun nobles buried their faces in the mud and regarded themselves as dead.
When the pursuers arrived, they only saw vague running shadows in front of them. They did not expect that the Hun nobles had already come down.
The pursuers went after the empty horse, but the Hun nobles chose a direction and ran away.
You have to be fast, you have to be fast, otherwise, once the empty horse is overtaken, the pursuers will come back.
The Hun nobles had been running for who knows how long, but it was already dawn.
The surrounding vegetation is becoming sparse.
The grassland turned into the Gobi, and the Gobi turned into the desert.
He walked in the wind and sand for several hours. He was thirsty and tired and fell to the ground.
"There is only one step away from becoming a Chanyu." The Xiongnu nobles shouted in their hearts.
He struggled to get up and trudged through the desert.
Houses appeared ahead.
The Huns nobles were overjoyed and staggered over.
When they got closer, the Hun nobles were a little disappointed. The house was in a dilapidated state and was obviously uninhabited.
He walked around here and finally saw a puddle behind the house with some murky water in it.
It would be nice to drink some water. The Hun noble lay down and took a sip.
Then, his expression turned strange.
This water...why is it so bad to drink?
The Hun nobles had never drank muddy water, but they also knew that muddy water did not taste like this.
The water here has a pungent smell, as if poison has been added.
"Maybe that's how dirty water is." The Hun noble comforted himself, and then took another sip.
He forced himself to swallow, moistened his throat, and then spit it all out with a whoosh.
Is this water?
The Hun noble looked carefully and found pieces of black stuff floating on the water, as if something was rotten.
He returned to the house, found a wooden stick, and tentatively picked up the thing.
Like some kind of grease, but thicker than oil.
The Hun noble brought the thing to his nose and smelled it, and found that the pungent smell came from it.
He sighed and threw the branch away.
He searched inside the house and didn't find any food, but he found a bow and a few flints.
The Hun noble sat in front of the door holding his bow. After an hour, he finally shot down a flying bird.
He roasted the bird, intending to satisfy his hunger before continuing his escape.
When making a fire, he threw the stick with black grease into the fire. He saw that the color of the flames changed strangely, and this small piece of grease did not disappear after burning for a long time.
The Hun nobles were stunned: "What on earth is this?"
He picked up a piece of firewood and threw it on the water.
Those greases don't seem to ignite easily, but they burn for a long time.
The Hun nobles ate bird meat while admiring this wonderful scene.
When he was about to finish eating, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.
The Hun nobles were startled, quickly put out the fire, and hid in the house with their bows.
He secretly glanced outside and found that it was not the pursuers but three lone men.
Although the leader's thin skin and tender flesh were a little darkened by the sun, it was obvious that he had not endured hardship in his early years.
The two at the back were wearing Qin soldiers' clothes. They were following this man as if they were his men.
These three people were none other than Xiang Bo and his two apprentices.
Xiang Bo has been looking for that kind of magical thing since he received Li Shui's advice. Unfortunately, his search was not smooth.
He had passed this waterhole once or twice in the past few days, mainly because he wanted to drink from the horse, but the horse refused to drink, so he didn't think much and rode away.
Unexpectedly, when he passed by here again on the way back, Xiang Bo found that there were flames on the water.
This water...can still burn?
Immediately afterwards, Xiang Bo discovered that it was not the water that was burning, but the black substance on the water.
"What is this? Could it be oil floating on the water?" A glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in Xiang Bo's heart: "Could this be what the banished immortal said?"
Xiang Bo said to the two apprentices behind him: "Quickly, fish out some of the black grease."
The two apprentices said a little tiredly: "In the past few days, no matter what we see, we have to study it. In my opinion, this should not be the divine object mentioned by the banished immortal. Look at the grease, is it too little? It's just There are some floating on the water.”
Uncle Xiang scolded: "Why don't you go quickly?"
The two apprentices had no choice but to respond and go to salvage it.
The Hun nobles hid in the house, bent their bows and arrows, and aimed at Xiang Bo.
He was very confident in his archery skills. Three arrows were enough to kill these three people.
After dealing with them, they robbed them of water and food, and then rode away on horseback.
From here, heading west, you should be able to return to the Huns.
Of course, the Xiongnu Kingdom no longer exists, but as long as you go further west, you may be able to find another place to stay.
The arrows in the hands of the Hun nobles are about to be shot.
Suddenly, he felt a churn in his stomach, which was very uncomfortable and painful.
He put down his bow and arrow, lay down in the house, and with a sound, he vomited again.
During the process of vomiting, the Hun nobles always had the taste of grease in their mouths.
Oops, that water is poisonous.
The commotion made by the Xiongnu nobles alarmed Xiang Bo.
He walked into the house, supported the Hun noble, and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you a resident here?"
Bo Xiang also didn't expect that the Xiongnu nobles were the fugitives wanted by the Exalted Immortal.
He also thought that the Hun nobles were nearby miners.
He looked at the Hun nobles with concern and asked, "Are you sick? Do you want to find a doctor for you?"
The Hun noble shook his head and struggled to leave, but he didn't go far before he lay on the ground and stopped moving.
The two pawns returned with the collected grease.
When they saw the Hun nobles, they exclaimed: "This man is..."
Xiang Bo said: "Maybe it's a nearby resident. He seems to be sick."
