An Ran hurriedly arranged, but fortunately there was a spring nearby, and dozens of soldiers fetched water and poured it into the river on the shore. As soon as the water fell, I saw that the river was sizzling, the smoke was steaming, and the mire was constantly bubbling up, and in a short time it was actually cemented into the land. The ground was cracked and criss-crossed, there was not a drop of water, and it was very strong to step on, and it also brought dry ash.

At this time, the generals all gave thumbs up, and they also admired Li Quan incomparably. Li Quan was very proud, and slowly chanted, "Where misfortune and fortune are leaning, and where fortune and misfortune are lurking", he went to guide the soldiers to pour water into an embankment and separate the road across the river.

Zheng Kejin looked at Li Quan's back and muttered, "I'm afraid this water is only sour water." ”

An Ran smiled: "What explanation do you have?" ”

Zheng Kejin replied: "In the next family lineage, generations are goldsmiths, that gold to be cast always to find a way to melt, sometimes it is not very convenient to use fire, the first grandfather once found a way, to mix several things, to form a kind of water, this water is extremely domineering, gold into the water will melt without a trace, if people accidentally bump into it, just like the deceased of the general appearance." My grandfather said that there are many alkalis in ordinary water, among which spring water has the most alkali, and people drink it every day without harm, but he invented this thing to be sour water, which can dissolve all hard things, which is extremely hurtful. It's just that this acid is being restrained by alkali, as long as enough alkali is mixed with acid water, the two will be canceled out, and it will sink into the earth. ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" An Ran was a little annoyed, "With this thing, combat is very useful." ”

Zheng Kejin said with a smile: "The ancestors have destroyed this party, but how do I know how to configure it?" ”

"Why ruined?" An Ranqi said, "Isn't your ancestor looking for such a thing?" ”

Zheng Kejin sighed: "General An, why don't you think about it?" The ancestor was a goldsmith, and what he was looking for was something that could melt gold and restore the gold to its original state, and this water made the financial world disappear without a trace, and the ancestor's gold with two taels disappeared, so he ruined this party in a fit of anger, do you understand? ”

An Ran was stunned for a moment, and then realized that his head was faster than his mouth this time. On the side, Wei Changfeng and Bai Qi couldn't help laughing.

"Rank, cross the river!" On the riverside, Li Quan shouted loudly, full of confidence. Behind him was an earthen embankment three feet wide that spanned the entire surface of the stream.

Although two more small embankments were cast after that, it took time for 100,000 people to cross the embankment after all, and it was not until the end of the Shen time that the whole army crossed the second stream.

The next day, the Han army continued to advance, and by the middle of the afternoon, it should have approached the third river from the map. When Wei Changfeng saw it, he said that it was not too early, and it was not too late to say that if there was any obstacle in front, the army was afraid that it would be difficult to cross the river today, so he ordered the whole army to set up camp and led a few Dingyuan generals to investigate.

Li Quan naturally followed, but this time he didn't follow by himself, and he also brought a carriage, which seemed to be a car loaded with sundries.

Everyone walked all the way, walked more than two miles, but did not see the third small stream, but the bushes in all directions, everywhere there were rattans lying on the ground, and in the first half a mile there was a large green vine, covering the ground tightly, which was very different from the usual scene of the grassland.

Zheng Kejin volunteered and led a few guards to open the way, and the guards swords were together, cutting and cutting, until they were half an hour, and they were all sweaty, but they only opened a few feet of road. Seeing that only a few people could not succeed, Wei Changfeng had to order a rest first, and then sent a guard back to pass the order, mobilized 2,000 people, and brought axes to come.

Zheng Kejin and the guards sat on the side to rest, but Li Quan walked to the side of the rattan to take a closer look, and there were words in his mouth.

"What did General Lee see?" Wei Changfeng asked.

Li Quan frowned and replied: "General Wei, you see, the last general has seen a lot of rattan, but this kind of rattan has never been seen, this rattan is so strange, you see, it is surrounded by a circle of tendons, it looks like human muscles, suddenly looked, the last general thought that this rattan was a human arm." ”

Wei Changfeng's heart was shocked, and he reached out to touch the map in his arms, but he felt empty, and then he remembered that the map was still in Tong Haoran's hand.

He didn't touch the map to see anything, but it was a habitual action, for he clearly remembered that the map had drawn the arms of some entangled people in front of the third river, and it seemed that it was most likely this rattan!

He immediately instructed: "This thing is only afraid of being weird, be careful." ”

Li Quan nodded and replied, "I want to do so, but the last general might as well try it to see if I can break this rattan array." ”

Wei Changfeng heard that Li Quan called this rattan array, and he was also amused in his heart, so he nodded immediately.

Li Quan turned to the front of the car, took a torch from the car, he took the torch out and lit it, put the torch to the rattan, and slowly burned it.

Wei Changfeng and Bai Qi both shook their heads secretly, knowing that this method was not good.

If it is the golden autumn of October, the weather is dry, the rattan is dry, and it may be successful to burn it with fire, and now it is May, and the eagle flies and the grass grows, not to mention that this area is surrounded by waterways, and the rattan body is full of water, where is it so easy to burn? Even if it can be burned, it can only burn a small piece at a time, so how many torches will it take, and how long will it take to burn the passage? Rather than this, it is better to use an axe to chop.

Sure enough, Li Quan burned with a torch for a while, but it had no effect, but Li Quan shouted again and again as if he had seen something strange: "Huh? Strange, really weird, so weird! ”

"What's so strange." On the side, Zheng Kejin saw that Li Quan was strange and couldn't help but say, "Now is the season for all things to grow, all of them are full of water, how can it be so easy to burn?" ”

Li Quan smiled: "How can I not know this?" It's just that you've seen a mountain vine that doesn't burn at all? ”

Everyone heard Li Quan's strange words, and they got up and came to the front to watch, sure enough, although Li Quan's torch had been burning under a rattan for a long time, but the rattan was not burned at all, not only that, but a layer of white waxy stuff oozed out of the rattan, which seemed to be the self-protection of the plant, and the wax wrapped the rattan tightly, letting Li Quan's torch burn around, but even the leaves were not burned.

Everyone looked at the rattan and were amazed by the tenacious vitality of the plant. Li Quan had something else to think about, he pondered for a while, and said, "According to the last general, it ......"

Before the words were finished, the men shouted and neighed, and two thousand soldiers had arrived. Zheng Kejin immediately stood up and ordered the soldiers to divide into two lines, each of which was divided into two teams, and took turns cutting rattan.

Wei Changfeng saw that Zheng Kejin's arrangement was orderly, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and immediately said: "Let Zheng Kejin command the rattan formation, let's go back to the camp to rest." ”

Li Quan was interrupted at the beginning of his sentence, but he didn't say anything more, just nodded silently, still with questions in his heart, and went back to the camp with everyone.

It was getting late, Zheng Kejin came to report: all the way to the felling, more than two miles forward, found a stream, it turned out that those rattans were grown from the stream, he was afraid that something unexpected in the water, did not dare to move forward.

Wei Changfeng nodded and replied, "Early tomorrow morning, let's go to the river to have a look." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Li Quan: "General Li, I have you to do this matter." ”

Li Quan didn't make a sound, but sat there in a daze, Wei Changfeng screamed again, he reacted, and hurriedly responded: "This is natural." ”

Wei Changfeng smiled and didn't say anything more, he turned his head and saw that Zheng Kejin still hadn't left, and said, "You're tired, go and rest." ”

Zheng Kejin rubbed his hands a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "The last general will still ask for guilt." ”

"What is the sin?" Wei Changfeng was a little strange.

Zheng Kejin replied: "When the last general closed the army, he found that a chief and two soldiers were missing, and they could not be found, and the last general estimated that they should not be able to cross the stream, and they may have taken advantage of the opportunity to cut down rattan as deserters. ”

Wei Changfeng nodded, thinking that this matter is not a trivial matter, and now that there are still people who are deserters when he wins this way, he really can't say anything, so he replied immediately: "This matter should be taken seriously, you have to send someone to find it again, and once you find it, you must punish him heavily." ”

"Order!" Zheng Kejin saw that Wei Changfeng did not reprimand him at all, but asked him to cure the crime of desertion, and he was at peace in his heart, and immediately responded loudly to the order.

On the side, Li Quan saw that Wei Changfeng had finished handling the affairs of the army, and was about to speak, but saw Wei Changfeng stretching and yawning, so he closed his mouth again.

"General Li, I want to take a break," Wei Changfeng said, "General Li, please." ”

Li Quan nodded and said, "The last general also has this intention." ”

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Wei Changfeng took Li Quan and the others to the third stream, intending to inspect the stream. Li Quan still brought the carriage, and the carriage seemed to be loaded with some things, but as for what it contained, it was unknown.

If it had been before, the carriage would have followed, but now it was only two paths, and it would be very difficult for the carriage to get in, although it was not impossible, but it would be very difficult, not to mention that it would be even more difficult to get out after entering, and this was not to cross the river immediately, I really don't understand why he insisted on taking the carriage with him. But since he was going to take it, Wei Changfeng would not insist on it, but in case the carriage got stuck in the rattan and could not get out, he ordered two hundred soldiers to follow, so as to help in times of need.

Everyone came out of the camp and walked more than two miles, and then stopped together, opened their mouths wide, and froze together.

"It can't be!" Zheng Kejin shouted first, "General Wei, the last general will protect the head, and the last general did open two paths yesterday!" ”

It really can't be. In front of me is a thick sea of rattans, one rattan next to another, one by one, about three feet from the ground, all piles of clusters of rattan.