The two soldiers had been in the army for a long time, and their observation skills were sharper than Xiang Bo's.
They said: "Look at this house, it's dilapidated and no one has lived in it for a long time. He should be passing through, not a resident here."
Xiang Bo was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
His specialty is finding mineral deposits, but he is really not good at guessing people's identities.
The two pawns added: "Look at this bow and these arrows, they are obviously the ones he used just now."
Another pawn pointed to the bones in the corner and said, "He seems to have eaten some prey."
"Being able to bend a bow and arrow, hunt, and travel means that there was no problem with his body before. But now he is unconscious? Is this probably a sudden illness?"
The pawn from before said: "Looking at his expression of pain, he even vomited, it looks like he was poisoned."
Soon, they came to a conclusion: "Could it be that the water is poisonous?"
Then, they set their sights on the grease that was fished out.
Now the three of them have to be much more cautious when facing this ball of grease.
Xiang Bo took out a few small glass bottles and put the grease in them.
He planned to show one bottle to Li Shui and send the other bottle to Shangjun Courtyard so that people could study what this thing was.
At this time, the pawn pointed to the water and said: "Look, grease appears again."
These people turned around and looked, right? The grease really shows up.
They had obviously fished out the grease, so why was it there again now?
Xiang Bo quickly made a judgment: "It should be under the pool."
He said to a pawn: "Go to the nearby mine and call for help. By the way, take the Huns there for treatment."
Then he said to another pawn: "Follow me and survey the terrain to see if the water can be drained away."
The two pawns agreed and got busy respectively.
That night, the pawn came back with a group of people. These people also brought a large cart, which was pulled by two oxen, and placed on the cart was a water pump.
Soon, they started draining water according to the terrain surveyed by Xiang Bo.
By the next morning the pool had been drained and they discovered a well.
It seems that the residents here once dug a well here, but found that the water in the well was poisonous, so they had to leave.
Xiang Bo led his men to dig around the well and enlarge the mouth of the well, and then saw large black grease balls coming up.
A smile appeared on Uncle Xiang's face: "I'm afraid this magical object has really been found."
He ordered some people to keep watch nearby and told them not to touch the grease as it might be poisonous.
Then, Xiang Bo rode his horse and galloped towards the base camp with two pawns.
On the way, the soldier asked Xiang Bo, "Sir, this thing is poisonous, and we can't use it."
Xiang Bo smiled slightly: "Isn't there a new Chemistry School in Shangjun Courtyard? I heard that it is very mysterious and can turn one thing into another thing."
"The oil we found seems to be poisonous now, but perhaps it will no longer be poisonous after being transformed by their masterful hands."
The two pawns nodded in understanding.
…………
When the Hun noble woke up again, he found himself lying on a low couch. There was a pillow under his head and a quilt covering his body.
"Saved?" He struggled to get up, feeling very weak and weak.
He reluctantly stood up, held the door and walked out.
As soon as he left the house, his heart sank.
Because he saw someone familiar.
The soldiers outside were clearly the Qin soldiers who had been guarding him before. It seems like he was captured?
The Hun nobles felt sad in their hearts.
From a distance, two people came over.
The Xiongnu nobles recognized them as Li Shui and Li Xin.
Li Shui smiled and said to Li Xin: "Brother Li, what do I say? We haven't even arrived in ten days, have we already arrested this person?"
Li Xin said: "That's all because I sent soldiers and horses to search everywhere."
Li Shui said: "Forget it. It is obvious that the Huns hated these powerful people and took the initiative to provide us with clues. Otherwise, how would we catch them?"
The dispute between these two people shocked the Xiongnu nobles. He suddenly realized that the Xiongnu was really in doom.
Maybe after three or five generations, the Xiongnu will die out, right?
Just like those tribes in ancient times, they were assimilated and integrated.
The Hun noble walked towards Li Shui with difficulty: "Who cured me?"
Li Shui said: "No one will cure you. If you vomit for a few days, you will get better on your own."
The Hun noble nodded: "Bringing me to Xianyang will mean death, so why not kill me here?"
Li Shui yelled and called a pawn over: "Watch him closely, don't let him commit suicide."
The soldier agreed and hurriedly tied up the Hun noble and stuffed a rag into his mouth.
The Hun noble looked at Li Shui with despair and thought: This man is simply an evil ghost. Do you have to torture me to death?
Li Xin looked at Li Shui in confusion: "Brother Huai, what do you mean?"
Li Shui said quietly: "We have been delayed here for ten days, and the news has spread to Xianyang. Many people said that we lied about the military situation and did not dare to go back. Some people said that the Xiongnu and Peacock Kingdoms were not destroyed at all. , we told a big lie.”
"We have to keep this person as a witness and go back to stop those people's mouths."
Li Xin was a little annoyed: "I am charging on the battlefield, but these people are spreading rumors and causing trouble behind. When I return to Xianyang City, I will slap them one by one."
Li Shui said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't worry, I have recorded their names. After we go back, we will visit them one by one according to the list."
Li Xin nodded with satisfaction.
At this time, three people were riding fast horses in the distance. Li Shui took out the telescope from his arms and looked over there: "Oh? It's Uncle Xiang. Looking at his excited face, could he have discovered something good? Something?"
